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The first image from the road trip comedy The Guilt Trip (formerly My Mother's Curse) has landed online. Directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal), the film stars Seth Rogen as an inventor who sets out on a business trip with his mother (Barbra Streisand) in tow. The comedy boasts a script from Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love.) and also stars Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation), Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck) and Danny Pudi (Community). This first image isn't much, but I'm interested to see how the interaction between Rogen and Streisand plays out. Moreover, this will probably be the movie you see with your family on Christmas Day unless you have super cool parents/grandparents who are down with Django Unchained.
Hit the jump to check out the image. The Guilt Trip opens on December 25th.
Image via The Film Stage.
Here's a synopsis for The Guilt Trip:
Andy Brewster (Seth Rogen) is an inventor who lives in Los Angeles. He's come up with an amazing organic cleaner but can't get anyone interested in manufacturing it.
Andy plans a business trip to promote the product and decides to take his recently-widowed mother (Barbra Streisand) along for the ride. She's been despondent since his father died, so he comes up with a great idea—during the trip he'll surprise her with a stop in San Francisco, where one of her ex-flames lives.


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Herero people who live in several countries of South Africa (Namibia, Botswana etc.) have a very unusual traditional dress. It is called Herero dress and it looks like a European dress from Victorian Era. I wonder if it's not too hot to wear such garment in Africa…
And the headgear used with this dress is, even more, striking). It is a horn-shaped headdress made from rolled cloth very similar to cow horns. Herero people are cattle farmers (it's their main occupation), that's why they chose such a strange headgear.
Herero dress is an unusual garment for African countries
Here you can post the information about different pieces of national dresses. It doesn't matter clothing of what country you bear in mind. Please add photos of mentioned garments to make it more interesting and clear for other people.
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5/26 Draft picks
With the First-Year Player Draft coming up June 4, here's a look at recent Cubs picks:
2007: 3B Josh Vitters
Vitters was batting .263 in 44 games with Triple-A Iowa. He has 11 doubles, four homers, 21 RBIs and one stolen base.
2008: RHP Andrew Cashner
Traded to the Padres in January for first baseman Anthony Rizzo.
2009: OF Brett Jackson
Jackson was batting .232 in 43 games at Triple-A Iowa with four homers, 10 doubles, five triples, 15 RBIs and seven stolen bases. He has a .325 on-base percentage, and has struck out 61 times in 168 at-bats. He has 22 walks. Jackson has played all three outfield positions, but primarily center field. He's been hitting sixth in five games and was 6-for-18 (.333) compared to hitting .202 in the leadoff spot.
2010: RHP Hayden Simpson
The right-hander, whose career was slowed after a bout with mononucleosis, is at Class A Daytona and has been pitching in relief in the last six games after going 0-3 with a 7.94 ERA (15 earned runs in 17 innings) in his first four starts. So far, he's given up 10 earned runs on 18 hits and 12 walks over 15 1/3 innings in six relief appearances.
2011: SS Javier Baez
Baez has been playing in Mesa at extended Spring Training with several other Draft picks from last year. He has yet to be assigned to a Minor League team.
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Where did Barney get drafted? The only Cub player drafted since 2007 that has made the majors was traded out of our first round draft picks. This must improve if the Cubs are to ever be competitive again.


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By Janice Sakata-Schultze, Examiner.com
After shredding the back bowls at Keystone Resort in winter or scaling the trails on your mountain bikes in summertime, you're running on empty. Thick crust combo pizza and a pint of Fat Tire might satisfy, but what if you're wanting to impress…and be impressed?
If you are looking for something a little more elegant and completely extraordinary, ascend the River Run and Outpost gondolas to Alpenglow Stube. In business since 1991, they have the distinction of being a AAA four-diamond award winner 19 times, nearly every year since their opening, and at the highest elevation (11,444 feet) in the United States. If possible, arrive right around sunset (the "Alpenglow"), when you can take in the panoramic views from both lines and possibly watch either hardcore skiers or mountain bikers glide down the fir-canopied slopes.
Walk into the rustic log cabin entrance, and you will be greeted by friendly waitstaff, who take your coats and shoes and offer comfy slippers to warm your feet and wear during your meal. Warm glowing light fixtures made from elk horns cast illumination on walls adorned with hand-stenciled green vines and paintings created by staff members. Choosing a wine to drink, you would be assured of excellent choices all around – Alpenglow Stube is a recipient of Wine Spectator Magazine's Best of Award of Excellence, offering 450 different bottles.
On our visit, we were presented with menus printed with our party name – a wonderful personalized touch. Three fixed-priced options offer four ($69 per person), six ($92 per person)or seven courses ($99 per person). With the first two, we could select from the menu inspired by Colorado native ingredients such as trout, venison and buffalo. Feeling more adventurous, we could have also be open to executive chef Jeff Parker's creativity and enjoyed seven plates off the menu.
We decided on the four-course dinner and sipped Argentinian Chardonnay and a California Pinot Noir by the glass to start. Both my husband and I decided that the six-course meal, with caviar and appetizer courses, might be too much of great thing.
Sharing the woodsy venison currant consommé and the savory-sweet roasted beet and mache salad as a first course, we also enjoyed four different kinds of house-baked breads. These included a mini-brioche, a multigrain roll, lavosh with rosemary and a buttery strudel with Westphalian ham, accompanied by butter, herb butter and raspberry preserves. Almost a meal in itself.
After a palate-cleansing strawberry-juniper sorbet, my husband enjoyed buffalo short-ribs with whipped potatoes. Even with my semi-vegetarian diet, I relented and savored the tender meat infused with pomegranate. My wild mushroom risotto was prepared perfectly, with silky consistency and a delightfully earthy flavor. On the menu, this dish was offered as an appetizer, but when I asked to order it as my entrée, our terrific server Christina happily accommodated.
The dessert course, with scrumptious chocolate hazelnut bars and creme brûlée, provided the flawless ending to a magical dining experience high above Keystone. "We get a lot of repeat customers, people who come up here every year," said longtime hostess Harriet Bobo. We would readily join this lucky group on our next few visits to Summit County.


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The 36 credit online Criminal Justice Masters of Science Degree Program is suspended as of fall 2014. Students interested in pursuing graduate studies in criminal justice are encouraged to consider the NMU Masters of Public Administration Program with the Criminal Justice Concentration.
The Criminal Justice Department offers an online, 36 credit master of science in criminal justice designed to appeal to pre- and mid-career students who desire advanced study in criminal justice. The program prepares students to become highly capable criminal justice agency administrators, planners and academicians. The program also helps prepare students planning to pursue doctoral degrees. The curriculum emphasizes classical and contemporary theories, concepts, and practices relevant to the needs of the practitioner and the academician. In addition to required core courses, the program allows the selection of 12 elective credits so the student can choose appropriate courses for their needs. The program culminates in the completion of a comprehensive exam/research paper or a master's thesis.
Admission Requirements
Applicants to the master's program are required to comply with the regular admission requirements of the Office of Graduate Education. In addition, master's applicants must:
- Complete a separate application for admission to the master of science in criminal justice.
- Have an undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, or 3.0 or higher from 12 or more semester hours of relevant graduate credit.
- Include two letters of recommendation.
- Write two, three page essays. (Details of what is needed in these letters and essays are included on the application for admission to the master of science in criminal justice form.)
- Possess an earned bachelor's degree in criminal justice, criminology, justice studies, law enforcement or a closely related field. Students with an earned bachelor's degree in other disciplines are encouraged to apply. The graduate program coordinator/department head will review applicants applying from other disciplines and may require additional courses prior to full admission.
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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
I published an article describing how to implement the grouping of sales transactions by age of customer at the moment of the transaction by using PowerPivot or Analysis Services. The same pattern can be used also for any kind of banding operation, this specific case is useful also to recycle the formula that gets the exact age of the customer for each transaction.
An interesting point is related to performance optimization. The technique is based on adding a calculated column in a table that might contain millions of transactions. This is less expensive than adding a column that contains a foreign key and then a relationship between a table containing group definitions and the transactions table. Every relationship is expensive and generates additional structures (you can see more files in the Analysis Services database, too). Adding one or two columns that have a low number of distinct values (10-15 rows) usually has a lower memory cost than creating a relationship with another table. The article also contains PowerPivot examples for both Excel 2010 and Excel 2013.
If only I could decouple attribute visualization from physical structure, I would put these "degenerate dimensions" in a separate folder, because in this way such attribute will be included in attributes belonging to the fact table, which might not be so clear in presenting data. However, I understand that such a decoupling could make live very hard to DAX clients (but probably for MDX it could be not a big issue).
Hi Marco,
i have the next problem in DAX: one fact table Sales and one dim table Products with some properties (color,size,..). How can I calculate how many invoices are with all the products green/invoice (invoices that contains only products=green) ? Thank you!
It should something like
CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( Sales ), Products[color] = "Green" )
Thank you for your answer, but I want the number of invoices in witch all the product are green.
It's the Adventure Works sample database with FactResellerSales and DimProduct.
in sql would be:
SELECT COUNT(SalesOrderNumber) FROM
SELECT SUM(OrderQuantity) C,SUM(CASE WHEN dbo.DimProduct.Color='Black' THEN OrderQuantity ELSE 0 END) AS QtyBlack, dbo.FactResellerSales.SalesOrderNumber
FROM dbo.FactResellerSales
INNER JOIN dbo.DimProduct ON dbo.FactResellerSales.ProductKey = dbo.DimProduct.ProductKey
GROUP BY SalesOrderNumber
HAVING SUM(OrderQuantity)=SUM(CASE WHEN dbo.DimProduct.Color='Black' THEN OrderQuantity ELSE 0 END)
but I dont know how to translate it to DAX.
You need the following calculation:
'Internet Sales',
'Internet Sales'[Sales Order Number]
"Total", CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Internet Sales'[Sales Amount] ) ),
SUM ( 'Internet Sales'[Sales Amount] ),
Product[Color] = "Black"
[Total] = [Color]


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The body of a woman found in Lineham Creek in High River on Monday morning has been identified as 53-year-old Arlene Diana Mann.
High River RCMP found Mann's body in the Lineham Creek near a footbridge about 10:15 a.m. on Monday.
RCMP spokeswoman Cpl Sharon Franks said the cause of death had not been determined. Mann's death was not being treated as suspicious but that could change based on the medical examiner's findings.
"We don't have anything to say it's suspicious and we don't have anything to say it's not suspicious," Franks said.
"We're not really sure what we have."
More details would likely be available Wednesday, she said.
Police asked anyone with information about Mann, or who saw her shortly before her death, to contact investigators.
"We're really hoping that others who may have spoken to her or may know what was going on with her will come forward," Franks said.
RCMP made a picture of Mann available, but noted her appearance had changed slightly from the image. Mann was not wearing glasses and had cut her hair.
Anyone who saw or spoke with Mann between August 3 and August 4 is asked to contact High River RCMP at 403-652-2357 or call CrimeStoppers.


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David Batstone decries political and theological imagination in "Utopia: No Garden of Eden" (July-August 2002). He accurately points out that "imagination can...produce false hope...." He urges us to give up the pursuit of the ideal and content ourselves to take up permanent residency in the land of contradiction and ambiguity.
Perhaps I don't understand the full import of what Batstone is attempting to communicate. But in the wake of the corporate scandals at Enron, MCI, and a host of other firms, it seems a rather strange time to invite people of faith to relocate to the land of moral contradiction and ambiguity. I am profoundly grateful for the clear moral vision of Christian leaders such as William Wilberforce, John Woolman, and Dorothy Day and the difference their biblically inspired imaginations made in the larger society. As I recall the lives of these leaders, I don't have the impression that their compelling sense of vision ever caused them to vacate the "lived relations" of day-to-day life. But it did enable them to motivate others to work for "freedom and justice in a world yet to come."
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Arizona Court Skeptical Of 'Medical Excuse' From Prenda Lawyers
from the another-day,-another-excuse deptPrenda's new favorite lawyer, Steven Goodhue, apparently sought to either delay or get out of another hearing in a Prenda case in Arizona by pleading "medical emergency." A skeptical court, helmed by Judge G. Murray Snow, followed this up by asking for proof:
On May 17, 2013, the Court set the original OSC hearing in this matter on May 31, 2013. (Doc. 51.) On May 21, Plaintiff filed a motion to continue, based on the personal request of Mr. Goodhue. (Doc. 52.) The next day, the Court granted the motion and set the OSC for June 7, 2013. (Doc. 55.) On June 5, after Plaintiff's counsel had been aware of the pending hearing for some time, the Court received a telephone call from the office of a local lawyer indicating that he had been requested to enter an appearance at the hearing, but had a conflict that prevented him from doing so. He informally inquired on whether the Court would continue the hearing in order to allow another attorney to enter an appearance on Monday. In light of the fact that the Court had previously granted AF Holdings one continuance, AF Holdings had been aware of the new pending OSC date, and AF Holdings already had Arizona counsel in the action, the Court did not reschedule the hearing. The next day, the Court's judicial assistant received notice from Mr. Goodhue in the afternoon that he missed his scheduled flight from Denver to attend the OSC hearing the next day due to a medical emergency. He informed the Court that he would not be attending the hearing the next day. Mr. Goodhue thereafter filed a motion to continue, supplemented by a medical record reflecting a visit to Swedish Medical Center apparently signed by a physician's assistant who consulted with Plaintiff's counsel. (Doc. 64.) It is in this context that the Court requested the medical records from Mr. Goodhue that supported his version of events in failing to appear before the Court.Goodhue apparently filed some of the medical records, as requested under seal, but the judge notes that they don't actually answer all of his questions and some appear to contradict Goodhue's statements:
Further, in conjunction with the Doc. 74, which the Court authorizes to be filed under seal, the Court notes that the contents of the document are at best partially responsive to the Court's request. Mr. Goodhue has provided one medical record with Doc. 74 that appears to be inconsistent with the version of events he sets forth in Doc. 74. Further, Mr. Goodhue's version of events would have generated additional documents that he has yet to provide. Mr. Goodhue is required to continue to supplement the record with all the medical records and documentation indicated in Doc. 71.Judge Snow hints pretty strongly that he simply doesn't believe Goodhue, and suggests that he's stalling, which would be par for the course in a variety of Prenda-related cases.
Filed Under: g. murray snow, medical emergency, steven goodhue
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Swiss Cottage Tent Manufacturer in Gurdaspur, Swiss Cottage Tent Supplier & Exporters in Gurdaspur, Swiss Cottage Tent in Gurdaspur. The variety of Swiss Cottage Tents offers a royal yet sophisticated look to the lookers. The elegance of these tents would surely drive you to own it right away. We deal in an extensive range of such tents that can be used for varied activities, whether it is about camping or trekking, these tents would prove their worth at every step. These tents can also become comfortable abode in the rugged areas. If you happen to visit a remote area where the development is not much as compared to your luxuries, then these tents can become your soft cocoon. Our professional team manufactures these tents in such a way so that it can compete in a perfect way with the challenges of the customer.
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The guy who owns the Nets and isn't Jay-Z sat down for a lengthy Q&A with the Post. He is every bit the caricature the internet has made him out to be. A sample:
Is marriage something you would consider some day?
I have said that if the Nets don't win the NBA championship within five years, I will punish myself by getting married. We are in year three. So no one is more interested in winning a championship than yours truly.
Since you always aim high, will you pursue LeBron James again, and what do you think your chances will be of bringing him to Brooklyn?
Ha ha ha. You know NBA rules forbid me from speaking about another team's player! I've been an owner for over two years now, and I know the manual cover-to-cover.
People you haven't met and would like to meet?
This person called Honey Boo Boo is at the top of my list at the moment. From Moscow it looks as though the US has lost its collective mind on that.
Go read the whole thing.
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Levi Asher's Why Ayn Rand Was Wrong: A Strong Case for a New Humanism
The name Ayn Rand is well-known in our culture largely for being unpopular, or, at best, popular with unpopular people. And yet, argues writer, philosopher and literary critic Levi Asher in his new book, Why Ayn Rand Is Wrong (And Why It Matters), her legacy is being short-changed. Not that Asher agrees with Rand's defense of egoism. Yet he believes that her philosophical argument is important enough to be taken into account and given a proper refutation.
Why is it important? For two main reasons: first, because the moral debates between altruism and egoism are as old as humanity yet also very current. They're central to philosophical discussions about economics (implicit in the debates between libertarianism versus socialism), moral frameworks (be they individualist or altruist) and politics (is the state's role to protect only individual liberties or the collective welfare?). Second, Ayn Rand's philosophy is important because… Ayn Rand herself is an important cultural figure. Born Alisa Rosenbaum, the daughter of Russian immigrants, Rand was a big success as a fiction writer (her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged were best-sellers), as the proponent of Objectivism and even as a playwright. Few American intellectuals have had as widespread a cultural impact as she did.
Having established the relevance of his chosen subject, Asher zeroes in on his main goal, which is offer a multidimensional refutation of Rand's basic philosophical tenet of egoism, or "the belief that humans are ultimately self-interested at a basic scientific level". Being a thorough philosopher, Asher follows Rand's own advice to "check her premises." He begins by unraveling the first premise of Rand's argument for egoism: namely, that the "self" is clearly defined and distinct from other individuals. He shows how our sense of self is based on our interactions with others, our love for our families, our collective and national identities. The self, in other words, is not an individual unit living in a social vacuum. Ontologically, ethically and epistemologically, we're connected to others. Therefore, Asher argues, even a philosophy that begins with the self will end up considering others.
Moreover, he pursues, the self is naturally empathetic. Just as we see and feel our own pain, if our brain wiring works correctly and we're not sociopathic, we see and to some extent can identify with the pain of others. Because of this we suffer when we see our children hurt, or when we witness crimes against humanity. Any philosophy of the self will therefore end up considering the family and the group, which are inextricably related to and shape our identities.
In his eloquent, clear and impeccably argued book on Ayn Rand's Objectivism, Levi Asher not only does justice to her arguments and persuasively refutes them, but also makes a compelling case for an ethics of empathy, based on an understanding of the self that is complex and intersubjective. This book presents the foundations of a new humanism. Original, impassioned, rigorously argued and touchingly eloquent, Why Ayn Rand is Wrong is a must-read not only for fans and antagonists of Ayn Rand, but also for all those who love a good philosophical debate about moral and social issues of the utmost importance.
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New solar cells could increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by over 25%, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge. Scientists from the Cavendish Laboratory in the university's Department of Physics, have developed a novel type of solar cell that could harvest energy from the sun much more efficiently than traditional designs. The research, published in the journal NanoLetters, could dramatically improve the amount of useful energy created by solar panels.
Solar panels work by absorbing energy from particles of light, called photons, which then generate electrons to create electricity. Traditional solar cells are only capable of capturing part of the light from the sun; much of the energy of the absorbed light, particularly of the blue photons, is lost as heat. This inability to extract the full energy of all of the different colors of light at once means that traditional solar cells are incapable of converting more than 34% of the available sunlight into electrical power.
The Cambridge team, led by professors Neil Greenham and Sir Richard Friend, has developed a hybrid cell that absorbs red light and harnesses the extra energy of blue light to boost the electrical current. Typically, a solar cell generates a single electron for each photon captured. However, by adding pentacene, an organic semiconductor, the solar cells can generate two electrons for every photon from the blue light spectrum. This could enable the cells to capture 44% of the incoming solar energy.
"Organic and hybrid solar cells have an advantage over current silicon-based technology because they can be produced in large quantities at low cost by roll-to-roll printing."
Bruno Ehrler, the lead author of the paper, said, "Organic and hybrid solar cells have an advantage over current silicon-based technology because they can be produced in large quantities at low cost by roll-to-roll printing. However, much of the cost of a solar power plant is in the land, labor and installation hardware. As a result, even if organic solar panels are less expensive, we need to improve their efficiency to make them competitive. Otherwise, it'd be like buying a cheap painting, only to find out you need an expensive frame."
Mark Wilson, another author of the paper, said, "I think it's very important that we move toward sustainable sources of energy, and it's exciting to help explore possible solutions."
"This is just the first step toward a new generation of solar cells, and we are very excited to be a part of this effort," said Akshay Rao, Ph.D., co-author of the paper.
The research was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
For more information, visit www.phy.cam.ac.uk.


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JSF 2.0 Views: Hello Facelets, Goodbye JSP
JavaServer Faces (JSF) is a Java component UI framework for building dynamic pages for a web application. JSF technology provides an API for creating, managing, and handling UI components and a tag library for using components within a web page. The new release of JavaServer Faces, JSF 2.0, is a major release for the specification, and it will be part of the Java Enterprise Edition 6 platform. This latest release has several interesting features that make the development and deployment of JSF applications simple and easy.
Unlike JSF 1.x versions, which use JavaServer Pages (JSP) for views, JSF 2.0 mandates support for Facelets as the view technology for JSF pages. Like JSP, Facelets are an implementation of View Declaration Language (VDL), which allows developers to declare UI components in different presentation technologies using HTML templates. However, because the Facelets view technology has been designed specifically to leverage the features of JSF, Facelets provide JSF developers with a simpler, more powerful programming model than JSP. That is why beginning with JSF 2.0 Facelets will replace JSP (JSF 2.0 has retained JSP support only for backward compatibility).
Facelets FeaturesIn Facelets, the pages are compiled to an abstract syntax component tree, which gets built to a UIComponent hierarchy during runtime. The Facelets tags don't need declaration in a tag library descriptor (TLD) file. The attributes in the tag are dynamic; they automatically get mapped to the properties. One of the main Facelets features not available in JSP is page templating. In addition, Facelets are faster in execution than JSPs.
Facelets pages are authored using XHTML, and they provide good expression language (EL) support. Facelets also leverage the concept of XML namespaces to support these tag libraries:
- JSF HTML Tag Library
- JSF Core Tag Library
- JSTL Core Tag Library
- JSTL Functions Tag Library
- JSF Facelets Tag Library
.xhtml extension. To use Facelets in a JSF application, you must set the following context parameters in
The first parameter defines
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Open the sluice gates
Locks facilitate waterborne transport. Sometimes they themselves have to sail on a boat, as was the case with the gate of the Oslebshausen lock in Bremen recently, which was transported 60 km back to its lock after being renovated and upgraded recently. more
Home sweet home on the high seas
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Witnessing a wedding
Cranes are as sure as death and taxes when it comes to transporting heavylift goods. In ports in particular, where there is limited space, it is essential to be equipped with mobile cranes for transhipment. We took a look around Liebherr's facility in Rostock. more
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Many northeastern French plants that produce large turbines as well as steel constructions are ensuring that the inland of Strasbourg loads ever-more heavy shipments. In 20port 15 the hub handled 250 such consignments. more
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Globalisation on a grand scale. To build a road bridge over the Nile, which is Africa's and the world's longest river, the companies need material from Asia – which reaches the site via the Middle East. more
South to Southwest Africa
The volume of high-value goods in intra-African trade is growing. Safmarine MPV, a specialist project cargo operator to West Africa, has gathered the requisite experience in this trade. The line is also equipped to transport breakbulk cargo. more
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The construction of new locks in the Panama Canal has repeatedly been in the headlines recently. The transport of the first gates from the maritime terminal to the building site was an outstanding event – quite literally. more
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Big Move, a pan-European heavylift logistics network, recently faced a demanding task. Two components of a gantry crane – each of which was 34 m long, 5.8 m wide and 4.35 m high – had to be transported from Köthen to Differdange. The dead weight of the protruding metal... more
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Casey Stengel was right. Nobody can play the game. FX has announced it is developing an Illegal Alien Private Investigator Series. This is probably the stupidest TV move I've seen in decades. Worse than the now canceled Undercovers, or Chase, or even Outsourced. No one at FX has even the tiniest clue. Not only will this series fail, it will alienate the very viewers (White men) that FX wants to get. Spike-TV's new "FTW" about an undercover cop infiltrating a "Right Wing Militia" is probably close but not as dumb as FX's stunt.
During a particularly inept run of botched plays by the expansion Mets, Casey Stengel asked: "Can't anybody here play this game?" The same can be true of cable network executives.
It is a premise that would no doubt spark controversy. FX has put in development the first major series project centered on an illegal alien character, a drama from Changing Lanes writer Chap Taylor about an illegal Mexican immigrant working as a private investigator. TV and film director Rodrigo Garcia, born in Colombia, has come on board to direct and executive produce the project, described as "Traffic meets Chinatown." Also executive producing are Taylor, Dawn Parouse & Marti Noxon of Grady Twins and Garcia's frequent collaborator, producer Julie Lynn.
Yes, by all means go after the Machete revenues (around $26 million gross, not to the studio direct, domestically, against a production cost of $20 million and a marketing budget of $30 million or so). Because the movie made so much money. Then add a TV and film director from Colombia, and a couple of female writer-producers including the infamous Marti Noxon (known as the rape-obsessed, showrunner who tanked Buffy the Vampire Slayer) from Mad Men.
Yes of course, this will be a hit. Naturally, illegal aliens don't spend between $1,000 and $5,000 to be smuggled across the border, pay the money back at usurious rates of interest to the smugglers, save every dime, and don't send what little they can save back to Mexico. No of course not, Illegal Aliens are not underpaid by about 56%. Of course, Illegal Aliens make up a huge audience, lucrative and untapped, for FX. They all speak English and watch American Cable TV. Instead of maybe Univision or Telemundo.
And naturally, FX won't alienate the non-PC, almost exclusively White, male audience they're courting with Sons of Anarchy, Terriers, League, and Sunny in Philadelphia. Yes of course, America is just waiting to embrace a "powerless" and oppressed Illegal Alien P.I. exposing the "racism" of America and Los Angeles:
But Taylor says that most PI shows "have really focused on the style — fedora, trench coat, etc. — and not on the essence of what a PI is: a powerless individual sticking up for other people without power in a corrupt society." He points to Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe who lived in the fringe of Los Angeles at a time when the city was riddled with corruption. Taylor decided to look for a contemporary counterpart to Marlowe, asking himself: "Who today is on the outer fringes of Los Angeles but sees everything?" The answer — an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
In addition to relying on his own sleuthing skills, by being an illigal immigrant, the PI on the show will be able to tap into a network of other immigrants. "It's an invisible network of people we don't pay attention to who see everything," Taylor said. "They take care of our kids, they mow our lawns, they deliver our food, they mop the floors at our offices, they park our cars. They know if we recycle, and they know if we are cheating on our wives."
Translation: clueless Hollywood mega-idiot doesn't get that outside Malibu, people cook their own meals. Wash their own cars. Mow their own lawns. Park their own cars. Nor do illegal aliens "see everything." How could they? Illegal aliens are concerned with making money and not getting caught. They could care less about commenting or observing American society. They are often low-level players in scams, crimes, and crime-rings, from identity theft to armed robberies. And over-represented in murders.
Illegal aliens are more likely to be murderers of young women coming back for shopping for their bridal gowns than oppressed maids and such. Meg Whitman's illegal alien maid was paid $23 an hour, well over the California Minimum Wage of $8 an hour. Whitman's maid would gross about $47,000 a year, obviously a job an American would do. Meanwhile murderers like Omar Armando Loera (who fled back to Mexico) are common. One like him gunned down a San Francisco police officer, others killed Denver toddlers, and so on.
Indeed, illegal aliens, who have zero investment in American society by their nature, and come from crime-ridden, failed societies like Mexico and Central America, have almost no incentive to be law abiding and almost every incentive to be as criminal as possible while not being caught. After all, if identified the alien can simply flee back to native Mexico and avoid extradition.
I love this part:
"The theme is about helping the powerless in a corrupt society who can be from the immigrant or the Anglo community," he said, noting that a trophy wife in Beverly Hills who is completely dependent on her husband "is just a powerless as her cleaning lady."
Yes. Because Charlie Sheen's soon to be ex-wife is "helpless" with $50,000 a month alimony and child support equalling Denise Richards is helpless. The writer is just lazy, remaking Crash but without Sandra Bullock.
But "in Los Angeles and in the U.S., people's lives are built on the labor of those immigrants … "
Or, translated from Hollywood-ese, rich and clueless people (about 1% of the population) cannot tie their own shoelaces without dirt cheap and exploited labor. While the White middle class (and lower class Blacks) pay through the nose for Illegal Alien labor.
Lower class Blacks are crowded out of the low-skill marketplace, by an endless supply of easily exploited workers who are employed at carwashes and other places for about 60% below minimum wage. With no overtime pay, or safety regulations, or much of anything else in place.
Middle Class White people are crowded out of desirable real estate (would you send your kids to school with the kids of poor, violent, mostly illiterate, and Spanish only speaking folks from dirt poor Mexico and Central America)? This means no cheap, affordable, safe and close-by suburbs, instead distant exurbs to flee the crime and corruption and crowding out of daily life. With no illegal immigration the city of Bell would not be a byword for corruption in the Southland, but a working class neighborhood filled with Whites. Instead it is a symbol of the cost of illegal immigration, with the Westlake district in LA a symbol of Central American occupation (it is a no-go zone for cops and Whites) and an MS-13 stronghold.
The give-away is the involvement of Dawn Parouse, executive producer of Prison Break, Point Pleasant, Tru Calling, and Still Life, along with the notorious Marti Noxon. Neither could write or produce anything even remotely appealing to men. Neither is some guy from Colombia likely to have an insight into what appeals to the White Male audience that FX has courted.
FX seems to be now, drifting back, into appealing to what their executives and favorite writer/producers can create: status mongering stuff for SWPL women.
What is at work is the attitude that "White people are boring and have no culture." A commenter at Roissy's noted:
people go there for the culture, not the high-paying jobs. The culture comes from the diversity. White people are boring and have no culture or artistic ability. The high-paying jobs are required to live in the high cost of living. Otherwise they'd all come to Dallas, where 3000 square feet is less than 300k, and so 100k jobs seem really good compared to 200k in Manhattan to get a million dollar apartment of 800 square feet.
SWPL Central, the Colbert Report had a guest who asserted:
Wednesday night on "The Colbert Report," author Charles Kaiser was on the show to plug his book, The Gay Metropolis. Hoping to get the Colbert bump, Kaiser talked about how his book chronicles the history of gay culture and society in New York starting from 1940. One of his claims is that homosexuals and African Americans are "both more interesting than straight white people."
Colbert: "You say that gay people thrive in places like New York."
Kaiser: "That is correct."
Colbert: "Why? Why do they thrive here in New York? What gives them power here?"
Kaiser: "Well, critical mass first of all." Colbert: "They're like a nuclear bomb. They're very, very… they're very dangerous is what you're saying. We agree on that."
Kaiser: "Without gay people and black people we have nothing but straight white males."
Colbert: "Don't equate black people and straight people. Don't just say the black people are on board with the gay thing. I know you're both oppressed minorities."
Kaiser: "They're both more interesting than straight white people. That's all."
Again, what this means is the highly feminized environment of entertainment, finds straight White guys who are beta, boring.
Much of PC, including the idolizing and idealizing of non-Whites, including illegal aliens, is because most young, attractive, disposable income women (the target of most advertisers and media companies) find most straight White men boring. Simply unsuitable. Johnny Depp, or Orlando Bloom, or Brad Pitt, or George Clooney, or even conservative Adam Baldwin, are not boring. Because they are hot, and famous. But an ordinary, non-dominant, non-aggressive, polite, beta White guy is boring.
It is pretty clear where FX is going. Straight back to the kind of thing Marti Noxon is famous for. Bashing "boring" Beta Straight White guys, going after female viewers who can status monger their concern for non-Whites as evidence of moral and therefore status superiority. Straight out of the Blind Side and Sandra Bullock. With the usual noble lies of how noble and oppressed illegal aliens really are, by the inherent racism of boring beta straight White guys, who often hit on hot women (who in turn resent it, its an insult).
Of course this will fail and die. But meanwhile it will produce one more bit of the feedback loop, of White guy being defined for SWPL women as boring and racist, and not worthy of existence, really. While idealizing the noble lie of how "exciting" and human the culture of Mexico (home of massacres of 72 Central American illegal aliens by Zetas) compared to the racism of again, boring beta White guys. Because dogfights (a favorite of illegal aliens), mariachi music, and drug gangsters are "vibrant" and exciting. Particularly for those who don't have to live there.
One more reason to go after Big Media.
Spike-TV seems intent on following the same path. Last time I checked, it wasn't White power militias sending bombs in toner cartridges, or shooting up Army bases, or trying to blow up Times Square, or flying planes into buildings, or threatening Seattle and Danish cartoonists with death, or writers. Nope. Making "low class" White guys the enemy is a straight play for younger SWPL women.
Spike is abandoning its male audience. You knew it would. The entire structure of Hollywood is anti-White guy, oriented to serving a mostly younger female audience. Even guys like Ed Bernero, who want to make male-oriented shows, find the dense network of female execs below the top guys simply impossible to get past.
Time to change the economics, to change the culture. No one can play the game, and the failure to build a broad, gender-crossing audience should be punished by Republicans to make cable networks like FX and Spike pay the full price for bonehead plays.


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(CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says those who question whether he has power in his country are going by "stereotypes" and "stigmas."
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chat in Gorki earlier this month.
"In our country, where there's so much red tape, nobody would even lift a finger without me signing a paper first, even if they have different opinions about who's in charge," Medvedev told CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" in an exclusive interview airing Sunday. "That's an absolutely clear thing for anyone who wants to sort out this issue."
The president was responding to suggestions that he may be serving as a ceremonial facade while all the power remains with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the former president.
"Foreign policy? Only one man does it in this country, the president... Naturally, all the directives, all the decisions are adopted by the president," Medvedev said.
In the wide-ranging interview, Medvedev also weighed in on the U.S. president, concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions, and Israel.
"I like to communicate with President Obama. We held a very serious meeting with him during his visit to Russia. I calculated that we had spent eight hours together. That's quite a lot of time for such type of contacts," Medvedev told Zakaria.
"I'm thankful to my colleague for the fact that he wants to sort out many problems. That's important. He has another good quality: He listens to your arguments. He formulates his position, which may not necessarily coincide with the Russian position. But at least this is a result of a thought-out policy, thought-out approach as to what is useful or not useful to the United States of America. In that sense, it's comfortable to deal with him."
The United States and Russia have disagreed over Iran, and possible steps the U.N. Security Council may take to push Tehran to comply with U.N. demands over its nuclear program.
"I truly believe that Iran needs a system of motives and incentives with regards to its nuclear problem," Medvedev said.
Russia has agreed to sell Iran its S-300 antiaircraft missile system. Medvedev said what they sell is in keeping with international law and "always defensive systems."
The decision has sparked concerns among many in Israel who view Iran as a threat.
Asked whether he is concerned that Russia's move might fuel calls within Israel for a strike on Iran before it could deploy missiles, Medvedev responded that Israeli officials have told him they have no strike planned.
"Our task boils down to making sure that the Middle East is a quiet, normal place for all to live in. That's the task of the day," Medvedev said.
The president had some criticism for his own economy.
In a recent article, "I directly said I don't like some structural elements of our economy. I don't like the fact it's being geared towards raw materials," he said in the CNN interview. "The level of corruption is categorically unacceptable."
And while he rejected impressions that the media in his country is broadly stifled by the government, Medvedev said "there are circumstances when people try to pressure journalists, I will not hide it from you. In fact, very often that happens in the provinces where the regional bosses probably don't like some critical articles written against them."
"Whether some bosses like it or not, in the modern age of global information, there are no subjects you can conceal," he added. "You can sometimes be silent about or hold back certain things on TV, but remembering the fact that there are around 40 million Internet users in Russia today, people from across the country will learn the news within five minutes. Therefore, trying to curtail press freedom is a totally hopeless thing to do."
He said his country is making strides in combating corruption. It "is not as bad as it used to be," he said.
The Russian president also said he seeks greater engagement with the West.
"There are issues where we will not move forward on any questions without mutual assistance," he said, citing climate change as an example.
"I count on the fact that the West also needs good relations with Russia, and that it's not one-way traffic."
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Free makeovers at Saks, Sephora, Bloomie's
Feb. 28 and March 2
AT SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, Huntington, get a complimentary Estée Lauder makeover Feb. 28 plus makeup and clothing advice, then enter the Harper's Bazaar contest for a chance to win up to $10,000 (no purchase necessary), 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; 631-350-1364. On March 2, Le Métier treats you to a free eye makeover, eyelash application and lesson (631-350-1366).
Feb. 28-March 2
ELENY COUTURE TRUNK SHOW, summer-fall 2013 hostess gowns in pleated fabrics, chiffons, brocades and special silk fabrications (designer visit Saturday), 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at Filly's, 1065 Willis Ave., Albertson; 516-739-9090
LIANCARLO EVENINGWEAR TRUNK SHOW 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., at Tallulah, Woodbury Common, 8285 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury; 516-367-8010
Feb. 28-March 3
STOP BY ANY SEPHORA STORE for a free makeup application from the new emerald-inspired Sephora + Pantone Universe collection, noon-6 p.m.; get a makeup bag with purchase (while supplies last). Appointments suggested. For store locations, go to sephora.com.
Feb. 28-March 6
FOUY CHOV TRUNK SHOW, haute couture ensembles and gowns (designer visit Thursday and Saturday), at Mieka, Woodbury Common, 8285 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury; 516 367-8755. Discount on show orders.
March 1-2
STOP BY BLOOMINGDALE'S ROOSEVELT FIELD, March 1-2, for a free dry hair styling by a Maximus Salon stylist and a makeup application from a Trish McEvoy artist, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; enter to win a complete makeover at Maximus Salon in Carle Place; 516-873-2741. On March 2, the Huntington store hosts Chantelle Bra Fitting Seminars (1, 2 and 3 p.m.); 631-425-6891. Appointments suggested for events.
Showroom Seven offers up to 90 percent off clothing and accessories from its roster of designers, including Erickson Beamon, Charlotte Ronson, Issa London, Imitation and Bloch, Feb. 25-March 29, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday (5-7 p.m. happy hour) and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, at 263 11th Ave., third floor), Manhattan; 212-643-4810.
An assortment of women's and men's jewelry, timepieces and eyewear will be on sale, with 10 percent of the proceeds from the first day being donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Feb. 28-March 3, 3-8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday; The Altman Building, 135 West 18th St., Manhattan.
Embellished sweaters, blouses and pants will be $250-$1,000, cashmere sweaters $50-$100, jackets, coats and fur-trimmed vests $450-$1,500, cocktail dresses $450-$1,500, and gowns and caftans $850-$4,000. Ranjana Khan jewelry will be $20-350 and K. Jacques St. Tropez sandals $100. Tax free if paying with cash, Feb. 27-March 1, 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Friday; 260 W. 36th St., Manhattan, 10th floor.


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By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - The White House will press U.S. colleges and universities on Tuesday to do more to curb sexual assaults on students while it launches a new website, NotAlone.gov, to help victims find resources and report crimes.
The move comes after a three-month study by a task force established by President Barack Obama in January to help identify ways to protect students from sexual violence.
"Colleges and universities need to face the facts about sexual assault. No more turning a blind eye or pretending it doesn't exist," Vice President Joe Biden said in a statement released on Monday evening.
"We need to give victims the support they need - like a confidential place to go - and we need to bring the perpetrators to justice," he said.
The White House said one in five women is sexually assaulted while attending college, most often in her first or second year of study. Usually the perpetrator is known to her and more often than not the assault goes unreported.
The new recommendations include encouraging schools to conduct a "climate survey" to identify the scope of the problem on their respective campuses, creating confidential places for victims to seek support, and initiating training programs for school officials who work with victims.
The website will provide resources for students including hotline numbers for mental health services and data on how to file complaints of abuse.
Administration officials told reporters on a conference call that a wide range of colleges and universities participated in the process that led to the recommendations.
"They are looking for guidance, they are looking for help," a senior administration official told reporters on a conference call, referring to U.S. colleges.
Women played a critical role in electing Obama in 2012 and remain an important part of his political base.
The president is trying to energize that base ahead of congressional elections in November, when Democrats risk losing control of the U.S. Senate to Republicans. Earlier this month Obama launched two executive actions aimed at helping reduce a pay gap between male and female workers.
The White House noted that sexual assault on college campuses is not directed solely at women. Men, to a lesser extent, are victims as well, it said. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Ken Wills)
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The shipping season is coming to an end on the Upper Mississippi River.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will officially close the navigation season on the Upper Mississippi on Monday.
Traditionally the last tow heading south of Lock and Dam 2 near Hastings has marked the end of the navigation season. The tow boat Show Me State went through the lock on Wednesday.
The first tow of the 2012 season was the Deanna Ann out of Kentucky. It opened the season March 17.
This season is closing a bit earlier than last year, when the season ended Dec. 5.
While the Mississippi River isn't frozen over yet, the Corps will begin winter renovation and maintenance on Local and Dam 6 near Trempealeau, Wis., on Monday.
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Markey to Steyer: Stay out of Mass. Senate race
Billionaire threatens negative attacks, candidate says
U.S. Rep. Edward Markey is asking a California billionaire to stay out of the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts.
Markey said in a statement Friday that Thomas Steyer should immediately withdraw his threat to unleash negative attacks against Markey's Democratic rival, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, unless Lynch denounces the Keystone XL Pipeline by "high noon."
Steyer and other critics of the proposed pipeline from western Canada to Texas say it will carry "dirty oil" that contributes to global warning. Lynch supports the project, while Markey opposes it.
But Markey says Steyer's tactics have no place in the campaign and should be "repudiated."
Lynch has said he will not be intimidated by the demands.
Steyer's supporters in Boston plan to launch what they call an "aggressive" campaign against Lynch on Friday.


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You're pinned in a room by enemy fire, your friends behind you trading BBs with enemies in the doorways and you're caught right in between. It's a tactical nightmare, BBs whizzing mere centimeters above your head. A brief cessation in the fight and you build up the courage to return fire. Bringing around your weapon to bear with the doorways you aim for the left corner, but the enemy now appears from the right. You swing your gun around to line up your sights but it's too late. BBs thud into your chest and mask as you yell 'HIT!'. If only you had the split second advantage your story would be different.
Iron-sights take time to aim. Even to the trained and experienced skirmisher iron-sights are a very rudimentary method of aiming, that takes much more time, practice and skill than optics. And among the most popular non-magnification optics is the holosight replicas. These are modeled on the esteemed EOTECH Holosights which use hologram technology to almost completely eliminate parallax from the perceived reticule. What this means in layman's terms is that no matter how you look through the sight, providing it has been calibrated and zeroed properly it will still show you where you are aiming. The real holosight is among the best non-magnification aiming solutions on the market.
So how well does Hurricane replicate the EOTECH holosight?
The 552 holosight is identical to the 551 in operation and the only difference is the length and type of battery used. The 552 uses more commonly found AA batteries and is about 3cm (1.5in) longer than the 551.
The 556 is more unique. The shroud around the projector is more angular and comes further forward than on the other holosights. The bottom of the battery compartment is raised as to clear delta rings between armalite receivers and their foregrips. The raised battery compartment allows you to mount it further forward on a railed receiver making room at the back for a magnification scope or night vision. It also takes AAA batteries which are common and storable in some types of grips and gun furniture.
On the controls of all the Hurricane holosights is a round button labeled 'NV'. On the real holosight this switches the red reticule to infra red so it appears better on night vision scopes and becomes invisible to the naked eye. However on the hurricane replicas it simply switches the reticule color between red and green. The green sight is easier to use during low light situations and on its lowest setting is dimmer than the red one.
In comparison with other red dots. The Hurricane holosight is in the upper end of the quality spectrum and is easy to use due to a clear sight picture with a good field of view. The 552 and 556 use common batteries that are a breeze to replace, simply pull up a single lever. And the 551 is a great compact sight that can offer a great performance boost.


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North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts April 2013 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.08
SAN JOSE, Calif. — May 21, 2013 —
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.17 billion in orders worldwide in April 2013 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.08, according to the April EMDS Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A book-to-bill of 1.08 means that $108 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
The three-month average of worldwide bookings in April 2013 was $1.17 billion. The bookings figure is 6.4 percent higher than the final March 2013 level of $1.10 billion, and is 26.8 percent lower than the April 2012 order level of $1.60 billion.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in April 2013 was $1.08 billion. The billings figure is 9.3 percent higher than the final March 2013 level of $991.0 million, and is 25.7 percent lower than the April 2012 billings level of $1.46 billion.
"Both bookings and billings trends have been improving over the last four months, with the book-to-bill ratio remaining above parity over the same period," said Denny McGuirk, president and CEO of SEMI. "While orders remain well below last year's numbers, the current order and spending activity is aligned with 2012 capex plans."
The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings and bookings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
Source: SEMI, May 2013
The data are contained in a monthly Book-to-Bill Report published by SEMI. The report tracks billings and bookings worldwide of North American-headquartered manufacturers of equipment used to manufacture semiconductor devices, not billings and bookings of the chips themselves. The Book-to-Bill report is one of three reports included with the Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS).
SEMI is the global industry association serving the nano- and micro-electronic manufacturing supply chains. Our 1,900 member companies are the engine of the future, enabling smarter, faster and more economical products that improve our lives. Since 1970, SEMI has been committed to helping members grow more profitably, create new markets and meet common industry challenges. SEMI maintains offices in Bangalore, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Grenoble, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.
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Fisherman Philip Halliday returning home after 3 years in Spanish jail
A small-town Nova Scotia fisherman who got ensnared in a big-time international drug-trafficking investigation and spent more than three years detained in a Spanish jail has been found guilty by a court in that country, but won't have to spend another day behind bars.
The verdict brought joyous relief Wednesday to residents of Digby, N.S., who had been rallying for Philip Halliday's release. The fact that Halliday — who had been resolute in his innocence — was unable to clear his name didn't seem to matter as much as the fact that he was on his way home.
"We're ecstatic. A lot of us don't know what to do. It's been such a long haul. Emotionally, everyone is happy, but we're drained. It's almost hard to believe it's true," said family friend Teressa Faessler.
Halliday's wife, Sheree, couldn't be reached for comment but in a Facebook post wrote: "Philip has been released from prison! I know you all have questions, but honestly, that's all I know for now! Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!!!"
In an interview prior to Wednesday's decision, Sheree Halliday, who had endured many frustrations — from navigating a foreign justice system to having to sell her home to pay for legal bills — said she and her family would never be the same.
"At times, I was an ostrich and buried my head in the sand. That's the way I lived my life. I'll never be the same. My kids will never be the same. Philip will never be the same."
Asked about the possibility of a guilty verdict, she said matter-of-factly, "I honestly don't think that will happen. But if it does, then I'll deal with that when it comes to it.
"One way or another, he's coming to Canada."
Philip Halliday, 56, was arrested in December 2009 off the coast of Spain aboard a decommissioned Canadian Coast Guard vessel called the Destiny Empress. Authorities found more than 1,000 kilograms of high-grade cocaine worth an estimated $600 million concealed on the ship and accused the crew members of being part of a British-based drug-trafficking ring.
Halliday, who has spent most of his adult life dragging scallops off the sea floor, maintained he was recruited to help transport the vessel to a new owner and knew nothing of the hidden stash of drugs onboard. A Facebook page supporting Halliday grew to more than 1,400 members.
But a panel of Spanish judges found Halliday and seven other crew members guilty, Halliday's Canadian lawyer, Kevin Burke, said Wednesday. He said he was having the written decision translated and wasn't able to offer any more details about how the judges came to their decision.
Burke said Halliday's Spanish lawyer was "strongly advocating" an appeal.
Halliday's family and friends had spent the past three years appealing to Canadian officials for help in trying to speed up the judicial process. Halliday had been suffering health problems in detention, and had to have his gall bladder removed at one point, his family said.
Canada sent a letter to Spain's prime minister asking that Halliday receive a timely trial.
Asked what she had learned from this whole ordeal, Sheree Halliday said she was no longer so quick to judge other people.
"If I saw a program on the news about someone who'd just been charged, I'd say outloud, 'Good enough.' Now, I say that person has a mother, a child — there's two sides to a story. I look at everything differently now."
After having to educate herself on the Spanish justice system, dealing with lawyers and making appeals to all levels of government for help, she said she was looking forward to some normalcy.
"I'm happy to live in this little town. I've never had the desire to travel, to know more of the world," she said.
"All I want is for my boring, normal life back."