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One of the greats… The Shawshank Redemption.
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New CMOS sensor from ex-Kodak TrueSense Imaging: 12mp 4/3" 4.7um KAC-12040 with global and rolling shutter
True Sense Imaging (formerly Kodak's sensor business) is rolling out (ha!) their first CMOS sensor, the 12-megapixel KAC-12040 CMOS Image Sensor with 4.7um pixels, 4/3" optical format, and global and rolling shutter. You can find detailed specifications in the two PDF files at their website, along with their press release framing the announcement.
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Conference Hound-Up January 13, 2012: Live Fest, @Midem, @GoldenGlobes, Pinterest, Bing?
Matt O'Connell | Jan 13, 2012
Happy Friday the 13th everyone!
I promised you more Auto Shows, so here we go. In addition to the ones in Detroit and New England, you currently also have the option to attend the South Carolina Auto Show, the Utah Auto Expo, and the Montreal Auto Show.
I guess music festival season has begun on the other side of the Atlantic. The Bristol Acoustic Music Festival joins Eurosonic Noorderslag in England this weekend. In the coming weeks, Europe can also keep an eye out for Live Fest, Midem, Roundhouse Rising, and more.
Another surge in home & garden shows appears to be kicking in. There's a solid seven or eight of them across the country this weekend.
I think Pinterest has been explained to me three or four times and I still forget what it is. But there are rumors it could be the next huge trend in social marketing.
Wes Anderson's new movie Moonrise Kingdom has a trailer, and is definitely worth the two minutes. Also, don't forget to check out the Golden Globes this weekend. While I really only get interested in this event as a preview of the Oscars, I still usually end up watching it. I'm anticipating wins for Clooney, Scorsese, and Cranston.
It's been widely discussed this week that Google has implemented new search procedures that integrate Google+ into results. Some people are saying that this raises privacy issues, and other people just think it totally sucks. Either way, I don't think I'll go as far as using Bing. I mean, c'mon.
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About the Author: Matt hails from Boston and has a background in Film and Writing. As weather phenomena go, he prefers earthquakes to Nor'easters these days, so he's currently residing in the East Bay. He produced a feature film called "Night Sounds" after graduating from Emerson College, which premiered at a film festival in Massachusetts. Matt continues to write screenplays and work in the film community, while working as a freelance copywriter, editor, and part-time member of the Hound.


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Clocks at Home?
We live in a home with virtually no clocks (in the traditional sense).
With a cell phone alarm system, and digital time shown on our computers and stove, we really have no need for a wall or desk clock but remember a time when it seemed like a must.
We're wondering if people buy clocks anymore...or do you rely solely on one or more of the things we mentioned above for the time? Shown left, the Audrey clock from CB2 (on sale for $39.95).
If you are in the market for a time-teller, browse more CB2 clocks here.
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i LOVE clocks. my dream is to have a real antique working grandfather clock.
Nope, not a real clock in the apartment. Just an old clock radio that's hard to read (and not very aesthetically appealing, but these things never die), and little digital clocks embedded in everything.
i love clocks, have at least two in almost every room...
I'm tempted, but the appliances all have clocks.
Ever since I was a kid, clocks have fascinated me. I have at least one clock in every room of the house -- bathroom included. It's not that I need them, I just love them. My SO is just about ready to put his foot down, as he is of the opposite ilk, and is not fond of clocks.
--M. Graves birdie clock in kitchen (as well as stove, coffeemaker and microwave timekeepers)
--Living room -- Small bird-chirper-chiming mantel clock, fine-art sculpture/clock -- silver construction figures on top -- 'Working Over Time"
--Bathroom clock with a fly for a second hand -- Time Files, of course.
--P. Starck atomic clock w/weather and barometric pressure, cool little Alice-in-Wonderland-y clock, SO's alarm clock.
Not counting the cuckoo clock I can't figure out where to put. And the fly-swatter clock that's put away until summer...
Love clocks.
Yes! I have a beautiful sea-blue pottery clock that I bought in Maine on my kitchen wall, and a cool clock made out of an old 78 record (that's 78 as in RPM, not the year!) that my sister gave me, in my office. Plus a sleek wood and metal clock that I got for my birthday five years ago, in my bathroom. And there's one on my desk ... I guess I do expect to have real clocks around the house!
I am also clock obsessed...at least two or three in every room. Twice a year it is quite a job to reset them all, but I'm hopelessly hooked. I always give a clocks as wedding gifts also.
We just have one: an oversized schoolroom clock in the kitchen. We need it there to keep us on track on weekday mornings. Other than that, I'd love to get a Shaker grandfather clock someday, but totally for aesthetic, rather than timekeeping, reasons.
we have a few... a vintage seth thomas walnut starburst clock in our living room and a stainless steel schoolhouse clock in the hallway (convenient when running out the door to catch the bus!).
we also have a tiny ikea digital clock in the bathroom which has really helped with getting ready in the mornings.
I have 5 clocks in my apartment, outside of the DVR and VCR.
I have a typical blue framed plastic wall clock in my kitchen and it hangs where I can read it from both the kitchen and dining area. I have an old early 90's era clock radio w/ tape in the bathroom for both listening to my fav station and keeping up with the time.
The bedroom actually has 3 clocks, one the clock radio I've had now 12 years, a travel clock on the other side of the bed that Mom gave me and a red, black, white modern quartz modern analoge clock, circa late 80's on my desk that needs a new battery and I intend to replace it with something electric from the 70's that is also modern and very cool.
I do want a replica George Nelson ball clock for the living room. :-)
I am a clock-person as well... looking for an interesting, wooden, non-circular clock. Anyone have any ideas?
I'm with kat1: I'd love to have an antique tall case clock.
I have five clocks -- from my father's old leather bound electric desk clock to an antique mantle clock from Shanghai -- all of which I love. But when I actually need to know the time I check the lower right hand corner of my computer screen.
Wall clocks make a room look finished.
We have one huge clock above our staircase so that if I'm working on something non-computer-related in the living room, I can see what time it is. But I haven't worn a watch in almost a decade.
In my last apartment, I had three identical clocks hung together. One in local time, one showing the time it was in my boyfriend's hometown in India (so he can coordinate his calls without math errors), and one showing the local time on the East coast, where my family is. Not that I can't subtract three hours in my head, but it's got wonderful symbolism re: our blended relationship and geography.
I love clocks! A Tarabay cuckoo greats all my guests the moment they walk in the door.
I have many clocks. And I far prefer analog time-telling to digital. I was excited to discover that OSX offered the option of a round clock face with hands and numbers, instead of the little digital time in the upper right hand corner. I don't care that I have to move it out of the way sometimes.
I have a Yoshitomo Nara clock in the bathroom. It's my absolute favorite because it's different almost every time I look at it: http://www.littleclockshop.com/nara_flip_clock.html
i love clocks.
i would love to have a nelson spindle clock. it's on my list.
i also really like this ghost clock from urban outfitters. the photos on the page look like they shot them with a 100 dollar camera (it looks a little better in some of the other photos). but i'm into the white on white and embossed numbers on aluminum.
I have loads of clocks - living room - huge old station clock in kitchen - bathroom for timing hair colour etc - bedroom obviously
i have a vintage sunburst clock in my kitchen which, not only looks amazing, it also tells me when i'm running late for work. i'd be lost (or at least late) without it!
I think we have clocks in every room of our apartment. I find that I end up being late for work a lot if I don't have a clock right in my face.... :)
I don't wear a watch though... that might help...
I've stopped wearing a watch thanks to having my cellphone with me all the time, but at home where I don't have it in my pocket, I like to have a clock on the wall in every room, so I can just glance up without having to find a digital display (microwave, oven, DVR, etc).
if you're looking for a replica George Nelson ball clock check out this adaptation from Howard Miller (they originally produced it in the 1940's).
My cell phone wakes me up Monday through Friday and never on the weekends (because it's set that way). My stove, hood range/microwave, computer and DVR receiver all give me the time so there is really no need for a clock. I see really nice clocks all the time that I'd like to own but it wouldn't be practical so I never buy.
We have the Nelson sunburst clock in the kitchen, and two alarm clocks by the bed. And one of those old Swatch store display clocks, a wristwatch that's about 5' high, but it's hanging on the wall of our son's room, and he doesn't like the loud ticking at night, so it's not keeping time right now.
My dream is to have a wall of clocks with the stenciled words "Does anyone every really know what time it is?"
On there would be the George Nelson ball clock and the cat clock with the hanging tail that moves and the eyes that go back and forth. And several others, of course.


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Antitrust Enforcement and Marginal Deterrence
AbstractWe study antitrust enforcement in which the fine must obey four legal principles: punishments should fit the crime, proportionality, bankruptcy considerations, and minimum fines. We integrate these legal principles into an infinitely-repeated oligopoly model. Bankruptcy considerations ensure abnormal cartel profits. We derive the optimal fine schedule that achieves maximal social welfare under these legal principles. This optimal fine schedule induces collusion on a lower price making it more attractive than on higher prices. Also, raising minimum fines reduces social welfare and should never be implemented. Our analysis and results relate to the marginal deterrence literature by Shavell (1992) and Wilde (1992).
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"Faith" & Vision for Humanity
Note Tennyson's ideals in the
following poems:
#95: Tennyson recalls an important experience on his lawn one
evening after his friends had left. As he reads over letters from Hallam, he feels
touched by his dead friend's memory. Then, this gives way to a sense of Hallam's
actual presence and results in a feeling for the meaning of the world: "The steps of
Time -- the shocks of Chance/ The blows of Death" (42-43). Soon, however, he
returns to his doubt and the coming of the dawn.
#106: Tennyson's New Year's Day poem. It sets forth his view
of a new era free from class strife, war, and greed. Instead, it is a new millenium
of nobility, equality, and truth. It sets aside "the darkness of the land"
and brings in "the Christ that is to be" (31-32). (Is "Christ"
here an actual figure or a symbol?)
#124: Christ is found in Tennyson's faith, though not in Nature or his doubt.
His faith is based in his emotion and intuition: "A warmth within the breast
would melt/ [. . .] Stood up and answered, 'I have felt'" (12,14). His doubt
cries out to one he knows is near. That mixture of faith and doubt can be compared
to hands reaching out of the darkness of doubt.
Epilogue, lines 49ff: Tennyson again affirms his belief that
evolutionary forces resulted in humans who have a sense of eternity and a connection
between themselves and the "crowning race" of the spiritual dead. The dead
have true knowledge about this present life. All that we experience here is to
flower in the next life. Hallam is in God, a God "[t]o which the whole creation
moves" (71).
Discussion Questions
"All manner of thing shall be well/ When the tongues of flame are in-folded/ Into
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Portraits through personal space: Jasper White
Photographer, Jasper White's recent work examines personal spaces synonymous with daily life. Reflecting on his tent project, shot at Glastonbury 2011, Jasper tells us about the concept, the challenges and the stories which reveal themselves from working in the busy, and famously muddy, environment of the world's largest music festival.
Why Glastonbury?
It's the ultimate music festival. You get a huge number of people, young and old, from all over the world and all walks of life. So, it provides an enormous range of subjects.
What was the idea and what did you hope to achieve?
The tent project came about because I thought it would be interesting to explore a transient space that people only use for a small period of time. A space they really try and make a home away from home by bringing all kinds of crazy things from home with them — stereos, kitchen appliances, their entire wardrobe, weird objects… all kinds of things.
I wanted to capture the unseen, to instill the character of the people inhabiting the spaces; to have fun without poking fun. It's a social experiment I guess.
What were the logistical challenges of the shoot?
I like to use film and, for the tent series, I shot on a large 5×4 format. The camera and kit weigh at least 15kg, so shooting with bulky equipment in a campsite filled with thousands of people, in mud, on wonky ground covering miles of fields every day was crazy!
Choosing the film and large format camera meant I had to slow down and think. It allowed me to create images you feel you can walk into. It's the colour, the quality and the process of consideration that makes it so rewarding. And there's the excitement of waiting for the images to develop.
On the shoot it was just me and Getty Images' Art Director, Gemma Fletcher carrying around the gear in harsh weather conditions. No assistants. But Gemma is a great art director, with boundless enthusiasm, and was a pleasure to work with which made it a lot easier going.
I had to approach festival-goers and ask their permission to shoot in their tents. Once they got what I wanted to do, they were usually, fine. Most people want to help artists; they don't see them as a threat and are genuinely happy to be a part of it.
What interests you about personal spaces?
Jasper: I find it more interesting to show a part of the person through spaces they'd recently occupied. With the tent project you get to see their musical alliances, their sense of humour and persona through the items they bring along to the festival.
But it's just a take on that moment. It may not be the self they reveal outside. It's a question that's never quite answered and that's what I find so interesting about it. It's voyeuristically poking at a hidden truth to expose what may or may not be.
I also like to consider how these spaces relate to other. It's my sense of curiosity coming out. I like bringing out a story which everyone will see in a different way.
What are you working on at the moment?
I've just completed a project in Israel, 'Young guns', about an object commonly used in the military – the gun. It's about the young fighters who've started their service. The idea was to take an object that has no inherent character, but dark connotations, and examine how it changes within different settings.
Editor's note: Julian Panico writes many interesting posts for the Getty Images blog and insightful pieces for the Curve by Getty Images. If you see him at Glastonbury this year, say hello from me!


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Where we are as a state is a combination of the efforts of the Governor, Legislature, Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and society as as a whole. The goal for DSHS is to be a national leader in every aspect of client service.
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Date of Award
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Degree Name
Master of Applied Science (MASc)
Computing and Software
Tom Maibaum
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George Karakostas, Alan Wassyng
Large software systems tend to have complex architecture and numerous lines of source code. As software systems have grown in size and complexity, it has become increasingly difficult to deliver bug-free software to end-users. Most system failures occurring at run-time are directly caused by system defects; therefore diagnosis of software defects becomes an important but challenging task in software development and maintenance.
A system log is one available source of information from a software system. Software developers have used system logs to record program variable values, trace execution, report run-time statistics and print out full-sentence messages. This makes system logs a helpful resource for diagnosis of software defects. The conventional log analysis requires human intervention to examine run-time information in system logs and to apply their expertise to software systems, in order to determine the root cause of a software defect and work out a concrete solution. Complex software systems can generate thousands of system logs in a relatively short time frame. Analyzing such large amounts of information turns out to be extremely time-consuming. Automated techniques are needed to improve the efficiency and quality of the diagnostic process.
This thesis presents an automated approach to diagnosis of software defects, combining source code analysis, log analysis and sequential pattern mining, to detect anomalies among system logs, diagnose reported system errors and narrow down the range of source code lines to determine the root cause. We demonstrate that, by implementation, the methodology provides a feasible solution to the diagnostic problem.
Recommended Citation
Lei, Jianhui, "The Log Analysis in an Automatic Approach" (2012). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 7285.
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Thanks for the link. I look forward to listening to it!
Carolyn, found your site via Mary Kassian. Thanks for the link to this sermon. Excellent.
I also have a blog dedicated to encouraging women to choose the path of biblical womanhood - Off the Beaten Path. I hope you'll check it out and even consider being a follower. In fact, I've linked you on my blog. Like Mary says, I'm adding my voice to the echo chamber for biblical womanhood.
Blessings to you and your ministry. I'll continue to follow your blog. I'd love to communicate with you more.
Thank you for posting this link. After that weekend, I have been praising God for opening my eyes to begin to see what it looks like to be a servant of God in our society. 1 Corinthians 13 has also been an anchor for me in my spiritual journey.
Love and grace to you,
It was such a blessing to attend this event. Thank you
Go, Wonder Woman! This stuff really bothers me... and there is way too much assuming going on in Dr. Moore's talk.
Whether you are looking at male superheroes or female superheroes, you are looking at a fantastic idealization and it matters very much that we know how to distinguish between fantasy & reality.
But Wonder Woman is a great superhero counterpart to Superman and the MANY male superheroes. If Dr. Moore wants to start critiquing the pagan influences in those stories and the often demeaning and disrespectful attitudes toward women they include, then I'll start taking him seriously on Wonder Woman and how she is a feminist plot to make men weak and submissive to dominant women. For now, he's just another Christian man who can't stand the thought of a woman - even in fantasy - being both capable and curvy while he's not bothered in the least by a man being portrayed as super-strong and sexy.
I enjoy Superhero stories / movies, whether the main character is male or female. I can understand and celebrate the need for contrast between the hero and the rest of the characters without seeing male heroes as automatically demeaning women or female heroes as automatically demeaning men. Seriously!
Why do so many conservative Christians think that the only way for any man to look strong is for all women to look weak? There is far too much to do in this world for one of us (male or female) to always make dominating the other to be our main focus. Let's team up and work together for the glory of God. We all have strengths and weaknesses - areas where we can cheer each other on and protect each other. So, let's be about what is really important (not obsessing about Wonder Woman).
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I have never been keen on April Fools Day jokes. In fact, I dread the day, having to double-check everything I read online, holding back my well-wishes on all of the "I'm pregnant!" posts on Facebook, and watching my back everywhere I go, in case someone decides to ambush me or play some sort of prank.
This year, April Fool's day went off without a hitch, with exception to a few gullable moments (such as Lululemon's "Lululeather" launch prank). Unfortunately, I should have known better than to think I could get off that easy. My April Fool's Day "prank" came a few days later.
The weekend after April Fool's day, I had a 3-day Army drill at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. My unit was staying in old WWII barracks at the base, pretty much in the middle of the woods. After changing out of my uniform and getting my bunk ready (rolling out my sleeping bag and attempting to make the ancient mattress feel somewhat comfortable), I decided to take the trek to the women's latrines, which were located about 50 yards away from our barracks. Once I was back in my bunk, I realized I had a bug bite on my leg, but I didn't think much of it since we were in the wilderness and bugs were common in Kentucky.
The following day (Saturday), I kept scratching the bug bite, but didn't see any indication that the bite was anything unusual or alarming. Little did I know that 24 hours after that bite, my entire life would change.
In the middle of that night (Saturday night), I woke up to an intense itching sensation on the palms of my hands and bottoms of my feet. It got so bad that I grabbed a comb out of my toiletry bag and spent the rest of the night laying in the fetal position alternating between scratching the bottoms of my feet and palms of my hands with the comb.
Needless to say, I was exhausted the following morning. I groggily got ready for first formation, throwing on my uniform and slipping my itchy feet into my boots, dreading spending the day at drill. While standing in first formation (roll call), my fellow soldiers around me kept asking if I was okay and staring at me like something was wrong. They told me my neck was covered in red welts, about the size of quarters. After formation, my sergeant told me to go get some benadryl and itch cream because I "looked like I was in rough shape."
A few hours later, the itching and hives seemed to lessen, but I was still freaked out by the entire experience. I am definitely prone to hives—I used to have to carry an epi-pen as a child because of allergic reactions—but this time it was different. I had no idea what was causing it this time.
The week after drill, I had 5 similar allergic reactions. All of the itching and hives began in the middle of the night, causing me to think that maybe I got bed bugs while at Fort Campbell. But after sanitizing the sheets and bed and still having reactions (and my fiance showing no signs of itchiness), I ruled out my bed bugs theory.
The following week, I had 4 more allergic reactions before finally deciding to get to the bottom of it. I went on to my insurance company's website and began calling Allergists in the area, trying to find one with an available appointment ASAP. To my luck, I finally found one that could see me the next day.
Once at the Allergist's office, I began rattling off my list of symptoms to the doctor. Strange allergic reactions always starting in the middle of the night, intense itchiness, hives spreading across my entire body, even my face and lips on some occasions. The doctor asked me where I was when I had my first reaction, and when I told him I was at drill, a light bulb seemed to go off in his head.
After showing him my bug bite, he was almost certain I had gotten bit by a bug containing Alpha-gal, an antibody causing me to be allergic to mammal meat. (The only reason he knew this was because he had another patient with the condition—if I went to a doctor anywhere else I probably wouldn't have been diagnosed properly and would have continued to have allergic reactions). This is the only known allergen that causes delayed anaphylaxis, which would explain the allergic reactions starting in the middle of the night, a few hours after eating dinner. I never had an allergy to meat before, but because of the bug bite, my body now cannot digest a carbohydrate present in mammal meat such as beef or pork. The doctor told me that the bug (typically a tick) is only known in southern states such as Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia, and there are only a little over a thousand known cases of the alpha-gal allergy.
A few blood tests confirmed the diagnosis a week later, and reality began to set in. After excessive googling of the condition (which is rare but beginning to become prevalent), I discovered that only a few days before my incident, PETA posted a April Fool's Day press release discussing releasing large quantities of this bug in order to force people to become vegetarians. Oh, the irony!
Almost 3 months later, there's only one way to describe living with this alpha-gal allergy: it SUCKS. I have to be extremely careful what I eat, because even foods cooked in beef broth or containing small amounts of bacon (such as baked beans) can cause reactions. I feel embarrassed asking waiters at restaurants how their food is prepared, and I hate having to bring my own piece of fish to cookouts when everyone else has hamburgers and steaks.
There is a chance that my body will "outgrow" this condition, but because it is so rare, there isn't much information or case study results available as of yet. I am thankful for Trader Joe's grocery stores, because they carry tons of great vegetarian and mammal-free meal options (most of which I would have never considered prior to my meat allergy). I've found alternatives for some of the foods I used to enjoy, but nothing can replace a big juicy steak or a plate of bacon (turkey bacon isn't nearly as good!).
For those of you that live in the south, or even those that live elsewhere but go camping/in the woods—make sure to wear bug spray! I wouldn't wish this condition on my worst enemy (unless they were a vegetarian already, ha ha).
People always ask me if I blame the Army for my allergy, but truthfully, I don't hold any ill-will. Sure, I wouldn't have gotten the bug bite if I wasn't at Fort Campbell for drill, but the Army has opened up so many doors for me and my life, that if becoming allergic to meat was the only negative aspect of my Army experience, I can deal with that!


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good stuff Jay - quick question though - what unit was that from? Those are HK rifles - not standard issue for American forces.ReplyDelete
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Give frost something to reduce the CD of Deep Freeze for PvE and it'll be competitive. Even if it is just a proc.
I'm aware that this applies to the original forum thread instead of the WowInsider thread, however, "(Let's please not turn the rest of this thread into a lecture about how if we had only listened to *your* idea for tweaking (class) damage, everything would have turned out fine.)"
On the subject of Deep Freeze--I've always thought it has worked very weirdly. I mean, it does two very different things depending if the target is an unstunable boss, or a stunable player/monster. The ability changes when you use it, which isn't very reliable (as opposed to the normal: I press this button, this happens).
I really think they need to change up Deep Freeze with a glyph option (people shouldn't have to spend more excess talent-points to make a core ability 'work' in my opinion).
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My Thai friend and fellow football fan Fuadi Pitsuwan is floating an interesting idea of ASEAN possibly hosting the World Cup as a regional organization in 2030. I am publishing his thought piece on the subject with his permission below.
ASEAN and the World Cup
Fuadi Pitsuwan
ASEAN should host the World Cup in 2030. It is an affirmation that not only football fans in ASEAN but all ASEAN citizens will welcome.
The astounding decision last week by FIFA, the world's football federation, to award Russia and Qatar to host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 respectively gives hope that ASEAN should seriously aspire, as a Community, to host this quadrennial sporting event, with the largest worldwide audience, in 2030.
The current FIFA statues stipulate that "tournaments may not be held on the same continent on two successive occasions." Qatar, is in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) together with all 10 ASEAN member states. Unless there is a rule change, e.g. splitting the AFC, which has 46 members, to West and East AFCs, ASEAN is ineligible for 2026.
But there is hope for 2030 (or any World Cup after that).
Despite the fact that no Southeast Asian state has ever reached the World Cup finals ASEAN countries have the potential and the determination to qualify for the finals. Hopefully, this could change before 2030. ASEAN, after all, is home to some of the most fanatical football fans in the world. But Qatar has never qualified for the finals either.
For far too long, football fans all over the region have been staying up pass midnight to watch live games of their favorite teams, whether clubs or foreign nations, on TV. It is time that our fans deserve to watch the World Cup in the comfort of their own region.
With a fast growing middle class and already a major tourism and business destination a World Cup final held in ASEAN will pack in the crowds. Moreover, football fans, like coffee lovers, are not qualified by their age, gender, religion or ethnicity. By 2030, the population of ASEAN which now stands close to 600 million will be close to a billion. That's your mega base of fans for success.
How exciting it would be if each member state is to provide at least one stadium for the tournament. With the prospect of Timor-Leste joining ASEAN as early as next year as its 11th member, ASEAN could quite easily build 11 brand new stadiums. The bid guideline requires no less than 12 stadiums and 2 of these must have minimum capacities of 80,000 for the opening match and the final, while the rest of the stadiums must have a capacity of more than 40,000 spectators.
FIFA also requires, state-of-the-art telecommunications and transport connectivity and accommodation infrastructure. This is well within our reach to achieve.
I don't think there will be any other significant collective decision by the leaders and people of ASEAN that will accelerate the economic, social and cultural development and integration of ASEAN as a community than one to host a World Cup final. It stands to reason to argue that governments, citizens, business and our dialogue partners will all surely benefit from such a decision.
The challenges of coordination and logistics in 11 countries will be enormous but ASEAN is already well connected by all forms of transportation and will surely be physically better integrated by 2030. The blueprints are already there or are all being drawn up.
The World Cup finals, like the Olympic Games, have a developmental imperative. Just imagine, 2030 is only fifteen years after the establishment of the ASEAN Community in 2015 when we will operate as One Community and as a single market. ASEAN member states are working on a Schengen-like visa which will facilitate non-ASEAN citizens' travel in the region. The ASEAN Connectivity Master plan, recently launched, will connect ASEAN member states through air, land and sea transportation.
We can put forward a strong case to FIFA that we can function like a single nation as the host. Given the recent trend of FIFA in awarding the winning bids to new regions, ASEAN stands a strong chance.
According to FIFA rules, the host nation (or nations as in Korea and Japan which co-hosted in 2002) is automatically qualified to participate in the World Cup Finals. For sure, ASEAN cannot have all 11 countries compete in a tournament of 32 teams. But we could send representatives. The winner of the ASEAN Cup in 2029 should get an automatic eligibility to contest in the ASEAN 2030 World Cup. Losers from the regional cup should still have a second shot at the World Cup by competing in the Asian Football Confederation's qualifying rounds.
But if I could change FIFA's mind I would encourage ASEAN, as host, to send a team with the best players from all 11 countries!
An ASEAN bid for 2030 could face stiff competition from China and Argentina-Uruguay. China has already expressed interest touting its experience in hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics and this year's Asian Games. China's experience with world class sporting events and the fact that it has not hosted the game before makes it a tough competitor. But politically speaking, the unpredictable consequences of China's rise to the world stage may affect its bid which could be viewed as only compounding China's hegemonic status in Asia.
ASEAN, on the other hand, has been and will be the fulcrum for East Asia's regional stability for a long time to come. A stronger and well recognized, well respected and well integrated ASEAN will be good for East Asia. These qualities of ASEAN should help us attract supporters from other Asian countries as well as other international stakeholders who look at the World Cup as more than merely a sporting event, but a significant show of "soft power."
Uruguay and Argentina have already started their campaign and are planning to submit a joint bid. Their case rests on the fact that 2030 is the year that will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the tournament. Uruguay, having hosted the first competition in 1930, claims it should come back to the country in 2030. Argentina apparently just jumped on the bandwagon believing that it could benefit from Uruguay's advantage. The representatives from the two countries have met with Sepp Blatter, FIFA's Secretary-General.
This is again a credible challenge for ASEAN. But there is some comfort because if those two South American nations get to host in 2030, 2034 may be easier for us (assuming China doesn't bid again).
Hosting the World Cup would further elevate ASEAN as a truly global power in all areas and would particularly reinforce its "soft power". It would be the first time a regional intergovernmental bloc holds a sporting event of such global scale. The EU has never done it. We will be perceived politically as a single entity. Revenues from broadcasting concessions, ticket sales, and advertising can be used towards further development. We could technically choose to build new stadiums in lesser developed cities in each of our countries to stimulate economic growth in those areas. Moreover, the two most-watched games – the opening and final- and high-profile games in the Group of Death could be held in needier members of ASEAN, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar or Timor Leste, as means to stimulate economic development in those countries and show case them as new investment or travel destinations.
This is not the first time that this idea of hosting the world's most important football tournament has been raised. At the 7th ASEAN Finance Ministers Investor Seminar concluded several days ago in Kuala Lumpur, Thailand's Minister of Finance, Korn Chatikavanij – having just learned the news of Russia and Qatar winning the bids – apparently mooted his wish to see ASEAN hosting the World Cup to the distinguished audience. ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan, when told of the idea responded "Yes, I have been thinking about the same thing. I will push it. See if ASEAN will take the plunge."
According to current FIFA's host selection format, it will start soliciting for bids to host the 2030 World Cup in January 2017. The decision will be made in December 2018.
2015 is when the ASEAN Community – One Vision, One Identity, One Community – is to be realized. So what are we waiting for?


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Police arrested 20-year-old Jaffice Lee Harris and say he has admitted to beating an elderly man early Wednesday morning. But solving the crime actually started in the parking of a United Supermarket.
Jaffice Harris allegedly attempted to steal a woman's purse in the parking lot of the United Supermarket at 50th and Avenue Q. Police say while Harris didn't get her purse they did get a vehicle description to help them in the case.
Just hours earlier on Wednesday morning, police say Harris broke into Kenneth and Doris Forson's home in the 3800 block of 48th Street. "He said give me the money, give me the money. That's the only words I heard him say. Give me the money, give me the money," Kenneth said.
Kenneth says Harris beat him with an umbrella and his own cane. His wife, Doris, was in the other bedroom and called 911. "I had to open the door to see what he was doing to him a. My husband said close the door honey, lock it and call 911," Doris said.
The attack left Kenneth with these cuts on his head, a concussion, a severely bruised arm and even a bruised lung. However, just less than 48 hours later, police say they linked Harris, who was already in jail for the attempted purse snatching, to Kenneth's cuts and bruises. In addition, investigators say late Thursday, Harris confessed to invading the Forson's home.
Friday afternoon NewsChannel 11 spoke with Kenneth, who says he is glad to hear of Harris's arrest. According to court records it turns out, Harris lives only a few blocks from the Forson's.
Harris faces felony charges of burglary and robbery and is jailed a $150,000 bond.
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The visage of Set may evoke fear in the ritual landscape, but his function was always regarded as a vital component in the cosmic scheme. Set's raw physical powers gave rise to his name Seb Ur ("greatest strength"), the title of his cosmic sceptre that stands at the pole of the Earth in the form of the Big Dipper. He is also lord of Earthly forces, embodied in the metals of iron and lead that fashioned his awesome tools-the adze and ceremonial blades used in the transformative Opening of the Mouth ceremonies. All must be reconciled to the powers of Set, and though they are formidable, they are the forces that govern the essential laws on Earth and within the mortal form itself. Thus, he oversees the realm of corruption and decay, an important phase in the life cycle of the phenomenal world.
Principle: Fixation. The energy dynamic of Set imposes physical restraints that may inhibit free movement and thought. His influence brings conditions to a standstill that may require extended periods of remedial action, such as repeating efforts, experiencing bureaucratic delays, and facing opposition. However, his own powers have limitation, and will subside when natural laws are obeyed. Set may assist in health matters that have been misdiagnosed or disguised by symptoms; he allows conditions to present themselves openly.
Function: Corruption. Set brings adversaries to one's attention without compromise and he assists in facing irresolvable situations that may appear formidable and overpowering. He provides mental endurance and physical stamina, allowing the weak to come back with renewed vigor.
Associated deities: Apep, "the devourer," who governs cyclic phenomena on the organic plane; Sobekh, the crocodile god whose powers heal the deformed; Taurt, goddess of proliferation; Sokar, deity of hibernation and the winter solstice.
Animals: Goat, crocodile, hippopotamus, antelope, gazelle, oryx (all desert animals).
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The Keystone Pipeline Brings Oil to Asia; not US [LINK] →
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The easy caricature is not true, and it's not the whole story, says Rep. Ed Markey, the ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee. Markey agrees it would be "a very good thing if the U.S. could be reliant on North American-produced oil," but that's not what the Canadians intend, he says. Keystone oil is headed for Port Arthur, Texas—a foreign-trade zone that allows tax-free transactions—and then on to Asia, not the U.S. This is an important point that is rarely made. "That foreign-trade zone is what made me suspicious of what the real agenda was for this oil," says Markey.


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Jeremy: [voiceover] Having missed all the big, scary boats, we turned our attentions back to Branson's record.
Jeremy: Ready? One hour… forty minutes, coming up… Now! WE'VE FAILED!
Coast Guard pilot over radio: Please state your intentions.
Jeremy: Our intentions are to cross the Channel faster than Beardy Branson.
Coast Guard pilot over radio: In that case, I wish you the best of luck.
Richard: [voiceover] Amazingly, however, James insisted his Herald with the snapped mast could be fixed. And so, with help from me and Jeremy -
Jeremy: [voiceover] Despite the roughness, Captain Cocksure was supremely confident in his engineering and eager to get going. Hammond and I, however… weren't.
Jeremy: Have you ever considered…the meaning of life?
Richard: No, but I think we should. And I think we should -
Jeremy: Now's the time.
Richard: [nods] Oh, yeah, yeah.
Jeremy: [voiceover] Mind you, after five miles, Hammond was beyond caring.
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Union fees are up for a vote in the New Hampshire House Wednesday.
Granite State lawmakers are again considering whether to bar employers from negotiating contracts with unions that collect fees from nonunion workers.
Supporters say it is unfair to force workers to pay fees, even if it's part of a collective bargaining agreement between workers and their employer.
If the bill passes, nonunion employees would not have to pay union dues for contract negotiations.
A similar bill was defeated last year.
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Hark, what, now loud, now low, the pining flute complains,
Without tongue, yellow-cheeked, full of winds that wail and sigh;
Saying, Sweetheart! the old mystery remains,—
If I am I; thou, thou; or thou art I?
Thy foes to hunt, thy enviers to strike down,
Poises Arcturus aloft morning and evening his spear.
Not in their houses stand the stars,
But o'er the pinnacles of thine!
From thy worth and weight the stars gravitate, And the equipoise of heaven is thy house's equipoise.
[Among the religious customs of the dervishes is an astronomical dance, in which the dervish imitates the movements of the heavenly bodies, by spinning on his own axis, whilst at the same time he revolves round the Sheikh in the centre, representing the sun; and, as he spins, he sings the Song of Seyd Nimetollah of Kuhistan.]
Spin the ball! I reel, I burn,
Nor head from foot can I discern,
Nor my heart from love of mine,
Nor the wine-cup from the wine.
All my doing, all my leaving,
Reaches not to my perceiving;
Lost in whirling spheres I rove,
And know only that I love.
I am seeker of the stone,
Living gem of Solomon;
From the shore of souls arrived,
In the sea of sense I dived;
But what is land, or what is wave,
To me who only jewels crave?
Love is the air-fed fire intense,
And my heart the frankincense;
As the rich aloes flames, I glow,
Yet the censer cannot know.
I'm all-knowing, yet unknowing;
Stand not, pause not, in my going.
Ask not me, as Muftis can,
To recite the Alcoran;
Well I love the meaning sweet,—
I tread the book beneath my feet.
Lo! the God's love blazes higher,
Till all difference expire.
What are Moslems? what are Giaours?
All are Love's, and all are ours.
I embrace the true believers,
But I reck not of deceivers.
Firm to Heaven my bosom clings,
Heedless of inferior things;
Down on earth there, underfoot,
What men chatter know I not.
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M56 Lena highway (Russia)
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Federal Highway M56
|Федеральная автомобильная дорога M56
|Lena Highway
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|1,235 km (767 mi)
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M56 Lena Highway or The Amur-Yakutsk Highway (Russian: Амуро-Якутская автомобильная дорога or Russian: Амуро-Якутская автомагистраль) – a federal highway (road) in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, connecting Yakutsk with the Trans-Siberian Railway corridor near Skovorodino. The road was built in stages between 1925 and 1964.
It runs parallel to the incomplete Amur Yakutsk Mainline railway. It takes its name from the Lena River, which runs more or less north-south in this part of Siberia. Actually, with Yakutsk situated entirely on the west bank of Lena, and the road running on the east bank, the highway terminates in Nizhny Bestyakh (Нижний Бестях), a settlement of 4,000 people opposite Yakutsk on the east bank of Lena. When river conditions permit, one may drive right over the frozen river to Yakutsk, or take the ferry, but much of the year the river is impassable due to flooding or ice floes or semi-thawed ice not supporting the weight of vehicles.
At Nizhny Bestyakh, Lena Highway connects to Kolyma Highway (The Road of Bones), also designated M56, linking Yakutsk with Magadan to the east, on the Pacific Ocean seacoast.
There is no bridge over the Lena anywhere in Yakutia. One is meant to be built 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Yakutsk center between 2009 and 2013, a dual-use railroad/road span of some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) in length. The road's southern terminus is at the village of Never near Skovorodino, where it intersects the M58 highway at a cloverleaf junction. In July 2013 the federal road agency, Rosavtodor requested a tender to build a three-kilometer road-only bridge over the river, expecting a cost of $1.7 bn/56 bn RUB, and a 6 year construction period.[1] The winner will be announced in spring 2014.[2]
Although it is a federal highway, it is just a dirt road. When frozen in the winter, this makes for an excellent surface, and the posted speed limit is 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph). However, in the summer, with any significant rain, the road turns to impassible mud that often swallows whole smaller vehicles.[3] Significant parts of the road, mainly in the south, have been paved[4]
- ^ Lena River Bridge to Provide Hope and Fruit
- ^ MegaProject 124: Two teams qualified for $1.7b Lena River bridge PPP project in Russia (Infrappp; Nov 6, 2013)
- ^ Archer, Rick (January 2007). "The Russian Highway from Hell". Retrieved 2008-04-05. Pictures of the Lena Highway with some commentary.
- ^ Google maps


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Actor Charlie Sheen has sparked speculation of a new romance after he was snapped kissing a porn star on Thursday. The "Anger Management" star was photographed kissing and cuddling adult film star Brett Rossi on the balcony of his villa in Los Cabos, Mexico, on Thanksgiving Day. Sheen later took to Twitter to share a snap of the pair hugging, writing "Best Thanksgiving ever. I'm thankful for 'Giving' the world another face-load of planet jealous!"
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