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The Getopt::Std module allows you to read and respond to short options, that can either take values or function as boolean values. The module even aids in the creation of help and version information, taking much of the work out of things.
However, sometimes you'll need to support a large number of command line options, and representing each of them with a single letter becomes quite impractical after a certain point. Besides, short options can easily become very cryptic for the end user of your application.
Fortunately, Perl makes it very easy to work with long options too, which, as you remember, can be represented by multiple letters. By making use of the appropriately-named Getopt::Long module, you can easily add broader support for command line options into your application.
In this article, we'll take a look at the Getopt::Long module and the functionality it offers for processing command line options.
Getting started
With Getopt::Std, we only had to call one function to process all of the command line options. That one function would then populate global variables (by default) with option values. Getopt::Long also has a single function, GetOptions, which handles the command line options, but it's more complex. This function takes an even number of arguments, where the odd-numbered arguments are the option names (actually, they are the "specifications" and can contain more than just the names, but we'll get into that later), and the even-numbered arguments are references to variables where the option values will be stored (again, it gets more complex than this—these are actually the "destinations").
Let's see what this looks like in an actual script. Consider a program that can take just one command line option. This command line option will be named "force" and will make the program force some sort of operation. It doesn't matter what that operation is because we're not concerned with that here. We're only concerned with the command line options, so let's just print out the value of the command line option. Obviously, the option will have a boolean value, since it doesn't take any values. If it's present, it's true. Otherwise, it's false.
We could call the program like this:
$ program –force
Or like this:
$ program
Here's what the full script looks like:
#!/usr/bin/perluse strict;use Getopt::Long;my $force = '';GetOptions('force' => $force);print "force: $forcen";
As you can see, there's nothing complicated here. The only thing you should keep in mind is that the variables you use need default values. Otherwise, if the command line option isn't present, and you use the variable later on, you'll get a warning if you have warnings enabled.
{mospagebreak title=Handling values}
What if we need for a command line option to take a value, though? This behavior is, of course, supported by the module, but we need to specify that a command line option can take a value. We also need to specify what kind of value the option can take.
Suppose we want to add a command line option to our program called "server." This option will take a value, the address of some server. This value will, of course, be a string. In order to specify all of this, we simply need to add a little bit to the option's specifications (now you know why they are specifications, not names). All we need to add is an equals sign followed by the letter s, which indicates that we're looking for a string:
GetOptions('force' => $force, 'server=s' => $server);
Before this, though, we need to declare the variable and give it a default value:
my $server = '';
You should also adjust the program so that it prints out the value of the option.
Now the program can be called with the new command line option:
$ program –server=devshed.com
What happens if we need spaces in the string, though? In that case, we would simply surround the string with quotation marks. For example, consider a command line option named "name" that takes the name of a person:
$ program –name="John Smith"
We can specify other types of values, too: integers, floating point numbers and "extended integers." This last type simply corresponds to integers as might be used in Perl. That is, they can be specified in hexadecimal, binary, or whatever. In order to specify that an option takes an integer value, use i, and in order to specify that an option takes a floating point value, use f. Extended integers may be specified by using the letter o.
Here are three more command line options. The first takes an integer, the second takes a floating point number, and the third takes an extended integer:
my $retries = 0;my $somefloat = 0;my $einteger = 0;…GetOptions('force' => $force, 'server=s' => $server, 'retries=i' => $retries, 'somefloat=f' =>
'einteger=o' => $einteger);
Now we can call the program like this:
$ program –retries=3 –somefloat=3.14 –einteger=0xFF
Say we try to pass the wrong kind of value to an option, though, like this:
$ program –retires=enough
We're passing a string where the program expects a float. If you run this, though, you'll notice that Getopt::Long complains:
Value "hi" invalid for option somefloat (real number expected)
In this case, the value is not assigned to the variable.
{mospagebreak title=Optional values and multiple values}
We just looked at how you can make a command line option take a value. However, there are a few more things you can do with values that are worth mentioning.
First, you can make a value optional for a given command line option. For example, consider a program that normally operates silently, producing no command line output. However, you can give the user the option of making the program produce some output. Many programs operate like this. You can make a command line option called "verbose" that, when present, makes the program produce some output:
$ program –verbose
You might want to give the user the option to make the program print out even more output, though. This can be done by making the command line argument take an integer value that tells the program how verbose to be. A neat solution, though, would be to make this value optional. If the user specifies a value, then that value is used. Otherwise, it defaults to zero. Here's a script that handles such an option:
#!/usr/bin/perluse strict;use Getopt::Long;my $verbose = 0;GetOptions('verbose:i' => $verbose);print "verbose: $verbosen";
Second, you'll sometimes want a command line option to be used multiple times with multiple values. The Getopt::Long module allows for this. You simply need to pass an array reference rather than a scalar reference for the destination.
Consider a command line option called "name" that takes a name. We might want to pass multiple names into the program by using this command line option more than once. So, we might run the program like this:
$ program –name Bob –name Anne
Here's how this would look like in Perl:
my @names;GetOptions('names=s' => @names);print "$_n" for (@names);
The @names array would contain an element for each value. If we called the program as we did above, it would contain "Bob" and "Anne."
{mospagebreak title=Responding to command line arguments}
The GetOptions function, as we've used it now, sets variables according to the values of command line options, or whether or not command line options are present. We can respond to these command line options by examining the variables later on the program. Sometimes, this is the appropriate approach.
Other times, however, this is really inconvenient. Suppose we need more control over what happens when a command line option is encountered. Perhaps we want to set a variable whose value is determined by modifying the value from the command line.
In order to do this, we can use a subroutine reference as a command line option's destination in the GetOptions function. This subroutine will be called, with the first argument passed being the option name, and the second option being the value of that option (normally, but we won't get into the exception in this article).
Say that we want to condense multiple spaces in an option's value. We could examine the variable set by GetOptions later on, but why not just collapse everything into one step? We can create a subroutine that does this for us, and then we can reference the subroutine in GetOptions.
Here's a script that does just that:
#!/usr/bin/perluse strict;use Getopt::Long;my $longstring = '';GetOptions('longstring=s' => &process_longstring);print "longstring: $longstringn";sub process_longstring { $longstring = @_[1]; $longstring =~ s/ {2,}/ /;}
It's also possible to pass an anonymous subroutine. This works best for situations where we're not doing a lot of work. Here's our last script's GetOptions function call, rewritten to use an anonymous subroutine:
GetOptions('longstring=s' => sub { $longstring = @_[1]; $longstring =~ s/ {2,}/ /; } );
We'll end our exploration of the Getopt::Long module here. Although there are a number of additional features, I'll leave them to you to uncover. You should at least have the basics down now, which are enough to create functional programs that take advantage of command line options.


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Wreck-It Ralph is a fun video game collaboration that is able to bring upon the same emotions as Disney's Pixar ventures. However, Walt was alone in creating this 3D animated feature, which kept the film from achieving its high potential.
An all-star cast is littered throughout, including John C. Reilly as the titular character. Ralph is a typical classic video game villain stuck in the monotony of being trumped by the hero, Fix it Felix, Jr., voiced by 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer. Ralph escapes from his retro world and enters two boisterous arcade games: a first person shooter, housed by Jane Lynch's Sergeant Calhoun, and the sweeter than sugar Kart Racer "Sugar Rush", where the glitchy Venellope, voiced by Sarah Silverman, is fighting to gain a medal in a race.
If that seemed like a lot to develop in a basic story, it's because it was. The first 30 minutes are as highly enjoyable as the rest, but seemed to stumble off of the starting block. Moving from one arcade game to the next felt abrupt, but when things settled down in the "Sugar Rush" setting, a beautiful wallflower story blossomed between Ralph and Venellope.
Disney didn't hold back in the graphical department, giving Toy Story 3 a run for its money. I found myself in near constant chills from the thrill of watching such beautiful renders interact so fluidly on the silver screen.
And that's pretty much all there is to Ralph. It had plenty of adult humor jokes to entertain those bringing their young-in's to this Disney flick. The video game characters from third party companies, such as Nintendo's Bowser and Sega's Sonic, were used lightly enough to not be obtrusive.
All in all: a great film, with great animation, but with a muddled early act.
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Silva, E. and Hassani, H., 2015. On the use of Singular Spectrum Analysis for Forecasting U.S. Trade before, during and after the 2008 Recession. International Economics, 141, pp. 34-49.
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This paper is aimed at introducing the powerful, nonparametric time series analysis and forecasting technique of Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) for trade forecasting via an application which evaluates the impact of the 2008 recession on U.S. trade forecasting models. This research is felicitous given the magnitude of the structural break visible in the U.S. trade series following the 2008 economic crisis. Structural breaks resulting from such recessions might affect conclusions from traditional unit root tests and forecasting models which makes use of these tests. As such, it is prudent to evaluate the sensitivity and reliability of parametric, historical trade forecasting models in comparison to the relatively modern, nonparametric models. In doing so, we introduce the SSA technique for trade forecasting and perform exhaustive statistical tests on the data for normality, stationarity and change points, and the forecasting results for statistical significance prior to reaching the well-founded conclusion that SSA is less sensitive to the impact of recessions on U.S. trade, in comparison to an optimized ARIMA model, Exponential Smoothing and Neural Network models. Ergo, we conclude that SSA is able to provide more accurate forecasts for U.S. trade in the face of recessions, and is therefore presented as an apt alternative for U.S. trade forecasting before, during and after a future recession.
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Massachusetts Department of Education (DESE) has proposed updates to the regulations on restraint and seclusion in schools. There is a brief public comment period, ending November 3.
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Updated regulations are here: http://www.doe.mass.edu/boe/docs/2014-09/item6.html
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I bought 4 brand new tires. Within 2 days, 2 of them were found to be defective. Within 2 weeks the 3rd one was found to be defective. I have lost 4 days of work waiting for the replacements to be shipped to the installer.
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The tires have never let me down and I have used them a few times within the last few years. I would recommend them to a friend or family member. The warranty could be better. I haven't had to use it yet but in case I should ever need to it doesn't seem like a good deal for the price you end up paying for the tires. The performance from the tires is what should be expected from all tire brands. If your tires aren't performing like this brand's you shouldn't get those tires. The value is ok, but for the price you pay for the tires you should get a rebate or something. I would still use them unless the price went up any more.
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I was able to get 40000 miles on a set for my Subaru Legacy. The ride is also very quiet and smooth. If given the chance I would purchase another set. I had no need for using the warranty but it was comforting to have it. The biggest satisfaction was knowing that if something went wrong I would be covered. The overall performance I would rate as adequate. I put these on a mid size sedan not a formula one race car. Excellent value for the money. This is the main reason I made the purchase originally and I have not been disappointed. Tire rotations every 3 to 5000 miles is a must.
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The deadline is approaching for people who wish to contribute to their individual retirement accounts for the 2013 tax year. But a deadline that arrives April 1 may be even more important for a second group of investors: those who reached age 70½ last year and are required to withdraw funds from their IRAs.
The rules for an investor's first required distribution from an IRA are relatively complicated – and can land you in hot water if you fail to comply.
As Carolyn Geer explained this weekend in The Wall Street Journal's Sunday edition, individuals age 59½ to 70½ can typically withdraw any amount they wish from a traditional IRA penalty-free, paying taxes on previously untaxed amounts. But once you reach age 70½, you must begin withdrawing a minimum amount annually.
(The amount you're required to withdraw is determined by a combination of your savings balance and your life expectancy; there are many online tools to help you calculate it, including this one from the Securities and Exchange Commission.)
Normally, the deadline for taking one's "required minimum distribution" is Dec. 31. But with your first required withdrawal, you get something of a break: If you wish, you can wait until April 1 of the year following the year you turn 70½ to make the withdrawal.
Some examples: If your 70th birthday was June 30, 2013, you reached age 70½ on Dec. 30, 2013, so you must take your first distribution by April 1 of this year. But…if your 70th birthday was July 1, 2013, you reached age 70½ on Jan. 1, 2014. As such, you don't have to take your first distribution until April 1, 2015.
Apparently, many people take advantage of the grace period. As of Dec. 31, 2013, about 40% of those required to take their first distribution hadn't yet taken the minimum amount, according to Fidelity Investments. That includes 14% who hadn't taken any distributions at all.
If you fall in that category, you need to get busy today. If you miss the April 1 deadline, the Internal Revenue Service may penalize you as much as 50% of the amount you were supposed to withdraw but didn't.
One of the most common questions about initial required distributions is: If I wait until April 1 to withdraw funds, will I need to withdraw any additional funds in the current calendar year? As Geer notes, it depends. Let's say you turned 70½ last year and waited until this year to take all or part of your first required minimum distribution. In that case, you'll still need to take your 2014 required minimum distribution by Dec. 31 of this year.
(Similarly, withdrawals above and beyond the minimum in one year don't count toward required distributions in future years.)
And don't forget taxes. The initial distribution is taxable in the year it's taken. If you delayed taking your first required distribution until this year, then the taxable portion of both your initial distribution and your 2014 distribution must be reported as income on your 2014 tax return. If the withdrawals are large enough, that could push you into a higher tax bracket this tax year.
Also on MarketWatch:
Beware the April 1 IRA deadline
Making reverse mortgages less risky
Many boomers still have all-stock IRAs
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Which one to honor: Louisiana's best-known Confederate general or the African-Americans he was fighting for the right to keep enslaved?
In the case of the open space between the Municipal Auditorium and North Rampart Street, many New Orleanians have long known it as Congo Square, but for more than 100 years its official name has been Beauregard Square, honoring Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard.
That is likely to change this week.
The City Council is expected to vote Thursday to officially rename the space, part of Louis Armstrong Park, as Congo Square, the way it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
An ordinance introduced by Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer would "rename and dedicate Beauregard Square to its formerly known and current widely used name of Congo Square in honor of the historical cultural gatherings of enslaved Africans and free people of color in this area under French, Spanish and American rule."
According to widely accepted historical tradition, African-American slaves were allowed to gather on Sunday afternoons in an open field just outside the city, at a spot known by various names including Place Congo.
The slaves and free people of color used this space to market goods, to socialize and to sing, make music and dance, maintaining their cultural heritage as well as social cohesion. White New Orleanians and visitors to the city would go there to witness African-American music and dance.
In 1819, architect Benjamin Latrobe, a visitor to the city, wrote about the celebrations in his journal, saying he was amazed at the sight of hundreds of unsupervised slaves assembled in one spot.
New Orleans-born pianist and composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk incorporated rhythms and tunes he heard in Congo Square as a youth into some of his compositions, which he played throughout Europe and the Americas.
As harsher United States practices of slavery replaced the more lenient colonial conditions, the slave gatherings declined, and they apparently ended years before the Civil War.
Today, however, as a New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park document puts it, "Congo Square holds a special symbolic importance to African-Americans. Although the historic use of the site predates jazz, it is significant because of the role the square played in New Orleans' musical heritage and as a symbol of the early African-American contributions to the origins of jazz and other musical forms."
In 1970-71, the first two editions of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival were held at Congo Square and Armstrong Park before moving to the Fair Grounds.
Nicole Webre, Palmer's legislative director, said author and historian Freddi Williams Evans contacted Palmer's office several months ago to point out that even though the space is widely known today as Congo Square, it is still officially named Beauregard Square.
It was given that name in 1893, the year Beauregard died. A native of St. Bernard Parish who lived in New Orleans most of his life, Beauregard -- known as Gustave or G.T. in his lifetime -- initially seemed on track for significant success in the Civil War. He accepted the surrender of Fort Sumter in April 1861, marking the start of the war, and three months later commanded the victorious Southern forces at the war's first major battle, First Bull Run in Virginia.
But even though he held other significant commands and was one of only seven full generals in the Confederate army, he had little success during the rest of the war and historians generally do not rate him highly as a commander. He had poor relationships with Confederate President Jefferson Davis and other senior generals and officials.
After the war, he served as a railroad executive and was a prominent promoter of the notorious Louisiana Lottery.
There originally were plans to erect a statue of Beauregard in the square bearing his name, but it was placed instead in Beauregard Circle, where Esplanade Avenue enters City Park.
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There's a new trailer The Legend of Tarzan. This movie will cover the return of the king of the jungle. It's time for Tarzan to give up his pair of slacks for a loincloth.
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Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
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William Matchett
The Author
The Book
Research and Work
Book Introduction
Marty was no Mandela
William Matchett
Saturday, April 01, 2017
Discrediting Opponents
Sep 02, 2017
Below is an article by Eoghan Harris. It was written 20-years ago. At the time, Sean O'Callaghan's reputation was being attacked to discredit him and his story. It is a compelling read. A reply to an attack by Vincent Brown By Eoghan Harris, Irish Times, 24 Dec 1996 Vincent Browne's extraordinary effort to discredit Sean O'Callaghan's critique of the peace process, taken together with his sideswipes at Conor Cruise O'Brien and myself, add up to a political position pretty close to
A Bloody Day
Jul 22, 2017
Imagine you are on a city break somewhere in Europe. All of a sudden there are flashing lights and sirens and police shouting instructions at you. You know of recent terrorist attacks, never thinking it would happen to you. Survival instincts kick in. You take flight, putting distance between yourself and the threat. Then, an explosion and you think, panic over. But it has only started. Over the next ninety minutes you are pulled from pillar to post by first responders. There are numerous
Smaller bonfires, fewer flags
Jul 10, 2017
My mother is a widow who lives alone in a council estate. She is 87 and not good on her feet. Carers pop in to help her. Her bed is in the front living room. For four months she looks out on a bonfire site that rises to the size of a tower block in July. It is 49-paces away. Flags are part of the package. My father complained about it to the police and council. He had given up on politics. Nothing was done. An ex-servicemen and trade unionist, he hated how the national flag was


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Hello, Hope all good!
This is the first post on my personal blog and I want everyone to know how I setup this site using Jekyll and GitHub Pages.
Please read below things step by step as per their reference source and get to know about this. Good Luck!!
What is GitHub Pages?
GitHub Pages is a static site hosting service.
GitHub Pages is designed to host your personal, organization, or project pages directly from a GitHub repository.
You can create and publish GitHub Pages online using the Jekyll Theme Chooser.
GitHub Pages is a static site hosting service and doesn't support server-side code such as, PHP, Ruby, or Python.
What is Jekyll?
Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator for personal, project, or organization sites. Written in Ruby by Tom Preston-Werner, GitHub's co-founder, it is distributed under an open source license.
Instead of using databases, Jekyll takes the content, renders Markdown or Textile and Liquid templates, and produces a complete, static website ready to be served by Apache HTTP Server, Nginx or another web server.
Jekyll is the engine behind GitHubPages, a GitHub feature that allows users to host websites based on their GitHub repositories.
Few useful article's related to Jekyll and GitHub Pages:
Setting up your GitHub Pages site locally with Jekyll
Building a static website with Jekyll and GitHub Pages
Meet Poole
Poole is the butler for Jekyll, the static site generator.
It's designed and developed by @mdo to provide a clear and concise foundational setup for any Jekyll site.
It does so by furnishing a full vanilla Jekyll install with example templates, pages, posts, and styles.
Hyde is a brazen two-column Jekyll theme that pairs a prominent sidebar with uncomplicated content. It's based on Poole, the Jekyll butler.
Hyde is a theme built on top of Poole, which provides a fully furnished Jekyll setup—just download and start the Jekyll server.
Finally Hydeout?
Hydeout updates the original Hyde theme for Jekyll 3.x and adds new functionality.
Hydeout is available as the
jekyll-theme-hydeout Ruby Gem.
gem "jekyll-theme-hydeout", "~> 3.4" to your Gemfile and run
bundle install
Hydeout uses pagination, so if you have an
index.md, you'll need to swap it with an
index.html that uses the index layout:
Find out more by visiting the project on GitHub.


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How can we get to heaven? Is there a way out from our bondage in sin? The answer is a big YES! The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ! Jesus defeated the devil. We are free through the blood of Jesus Christ our Lord that He poured out on the cross of Calvary. Through Him we have the victory!
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Ultimate Guide to SharePoint Governance – download the outline now.
Top 5 Reasons Why Strategic Initiatives Fail and a Way to Make Success Visible
Great article by a colleague of mine….published in Greater Charlotte Biz. SharePoint provides the enabling capabilities to implement Executive Dashboards.
|We have all found ourselves, at one time or another, lamenting the "what ifs" after a great new strategic initiative comes charging out of the gates only to lose momentum and eventually fall into a ditch dying a slow quiet death. It happens in every company. The interesting part is it happens less frequently in some companies than in others. Do they avoid or minimize the pursuit of new initiatives? Do they take some magical approach to driving initiatives? In these increasingly tough economic times, companies are not afforded the luxury of avoiding new initiatives. They are either getting better or they are falling behind, so the answer is obviously the approach they're taking. Let's take a quick look at the top 5 reasons why strategic initiatives fail and what companies can do to help keep initiatives out of the ditch. According to a recent study performed by Industry Week, the top 5 factors that are common elements of a failed initiative are:1. Strategy is not clearly communicated to the stakeholders
2. Lack of support by key leaders in the organization
3. Decision-makers do not understand the relevance or are unable to measure progress
4. Lack of impact on employee compensation
5. Technology needed for implementation is not available
It comes as no surprise that these items will spell doom for most any initiative. It doesn't have to be all of the items together either. A single setback in any one of these areas can knock an initiative right off of its tracks. If you are going through the efforts of researching, funding and implementing a new initiative, you certainly want to put a system in place to help ensure its success.
An excellent tool to use is called Dashboarding. Dashboarding is taking key metrics associated with your strategic initiative and displaying them in easily digested information. With Dashboarding you are taken through the process of identifying metrics that quantify success.
If you had to narrow down the Key Operating Indicators around the initiative to a handful, what would they be? Now let's put them in an easy to read and understand format that will be visible to everyone. As this dashboard is updated and distributed on a regular basis it keeps the initiative fresh and allows you to measure your success on an ongoing basis. In a word, it is POWERFUL!
In summary, continue to roll out great new initiatives as they are needed to insure your companies continued growth and success. Just remember, using Dashboarding as a tool to avoid the common elements of "initiative failure" will keep you out of the ditch and headed straight to the bank.


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Nearly eight years after Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun were arrested for the high-profile slaying of unionist Chea Vichea, the two men, widely believed to have been wrongfully convicted, yesterday took a tentative final step toward clearing their names.
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday re-tried their case, after stalling for years following a 2008 Supreme Court order that provisionally released the men from prison and called for a new investigation.
In a perfunctory three-hour hearing, the court heard from prepared witness statements and the two defendants.
Much of the testimony followed a narrative that, after numerous hearings, investigations and public statements, is by now familiar.
In January 2004, a week after the Free Trade Union (FTU) president was gunned down in broad daylight on a street in Phnom Penh, the men were arrested and charged with the murder.
After denying any involvement – weeping and begging for help as police brought them in – one confessed, although he later recanted, saying he had been coerced by the police.
"I denied all my previous answers to the police and the lower court's prosecutor and investigative judge because these answers were not my real answers. They were the police's answers, and I was forced by the police to confess," Samnang told the court yesterday.
"I did not kill Uncle Chea Vichea, as I was accused. I was only the victim of arrest in this case," he said.
It is widely believed both men – who were sentenced to 20 years in prison and ended up serving more than four and a half – were set up to take the fall for the politically motivated murder of a man whose efforts had put him at odds with the powerful.
While a comprehensive investigation was never launched, disgraced former municipal police chief Heng Pov – on the run from a host of criminal charges – told the French magazine L'Express in 2006 that the men had been framed for a murder that was a government-ordered conspiracy.
Though imprisoned in Prey Sar, Samnang said he enjoyed special treatment from associates of Pov's in return for his falsified confession.
"They brought beautiful prostitute girls for me to have sex with in the prison two times. Besides this, they also bought or sent food and some money," he said. Like Samnang, Sam Oeun spent much of his testimony pleading innocence.
"I was only a guiltless person and the victim of this case. Therefore, I would like to ask the court to clear my accusation, drop the charges against me and release me so that I will have full freedom like other citizens," he said.
Both Sam Oeun and Samnang have remained in limbo since their provisional release in January 2009 because the re-investigation ordered by the high court has repeatedly stalled. The case has bounced from the Appeal Court to the Municipal and back, only to see the politically sensitive hearing rescheduled on multiple occasions.
And while yesterday's trial was a major step toward clearing the names of the two men, many noted it did little to shed light on the assassination of Chea Vichea.
"I would like to ask the court to find the real killers and punish them by law, and find justice for my client," said Kao Ty, a lawyer for Vichea's wife, Chea Kimny.
Kimny lives in Finland, where she and her daughters received political asylum shortly after the murder.
Chea Mony, who took the helm of FTU after his brother's death, said he was doubtful the investigation would do anything to uncover the identities of the guilty.
"Myself, 99 per cent I did not believe in the Cambodian court system. So I do not expect that the Court of Appeal will find the truth and justice for my elder brother in this case."
Court vice-president Chuon Sunleng said a verdict is expected on November 26.
To contact the reporter on this story: Buth Reaksmey Kongkea at [email protected]


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No Sacrifice Bags® line of products all started with a little purse organizer, and a big problem. Searching for a purse organizer nice enough to put inside a beautiful handbag proved nearly impossible. They were either cheap and cheesy or looked like diaper bags. The only solution was to design our own. We worked to make an organizer that was lightweight, durable, and cleanable. It had to quickly, and easily, transfer from one handbag to another, and be soft enough to be kind to the delicate interiors of designer brands. Not feeling comfortable that leather was the best material for this purpose, we experimented with many alternative textiles until we found several that met our requirements.
We also wanted a solution to the big problem that confronts every handbag sooner or later: dirty, degrading and oxidizing handles. Constantly bombarded with hand lotion, oils, perspiration, germs, and even nicotine, purse handles can get pretty nasty. Even the cleanest hands leave behind acids and oils which can stain and attract dirt. We had to find a way to fix this.
Working with Toronto and New York City based manufacturers, our purse organizer; le Mobile® was crafted, our patent pending Love Handles® were created, and No Sacrifice® Bags was born.
Other No Sacrifice® offerings include:
SOS Save Our Shape® - Patent pending inflatable preservers. These practical and feather-light pillows help preserve your handbags original profile and shape; protecting them when not in use, from permanent damaging creases and folds.
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The Purse Snatcher™ - Our patent pending, purse securing strap. Keeps your purse safely on the seat of your car preventing it from flying to the floor on tight turns and sudden stops.
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No Sacrifice® products are based on two principles: solving problems that you encounter with your handbags, and creating products that protect your investment.
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Miguel Ferrer Dead At 61!
Say it ain't so!
NCIS: Los Angeles and Crossing Jordan star Miguel Ferrer, who played "Owen Granger" lost his battle with cancer.
The well-respected actor began his career in the 80s appearing on various series such as Heartbreaker, Star Trek: III: The Search for Spock, and Magnum.
"Today, NCIS: LOS ANGELES lost a beloved family member. Miguel was a man of tremendous talent who had a powerful dramatic presence on screen, a wicked sense of humor, and a huge heart," said showrunner R. Scott Gemmill in a statement.
Ferrer is survived by his wife Lori and his two sons Rafi and Lukas.
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Bitcoin Foundation Comments on Liberty Reserve Special Measures NPRM
Monday, July 22, 2013
Bitcoin Foundation Comments on Liberty Reserve Special Measures
The application of "Special Measures" to Liberty Reserve by FinCEN provided a unique opportunity for the Bitcoin Foundation to clarify several important topics related to Bitcoin, as FinCEN solicits feedback from the financial community whenever they issue a "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking," or NPRM. Here is a link to those comments that were formally submitted to FinCEN.
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The Wire Journal Featured Article
September Issue, 2013
At OTECH Corporation we are proactive to our customers' needs – and we do it fast – because our customers' expect it. Regulatory requirements are changing all the time, and we have to be ready in advance of them with new innovations to keep our customers on the cutting-edge of their wire and cable developments.[toggle title="Read More"]
We know we will see other regulations besides REACH, RoHS and WEEE down the pike. Even now, we are receiving more requests from clients for reduced-smoke/ limited smoke (LS) compounds for riser and CM-rated products when in the past we only saw them requested for plenum-rated products. The same goes for zero-halogen. Product engineers are coming to us for non-halogen materials that meet or exceed smoke and flame properties of halogenated products on the market. Through innovative development our team has found ways to deliver these new products and we are committed and continuing to do so.
These renewed compliance initiatives – and those that will follow – allow us to continue to set the standard for new compound solutions in the marketplace, now and in the future. We are prepared for whatever lies ahead because we have to be. Jack O'Donnell, CEO, OTECH Corporation.
Anticipating what's ahead is a challenge, and we've done well staying ahead of the curve.
Everyone out there is trying to build a better mousetrap, especially with the continuing attacks on PVC, Phthalates, and Flame Retardants. Our clients are not only looking for top of the line compounds, they are also looking for compounds that are compliant to today's regulations while still requiring them to meet or exceed the same performance criteria. These new challenges often leave a vacuum where no compound exists… as of yet. OTECH has put its resources to work to find new technologies in raw materials, coupled with innovative formulating to meet the needs of the Wire and Cable industry.
We're inventing and re-inventing all the time at OTECH. It's all about working smart – and keeping your current clients happy. We often hear from clients: "we can't get a product to meet a certain specification." At OTECH we don't see it as a problem, it's more like that's when the fun begins.
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I just learned one of the biggest mistakes that 80% of small business owners make.
It's a marketing channel that has been successful for as long as business has existed, and still provides incredible returns today (if you know how to use it).
I was fortunate to be introduced to Rachel Taplin a couple of weeks ago. We had a quick chat online and I realised this is someone who is not only a master of her discipline, but a wonderful and generous person who loves to share what she has learned.
Rachel is a self-taught PR expert, who had to learn quickly how to promote her business in the credit crunch days a few years ago, or see it fail.
She now provides an incredibly useful bridge between small businesses and the world of media. Unlike big-ticket PR agencies, Rachel's unique service actually helps people in smaller organisations to do their own PR effectively, with a highly effective combination of training materials, personal coaching, and providing access to her database of UK media contacts.[responsive_video type='vimeo']https://vimeo.com/113413231[/responsive_video]
Here's the link to take up "Rachel's 6-Week Publicity Challenge" (which I recommend to anyone, particularly as she's priced it at only £147 plus VAT [US$230] which seems far too low for what Rachel is offering, but I'm sure she's going to build up a great following of small businesses with this approach, and I applaud her for it).


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Applications have now closed for Semester 1, 2019
Full-time or part-time student enrolled in a USC undergraduate program studying a Sustainability major or minor
The Barung Landcare Bursary will be awarded to one (1) student recipient each year, who is enrolled in the Sustainability major or minor and can demonstrate passion and leadership, and an interest in pursuing future research or projects in the field.
The bursary recipient will be invited to undertake volunteer work experience with the Barung Landcare Association. Details of these arrangements will be negotiated directly between Barung Landcare Association and the student recipient.
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The IRS has retired Form 941-M, which is filed monthly by employers with serious payroll compliance problems. Also retired are the special deposit rules, which required deposits to be made into a special trust fund account within two banking days of payday. Those employers must now file Form 941 quarterly and deposit withheld taxes electronically, according to their regular deposit schedule.
Warning: Those employers haven't wiggled out of heightened scrutiny. The IRS now recommends that auditors pursue civil injunctions against employers that have a prior history of not timely depositing their payroll taxes, and that continue to do so. What's that? A civil injunction is a court order that requires employers to comply with the payroll reporting and deposit rules.
In addition, revenue officers will continue to identify and develop civil and criminal cases against noncompliant employers. (SBSE-05-1211-909)


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Just over a week ago I posted about our return to Ikea and the Live Lagom project. I was excited to meet the new participants and to see Kerry, the Ikea leader, and Juliette, another former participant, again.
The activity was all about cosy homes and as part of that we made draught excluders. Kerry had pre-warned me to take a fabric, needles and thread but I was a bit concerned as my hand sewing is a bit, well, shit to be honest!!!
Luckily Kerry showed us a no sewing option, which worked really well, so both myself and Juliette gave that one a try and now as promised I'm sharing how to do it with you!
You will need
- Tape measure
- Chalk or a pen to mark your fabric
- Scissors or pinking shears
- Fabric
- Toy or pillow stuffing
Turn the fabric the right way round and begin to tie the strips to each other to close the sides. Stop when only one of the ends is left open.
Why not give it a try for yourself with some left over fabric or old bedding? The ones I've made have made a huge difference to keeping our home warm and cosy.


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After trying SAMPAR Glamour Shot Yeux last year, I was very eager to sample other products from their range since the result was very satisfying. And my wish came true last month when they asked me to review SAMPAR Skin Quenching Mist.
|SAMPAR Skin Quenching Mist
While I was in Penang to accompany le boyfie for work purpose, I noticed that the texture my face has gotten extremely dry like fish scale!! *horror* Just in case you're wondering why my skin turned to dry in Penang, it's because my skin is exposed to air conditioning day and night! Day, at the office and night, in bedroom. How not to dry like that? Normally in KL, the only time I'm exposed to air conditioning is when I go shopping centre :p
I was there for 5 days and so I use it continuously day and night, whenever my skin feels dry and after being out under the hot sun. My skin feels instantly refreshed and hydrated after using it. Moisturizer also absorbs better. Before using SAMPAR Skin Quenching Mist, my skin felt as if the moisture couldn't absorb into my skin and still feels dry. I love the mild scent because it indicates that the ingredients used are natural.
|Spray, spray, spray all the way!
SAMPAR Skin Quenching Mist can also be used on eye area. Just spray it on a cotton and leave it on your tired eyes for a softer and more supple skin. Eyes need some spa time too!
- Cornflower, lime-blossom and orange blossom waters tone the skin.
- Lesser centaury extract soothes the skin and relieves pressure in the eye area.
- Essential oil of geranium works synergistically with the Urban Advance Complex to optimally purify the skin and eliminate toxins with absolute precision.
- Urban Advance Complex, a powerful alliance of 3 active ingredients (shea butter serum, mint endorphin and probiotic sugar), acts as an anti-oxidant shield, neutralizing any cutaneous imbalances linked to pollution, strengthens the skin's natural defenses and shocks the skin back to life on a cellular level.
SAMPAR Skin Quenching Mist is priced at RM 76 for 100ml and RM 126 for 200ml. SAMPAR products are available at Robinsons The Gardens Mall, Parkson Sunway Pyramid and Sampar Malaysia's website.
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T.I. has revealed that Justin Timberlake will appear on his upcoming album.
T.I. and Justin Timberlake came together on a huge hit back in back in 2006 with "My Love," and it looks like they may have another big collaboration in the works. Tip randomly showed up at the red carpet for the new Hunger Games film, and spoke to Clevver News about The JT feature, his acting career, and a party he may or may not have attended at Bieber's house.
The ATL rapper began by listing the acting projects he's got in the pipeline. "Right now, I'm currently filming the third season of 'House of Lies' with Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell, and I'm co-starring along with Mekhi Phifer, and we're just having a phenomenal time," he said. "It premiers in January."
When asked about his work with Justin Timberlake, Tip made sure to confirm that there was a record coming, but didn't go into any more detail than that. "Well, you know, I just happen to have some," said T.I. of new music with JT. "I just happen to have some, thank you for asking."
As far as a recent party at the Biebz, T.I. was strangely tight-lipped about the festivities. "Well you know I will not have any mention of any of that," he joked. "If I was there, I'm sure it was a good time, but I will not confirm or deny any allegations."
Watch the full interview below.


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It is recorded in the Holy Scriptures, as the Prophet Isaiah spoke in the 19th chapter, referring to Egypt (which nowadays can be regarded as a greater concept of Man's proudness and greed as it was in those days, escalating through centuries), and to the all of water as a live giving form. Special references here in verses 5 – 8:
5 The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.
6 The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
7 The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
8 The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
This part of Isaiah's prophecy alone, is what is happening on Earth, even right now. I have witnessed in real life, rivers becoming foul, fish that die and farmlands withering, no crops These things are happening where rivers had been clogged and water began escaping Manmade borders.
In Isaiah's 50th chapter, the second part of verse 2, we learn about the rebuke of LORD GOD as HE condemns Man's sins:
"Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst."
The bigger picture becomes scarier with what the prophet Jeremiah saw as per his 16th chapter verses 16 – 18. Here it is clear that LORD GOD leaves Man to go against Man in the self-destruction mode which Man in any case began. This is very simple to understand. Since Man was created to the image of LORD GOD, Man also possesses a degree of revenge with which they want to get at another that trespass even if such trespass is if fact another's basic right. Man uses this revenge even in evil ways. Just imagine then, the power of revenge of the Almighty Creator. HIS Creation, HE shall restore the balance. Evil is always heading to self-destruction for it cannot stand against the Almighty.
Prophet Hosea speaks it very simple in his 4th chapter, the heart rendering verse 3:
"Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein will waste away. All living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die."
and the reason WHY in verse 6 (and further verses):
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's Torah, I will also forget your children."
This is why I fear LORD GOD alone. HE Commands and HE gave me insight which I have to share. My very love for LORD GOD and HIS Creation, and my obedience to HIM gives me the strength to go on.
And then, very straight forward the revelation came to Zephaniah in verses 2 and 3:
"I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
"I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the LORD."
Note the word rubble
The prophet Ezekiel saw also, and spoke the Word about the 'Egypt syndrome' (no reference to the present Egypt, rather a reference to the habits of Man derived from the greedy Pharaohs of those early days). Much about this in Ezekiel's 29th chapter.
That which is yet to happen, had been revealed to Ezekiel as one can understand in the 38th chapter. Things are going to get worse. It already is and the pace picks up.
Reason why I cry to LORD GOD. I love HIS Creation, it is a very sad prediction of what is yet to be. When I listen to the beautiful songs of Nature, hold a baby bird in my hand, know what is going to happen, my heart breaks over and over. Almost each day, nowadays.
But then, in further revelation to Ezekiel as in the 47th chapter, we learn that healing will come. The 9th verse says:
"It will happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the rivers come, will live. Then there will be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters have come there, and the waters of the sea will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river comes."
Quite a revelation which very few will ever understand and accept. It is the circulation that shall be again after the final destruction. The silver thread that shall link all forms of Life to be rejuvenated and follow the commands by which it became in the Genesis. The silver thread cannot be destroyed but matter can.
This spells it out to me in very simple words. Those who have a mind that yearn to seek and consume the truth, will know what this means. The healing process. Some of Man shall survive for they are chosen as part of the clean up after destruction. They are the purest which LORD GOD will select. All other innocent of Man shall be removed before this day of destruction. LORD GOD does not hurt those who care. HE cares back in HIS perfection.
Yet, I pray that this limit won't be reached, that Man will begin fixing up their wrong.


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Respected actor Barrie Rutter will receive an OBE at Buckingham Palace after being recognised in the New Year Honours list.
For the last 23 years, Mr Rutter has been instrumental in establishing Halifax-based Northern Broadsides as one of the UK's most respected and acclaimed touring theatre companies, cementing its position in regional theatre across the country as well as exporting great British theatre to an international audience.
He will be presented with the award on Thursday.
Born in 1946, Mr Rutter grew up in Hull, around the corner from actor Tom Courtney.
At school, an English teacher frog marched him into the school play because he had "the gob for it", and feeling at home on stage, Rutter chose his future direction.
Northern Broadsides is a unique theatre company with a true northern voice.
Their work is characterised by theatrical inventiveness and robust performances from a large ensemble cast of multi-talented and charismatic Northern actors who all perform in their natural voices.
For the past 23 years, they have delighted audiences both at home and abroad.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Wall Street often gets its cues on the health of the U.S. economy from surveys of manufacturing executives in Philadelphia and New York. But it turns out that regional reports from Chicago and Richmond do a better job.
So says Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The firm's economists say the Chicago and Richmond indexes more closely foreshadow changes in a national survey of U.S. manufacturers compiled by the Institute for Supply Management.
"It is clear that not all regional surveys should be treated equally," Merrill Lynch economists wrote.
The firm studied the performance of six regional surveys: Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Richmond and Kansas City. All are produced by Federal Reserve banks except for Chicago.
The surveys use somewhat different methods to assess the health of manufacturing, but that doesn't appear to explain why some are more accurate than others. Indeed, Merrill didn't really come up with a good explanation.
The Philadelphia Fed's report has long held sway on Wall Street because it's the oldest of the surveys — it goes back to 1968, the final year of Lyndon Johnson's presidency. It's also the second regional survey to be released each month.
Yet the Philadelphia report is not the best weathervane. "Philly Fed, although it gets a great deal of attention, ranks lower in terms of predictive power," Merrill said.
The Empire State survey, the first regional report published each month, is the least accurate. The latest Empire survey, released Monday, appears to underscore that conclusion: The index fell to -3.6 in December even though economists forecast another strong reading.
The winner? Chicago. It most closely tracks changes in the national ISM over the lifetime of the survey, Merrill found.
The Chicago index is different from the Fed reports in three major ways: it's privately run, it only questions executives in the immediate metropolitan area and it also polls business leaders outside the manufacturing sector.
Strangely, the Chicago survey is the least like the U.S. manufacturing sector at large.
The Richmond survey, meanwhile, is the best predictor during the current recovery that began in mid-2009.
The upshot: investors should judge the regional surveys based on actual performance instead of how early they are published or which ones are better known. "Pay most attention to the signal from Chicago PMI and Richmond Fed, but do not dismiss the other surveys," Merrill said.
What the Chicago and Richmond indexes show is a manufacturing sector growing at a moderate to slightly faster pace.


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In the past ten years since the brand's inception, Mulberry Love's nutrient-rich and delectable superfruit juices have taken the health conscious consumer market by storm. Now, Mulberry Love is excited to announce the release of an organic green tea and mulberry juice blend that is scheduled to debut at the Natural Foods Expo West in Anaheim, CA this March 2016.
Mulberry Love is the result of in-depth research by founder Dianne Burnett, a health advocate, author and entrepreneur who discovered mulberries while searching the globe for a new super-food that could address her own immunological challenges. This voyage lead Dianne to a mountainous region in Izmir, Turkey, where villagers raved about the health benefits of their native mulberry trees. Mulberry Love is sourced from those very organic Mulberry orchards. Aside from delicious taste, the physical profits of consuming Mulberry Love is immense. This pure, two ingredient elixir draws on the inherent health benefits of mulberries – a superfruit that can improve memory, enhance vision, and promote heart health. Mulberries are said to lower cholesterol and stress, prevent aging and cancer, increase metabolism, and promote weight loss. They are even believed to fight neurological diseases They serve as a powerful source of iron, protein, polynutrients antioxidants. They are extremely rich in B-complex vitamins as well as Vitamin K and Vitamin C.
In addition to this new flavor, Mulberry Love comes in two varieties packaged in beautiful glass bottles: a premium organic Mulberry juice blended with Coconut water from the Philippines and an all-natural Mulberry Super-fruit blend. Mulberry Love also offers three distinct organic children's juice blend pouches available in strawberry, peach, and banana.
Mulberry Love is available at Sprouts, Whole Foods (Southern Pacific Region), Ralph's and select Von's / Pavillions / Safeway chains, as well as independent health food markets. Distribution is handled by KeHe and UNFI. It can also be purchased directly at www.mulberrylove.com.
Mulberry Love donates a portion of its profits to the Joan Valentine Foundation, created in honor of Diane's mother who passed away from cancer. This organization researches natural cures and treatments for cancer in the form of integrative, holistic and alternative healing methods. Further profits are donated to RainCatcher, a non-profit organization that provides clean drinking water to impoverished regions around the world.
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The Natural Products Expo West 2016
March 11h – 13th, 2016
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Mulberry Love: Hall E, Booth 5189
800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802


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