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McConnell's foreign policy evolution
From internationalist to wrecking ball: Mitch McConnell's foreign policy transformation is one of the bigger untold political stories of this election year.
Not so long ago, the Kentucky Republican and Senate minority leader was a "go-to guy" for presidents of both parties seeking foreign aid. But in the past nine months, he's been tearing up the railroad track while ceding his leadership role to the more volatile John McCains of the world.
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Domestic politics are surely a factor. But the transformation in McConnell has larger implications for Republicans — and Congress broadly — as Washington faces new challenges overseas. Lost is not just a seasoned leader, but the younger Republicans who rush to fill the vacuum are often more gifted at speeches than legislation to back up their words.
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McConnell supporters insist nothing has changed — that the senator remains very conscious of his responsibility in the chamber. But the old flashes of idealism seem gone from McConnell these days. In their stead is a hard-edged political calculus. And critics might add: a touch of desperation.
Friends were stunned when McConnell gave into pressure from tea party forces last July and voted to cut $1 billion from U.S. aid to Egypt — all at a time of tensions with Cairo.
He has since played the Iran nuclear sanctions card for all its political worth, pressing for a vote on provocative new penalties that the White House fears could disrupt negotiations with Tehran. And in a raw appeal to Jewish voters and donors last month, McConnell went so far as to try to seed rebellion inside the pro-Israel lobby and force a veto fight with President Barack Obama.
"They want to have this vote," he called out from the Senate floor to members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "They'll be coming … from all over the country."
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Now amid the Ukraine crisis, McConnell was again the wrecking ball in Tuesday's drama as Democrats were forced to retreat on new financing for the International Monetary Fund, first approved by the Foreign Relations Committee March 12 as part of its package to help Kiev's new government get back on its feet.
Since January, McConnell has insisted that any IMF provisions will be enacted only after Treasury gives him what he wants for his domestic agenda: a virtual hands-off policy on the political nonprofits so important to his Senate Republicans in this election cycle.
His primary target has been an IRS rule first published in November, and Democrats said the most recent price tag for McConnell's cooperation was for Treasury to publicly withdraw its proposal.
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and the White House refused to comply. And with the threat of another stalemate, a disappointed Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) opted to strip out the IMF provisions entirely Tuesday in hopes of expediting congressional action.
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"There's a decent amount of common ground here, which is good," McConnell said on the floor Tuesday. But the IMF provisions in the Ukraine package "must be removed," he said, for it to become law.
McConnell's camp argued that the Senate's Ukraine bill was already an overreach given the resistance in the House to the IMF. And he could never guarantee that the provisions would survive whatever deal was worked on the IRS.
But with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the march, the sequence of events is precisely the type of situation in which the old McConnell might have stepped up and provided the leadership needed to prevail with his party.
"We are losing our credibility. I regret this. The IMF is a major international organization we should be supporting," said Republican Tom Ridge, the former Pennsylvania governor and secretary of Homeland Security. "I think they have it a little confused. The Ukraine is a lot more important right now than Lois Lerner."
Domestic politics
McConnell faces a tea party primary opponent in May and a fresh-faced Democratic challenger after that. And having Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as a junior partner for the past three years has changed the landscape for him in Kentucky — and his Republican Conference.
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"As a leader, he has adapted to the center of gravity of his younger members," said William Schneider, a former undersecretary of state for security affairs in the Reagan administration.
But just as the Ukraine crisis forces the West to rethink what NATO means, modernizing the IMF more from its post-World War II structure has a bearing.
An entire generation of Republican Treasury secretaries — running back to Ronald Reagan's right-hand man, James Baker — has supported the new IMF funding. McConnell himself has engineered past increases for the agency. And there is broad consensus that IMF reforms would strengthen its ability to assist Ukraine — a country that McConnell greatly favored in distributing past aid.
"Twenty, 25 years ago, if you told me McCain would be the leader of the Republicans on foreign policy and McConnell [would be] on the sidelines, I would never have believed you," said one veteran of President George H.W. Bush's administration. "Mitch was one of our go-to guys."
No one's more dismayed perhaps than McConnell's old Ukrainian-American allies.
In the summer of 1996, businessman George Chopivsky hosted a fundraiser at his Washington home for McConnell. No big dollars he recalls but a modest way for the Ukraine-American community to thank the senator for earmarking extra aid to Ukraine in a bill moving through the Senate Appropriations Committee that same week.
( Also on POLITICO: Harry Reid to drop IMF from Ukraine bill)
So why does the same senator, Chopivsky asks, tie up IMF funding important to Ukraine because of a domestic political dispute over nonprofits, known as 501(c)(4)s?
"I would hope that my old friend Mitch McConnell could separate the issues and treat the IMF and Ukraine aid separately from 501(c)(4)s and political fundraising," Chopivsky said in an interview.
"I said back then in my home that he was one of the few rare individuals who thinks far ahead to recognize threats and opportunities for America, and does something about it. And I hope that's the case again now. Particularly in this sphere of crucial American interest where Putin is encouraged and emboldened — in his aggression against Ukraine today and against the civilized Western world order tomorrow — by our feckless dithering."
McConnell's early days
Closer to the bone: What would John Sherman Cooper think?
As a young Senate intern in the '60s, McConnell was greatly taken by Cooper, an early Kentucky Republican and patrician figure who defied Joe McCarthy, stood up for civil rights in the South and served in diplomatic posts under presidents of both parties.
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As such, Cooper embodied the GOP's old internationalist wing, and McConnell would say later that he most admired his mentor's independence "instead of pandering to the popular view."
Having won his own Senate seat in 1984, McConnell made a Cooper-like splash in his first year by backing anti-apartheid legislation with Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.).
He soon followed Cooper's path by moving on to Foreign Relations in 1987, where he became a crucial player for the Bush White House in the 1991 foreign aid debate — which happened to include IMF funds. Going next to appropriations, he quickly gravitated to the foreign operations subcommittee, which he chaired from 1995 to 2007.
In that period, McConnell engineered new IMF funding, faithfully protecting aid to Egypt and Israel. And as the Soviet Union dissolved, he set about earmarking extra dollars for Ukraine and Armenia — often at the expense of Russia.
"When the history of this era is written, the name 'McConnell' will be part of it," Brian Atwood, then director of the Agency for International Development, joked in 1997 testimony. And the legacy of those earmarks takes on new importance in light of the current Russia-Ukraine standoff.
'Ahead of the curve'
The McConnell camp argues he was "ahead of the curve" in seeing that the Kremlin still coveted the "near abroad" independent states from its empire. Atwood, now teaching at the University of Minnesota, dismisses this as an oversimplification of the struggle then. And in the case of Ukraine, he says the McConnell earmarks cost the U.S. leverage in an already uphill battle against corruption there.
"We could say no, but they knew they would get their money," Atwood said.
McConnell's implacable stare and famous "still water runs deep" persona make him a hard read for many. And as subcommittee chairman, he often seemed overshadowed by his more aggressive appropriations staff.


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Xiaomi's Bin Lin at D: Dive Into Mobile
At Dive Into Mobile, company co-founder Bin Lin talked about Xiaomi, its sell-at-cost strategy and how it hopes to make money on services.
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The latest addition to the royal family, a yet-to-be-named baby boy, was born on Monday. Check out our round-up of the best royal baby swag celebrating Will and Kate's bundle of joy.
Premiere London department store Harrods released a commemorative royal baby mug aptly decorated with whimsical crowns and toys. This is one piece of fine china that no die-hard royal family fan should live without. Long live the queen!
Kate's sister need not look any further for the perfect gift for her new nephew. Beauty and the Bib released personalized "I Love My Auntie Pippa" bibs for any mom looking to add a royal touch to her little one's wardrobe.
"Shhh! Don't Wake the Royal Baby"
The royal baby has already inspired a children's book. Bloomsbury Publishing unveiled "Shhh! Don't Wake The Royal Baby" by Martha Mumford, which tells the tale of a royal munchkin who just won't go to sleep! The book is on shelves now and can be yours for about ten dollars.
Your little prince or princess can hold court on his or her very own throne. Fisher price's royal potty will give every baby the chance to take care of business like royalty.
Royal Baby, There's an App For That
You can get mobile up-to-the minute information on Will and Kate's baby boy with the Royal Baby App, now available on iTunes.
Biscuiteers limited edition personalized royal baby biscuit tin features cookies that resemble everything from a silver spoon to a bottle of expensive champagne. Pair them with a cup of tea, and you can celebrate the royal arrival in traditional British style.
Give your grilled cheese the royal touch with Westminister Cheddar's special Royal Edition. The uniquely packaged cheddar will be available for a limited time in 7 oz packs and deli wheels, which can be purchased at Whole Foods Markets and other retailers across the United States. Now that's something to smile about
Want a more stylish way to support the Great Kate Wait? Look no further. Jewelry designer Pandora released images of a limited edition royal baby charm set to go on sale once the baby is born. The bauble is shaped like a baby carriage and reads "Royal Baby 2013." Call your friends oversees now to place your orders, as the charm will only be available in the UK and Australia.
While this life-size Kate Middleton cake is not for sale, it's definitely a royal creation worth noting. Houston cake designer Nadine Moon made a life-size cake featuring Kate holding her newborn. The "Cake Middleton" was displayed at the Bridal Extravaganza Show, and its creator is hoping to ship it off to Kensington Palace as a gift to the new mom.
If you and your little one want to vacation like royalty, look no further. The famed British nursery designer Dragons of Walton Street teamed up with the Grosvenor House to design a hotel suite with the royal baby in mind. The "Suite Dreams" package allows your bundle of joy to live like a prince or princess for around $3400 a night.
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New university research will give Google the ability to find bogus reviews and automatically take them down, it was reported today.
In a study called, "Spotting Fake Reviewer Groups in Consumer Reviews" which was partially sponsored by a Faculty Google Research Reward (and partially written by Natalie Glance, Google's Tech Lead for Google Shopping) researchers stated that fake reviews are a way to "game the system" on the Internet.
Although labeling individual fake reviews and reviewers is very hard, to our surprise labeling fake reviewer groups is much easier. . . . A novel relation-based model, called GSRank, was presented which can consider relationships among groups, individual reviewers, and products they reviewed to detect spammer groups.
The new model of spam detection and has outperformed its competitors in several tests, according to the study.
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|BlueAnt Commute Handsfree Car Kit CMT-USEN
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Phones | Handheld
|Written by Olin Coles
|Tuesday, 20 November 2012
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BlueAnt Commute Conclusion
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure that all aspects of the product are considered, there are often times unforeseen market conditions and manufacturer changes which occur after publication that could render our rating obsolete. Please do not base any purchase solely on our conclusion as it represents our product rating specifically for the product tested, which may differ from future versions of the same product. Benchmark Reviews begins our conclusion with a short summary for each of the areas that we rate.
There's a lot to like about the BlueAnt Commute. First, it's not just for cars and trucks. With a Bluetooth range over 30 feet this handsfree device can be used in larger vehicles, making it possible to mount Commute near the driver in an RV or at the helm of a long boat while the paired phone is safely stored elsewhere. Next, Apple Seri and Google Voice Search have given Commute the ability to replicate voice controls on recent smartphone devices and enables to operate in a completely handsfree environment. Then there's the ability for Commute to read text messages aloud without taking your eyes away to look at a phone. Finally, interaction with GPS navigation tools and searches can now be made without distraction to the driver.
Overall I was pleased with performance, and the BlueAnt Commute voice-activated handsfree car kit exceeded my expectations. It worked incredibly well with Apple's Siri assistance, and may offer similar functionality for users with the Google Voice Search feature tuned and operating properly on their smartphone. Google Voice Search can also be triggered by saying "Google" if you install the Google Now application in conjunction with Voice Search. I can't fault Commute for not adding features that don't already exist on older phones, however basic functions were still available despite this.
As mentioned in the article, Commute shares the same look, size, and weight as Samsung's Nexus-series phones. This means that the handsfree device looks modern, and although Commute is no bigger than the average smartphone it still has some size to it. The glossy surface will show fingerprints, but with the device tucked away on the visor it's not going to attract any attention.
BlueAnt Wireless has built Commute to be a solid handsfree car kit with plenty of durability. This device is mostly battery, so there's little risk in breaking something internally if it fall or slips off the visor. The touch-sensitive buttons are nice, but real-time feedback would help avoid impatient double-presses. The included 12V DC 'cigarette lighter' to USB power adapter micro-USB cable keep the handsfree device charged, and will work with most smartphones as well.
As of late November 2012, the BlueAnt Commute CMT-USEN voice-activated handsfree car kit was available online for $99.99 (Amazon / PriceGrabber). This is roughly the same pricing you'll find for higher-end Bluetooth headsets, which all lack the battery life and handsfree functionality. At the time of this writing there were no similar products on the market to compare against.
Users with recently made smartphones will be extremely pleased with the BlueAnt Commute, as it worked incredibly well with Apple's Seri assistant and extended the handsfree functionality beyond all expectations. The Samsung Galaxy S III also had a large command list, thanks to the built-in voice assistant. Older phones will still make and receive calls, receive and read text messages, and in most cases hear GPS directions through Commute. Adding apps like Google Now and Voice Search/Actions will help further increase functionality. If you drive in one of the many places that restricts telephone use while operating a vehicle, then BlueAnt Commute is definitely for you.
+ Incredible performance with Apple Siri assistant
- Not all phone support handsfree call cancel
Final Score: 9.0 out of 10
Excellence Achievement: Benchmark Reviews Golden Tachometer Award.
Comment Question: Would the BlueAnt Commute meet your handsfree needs?
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Supposed to ship today.
Looking forward to receiving.
Thanks for an excellent review!
Have you had any issues with this product with your iPhone 5? I just got the iPhone 5 and it wont' work with my current bluetooth speaker.
BTW how do other's say you sound on the Journey, especially when diriving on busier roads, etc. It is one of the units I am considering.
It just simple redials the last number that I have made with my Samsung galaxy note 2 even though they set it up for me including the phone book.
The tech guys that set it up for me said it could be an issue with the two devices and told me there should be an update coming out soon.
For a list of things you can ask your Commute to do, Say "BlueAnt, speak to me" or touch the middle icon. When the Commute asks you to "Say a command," say "What can I say." This should give you a clear understanding of what the Commute can and cannot do.
As pointed out by others it actually uses the phone for all voice dialling features, leaving you at the mercy of Siri and making it a waste of time transferring your phone book to the Commute.
The voice commands work ok in the office, but on the road, and my car isn't noisy, I'm lucky to get a 50% success rate on voice activation by using the "Blue Ant Speak To Me" command.
Charging doesn't work off my powered USB hub that I plug every other device into. It has to go straight into the laptop.


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Lady Elliot Island is one of the most significant seabird breeding sites in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, and it is the southern-most extent of many species' breeding distribution. Large numbers of seabirds can be found at this site between October and April each year and although around 57 species can be found on Lady Elliot Island through the year, only approximately 14 of these species use the site to breed. Some of these species include black and common noddies; black-naped, bridled, crested, roseate and sooty terns; pied and sooty oystercatchers; wedge-tailed shearwaters, silver gulls and the threatened red-tailed tropic bird.
Regular guided tours allow guests to learn about the delicate balance at play in this ecosystem from their migration to their more unique characteristics. The excellent close up opportunities for photographers is realised everyday during the season.
Lady Elliot Island is a must-see for any avid bird enthusiast.
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Fund: Gemini Israel Funds
Posted by Anonymous on 2010-01-11
I was on a BOD with Gemini and saw their actions first hand. They hired a US CEO and told him to concentrate on the US markets. The founder/VP of engineering was a liar and goofball but Gemini said they would help "manage" him as a big part of their value as the CEO could only make it to Isreal quarterly. As problems naturally occured with the founder, the Gemini guys laid it all on the CEO and told him to be in Isreal more, obviously not part of the deal or efficient use of time. They met the founder on a regular basis and just listened to his "issues" which gave the impression they were supportive of him. When additional BOD members were brought on who were friends of the founder, Gemini folded like cards and hung the CEO out to dry. Dont count on these guys for any operational help even if they offer it. Way too inexperienced.PRIVATE: Members Only


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Hey all!
first off I apologize if i might have posted this in the wrong category of the forum, I was a little unsure if to post it here or in the File I/O part.
anyways on to my problem:
I have a program with some files packed with it (they are contained inside the JAR file when compiled) and i need to be able to grab their filesize and the best way to do that would be to use the File class but I cant seem to get the path to the files correct since they are "baked" into the JAR file. Is there another smarter way to get filesize of a file then the File class with the method file.length(); when files are meant to be "baked" into the JAR file?
not asking to fix my code per say (thats why im posting in general) since I want to know for later if I make other programs and run into the same issue again
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By Elinor Comlay
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Shares of Mexico's biggest bottling company fell on Thursday as Congress approved a 1 peso-per-liter tax on sugary drinks and an 8 percent tax on junk food as part of a wider tax overhaul.
The plan, which was passed by lawmakers after markets closed, aims to curb rising obesity levels as well as lift Mexico's poor tax take.
Shares of Mexico-based Coca-Cola Femsa, Coke's largest bottler in Latin America, closed down 1.28 percent at 159.02 pesos.
Mexico, where obesity rates are now higher than in the United States, will be the first major soda market to tax high-calorie sodas, following a handful of other Latin American and European countries.
Mexicans are the world's biggest soda drinkers, guzzling about 707 8-ounce (0.24 liter) servings, on average, per year, according to U.S. newsletter Beverage Digest. The United States is the only other country in the same ballpark, clocking in at 701 servings.
Drink and snack food companies are expected to pass on the tax to consumers, which could put further pressure on economic growth which has slowed this year in Mexico, hurt by a drop in consumer spending.
Coke Femsa executives said on a call last week that they would pass on the tax by raising prices broadly between 12 and 15 percent.
"We think the industry will do the same thing because it's a heavy tax," Chief Financial Officer Hector Trevino told analysts on a call.
"Our operators are already looking at some of the strategies that we'll follow for next year and that includes doing a full reconfiguration of our whole portfolio, even doing some downsizing," Trevino added.
The company said it could reduce its workforce by around 3 or 4 percent and cut back on distribution routes.
Coca-Cola controls more than three-quarters of Mexico's drinks market and stands to be hit the hardest by the soda tax, according to Beverage Digest.
Much smaller players in the market include PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple Group.
Coke Femsa did not respond to requests for comment, while a spokeswoman for Coca-Cola referred calls to Mexico's beverages association ANPRAC.
Mexico's tax could be a "game changer" as "the first of the large soft-drink consumer markets to impose a significant excise tax on full-calorie soft drinks," wrote analysts at Credit Suisse in a report last month.
Other countries and jurisdictions may consider following suit, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Telluride, Colorado's 800 registered voters will weigh in on a proposal to put a 1-cent per ounce tax on sugary drinks on November 5, sponsor Elisa Marie Overall said. If it passes, the small ski resort town would be the first in the United States to institute such a tax. There also is a move afoot in San Francisco to put a proposed 2-cent per ounce soda tax on the ballot in November 2014.
Mexico's one peso per liter tax is the equivalent to about 0.23 cents per U.S. ounce. A liter of Coke – 33.8 U.S. ounces – costs about 12 pesos ($ 0.92).
Soda tax proposals in Richmond, a San Francisco Bay Area city, and El Monte, located east of Los Angeles, failed last year after industry groups descended on the California towns.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg last year spearheaded a ban on the sale of large, sugary drinks, but a state judge declared the effort illegal after a challenge by soft drink makers and a restaurant group. New York's highest court has agreed to hear an appeal.
Most soft-drink and food companies will self regulate and promote diet versions of their drinks as well as offering more alternative drinks such as juices, vitamin waters or just smaller sizes, said analysts in the Credit Suisse report. ($ 1 = 12.9992 Mexican pesos)
(Reporting by Elinor Comlay, additional reporting by Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles and Martinne Geller in London; Editing by Bernard Orr)
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Core Course Sequencing
The most efficient and effective way to make it through core courses is to follow sequences.
Environment and Science Area
(two courses, 7 credits)
- Begin with one introductory environmental science course
- Biology 105: Biological Concepts: Unity (fall, spring)
- Chemistry 103: Introduction to Environmental Chemistry (fall)
- Geography 121: Physical Geography I: Weather and Climate (fall, spring)
- Geology 150: Environmental Geology (fall, spring)
- Env Stds 260: Environmental Science (spring)
- Prerequisite: An introductory environmental science course is a prerequisite for ES 260
Environment and Society Area
(two courses, 6 credits)
- Begin with the introduction to environmental studies course
- Env Stds 101: Seminar on Environmental Issues (fall, fall interim, spring)
- Env Stds 261: Environment and Society (fall, spring)
- Prerequisite: Taking 101 before 261 is the preferred sequence, but ES 101 is not an official prerequisite for ES 261.
Environment and Values Area
(two courses, 6 credits)
- Begin with one introductory environmental humanities course:
- Env Stds 162: Environmental Ethics (spring)
- Env Stds 243: Introduction to Nature Writing (fall)
- Env Stds 244: Japanese Nature Writing (spring)
- Env Stds 282: Environment, Community, and Values (fall)
- Prerequisite: ES 101 AND either ES 162,or ES 243, or ES 244.
Interdisciplinary Seminars
(two courses, 6 credits)
- Take the advanced course on environmental science and policy:
- Env Stds 370: Environmental Science, Policy, and Problem Solving (fall)
- Prerequisites: Env Stds 260, Env Stds 261
- Normally taken in the junior or senior year
- Env Stds 490: Senior Seminar (spring)
- Prerequisites: 18 credits in the ES core.
- Normally taken in the student's final spring semester.


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Do you know what's involved in making the pair of jeans you're wearing right now? This fascinating video shows how WeSC brand denim jeans are made, from workers cutting thick stacks of denim material wearing metal mesh gloves, to expert machine stitching, to stonewashing, to drying and scraping, to adding rivets and labels.
Videos that show how something's made in a factory always remind me of that feature on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, where they visit the crayon factory, or the trumpet factory.
A Visit to the DMC Embroidery Floss Factory in France
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Dengue knows no boundaries
By Alyah Khan
The tremendous scope of the dengue problem becomes clear when you consider the number of places where the virus is present.
According to an update posted at the end of November by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dengue cases have been reported in all tropical and many subtropical areas worldwide.
This includes the following regions of the world: Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands, the Atlantic Islands, the South Pacific and Southeast Asia, the Americas and the Caribbean and the Middle East.
We recently wrote a blog post about the situation in the Atlantic Islands, where a dengue outbreak has occurred on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
A Dec. 10 article by Reuters states that 118 people have been hospitalized on the island because of dengue, but no deaths have been reported. The article added that Portugal's health secretary believes the dengue outbreak is "waning."
A region that we haven't looked at much in the past is Africa. According to the CDC, as of August, "cases of probable dengue continue to occur in Mogadishu, Somalia. As of May 2012, probable dengue cases have been reported in eastern Kenya, and cases have been confirmed in Madera, Kenya."
The CDC notice also discusses the threat dengue poses to international travelers. The notice states that confirmed dengue cases have been reported in U.S. travelers returning from parts of Asia, including the Philippines and Thailand, and countries in Latin America, such as Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.
For the people who call those Asian or Latin American countries home, a dengue outbreak can sometimes mean life or death. In the Dominican Republic, for example, Prensa Latina reported that dengue caused 52 deaths in the first 11 months of this year. And there are nearly 9,000 people in the Dominican Republic that have been affected by dengue.
Dengue appears to be slightly less of a concern in the Middle East, although the virus is reported occasionally in places like Saudi Arabia. In that part of the world, the most dengue activity is occurring in Pakistan and Yemen, according to the CDC.
Just recently, news out of Karachi, Pakistan reported that four young people had died because of dengue. Last year, Pakistan faced a major dengue outbreak and news on dengue cases rising in the country has continued this year.
Much of the attention over the last few weeks has been on the dengue epidemic in India. A Nov. 6 article in the New York Times explained that, "India has become the focal point for a mosquito-borne plague that is sweeping the globe."
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|Kate CooperLOOK BOOK
Edited by Ellen Blumenstein, Heike Catherina Mertens
Texts by Hannah Black, Ellen Blumenstein, Christina Weiss, Catherine Wood
This publication accompanies the first institutional solo show by Kate Cooper, winner of the 2014 Schering Stiftung Art Award. Exploring the format and presentation inherent to image production, Cooper returns to the CGI female models used in her exhibition at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, to create a new series of works situated within the fictional space of the lookbook.
Through her videos, exhibitions, and photographic works, Cooper explores the role of gender and what agency images might possess in and of themselves. Producing images becomes akin to building infrastructure; her computer-generated bodies are imbued with power and put to work. The imagery of advertising is hacked. The female labor inherent in these modes of production becomes refocused in an economy of withdrawal, enacting a refusal of representation.
Along with Cooper's new series of images, LOOK BOOK includes a new short story by Hannah Black titled "Personal Trainer," appendices by KW curator Ellen Blumenstein, an introduction by Christina Weiss, and subtitles and slogans ("Is seeing everything? Are you all-unseeing?") by Catherine Wood.
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The wind finally went behind us (it has been pretty much light headwinds and some calms so far this trip), so the mainsail could come down (the other sails stayed set) for some minor work. The slides that attach the sail to the sail track in the mast were originally attached with toy plastic shackles–too weak for the job, but designed to fail so that damage to the sail itself was prevented. Since the shackles all failed so frequently, they have been slowly replaced by either thin rope (which works, but doesn't stretch much to absorb shocks), or shock cord (which is what I'm sewing on in the picture).
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Along the east coast of Uruguay and southern Brazil there are quite a few ships heading to and from Rio de la Plata. It is really nice having the AIS (Automated Identification System) when traffic is near, as you get a display of the ship's position, course, speed and name. Knowing the name of the ship makes it much easier to call them on the VHF to confirm which side they are passing or overtaking on if they look to be coming close. I called a Brazilian freighter the other night to confirm how what side they would overtake us on (and to confirm that they had seen Issuma on their radar). The freighter's crew had already computed our course and speed (their radar likely does most of this for them), and, while overtaking closer than I'd have preferred at 20 knots (a few hundred metres), there was no danger. Clicking on the map on the right side of this page should show the most recently updated position.
A couple of seals came over to play by the boat. Though it looks more like a dolphin in the picture, it is a seal that is turning over while surfacing.
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Punta del Este, Uruguay
Uruguay has a lot of classic cars kept in good condition, and driving around on the roads.
Punta del Este
Punta del Este, Uruguay
Punta Del Este has a lot of foreign yachts, mostly registered in the Delaware, USA. I was surprised about this, as many were powerboats that did not look like they had motored down from the USA. It seems there are no taxes on foreign yachts in Uruguay, no matter how long they stay in Uruguay (most other countries will charge import taxes on boats that have been in their country for a certain number of months), as long as they arrive in Uruguay by water (even if only across the Rio de la Plata from Argentina).
Punta del Este
Punta del Este, Uruguay
Punta del Este is a very pretty and pleasant place on the NE corner of Rio de la Plata. It is a very popular place for (mostly wealthy) people to vacation. Now that summer is over and children are back in school, many shops are closed, and it is quiet and peaceful. In the picture, Issuma is at anchor in front of the Conrad hotel. There are moorings and docks to tie up at in Punta del Este, and there is also a big anchorage. The members of Yacht Club Punta del Este, and especially their Commodore, Horacio Garcia Pastori, are extremely hospitable to visiting sailors and have a very nice restaurant overlooking the picturesque harbor.
Sailing to Punta del Este
Piriapolis, Uruguay
The hill in the picture is near Piriapolis, Uruguay, which we passed while sailing from Montevideo to Punta del Este.
Isla de Flores
Isla de Flores, a pretty island in Rio de la Plata, near Montevideo, Uruguay.
Montevideo, Uruguay
When I was in downtown Montevideo (where the pictures are from), on a Saturday afternoon, it was mostly quiet. Most shops close Saturday afternoon, so only in the tourist areas were there many people (some, not really many) walking around. Montevideo is a pleasant, relaxed and friendly place, as is the rest of Uruguay. The city is big enough that you can get pretty much anything you might need.
Montevideo, Uruguay


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College student live-tweets police standoff
College Station police on Tuesday night were alerted to a family disturbance involving reports of a firearm being fired inside a Harvest Street home.
The disturbance ended up turning into an hourslong police standoff involving SWAT and hostage negotiation teams. The incident was resolved when William Herring, 20, of College Station was arrested on charges of assault and evading arrest.
But what happened during the standoff is what is making headlines.
A neighbor, Texas A&M sophomore Hayden Greer, began live-tweeting the entire incident, down to posting details about the number of police involved, their movements, and other specific details. Greer even began using a hashtag, #LiveTweetTheNeighborTakedown, which soon caught on in the community.
Greer wasn't available for comment on Thursday afternoon.
"We became aware that someone was posting information about police actions, so we reached out to the guy to see if we could get him to stop posting information about what we were doing," said Lt. Chuck Fleeger with the College StationPolice Department. Greer was cooperative and ceased his social media play-by-play.
Fleeger says that with Greer's tweets "going out to anyone and everyone," he could have possibly put police and other residents in danger. He would have preferred the man to instead call 911 and alert police of anything he was seeing that was helpful to police rather than telling the Twitterverse.
"Social media can be very valuable to police, but citizens should use discretion during these cases," says Fleeger.
Fleeger is not especially worried about a suspect following along on Twitter, but he said it's important to remember that lives could always be at stake.
Fleeger says that he isn't against citizens sharing some details about what is going on in front of them, but to at least keep law enforcement in mind.
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the manhunt that ensued, plenty of Bostonians were posting pictures of police and FBI seeking out the suspects. It was one of the first times that the general population, the social media hive-mind, was aiding in an active police investigation.


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It took a while, but it was worth it! There is a really capable successor for SM-factory. I have known him for many years and also his commitment and the quality of his work. All I can do now, is to thank all my customers for many years of trusting cooperation and to say goodbye. I'm off then, finally enjoy my retirement and leave the work to my successor ;-) Hans-F.Weiß Jan.17th.2019
"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper."
So the decision became obvious to combine well made craftsmanship with our urge for elaborate and functional design.
Although we named ourselves "SM-factory" every one of our pieces is thoroughly designed and handcrafted.
Within our manufacturing processes there are no such things as "standard" collar sizes or "standard" parts and pieces coming from a machine.
OK now - we don′t make our own stainless steel, but:
we do grind, bend and polish it in order to make every piece fit individually and perfectly.
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To put things in perspectivehere is the complete quote from Ruskin mentioned earlier:
?There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man′s lawful prey.
It′s unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money -- that is all. When you pay too little, you may lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot -- it can′t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better."
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South Carolina stuns No. 17 Kentucky; Calipari is ejected
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Frank Martin went from one of the most disappointing games of his career to his best win so far at South Carolina.
Brenton Williams scored 24 points for South Carolina, and Kentucky coach John Calipari was ejected midway through the second half as the Gamecocks held off the 17th-ranked Wildcats 72-67 on Saturday night.
Coming off a seven-point loss to Auburn that was uglier than the score indicated, Martin made his team run all practice. He kept screaming "Kentucky!" at them to remind them that they aren't anywhere near the elite team he came to South Carolina to lead.
"I refuse to give in to difficult moments. And I thought our team was giving in to us not playing well, to our record," Martin said.
It was the Wildcats (21-8, 11-5 Southeast Conference), who looked like the team in the league basement, missing 14 straight shots, shooting less than 27 percent from the field and watching Calipari walk out of the arena with his suit coat buttoned but his shirttail out.
Calipari's ejection marked a turning point in a terrible game for Kentucky. After he left, the Wildcats responded with a 28-17 run and, after a three-point play by Julius Randle, Kentucky trailed 68-67 with 22 seconds left.
But freshman Sindarius Thornwell hit two free throws for South Carolina (11-18, 4-12), and Alex Poythress' attempt at a tying 3-pointer fell short.
It was South Carolina's first win over a top 25 team in more than three years and pulled the Gamecocks out of last place in the SEC. Students ignored repeated warnings and stormed the court, likely incurring a hefty fine from the league.
It also was South Carolina's first win over Kentucky since beating the No. 1 Wildcats 68-62 in January 2010 in Calapari's first game against the Gamecocks. That's the last time South Carolina students stormed the court and Thornwell remembered watching.
"It's like a movie," he said. "You always, as a basketball player playing in college, dream of upsetting somebody and have the crowd storm the court."
The Wildcats shot just 26.9 percent (14-of-52) from the field. They only stayed in it thanks to 33-of-42 shooting from the foul line and outrebounding the Gamecocks 46-28.
Williams made all four foul shots on Calipari's technical and two more foul shots when assistant Orlando Antigua got another technical.
Kentucky assistant John Robic took over for Calipari, leading a team for the first time since he was fired from Youngstown State in 2005. Calipari left Robic to face reporters after the game, and the assistant said he had no idea why Calipari was so frustrated with the officials.
"You'll have to ask him. I know he's not here. I guess a call didn't go our way here and there," Robic said.
The Wildcats trailed 48-32 with 14:13 left after South Carolina made six of its first eight shots in the second half. Kentucky was still down 16 after Williams' free throws and a jumper by Duane Notice after Calipari's second technical.
But the Wildcats didn't fold. Andrew Harrison hit a 3-pointer with 3:11 left that cut the Gamecocks lead to 59-56. But Laimonas Chatkevicius pulled down an offensive rebound for South Carolina and was fouled. He hit both foul shots.
After two free throws by Kentucky cut the Gamecocks' lead to 62-58 with just under two minutes left, Chatkevicius dunked in a rebound. James Young hit a 3-pointer for Kentucky to put the Wildcats down three and Chatkevicius followed with a baby hook to put South Carolina ahead 66-61 with 44.3 seconds left.
Chatkevicius finished with eight points. Thornwell added 14 points.
Aaron Harrison led Kentucky with 21 points. He made just four of his 16 shots, but shot 11 of 12 on free throws. James Young added 19 points and Randle added 10 points and 15 rebounds.
The Wildcats lost two in a row for the first time this season. They shot just 34 percent in a 71-67 overtime loss to Arkansas and had to go to overtime to beat LSU the game before.
"That's a hurting locker room right now," Robic said.
South Carolina now has to recover quickly before hosting No. 1 Florida on Tuesday. While the Gamecocks are no longer last in the SEC, they can't avoid a first-round game in the league tournament, which means five victories in five days to win the title.
Martin didn't say if he will scream "Florida!" at his team next practice. But he will remind them of what they need to do if they want to make NCAA tournaments and win league titles.
"That's who we need to compete with to be the program we want to be," Martin said.


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Congress on Friday approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims for home and business owners devastated by Sandy, more than two months after the storm struck the tri-state, and not fast enough for some victims still struggling.
The Senate approved the measure unanimously Friday after a 354-67 vote in the House.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency had warned that the National Flood Insurance Program would run out of money next week if Congress didn't provide additional borrowing authority to pay out claims. Congress created the FEMA-run program in 1968 because few private insurers cover flood damage.
About 140,000 Sandy-related flood insurance claims have been filed, FEMA officials said, and there are about 115,000 pending claims. Many flood victims have only received partial payments on their claims.
Some storm victims -- many of whom are still lugging waterlogged debris from homes or shoveling sand from lawns and walkways after the late-October storm -- weren't impressed Friday by the action in Washington.
Barbara Kirchoff, of Keansburg, N.J., said that her parents' home was devastated by the storm, and that politicians in Washington don't seem to care.
"My parents have nothing," she said. "They need this money. A good portion of my town is a ghost town. They need help, now."
Nigel Jawad, who works at the Amazing Deli in Ocean Breeze on Staten Island, said most customers complain about a lack of financial assistance.
"Everybody keeps saying, 'Where is the money?' That's all I hear from people," he said. "People have no confidence in the government anymore."
The flood insurance measure is the first phase of a proposed Sandy aid package. Under GOP Speaker John Boehner's new schedule, the House will vote Jan. 15 on an additional $51 billion in recovery money. Senate action on that measure is expected the following week.
The storm was one of the worst ever to strike the Northeast, ravaging the coast from North Carolina to Maine, with the most severe flooding occurring in Atlantic City, N.J., New York City and Long Island and along the Connecticut coastline.
"People are waiting to be paid," said Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J., whose district includes Atlantic City and many other coastal communities hard hit by the storm. "They're sleeping in rented rooms on cots somewhere, and they're not happy. They want to get their lives back on track, and it's cold outside. They see no prospect of relief."
Sandy was the most costly natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and was blamed for at least 120 deaths. Northeast lawmakers have complained that it took just 10 days for Congress to approve about $50 billion in aid for Katrina but that it hasn't provided aid for Sandy relief in more than two months.
The storm damaged or destroyed more than 72,000 homes and businesses in New Jersey. In New York, 305,000 housing units were damaged or destroyed and more than 265,000 businesses were affected.


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Truth is, if there was solid evidence for the existence of God, it then would be a point of fact with no room for faith.
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RE: "Why did god allow it to be destroyed - if that was his house" - because the Jews didn't kiss his ass they way he wanted them to (Jews kiss ass from right to left, rather then left to right, as we heathens do), so he did that and had the people taken into the Babylonian captivity as punishment. That's when much of the Torah was written, not by Moses, but by Jewish priests and zealots in captivity, in an effort to regain control of the Jewish people.
Interestingly, when they were finally freed when Babylon (in Iraq) was conquered by the Persians (Iranians), many of the Jews stayed in Babylon, rather than going back to Palestine.


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Pianist Ed Czach earned his BM and MM at the prestigious Eastman School of Music. He's toured extensively in the US and Europe as music director/pianist with diverse artists including Broadway and "Roots" star Ben Vereen, Grammy-nominated alt/pop singer Sophie B. Hawkins, Tony award-winning blues/gospel icon Linda Hopkins, Hollywood legend Mitzi Gaynor, and L.A. blues favorite and KJZZ host Doug MacLeod.
Ed served as music director and conductor for a national tour of the Tony Award-winning Radio City Revival of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes," and has appeared as guest conductor/pianist with the NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, the Portland Symphony, the Seattle Symphony and others.
Active in the L.A. jazz scene, Ed has played and recorded with the Grammy-nominated Dave Slonaker Big Band, the Mark Masters Ensemble, Luther Hughes's Cannonball/Coltrane Project, and Bruce Babad (#2 on national jazz radio charts). He's had numerous engagements backing celebrated jazz artists including Mel Torme, Clark Terry, Chuck Mangione, Gary Foster, and Bob Sheppard.


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All things Soviet slipping away in Moscow
MOSCOW -- On a plaque on the side of Moscow's Hotel Metropole, Vladimir Lenin's profile stares to his left, perhaps deliberately avoiding the hand-lettered notice on the restaurant window four feet to his right.
As the plaque notes, Lenin held court over the first Soviet council in the venerable hotel in 1918-19. But the sign in the window is pushing another, decidedly un-Communist agenda: The Business Lunch.
By glaring left, Lenin is also spared a glimpse three doors down at the Bentley dealership, reflecting the steady growth in Russian billionaires. He can also ignore the empty pedestal a few blocks further down in front of the old KGB headquarters where the statue of his one-time cruel secret police chief, Felix Dzhersinky, was pulled down by a rowdy crowd in August 1991, the night the Soviet Union collapsed.
Such regular affronts to all things Soviet would be enough to make Lenin spin in his grave, if he -- or at least his remains -- weren't still placed on permanent display to a dwindling line of tourists and true believers at the Lenin Mausoleum four blocks away.
Moving his remains is still a touchy political notion in Moscow. But even if the old Bolshevik leader someday got his purported wish to be buried next to his mother, it would be carried out in St. Petersburg, in the city that no longer bears his name, Leningrad.
Ever since the Soviet Union imploded, the old Communist signs and symbols have been slowly eliminated. Kutozovsky Prospect, the site where side-by-side, eye-level signs used to display the heavily retouched photos of each Politburo member, is now a sushi bar.
Lenin's own mausoleum looks embarrassingly shopworn and out of place. Soviet leaders, long gone, no longer perch on top each Nov. 7 and May 1 to watch a parade of military weaponry, leaving Kremlinologists to ponder their importance by who was standing next to whom.
Even the steely-eyed military honor guard, which changed each hour on the precise second to the sound of the Kremlin tower chimes, has been gone for 18 years, leaving the stark red structure looking a bit like an abandoned warehouse.
Lenin's resting place is not even a required stop anymore for young marrieds who also used to make the trek to Lenin Hills, now known as Sparrow Hills.
Nor have Lenin's former comrades-in-arms fared any better. Stalin, of course, was long ago unceremoniously yanked from the mausoleum and buried along the Kremlin wall.
But now even harmless metro stops, like one named after Bolshevik leader Sergei Kirov, have been changed to Christiye Prudy (Clean Pond.) The boulevard named for Bolshevik Mikhail Kalinin is now Novy Arbat. Even the name Kolhoznaya metro, honoring the kolhoz, or collective farm, has been dumped.
The old Ukraine hotel, in one of seven spired buildings built by Stalin around the city, has morphed from a rundown Soviet-style hotel with disgruntled doormen and non-functioning elevators into a sparkling gem now run by The Radisson Hotel. Its stunning lobby, with stylist chandeliers, and enormous displays of cut flowers, is even used as a backdrop for high-fashion magazine shoots.
But a glimpse of the old Soviet era is still possible in one Moscow restaurant, neatly displayed in five rooms at the Petrovich restaurant, which is chock full of Soviet-era memorabilia.
The restaurant, the brainchild of famed satirical cartoonist Andrei Bilzho, first opened in 1997, as a gathering spot for prominent Russians and artists tired of the first wave of European-style restaurants that flooded Moscow. The novelty has long since worn off, but not the feelings of nostalgia it generates.
"It gives off an atmosphere of being at home," restaurant manager Medea Kirsanova says. "Russians understand it. They lived in it. It is half museum, half cultural palace."
Petrovich is laid out like an old Soviet communal apartment, with each room stuffed with old telephones, phonographs, cameras and Lenin banners, which reflect a different decade from the 1940s to the 1990s.
But Kirsanova stresses that the point of the restaurant is not to revere Lenin and Communism, but childhood memories, a place where people came come together regardless of their income or political views.
"It's not about anything political, its nostalgic -- about being young," she says.
The "kitchen" dining room boasts a rusty, two-foot high icebox and wooden tables covered with a oilcloth, surrounded by a haphazard collection of wooden chairs.
Arkady Milgram, a 50-year-old Russian-American, marvels at books and banners he hasn't seen since emigrating to Los Angeles in 1988.
"In my 24 years in Russia, I was at a restaurant maybe five times," he says. "They were really expensive. Instead, we would usually meets friends around a kitchen table -- like this one."
An old Soviet radio on the shelf, he says, reminds him of the one his family fiddled with for hours trying to get a clear signal from the Russian-language Voice of America.
Milgram is not yearning for a return to the Soviet era, noting that nostalgia "is less about the place, and more about the time."
He also takes note of the scrapping of old Bolshevik symbols, but cautions: "Just because you change the names doesn't mean you change anything else."


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I've recently started my personal wiki to organize my notes and thoughts. I use the wiki program instiki which I believe is the same as the n-lab uses. Instiki can upload svg's. I want to be able to create nice looking pictures of some (not to complicated) geometric objects, e.g. knots, pair of pants, etc. My question is twofold.
Do people draw these things using svg format? For example people who do diagram algebra, do you use svg format?
If so, what are some good free/open source programs for creating these pictures?


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