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24-25 August 2006OECD Conference on "Governing Bodies of Higher Education Institutions: Rolesand Responsibilities".Paris, France.Web: http://www.oecd.org
30 August -1 September 2006EAIR Forum - "Who runs higher education in a Competitive World?"Rome, Italy.Web: http://www.eair.nl/rome/
7-9 September 2006EAEA seminar "Adult learning for democratic citizenship in a globalizing world".Stephansstift, Hannover, Germany.Web: http://www.eaea.org/
11-13 September 2006OECD 2006 IMHE General Conference. "Challenges of managing issues involving ethics and values in higher education."Paris, France.Web: http://www.oecd.org/site/0,2865,en_21571361_34712006_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
13-16 September 20062006 EAIE conference "Quality in internationalisation, from theory to practice."Basel, Switzerland.Web: http://www.eaie.nl/basel/
13-16 September 2006EAIE-ACA seminar "European higher education in a global contaxt".Basel, Switzerland.Web: http://www.eaie.org/basel/programme/see.asp?type=seminar&button=type
14 September 2006Magna Charta Observatory conference "Political approaches to university identity".Bologna, Italy.Web: http://www.magna-charta.org/home.html
14 September 2006OECD conference on "Funding systems and their effects on higher education systems".Paris, France.Web: http://www.oecd.org
21-23 September 2006International bilingual (EN and FR) conference. "Academic Mobility: Crossed Perspectives." Turku, Finland.Web: http://www.hum.utu.fi/ranskakk/Turkumobilitysept2006.pdf
13 October 2006ACA European Policy seminar "Cooperation in higher education between Europe and other world regions: Latin America".Brussels, Belgium.Web: http://www.aca-secretariat.be/08events/Seminars/EU-LatinAmerica.htm
13-15 October 2006IAU 2006 conference "Internationalisation of higher education: New opportunities, new challenges".Beijing, China.Web: http://www.unesco.org/iau/conferences/china/pdf/first_announcement.pdf
19-21 October 2006"European labour market for academic graduates".University of Maastricht, the Netherlands.Web: http://www.unimaas.nl/elm
26 October 2006London Metropolitan University/Tuning conference for UK higher education on implementing Bologna.London, UK.Web: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/londonmet/library/m39628_3.pdf
2-5 November 2006EAEA seminar "Citizenship education: A bridge to European citizenship?".Florence, Italy.Web: http://www.eaea.org/
15-18 November 2006Businet annual conference 2006.Berlin, Germany.Web: http://www.businet.org.uk/public/default.asp
20 - 22 November 2006"Higher Education Policy: European and/or global influences." Organised by Université du Littoral. Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.Web: http://www.univ-littoral.fr/muselcem.htm
23-24 November 2006EADTU annual conference 2006 "Widening participation and opportunities by lifelongopen and flexible learning in higher education".Tallinn, Estonia.Web: http://www.eadtu.nl/
24-25 November 2006"Languages for specific purposes in higher education: Searching for common solutions".Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic.Web: http://www.kj.fme.vutbr.cz/
29 November - 1 December 2006EAIE Training seminar "How to run an international office".Tilburg, The Netherlands.Web: http://www.eaie.org/training/2006/test.asp?welke=15&wat=intro
29 November - 1 December 2006UNESCO global colloquium "Universities as centers of research and knowledge creation: An endangered species?".Paris, France.Web: http://www.unesco.org
08-09 December 2006IAU-IAUP conference "The different meanings of university autonomy".Cheng Mai, Thailand.Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
12-14 December 2006SHRE (Society for Research into Higher Education) annual conference"Beyond boundaries: New horizons for research into higher education".Brighton, UK.Web: http://www.srhe.ac.uk/
8-10 January 2007"Creativity of Conformity? Building cultures of creativity in higher education".University of Wales Institute Cardiff.Cardiff, UK.Web: http://www.creativityconference.org/index.html
26-29 August 2007EAIR Annual Forum.Innsbruck, Austria.Web: http://www.eair.nl/
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This iReport is part of an assignment:
What are you watching?
Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Reunion Part Two
Part two of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion aired Tuesday Feb. 1st on Bravo.
While Kim and Kyle refused to talk about what really happened in the Limo, they both said they are "working on their relationship". Kim refused to answer when asked if she was an alcoholic. Kyle doesn't seem to realize that she has an extremely explosive personality and never offers an apology to anyone she has attacked. Although at the end of the show Kyle admits she regrets the issues she had with Camille, she doesn't offer an apology. Once a mean girl always a mean girl.
Taylor tackles the issue of her marriage saying it's 80% bus, and 20% romance. I see no romance in her marriage and I feel bad for her. When Taylor speaks of her marriage you can see the stress in her face, trying to hold back the tears. I can see she really loves her husband now, I hope he realizes what he has before it's too late.
Adrienne and Paul admit to bickering often, Paul says it's one way to get it all out. Their bickering to me is charming, like a brother and sister fighting over what TV show to watch. Totally harmless.
Lisa and Ken's once house guest Cedric finally left "the building" after an overstay of a year sponging off of their hospitality. His hasty departure came after Ken asked him to pick his clothes up off the floor. Seems Cedric went ballistic telling Ken he hates Lisa, he hates him and he hates their children. The very next day Cedric called Lisa and Ken, he told them he was going to sell his story of living with them, Lisa wouldn't confirm anything like money/blackmail was going on but she did admit they filed a police report. Nice people don't deserve bad things like this happening to them.
Camille is so composed all the time, even when she is constantly being attacked, just watch her expressions and her mannerisms. She is a lady, just like Adrienne. I can't believe how much I hated her all this time, I now see that it was Kyle all along.
I suppose there is a lesson to be learned from this Housewives series. No matter how much money you have, no matter where you live, even in zip code 90210, problems will still exist.
Thanks Bravo!!
To see my re-cap of part one click here

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RTMP? Well, I use it to protect my music from being stolen by those rotten kids who use those programs made by people who spend tireless work for those kids who plan to steal the music... but they can't! My server won't let them! MUAHAHAHAHA! (Ahem...)
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By Robyn Collins
Bon Iver has canceled a run of European tour dates scheduled to being later this month in France.
Related: Frank Ocean, Arcade Fire, Solange to Headline Primavera Sound
Principal Justin Vernon has also canceled an appearance on the NPR program A Prairie Home Companion slated for January 14th.
The group cited "personal reasons" in a tweet from their official account.
It remains to be seen if Bon Iver will be able to perform at their recently announced 2017 Coachella date.
It's with great regret that we must announce the cancellation of our forthcoming European tour and Justin's appeara… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—
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I had planned a 5 day trip with my wife on the SHT. We were using sleeping bags for top insulation. Going thru our gear the first week of September I commented that top quilts would save us a lot of weight. To my amazement the wife says yes can we still get them for our trip.
I had already looked at UGQ and had noticed their posts on the forum helping out everyone. To help out without expectations back to them is above and beyond in my book.
So I sent a PM asking about the wait times. I was really excited when I got the reply, " If you can get your order in we will build them over the weekend and get them right out to you"
Due to the dedication of Paul & Missy our trip turned out to be a success. The workmanship on the quilts was top notch and they worked beyond my expectations.
The best thing is the wife wants to go again!!!!!!!
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Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Kim Zolciak has a new spinoff show. Why?!
I mark this as my 'jump the shark' moment for Bravo TV.
Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Kim Zolciak has a new spinoff show. Why?!
I mark this as my 'jump the shark' moment for Bravo TV.
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
Not only will I be Tardy for the party I am not even coming to the party. I will not suffer the foolishness that is Kim.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
I stopped watching RHOA a few episodes ago. Except for Kandi, I can't abide any of them.
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
The other day, I was trying to locate a show on my list of recorded shows and while doing so, the tv was showing the episode of Phaedra's son's birthday party. My DH stood there with his mouth open, trying to figure out what the heck was going on, while the one-year-old was being carried into the party, like some Egyptian king.
I started to explain what he was seeing but the more I talked, the more I realized how ridiculous these women and the show have become. How do you explain something so outlandish as that party, with everything that went on and all those birthday cakes?
I am thinking Tardy for the Wedding is not going to be an entire series, but a 3 or so episode thing specifically for the wedding. At least I hope that's the way it is.
Some people dream of having a big swimming pool - with me it's closets."
-Audrey Hepburn.
I'm passing, too. Kim isn't interesting enough to support a single episode, let alone anything longer.
Omigod, you got me laughing so hard! Same thing has happened when my DH asked what's going on when he passed by the television during a wackadoodle scene on RH... the tiny costume party Tamra had on OC, where Icky freaked because Tamra invited Slade. He took a look at Tamra's crotch-pulling, their outfits, the banal talk and asked "... and you're watching this sh..?" Really, I just stumbled trying to explain that it's normal. I've become an idiot savant RH-watcher!
"Not my circus. Not my monkeys"
~~ Old Polish Proverb ~~
But I dont want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you cant help that," said the Cat: "were all mad here.
I must admit thought I can't for the life of me, figure out why Kroy is with Kim.
He seems normal, sane, boy-next-door and he marries this creature???
And I just don't see him as someone, using a Housewife for camera-time, publicity, etc...like good ol' Brooks.
Don't get it.
My husband is not satisfied with my explanations of why I am always watching.
You remember Charro. Hoochi Coochie. That pantsuit reminds me of that. The side boobage was gross. If it covered the boobs more traditionally, it could be a pretty outfit. But it does reek of 70s Sonny and Cher, Partridge family, etc. If that was me, I am not sure why I would really want that in my wedding....other than she was on a queen roll to maximize attention.
I am liking the Tardy for the Wedding show. About Kroy, my guess is that he is not judgemental...a very good soul. Kim is kind of funny and glamorous if you are not thinking about cigarettes, drinking or little Papa. I guess he kind of fell for this weird modern day Dolly Parton (minus the voice of course).
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I tried to connect my new Philips Home Cinema HTS9241/12 to my 42PFL7406H/12 TV. I have used the HDMI ARC connector of my TV and both the TV as Home Cinema have the latest software versions. When connecting I double checked the HDMI settings of both the TV and HTS Home cinema.
However when I want to use the HTS Home Cinema the TV says it can't find the external amplifier and keeps using the TV speakers. When I force the HTS Home Cinema to find a HDMI device is says he can't find one althoug the TV is connected and powered. Strangly enough when I play a DVD in my Home Cinema the image is working OK but the sounds is comming from the TV Speakers.


text: i wrote: > i'm having trouble getting NetBSD 1.0 to boot on an > amiga 3000 in order to do an install. > in the midst of scanning my hardware, it says > [...] > ahsc0 on mainbus0 > scsibus1 on ahsc0 > and hangs > it has a quantum lightning 730S having read that Quanta have been troublesome, i got brave and disconnected it. i could then successfully boot from the boot floppy, and switch to the installation floppy. though of course there was nothing to install... so - i guess there's a fix for that, what is it? -- Hume Smith Chester Nova Scotia 902 275 3266 AOL's grand scheme to get Internet in the workplace: "But thanks to America OnLine, I'm really just goofing off!"


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Karin and the Lion
Alice had once described a play to him in which several actresses shared the role of the heroine. After half an hour the powerful matriarch removed her large coat from which animal pelts dangled and she passed it, along with her strength, to one of the minor characters. In this way even a silent daughter could put on the cloak and be able to break through her chrysalis into language. Each person had their moment when they assumed the skins of wild animals, when they took responsibility for the story.
-Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion, p.157.
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In the Skin of a Lion has to be one of the best novels I've read in quite a while. It conforms to its epigraph that "never again will a single story be told as though it were the only one" and hands the lion's skin to multiple stories and romances that are powerful because they are fragmentary and random. You have to read this novel, it is poetry in its truest sense: it both condenses and expands language.
And you might also be interested in this sweet little project I've stumbled upon on flickr. I love the idea of somebody recording their experiences with books through both reviews and images. It's sort of like a million little stories in one project. Thank you for letting me feature you Karin.
I'm sorry I've been a bit absent from your blogs lately, I'm currently drowning under workload consisting of writing lectures and marking research essays. But I will emerge soon.
Images from left to right: The Great Gatsby, North and South.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — There is little evidence that cutbacks in federal government spending were slowing down the economy, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.
Instead, the so-called Beige Book released by the Fed, covering the period from early April to late May, said the economy maintained the "modest to moderate" pace that has been in place so far this year.
Of the Fed's 12 district banks, the only outlier was Dallas, which reported "strong" growth.Read about federal government hotel spending, the IPO pipeline and other Beige Book nuggets.
The Beige Book data, with the report of steady, if not spectacular growth, may be one reason that Fed Chief Ben Bernanke has suggested the central bank could reduce the pace of its bond-buying program in a "few" meetings, subject to the economic data.
U.S. stocks SPX, -2.10% slumped Wednesday, and the Beige Book didn't do anything to help.See Market Snapshot.
There has been concerned that the economy would suffer a summer swoon as it has done for the past few years.
Tampa, Charlotte among gainers.
• U.S. homeownership at 18-year low
This year's culprit was expected to be the sequestration, the across-the-board spending cuts that Congress allowed to take place in March.
However, sequestration was only mentioned a few times: Boston and Richmond districts reported cutbacks in defense activity due to the cuts. Atlanta reported that budget cuts had not hurt the hospitality industry.
In fact, the tourism industry remains a pillar of strength in many regions.
The report said that manufacturing continued to expand in most districts.
One area of some concern could be consumer spending. The report showed that seven of the 12 districts reported only "slight' sales growth. Three reported modest or moderate gains. New York reported sales were tepid and Richmond said sales were flat.
Residential housing and construction activity was either moderate or strong across the country.
Reports about the labor market seemed more upbeat, with hiring "at a measured pace" in several districts and some contacts reporting difficulty in finding qualified workers.
The Minneapolis Fed wrote this Beige Book. That duty is rotated between the 12 Fed districts.


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Kenya and the International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court has just announced that it will put four prominent Kenyans on trial for crimes against humanity. It's alleged the accused orchestrated the communal violence which followed the last national election.
But Kenya is not a failed state or an international pariah—why should the ICC step in? Why not let the Kenyan justice system take its course?
And what impact will the decision have on victims, witnesses and accused?
Damien Carrick: Hello, welcome to the Law Report. Today the story of an election that degenerated into a bloodbath.
Pastor Francis: We had some guns, shooting of guns. Police are killing people, people are running here and there, women are running there leaving their children, so it was terrible that time.
Damien Carrick: Pastor Francis, a witness and a victim of the post-election violence that engulfed the east African nation of Kenya in late 2007, early 2008.
Last week the International Criminal Court announced that it will send four Kenyan power-brokers to trial for their alleged role in orchestrating a large part of the killing spree.
Neela Ghoshal: Kenyans suffered dramatically during the post-election violence. There were 1,133 people killed, over 650,000 displaced, hundreds of women raped, hundreds of other people injured and maimed during the violence. And in the last four years, a number of them have tried to get justice in the Kenyan system and they've failed.
Damien Carrick: Human rights advocate Neela Ghoshal. Because of Kenya's failure, last week the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, announced that it would pursue those deemed responsible. But should the International Criminal Court step in?
Translator for Anna: She has very strong views on The Hague process. Her only hope is that the ICC would continue with its process to the end. If people are guilty, they should be taken to task... And if they are not, they should be taken through a fair hearing.
Pastor Francis: Personally I don't expect a body like ICC, the international court, to be making very serious allegations and taking innocent people all the way to The Hague.
Neela Ghoshal: The ICC is the first thing that Kenyan politicians have come across that they can't bribe, intimidate or kill.
Damien Carrick: Neela Ghoshal is the east Africa researcher with Human Rights Watch. She's based in Nairobi. She says polls indicate overwhelming support for the ICC decision to push ahead with trials, although of course allies of the accused do take a different view. Kenya is a mosaic of different tribal groups. Back in late 2007, a national election was held. President Mwai Kibaki, a member of the Kikuyu tribe was deeply unpopular. Everyone expected a landslide victory for opposition candidate Raila Odinga, who's a member of the Luo tribe, which is closely aligned to another group, the Kalenjin tribe.
When President Kibaki was proclaimed the winner, the opposition cried foul. Violence erupted between police and opposition supporters, and at the same time communal violence exploded. Neighbour turned on neighbour. In Kikuyu dominated areas, the victims were mainly Kalenjin or Luo. In Kalenjin areas, the Kikuyu were the targets.
ICC prosecutors have identified four Kenyan power brokers who they say committed crimes against humanity in the violent aftermath of the elections. Two are from the Kikuyu camp and two from the Kalenjin tribe.
Neela Ghoshal: In case one, the two people who are being pursued by the ICC are William Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang. William Ruto is a prominent Kalenjin politician, he's currently an MP, he was also the minister of higher education, but he was suspended related to a corruption scandal. He is considered to be the voice of the Kalenjin community, very popular in the Rift Valley, but he is someone who… his name has always been associated with political violence in Kenya. Going back to the 1990s, there were waves of political violence. Smaller than what we saw in 2007 and 2008, but still significant. And Ruto's name often tended to be mixed up in that violence.
Joshua Arap Sang is a radio producer, he works for a radio station called Kass FM, it's a Kalenjin language station based in Eldoret in the Rift Valley, and during the post-election violence, Kass FM was broadcasting messages in one would say coded language, but when you talk to Kalenjin people they will tell you it was barely coded, telling people to go out and cut the weeds to get rid of outsiders, and basically that meant to go after Kikuyu and other ethnic groups in that area of the country who were perceived to have supported the ruling party.
Damien Carrick: Simultaneously the ICC has also turned its attention to the elite close to president Kibaki. It's pursuing Francis Muthaura, the country's most senior public servant and also Uhuru Kenyatta, a senior government minister, the country's richest man and the son of the nation's founding father, Jomo Kenyatta. A few days ago Muthaura resigned and although Kenyatta remains deputy PM he has stepped down as finance minister.
Neela Ghoshal: He is considered as a sort of heir apparent of the Kikuyu community, and he and Francis Muthaura who is the head of the public service and who is Meru, which is an ethnic group that is closely linked to the Kikuyu, are charged with mobilising revenge attacks in which Kikuyu militia was allegedly used to attack perceived supporters of the opposition. This militia came in and killed hundreds of suspected ODM supporters, which were generally members of the Luo, Kalenjin and Luhya ethnic groups.
Damien Carrick: So, there's no allegation that any of these four fired bullets or wielded machetes. The allegation is that they are responsible for orchestrating the violence?
Neela Ghoshal: Yes, and I think that's an important distinction between what the ICC is currently capable of doing and what the Kenyan courts are capable of doing. Any judicial system should be able to identify who the planners of violence are, and they should ultimately be held most responsible. They are more responsible than individual, you know, 18, 20-year-olds who were manipulated or paid to join the militias and fire the bullets or, you know, swing the machetes. The Kenyan court system has been able to go after few low-level perpetrators, very few, but it has made no effort to identify how those attacks were planned at the top.
Damien Carrick: Neela Ghoshal says there have been a number of trials of those involved in the violence, the majority failing to convict. One of the most reported atrocities was the burning of a Kikuyu church in Kiambaa in western Kenya. Australian journalist Joel Keep visited the site of church with Kenyan journalist Robert Oluoch.
Robert Oluoch: Right now where we are standing, the church was right in front of us here, and there were lots of women and children in the church, as it was burning. Some of them ran for dear life, but quite a number of them did not make it, and you can see those graves over there, the crosses you can see over there, those are the graves of bodies which were actually never identified and were buried here at the church site. It was a fairly small church, made of mud and wattle, and most of the people from the neighbourhood had fled for refuge in the church. But the men had stayed outside to guard it against any attack. So most of the attackers, according to the people who were in the church at that time, who survived, came from the southern part, which is actually the so-called Kalenjin part of this area, they came in lorries, according to the victims. So many of the people who were at the church some of them were located elsewhere, quite a number of them, a few, still live around, but there are very painful memories of the place. They only come here to reflect and maybe to think about their loved ones that they lost, but they're living a life with very little hope.
Neela Ghoshal: On January 1st, that church was attacked by a mob of what witnesses say was up to perhaps a couple of thousand people, with their faces painted, dressed in a uniform of t-shirt and shorts, which traditionally has been the uniform of Kalenjin militias, and they attacked the church with machetes, with clubs and then ultimately shut the people in and set the church on fire. And anywhere between 28 and 35 people were killed in that attack, and dozens of others were injured. And it really shocked the conscience of the nation, and charges were brought, a team of investigators was sent from Nairobi to Eldoret, and they interviewed witnesses, and they ended up bringing charges against four suspects. And what happened was the case went to trial and all of those four suspects were acquitted.
We did interviews with the survivors as well as with other people in the community who were familiar with the case as well as with prosecutors and judicial officials. And generally their conclusion was that the police investigations were rushed, perhaps because there was so much pressure. They were quite poor, it seems that police grabbed a few of the suspects who were named by witnesses but didn't grab others, and there were no efforts made in this case to identify who organised the mob. So four individuals were brought to court, and the witnesses gave somewhat conflicting testimonies as to whether these particular people had been involved in the attack or not, so ultimately the court found that there was not enough evidence against them. This wasn't the failing of the court, I would say this was a failing of the police, and perhaps the prosecution to bring sufficient evidence.
Damien Carrick: Neela Ghoshal says political pressures to drop or to lose a case may also be a factor in many of these types of trials.
I'm Damien Carrick, and you're listening to the Law Report, broadcast each week on RN, Radio Australia and ABC News Radio. Our web site is at abc.net.au/rn/lawreport. There you can download audio, listen to the program online, read a transcript or leave us a comment.
Today a special report on the decision of the International Criminal Court to put four prominent Kenyans on trial for crimes against humanity. On a recent visit to Kenya, Australian journalist Joel Keep collected the on-the-ground interviews and music that we're hearing, including this church choir in Nairobi. It wasn't just thugs acting on the direction of political masters who killed their fellow citizens. The police, whose task is to uphold law and order, killed hundreds, especially in opposition strongholds. Pastor Francis lives in Kibera a slum in Nairobi. It's in opposition leader Raila Odinga's electorate. Pastor Francis is both a witness and a victim.
Pastor Francis: We heard some guns, shooting of guns. Police are killing people, so people are shocked, running here and there, people leaving their businesses, women are running there, leaving their children, so people are disappeared, they are hiding themselves. So the women left their business there and they went for hiding. So, when I saw there are children there being left there, I went and take some of the children, there were like seven children. I took them to another kiosk and I locked myself with them there, with three women. So this police officer started stopping, destroying, crushing the tomatoes of women there, so I wondered what is he doing now. A woman, when she saw that her business was being destroyed, confronted the police officer, telling him, 'What are you doing? I don't have a husband, this business is my husband. Why are you doing this to destroy my business?' So the police officer, that man grabbed the woman, trying to pull her. And the woman was shouting, 'Better kill me then.' So immediately, because I know the woman, because I'm a pastor here, and I confronted the police officer telling them, 'My friend, what you are doing is not good. Why are you pulling this woman like this?' He asked me, 'Who are you?' Then I told him, 'I am a pastor.' So he asked me another question, 'Are you the messiah? Were you sent to save?' I told him, 'I did not mean that. What I know you are a police officer, you are the one to protect. What have the woman done for you?' Then he told me, 'I am going to kill her.' So immediately he hit the woman with the gun, the buttocks of the gun, in the chest. The woman fall down. He went and stepped the neck of the woman, with the boot. This is when I went and tell him, 'Know what you are doing, my friend, is wrong.' Then he told me, 'I'm going to shoot her.' I told him, 'Before you shoot her, you'll have to kill me.' Then he looked at me, then he said, 'Okay.' So the woman was unconscious, the guy went. And then I thought that, 'Ah, things are over,' so I concentrated with the woman, for first aid because she lost her sense. Immediately I had somebody calling me. Soon I realised, 'No, this guy told me he'll shoot me.' I just heard the voice, 'Pastor!' Before I just stood, I just felt myself falling somewhere. From there I do not know what happened, I just found myself in the hospital after two days. Then I was treated one week in Masaba Hospital, so I was told the bullet is lodged in my body, it can not be removed, it's in a bad place. So I was discharged with the bullet inside me.
Damien Carrick: Pastor Francis is rebuilding his life and those of the members of his congregation. His experience with police is not isolated, but few police have been convicted for their role in the bloodbath. Neela Ghoshal describes one trial highlighting the failings of Kenya's criminal justice system.
Neela Ghoshal: A large number of the killings during the post-election violence were actually carried out by the Kenyan police. And this is because when it was announced that Kibaki was the winner, Raila Odinga's supporters rose up and went out into the streets and protested. And some were protesting in quite violent ways. Now, the way that the police responded to all the forms of protest was pretty uniform, which was grab your gun and shoot anybody who's out in the street protesting, whether they're protesting violently or peacefully. And this was what happened in the case against Edward Kirui. He was in the town of Kisumu, and Kisumu is the area that Raila Odinga is from, it's a Luo area, with very strong support for the opposition.
And so the youth went out into the streets and were protesting, and the police were sent into the area where they were protesting and basically started firing on protesters. Kirui was allegedly caught on video shooting two young men. And in the video you see two young men who are standing there making faces at the police. They're not armed, they're not violent, they're kind of having a good time, and using this as an opportunity to make fun of the police who they apparently have grievances with. And Kirui pulled out his gun and shoots them both, and then walks over and kicks one of their bodies. This was caught on tape, the media was present, and they showed this on the evening news. The police spokesman immediately announced that the tape must be somehow doctored, he said that it was like a Rambo movie, and it was only later when it became so clear that this was legitimate footage. The brother of one of the victims came out and said, 'Yes, in fact, that was my brother on tape, he was killed, he's no longer with us, and we want justice,' that the state was compelled to proceed.
So, they brought charges against Kirui, who was identified in the video by some of the witnesses, as well as by some of his colleagues. There were several police officers who looked at the tape and said, 'Oh, yeah, that's Kirui, he's the one shooting the gun, we know him.' I should mention that he's a bit hard to recognise because he is wearing a helmet and full sort of camouflage battle gear, and a shield. But his colleagues recognised him, they recognised his face when he lifts his shield at one point, they recognise the way he walks.
So, the case was brought to trial, and Kirui was acquitted. And the reason he was acquitted was because the police produced evidence claiming that the bullet which was found in one of the victims' bodies did not match the gun that Kirui was issued with that day. And when you look at the serial numbers, the serial number that the police presented for Kirui's gun is one digit off from the serial number of the gun which was identified as having shot the bullet. The facts add up quite clearly. This is clearly a tampering with evidence. Yes, unfortunately the judge could have perhaps charged the police immediately with tampering with evidence and investigated these records, but instead the judge acquitted Kirui and so he is also walking free today, and he is one of hundreds of police officers who are walking free despite the fact that they shot people during the post-election violence. Four hundred and five people killed by the police, over 550 injured.
Damien Carrick: Neela Ghoshal. The four ICC prosecutions do not address these police abuses. Last week the ICC announced that there was not enough evidence to proceed with a prosecution against the Kenyan police commissioner back in 2007. The ICC prosecutions instead concentrate on atrocities committed by thugs under the direction of political heavy weights. The International Criminal Court is a relatively new legal structure. It's based in The Hague. Its role is to hear cases for genocide or crimes against humanity when domestic courts fail to step up to the task.To date the ICC has indicted nationals from seven African countries, but as yet there have been no guilty verdicts.
Reverend John Sangut is a Kalenjin clergyman who lives in the Rift Valley. He's also a director of the financial arm of the Emo Society, an organisation that ICC prosecutors say was heavily involved in organising the violence. He denies this. Reverend Sangut says it is absurd for the ICC to become involved in Kenya's internal affairs. The ICC should concentrate on failed states like the Congo or vicious organised dictatorships like Libya's former Gaddafi regime. He recalls watching the swearing in of the Kenyan president on TV. When he went outside he says he saw smoke rising on the horizon. He says the mayhem was a spontaneous reaction to Kibaki's rigging of the election. It wasn't organised or directed from above. He believes it was fuelled by historic injustices.
John Sangut: The causes of every election time violence, is triggered by a kind of historical injustices. It seems people have been harbouring a kind of bitterness. That when it comes to elections, it is triggered but not organised, in fact never took over networks and so forth, I think the ICC prosecutor never did his homework well.
Joel Keep: People that we've spoken to in Eldoret say that they heard there was meetings, at the Sirikwa Hotel and at a counsellor's house in town, and do you know about any of these meetings that happened before?
John Sangut: No, no, no, I don't know. And you see, one thing that especially the western people should learn from Africans is to know the truth and the false allegations. People can talk rumours, that there was meetings held where, what, and what have you. But not meetings for planning violence.
Damien Carrick: Kigen Katwa is the lawyer for radio broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang, who ICC prosecutors say used his radio programs to direct mob attacks.
Kigen Katwa: The argument we've always maintained, number one, that the whole story of the violence having been organised is fabricated, it is not true. Secondly that the people who are testifying in support of the allegation that it was organised are not saying the truth.
Joel Keep: So, are you saying that the charges are politically motivated?
Kigen Katwa: No, I am not saying anything more than I have said, that we have presented our case within the limits of the law as it is, the prosecutor has to make his case that it was planned, we on our side are maintaining the position that it was not planned, and we are leaving it to the judges to make that decision, and we do not wish to comment more than that in that respect.
Damien Carrick: Neela Ghoshal, when you think of the International Criminal Court you think of accused who have come from, say, failed states like the Congo or pariah states like Sudan. Kenya's quite different. It's by no means a fully functioning democracy, but it's certainly a functional national state, it's certainly a member of the international community. I can see an argument being mounted that the ICC is not the correct mechanism for dealing with accused from a country or a state like Kenya.
Neela Ghoshal: The ICC's interested in one thing: does the country have a functional judicial system? So, Kenya, you know, may have a relatively thriving economy, at least compared to a number of its neighbours, it may have a vocal, civil society, you know, you don't have journalists being arrested on a daily basis, there are, you know, roads that work, perhaps not as well as they should. There are a number of things that function in the country. But if the judicial system and the policing system are not functioning in a way that they can hold accountable the most high level perpetrators of serious violence, then you have failed institutions within that country. So you don't have a failed state, but you have some institutions that are not doing their job of ensuring peace, security and justice for the citizens of that state. And so that's where the ICC needs to step in.
But I also would just want to add that it's really important that a special mechanism is formed in Kenya so that other people can also be prosecuted. Because if prosecutions are limited to these four, justice will only be partial and it won't go far enough. So we really do hope that Kenya forms a special tribunal that can evaluate these cases, identify the most serious mid-level perpetrators and bring charges against them as well.
Damien Carrick: But so far that hasn't happened. The success or failure of the ICC prosecutions will depend on witnesses who have the courage to testify against very powerful people.
Michael: I think it will make it better. I think in Kenya no one could try to prosecute those who are… who organised this violence. No, they can not be tried in Kenya. The government of Kenya would not try to prevent... So I think ICC is the best option for justice to be offered.
Damien Carrick: Michael, not his real name, is a witness for the prosecution. He says before the violence he saw one of the accused providing weapons to the militias. Michael is now afraid for his safety.
Michael: They wrote me a letter. It was on 4th May. They put it under my door, I think my wife found it in the morning. And they said that they want to, they want my head. And that their leader cannot be dead because of what I… the information that I give. And that I am a traitor of the Kalenjin community. I reported to the police and police said they'd investigate. And they said they'd call me, but they never called.
Damien Carrick: Since Michael spoke to Joel Keep, he has gone into the ICC witness protection program and has been relocated to another part of Kenya.
Neela Ghoshal: These prosecutions are really important to Kenya and to Kenyans, because it's the first time that there has been an outside institution that has been able to hold Kenyan politicians accountable. And so people will be watching the ICC very closely to see what happens with this case. The trial will take some time. Moreno Ocampo said in his press conference the other day that it may be a year and a half before the case actually comes to trial, and so that creates some interesting dynamics in Kenya, and one of those is that both Ruto and Kenyatta are declared presidential candidates and it's likely that the election will take place before the ICC cases go to trial, which presents a conundrum. What is Kenya going to do if it ends up with a president who is indicted at the ICC and then who has to go spend his time in The Hague, answering to charges instead of governing the country? Are Kenyans willing to take the risk of electing someone who might be in that position? If somebody is elected president who is also answering charges before the ICC, is he going to continue Kenya's pledge to cooperate with the ICC, or is he going to break with it?
Translator for Monica Kanini: If the suspects are found to be liable of charges, they should be taken through a full trial, they should be punished accordingly, and it should be a lesson not only to our generation but to the future generations so that nobody will ever go through what she went through. If the cases fail to go to a full trial and the suspects are acquitted, it should be worse for them, because now the suspects will know so and so is the one who spoke against us. And she also says now that the suspects are speaking of, they know a few of the witnesses, and their identities, which might bring about a bigger and worse gripe than there was, because now they will know who to pick on.
Joel Keep: Is she worried about 2012?
Translator for Monica Kanini: She is very worried.
Damien Carrick: Monica Kanini, a Kikuyu whose husband was killed by Kalenjin militia. No doubt she's a little less worried following the decision last week to proceed full steam ahead with the four ICC trials.
That's the Law Report for this week. In two weeks time I will be speaking with some of the major figures in the International Criminal Court, including the Chief Justice. Justice Song and others will in Sydney for a major conference titled Justice for All, which is being hosted by the University of New South Wales. It starts on 13 February.
A big thank you this week to journalist Joel Keep, also to Anita Barraud producer, and technical producer Carey Dell.
- Neela Ghoshal
- East Africa Researcher, Human Rights Watch
- Pastor Francis
- witness and survivor
- Reverend John Sangut
- Clergyman
- Anna Thuo
- Widow
- Robert Olouch
- Kenyan Journalist
- Kigen Katwa
- Defence Lawyer
- Monica Kanini
- widow
- Michael
- not his real name - a witness


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RUFC - Millers wait on Cresswell and Fenton
Rotherham United will wait until the last possible minute to see if either Nick Fenton or Ryan Cresswell will be fit for the game on Saturday after both being left out on Tuesday night with injuries.
Speaking to MillersPlayer, Andy Liddell said, 'It's going to be a late check on Nick Fenton and Ryan Cresswell either Friday or Saturday morning. I think Nick will probably have a better chance than Ryan but I'm not one hundred per cent sure on that. It's not often you get two centre-halves injured on the same day and we'll just have to go with what we've got. We missed them because they're good defenders and you are going to miss their size, presence and command in the area. It's frustrating but there's nothing you can do about it.
'Cress was feeling his thigh. We trained on Saturday and he said he'd carry on and maybe he made it a bit worse. It wasn't the training that did it, he was just generally stiff and tired which happens when you've had a serious injury because when you first come back your body is running on adrenalin and then you get into playing and training and you can pick up little niggles. Hopefully it's not too serious.'
Asked, if Fenton and Cresswell aren't fit for the game on Saturday, who will play, Lidds said they would have to make a decision later on in the week.
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Joe Corvo: Will Saturday's Performance Be A Turning Point For Bruins D-Man?December 12, 2011
While there is never a favorable time for the Boston Bruins to lose their towering captain and point-based puckslinger, Zdeno Chara, a less unsettling time would be right now.
Moments before he went down with a leg injury that will reportedly render him out of commission for a week, Chara inserted his sixth goal of the season in Columbus on Saturday. By night's end, fellow grizzled defenseman Joe Corvo had bested his teammate with two strikes, his first two in Boston attire, including the eventual clincher in a 5-3 victory.
As it stands now, the rest of the Bruins' blue line has combined for seven goals on the year, only one more than what Chara has rolled up on his own. Corvo and Dennis Seidenberg, who garnered the primary assist on Saturday's game-winner, both went through 27 games and 60 shots on net without putting one in the net. Seidenberg is still seeking to hatch his goose-egg after 28 outings and 60 hacks at the opposing net.
But at least for Corvo, one of only two offseason imports from another organization, Saturday's two-strike night could mean he is finished surveying Boston's ice and ready to perform in accordance with expectations. With the exception of 2006-07 and 2009-10, when he was confined to 52 games, Corvo has hit double digits in the goal column every year since becoming an established NHLer on the other side of the lockout.
Besides Chara, he is the only Boston backliner to have tallied 10 or more goals in a single NHL season, having done it four times in all. No one else on the Bruins' blue line brigade has logged any more than seven, which happened to be Seidenberg's career high last year.
Already, Corvo is tinkering on a pace for a career year of his own in the playmaking department. With 10 assists thus far, he might match his previous high of 29 helpers, which he set with the Ottawa Senators in 2006-07. That is assuming he keeps his pace and suits up for all 82 regular-season contests.
But especially now with Chara injured, and even when a thoroughly healthy roster is restored, Corvo could stand to start packing a few primary contributions on a regular basis. That was ostensibly one of the critical gains the Bruins were getting when they brought him in over the summer as a do-over for Tomas Kaberle.
Instead, at least for starters, Corvo brought from Carolina what turned out to be a carry-over scoring drought that ultimately stretched to a cumulative 31 games. The 27 scoreless games with Boston alone exceeded his previous career-worst drought from the 2006-07 season, which he may have successfully booted under the rug with his prolific playmaking.
Come what may, there is sufficient reason to believe that this past Saturday will not merely be a fleeting flicker followed by another cold spell.
Two nights before battling the Blue Jackets, the Bruins were collectively quelled by Florida Panthers' stopper Jose Theodore with much assistance from red iron. Corvo was among those (as was Seidenberg) to record a missed shot that hit the post. One or two more inches tilted in the right direction and he would have splashed his drought one game sooner.
For his second point on Saturday, which granted Boston a 4-3 advantage early in the third period, Corvo's slapper did not need any guidance from an offensive teammate's twig. Nor did it need to brush off of an opposing body en route to the net. Instead, it was a pure penetration that dodged a forest of bodies and hit nothing but air before it tuned the mesh.
With Chara and his 6-13-19 scoring log now on temporary hold, it is on Corvo to supplement the bulk of what is lost, whether that be a directly homeward-bound blast or the parent of a fruitful deflection or rebound. A little added pressure ought to come with that, but Chara's absence had already begun when Corvo inserted Saturday's decider and emphatically hurled the urchin off of his back.
He might even have a healthful shot of incentive to continue his production this week. For what it's worth, two of Corvo's former teams are on deck for a set of back-to-back game nights. The Los Angeles Kings, who drafted him in 1997 and later gave him his first 203 NHL twirls, are at the TD Garden on Tuesday. And the Senators, with whom he went to the 2007 Stanley Cup finals, will host the Bruins on Wednesday.


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Is It Time for the NFL to Fine Itself?December 21, 2011
We've all seen it, haven't we? You know, that moment during every NFL game when we scratch our heads and go, "Penalty? What penalty?"
I had two such moments during the Monday Night Football game in San Francisco when two chop block personal fouls were called that were bogus, to say the least.
It occurred to me—as I watched helplessly while my fantasy-football playoff run was brought to an end by only one measly point—that the NFL expects players to be held accountable for their on-field transgressions, but steadfastly refuses to hold itself accountable for their game official's equally egregious transgressions perpetrated upon players.
Every week, the NFL sends out a pile of FedEx letters informing the guilty parties of the fines levied upon them for personal fouls of every nature, other than crimes against animals and excessive Tebowing.
Once in a while, the league office will issue a "My bad…" statement, in which they reluctantly admit to an official's gaffe and promise a quick and decisive review of the officiating, along with the equally tepid promise that further education will be considered in order to correct the problem.
Now, we seldom—if ever—hear of the NFL's taking punitive action against game officials who blow obvious "no-calls." Obviously, the NFL feels that it is above real accountability in this respect.
What tripe!
Wouldn't it be novel if the NFL not only "fessed up" to their wrongdoing, but added money to the aggrieved individual's paycheck? A fine, of sorts, that would stand as tangible evidence of the mea culpa, and mitigate—to some small extent—the negative effect that the wrongful penalty had on the player, his team and his fans.
Yes, it's high time for the NFL to fine itself when the alleged miscreant is found innocent of the infraction for which he was penalized.
This would give the term "upon further review" a whole greater meaning.


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For those who treasure the opportunity to hunt, fish, view and responsibly conserve Alaska's fish and wildlife, Frank Murkowski is the only choice for governor.
Frank has shown strong support for the values that once made Alaska an outdoor Mecca - state management, active management of fish and game, decision making founded on science, and support for public access.
Frank supported "right to hunt" legislation on federal lands. He's consistently earned "A" ratings from the NRA. He's questioned federal biologists who fraudulently tried to list endangered species. He put the Park Service in their place when they unlawfully tried to restrict public access. He approaches wildlife with an eye toward science, not politics.
This contrasts starkly with Fran Ulmer, who helped the administration preside over one of the worst periods on record regarding outdoor uses. A record of putting predators before people and politics before science.
The Knowles-Ulmer administration irrevocably ceded the state's management authority of navigable waters to the feds by dropping a critical lawsuit they promised to appeal. They called it "backtracking." Most people called it a lie.
The NRA gave them an "F-" rating in 1998.
Fran says she won't meddle in the Board of Game's decision making. Don't believe it. The Knowles-Ulmer Administration unilaterally blocked five wildlife management plans passed by the Board of Game. Wildlife populations, and the opportunity to utilize these resources for food, have greatly suffered because of it.
Increased public access stopped when the Knowles-Ulmer Administration directed DNR to discontinue all assertion (even volunteer) of state-owned right of ways.
And last, but certainly not least, is subsistence. Despite the administration's efforts, Alaska is farther from a solution today then we were eight years ago. Worse, the only two lawsuits that could have helped solve the issue (Babbitt and Katie John) were unilaterally dropped by the Knowles-Ulmer Administration. Politics overruled policy, leaving both rural and urban Alaskans highly polarized.
Don't be fooled into thinking it was the Legislature's fault. The fact is the Knowles-Ulmer administration never stepped off the third floor to work with legislators on a bipartisan solution.
Let's elect an honest, responsible, and common sense candidate. It's what Alaska deserves and what our fish and wildlife need. Vote for Frank Murkowski.
Carl Rosier of Juneau served as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game from 1991-94 and is a past president of the Alaska Outdoor Council.
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About TDA7250/TDA1514A
Is there someone experienced or that have already build a power amp based on TDA7250 or TDA1514A that can givemesome tips on the most important thing to check and how many power is needed to make it at least run? I own a SMPS +/-email@example.com..
I have built and used a TDA1514A powered by a 18V-0-18V@10A transformer and 4pcs 4,700uf per rail (8 in total). I have used it for awhile and have excellent result. Later I used it to power 2 10" sub in a push-pull config. Excellent result again. :D
So good that a friend bought it! An example of a diy hobby that makes you some money for more diy hobby! :cool:
Hope this helps,
BTW, I think this thread belongs more appropriately to ChipAmps. :D
Did it really need so much power? 10A????
ANd could u post the schematic u used for build so good amplifier?
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this is what i used. you can omit the caps between the rails if your psu is good enough and placed close to the ic.
100w bridge
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a bridged 1514A :cool:
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Hi MaXiZ
You are almost there with your TDA7250. It will work with +-35V. Though 2.5A is not enough for maximum power output, it is not an immediate problem as you don't need the power now. What you want is to get the amp to work first.
Are you using TIP142 AND TIP147?
Here are some pictures on how I tested the TDA7250
The TDA1514A is an excellent chip (praise indeed from a valve/tube man :) ) I've been using them in products for several years. I've used the Philips circuit, and the results have always been good.
:cop: Thread moved to Chip Amps Forum.
Yes, I agree. The funny part is, when I ran it at 18-0-18Vac, instead of 20-0-20, it sounded much better. I heard that this part is now discontinued. It would be a shame if it is.
I mean Voltage/Current!!! :)
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Unionville-Sebewaing Area tailback Jared Fischer, on being selected the Signature Bank Athlete of the Week.
Elktons Amy Leitch, and Ublys Nicole and Kurt Kubacki, who won the annual GreenStone Farm Credit Services Christmas Card Coloring Contest.
The local athletes named to the All-NCTL football team.
Raymond James Financial Services, for its donation to the Bad Axe Band Program.
Harbor Beachs Gladys T. Mosey, on being named the Daughters of Isabella Circle 608 Daughter of the Month for November.
Bad Axes Elnora Kiehl, on the celebration of her 90th birthday.
Everyone who came out to support the 15th annual Youth For Christ Christmas Benefit Auction.
Minden Citys Ray and Donna Lipskey, on the celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary.
Bad Axes Carol and Bob Osantoski, who recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.
The girls basketball teams at Cass City, North Huron and USA, who all won district titles last week.
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Yes there is a radio! Watch the picture where the menu is opened. There you can see it.
man this one roxxxx.oh god when will it b available????????beats the hell outta motorola fones in STYLE!nokia's only few fones hav the charm comparable to se.se rulz!
hey did u see 5700?it has copied se's walkman headsets!!1oh nokia is crappy and a copycat!no more nokia for me!
There's a radio - just look at the picture of the interface on the pictures page.
N95 is big, style-wise and design, this one is better.
By features, this one loses out by a couple of steps, not taking in the infamous 5MP that Nokia's bolted on.
Otherwise, this is an S series because I think SE is releasing a S for Style series. It's just exactly like the W580, but not branded as Walkman. It's more of the Ericsson line of SE phones. the W series is the Sony line of SE phones.
Just like how the new P1 is named the way it is instead of P999 or so on. It is because everything, is becoming simple again. P1, for PDA/Smartphone series, model 1.
btw, it's not a clickwheel. On the higher resolutions pictures at SonyEricsson.com, there is a small engraving on the top of the round d-pad that's in the shape of the camera application.
We should be seeing more S series that look like the W series, but only more stylish and redesigned. I mean, I bought a MOTO RAZR V6 Maxx because it had the touch-sensitive buttons, and all because of the style.
Just like how people buy the LG K and KG series for it's touch-sensitive looks.
Why can't SE run in the design race with also taken for granted features like a 2mp camera, EDGE, A2DP, Walkman 2.0 application and of all, SE quality assurance. Even these little things beat many designed based phones.
The Prada phone and LG shine series excepted.
this phone is beautiful. now im confused as to which one i want...w580 or s500...w580 has radio...which this doesnt...that's the only feature i noticed that differs. but gosh this phone arouses my material desire...hopefully their prices wont rape our pockets when they release...
How can you compare this to the n95 =.="
one thing this does have the n95 don't, is a better design! well in my opinion.
Also the UI looks interesting.
Nice design! But what is the difference between this slider and SE w580. Their specs are very similar.
this phone is very cool, plus i think it got a wheel key which seems on the picture, very good i say!
what's the difference between this s500 and w580i apart from the looks. In any case, I have to admit, I love the design, the color, for me it's the best...it's just that SE should come up with some new exciting features - put some 3G/wifi etc. Then, they'd surely be the best. Oh, and again, the difference between s500 and w580i, anyone?
Does anyone know when this phone is going to sell? Is this phone going to be available in the U.S.?
Shame it hasn't got any 3G, hopefully SE will have upgraded the video-recording capabilities of this phone.


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Dr. Bill Creasy of Logos Bible Study uses a literary, historical approach to examine and enliven the bible for modern listeners. Dr. Creasy draws on his studies, travels, and personal anecdotes to depict a vivid picture of the works of scripture. Somewhere between a sermon and a college lecture, he delivers these audiobooks with authority but a pleasantly friendly voice and a touch of fun, using contemporary references.
Dr. Creasy discusses Acts in depth, putting it in context as a continuation of the Gospel of Luke, why Luke was writing it and what audience he was writing for. He talks about the importance of this book historically and spiritually as it accounts the early Christian church and the Apostles who spread it.
Acts is Luke's sequel to his Gospel. Like his Gospel, Acts is addressed to a particular man, Theophilus, and it tells the story of the birth of the Church. After Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection, he ascends into heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father. Ten days later, the Holy Spirit arrives in Jerusalem on the Jewish feast of Pentecost, and the Church is born. Acts follows the Church from its birth in Jerusalem through its exponential growth and inevitable persecution, led by Saul of Tarsus.
Incredibly, Saul later confronts the risen and glorified Christ on the road to Damascus, where he becomes a believer. And not just any old believer! Saul becomes Paul, the great Apostle to the Gentiles. From Chapter 9 onward, Acts follows Paul on his three missionary journeys as he takes the Gospel into Asia Minor and Europe. In the end, Paul evangelizes all of Asia Minor, a good chunk of Europe, and he writes 13 of the 27 books of the New Testament. This is an incredible story, and no one tells it better than Logos Bible Study's Dr. Bill Creasy.
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"Absolutely Amazing"
Everything about this series of studies on Acts is spellbinding. Dr Creasy brings the history and the characters to life whilst embracing the text as the inspired word of God. I am so excited to listen to every single audio Bible study in Dr Creasy's vast collection. My drive to and from work is now something I genuinely look forward to!!!
"Origins of Christianity"
Bill Creasy has a wonderful speaking ability that holds the audience. The book of Acts is pivotal to the christian church. When you read it by yourself it is packed with so much information to study and digest. When you here Bill Creasy talk, he paints a picture. You are are transported back in time and immerse yourself in that time period. This puts a whole different perspective on the book. He also give so much more information that you wouldn't get otherwise. Anyone with a faith should here this. Anyone without a faith should also here it as it will answer so many questions as to why people like me have such a strong belief in the bible.
I love the way Dr C ties everything together helping me to make sense of all the books in the New Testament. It has been so helpful and such a joy to listen to. I've listened through this slowly, repeating sections and taking notes. I have picked up so many nuggets. I love the way Bill presents the Word of God. HIs passion and enthusiasm and the anecdotes also help bring the text to another level of relevance. It's enjoyable listening. Thank you. LOVE IT!!
"Stellar presentation of an important book"
Once again Dr. Creasy has enhanced my understanding of a familiar book through scholarly use of geopolitical and historic context. Although I have studied Acts in the past, this time around I learned more about Paul and his companions than ever before and as a result, for me they are now real and not just paper personalities. As always, I appeciate his clear presentation liberally flavored with good humor. Anyone looking for a Bible study that they can relate to needs to look into this series.
"Paul, as described by Dr. Creasy"
Bill Creasy puts you right next to the Apostle Paul as a man, and as one touched by God , who will write 13 of the 27 books in the New Testament. Here, you will meet a man who hated Jesus and all His followers then came to Love Jesus with all his heart and soul. Loved listening to Luke then Acts by Bill Creasy, and you will too!
"Amazing "
This guy is amazing in his understanding and delivery! He brings the text to life!
This is an excellent commentary on the book of Acts with background information. Dr. Creasy is knowledgeable and engaging.
As usual Dr Creasy brings on a wonderful performance and makes it fun to learn about the "word" :)
"The Acts of the Holy Spirit"
A very good, informative, unique means of the study of the book of ACTS.. As a Biblical perspective it's not only a study but places facts and Dr. Creasy's personal information and extensive research into the book, making for a very enjoyable experience.
"Deep Fulfilling Dive into the Word"
I would definitely recommend this audiobook to my friends b/c it gives a fuller, richer explanation of Acts. It bridges one verse to the next, where you thought there was no bridge needed...truly excellent.
How Dr, Creasy speaks about the Nazarine Rite and goes into Sampson.
Dr. Creasy does an excellent job going through the books of the bible - he brings
Knowledge and understanding and has a great sense of humor. I hope to listen to all of the books!
Gaining understanding
The inflections of the voice help explain what is going on.
The entire book is great
I've done lots of bible studies and I this is definitely a favorite!
"The Bible comes to life...."
Among the top!
Acts Chapter 2
I may not agree with all of the stances of the author but there are plenty of areas that we agree.
Well worth the money!
"Loved It"
Bill Creasy brought the book of Acts to life like never before. I have read the book several times and he had me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what was going to happen next.
The Holy Spirit was the one doing all the work.
This was my first time but it wont be my last.
Yes but I did not have the time to.
If you want to learn the history and details about the book of ACTS and the characters of the book, get this teaching.
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Politicians used to get caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Now it's more likely to be with their fingers round a pipe or syringe. Social Democrat Michael Hartmann is the latest pol to go out on a high.
Give credit where it's due. Michael Hartmann – a balding 51-year-old with a well-fed face – is apparently a lot wilder than you'd have supposed given the position he held until yesterday: Social Democratic Interior Affairs parliamentary spokesman.
Hartmann was forced to step down from that post after allegations in the always-up-for-a-scandal "Bild" newspaper that he'd used crystal meth. Police in Berlin are currently investigating Hartmann, who also sits on a committee supervising Germany's intelligence-gathering services.
Ironically, Hartmann recently complained in an interview of not having time to get to know the fun side of the German capital. And unfortunately for his credibility, during his 2013 re-election he also came out against the legalization of so-called soft drugs like marijuana. Maybe, they weren't strong enough.
A law-and-order politician with a taste for hard drugs? If the allegations are proven, Hartmann might be a first in straight-laced Germany. But internationally he joins some pretty (in)famous company.
Guys just wanna have fun
The grand old man of politicians-on-drugs, if you will, is former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry. In 1990 Barry, whose early political resumé included founding a group called Blacks Against Narcotics and Genoicide (BANG), was busted by the FBI smoking crack in a hotel with an ex-girlfriend. Amazingly, and perhaps hopefully for Hartmann, Barry was re-elected to a fourth term as mayor in 1995 – despite having spent six months in jail on a drugs conviction.
Attitudes toward recreational drug use in America and the West in general have loosened considerably since then. In 1992, Bill Clinton felt compelled to deny that he's ever inhaled when grudgingly admitting he'd smoked weed at university. By 2008, Barack Obama could freely own up to trying cocaine and marijuana, famously quipping when asked if he had inhaled the latter: "I thought that was the point."
Clinton, Obama and even Barry are lightweights compared to Toronto mayor Rob Ford. After repeatedly denying he smoked crack, Ford was forced to admit as much after being caught on video… er…smoking crack. He denied lying, however, saying: "Have I tried it? Um, probably in one of my drunken stupors."
Politicians blaming use of socially unacceptable drugs on an uncontrollable addiction to socially acceptable ones has become something of a trend within a trend. After getting nailed buying cocaine from an undercover cop last year, Republican Congressman Trey Radel from Florida passed the blame to "the disease of alcoholism." Experts refer to this as "the gun didn't know I was loaded" defense.
"Wasting away the moments that make up a dull day"
For a variety of reasons, and despite the tones of outrage adopted in many reports, journalists and readers love politicians-on-drugs stories. For one thing they lend a bit of humanity to otherwise insufferably goody-goody figures. Recent UK politicians who have admitted trying marijuana include Labour MP Harriet Harman, Former Home Secretary Jaqui Smith, Former Health Secretary Andy Burnham and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling – any one of whom on their own would be enough to kill even the hardiest of buzzes.
Moreover, drug revelations also remind us of the obvious – that politicians are a class of people particularly prone to lying. The ability to evade and dissemble is, after all, a main part of the job. Why should the public not enjoy seeing the men and women who regularly raise others' taxes and their own salaries squirm on the hot seat?
It would be unfair, of course, to tar brush all politicians as goody-two-shoe sycophants and hypocrites. Much of what politicians do is unremarkable nuts-and-bolts minutiae required to keep democratic societies running, and that perhaps played a role in Michael Hartmann's fall from grace.
One particular poignant detail is the final tweet he sent just before the translucent crystals hit the fan. At 10:21 on July 2, Hartmann wrote. "Interior committee meeting with 45 agenda points started. Including registration right."
Probably, lots of normal people would need a mind-altering substance to sit through stuff like that.
Berlin prosecutors have begun a drugs probe against German parliamentarian Michael Hartmann, prompting him to quit his post as a center-left internal affairs spokesman. The Bild newspaper claims crystal-meth is involved. (02.07.2014)
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will take a leave of absence to seek help for substance abuse problems. A Canadian newspaper, meanwhile, has reported on a second video of Ford smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. (01.05.2014)
The politician who last year presented the German parliament's acclaimed report on bungled police probes into a neo-Nazi murder spree has denied a media allegation of possessing child pornography. (11.02.2014)


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I was reading this excellent post from Mark Dalrymple, which links to an older post of his about a bug.
I know these trials of debugging quite well, and his posts reminded me of a particular bug I tracked down a few days ago; it was what Mark would call a "Five-Minute Bug", but only because at the last moment, I had an epiphany that required so many obscure bits of knowledge that I was shocked I'd seen it at all.
Find the bug:
// MySeparateFile.m float DoSomethingInteresting(id object) { return 1.0; } // MyHeader.h #define CheckInterestingStuff(object, result) ({ \ float __value = DoSomethingInteresting(object); \ NSLog(@"%s", (__value < (result) ? "YES" : "NO")); \ __value; \ }) // MyFile.m #import "MyHeader.h" void Blah(void) { float thing = CheckInterestingStuff(someObject, 1.1); NSLog(@"%f", thing); } [/objc] <p> This was the output: </p> [objc linenos="none"] NO 240000.0
This made no sense at all. The function clearly returned
1.0, yet the
thing variable equally clearly contained
240000.0. Here's a hint: It's not a compiler bug, a need for a clean build, anything wrong with the executing CPU, or related to Objective-C in any way.
Figured it out yet?
The key was a compiler warning that fired in the header file. It said "
Warning: No previous declaration for DoSomethingInteresting...", and was truncated there by Xcode. As with so many other warnings, the eye tends to slide right by it. But this was the problem.
Understanding why requires knowing one of C's odder quirks, a throwback to the K&R days before there were such things as function prototypes. A function without a prototype or explicit declaration is assumed to return
With that in mind, the impossible return value suddenly makes sense. The compiler was effectively doing this:
float __actual_value = CheckInterestingStuff(someObject, 1.1); int __the_compiler_saw_this = *(int *)&__actual_value; // OOPS float result = (float)__the_compiler_saw_this;
But to know that, you'd have to know about details of how compilers pass and return function results, quirks of the C language itself, and what happens when you pretend a
float is a
int. These aren't casual things that every programmer just knows, although they probably should be.
For those of you who know the ABI and are wondering, yes, on various architectures a floating-point return value should've been coming from a different register than an integer one. It doesn't matter; the value is either converted wrong or coming from the wrong place, and either way it's wrong.
And the moral of the story is, this is why I use
-Weverything -Werror when I can.


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Over 25,000 years ago, Tantalus was a Deviant from the planet Arqa, allegedly the very creation of Dreaming Celestial.[3][6]
Championing the cause of Deviant supremacy over the other Celestial races, Lord Tantalus conquered his homeworld.[3] Tantalus's doctrine reached the Skrull homeworld and influenced the Deviant Skrulls to eliminate their cousin-races as well.[7]
Tantalus carried his crusade to other worlds, and conquered the world of Tebbel. There he met the Deviants Khult and his daughter Nirvana. She was first being who ever proved immune to Tantalus's deadly touch, the "Black Legacy", as she was the product of a Deviant breeding program.[3]
Seeing the opportunity to produce heirs (his Black Legacy preventing him from such ability), Tantalus took Nirvana as his bride on Armechadon, having renamed Arqua this way after Nirvana. Tantalus conquered four more worlds in the years to come, returning in triumph to conceive a new child with Nirvana after each victory. The power of Tantalus and the genetic stability of Nirvana led to the production of genetically perfect children.[3]
However, Tantalus's fourth child, Lucian, was born with a birthmark of the Black Legacy on his face, signifying a failure in their breeding perfection.[3]
Tantalus became violent towards Nirvana, who attempted to end her own life after Lucian's birth. Tantalus found his wife and preserved the smallest fraction of her essence inside her body with the power of the Black Legacy.[3]
Earth & Lyonesse
Tantalus and his Peacekeepers next moved to the planet Earth,[8] in the aftermaths of the Third Host,[5][4] but they were trapped there by the power of the Celestials. Unable to return to Armechadon without a working stardrive, Tantalus and his followers were stuck on Earth for millennia waiting for technology levels to reach the necessary plateau to fix their ship.
In exile, Lord Tantalus established a Deviant kingdom of his own separate from sunken Lemuria, the underground realm of Lyonesse.[3][9]
Powers and Abilities
Tantalus possesses enormous physical strength and power, as well as a near-immortal lifespan. His curse of genetic instability, the "Black Legacy", can be used to kill any being he touches or from a distance.[10]
Links and References
- 13 Appearances of Tantalus (Deviant) (Earth-616)
- Minor Appearances of Tantalus (Deviant) (Earth-616)
- Media Tantalus (Deviant) (Earth-616) was Mentioned in
- 2 Images featuring Tantalus (Deviant) (Earth-616)
- Quotations by or about Tantalus (Deviant) (Earth-616)
- Character Gallery: Tantalus (Deviant) (Earth-616)
- http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/tantalus.htm
Discover and Discuss
- Search this site for: Tantalus · Tantalus (Deviant) (Earth-616)
- ↑ Avengers #371
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Blackwulf #6
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Blackwulf #9
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #3; Deviants' entry
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2; Celestials's entry
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Skrulls! #1
- ↑ Blackwulf #4
- ↑ blackwulf #9
- ↑ Thunderstrike #5-7
- ↑ Blackwulf #1
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