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Earth : South America : Chile
Chile is a long, narrow country along the southern half of the west coast of South America, between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean. The bordering countries are Peru to the north, Bolivia to north east and Argentina to the east. Chile has over 5,000km (3,100 miles) of coast on the South Pacific Ocean.
Prior to arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while the indigenous Mapuche inhabited central and southern Chile. Other indigenous tribes existed in the southern part(Tehuelche, Yagan, etc.,) but many of them died due to diseases and murder, or were mixed with the European immigrants.
Although Chile declared independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818, thanks to a joint attack with Rioplatense forces. After that, the Transandine Army headed to liberate Peru from Spanish forces, eliminating the Spanish influence from the region.
In the War of the Pacific (1879–83), Chile invaded parts of Peru and Bolivia and kept territory that subsequently became its present northern regions. Also, it was not until the 1880s that the Mapuche were completely subjugated, and it was during this period of time when the Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego were annexed by the Chilean State, along with Rapa Nui, expanding its influence to the inner Pacific.
Although relatively free of the coups and unstable governments that characterise Latin America, Chile endured the 17-year military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973–1990), supported by the United States, and that left between 3,000 and 5,000 people dead or disappeared, most of them being left wing thinkers, democrats, and people critical to the government. The dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet was criticised worldwide for using brutal methods to control its population, including torture and forced disappearances, but left a relatively successful and stable economic model, which is credited with providing one of the highest standards of living in all of Latin America, but also with increasing corruption and the gap between the rich and the poor.
A Centre-Left Chilean administration came into power after the military government lost a national referendum in 1988. The new moderate government of Patricio Aylwin thought it sensible to maintain free market policies that present-day Chile still employs. Many debate whether the model should be modified to a more social-welfare system, or if it should be left like it currently is.
Chile is a member of both United Nations and the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and is also a member of the OECD, the group of the most developed countries by current international standards, becoming the first country in South America to do so.
Argentina's and Chile's claims to Antarctica overlap and neither is based upon the discoveries of either nation. Chile also voices a claim to a 1.25 million square kilometre portion of Antarctica, but given the terms of the Antarctic Treaty, no country's territorial claims to Antarctica are ever recognised or permitted to be exercised at any time. However, Chile has an active presence in the Antarctic peninsula, and cooperates closely with other nations in activities in the Antarctica.
Chile's unusual, ribbon-like shape — 4,300 kilometres long and on average 175 kilometres wide — has given it a varied climate, ranging from the world's driest desert—the Atacama—in the north, through a Mediterranean climate in the centre, to a rainy temperate climate in the south. The climate and other details of the far south, including the regions of Aysén and Magallanes, remain a mystery to people from central Chile. The northern desert contains great mineral wealth, including copper, gold, arsenic, and lithium reserves.
Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, has a tropical climate all year round.
In Chile there is no restriction on religion. Nearly 70 percent of the population which is above 14 years of age are identified as Roman Catholic, but most of them don't necessarily practice it, and nearly 15 percent is considered evangelical or protestants.
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Spanish is the official language in the country and is spoken everywhere. Chileans use a distinct dialect called Castellano de Chile with a variety of differences in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and slang usage. Spanish-speaking foreigners won't have problems understanding it and will only think it sounds funny, but non-native speakers often struggle to understand it, even with years of practice. If you ask people to speak "neutral Spanish" they can do it for you; people only speak this dialect in informal situations and it doesn't translate to a formal difference in grammar (like with Argentine Spanish).
Here are two of the most common Chilean expressions:
English is widely understood in large cities, especially in Santiago, but also to a (very much) lesser extent in Valparaíso, Concepción or La Serena. Since English is now mandatory in schools, younger people are far more likely to speak English than older people, the latter (over 40 years old) being unlikely to speak any English, unless they are tourist industry workers or in the far south where the British heritage remains stronger. (Chile currently has the largest population of British descendants in Latin America - even larger than that in neighbouring Argentina. Over 700,000 Chileans may have English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh origins, amounting to more than 4% of Chile's population.)
Various indigenous languages are spoken in Chile like Mapudungun (in Araucanía and Bíobío regions), Quechua (in Atacama and Tarapacá regions) and Rapa Nui (in Easter Island), but only between indigenous people, which are less than 5% of the population. Even a lot of people identifying with one of these groups are not able to speak their native language and speak Spanish instead.
Some people understand some French (every high school student had 5 years of French in school until the Pinochet dictatorship eliminated this requirement), Italian and Portuguese (because of its resemblance with Spanish) and also there are some German speakers, especially in the south of the country, where a lot of German migrants arrived in the second half of the 19th century.
Get in
Visa information
Citizens of the following countries may be exempted from tourist and business visa requirements:
However, citizens of Australia and Mexico must pay a reciprocity fee on their first entry to Chile by air. The fee is USD 95 for Australian citizens (as of January 2014) and USD23 for Mexican citizens (as of September 2012) and is payable in US dollars or by credit card at counters prior to passing through immigration. This one-time charge was valid for the life of your passport, however Customs officials as of December 2013 were correcting themselves to only 90 days. Citizens of most other countries, such as the UK or the US, do not have to pay a fee.
Indian passport holders should apply for a tourist visa in advance at the nearest Chilean consulate and should present proof of solvency and hotel reservations.
Full information about tourist visa can be found in this document (Jan 2011). More information up-to-date can be found at the Ministry of Foreign Relations website.
For consulate information, please visit the website of the Chilean Embassy to the US or the website of the Chilean Embassy to the United Kingdom.
Other restrictions
When entering Chile (by cruise, vehicle or plane), at customs, travellers will need to fill out a tourist card that allows them to stay for up to 90 days. Keep this card safe: travellers will have to present the tourist card to Customs officials when leaving the country, and you may not be allowed to leave without it. This card also exempts you from the 19% Room Tax at all hotels, making losing it quite costly.
On flights leaving Chile, there is an airport tax of USD30 or the equivalent in Chilean pesos for flights longer than 500km, but it's included in the ticket price. On domestic flights, airport tax depends on the distance with distances less than 270km costing CLP1,969 and longer distances costing CLP4,992 and will be included in the price of the ticket.
Chile is a geographically isolated country, separated from its neighbours by desert, mountains and ocean. This protects it from many pests and diseases that can hit agriculture, one of the biggest national economic sources. Due to this, importation of certain fresh, perishable or wooden goods (such as meat products, fruits & vegetables, honey, untreated wood, etc.) can be either restricted or even prohibited. At your arrival, you will need to fill a form declaring that you are not carrying any restricted product; if you are, declare and show it to SAG officials. If you don't declare them, beware of hefty fines by the SAG, the agricultural oversight body.
A word of warning for families moving to Chile. All documents other than your passports will be considered legally worthless in Chile, unless legalized by specifically a foreign Chilean consulate or embassy before coming to Chile. No certified or notarised document (i.e., birth certificates or school transfers) will be accepted in Chile, if not done so by a Chilean consulate or embassy. This will be especially important if you wish to submit documents for either a temporary residency or permanent residency. For reference see Legalizaciones in the Chilean consulate in San Francisco.
Remember that Chile is a centralized country, so the laws stay the same regardless of region.
All bags are screened by x-ray at airport customs for international arrivals.
By plane
The most common entry point for overseas visitors is the Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (IATA: SCL), commonly referred to simply as Santiago Airport) in the commune of Pudahuel, 15km (9.3 miles) north-west of downtown Santiago. It is the largest aviation facility in Chile and the 6th busiest of South America by passenger traffic (over 11 million in 2010). It is a major connecting point for air traffic between Oceania and Latin America. The domestic and international are the same terminal, with the international on the left and domestic on the right.
Santiago International Airport is served by several non-stop international service, mainly from Europe, the Americas and Oceania. LAN Airlines is the largest national carrier and flights from the main cities in the Americas, Sydney, Auckland, Papeete, Frankfurt and Madrid. Other airlines serving SCL are Aeromexico, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air Canada, Air France, American Airlines, Avianca, BQB Líneas Aéreas, British Airways, Copa Airlines, Delta, Gol Airlines, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, PAL Airlines, Qantas, Sky Airlines, TAM Airlines, and United Airlines.
Other airports with international services are in Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Concepción, Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas, all of them to neighbouring countries. The Mataveri International Airport in Easter Island receives only LAN Airlines flights from Santiago, Lima and Papeete.
By bus
If you are already in South America, a cheaper and reliable way is to go by bus to Chile. Buses from Argentina depart daily from Mendoza, Bariloche and San Martín de los Andes, and even from Buenos Aires weekly. From Peru, there are several buses from Arequipa; some taxis also cross the border between Tacna and Arica. There are also several buses from Bolivia to northern cities and Santiago. Also, there are Brazilian buses from São Paulo, on Mondays and Thursdays.
If you are crossing from Bolivia and Argentina through the Andes, be aware that it takes place at high altitude, up to 4000m (13,000 ft). Also, the roads from Peru and Bolivia are a bit poor in quality, so be patient. During the winter season, which begins in June and ends in August, it is not uncommon for the passage from Mendoza to close for days at a time.
Get around
By plane
Chile has a rather good airport infrastructure. The main hub for flights in Chile is the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (SCL) in Santiago, from where several airlines serve even the remotest corners of the country. These airlines are the three chilean airlines: LAN Airlines, Sky Airline and Principal Airlines. Although LAN is by far the largest companies, Sky and PAL offer good services to the main cities.
When travelling within Chile, please consider reserving your tickets before entering the country: flight coupons are recommended and can be bought at LAN when you also purchase your flight to Chile with them. LAN offers a good online reservation service but in the others is not that good yet and mainly in Spanish, although it is possible to use them to compare fares. The reason the website is in Spanish lies in the fact fares are aimed at Chilean people or long-term residents.
Because of the shape of the country, many routes are subject to several time-consuming layovers. You might take this into account as you can have up to 4 stops en route to your destination! (e.g. for a flight from Punta Arenas to Arica you may have stops at Puerto Montt, Santiago, Antofagasta and Iquique). Domestic routes are served by Airbus 318, Airbus 319 and Airbus 320 when flying with LAN, and Boeing 737-200s when flying Sky Airline. Nevertheless, most flights are marketed with a stopover in Santiago.
The only airline flying to Easter Island is LAN Airlines from Santiago. Other remote locations are served by regional airlines. In the Extreme South, Aerovías DAP offer daily routes from Punta Arenas to Porvenir in Tierra del Fuego and Puerto Williams. Between November and March, DAP offers very limited and expensive flights to Villa Las Estrellas in Antarctica. To Robinson Crusoe Island, there are weekly flights from Santiago and Valparaíso.
By bus
The bus system is pretty sophisticated and provides a cheap and comfortable way to get from town to town. Keep in mind that local companies will usually stop at many stations along the way, however, you can always ask if there's a non-stop or directo service. Companies that cover almost the entire country include Turbus [1] and Pullman [2] (websites in Spanish only). In Santiago, you can find both terminals and more companies on Universidad de Santiago subway station; if you need to go to the Northern Center area (Valparaiso, Vina del Mar), Pajaritos station also has some ticket-selling booths. Always be on time, as they are very punctual; this is specially stressed if you buy your tickets in Pajaritos Station, since the buses will stop for few minutes.
Keep in mind that prices vary on a daily basis, so are usually more expensive on weekends and holidays tickets than on weekdays. Don't be shy to ask for a discount if you are in a group.
The quality of service varies quite a lot. Check if the bus is "cama" (bed), "semi-cama" (heavily inclining seats) or ejecutivo (executive - slightly inclining seat). Toilets are not always available - especially if you are getting on a bus at a later stage of a long journey (i.e. Arica - Santiago).
By train
Although Chile's passenger rail network is only a shadow of what it once was, passenger trains still operate between Santiago and Chillán and Talca and Constitución. All passenger rail service is operated by Trenes Metropolitanos. Trains depart from Santiago from Estación Central (address: Ave Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3170). Tickets can be booked at the station or on the rail company's website (tmsa.cl), which also displays route maps and timetables.
Las Micros
Micro = transit/local buses. The word is the contraction of microbus. Larger cities have cross-town bus routes at very affordable prices. Only Santiago's system, called "Transantiago", has maps (Map as of July 2014) with all the routes, so a little bit of Spanish and the audacity to ask around can get you places effectively in other major cities. To travel by "micro" in Santiago you will need to buy before a smart contactless travel-card called "BIP" and charge it with money. You can do so in any subway station, in most supermarkets and in some smaller stores. This card also allows you to travel by subway in Santiago. Be careful! You won't be able to travel by bus without money in your BIP card. The card costs about USD2.50, and a ticket costs a little over USD1.00, which allows you to make up to two transfers between metro and buses within a 2-hour time period. You only need to scan the card at the beginning of your journey and at every transfer. You should hop off the "micro" through the back doors.
A mix between a micro and a taxi. These small cars have routes and get around quicker and more comfortably. Fares are similar to those on the Micro, and depend on the hour.
A metropolitan railway system operating in Santiago and Valparaíso. A reliable way to move around in the city. You must pay the fee only once (when you enter the system) and you can ride as much as you want. There are now more stations in Santiago because of the recent construction of two new lines. Visit the website [3] for more information.
By car
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Hitchhiking in Chile is not difficult, given enough time and patience. It is seen as a common form of travel for tourists or young, adventurous Chileans. On large highways such as the Panamerican Highway, hitching is really great and easy because there are many trucks going between big cities. Smaller, more scenic roads such as the Carretera Austral in the south, can leave you waiting for half a dozen hours in the more remote sections but the rides will generally get you a long way and are worth waiting for. If you are a tourist be sure to show it with your backpack.
There are also carpooling platforms available in Chile like Rides that allow people to hitchike in an anticipated and safer way.
Chile's currency is the Chilean peso often symbolised locally as "$". To avoid ambiguity we use the international symbolisation of CLP placed before the mount with no intervening space. Other currencies are not widely accepted, but most cities have exchange bureaux with reasonable rates on euros and US dollars. The rates should be published on widely visible boards.
Never exchange money on the streets, especially if a "helper" indicates you to follow them.
It's not advisable to exchange currency in the hotel or the airport as the rates are awful. Just be patient. Banco Santander has a monopoly on the ATMs of the airport and will add a surcharge of CLP3,000 for retrieving cash - at moderate and larger amounts this results in far better exchange rates than exchangers. ATMs in Chile retain INSIDE the card during the operation and you run the risk of taking the money and forgetting the card.
The automatic teller machine (ATM) network in Chile is respectable in coverage--they're all connected to the same service, accept international cards, and have the option of switching the machine to English - look for the "foreign" button on the bottom left or right. Be aware that different banks will charge you different amounts of money for extracting cash - you will be advised on the screen of the surcharge. The normal fee is CLP3000. Banco Estado does not add a surcharge for MasterCard, but will for Visa.
Credit and debit cards are widely accepted in most of the independent commerce of major cities and in all chain stores, no matter where they are. The PIN security system has been introduced for credit cards, so you will mostly only need your personal four digit PIN as it exists in other parts of the world. For some cards you will not be asked for your PIN and they will use the four last numbers of the credit card entered manually and you will have to show a valid ID. Swipe cards still work routinely.
Be aware that Chile is still significantly a cash culture, and it is routine for residents to carry around larger volumes of cash than some other nations are used to.
When checking into major hotels, your passport and visa will be photocopied. There is a 19% tax on hotel bills which is waived with your proof of being a foreigner, however you must also pay in US dollars to ensure the exemption. If you prefer to pay in CLP cash, the 19% VAT will be added no matter what identification you have given. Credit cards will be billed in USD. Always ask a hotel's policy before finalizing your stay to make sure you fully understand all the payment implications.
As of 2 December 2015: €1 ≡ CLP747 and USD 1 ≡ CLP704.
Besides typical foods, you should expect food normally found in any Western country. The normal diet includes rice, potatoes, meat and bread. Vegetables are abundant in central Chile. If you are concerned about the portions, consider that the size of the dish increases the farther south you travel.
With such an enormous coastline, you can expect fish and seafood almost everywhere. Locals used to eat bundles of raw shellfish, but visitors should be cautious of raw shellfish because of frequent outbreaks of red tides. Chile is the world's second largest producer of salmon, as well as a number of other farmed sea products, which include oysters, scallops, mussels, trout and turbot. Local fish include corvina (sea bass), congrio (conger eel), lenguado (flounder), albacora (swordfish), and yellow fin tuna.
If you add sauce américaine, it's known as dinámico.
A common combination is meat with avocado and/or mayonnaise, e.g. Ave palta mayo (chicken with avocado and mayonnaise) or Churrasco palta (thinly-sliced beefsteak with avocado). The strong presence for avocado is a Chilean standard for sandwiches that influences the fast food franchises to include it in their menus.
Central Chile is a major tempered fruit producer, you can easily get fruit for dessert, including apples, oranges, peaches, grapes, watermelons, strawberries, raspberries, chirimoyas, and several other varieties.
Temperate fruit is of very high quality and prices are usually much lower than in most of North America and Western Europe, while tropical fruit is rather rare and expensive, except for bananas and sometimes mangoes.
The legal drinking/purchasing age of alcoholic beverages is 18, and is strictly enforced.
Unlike other Latin American countries, in Chile it's illegal to drink in unlicensed, public areas (streets, parks, etc.) The laws also restrict vendor hours depending on the weekday (in no case after 03:00 or before 09:00).
Still, Chileans drink a lot of alcohol so don't be surprised to see one a litre bottle of liquor per person.
Chile has many types of hotels in the cities: some of the most prevalent chains are Sheraton, Kempinsky, Ritz, Marriott, Hyatt, and Holiday Inn. Several hostels and little hotels of varying quality wait to be discovered. On the backpacker trail, a local hostel version can be found in every small city residencial. There is also a variety of accommodations in the mountain ski centers,such as the world-class resort Portillo, 80km (49 mi) north of Santiago; "Valle Nevado" in the mountains approximately 35km (22 mi) away from Santiago, and the "Termas de Chillan" ski resort and hot springs, which lies about 450km (280 mi) south of Santiago.
In the Central Valley (Cachapoal and Colchagua wine valleys), you have some historic sites such as Hacienda Los Lingues in the Colchagua wine valley. It dates back to 1575 (and some constructions around are from 1650, 1670, 1760), it's decorated with period antiques and is a architectural and historic patrimony of CHILE. It can be located 75 miles south of Santiago.
Along with Mexico and Argentina, Chile continues to grow as a preferred destination for studies abroad. It is not uncommon to find groups of European or North American students taking interdisciplinary studies in Spanish language or Latin American culture and history in one of its many reputed universities:
Foreigners need to apply for a work visa before arriving (it can be done after, but it is a lot harder to get one). Temporary permits are issued to spouses and people with a contract. Under-the-table jobs are normally not well paid, lack the mandatory health insurance and retirement plans, and are a reason to get deported.
Another way to work in Chile is to Volunteer for the English Opens Doors Program. It is sponsored by the United Nations Development Program and the Chilean Ministry of Education and places volunteers in schools throughout Chile to be English teaching assistants. The program provides volunteers a home-stay with a Chilean family, meals, a participation bonus of CLP60,000 for each month of completed service, health insurance, TEFL training, and access to an online Spanish course. There is no fee for participation.
Stay safe
Pickpocketing and muggings are quite frequent in major cities such as Santiago or Valparaiso, albeit the rate is lower than most large South American cities. Still, caution is recommended. It's advisable not to travel in the downtown area wearing expensive-looking jewelry or watches, even during the day. Stay alert and be especially careful in all crowded areas in Santiago. It is recommended to wear your backpack at the front of your body in crowded areas. If you have a laptop it can be relaxing being outside in a café doing some work but thieves may see you. For your own safety, go to a internet café if you need to be connected and leave your laptop at home. It will save you from losing it and it can save you from a violent attack from thieves. However, it is much safer to be inside the Metro stations, where you even can use free Wi-Fi hot spots in Universidad de Chile (L1), Baquedano (L1-L5 junction) and Tobalaba (L1-L4 junction) stations.
For tourists or other "beginners" lacking experience in over-the-counter transactions with hard Chilean currency, you can reduce the chance of your wallet getting stolen by following some advice:
Chilean Carabineros (National Police) are very trustworthy - call 133 from any phone if you need emergency assistance. Some municipalities (such as Santiago or Las Condes) have private guards; however, they usually don't speak English. Do not try to bribe a carabinero, since it will get you into serious trouble! Unlike other South American police corps, Chilean Carabineros are very proud and honest, and bribery would be a serious offense against their creed.
Regarding driving conditions: Chilean drivers tend to be not as erratic and volatile as those in neighbouring countries.
Avoid taking photographs of navy ships and buildings or other military buildings, ask first. If caught they have the right to arrest you and expect to get all your photos examined and erased; however, inprisonment is rare as officials understand you might not have noticed the warning because you don't know Spanish.
In case you insist on taking the pictures expect some questions about why you photographed. Chile lives in peace with its neighbours Argentina, Bolivia and Peru, but the country is always preparing for an attack, which some Chileans think might happen since it's a small and narrow country compared to its bigger neighbour Argentina, for example.
Some cities like Talcahuano and Punta Arenas are naval cities, so be extra careful when taking photographs. Some marines may speak little English, so point at the object you want to take a photo and say "si?" ("yes?"). If they reply with a "no", then it's better to just leave.
Since May 2011 there have been ongoing protests by Chilean students who demand better and free education. If you happen to be a foreign student, most universities will allow the protesters to enter classes when there is a protest and occupation is taking place. The chances that something will happen on campus is low. But it's a different story if the protest takes places in the streets. Most of them have ended with violence from protesters and police. So even if you may sympathize with the students, avoid demonstrations arranged by students or professors.
Emergency Numbers: 131 Ambulance 132 Firefighters 133 Carabineros(Police)
Stay healthy
Chile has excellent health standards in medicine throughout the country, it is not difficult to stay healthy. However, one will usually find more refined resources at a private medical facility.
Emergency attention is available to everyone, regardless of their legal status or nationality. However, ambulatory procedures require either a legal residence permit or having an international health insurance. If you need medical attention it is advisable you got to a private hospital because command in any foreign language is not common in public health centers.
In case of emergency , call 131, but don't expect an operator fluent in English.
Rabies as well as most major diseases have been eradicated from Chile.
Tap water is safe to drink.
There are cybercafes in every major and midsize city and at all tourist destinations. Some libraries are in a program called Biblioredes, with free computers and Internet (they may be very sensitive if you plug in your camera or something like that). In some remote locations, public libraries have internet satellite connections. Also notice if there's a Wi-Fi hotspot around. They're usually in metro stations, airports, malls, cafes, public buildings and several public spaces. (Check for the ones that say "gratis"--for free.)
If you have a smartphone (unlocked if you bring it from home) it can be quite affordable to buy a local SIM card and use the internet from the cellular network (pretty good quality 3G most of the time). Virgin Mobile Chile might have the cheapest packages. You can always use your phone to make a Wi-Fi hotspot and share the connection to your computer (watch carefully how much you use if you don't want to bust your budget!).


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Venezuela opposition: military can't take sides
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's presidential campaign on Wednesday veered between warnings of military meddling in the April 14 vote and opposition mirth at the acting president's suggestion that the spirit of Hugo Chavez visited him as "a little bird" while he prayed.
Opposition lawmaker Alfonso Marquina presented a complaint to Venezuela's elections council, demanding it sanction officers who have publicly backed Nicolas Maduro, who has been acting president since President Hugo Chavez's death on March 5.
Marquina has alleged that Defense Minister Diego Molero and National Guard Gen. Antonio Benavides plan to use military resources to intimidate voters, especially those dependent on government services, to cast ballots for Maduro.
Maduro's campaign denies the allegations and there was no immediate comment from the council.
But the controversy was almost overshadowed in the press and chatter in the street by Maduro's latest move to draw an almost religious connection to Chavez, whom he served as foreign minister and vice president.
Maduro declared on Tuesday that a "little bird" appeared as he was praying alone in a little wooden chapel shortly after Chavez's death.
"It sang, and I responded with a song and the bird took flight, circled around once and then flew away, and I felt the spirit and blessings of Commander Hugo Chavez for this battle," said Maduro, who interspersed his remarks with sounds to simulate the flapping of the bird's wings and its whistle.
The message, delivered as he visited Chavez's hometown of Sabaneta in southern Venezuela, was intended for a national audience of Chavistas that reveres the late leader. It also fell in line with an electoral strategy in which Maduro repeatedly emphasizes his close ties to Chavez, who tapped him as his chosen successor.
But it prompted ridicule among many of his opponents.
Many newspapers led their campaign stories Wednesday with Maduro's bird remarks. The satirical website "El Chiguire Bipolar" said the statement was so strange that its own jokes could not compete: "If you laugh, it's not because of us."
Images of birds with Chavez's head circulated among government critics on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, prompting Maduro to defend himself.
"Now the bourgeoisie and the right are talking about Maduro's little bird. What do they think? That we're ridiculous? Show some respect, gentlemen," he said at a Tuesday rally in the western state of Zulia.
Maduro also defended what he called revolutionary unity with the armed forces at a rally Wednesday in the western state of Tachira, even as the opposition was filing its complaint.
"Civic-military unity is one of the greatest works that our supreme commander, Hugo Chavez, built," Maduro said, according to the government news agency.
Venezuela's Constitution bans military officers from publicly promoting politicians or political parties. But in his 14 years in power, Chavez co-opted the armed forces' leadership to ensure loyalty to his socialist government, especially after he was briefly ousted in a coup in 2002.
Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles and his supporters have lambasted top-ranking military officers, including Molero and Benavides, for publicly backing Maduro in the April 14 election.
But just one day after Chavez died, Molero said the military would follow instructions left by Chavez. He did not elaborate.
"The national armed forces will not fail Chavez," Molero said, according to state television. "Once elections are organized, we will honor his wishes and we will give the fascists a tough blow."
On March 21, the defense minister tweeted: "From this day on, we join the battle of ideas the Supreme Commander of the Revolution pushed forward."
On Tuesday, Maduro accused the opposition of attempting to create splits within the military. He did not provide details.
"They want to divide the armed forces," he told supporters. "Everyone, be alert."
During an interview with the Caracas-based television network Telesur on Wednesday, Molero expressed confidence in the military's unity, saying "it's more solid than ever."
"They will never be able to divide this unity," he added.
Capriles, 40, is the governor of Miranda state. After losing a hard-fought October election to Chavez in October, he agreed to lead the opposition again in this month's election. His campaign has focused on separating Maduro from the enigmatic Chavez. Maduro has sought to ride Chavez's coattails into office.
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What is MANA? MANA is a national network of masjids, Muslim organizations and individuals committed to work together to address certain urgent needs within the Muslim community. These needs include the great social and economic problems that are challenging Muslim communities especially in the inner city; the need for the involvement of masjids and Muslims in community service projects which are aimed at improving society as a whole; the need for systematic and effective dawah programs to help bring more non-Muslims into Islam; the need for new Muslim programs that will help them to grow in Islam. MANA is therefore an open organization that is agenda driven.
What are the Goals of MANA?The primary goals of MANA are (1) to establish the strong presence of viable, healthy and dynamic Muslim communities, neighborhoods and institutions that meet the religious, social, economic and political needs of the Muslims in this land; (2) to call humanity actively and systematically to the life-giving message of Islam with wisdom and beautiful teaching; (3) advocate and work for just and righteous remedies to ills impacting North American society in general and Muslims in particular.
What is the structure of MANA?MANA's governing body is the Majlis ash-Shura (Shura), which sets policy and agenda. The Shura elects an Amir, Deputy Amir, and Diwan (Executive Committee), which implements the policies and agenda set by the Shura. A General Secretary is appointed by the Shura to oversee the administrative functioning of MANA under the direction of the Amir. A Leadership Council constitutes basically the general body of MANA. The Leadership Council includes representatives of all member masjids/organizations and prominent Muslim individuals who are appointed by the Leadership Council.
MANA'S DIWAN (Executive Committee)
MAJLIS ASH-SHURAIn alphabetical order:


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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social networking start-up Path will pay $800,000 to settle charges with federal regulators that it improperly collected personal information on children.
The company also agreed to submit to 20 years of independent privacy reviews to settle charges that it secretly collected information from its users mobile phone address books.
The settlement, announced by the Federal Trade Commission on Friday, is the latest between the agency and Web companies for privacy violations.
San Francisco-based Path triggered a privacy controversy in February 2012 when an independent software developer in Singapore discovered that the company's iPhone application was uploading users' address book data to its own servers without permission.
Path CEO Dave Morin, who was an early employee at Facebook Inc, quickly apologized for the incident at the time and said the company had deleted all the "contact information" it had collected.
The FTC said on Friday that in addition to having uploaded users' address book information without permission, Path had also violated federal privacy laws by collecting the personal information of roughly 3,000 children without getting their parents' consent.
In a post on the company blog on Friday, Path acknowledged that it had failed to reject children under the age of 13 from registering for the service.
"There was a period of time where our system was not automatically rejecting people who indicated that they were under 13," Path said. "Before the FTC reached out to us, we discovered and fixed this sign-up process qualification, and took further action by suspending any under age accounts that had mistakenly been allowed to be created."
Under the terms of the settlement, Path, which lets mobile phone users share photos and other information with small circles of friends, will obtain independent privacy audits every other year for the next 20 years and establish a comprehensive privacy program.
Online social networking companies have faced increasing scrutiny and enforcement from privacy regulators as consumers entrust ever-increasing amounts of information about their personal lives to Web services.
In August, Google Inc agreed to pay a $22.5 million fine to settle charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple Inc's Safari browser. Facebook settled charges in 2011 that it deceived users by letting advertisers collect some of their personal information.
Reporting By Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Bob Burgdorfer


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Swiss watch brand RAYMOND WEIL partnered with ELLE to kick off their first Music x Style event series with an intimate live performance by Diane Birch and DJ set by Mia Moretti. The event, held at Mister H at Mondrian, SoHo, on September 10th, during New York Fashion Week, welcomed friends of ELLE including stylists, bloggers, and fashion insiders.
On this occasion, soulful young Brooklyn songstress Diane Birch wore a sparkling RAYMOND WEIL noemia which she said would be her secret weapon for getting to shows on time.
RAYMOND WEIL has always placed music at the centre of its universe and seen it as a force that brings people together and changes the world. Music and luxury watchmaking have a lot in common: the creativity of the artist – musician, composer, designer, watchmaker – and the precision needed to achieve the highest performance. This ELLE Music x Style event symbolizes everything that the Brand stands for and brings to life the multi-faceted personalities of RAYMOND WEIL in terms of supporting all music genres and using these as inspiration.


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The most shocking boardroom decision ever made on "Celebrity Apprentice" may result in a lawsuit.
After La Toya Jackson was fired on the show's March 17 episode, she cracked during her complimentary cab ride away from Donald Trump's lair that ex-teammate Omarosa had probably "pulled the plug" on fiance Michael Clarke Duncan. (The actor died in September, two months after suffering a major heart attack.)
And that's not sitting well with the woman who's said to be the nastiest reality-TV villain of all time.
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"She said really nasty things about Michael. She said 'he had a heart attack and I know that she caused it. He was on life support and she went and pulled the plug,'" Omarosa said this morning on The Howard Stern Show when asked why she was planning to sue La Toya.
Howard questioned whether La Toya's comments were actionable or not, but Omarosa said that they were in this case because the Jackson family sister had "repeated it subsequently" on various talk shows since shooting "Celebrity Apprentice" back in October.
"I mean, do you really want people to think that you harmed the person that you loved?" Omarosa asked, noting that she would be suing for emotional distress, for starters.
Asked "for the record" by Howard if she had indeed "pulled the plug," Omarosa replied, "God no, I loved that man...She's sick and demented. The lawsuit is going forward. We gave her the time to retract it and now we'll both be spending money on lawyers."
Contacted by E! News for comment, La Toya's rep said they had no knowledge of any such lawsuit.
Omarosa also said Tuesday that her camp had received a letter from La Toya's lawyers saying that her comments were "the producers' fault."


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Malaysian Syariah authorities should reconsider the law on consuming alcohol, which is described in the Quran in the mildest language of prohibition.
ON July 20, the Pahang Syariah High Court sentenced part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor, 32, to a RM5,000 fine and six lashes of the rotan for drinking beer.
No doubt the court has the jurisdiction to impose such a sentence as provided by the law.
Some have questioned the appropriateness of the sentence of whipping given that the court has discretion to impose a mixture of fine, imprisonment and binding Kartika over for good behaviour for a certain period, or just admonish her.
Others have questioned the appropriateness based on the legitimate argument that the Syariah holds Muslims responsible for their actions that result in negative opinions of Islam.
A news item like this certainly presents Islam and Malaysia negatively on the international stage.
But I would urge the Malaysian Syariah authorities to seriously reconsider the Syariah basis of this law on the following Syariah grounds:
Neither the Quran nor the Hadith invokes a penalty for alcohol consumption. The sin of consuming alcohol is described in the Quran in the mildest language of prohibition.
When it comes to dietary laws, the Quran commands the believers in Sura 5:3: "forbidden (hurrimat) to you is the dead animal, loose blood, and the flesh of the pig".
The 90th verse of the same Sura cautions the believers that "wine, gambling, etc, are an impurity so avoid them (fa-jtanibuh)".
Some legal scholars suggest that the divine command ijtinab, to avoid something, is milder language than tahrim, prohibition.
A Muslim consuming a glass of wine with a pork chop commits a more serious offence in eating pork; yet as there is no Quran or Hadith penalty for consuming pork, there is also none for alcohol consumption.
The question then is how did the penalty for alcohol consumption come about?
It occurred during the time of the second Caliph Umar b. al-Khattab. There was a companion of the Prophet (sahabi) who had fought on the Prophet's side in his battles.
A heavy drinker, he would walk the streets of Madina drunk at night and loudly shout scandalous things about people. The inhabitants of Madina complained, and Umar formed a committee to decide what to do.
Imam Ali, based on the man having committed slander, suggested the penalty for slander, whose maximum penalty is 80 lashes.
Since that time, this has been considered the maximum penalty for alcohol consumption, based on utilising the Syariah concept of ta`zir (deterrence).
I disagree with this being the mandatory sentence for the offence of wine consumption, because it is the maximum sentence for another, separate offence – slander – albeit committed under the influence of alcohol.
Had the man just fallen on the street in a stupor and suffered a terrible hangover without having hurt anyone, no punishment would have been established.
Had cars existed then and had he run his car over some pedestrians and killed them, should we invoke ta`zir now and have a penalty for alcohol consumption equal to that of accidental manslaughter?
There are additional arguments we can marshal from the Quran and Hadith. The Quran repeatedly urges Muslims to forgive those who wrong them, even for slander and manslaughter!
When the Prophet Mohamed's wife Aisha was wrongly accused of having committed adultery, her father Abu Bakr sought to have the penalty of libel meted against one of his employees who had slandered her.
God then revealed verse 24:22, urging the believers to pardon and forgive those who have wronged them, so that God would forgive them their own sins.
But I see no evidence that Kartika wronged anybody after drinking beer.
Verse 4:92 gives the penalty for a Muslim accidentally killing another as freeing a slave and paying compensation to the victim's family – unless the family forgoes compensation and forgives the offender.
And if the defendant can't afford to pay, then he should fast for two consecutive months. Accidental homicide is a much greater sin than alcohol consumption; yet the Quran suggests that the victim's family would do well to forgive the offender, and the penalty here is not jail time or corporal punishment, but a two-month fast.
The Quranic and Prophetic teachings are about forgiveness, compassion and positive personal transformation. Sura 48:29 describes Prophet Mohamed's companions as "firm against unbelievers and compassionate to themselves", and this is what I urge the Malaysian authorities to exemplify: show compassion to Kartika and forgive her.
But if the Pahang Syariah court insists on establishing a penalty for the mere consumption of alcohol, why not replace the current law – a maximum penalty of a RM5,000 fine and six lashes of the rotan – with spending RM5,000 on feeding the poor and fasting for six days?
Wouldn't that be more in keeping with the letter and spirit of the Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah?
Were this the case, I have a hunch that many Malaysians who imbibe may voluntarily mete such a "penalty" on themselves – to the benefit of the poor, to the benefit of their own spiritual progress and standing before God on Judgment Day, and to the benefit of the Malaysian Syariah Court's, Islam's and Malaysia's image on the international stage.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is the Chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, an international organisation devoted to improving West-Muslim world relations, and author of "Islam, A Sacred Law, What Every Muslim Should know about the Shariah".


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Under the leadership of an unconventional president, members of the Undergraduate Council mobilized this spring to challenge the priorities of a university currently engaged in an aggressive, multi-billion dollar fundraising drive with a public campaign of their own.
Fittingly titled "UC 250K," the movement called on University President Drew G. Faust to grant the student governing body a six-figure increase in the pool of money it has available to fund the College's roughly 400 student groups. The campaign culminated in a rally that drew a crowd of about 100 students who cheered on UC leaders shortly before they walked in to Massachusetts Hall to make their demands.
Harvard's chief executive would not grant the UC's request, and instead referred them to the deans within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences with direct control over its budget. And as UC leaders were shuffled from administrator to administrator, it became clear that the body most responsible for funding student organizations would not immediately be seeing a dime—let alone $250,000—of an increase to a budget that has been strained as the number of groups asking for funding has continued to rise.
This public clash between student leaders and administrators over the allocation of Harvard's budgetary resources reflects a larger debate brewing over the proper place of extracurricular activities within the College's educational model built on the values of the liberal arts. Administrators and faculty put forth a vision that prioritizes classroom learning as a means for undergraduates to cull critical thinking skills and develop a wide-ranging, rather than specialized, expertise.
While administrators maintain that what makes a Harvard education unique is the access to all-star faculty and vast academic resources, an increasing number of students say that something is missing. These students, seeking real-world skills, are opting to school themselves outside the classroom, charting their own educational courses and defining their undergraduate experiences on a thriving extracurricular culture in tension with Harvard's institutional priorities.
When students come to the College, one of their first opportunities to interact with upperclassmen is not in section, but at the fair that showcases the College's extracurricular offerings. With Annenberg closed for dinner and peers eager to explore what opportunities await, freshmen trek to the Quad, only to be bombarded by flyers, hurried explanations of organizational missions, and requests to join email lists.
Few freshmen have the time or patience to stop at every booth at that fair. Today, there are 399 active, independent student organizations recognized by the College, according to Associate Dean of Student Life David R. Friedrich. That number does not include Harvard's 65 club sports teams, the 86 student-directed service programs offered through the Phillips Brooks House Association, nor any groups that operate without official College recognition.
Over time, this number has steadily increased.
"It's been a pretty tremendous increase," Interim Dean of the College Donald H. Pfister says. "I would think probably in the last ten years there's been 100 new student organizations."
Student interest in particular groups has also grown. The Harvard College Consulting Group, for example, has seen a more than two-fold increase in the number of applications for membership it receives—from 105 in 2010-2011 to 339 this year—according to the group's former director, Kenny A. Lee '14. Likewise, the Institute of Politics, an umbrella organization composed of 13 undergraduate programs, saw a sharp increase in applications in the past year, according to President Eva A. Guidarini '15.
"It's been a pretty tremendous increase. I would think probably in the last ten years there's been 100 new student organizations," Interim Dean of the College Donald H. Pfister says.
Large numbers of available extracurricular opportunities fuel a campus culture where heavy extracurricular involvement is the norm. Although freshmen are, with few exceptions, limited to a four-course academic load in the fall semester, students often join not one club when they arrive on campus, but four or five—or even 12. Rebecca J. Ramos '17 says she joined 15 student groups her freshman year, among those three club sports teams, Harvard Model Congress, CityStep, the First-Year Social Committee, and the sorority Delta Gamma—on top of two jobs.


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High-speed-information and reliable-broadcast technology both score high in the sports world of business. That's why developers decided to buy the best fiber and copper cable for the $250 million 23-acre expansion of the National Tennis Center-the 40-acre Queens, N.Y., home of the U.S. Open Grandslam Championship Tournament. To satisfy the needs of television and radio networks, the 23,000-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium (called Stadium 1) is interconnected, uplinked, tuned in, and turned on.
During the tournament, the big-name players are assigned to Stadium 1, the old Louis Armstrong arena (called Stadium 2 and Stadium 3), and four show (field) courts. The tennis officials and broadcasters don't know in advance which tennis match will have the greatest news interest, so all the courts must have full broadcast capabilities using movable and fixed cameras with a fiber-optic link to the TV head-end system in the stadium. This enables the sports commentators in a broadcast booth to view on-air matches without the need for a camera crew at any of the show courts. The show courts also feed into the internal TV distribution.
This need to capture simultaneous action on so many "stages" makes the Tennis Center different from other professional sports events. "The overall infrastructure is vast compared to a single-field stadium," said David M. Meehan, director of operations for the United States Tennis Association (USTA), White Plains, N.Y. "The broadcast systems drove the project," said Gary J. Negryez, project executive for the general contractor, Turner Construction Co., New York City. Radio and television equipment, and wire alone cost at least $10 million, he said.
Nevertheless, steps were taken to reduce project costs. Thomas Fiskaa, project engineer for the mechanical-electrical-plumbing consultant, Flack + Kurtz Consulting Engineers, New York, N.Y.; and Dave Burnor, Sound*Vision Consulting, Arlington, Texas, the AVT consultant; had to oversee various design changes in the communications and high-tech AVT systems during a value engineering process undertaken to reduce project costs.
E-J Communications Systems, a division of E-J Electric Installation Co., Long Island City, N.Y., completed the installation of a turnkey multimedia system, covering network (CBS and International) broadcast, internal cable TV distribution, scoring systems, and audio capabilities covering telephone, umpire, and scorekeeper announcements. The systems include television head end equipment, remote fiber-optic cameras, outdoor area loudspeakers, and all associated electronic equipment. These broadcast and information systems use a total of 2.2-million ft (413 miles) of high-performance cabling, including more than 80,000 terminations. Specifically, these systems include:
TV broadcast system-The TV broadcast system, used by CBS/USA-TV and all major foreign networks, offers full coverage from camera platforms. And to achieve full coverage of events, the stadium has six TV studios, three interview rooms, 30 broadcast booths and 10 radio broadcast positions. The camera box at each camera platform is served by multiple custom-made Triax, precision video coax and audio cables run backto the teleproduction area, which is linked via a fiber-optic network to a remote satellite uplink site.
Internal TV distribution-The USTA campus uses a dedicated internal cable TV distribution system consisting of five miles of broadband trunk cable and 18 miles of TV drop cable fed to more than 1000 TV sets installed throughout the site. This 750 MHz system can generate up to 117 channels from a multitude of sources, including direct feeds from the many cameras placed throughout the stadium, as well as regular broadcast TV, financial news and a variety of other sources.
Audio system-A number of stand-alone audio subsystems are linked together via a computer-controlled digital audio matrix, custom programmed by Sound*Visions Consulting. This audio system is carried throughout the sports complex as a second audio program (SAP) distributed on the cable TV system.
The audio system generates the output for the speech reinforcement of the umpire and scorekeeper on the Stadium Court and the show courts. The audio system also distributes audio signals-umpire, scorekeeper, ambient sound and interview room feeds-for broadcast use.
Computerized scoring system-All court scoring and statistics are fed back to the Stadium's scoring computer room. They are also relayed to the score boards located throughout the campus on the fiber-optic network. In addition, all courts are equipped with clocks and radar guns that also tie into the scoring system. Personal computers throughout the site can be used to retrieve match statistics on current or past matches.
Telephone system-The telephone cable plant, a certified Lucent/AT&T Systimax Structured Cabling System, is fully distributed to the entire campus. The new stadium houses the USTA's upgraded Northern Telecom PBX (private branch exchange) system. Emanating from the PBX room, riser cables serve four telephone closets per level. Telephone stations are run for back office, media rooms, private suites, broadcast booths and pay phones at various locations in the stadium.
To serve the campus, feeders extend from the PBX to hubs throughout the site for distribution to field courts, outbuildings, pay phones, teleproduction areas and corporate hospitality areas. All of the site installation involved outside plant construction with transient voltage protection (either from accidental power or lightning contact) on all cable terminations.
Providing more than 14,000 telephone lines in its present configuration, the telephone system will support analog voice, digital voice, ISDN, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet, IEEE 802.5 Token Ring and RS232D networks. (Category 3 construction is used for the four-pair unshielded twisted pair cabling).
Fiber-optic network-E-J Communications designed, installed and implemented a Siecor 62.5/125 micron, multimode fiber-optic network that carries video, audio, scoring, point-of-sale, USTA Internet site and a gateway to the Internet. The bandwidth of this multimode fiber can support technologies to 622 Mbps ATM backbone service. All appropriate cable-pulling equipment and pulling grips were used during installation.
After cable placement, all fibers were tested with an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) and an optical loss test set (OLTS). The testing provides five parameters: distance, fiber attenuation (dB/km), event loss, link loss, and reflectance.
The installing contractor remains at the site to perform power and telecommunications renovation work. The old Louis Armstrong arena is being upgraded to the multimedia standards set by Stadium 1. In addition, two of the show courts are receiving upgrades.
Installation details
A pathway system of cable trays (two tiered) installed along the stadium corridors carry a large volume of cables. Normally, crews unravel cable on the floor and then lift it into the trays, thereby avoiding unwanted twisting of the cables. But that method wouldn't work because plumbing pipes and utility equipment along the route block access to the trays. E-J and Turner designed a cable tray roller system, so that cable was taken from reelat one end of the tray system and then pulled along over the rollers. When the cable runs were in place, they were lifted off the rollers and lowered into the tray bottom.
A database software program keeps track of every cable and the physical pathways throughout the site. All items follow a systematic naming pattern.
This insures that pathway fill is not exceeded anywhere along the cable route. When change orders are received, the contractor knows which pathway can accept new cables. For example, all jacks are identified by site, building, floor and wiring closet. The same software can track service orders and trouble tickets. So the time needed to troubleshoot a bad circuit, or to relocate a network user can be reduced, thus improving service levels.
Belden custom-made 215,000 ft of precision video triax cable because no manufacturer offered a plenum-rated version. The firm constructed the plenum-rated cable to withstand the rigors of installation without compromising performance. This ruggedness was needed because some of the cable runs are as long as 1500 ft, with many twists and turns. Belden also provided technical support, ran tests and advised on correct pulling tensions.
For the broadcast audio system, Belden supplied 120,000 ft of digital audio cable and 24,000 ft of analog multi-pair snake cables. Additional cable constructions include line level analog audio cable, 300-V PLTC instrumentation cable, and RS-422 cable.
The computerized Information Display System (IDS) uses DataTwist 350 plenum jacket UTP cabling for a Category 5 network, along with instrumentation and control cabling.
For E-J Communications, Tony Mann is project executive; Tom Kregel is project manager; Gary Epstein, project engineer; and John D'Agastino, general foreman.


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Shayne is the Senior Manager of Research for GFOA and has been a leader in developing the practice and technique of long-term financial planning and policies for local government. He started GFOA's long-term financial planning and policy consulting offering in 2002 and has been working with governments on financial planning and policies ever since. Shayne has worked with many governments on financial planning and policies, including: the City of San Clemente, California; the City of Gresham, Oregon; the City of Montclair; California; the City of San Juan Capistrano, California; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Yolo County, California; and the City of Menlo Park, California.
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1. The name and contact information (or other identifying information) of the person providing the certification;
2. the tariff classification and a description of the product;
3. information that describes and demonstrates that the product is originating;
4. date when the certification information is prepared; and
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While content is central to news publishers' value proposition, you could say that distribution is a close second. Before the Internet, consumers either got their news from a newspaper, a magazine, or a TV broadcast (and word of mouth, but for our purposes, we'll stick with the media versions).
These media channels are essentially "push" distribution vehicles delivering, at scale, a produced and edited unit – the news – for mass consumption. Even if consumers wanted to engage with multiple news sources, it's difficult to read five newspapers in a day or watch three separate news broadcasts simultaneously.
This paradigm changed dramatically with the advent of the Internet, as readers could now easily read snippets of news from various sources with a few clicks of the mouse. You could scan the front pages of several newspapers, or even more simply, scan the headlines on a news aggregation site in a matter of seconds to get a quick feel for what is happening in the world. Furthermore, if there was a single big story that day, you could read through dozens of articles on the same subject for different angles and tidbits.
With this paradigm shift, news distribution has evolved into being more of a "pull" mechanism, where consumers are in greater control of what news they consume and how they consume it. News discovery has evolved beyond deciding which TV station to watch; consumers can request information on particular subjects and they'll come right to your computer screen. Search plays a critical role in this discovery process, and when analyzing the data, some notable patterns emerge.
News Search Optimization – Search Engines vs. News Sites
Keeping up on news search optimization is a daunting task for any news publisher or marketer. With the news business being so dynamic, it's hard enough keeping up on all of the latest news stories, let alone optimizing your search campaigns to capitalize on breaking news at a moment's notice.
SEO and SEM professionals at these organizations are constantly trying to come up with evergreen architecture and techniques to maximize their exposure as events unfold. Although this is often the most pressing concern with news search, there is an overlooked area worth paying attention to as well:
- Is the way that searchers look for news on search engines any different than the way they look for news on news websites?
- Is there anything we can learn from this that would allow us to better prioritize our marketing efforts?
News-related searching has ballooned over the past few years, both on search engines and on news sites, but how people search on these different sites and what they search for differs greatly.
For the purposes of this research, search engines are defined as the big 5 web searches – Google web search, Yahoo web search, Bing web search, AOL web search, and Ask web search – while news site search includes the six largest news sites based on their search totals – Yahoo-ABC News Network, Google News, Bing News, NYTimes.com, CNN.com, and MSNBC.com.
In February 2012, U.S. searchers conducted 371 million news related searches on search engines, as defined by comScore's intent categorization methodology, which accounted for 2.3 percent of all search engines searches performed during the month.
But searches performed on non-search engine news sites actually outdistanced search engines news search, totaling 581 million searches in February. Although search engines play an integral role in the news discovery process, the actual news providers and aggregators are still leading the pack.
Behaviorally speaking, it appears that consumers of news data are still more likely to go directly to a "news" specific search engine than they are to run news searches on search engines themselves. The vertical nature of these sites appears to resonate with the searchers, as news searchers are less interested in extraneous results for their news searches that they may get on the broader search engines (e.g., Whitney Houston CDs being sold right next to the news article they want to read regarding her funeral).
News Search Behavior Reflects Search Context
With a review of the actual terms that news searchers use on these different types of search sites, we can see a distinct difference in the intent of the searchers. Search engine news searches focus heavily on a particular news destination.
Within the top 25 search terms driving traffic to News/Information sites in February, half referred to specific news destinations, such as "CNN", "TMZ", "Fox News", and "MSNBC." The searchers clearly want to be taken to a news specific destination to consume their news.
Search terms driving traffic to news sites from search engines – February 2012
News site searchers, on the other hand, focus almost exclusively on the content they're interested in because they are already at their intended news destination. The search term lists pulled from news site search isn't cluttered with branded news destinations, they are solely about stories and topics of interest.
Celebrity name searching is a particular favorite, dominating the Top 25 list. If this data is any indication, it becomes abundantly clearly why the Paparazzi follow celebrities everywhere they go, U.S. consumers are obsessed with reading about them!
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Stanford analyzes athletes' concussions
SPORTS MEDICINE Cameras, sensors in helmets help to gauge concussions
The brains and the brawn at Stanford are teaming up to figure out how concussions are caused.
Stanford researchers have turned the school's football practices into a living laboratory in an effort to understand the mechanics of what happens to the head and neck when a head injury occurs.
The hope is that once researchers determine what forces cause a concussion, they can start improving sports equipment and rules to reduce injuries.
For their research, scientists have placed sensors on the athletes' helmets and have been filming them in action with high-definition, super-slow-motion cameras to monitor the speed the head is traveling before and after impact.
The players also wear special mouth guards with accelerometers and gyrometers embedded in them that gauge the linear and rotational acceleration of the head during a hit.
They plan to compare the data from contacts that lead to concussions with the non-concussive impacts to see what, if any, differences there are.
"We've got a really unique opportunity to get the data that matters the most - the human data," said David Camarillo, an assistant professor of bioengineering.
The project started last year but has ramped up this year, researchers said. From this season's practices, the researchers have data only from hits that did not cause an injury, but they said they were still accumulating new information about the number of hits an athlete takes during a given season and what types of contact lead to head acceleration.
Injuries from tackles
They have found, for example, that it is not just helmet-to-helmet contact that can jar the head. A shoulder-to-chest tackle can jolt the head backward, and the resulting impact with the ground can whip the head again, causing high levels of lateral and rotational movement.
"It's of value even if we don't have a concussive hit," said Dr. Daniel Garza, an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery.
Researchers did measure the forces of one concussion that was sustained last spring but have since improved the mouth guards they use, so the data cannot be scientifically compared. But they said the hit last spring that caused a concussion was one to the chest.
Basic tests stumble
The data from this season also suggest that the standard lab tests used to simulate hits to the head are not always accurate representations of what occurs on the field. The tests do not re-create the rotational forces players experience well, researchers said, and experts think rotational movement plays an important role in causing a head injury.
Garza and Camarillo said they are trying to improve the lab models to make them more reflective of what it is actually like on the field.
"The field - the real football experience - is actually shaping the laboratory experience, and that's unique," Garza said.
Solving old problems
Scott Anderson, the head athletic trainer, said the athletes and coaches have been supportive and that pairing with Stanford student-athletes, who are expected to pursue research as part of their academic work, was a "natural marriage."
"The mind-set of the Stanford athlete and the Stanford student in general is that they are here to solve a long-standing problem," he said.
The researchers are working on a paper to validate the strategy and technology they are using before they start publishing data. They also hope to publish a paper about the differences they have found between what lab models show and what their field data suggest.
Other sports studied
Their work could continue for years to come. They performed brain imaging and blood work on the team's freshmen at the beginning of the season and plan to retest the athletes anytime a head injury occurs and after each season to see if there are any changes over their remaining years at Stanford.
The researchers have been focusing on football this fall but have been collecting data from field hockey and women's lacrosse - sports where the athletes don't wear helmets but do wear mouth guards.
They are also developing tools to study sports that do not require players to wear mouth guards, like soccer.
Online: For a video explanation of the study, go to stanford.io/URbDcC.
Drew Joseph is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @drewqjoseph


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Re: Twilight the Movie ~ I didn't like it
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:06 pm
You guys crack me upnavarre wrote:I am currently laughing my wazoo off!!!Jadey wrote:"zomg that gurl smellz good"
*puts hand infront of van*
"how did ju do dat"
"adrenaline, google it"
"Bella we shudnt b frendz"
..and it's like.. I wasn't even aware that they were friends.
Everything happens way to fast.
And Catherines like "yeaaa wooo robert pattinsons sooo sexyy wooo i do druggss yeaaaaaaaaaa"
You nailed that choppy dialogue perfectly! I mean they were talking about one thing one second and then the next thing they were in another discussion that had NO relation to anything that had to do with anything.
Has anyone here watched Gilmore Girls? If so, there is an episode in which a character(town nerd) named Curt who made a homemade, black and white film. It was about meeting his girlfriend's parents. Their acting and dialogue was so stilted and terrible it was hysterical. Twilight reminded me of that episode.
Bella: "You have to give me some details here".
Edward: "I feel so protective of you."
Bella: "I love you."
Edward: "Say it!"
Bella: "Umm..I would rather die than live without you" *insert dramatic music*
You get the point. IT WAS THAT BAD!!!
Dialogue ALL over the place and no where to go. I can only laugh now.


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DHAKA - Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy clashed with police in Bangladesh for a third straight day Sunday, and at least four protesters were killed when police opened fire.
Up to 3,000 protesters, including students from madrassas and supporters of the main opposition party, barricaded a highway at Singair in the central district of Manikganj, police said.
"They attacked us with machetes, sticks, bricks and firearms from three sides when we tried to clear the barricade. We fired back in self-defence," Mizanur Rahman, deputy police chief of Manikganj, told AFP, adding at least 40 people were injured including policemen.
"The imam of the local mosque used a loudspeaker to rally the protesters. They were shouting slogans for the execution of the bloggers, accusing them of being non-believers and atheists," Mizan said.
Khalilur Rahman, residential medical officer of Singair Hospital, said three young people died of bullet wounds there. A fourth person who was shot died after he was transferred to a Dhaka clinic, police said.
Among the injured, 18 suffered bullet wounds, the medical officer said. Fifteen people were injured, three by bullets, in another clash between police, ruling party supporters and Islamists in the southeastern resort district of Cox's Bazaar, said private television Maasranga.
The violence broke out as 12 small Islamic parties, backed by Jamaat-e-Islami and main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, called a nationwide strike in protest at Friday's police action against Islamists.
Four people were killed, three in police shooting, and about 200 injured during Friday's protests by tens of thousands of Islamists demanding the hanging of bloggers whom they say blasphemed Islam.
Tensions have risen over allegedly anti-Islamic blog posts by Ahmed Rajib Haider, who was hacked to death last week near his home in Dhaka.
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perl -MDevel::Loaded programname 2>/dev/null
The Devel::Loaded module installs an at-exit handler to generate a dump of all the module files used by a Perl program. If used in conjunction with a perl -c, you find those files loaded in at compile time with "use". If you are willing to wait until after the program runs, you can get them all.
This is compile-time only: $ perl -MDevel::Loaded perldoc 2>/dev/null /usr/local/devperl/lib/5.00554/Exporter.pm /usr/local/devperl/lib/5.00554/strict.pm /usr/local/devperl/lib/5.00554/vars.pm /usr/local/devperl/lib/5.00554/i686-linux/Config.pm /usr/local/devperl/lib/5.00554/Getopt/Std.pm This will also catch run-time loads: #!/usr/bin/perl use Devel::Loaded; ...
The plxload and the pmload programs, which use this technique. Neil Bowers has written a review <http://neilb.org/reviews/dependencies.html> of Perl modules for getting dependency information (26 of them at the time of writing).
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Life as an accountant wasn't quite enough for Chuck Edwards, so when he was given the opportunity to learn Oracle and grow his database skills, he jumped at it.
Now he's at the forefront of data management after spending 12 years growing his own startup, Blue Gecko.
What did he learn along the way? It's all about value — the importance of corporate values, the value of a great team, and of course, the value of a fantastic product.
- Chuck's got plenty of advice for other startup leaders, since he spent 12 years growing from a small "bootstrapped" team doing outside consulting work to make ends meet to becoming a successful player in the database world. "It takes a lot of perseverance," he says. (6:18)
- One key tip he has for startup leaders with multiple co-founders: ""Founders need to be on the same page and check in with each other on their personal goals." Which makes sense – as the company grows, so do the people who run it, and priorities should be out in the open. "As the founder's personal goals change, it influences where they want to steer the company." (7:12)
- When it comes to values, Chuck says, "Maintaining high values is kind of easy — just don't compromise them." Decide what's important to you as an organization and never, ever deviate from the values you set forth. (8:25)
- For Chuck, company culture is what can be hard to pin down, but is so essential for success: "We're a technology service company, so your technology competence is sort of a given, but within that there is a wide range of people who either fit or who don't. You can put a bunch of really really smart people in a conference room together, but if they don't get along nothing's going to get done." (10:03)
- At the end of the day, to Chuck, having a successful business and product is all about what value you can offer your customer. "You want to be a value add," he says. "I don't mean being the condiment on top of the hot dog; you are the hot dog. If you're providing value, you're probably going to be okay." (13:40)
Nextcast founder Jeff Dickey is passionate about technology, business and philosophy. He works as the chief cloud architect at Redapt, a Redmond-based cloud and big data infrastructure company. [Editor's note: GeekWire is proud to partner with Jeff Dickey who produces the Nextcast entrepreneur interview series].
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