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Linux.com: Using KOffice to Create Good-Looking Reports
Linux.com is featuring an article about using KOffice to create good-looking reports. The article covers importing from a database into KSpread, preparing the data for KChart and formatting it in KWord.
Speaks to the need for an updated Kugar!
It is quite funny as just today I started looking at improving the reporting capabilities of datakiosk.(1) Currently, datakiosk integrates kugar reports in a very convenient and nice way. Actually, Kugar has a fairly robust reporting engine, the big deficit is in the Kugar designer.
If no one else *cough* kexi people *cough* gets around to it I'll eventually be replacing the kudesigner.
By manyoso at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
KChart, rows and columns and KOffice 1.4
Nice article, although a bit short.
I just want to mention that the next upcoming version of KChart can chart data in columns as well and not just in rows. This is of course also usable from within KSpread.
All this and much more will be in KOffice 1.4 whose feature freeze is next monday, i.e. a little more than a week from now. Of course, all the other components of KOffice will also be out in new and shining versions. The activity on Kexi and Krita right now is nothing less than amazing.
(If everything goes as I hope, then KChart 1.4 will be published with ZERO (0) known bugs. Eat that, konqueror and kmail! :-) )
By Inge Wallin at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
Krita has two open bugs that I cannot close before the freeze -- both wishlist items. One is about dragging & dropping the tabs of the palettes, and the other about locking layers... I had started on both, but I thought that a select-by-colorrange dialog was more needed.
But those bugs keep nagging. I so wanted a clean bugzilla... But maybe they count as bugfixes that can be done during the beta?
By Boudewijn Rempt at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: Waah!
Wishes don't count. Only real bugs.
By Inge Wallin at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: Waah!
Phew! My honour is saved.
By Boudewijn Rempt at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
KOffice will survive
by Supporting OASIS open document format completely.
Copying features from OpenOffice.org like Drop Cap is not there in Kword.
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
Soo disappointed :-(
Reading the headline, I was excited to find that _finally_ someone found a real world use for KOffice. Hey, I thought, cool scripting ahead. After all, these are the features that people get excited about: workflow automation in KDE. Using dcop, it should be fairly easy to link the applications together and produce a good looking document with just a mouseclick.
So I thought.
But then I read the article. I cannot express how disappointed I was. This is what we call "ein dünnes Brett bohren" in Germany. A shitty ksh script to reformat some lines in a text document :-(
This is soo ridiculous.
By Matthias Welwarsky at Tue, 2005/04/05 - 5:00am
Soo cheap! :-(
So, Mathias --
-- why dont you simply write a kick-ass KWord/KOffice HOWTO yourself??
Your moaning is soooo cheap.
Get off your butt and do something about it.
Using your superiour brain, it "should be fairly easy to" for you to scribble such a document "together and produce a good looking document with"in just a few hours, no? You could show us all, how you can "drill the thick beams". Otherwise, shut up!
By kmail lover at Tue, 2005/04/05 - 5:00am
Re: Soo cheap! :-(
First of all: I'm not cheap :)
I just don't understand how _such_ a cheap article is worth a dot story. Is The Dot in such a desperate need of news that every p**p on the net needs to be linked here? Care for quality! If linux.com has no other content to publish, it's their problem.
What does this tell people outside of KDE? "They're just a bunch of kids, jumping up and down full of joy about their small achievements".
Somebody needs to stop navel-gazing all day long.
By Matthias Welwarsky at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am


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Feminism, Nationalism, and Militarismwritten by Constance R. Sutton
From the introduction:
This volume, conceived in the wake of the Gulf War, addresses the role of women in nationalist projects, the close link between nationalist projects and militarism, and the privileging of masculinity in a militarized nationalism.The papers in their totality indicate the complex ways women become involved in the diverse nationalisms of the twentieth century, underscoring the importance of bringing a feminist analysis to bear on this phenomena. Implicit is the policy issue of whether women would, if they could, give a different spin to budgets that today are spent on the production or purchase of arms rather than on the projects women's groups have advocated: building schools and houses, underwriting health, sanitation and local food production, and developing local economic resources.
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Welcome to the Asia Stocks live blog, a running account of what the region's share markets are doing, along with other news. Today's highlight is a buffet of data from Japan, offered in a variety of flavors including consumer inflation, industrial production and unemployment.
4:09 am | Markets check -- 4:10 p.m. in Hong Kong
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) down 0.3% (closed)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.3% (closed)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.1% (closed)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.5% (closed)
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.9% (closed)
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.4% (closed)
1:58 am | ... And in other news
Here are some more news items making headlines in Asia today:
IMF: Japan may need to keep easing for some time
China mobilizes ordinary citizens to watch for terrorists … and anyone buying matches
Japan's auto production edges up in April
1:18 am | Markets check -- 1:18 p.m. in Hong Kong
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) down 0.2%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.6%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 0.1%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.2%
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.5%
Mumbai (Sensex) up 0.3%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.2%
1:17 am | What's up next week in Asia... | by Mike Kitchen
Here's a look at some of next week's important events in Asia:
Monday: China (including Hong Kong) closed for Dragon Boat Festival
Tuesday: HSBC China manufacturing PMI, Australia rate decision, India rate decision
Wednesday: Australia Q1 GDP
Thursday: Australia trade data
11:56 pm | Markets check -- 12:56 p.m. in Tokyo
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) down 0.5%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.3%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) flat (at break)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.2%
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.3%
Mumbai (Sensex) up 0.2%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.1%
10:50 pm | Tokyo stocks take a turn for the worse | by Mike Kitchen
Ah well, that seventh gain in a row for the Nikkei Average looks less likely now, as the Tokyo benchmark turned south in the last half hour or so of the morning session.
At the midday break, the Nikkei is off 0.6% for the day, with a milder 0.2% loss for the Topix.
While at first glance, there appears to be no one single catalyst for the drop-off, the move for stocks was mirrored by a gain for the yen, with the dollar falling from around ¥101.74 to a current price of ¥101.52. But of course, on any given day, there's always debate on whether it's the yen driving stocks, or vice versa.
For much of the morning, the Japanese share advance seemed pretty resilient to the whack of data out just before the open, but some economists are nonetheless downbeat on the results.
Norinchukin Research Institute chief economist Takeshi Minami is quoted by Dow Jones Newswires as offering a relatively pessimistic outlook for the industrial-production picture.
"The peak for output was January, and we've seen it had declined a lot since then. As further decline in consumption due to April's tax hike is likely, I believe output will fall further. … Economists had been hoping exports would recover by now so that output can be supported, but now that seems unlikely," Minami is quoted as saying.
10:32 pm | Markets check -- 10:32 a.m. in Hong Kong
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) down 0.6%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.2%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.2%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.3%
Seoul (Kospi) flat
Taipei (Taiex) up 0.1%
10:23 pm | Hong Kong stocks have merry, merry month of May | by Laura He
Hong Kong looks poised to kiss May goodbye with a solid rebound ahead of the three-day Dragon Boat holiday weekend, as the Hang Seng Index recovers from its losses yesterday with a 0.5% gain (putting it up 4.4% for the month at this point).
Tech stocks are bouncing back, with index heavyweight Tencent Holding rising 1.3%. Computer maker Lenovo Group, also a Hang Seng constituent, is up 0.9%, while outside the index, software provider Kingdee International Software is up 2.5%, and bigger rival Kingsoft Corp. is up 0.7%. Online game developers Forgame Holdings and NetDragon Websoft are up 1.2% and 0.4%, respectively.
Casinos, which provided a major drag on the market the previous day, are also notching healthy gains. Wynn Macau is climbing 3%, SJM Holdings is up 1.4%, MGM China Holdings is up 1%, and both Sands China and Galaxy Entertainment Group are trading more than 0.5% higher.
Shoe retailer Belle International Holdings, however, is falling after its brief rebound yesterday. The stock has declined nearly 6% since earlier this week, when the company posted a 12% drop in net profit for the first two months of this year. J.P. Morgan has maintained its rating of neutral for the retailer, while warning that the stock might face selling pressures as shoes account for about 90% of the company's operating profit.
Daphne International Holdings, Belle's main competitor in the women's footware market, is down 0.7%. Other footware brands are mixed, as Peak Sport Products Co. falls 0.5%, while Li Ning Co. jumps 3.1%.
9:08 pm | Markets check -- 10:08 a.m. in Tokyo
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) up 0.2%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.3%
Seoul (Kospi) flat
9:06 pm | Australia stocks: A weak morning for Sydney | by Mike Kitchen
Australia's benchmark ASX 200 is 0.4% lower in early morning trade (It ended yesterday with a 0.1% loss), as weak iron-ore prices hang around the collective neck of the mining shares.
With spot iron-ore prices hitting their latest 20-month low (per Reuters), we find shares of BHP Billiton down 0.7%, Rio Tinto down 1.2%, Fortescue Metals down 1.8%, Mount Gibson Iron down 2%, and Atlas Iron down 3.2%.
The heavily weighted banks, meanwhile, are also lower but by a smaller margin: ANZ is down 0.6%, CBA and NAB are each down 0.2%, and Westpac is down 0.7%.
And then there's Lynas, down more than 16% (but off its early lows) after the rare-earths miner said it has completed its share sale/placement at a discount to the stock's previous closing price.
Over in the property sector, shares of Australand are 1.7% higher while those of Stockland are up 0.8%. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Stockland will not sweeten its bid for Australand, even after the latter hiked its forecast gain for operating profit to 20%-25%, up from 17%-20% previously.
Australand has agreed to open its books to Stockland though it has yet to decide on whether to endorse the offer. For its part, Stockland has said it may dump its large holding of Australand stock onto the market if a deal can't be reached.
8:30 pm | Japan stocks gaining, yet again | by Mike Kitchen
With no huge surprises in the economic data out before the market open, the Tokyo stock market is instead taking its cues from the overnight gains on Wall Street (S&P 500 rose 0.5% to hit another record).
In early action, we have the blue-chip Nikkei Average and broader Topix each quoted 0.3% higher. And if the seemingly unsinkable Nikkei Average ends higher today, it would be the benchmark's seventh gain in a row.
Foreign buying appears to be a factor in the recent advance, with Dow Jones Newswires reporting this morning that at least six overseas brokerages had net buy orders for some 2.5 million shares, the third straight day of net foreign purchases.
As for the movers, Softbank is 2% higher after Kyodo News cited unnamed sources as saying Deutsche Telekom has given its preliminary approval of the purchase of T-Mobile US by Softbank's Sprint unit.
Toshiba is up 1.5%, possibly helped by Standard & Poor's removing its negative outlook on the industrial conglomerate's debt rating.
The major pharmaceutical shares are lower, except for Astellas Pharma, which is up 0.1% as the Nikkei newspaper reports the firm will likely offer a dividend increase each year through fiscal 2018 as its U.S. drug line-up is forecast to sell well.
Meanwhile, a 1.8% advance for Apple shares on Thursday seems to be buoying the shares of some of its Japanese suppliers, with Japan Display jumping 2.5%, Sharp up 1.8%, Nidec up 0.7%, and Murata Manufacturing up 0.6%.
8:00 pm | Japan's industrial devolution | by Mike Kitchen
Japanese industrial-production numbers are out, printing weaker than expected but not a huge miss.
Industrial output fell 2.5% last month, trailing a forecast 2% drop in a Wall Street Journal survey of economists, and even farther behind a projected 1.4% retreat as tipped in the government's survey of manufacturers last month.
In March, production had risen 0.7%.
Large passenger cars led the decline, with the overall drop likely linked to the April 1 consumption-tax hike.
Perhaps more important were the manufacturers' own predictions for the month ahead, as inaccurate as they sometimes are: For May, they see industrial output up 1.7%, but for June, they forecast a 2% drop.
As for market reaction, the yen shrugged (the dollar held at ¥101.74), while Singapore-traded Nikkei Average futures came off just slightly to signal a 0.2% gain, compared to a 0.3% gain just before the industrial data.
7:48 pm | Japan: Data, data, data but few surprises | by Mike Kitchen
The first mad rush of Japanese economic data for April is out, and while consumer spending was a bit of a disappointment, the results were roughly in line with what economists were expecting.
In fact, the lack of any huge surprises can be seen in the Japanese yen's muted reaction, with the dollar little-changed at ¥101.75, compared to ¥101.74 just ahead of the data.
Still, the numbers are definitely worth a look, and perhaps the most important are the inflation figures. Japan's core consumer price index (which excludes volatile fresh-food prices) rose 3.4%, well ahead of March's 1.3% gain and above the 3.1% median forecast in a Wall Street Journal survey of economists.
And then there was the core CPI result for metropolitan Tokyo in the current month to date, watched as a leading indicator for the nation as a whole. This was up 2.8% for a year earlier, just below the 2.9% gain tipped in the Wall Street Journal survey but accelerating from a 2.7% increase in the previous month.
But it that was a bullish note in the data, then consumer spending was the bearish reply: Spending by households of two of more people dropped a price-adjusted 4.6% from a year earlier, swinging from a 7.2% jump in March.
This, of course, was due to consumers front-loading their purchases to beat the April 1 hike in the consumption tax, but all the same, it was worse than the forecast 3.3% drop.
Rounding out the statistical feast, the unemployment rate was unchanged for a third month in a row at 3.6%.
And as if this weren't enough to cure your Japanese data jones, stay tuned for industrial production numbers due out shortly…


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We want a logo that looks like a sign-post to prosperity.
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The website moneyjingle.com is a local concept developed to help keep small business thriving within its community and to alter the mindset of people who purchase goods and services from out of state businesses when those very same goods and services could have been found locally or within their surrounding areas. We are all-inclusive, we design, build and develop websites. We host, maintain and promote those sites on all major search engines for all listings and categories on the monjeyjingle website. We rank top10 for a majority of our categories on Google.
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Last week, as usual, my USB drive got infected from a public computer. What is interesting here is that this was a Windows 7 system. Coincidentally, the malware that jumped to my USB drive was called seven.exe so I checked online to see what it does, partly in jealousy because Megatotoro reported that he got his first beacon.
It turns out that seven.exe is a worm that has been around since 2007 (hence the name) and, consequently, predates Windows 7, which was released in 2009.
Because of this incident, I indulged in some irrational thoughts...
How come a two-year-old threat is still capable of infecting Windows systems in September 2010? I should have expected the so-acclaimed Windows 7 to be immune to the diseases XP and Vista suffered. After all, they called 7 "an UPGRADE". So, what qualities make it an "upgrade"? Apparently, security is not one of them. Spare me the new bar! What is so glorious about Windows 7 if old malware still compromises it? Where are the security improvements? MS Essentials? They take you to fake antiviruses to infect your computer with ransomeware!
I get a new virus from that computer every week and, every time, its owners claim that the system is well protected. It is until I plug the USB drive in Linux that I see the protection Windows systems give me.
No wonder why people are so reluctant to migrate from XP to 7. After the XP dynasty and the failed reign of Vista, one would have expected Windows 7, the successor, to be made of sterner stuff...
A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 3.1 /3.0 Mageia 6, PCLinuxOS 2017.03, Fedora Workstation 27 (KDE spin), PicarOS, Pisi Linux 1, Elive beta, and AntiX 13.
domingo, 12 de septiembre de 2010
I got Seven from 7
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Researchers of the University of Granada, in collaboration with the Centre for Sensory-Motor Interaction of the University of Aalborg, Denmark, and the University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, conducted a research on chronic impingement syndrome. The study revealed that excessive activation of specific neck and shoulder muscles during daily life or while playing sports -as swimming- is the cause of a high number of injury and shoulder.
A Common Pain
The pattern of the pain originated in these muscles -sometimes in regions far from the shoulder- coincides with most of the symptoms suffered by patients attending health care centers for this type of problem. 25 out of 1,000 visits to the family doctor are related to shoulder pain, and the causes of this problem are several. The chronic impingement syndrome is considered the main cause for shoulder pain and disability.
The study conducted by Amparo Hidalgo-Lozano, Ph.D candidate of the department of Physiotherapy of the University of Granada, under the supervision of professor Manuel Arroyo Morales, opens the door to future tests to the efficacy of Physiotherapy as a non-invasive treatment for shoulder injury. Shoulder injury is the cause of 13% of sick leaves and implies a cost of 7 billion dollars in the USA.
This research was published in the last issue of the prestigious journal Experimental Brain Research.


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Comma to the Top will seek his
third stakes win of the Autumn meet when he bids for his fifth consecutive
victory in the $750,000-guaranteed CashCall Futurity Saturday at Hollywood Park.
A Grade I at 1 1/16 miles over Cushion
Track, the Futurity attracted nine other 2-year-olds. It is the ninth of
10 races. Post time Saturday is 12:30 p.m. There is also a CashCall T-shirt
giveaway. The long sleeve shirts, which come in pink and blue, are available
per paid admission while supplies last.
Owned by Gary Barber, Roger
Birnbaum and Kevin Tsujihara and trained by Peter Miller, Comma to the Top
began the meet with a gate-to-wire romp in the Real Quiet Stakes Nov. 6. He
returned three weeks later to again lead throughout in his turf debut in the
Generous. He will be ridden once more by Corey Nakatani, who is seeking his
first Futurity score.
A Florida
bred gelding by Bwana Charlie and the Stormy Atlantic mare Maggies Storm, Comma
to the Top has won five of nine and earned $176,600.
The richest member of the field –
earnings of $809,660 – is Gourmet Dinner. The Trippi colt out of the Pentelicus
mare Potluck Dinner collected the bulk of his bankroll with a 20-1 surprise in
the $1 million Delta Jackpot Nov. 20 at Delta Downs.
Owned by Our Sugar Bear Stable and
trained by Steven Standridge, Gourmet Dinner has won four of five.
J P's Gusto is the sole
participant with a Grade I on his resume. The son of Successful Appeal
out of the Caller I.D. mare Call Her Magic easily captured the Del Mar Futurity
at seven furlongs Sept. 8.
Trained by David Hofmans for Gem
Stable, J P's Gusto has won four of seven and banked $387,360. He is a two time
stakes winner over the Hollywood Park main
track. The Kentucky bred won
the Willard Proctor Memorial May 31 and the Hollywood Juvenile Championship
July 5. Most recently, he was sixth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Nov. 6 at
Churchill Downs, leaving him 0-for-2 at the CashCall Futurity distance.
Like Gourmet Dinner, Rustler
Hustler is a newcomer to California.
Trained by Rick Dutrow, Jr. for a partnership that includes Paul Pompa Jr., the
Ecton Park colt
out of the Cozzene mare Cozy Temper has won three of five while earning
$144,470. In his first start for Dutrow, Rustler Hustler won the Gnomes Gold, a
turf affair Oct. 31 at Belmont Park. The Pennsylvania
bred has earned both of his two turn victories on grass.
A first out winner on the Del
Mar turf Aug. 25, Ronin Dax is back in the state after two unsuccessful
appearances in Grade III events at Woodbine and Churchill Downs. Owned by a
partnership that includes Bruno DeJulio, Galen Ho'o, Molly Jo Rosen and trainer
Bob Troeger, the Tapit colt out of the Clever Trick mare Fastandclever has
earned $42,030.
Clubhouse Ride will be making the
10th start of his career for Six-S Racing Stable and Mike Petralia
and trainer Craig Lewis. A two time winner with earnings of $197,550, the Candy
Ride colt out of the Seeking the Gold mare Seeking Results was third in the
Delta Jackpot, six lengths behind Gourmet Dinner.
J. Paul Reddam, who is the founder
of the loan company that sponsors the Futurity, is the majority owner of High
Level Jeff, who is trained by Doug O'Neill.
Also owned in part by his former
trainer Steve Dwoskin, High Level Jeff was fifth as the favorite in the
Hollywood Prevue Stakes when debuting for O'Neill and Reddam. The son of
Vindication and the Storm Cat mare Stormy Reply has won two of three and
earned $36,320.
Slammer Time will be trying to
become the first California Cup Juvenile winner to capture the Futurity.
Trained by Gary Mandella for owner Alto Racing LLC, the Grand Slam colt out of
the In Excess mare Excessively Wicked has won twice in four attempts. His
bankroll is $83,152.
Second in the Prevue, Industry
Leader will try two turns for the first time. The son of Cherokee Run out of
the Seeking the Gold mare Dynamite Miss has a win in two races and earnings of
$42,800. He is owned by Dimitri Racing Stable and Twilight Racing and trained
by Kristin Mulhall, who is looking to become the first female trainer to win
the Futurity.
Completing the cast is Riveting
Reason. Owned and bred by trainer Myung Kwon Cho, the Fusaichi Pegasus colt
broke his maiden in his sixth start Nov. 25. Out of the Known Fact mare Love
and Marry, Riveting Reason has earnings of $91,300.
From inside out, the field for the
CashCall Futurity: Ronin Dax, Mike Smith rides, 121 pounds; J P's
Gusto, Joe Talamo, 121; Rustler Hustler, Ramon Dominguez, 121; Slammer
Time, David Flores, 121; High Level Jeff, Joel Rosario, 121; Clubhouse Ride,
Patrick Valenzuela, 121; Gourmet Dinner, Sebastian Madrid, 121; Riveting
Reason, Alonso Quinonez, 121; Industry Leader, Rafael Bejarano, 121 and Comma
to the Top, Corey Nakatani, 121.
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Evan and Paige Are Headed Down the Aisle in "ROYAL PAINS" Two Hour Movie Event
"Off-Season Greetings" Premieres Sunday, December 16 at 9/8c
New York, September 19, 2012 -- USA celebrates a "Royal" holiday wedding - that is, the long planned nuptials of Evan (Paulo Costanzo) and Paige (Brooke D'Orsay) - in a special ROYAL PAINS two-hour movie event "Off-Season Greetings," featuring revealing flashbacks, an unexpected snowstorm and a reunion of old friends. ROYAL PAINS stars Mark Feuerstein as Dr. Hank Lawson, the go to "doctor for hire" in the Hamptons, who finds that life in the exclusive community isn't always as perfect as it may seem. The ROYAL PAINS holiday special airs Sunday, December 16 at 9/8c.
For the first time in its four seasons, ROYAL PAINS takes a look at the Hamptons in the winter, several months after the events of the explosive summer finale. With the Hamptons decked out for the holidays, Dr. Hank Lawson (Feuerstein) continues to treat his patients in very unexpected ways, but Hank's biggest challenge will be facing his own medical issues.
In this special presentation of ROYAL PAINS, secrets from the past are revealed in a series of flashbacks in which fans learn the back-story of the Lawson brothers - Hank and Evan - prior to their move out east, before HankMed was ever conceived. When we first met Hank in season one, he had been fired from his job as an ER doctor, his fiancée had left him and he was alone and depressed before a weekend in the Hamptons changed his life. We'll meet Hank's first love (guest star Emma Caulfield) and learn how Hank's past romances and his relationship with Evan made him the man he is today. The episode will also mark the return of Jill Casey (Jill Flint), who left the Hamptons at the beginning of season four to follow her dream of working in a clinic in Africa. As the wedding approaches, Evan and Hank head to Las Vegas for some bachelor party fun, while Paige and Divya (Reshma Shetty) travel out of town for her bachelorette party. Through circumstances beyond their control, both parties end up in Las Vegas where surprises abound and someone takes a big gamble on the future. And with a snowstorm descending on the Hamptons, Paige rapidly finds her dream wedding turning into a nightmare.
ROYAL PAINS is written and executive produced by Andrew Lenchewski and Michael Rauch. Paul Frank and Rich Frank also serve as executive producer along with Jeff Kwatinetz from Prospect Park and Connie Burge. Carol Flint, Jon Sherman, Kerry Orent and Jack Bernstein co-executive produce. The series comes from Universal Cable Productions. ROYAL PAINS films entirely in New York (Long Island and Brooklyn) and at locations around the Hamptons plus Las Vegas for scenes in "Off-Season Greetings."
USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in over 102 million U.S. homes. A division of NBCUniversal, USA is the cable television leader in original series and home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, acquired television series and entertainment events. The award-winning USA website is located at www.usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.
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The summer is in full swing at the Sea Glass Inn Bed and Breakfast in Melbourne Beach, Florida and it has been quite exciting. All of the guests have been venturing down to the beach at night and are being rewarded with a record number of turtles nesting and laying their eggs. Many have joined in with the Preservation Society guides and have been treated to an up close view of this amazing part of nature. A few more weeks of nesting then the hatching begins. Another marvelous sight, is when over 100 eggs hatch and the babies head for the ocean to begin their new life.
The Sea Glass Inn guest have also enjoyed intimate River tours where they have seen dolphins and manatees right next to their boat. Along with many birds such as Osprey, Great Blue Heron, and Ibis to view, this makes for an incredible day on the water.
The 4th of July weekend was spectacular, with a full house of guest who all seemed to become instant friends. Spending the afternoon around the pool, walking over to the River to watch fireworks over the water, then ended the evening by the pool and fire pit area. The Innkeepers even decided to do happy hour out at the pool and that was a huge success.
Richard and Jeanne Beaudoin thank all their guest, and hope that you will join them in coming months to enjoy the Sea Glass Inn and all it has to offer.


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Maneja Beto comes into town two or three times a year with little fanfare, and that's too bad. They are the best Mexican rock band out on the scene right now that isn't actually from Mexico. Hailing from Austin, TX, Maneja Beto continues on a path that bands from Mexico no longer follow. Maneja incorporate traditional Mexican musical influences with their Anglo and Roc N' Español influences. At their performance at the Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena, Maneja Beto tore through an hour and half set that featured most of the songs from their brilliant release, Accidentes De Longitud Y Latitud. One of the things that makes Maneja unique is that two of the band members play multiple instruments. Bobby Garza doubles on percussion and keyboards and shares vocal duties with Alex Chavez. Chavez plays keys and a whole array of guitars (electric as well as traditional Mexican instruments such as the Jarana and the Requinto). Much like Café Tacvba, Maneja Beto has great songs and can mix all their influences together and still retain their own sound. But unlike Café Tacvba, Maneja does not have an engaging front person, which perhaps is the reason their rise to popularity has been much slower.
There is a Mexican saying, "Traen la cara de nopal," which roughly translates to, "You have the face of a cactus." It is what some Mexicans say to each other when one forgets where he or she came from. It's something one can't shake, no matter how much you are educated, how much money you earn, where you move to or how much one assimilates into Anglo culture. In the end, you have to look in the mirror and see yourself, "la cara del nopal," the face of a Mexican.
The thing I like about Maneja Beto, with all their painted nails and their obvious love of bands like Joy Division and The Smiths, is that they never try to hide their "caras del nopal." I think that many bands from Mexico right now could learn from them.
Check out their video for "Los Cerros." It's pretty cool.


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Flag: Croatian
Nationality of Officers:Croatian
Number of Crew: 7
Passenger Capacity: 38
Beam: 8,00 m
Length:49,00 m
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Porec to Dubrovnik on Stella Maris
Porec (Croatia) - Dubrovnik (Croatia)
8 days / 7 nights - Oct 05, 2019
Porec - Rovinj- NP Brijuni - Pula - Mali Losinj - Ilovik - Olib -Zadar -NP Krka - Sibenik - Split -Hvar - Korcula -Mljet -Dubrovnik aboard Stella Maris
This cruise program is an excellent choice for all of you searching for an informal, casual and chillout cruise holiday in Croatia. Picturesque Adriatic coast, secluded bays, paradise beaches and idyllic islands will capture your heart.
Day 1: POREC
Arrive to Porec port, where embarkation begins at 2pm. Settle in your cabin, before attending a Welcome reception followed by dinner this evening.
Meals on board: dinner
Day 2: POREC - ROVINJ - NP BRIJUNI - PULA
As you sail along the Istrian Peninsula, stop in a romantic town of Rovinj. Feel its past times as you walk around the Old town's cobbled narrow streets, winding at the foot of the Church of St. Euphamia, the favorite gathering place of artists from around the world. Continue sailing to the Brijuni National Park, once the personal State Summer Residence of President Marshal Josip Broz Tito. Arriving to the island, a part of heaven discloses in front of your eyes in the unique harmony of flora, fauna and heritage.
Following the visit, lunch aboard, before we reach Pula, arguably one of the most beautiful of Istrian cities. Your guide will share some exciting stories of antiquity, as you walk the footsteps of the ancients and visit the Amphitheatre.
Late at night, depart Pula and overnight cruise towards the island of Mali Losinj
Meals on board: breakfast and lunch
Day 3: MALI LOSINJ - ZADAR
Morning visit of Mali Losinj, located in the island with the same name. Thanks to its mild climate, pinewoods and air, the island of Mali Losinj is an ideal place to recreate your body and spirit. Lunch aboard, while continuing our journey towards Zadar, with a swimming stop at one of the small islands along the way. Dinner aboard, while we set our compass south to Zadar.
Meals on board: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 4: ZADAR - NP KRKA - PRIMOSTEN
After breakfast, enjoy a sightseeing tour of Zadar, a city of exceptional history and rich cultural heritage. Zadar historical center is a compact pedestrian zone, perfect to explore on foot. Set out on a walking tour and admire the old walls built in 16th century by Venetians as a defense from Turks. You will also see the 16th century Port Gate where the Venetian lion still guards the entrance, the Square of the Five Wells, Church of St. Donat, the Roman Forum and the largest cathedral in Dalmatia, St. Anastasia. Return to the ship and enjoy your lunch, while sailing to Vodice. Next up is Krka National Park, with its magnificent waterfalls. After your visit here, coach to Primosten where your ship is anchored. Your evening is at leisure in town. Meals on board: breakfast and lunch
Day 5: SPLIT - HVAR
Welcome to Split! Start the day with a walking tour, featuring the historic inner city built around the Roman Emperor Diocletian's Palace, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. See the remnants of Split's Roman heritage, its Renaissance and Gothic structures, Jupiter's Temple and the Cathedral. Board your ship for lunch, and cruise towards Hvar, Croatia's sunniest island. Hvar is a favorite holiday destination for international celebrities and yachters; thus, beyond all the glitz and glamour, Hvar town is a charming seaside resort with 8 centuries of architecture waiting to be explored. On a walking tour breathe in the pine-scented breeze, as you absorb vistas of the old town with the picturesque little streets and the first public theatre in Europe. For the rest of the day, keep this as your point of reference before exploring the labyrinth of backstreets of town, pop into craft shops, cafes and restaurants, tucked into old Venetian palaces.
Tonight, the clear waters of the Adriatic will bring us to our next destination: Korcula.
Meals on board: breakfast and lunch
Note: Due to the limited capacity of the Hvar harbor (during peak season in July and August) port of call canbe substituted for Stari Grad/Jelsa. In that case transfer by bus will be organized to and from Hvar.
Day 6: KORCULA - MLJET
Wake-up in the magical island of Korcula and its fairy-tale like walled town bearing the same name, believed to be the birthplace of the explorer Marco Polo. Enjoy breakfast on board, before we discover the walled city with local guide. The walking tour takes you through its narrow, cobbled streets and includes a visit to the majestic Gothic-Baroque Cathedral of St. Mark, before returning to the boat for lunch. As you dine, set sail for Mljet Island. Mljet National Park features five types of forest, many species of birds, and two deep lakes, Big and Small Lake.
Captain's dinner with live entertainment aboard our ship tonight.
Meals on board: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 7: DUBROVNIK
This morning, sail into beautiful Dubrovnik. After breakfast, morning walking tour of Dubrovnik, the "Pearl of Adriatic" and a UNESCO World Heritage site. You'll visit the Rector's Palace and Franciscan Monastery's Pharmacy. Return for lunch on board and the rest of the day enjoy at leisure to discover this lovely city at your own pace.
Tonight, say farewell to your new friends at dinner in the local restaurant. Return to your cabin for the last night onboard this lovely cruise.
Meals on board: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 8: DUBROVNIK
After breakfast it's time to disembark. You will be transferred to the airport or your Dubrovnik hotel.
Meals on board: breakfast
Cruise Rates per person based on double-occupancy.
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• Accommodation in a chosen cabin category on 7 night /8 day cruise with ship's facilities at your disposal
• Departure Dubrovnik airport transfer
• Welcome reception followed by dinner
• Breakfast daily, 6 lunches and 1 dinner aboard and 1 dinner in local restaurant as per program
• Captain`s dinner with live music
• Complimentary bottled water, coffee and tea
• City tours of Rovinj, Brijuni National Park, Pula, Mali Losinj, Zadar, Krka National Park,
Sibenik, Split, Hvar, Korcula, Mljet National Park, Dubrovnik
• Professional cruise manager throughout
• Usage of the ship's equipment
• Service taxes and charges
• Whisper technology enhanced touring
• Free Wi-Fi on board
• Luggage handling
• Drinks/ beverages from the ship's bar
• Pre/post cruise accommodation ( organized on request )
• Port fees ( € 80,00 per person per cruise)
• Tips or any other items of personal nature
* Cruising route is subject to change depending upon weather conditions
* This cruise provides plenty of time for sunbathing, swimming and exploring interesting resorts, small bays and attractive Dalmatian towns
* Guests are obliged to follow ship rules (found in written form on the ship) especially with regards to bringing drinks on board.
Bookings are on request and need to be confirmed.
Deposit of 30% should be paid within 7 days from our written confirmation.
Deposit is non refundable.
Final payment is due 50 days prior to departure.
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* 49-31 days prior to the tour: 50% of the tour rate
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WannaCrypt attack; Keeping protected.
I'm pretty sure you know it already. There's a serious Ransom-ware spreading across the globe and this one is again I repeat. Pretty darn serious!
Behold! "WannaCrypt" is here. This is so severe, that it has been reported that more than 95k PC's are already infected.
The problem is that the ransom-ware if hit, will lock (encrypt) your files. So that you have no way of opening it without unlocking (decrypt). To unlock, the makes of the malware is demanding a ransom. And we never know if they will give you the key as well.
Apart from that this can spread across to other computers. Which makes things worse. The spread is using something called a Remote code execution that existed in Microsoft Server Message Block 1.0 (SMBv1) component.
Individual user
- Update your Antivirus application
- Update your Windows Operating System
Running Windows XP? There's good news for you. For older systems like Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 etc Microsoft no longer provides updates as its support lifecycle is ended. However, Microsoft has been generous to publicly make available the patches for the below operating systems due to the severity of the case. Click on the below to view and download the updates needed.
Windows XP SP2 x64
Windows XP SP3 x86 Windows XP Embedded SP3 x86
Windows 8 x86
Windows 8 x64
- Run a full Anti-virus scan of your computer.
- Pray!
Corporate/Enterprise/ IT Admins
- If you have an enterprise Antivirus protection suite, make sure it's engine is up to date.
- Push the latest AV updates to your client PCs.
- Update all your Windows Server Operating systems that includes both client and Servers.
Thanks to Microsoft they've got you covered if you still have Windows Server 2003 Operating Systems as well.
If you have WSUS or SCCM, get the updates and push it. If not, use the below 'MS17-010' link below to get the correct update for your system.
Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64
Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86
Oh and Windows 10 users, you're all good. ^_^


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For mining and mineral processing machinery, increasing reliability and productivity is a constant challenge. The SKF four-point contact ball bearing solution makes it much easier for transmission, steering brake and clutch applications.
SKF four-point contact ball bearings meet the requirements of high frequency steering brake and clutch use. Their small axial clearance and high stiffness lead to increased reliability and productivity.
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A shoulder recess on the inner ring of the bearing facilitates dismounting, provides additional lubrication improvements, and a redesigned raceway shoulder transition makes the bearings capable of carrying increased thrust loads.
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- Handle heavier axial loads
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Ahlan wa sahlan! Welcome to the expat community in Alexandria! InterNations is a private network of expats living in Alexandria and around the world, with various resources to help you make that big move and make the fullest of life abroad. Whether you have already moved or are considering taking the leap, our expat community in Alexandria is available to help. Many new expats have questions they would love to know the answers to, such as "what are the international schools like in Alexandria?" or "what do I need to know about healthcare in Egypt?". Through InterNations, you can ask real expats real questions, and they will be happy to answer.
With InterNations, you never stand alone. Whether you move to another city or go on a business trip somewhere — our communities are there to make you feel at home wherever you are in the world. Feel free to also check out our other vibrant InterNations Communities like the ones in Manila or Frankfurt.
Attend our monthly events and activities for Alexandria expatriates to get to know like-minded expatriates in real life.
Get trustworthy advice and local insights from fellow members in our Alexandria expat forums.
The Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, Egypt has been the home of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world — the Lighthouse of Alexandria — as well as the Great Library of Alexandria, famous not only for its size and significance at the time, but also for its sad end. Expats can look forward to exploring the city's ancient and imperial history through its many museums and cultural remains. There are a number of expats located in Alexandria and many work for multinational companies or teach English in the city. While many expats find that English language skills as well as professional skills have befitted them when it comes to finding work, they also find that speaking Arabic is often important to potential employers.
InterNations is the largest global network for expatriates, with communities in 420 cities across the globe. Get to know fellow internationals in your city, before you're moving, or when traveling somewhere and never feel like a stranger. InterNations makes it easy for you to stay in touch with your expat friends, both online and offline, so you can grow your network of friends and contacts from all over the world. Whether they live in Malta or Athens, InterNations allows you to be close to them even if they are miles away.
When using InterNations, you can feel safe and confident in interacting freely with other expats and global minds. All of the members of InterNations have gone through an approval process first to ensure our network remains the safe and secure place it is, where honesty, respect, and friendliness are valued principles. You can connect with other like-minded expats when you arrive in Alexandria by joining not only InterNations, but also one of our interest-based groups in the city, such as the Alexandria Pool Group. In case your hobbies or interests are not yet covered, we encourage you to simply create your own group to get together with like-minded people not only online, but offline as well! Meeting up with other expats in a new country is, after all, a great introduction to the place and will definitely help you to settle in.


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Milpitas, Calif., April 27, 2010 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that it is shipping the slotRadio™ Motown card, delivering the best of Motown's timeless catalog in an easy to use format at an affordable price. By simply inserting the new music card into the compatible Sansa® Clip+, Sansa® Fuze™ (with firmware update) or Sansa® slotRadio™ players' microSD™ card slot, consumers can immediately enjoy a huge collection of Motown's greatest hits without the hassle of software installation, time-consuming song selection or file-by-file downloading.
"Our Sansa MP3 players offer the best value for the money, and slotRadio cards add an incredible musical punch to the mix," said Eleanor Sales, product marketing manager, SanDisk. "Our new slotRadio Motown card is available just in time for Mother's Day, making the perfect gift for moms who want quick and effortless access to great music at a price that's hard to beat. It really doesn't get any easier than this."
The slotRadio Motown card gives music lovers one more chance to enjoy all-time Motown classics and relive their favorite hits from the Motor City. The new card delivers 500 songs pre-arranged into five handcrafted playlists featuring some of Motown's top-charting artists - including The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Diana Ross, Rick James, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Martha & The Vandellas, and many, many more.
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The slotRadio Motown card is available at SanDisk.com, and carries a suggested retail price of $29.99. For even more musical enjoyment, SanDisk offers 1,000-song slotRadio cards across a variety of genres including Rock, Hip Hop and R&B, Country, 80's & 90's hits, and Oldies, as well as a Classical card with 60 hours of music - at suggested retail prices of up to $39.99 per card.
The highly-portable Sansa Clip+ MP3 player is available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities, carrying suggested retail prices of $39.99, $49.99 and $69.99, respectively. The Sansa Fuze MP3 player features a 1.9" screen for video enjoyment, and is available in capacities of 2GB ($59.99), 4GB ($69.99) and 8GB ($89.99). Finally, the instant-load slotRadio player comes bundled with a 1,000 song slotRadio Mix card, all for only $79.99. All three music players are compatible with preloaded slotRadio cards.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards, from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.
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Daily entertainment update with "Lockup: Raw" on MSNBC, a recipe for Sausage-Stuffed Sweet Potato and someone new to follow on Twitter.
Dinner idea: Sausage-Stuffed Sweet Potato
1 sweet potato
1/2 cup cooked Italian sausage (1/2 Italian sausage link, crumbled)
1/2 cup chopped broccoli
1 tablespoon mined red onion
Couple of fresh mozzarella slices
Salt and Pepper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Poke holes in the sweet potato with a fork. Microwave on high in 1-minute intervals until soft. Combine broccoli, sausage, red onion and a dash of salt and pepper in a small bowl. Split open the sweet potato and partially scoop out insides. Mash into the sausage mixture. Stuff filling back into the potato and top with mozzarella. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until cheese is melted and potato is warmed through.
-- The College Culinarian
On TV: 'Lockup: Raw' on MSNBC at 7 p.m. EDT/ 6 p.m. CDT
Go inside three of America's most deadly and dangerous jails: L.A. County, Miami-Dade and New York's Rikers Island. Meet the inmates and the staff, and see what it is like to live or work inside these prisons.
Twitter handle of the day: @AiAnews
Get the latest updates from the art world. The name is Art in America, and the location says N.Y., N.Y. The bio reads, "The world's premier art magazine since 1913." A recent tweet says, "At the Manuscript Americana sale, top lot is collection of the love letters from Jackie O, realizing $134,500."
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The head of Syria's main opposition group resigned on Sunday, weakening the moderate wing of the two-year revolt against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rule and complicating Western efforts to back the rebels.
The resignation of Moaz Alkhatib, a former imam of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus who had offered al-Assad a negotiated exit, could make the West more cautious in supporting the revolt. Alkhatib was seen as a moderate bulwark against the rising influence of al-Qaeda linked jihadist forces.
Alkhatib was picked to head the Western and Gulf-backed National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, which was formed in Qatar in November last year.
His resignation is seen as having been to some degree caused by Qatar, the main backer of his political foes in the coalition, and the country spearheading Arab support for the revolt as its geopolitical ramifications deepen.
The conflict pits Syria's Sunni Muslim majority against al- Assad's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam that has controlled the country for almost five decades, deepening the Sunni-Shiite divide in the Middle East and raising tension between Gulf states and Iran.
Asked to comment on Alkhatib's resignation, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said in Doha: "We are very sorry for this, and I hope he reviews his resignation."
Alkhatib quit after the coalition berated him for offering al-Assad a deal and after the group went ahead, despite his objections, with steps to form a provisional government that would have further diminished his authority.
"I had promised the great Syrian people and promised God that I would resign if matters reached some red lines," Alkhatib said in a statement on his official Facebook page, without explaining exactly what had prompted his resignation.
"Now I am fulfilling my promise and announcing my resignation from the National Coalition in order to be able to work with freedom that cannot be available within the official institutions," he said.
Last week, the coalition chose Islamist-leaning technocrat Ghassan Hitto as a provisional prime minister to form a government to fill a power vacuum in Syria arising from the revolt.
The appointment of Hitto prompted nine people to suspend their membership in the 62-member body, saying that promises to reform the coalition and respect consensus have been discarded.
Earlier this year, Alkhatib floated an initiative for the opposition to talk to al-Assad's administration about a political transition, but said the Damascus government did not respond.
Moaz al-Shami, a leading activist in Damascus, said Alkhatib's resignation deprived the coalition, which consists mostly of exiles, of the figure best-known inside Syria, but that Alkhatib still could still play a major role in the revolt.
Alkhatib announced yesterday said he would address an Arab League meeting in Qatar this week despite his resignation, but did not say when he would speak
"I have decided to give a speech in the name of the Syrian people at the Doha conference," he wrote on his Twitter account.
"This is a matter that has nothing to do with the resignation, which will be discussed later," he said.
The summit takes place today and tomorrow and the opposition will take over Syria's vacant seat at the league, a high-ranking league official said yesterday.


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I have been out of the Continental U.S. and Internet range for a while, so I'm behind the news. I will ease my way back with a few reading-tip links.
1) Thanks to everyone who sent me links about Kim Jong-un's new honor as the "Sexiest Man Alive," Of course the charm in the story is that the honor was bestowed by The Onion, and the hyper-earnest Chinese state media appeared to take it at face value. Judge for yourself: initial report on Beijing Cream, survey on The Atlantic Wire, followup today in NYT.
1A) Just because I can't resist, here is a meant-in-entire-seriousness feature from People's Daily this week, under the headline "Cool Models, Hot Airplanes Are Always Good Partners." It's the start of a slideshow.
This is part of a long "reportorial" tradition in the Chinese media that I'll say more about when I have more time. Hey, does my book on China's aerial ambitions seem more interesting to you now?
2) The best political news of the post-election era has been the array of signs suggesting that the Obama Administration and the enlarged Democratic majority are preparing the ground for a campaign against filibuster-abuse.
Not against the filibuster itself, which though most of U.S. history has been a safety valve meant for extreme circumstances, when a committed minority was willing to go all out to block the majority rule by which the Senate is set up by the Constitution to operate.
Rather this effort would be against filibuster abuse -- the application of this emergency measure to practically everything a legislative majority attempts to do. Under Mitch McConnell, the GOP minority has in the past six years dramatically ramped up threats of filibusters, with two results: unless you have 60 votes, it is difficult to confirm any nominee or move forward any legislation; and the process has become so routine that news stories now off-handedly say that Senate rules "require 60 votes for passage." The U.S. Constitution was crafted to balance majority and minority interests. This isn't the deal Madison et al had in mind.
You can riffle through the hundreds of previous items on the theme here. But you should also check three recent elements:
• A primer yesterday from Ezra Klein
• Similarly from Greg Sargent
• From Michael Tomasky
• From Jeffrey Toobin
• From a NYT editorial
• A report on "curbing filibuster abuse" from the Brennan Center at NYU
• From Brian Beutler at TPM
Here's why this matters: As Garrett Epps and Andrew Cohen, among others, have argued frequently on this site, shoring up the now-failing machinery of democracy deserves legitimate and urgent attention as a major objective for Obama's second term. The specifics include: taming filibuster abuse; limiting the also-abused Senatorial "privilege" of placing anonymous holds on nominations, which amounts to a kind of country club "black ball" system applied to staffing questions for the national government; working against Congressional gerrymandering; defending the right to vote as zealously in America as if we were observing elections in Haiti or Burma; and curbing enormous, anonymous, unaccountable PAC donations. Together these amount to a lot to take on. But it's time, and they matter.
3) While We're Talking About Holds, the sanest discussion of the whole Benghazi imbroglio I have seen, which includes a strong implied rebuttal to the threat by several GOP senators to "hold" Susan Rice's potential nomination as secretary of state, is from Ronald Neumann, a retired U.S. ambassador who is now president of the American Academy of American Diplomacy. Earlier this month he testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the right and wrong lessons to draw from the killings of four Americans. The whole thing is worth reading, but I especially noted this part:
My final point touches on the political responsibility of those in both the executive branch and the congress. Personnel in the field must make difficult decisions about risk to accomplish their mission. When things go wrong it is reasonable to review those decisions, as the Congress and the Accountability Review Board are now doing.
However, if the post facto examination becomes too politicized you will reinforce at the political level in Washington a fear of taking risk that has already gone too far in my judgment. Sound foreign policy judgments require knowledge that can only be gained by interaction on the ground. If our diplomats now retreat even further into their bunkers, if they become even more hampered in their ability to actually understand the local scene, and if as a result they cannot distinguish successful policies from failing ones the fault will not be in some weak kneed "diplomatic culture" but in the failure of political authorities in Washington to assume their own responsibilities.
If this argument were applied to military operations, I am sure that John McCain would wholly support it. (You don't want commanders to become hyper-cautious through fear of being nit-picked later on.) If the Benghazi killings had occurred under a Republican administration, everything in McCain's recent record suggests that he would have been wholly understanding about the confusion inherent in the "fog of war." That is why McCain's showboating on this case, and the shadow it supposedly casts on Susan Rice, is yet another disappointing milestone in the sad trajectory of the later part of his public career. [Update: I see that Fred Kaplan has weighed in trenchantly on this case.]
As for Rice as Hillary Clinton's successor, on the merits I would prefer John Kerry in the job. If you have seen him discuss these issues in Senate-floor debate or elsewhere, it is obvious that he really knows them, and knows his counterparts around the world. Also, as with the choice of HIllary Clinton as Obama's first secretary of state, there would be a karmic plus to Kerry's selection. Like Hillary Clinton, he came close but not close enough in running for the presidency -- and, again like Hillary Clinton, he has worked loyally and skillfully on behalf of the Democrat who did make it all the way. (For now, let's set aside considerations of whether removing Kerry from the Senate might give Scott Brown a good chance of taking his seat for the Republicans, as he earlier did Edward Kennedy's.)
But when I see the cheap-shot, hypocritical, know-nothing tenor of the "arguments" against Susan Rice (by McCain, Lindsey Graham, and others), I shift from a so-so outlook on her nomination to enthusiastic support. If her opponents manage to knock her off with these tactics, they'll have every incentive to keep using them. Obama didn't need to send signals that Rice was his first choice. But now that the fight has shaped up this way, he really needs to take it on, and win. He's still in his first term, but this is the first important test case of what he'll put up with in the second.
Update: I wrote the preceding section without having heard anything about the new NRDC report of overall financial holdings by Rice and her husband worth between $23 million and $43 million, including an investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars in TransCanada, a company directly involved in the controversial Keystone pipeline.
At face value, the size of the assets is attention-getting rather than disqualifying. Not disqualifying, in that lots of previous secretaries of state have been rich, including the current one. But attention-getting in raising the question of exactly when a wife who has worked mainly in government and think-tanks, and a husband who has worked mainly as a TV news producer, built up these kinds of assets. I know a lot of people with more or less this career story, and I don't think many are in the same asset bracket.) The Keystone questions will require answers: why she was able to keep them in her current job, whether she would put them in a blind trust if she became secretary of state, and how they match with the Obama administration's reluctance so far to approve the pipeline.
To connect this with the larger point: If legitimate reasons emerge to oppose Susan Rice's confirmation for this job, fine -- let's hear them. But that would be different from what McCain, Graham, et al have offered so far.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says 14 more nations have signed on to a statement blaming Syrian President Bashar Assad's government for a chemical weapons attack and calling for a strong international response.
That means the list has grown to 25 from the 11 – including the U.S. – who initially signed on. The statement was unveiled Friday at the Group of 20 economic summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Among the new nations announcing support are Germany, Denmark, Morocco, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Honduras, Romania, Latvia, Albania and Lithuania are also listed.
The statement doesn't explicitly call for military action against Syria, as President Barack Obama is advocating. But administration officials say it's an implicit endorsement because the U.S. is publicly discussing a potential military strike.
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