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As Egypt's election campaign gathers pace, we are seeing the rise of candidates from Islamic parties, one more radical than the next. Across the Arab world, the promise of a new birth of freedom has been followed by a much messier reality.
It raises the question in many people's minds: Why does it seem that democracy has such a hard time taking root in the Arab world?
As it happens, a Harvard economics professor, Eric Chaney, recently presented a rigorous paper that helps unravel that knot. Chaney asks why there is a "democracy deficit" in the Arab world and systematically tests various hypotheses against the data. He notes that such majority-Muslim nations as Turkey, Indonesia, Albania, Bangladesh and Malaysia have functioning democratic systems, so the mere presence of Islam or Islamic culture cannot be to blame.
He looks at oil-rich states and again finds that some with vast energy reserves, like Saudi Arabia, lack democracy, but so do some without - like Syria. He asks whether Arab culture is the culprit, but this does not provide much clarity. Chaney points out that many countries in the Arab neighborhood seem to share in the democracy deficit - Chad, Iran, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan - yet they are not Arab.
Then Chaney constructs a persuasive hypothesis based in ancient history and modern economics. He notes that the democracy deficit today exists in lands that were conquered by Arab armies after the death in A.D. 632 of the Prophet Muhammad.
Lands that the Arabs controlled in the 12th century remain economically stunted today. This correlation is not simply a coincidence. Arab imperial control tended to mean weak civil society and a large role for the state in the economy. Chaney documents the latter, showing that the government's share of GDP is 7% higher on average among countries that were conquered by Arab armies than among those that were not. He also finds that these countries have fewer trade unions and less access to credit - features of a vibrant civil society.
There are less medieval factors. It has long been apparent that the dictatorships of the Middle East form close alliances with religious leaders to crowd out other leaders and groups. Indonesia, the country with the world's largest Muslim population had religious parties just as Egypt did. But it also had powerful groups that were less religious, more moderate and entirely secular. All these groups competed for influence on an even footing, something that is not happening in the Arab world.
Chaney's analysis reminds us that the real problem in a country like Egypt is that the military continues to keep power concentrated, undivided and unchecked. It maintains the central role in the economy. The chief challenge in the Arab world remains to create a vibrant civil society, which means political parties and also a strong, self-sustaining private sector.
The dysfunctions in the Arab world have ancient roots, going back over a thousand years. But this does not mean that the region is impervious to change. History, and the habits it engendered, are democracy's biggest foes in the Arab world. But as these habits change, things should improve. It is a prescription for the very long term, but at least it is a prescription.
For more of my thoughts throughout the week, I invite you to follow me on Facebook and Twitter and to visit the Global Public Square every day. Also, for more What in the World? pieces, click here.
Chaney is a bigot. He wants to blame democracy deficit on 'the Arab culture.' That's thinly veiled racism.
I disagree. I think the Arabs have every chance to choose democracy. The one element that stands in their way is Islam.
Islam is not something that can't be chosen, like race. It is chosen by people who are perhaps afraid to die if they don't.
Islam is not just a religion. It is a political and economic system. It is Sharia. Islam IS sharia, and sharia is Islam. It can not evolve, because it is expressly forbidden to undertake evolution. Try it and die.
The idea the the little list of countries is 'democratic' is highly suspect. For instance, could you form a political party in those countries that would dismantle the sharia system of law? In those countries, are you allowed to freely try to persuade people to take another religion? Can you openly criticize the government?
Voting was allowed in the old Soviet Union, as well. Want to claim that Communism is democratic?
Even in Malaysia, which is one of the example apologists give as an example for an Islamic democracy, you can not be a citizen unless you are a Muslim. Try to get a permit to build a Christian church there.
I think we should properly define democracy, so the term can only be used by real democracies.
The Arabs and muslims are learning from the thesis below and trying to evolve a paradigm that is more suitable to their culture, temperament and unique conditions. After all, democracy is not one size fits all as is evident with failures in India.
"Experimental Democracy" has failed in India. An experiment that was being shoved down India's throat by western countries too eager to propagate their own values on a country that was trying to decolonize itself while trying to shed the communist skin of being a Soviet ally. India was thus trapped. What has become evident now is that this "Experimental Democracy" has marginalized the country. The marginalized groups of the country – Dalits and 'backward' castes/classes, indigenous 'tribal' people and religious minorities have been disenfranchised. "The belief that corruption is the important issue in the country is shared only by the minority living in urban areas and towns who have been beneficiaries of economic liberalization policies mandated by western countries. The most important challenges of Indian society remain as follows: justice, social and economic equality and equal access to certain standards of life for all Indians. "While India seems too eager to please its western masters and put on a progressive and softer face for CNN for public consumption, people see through it. The consequences of this "Band – Aid" approach will be brutal for India geo-politically when it realizes that the GDP statistics that it has been relying to gage its progress has not amounted to much in the long run.
YOU said "failures in India"
Can you explain what you mean?
Ya, hinduism, racism, crime against humanity, Yes, India is a democracy but in hind, filth of hinduism, racism. not of truth but of hindu soul, filthy desire of hidnu's, criminal racist by faith.
Indonesia is the only true democracy in the region, free and fair elections. But it is young no one can tell, you have al-Qaida (we killed them all) in cahoots with ex military and serving, trying to kill the President. SBY said they wanted to turn it into Iran. There are numerous factors, ideological differences, geopolitical. You just cannot say who it will turn out and that is to be expected of a new democracy. Many forces at work.
SBY was told about the US Marines years ago, the Cocos they were not, Obama wants to be careful so does the Australians they will end up with a weakened declining defender US and a nuclear Indonesia and find them in a similar position to Israel. Albeit Israel is vastly superior militarily, than the Wizard of OZ.
Things like the Cocos and lack of consultation work against SBY and the moderates, in fact it turns moderates hostile, I know it does me, start looking at counters. It made me uncomfortable.
For Reality their muslim will burn their irrelevant primitive islamic books.
For Reality their muslim will eliminate islam that cage enslave their lives.
For Human Beings their muslim will sacrifice islam as foretold by islam itself.
Even their islamic allah feels Boring to hear the same islamic prayer in sorrow 5 times a day from noisy mosques.
Just turn off the loudspeaker mosques the noisy pollution the soul pollution only bring chaos conflicts all violence.
For Human Beings Sacrifice islam! Crucify islam!
See The Better Worlds Without islam the terrorist religion from the wrong past.
There cannot be Democracy in a Theocracy.
Anyone trying to complicate this fact wants to have both, and it just can't happen.
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Dire qu'il faut être professeur pour dire des âneries pareilles pour plaire et manipuler la moitié d'analphabètes qui peuplent les urnes! Rien de plus malhonnête intellectuellement que de faire le dangereux amalgame entre le pouvoir de Mo'awiya (les omeyades qui ont inventé le pouvoir héréditaire en terre d'islam) mais qui n'a rien à voir avec l'authenticité de l'Islam pour construire cette supercherie analytique. Mais de la part d'un anglophone c'est excusable puisque les musulmans des monarchies et des républiques héréditaires se taisent sur le sujet.
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In my white paper "P4: Building Great Businesses by Creating Great Employees" (see "Let Go to Grow," Investment Advisor, November 2011), I suggest that traditional business management strategies don't work very well for independent advisory practices (and probably not for other small businesses, either).
In part, that's because most owner-advisors aren't trained to be business managers. But also, without the vast resources of large corporations that enable them to overcome individual deficiencies with sheer economies of scale, the success of small businesses depends far more on individual initiative and teamwork that focuses their limited resources to maximum advantage. In this smaller business environment, I've found traditional management techniques are not only far less effective, but they can actually have a negative impact on the success of a firm.
Here's how London Business School professor and author Gary Hamel described the problem with management in his December 2011 Harvard Business Review blog:
"Hubris, myopia and naïveté can lead to bad judgment at any level, but the danger is greatest when the decision maker's power is, for all purposes, uncontestable. Give someone monarch-like authority, and sooner or later there will be a royal screw-up," Hamel wrote.
He added: "In their eagerness to exercise authority, managers often impede, rather than expedite, decision making."
In advisory firms, I've had to deal with numerous problems caused by owners who want to manage—or micro-manage—their employees: that is, to closely monitor the way in which each employee works, to make every decision regardless of magnitude, to generate every new idea, and to initiate every new project or job. The consequences are many and destructive.
To start with, "hands-on management" sends the wrong message: Instead of training employees to think for themselves and figure out how to use their own skills and knowledge to achieve the desired result, it focuses on the manager and how she or he would do the job. This greatly restricts employees' willingness to exercise initiative or use their own abilities or judgment. The result is far less ownership of the result and a tendency to let the manager "do it for them."
What's more, too much managerial input and oversight often reduces employees' ability and willingness to work as a team by dampening both their individual creativity and a shared drive to do what needs to be done. By limiting employees' vision of success—both for themselves and for the firm—over-managers find they increasingly have to provide the driving force behind every aspect of the business. This is a draining and time-consuming role, especially in addition to being the lead advisor, rainmaker and business owner, and is a major factor in the high burnout rate among independent owner/advisors.
Over-management also demotivates employees, dramatically reducing productivity. By focusing on how employees do their jobs rather than on the results, the manager's approval is required at every step of a job or project, causing unnecessary delays that depend on the manager's availability and increase employee stress levels.
Taken together, the effect of hands-on management is to create firms in which the owner/advisor has to be in almost constant contact with all or most of the employees, providing direction and feedback at every stage of each employee's current project or job. It's a business in which employees await direction before undertaking any new task, attempting to solve any new problem or fulfilling any client request; a firm in which employees feel little or no sense of ownership, of team work, of shared vision or shared success.
It's not a pretty picture, to be sure. To bring it fully into focus, we undertook research to demonstrate the actual cost of hands-on management to owner-advisors. In the clinical studies of the advisory firms with which we work, which formed the basis of our P4 white paper, we compared firms that use traditional management strategies and techniques with those that buy into our more employee-centered strategies. These "P4" principles are designed to train, motivate, incentivize and equip employees to manage themselves and each other, and to think and act creatively and collectively to achieve the goals of their firm. In theory, this frees up owner-advisors to focus on serving clients, growing their firms and achieving their goals—both business and personal.
How does it work in actual practice? Consider this comparison: At present, our consulting clients are comprised of equal numbers of P4 firms and traditional firms (despite our encouragement to adopt P4 principles), with both groups averaging close to $1 million in annual revenues ($1.2 million for the P4s versus $1 million for the traditionals). In our traditional firms, owner-advisors take home total compensation, including salary, bonus and owner's income, of $288,813 annually, roughly a 30% margin. To earn it, they work on average 48 weeks a year (with four weeks of vacation), putting in 54 hours per working week. That works out to 2,592 working hours per year, at an income of $111.42 per hour.
In contrast, the owner-advisors at our employee-centered P4 firms earn on average a total of $437,719 per year (a 36.5% margin and 51.6% more than their traditionally minded peers). To earn it, they take nine weeks off each year and work an average of 31 hours during the remaining 43 working weeks. That means they work an average of 1,333 hours per year, for an average wage of $328.37 per hour—some three times as much as the owners of traditionally managed firms.
To get those kinds of results, we start by teaching owner-advisors to stop doing virtually everything that traditional business managers are trained to do: hiring blue-chip talent, putting new employees to work as quickly as possible, doing regular performance reviews, paying discretionary bonuses, forcing employees to keep regular hours, maximizing employee time in the office, minimizing overhead and focusing on the bottom line.
Instead, we get owner-advisors to think about the top line and growing their firms to their ideal size to reach their financial and personal goals. We ask them to focus their efforts on creating a team that will work together to create at that firm. They communicate to each employee how the firm plays a valuable role in their community and the lives of its clients. They educate employees on what they need to excel at their jobs and encourage them to succeed by doing their jobs their way, using their strengths and abilities. Owner-advisors encourage their employees to make their jobs fit their lifestyles and family life, and provide the tools for them to excel at their jobs. Finally, owner-advisors must let employees share in the success of the firm they've helped to create.
By teaching firm owners to think of themselves more as a coach and less as a boss, and to provide their employees with the tools and support they need to succeed at their jobs, we've found they spend less time "managing" and more time working with clients, growing their business or simply enjoying their success—and they have substantially more success to enjoy. Their work seems less like work, and the office becomes a fun place to go. In fact, one of the biggest problems that P4 owners have is convincing their employees (and themselves) to spend enough time at home. Which, considering the traditional alternatives, is a wonderful problem to have.


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The complete write-off of the stake in Fuhrländer had cost Windreich EUR 21 million in 2012, Windreich reported (Windpower Monthly 14 August).
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So, anyway, I promise this is the last time I will write a blog post about having a miscarriage. But I feel compelled to bring everyone along with me to the closure I've come to, since I dragged you all into this story in the first place.
Here's why it ended up being a positive thing.
1. SR and I have grown closer. We got to see a strength and sense of humor in each other we hadn't seen before.
2. I had more energy to have a great vacation with The Lorax, step son and step daughter. This was actually the reason we hadn't wanted me to get pregnant when I did. This was our last summer vacation trip to the US for at least a couple of years. The highlights were a trip to Six Flags Great America, a hike to Brady's Bluff in Trempealeau, WI and step son learning to ride his bike. We had a lot of fun (see pictures below).
3. I was humbled. Sometimes it is good to be reminded that there is a limit to what we can control.
4. I really did have a nagging feeling that something was wrong with this pregnancy. And I couldn't gather myself to assume the role of the healthy pregnant woman. Now we will not spend our lives with a child who suffers because they were just barely compatible with life. Instead, we have a chance to try for a healthy child again. (Not because I'm trying to please any editors, but yes, of course children with serious illnesses are wonderful, but seeing them suffer must be so difficult).
5. I have been scared into eating better. I have found it really hard to adjust to the Danish diet as a pesco vegetarian, who was used to buying meat substitutes in the USA which don't exist here (you can't buy tofu or any meat subsitutes in the grocery stores in Næstved). Food is just really expensive here, so you have to plan and buy only the essentials. Sadly, what I ended up with a diet of largely oatmeal and chocolate covered marshmallows (flødeboller). Well, my diet was so much better during our trip to the US, and now that we're back, I'm going to continue that trend. The first big step was buying healthy food at the grocery store yesterday. I don't know if my poor diet had anything to do with the miscarriage, but if I get pregnant again, I don't want to be stuck with a guilty conscience. Plus, hey, a healthy diet can't hurt my running, that is unless it makes me gain weight :) (I guess that subject has been discussed here before).
6. We get to go through the excitement of "trying again". Well, I don't think I need to go into much detail here.
All of this being said, I just would love to get a guarantee that I'll get pregnant again.
What did we lose? A collection of cells that was barely visible to the human eye and a bunch of dreams. As Steve Q and others in my real life have pointed out to me, there is a reason people wait 3 months before they tell others they are pregnant. Well, I've never been one to keep my mouth shut. And plus, I couldn't stand the pressure of running Voyageur without letting people know the reason I was running so slowly. Yes, yes, call it vain and it is.
Just as an aside (the following are NOT reasons I'm glad overall about the miscarriage), there have been a couple of effects of the miscarriage I just wanted to share. 1. I was surprised to lose about 4 lbs over the course of the week after the miscarriage. I have read many places that women shouldn't gain more than a couple pounds the first 2 months or so, but at least with The Lorax I gained 5 lbs right away and that is also what happened in this previous short pregnancy. I am certain it was expansion of blood volume and the fact is came off so quickly is further evidence. 2. Such a short pregnancy (8 weeks since LMP) and I am a faster runner. I surprised myself by racing a guy in La Crosse in Hixon Forest at a just above 6 min per mile pace for over 2 miles . And that was with the recent blood loss) (oh and I was leading when we parted ways, by the way). There has been a little written about the doping effect of pregnancy, but not much. From what I understand, it has to do with the volume expansion causing increased red blood cell production and then coming out of the pregnancy with relatively more oxygen carrying capacity than one's body is used to. Then there is the fact that you train at a higher weight and then lose the weight. There may be other factors that are not known. But, the reason no one writes about it is it just comes off as wrong. Pregnancy is, after all, about families and babies and not about running. Well, that is true. But, again, I have no editors, so I can write about the secondary effects of pregnancy if I like.
Finally, I want to thank everyone for the heartfelt comments on my last two blog posts. I read and cherished every one and truly touched and overwhelmed by the positive energy and wonderful honesty.
Here are some pictures from our trip, for those who might be interested.
14 comments:
- Ewa said...
I've been "away" from the blog world for a while so I am not up to date. Just wanted to send lots of hugs your way. Years ago I had a miscarriage also but did not have your wisdom at the time (this was my first pregnancy too). You are a wise woman and I am glad to see you can see beyond your pain and disappointment.
I wanted to make only one comment on diet. Stick with natural foods. Maybe it is good that there are no meat substitutes in Denmark. All that stuff is highly processed, often loaded with chemicals our bodies have not evolved to process.
- 7 August 2010 at 14:00
- sea legs girl said...
Hi Ewa! So glad you're back. I hope all is well with you.
Good point about the natural foods. In theory, I love them, but in practice I am way too reliant on convenience. But life is not about saying "oh well", it's about saying "it's time to change".
- 7 August 2010 at 16:37
- cherelli said...
Hey SLG, Your words are perfect for me to understand. i could just cut and paste your thoughts into my blog to save me the trouble!! I was wondering about the secondary effects of pregnancy too...I am sensing from my experience my only underlying fear is "getting pregnant again and it being successful" and yet strangely enough I have a really good vibe about next time despite my brain playing with the "what ifs" (intuition vs logic?). Anyway, enjoy playing with some new healthy eating habits and the anticipation of "getting to try again" !! :) Thanks so much for your kind words on my blog.
- 7 August 2010 at 17:10
- olga said...
Here is to the lessons:) from first to last.
- 7 August 2010 at 19:27
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- 8 August 2010 at 05:40
- Angie Bishop said...
I love the photos! You look happy and so does the rest of your family :)
I found that after my MC my periods changed and I ovulated a few days earlier. I was worried that I couldn't get pregnant again but my cycle had just shifted.
My favorite fertility book is "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" Amazing. I was really shocked to learn things that I really felt I should have been told growing up and entering puberty.
Glad you found some closure. Its a wonderful feeling to know you are moving forward.
- 8 August 2010 at 06:15
- Angie Bishop said...
I love the photos! You look happy and so does the rest of your family :)
I found that after my MC my periods changed and I ovulated a few days earlier. I was worried that I couldn't get pregnant again but my cycle had just shifted.
My favorite fertility book is "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" Amazing. I was really shocked to learn things that I really felt I should have been told growing up and entering puberty.
Glad you found some closure. Its a wonderful feeling to know you are moving forward.
- 8 August 2010 at 06:15
- sea legs girl said...
Well, I sure hope you don't cut and paste mine since I cherish reading your blog and knowing (though through the internet) a friend who is going through the same thing. I love getting the chance to view this experience also through your eyes. And I am really glad to hear about the positive vibe. Interesting that I feel the same way. Maybe we'll end up having another and healthy pregnancy together :).
Angie, that is a really interesting tidbit about your cycle shifting. Sounds weird, but I actually had the sensation that I ovulated a couple of days ago, which would have been a few days early. But perhaps I only like to believe I know my body that well. I will have to try and find that book the next time I'm in the US. Sounds right up my alley. Thanks.
And, thanks Olga. As always, it means so much to me to have your support!
- 8 August 2010 at 21:27
- Kirsten said...
Good to hear that you are back on track!
I'm surprised that you can't find meat replacements in Næstved, there should be shops that are useful. Like Superbrugsen. Or some of the Tukish shops, they probably have soya products.
What about Bilka, it's so big? We live in Finland these years so we usually can find quite a lot of Nutana products or some Swedish produced soya products. But only in the frozen products section.
And is there no tofu in the cheese area?
Finland is also pretty expensive but you don't really have a choice when you don't want to eat meat for different reasons.
- 9 August 2010 at 13:32
- sea legs girl said...
You are making me think we should live in Finland... or Sweden! No, nothing soy in Bilka except soy milk. And I have found no Turkish stores in Næstved. And there is no Superbrugsen. We used to buy tofu in a Thai store, but it closed down about a year ago. I ran into Nutana products on a little trip to Sweden and I quickly realized what we were missing out on here in Næstved. But, honestly, there are of course many things one can eat as a vegetarian that don't involve meat substitutes. I just have to become less lazy. Thanks so much for your concern :).
- 9 August 2010 at 19:44
- SteveQ said...
I'm guessing, since Denmark banned trans fats and Red Bull, they saw the estrogen-mimicing isoflavones of soy and went, "No no no!"
- 9 August 2010 at 19:49
- sea legs girl said...
Insteresting, Steve. Well, I actually think Denmark is so behind in this case that they appear to be ahead. If you tell Danes about tofu or meat substitutes most give you a very blank look, including my husband, who was first introduced to them by me in the US. When I lived in France in 2001-2002, it was the same way. There was no tofu anywhere. Not even in Asian restaurants! I think Sweden and Finland are actually a little ahead in terms of tofu in Europe.
- 9 August 2010 at 20:49
- PiccolaPineCone said...
as far as I have seen, tofu is also absent in Italy.
On the flipside there are tons of lentils and beans.
- 10 August 2010 at 10:59
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John Edward Boswell (Hotel Keeper) married Bridget O'Grady. They had one son Samual Robert B 2.12.1897 Adelaide. Married Agnes Edna Trowbridge B 1901 Kyneton D 25.11.1920 5 weeks after giving birth to Robert Felix Boswell B 26.10.1920 Melb. He married Olive Elizabeth Gray B 11.6.1923 Woodend.
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GNOME IBus Integration
Gnome 3.6 will provide support for input methods using IBus, in addition keyboard layout configuration.
The integration includes a gnome-shell input indicator combining keyboard layouts and input methods selection.
For this to be a smooth transition for Fedora users, various changes and testing are needed, and this is covered by this feature.
- Name: Takao Fujiwara, Rui Matos
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 18
- Last updated: 2012-07-17
- Percentage of completion: 40%
The bulk of the integration patches have been merged upstream for GNOME 3.5.4, and should appear shortly in Rawhide.
See http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointFive/Features/IBus for more detailed upstream status.
Detailed Description
This work partly extends and replaces the experimental gnome-shell extension called ibus-gnome3 that has been in Fedora since F16.
- gnome-settings-daemon will not start ibus-daemon if it is requires rather than imsettings
- users will be able to choose input methods in gnome-control-center along with keyboard layouts
- gnome-shell input indicator will show the current keyboard layout or input method in use if they have been added
- basic hotkey configuration for switch layouts and input methods will also be handled by gnome-control-center
Benefit to Fedora
Currently the ibus-gnome3 package is not enabled by default and users need to enable the ibus indicator manually in Fedora 17.
When the ibus integration is done in gnome-shell, ibus input methods will be available in the control-center region panel and in the gnome-shell keyboard input menu without any manual steps (other than making sure that ibus and suitable ibus engines are installed).
- gnome-shell's input indicator will include input method support
- in gnome-shell ibus will no longer runs an applet on the panel
- gnome-control-center will provide ibus configuration
- gnome-settings-daemon launches ibus-daemon and switches engines
- gnome-control-center will provide basic configuration for hotkeys for changing keyboard layout and input methods
Nice to have in Fedora:
- setup input method hotkey for CIJK users
- setup default IMEs for CIJK users
How To Test
Install IBus and some engines, eg ibus-anthy.
Open gnome-control-center, region panel, input sources tab. Use the + button and add Anthy to the list of active input sources.
Verify that Anthy is now listed in the gnome-shell keyboard menu and can be activated from there.
Test that using Anthy to enter Japanese text works in gedit, firefox, and in gnome-shell itself, e.g. in the search entry.
Test that switching between keyboard layouts such as US layout and input methods such as Anthy works using both the shell menu and keyboard shortcuts.
Verify that the keyboard shortcuts can be changed in the control-center panel.
User Experience
gnome-shell input indicator supports input methods that have been configured.
gnome-control-center list available ibus input methods which can be selected for use.
Users will be able to configure hotkeys if they wish to switch keyboard layout or input method.
See https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointFive/Features/IBus for details on status of upstream patches.
- gnome-shell depends on ibus libraries
- gnome-control-center depends on ibus libraries
- ibus-setup won't be accessible from GUI in gnome-shell, but input methods will be configurable from the control-center
Q: so can you clarify in our feature page, what features are approved/agreed to include in 3.6 and what features are proposed but not yet approved/agreed?
A: Currently approved patches are gnome-shell and switching engines by g-s-d. Running ibus-daemon and g-c-c is under the review.
Q: which features of the above contains ibus-setup replacement say?
A: g-c-c.
Q: When gnome-settings-daemon is implemented to run ibus-daemon
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- im-chooser can be run by users
- if any UIs provide the option to disable ibus-daemon
- if ibus-daemon runs on any locales
- if ibus-daemon runs without ibus engines
- if imsettings needs to be run to export QT_IM_MODULE and XMODIFIERS
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Contingency Plan
gnome-3.6 is planning to support ibus, but in the worst case ibus support could be disabled from gnome-settings-daemon, imsettings could be reenabled for gnome, and ibus reverted to using the ibus upstream applet in the gnome panel.
ibus-xkb is also integrated for non-GNOME desktop newly. ibus-xkb provides preloaded engines, all XKB layout, variant ibus engines, frequently used input method list on ibus-setup, customizable trigger key on ibus-setup.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. telecommunications regulator said on Wednesday he is "deeply troubled" by Verizon Communications Inc's plan to slow data downloads for some high-speed wireless customers remaining on the older unlimited data plans.
Verizon, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, stopped offering unlimited data plans in 2012 and last week said it will begin slowing services for the top 5 percent of data users who are on such data plans in places where the network is experiencing high demand.
The policy is already in effect for unlimited subscribers on the 3G network but would now be expanded to the higher-speed 4G network.
But Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler raised concerns about the plan on Wednesday.
"I am deeply troubled by your July 25, 2014 announcement that Verizon Wireless intends to slow down some customers' data speeds on your 4G LTE network starting in October 2014," Wheeler wrote in a letter to Verizon Wireless President and CEO Daniel Mead released by the FCC.
"It is disturbing to me that Verizon Wireless would base its 'network management' on distinctions among its customers' data plans, rather than on network architecture or technology. ... I know of no past Commission statement that would treat as 'reasonable network management' a decision to slow traffic to a user who has paid, after all, for 'unlimited' service."
A Verizon Wireless spokesman said the company's officials will officially respond to Wheeler's letter once they have received and reviewed it.
"What we announced last week was a highly targeted and very limited network optimization effort, only targeting cell sites experiencing high demand," the spokesman said. "The purpose is to ensure there is capacity for everyone in those limited circumstances, and that high users don't limit capacity for others."
Although No. 3 and No. 4 carriers Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc continue to offer some versions of unlimited data plans to new subscribers, U.S. wireless carriers have been working to shift their increasingly data-hungry subscribers onto tiered pricing plans, which charge customers for specific amounts of data they agree to consume.
For Wheeler, the letter represented another push against an Internet service provider (ISP) as he seeks to establish himself as a strong defender of web users' interests who would punish ISPs whose business practices may hurt consumers or competition.
His efforts follow the FCC's controversial proposal of new "net neutrality" rules that guide how broadband providers manage web traffic on their networks, which has drawn fire from consumer advocates, the public and some Internet companies.
In Wednesday's letter, Wheeler also posed to Mead several questions about the plan, including the rationale to treat consumers differently depending on their data plans, the reasons behind extending speed reduction from the slower-speed 3G network to the more efficient high-speed 4G LTE network, and how Verizon would justify the plan under its current regulatory obligations, including those meant to protect "net neutrality."
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Matt Taibbi famously called Goldman Sachs a "vampire squid" in Rolling Stone. But some Wall Street traders and executives actually have fangs and many get them made from this guy.
Father Sebastiaan van Houten, who is neither a priest nor a dentist, is a professional fangsmith — and, he works year-round, not just at Halloween.
He got bit by the vampire bug at age 9 after reading Anne Rice's vampire novels. You could say he has dentistry in his blood — both his aunt and grandfather were dentists. So, when his grandfather passed away, he tinkered with the dental tools to make himself a pair of fangs and later served as an apprentice to another dentist.


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Alberta flooding not as bad as feared
CALGARY — Nine communities remained under states of local emergency Wednesday, but provincial officials watered down flood fears, saying the situation is not as dire as was expected.
"It shouldn't get much worse than this," said Evan Friesenhan, director of river forecasting with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.
While there has been overland flooding and sewage backup in some areas, he said rainfall in Southern Alberta was not as widespread as originally forecasted.
The Oldman River at Fort Macleod is expected to peak Thursday at 700 cubic metres per second (cms) and at Lethbridge on Friday morning at 1,800 cms.
The South Saskatchewan River at Medicine Hat should peak at 2380 cms on Saturday.
"We don't expect any secondary peaks or worse flooding after the levels do peak initially," Friesenhan said.
Stephen Carr, director of central operations with the Alberta Emergency Management Agency, said the communities impacted by flooding have shown "tremendous resiliency," requesting very little in terms of support so far.
"They're demonstrating impressive efforts by their local leaders, who we rely on, to actually manage the situation," he said.
"The situation is not nearly as dire as, perhaps, we might have imagined 24 hours ago and things are looking better."
Some communities have already proceeded to planning their recoveries, he added.
Claresholm is one of the communities under a state of emergency.
Heavy rain that intensified overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday flooded the west end of the town 132 km south of Calgary with water surrounding homes and seeping into basements, days before the anniversary of Alberta's worst flood.
By afternoon, 38 basements were flooded, six others had been pumped out, and residents were given the option to evacuate to a reception centre set up at the Claresholm Arena or else urged to stay inside and off roads.
Tim Dumais woke up at 5 a.m. to his neighbour banging on his door, alerting him to the creeping water, the worst he can remember in recent years.
"I looked outside and I had no yard, no nothing," he said.
In his concrete basement, only two steps were above water — the rest of it, his furnace and some keepsakes, were all submerged.
Mayor Rob Steel said Claresholm has implemented significant flood mitigation measures since 2005, when it experienced a similar event, including sanitary and storm sewer system upgrades.
"This event could have been much worse had we not done those things," he said.
"Unfortunately there comes a time when you receive so much water in such a short period of time it just overwhelms all our sanitary and storm infrastructure."
Other communities that had declared states of emergency include Claresholm, Coalhurst, Cardston, Coaldale, the Blood Indian Reserve, Medicine Hat, the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, the Municipal District of Willow Creek and Lethbridge County, according the province.
The city of Lethbridge, High River and Piikani Nation opened emergency operations centres, but were not under states of emergency.
In Lethbridge, 250 homes were affected by overland flooding.
On the Blood Tribe Reserve, 44 people were still out of their homes Wednesday after being evacuated as a precaution Tuesday and several roads were closed due to flooding, spokesman Rick Tailfeathers said.
Most of the evacuated homes were along the Belly River, which was swelling up to its banks.
In Cardston, the Lee Creek peaked about 4 a.m. but without threatening any homes, and in Coaldale residents were asked to minimize water use.
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Burning Building Comix is the graphic novel collection based on the Ignatz nominated mini comic series by Jeff Zwirek. Presented for the first time under one cover and in full color, Burning Building Comix is a comics art object and reading experience like no other. The innovative format of this book allows readers to follow the plight of the trapped tenants in a ten story burning apartment building, with each tier of panels representing 1 "story" in the building.
Stand-up comic is a comic about Stand-up comedian Buster Guts. Buster tells jokes about his horrible life in excruciating detail. Warning, it gets a little blue.
Comic comes with an easel on the back to literaly "stand-up".
8 pages Black and White interiors. Comes with easel attached to back suitable for standing.
Self Published Mini-Comic in Color and Black and White.
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Anthology of gangland violence by Chicago cartoonists. Edited by Jeff Zwirek featuring comics by Jeremy Tinder, Bernie McGovern, Neil Brideau, Rickey Gonzalez, Nate Beaty, Neil Fitzpatrick, and Sam Sharpe.
Silk screened, hand cut cover. Black and white interior.
All books designs by the author.
A series of Illustrations made to promote CAKE, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo.
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Just when it looked like a clear winner in the DVD-RW / DVD+RW skirmish was about to emerge, Sony has to go and mess it all up by shifting our focus to the next format: Blue Laser DVDs. What is this "blue laser DVD" that we speak of? Glad you asked. Current DVD technology employs the ever-present red laser to do its reading and writing. But as any physics student can tell you, red light has a rather long wavelength in comparison to blue light. By shifting from red (~650 nanometers) to blue (~400 nanometers), it is possible to utilize the shorter wavelength to pack the data bits more tightly together on the same physical disc area. Thus, we have a disc with much higher storage capacity. Why didn't the DVD format use blue lasers to begin with? Up until quite recently, blue laser diodes were completely unfeasible. It wasn't until a Japanese scientist, named Shuji Nakamura, invented the blue LED and then later, the blue laser diode. Now that blue diode lasers are "somewhat" more affordable and available in quantity, the different DVD consortiums have been working hard to produce a new DVD format.
According to this article at PCWorld, on April 10th, Sony is debuting a $4000+ High-Definition video recorder based on the first of the blue laser DVD formats called "Blu-ray". The Blu-ray optical disc format, which is backed by 9 companies (including Philips, Samsung, Pioneer, and Sharp), will have many new features and advantages including a maximum storage size of 27GB and write speeds of 36Mbps (4.3 MB/s). Despite this being designed as a "consumer" format, some strange features are absent. According to this article from Reuters, the new Sony "Blu-ray machine will be able to play red-laser discs using the DVD-R and DVD-RW formats, but not those using the DVD-RAM or DVD+RW formats." Why isn't DVD-RAM and DVD+RW read support included? Will there be any computer-based drives for use in data storage?
One can only imagine that it is a combination of political, technological, and perhaps even market issues. But the future of blue-laser does not stop here. An opposing blue-laser format called "Advanced Optical Disc" created by Toshiba and NEC is being designed as an alternative to Blu-ray. Details on this rival format are a little more sparse, but apparently it will be able to store 15GB on a single layer disc and 30GB on a dual layer disc. Additionally, the rewritable version will be able to hold 20 and 40GB on single and dual layers, respectively. ~ Write-up by Deffexor


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HONG KONG – Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday, shrugging off lackluster trade overnight in the U.S. and Europe amid growing optimism the world economy would start to recover later this year.
Overseas markets, meanwhile, were poised to follow Asian bourses higher as European benchmarks gained early in the session and Wall Street futures pointed to a positive open.
After a disastrous 2008, Asian stocks have shown strength of late. Analysts say foreign investors, who pulled billion of dollars from the region last year, have begun trickling back amid speculation that government polices to shore up a decaying global economy could help Asian equities outperform in 2009.
"The market is likely to trend higher. Markets in the region are definitely cheap and major players have been accumulating over the last three weeks," said Alex Tang, head of research at Core Pacific-Yamaichi in Hong Kong.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 stock average rose 37.72 points, or 0.4 percent, to 9,080.84 as a weaker yen boosted exporters like Sony Corp. and Canon Inc.
Sony jumped 7.6 percent, Canon was up 5 percent and electronics giant Panasonic Corp. gained 4.3 percent. Toyota Motor Corp. added 1.3 percent despite announcing new steps to reduce auto production in Japan.
The Shanghai Composite Index rose 3 percent to 1,937.15, as property firms got a boost after a top official said the government would increase possible financing methods for developers and improve access to low-cost housing.
Eslewhere, South Korea's Kospi rose 1.8 percent and Australia's key benchmark added 1.5 percent. Hong Kong was the only major regional market to fall, with the Hang Seng index down 53.80 points, or 0.4 percent, at 15,509.51 points.
As trading opened in Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.6 percent, Germany's DAX gained 0.4 percent and France's CAC-40 added 0.1 percent.
Despite the gains, there was scant evidence that the world economy or battered companies were on the mend.
Toyota said it was halting production at all 12 of its Japanese plants for 11 days over February and March. Overnight in the U.S., new data showed that American auto sales plunged 36 percent in December, with General Motors Corp. selling its lowest number in 49 years.
Amid the gloom, caution on Wall Street overtook the encouragement investors found in President-elect Barack Obama's calls for an economic stimulus package that reportedly could include as much as $300 billion in tax cuts.
The Dow closed lost 81.80, or 0.9 percent, to 8,952.89, but off its lows. Broader stock indicators posted more modest declines, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index falling 4.35, or 0.5 percent, to 927.45.
Wall Street futures were slightly higher. Dow futures rose 5 points, or 0.1 percent, to 8,823 and S&P500 futures gained 2.4 points, or 0.3 percent, to 929.80.
Oil prices were slightly lower after rising sharply overnight on concerns about Israel's ground offensive in Gaza and a dispute between Ukraine and Russia over gas imports.
In Asian trade, light, sweet crude for February delivery was down 98 cents at $47.83 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $2.47 cents to settle at $48.81 a barrel overnight.
In currencies, the dollar was higher at 93.67 yen, compared to 92.86 yen earlier, building on its recent gains. The euro traded 1.6 percent lower at $1.3430.


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MOSCOW, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Fourth-seeded Ana Ivanovic swept into the quarterfinals of the WTA's side of the Kremlin Cup with a straight-set win Thursday in Moscow.
Ivanovic won 57 percent of the points on serve and 59 percent of those when receiving in a 6-3, 6-1 decision over Klara Zakopalova. Ivanovic won barely half the points when serving in the second set but finished with four of her overall six breaks.
No 5-seed Simona Halep advanced when, after Halep won the first set 6-2, Magdalena Rybarikova retired. Seventh-seeded Samantha Stosur finished off six of her seven break opportunities in a 6-4, 6-1 win over Alize Cornet.
Also Thursday, Daniela Hantuchova got past Vesna Dolonc 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in a match that took 2 hours, 41 minutes.
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Few holiday centerpieces are as impressive, but you want to make sure you're getting the right kind of ham — aptly called "country" or "city." Country types are dry-cured and aged at least six months; they require three long days of cooking. City ones aren't aged, are wet-cured (injected with or soaked in a saltwater brine), and arrive ready to heat and eat — making them the natural choice for our taste test. GHRI prepared 16 mail-order spiral-cut hams according to the companies' instructions. Our winners will help you avoid buying a pig in a poke.
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The "natural, smoky flavor" of Honey-Baked's Half Ham ($73,95 for 10-lb ham, plus shipping and handling; honeybaked.com), shown here, won over tasters, who couldn't get enough of its tender meat and uniquely crunchy, sugary crust.
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Tasters loved the Holiday Ham Company's Honey Glazed Half Ham ($74.95 for 8-lb. ham, shipping and handling included; holidayham.com) for its "tasty glaze," moist texture, and hickory-smoked flavor.


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The field-removable battery can be exchanged quickly and easily, without the use of tools. The user-preferred, long-lasting Lithium ion battery provides 12 hours or more of scanning time and 45,000 scans per charge. The 1202g recharges quickly, resulting in increased throughput. Built on the platform of the corded Voyager 1200g, the 1202g is optimized for scanning linear bar codes, including poorly printed and damaged codes. Voyager 1202g allows enterprises to minimize manual data entry, leading to increased productivity and reduction in errors.
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This weekend's Soul Spectacular Will Splendorize Your Sunday With Sentiments Both Sacred And Sensual, so now's the time to shed the skin of Fridays Black, to be replaced with Sundays Soulful.
Meaning, that last weekend was Soul on Saturday, and then it was Black Friday, and now this weekend it's Soul on Sunday. Meaning, if you dig sipping the big fantastic whilst groovin' to nothin' but vintage soul, then Sunday is your day in the Monte Bello Tasting Room, cuz' that's all we'll be playing: 5 straight hours of vintage soul!
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Warwick Hills necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 67 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
ChilliHilli is a recently launched brand of baby/kids products.
Our philosophy at ChilliHilli is to look at things a little differently. We'll take something very everyday and make it easier to use, more fun to
play with or just better looking.
Our first product was a series of neoprene baby bottle coolers with cute designs for kids. We have a number of new products planned including neoprene pouches for nappies (diapers) and soft storage containers for kids.
You can have a look at our website http://www.chillihilli.com.au to get a better feel about who we are.
Our primary target audience is mothers of babies and toddlers (kids ages 0-4 yrs).
They consider themselves stylish and like their kids to look good (as an extension of their own image). They are active and have their kids "out and about" often - playing in the park, at friends etc.
We are seeking new design themes for our next round of baby bottle coolers. We also want to transfer this theme to our next product - a neoprene nappy satchel. We have inhouse designers to manage size and print specs etc for the manufacturer so we are simply seeking the design themes/images that we can use as a basis for a range of variants.
Our initial product designs (see our website http://www.chillihilli.com.au) have been deliberately "cute". They appeal to the kids but not necessarily to their parents. So with our new range (this brief) we require more contemporary designs that appeal to parents as well as kids - both boys and girls. I've attached a number of images to demonstrate the types of styles/designs we like.
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Cardinals have activated Beanie Wells from the NFL's new injured/designated to return list, clearing the way for the running back to play Sunday against St. Louis.
Wells has been sidelined since sustaining a severe turf toe injury against Philadelphia in Week 3. The league's new injured/designated to return list required Wells to be inactive for eight weeks, which meant that he missed seven games. He returned to practice last week.
Wells' return will be a boost to a running game that ranks 30th out of 32 NFL teams. The time off also allowed Wells to rest his surgically repaired knee, which was still bothering him at the time of the toe injury.
To make room on the roster, the Cardinals released linebacker Jamaal Westerman.
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Venison Pot Pie
- Serves 6
- Brian Streeter
- Pairs well with:
- Benchland Select, Cabernet Sauvignon
Chef Brian Streeter's recipe is just the thing for a cold, rainy night when you want to eat comfort food, curl up on the couch with a blanket and watch some football. This venison potpie is comfort food at its finest. This is a great dish to make for a dinner party as it can be prepared ahead and baked at the last minute. Enjoy with Cakebread Cellars Benchland Select Cabernet Sauvignon.
1/4 c. all purpose flour
1 T. smoked paprika
1 T. salt
1 T. pepper
2 lbs. venison stew meat*, small bite size pieces
1 c. onions, small diced
1/2 c. celery, small diced
1 c. carrots, small diced
1/2 c. Cakebread Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
3 c. beef stock
1 c. peas, fresh or frozen
2 T. parsley, chopped
salt & pepper
1 box puff pastry
2 T. flour mix
1 egg, beaten
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Mix the together the flour, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper. Dredge the venison in the flour mixture making sure the meats covered thoroughly. Set aside 2 T. of the flour mixture for later. Place a large deep-sided sauté pan or dutch oven over medium-high heat and add 2 T. of olive oil. Shake off any excess flour from the venison and place in the pan. Sear on all sides. If the oil is absorbed by the meat and flour add a little more if necessary.
Reduce the heat to medium and add the onions, carrots, and celery and cook for 5 minutes. Sprinkle the reserved flour mixture over the meat and vegetables, and stir well so the flour absorbs most of the oil. Raise the heat to high and pour in the wine stirring the whole time. Once this thickens stir in the beef stock and bring to low boil. Cover with a lid and place in the oven to cook for 1 hour. Remove from the oven, add the peas and parsley, season with salt and pepper to taste.
Pastry Dough:
On a floured surface lay out the pastry dough. If serving in a bowl measure the diameter of the mouth of the bowl. Using that measurement cut out six of the appropriate size rounds from the puff dough. Lay the rounds on a sheet tray lined with parchment and dot them with a fork. Place them in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes brush the rounds with the egg wash, and bake for 5 more minutes until golden brown. For more flare decorate the dough with strips of excess dough.
To Serve:
To plate lay out six bowls, spoon the stew mixture out in the bowls and place a puff dough round over the stew and serve.
*Cakebread Cellars recommends using Broken Arrow Ranch for Venison, for more information call 1-800-962-4263.