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How to change the date range of displayed worklogs on the Times Explorer page temporarily
How to change the date range of displayed worklogs on the Times Explorer page permanently
By clicking on the "Change Dates" link on the Times Explorer page, team members can temporarily change the date range of displayed worklog details. If that team member visits another page within Timetracker, however, and returns to the "Times Explorer" page, that temporary setting will return to the configured setting. This configured date range can be changed more permanently by an administrator within Timetracker's settings. We will show you how to do both, below.
Changing displayed time worklogs temporarily
1. On the 7pace Timetracker menu bar, click Times Explorer.
2. Click the Change Dates link.
Side-by-side calendars display:
3. On the left-side calendar, select the From date.
4. On the right-side calendar, select the To date.
5. Click the OK button.
The date range of displayed worklogs is updated temporarily on the "Times Explorer" page.
Changing displayed time worklogs permanently
Note: You have to have an administrator user role to do this.
1. On the 7pace Timetracker menu bar, click Settings -> Rules.
2. Under Times Explorer Preloaded Timeframe, type in the preferred number of months you want to be preloaded on the "Times Explorer" page prior to the current month.
The page refreshes automatically and the changes are saved. "Times Explorer" will now always show this date range on the page when you and your team members navigate to that page.
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Aundh Food Walk
Vikram Karve
Come with me on a food walk in Aundh. Let's start from the Body Gate or Bremen Chowk end of DP Road.
As you enter DP Road, to your right is a typical fruit juice bar cum pav bhaji open air place called Bala's. I'm real hungry, so let's move on.
There's Baker's Basket Cake shop to your left – it's not my birthday, and cakes are not what I have in mind to satiate my pangs of hunger!
Just ahead there's Bananas – a pizza, pasta fast food joint and Baskin Robbins. Looks good – maybe some other time.
Now we come to Deepak Sweets. Let's stop and watch the cute young things relish Bhel, Pani Puri, Chaat, Kachori, Samosas, Dhoklas and gorge on rasagullas and sweets.
Ahead is the Mann Dairy – Arguably the second best lassi in Pune (nearly as good as Shiv Kailas opposite Pune Railway Station). A must on every food walk in Aundh. And next door is Radhika – an Idli / Dosa place. A little ahead on the opposite side of the road are Vishi's and Mongini's Snack and Bake shops. And just before Parihar Chowk is Arya's pure veg and then there is a dark looking udipi managed permit room bar and restaurant of the ubiquitous type one sees outside every suburban railway station in Mumbai.
Cross the ITI Road and reach Parihar Sweets for a quick snack of Khasta Kachori, Samosa, Batata Vada and Jilebis. A little ahead is the unassuming Diwadkar [of Karjat Batata Wada fame] an unpretentious down-to-earth eatery for Value For Money snacks.
Then comes my favorite multicuisine café called "Polka Dots". Tasty food, but does not satiate! A decent place for a tete-a-tete.
And then we have the popular Shivsagar – A spruced up version of the ubiquitous Udipi eatery on finds in every nook and corner of Mumbai and Pune. And on the other side is the road is Jerry's and Tasty Bite Takeaway. Doesn't look appetizing. And the counter at Spencer's.
DP Road turns left and we come to Rasoi – a Tandoori Place which appears run of the mill and doesn't look inviting. A furlong ahead is the classy Seasons and at the end DP Road, where it meets ITI road is Sarjaa – a Mughlai, Punjabi family place.
Turn left on ITI Road and you will cross Kobe- the Sizzlers place, Pizza Hut, Pulse Ozone with its cafes and basement sweet stall called Kadai, where the malpuas and gulab jamuns are okay, a van selling Burgers opposite and a lady making dosas.
And of course we have the newly opened McDonalds opposite Convergys and on the Aundh Road towards Khadki there's the Spartan Irani-clone Maharashtra Restaurant, the Spicer's Bakery stall famous for its Lamingtons, cakes and patties, and Babumoshai Bengali Sweets for roshogullas and lavang lata.
That's all there is in Aundh. If you are a Foodie, think twice before you decide to settle down in Aundh. Around here you only get run-of-the-mill stuff, nothing authentic, nothing special, and no street food. After having stayed in foodie destinations like South Mumbai, this place is pathetic. Probably the IT types who stay around here are just not interested in good value for money authentic cuisine, and probably eat for the sake of eating.
But as far as I am concerned – "There is no greater love than the love of eating". So every time I pine for some really good food I have to go all the way to Poona Camp or into the heart of Pune City to relish authentic stuff and satiate my pangs of hunger.

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Artist Statement
As a painter, I am continually trying to express what is beyond my sight—to the mystery of the beauty of the subject matter. I try to discover what it is that draws me to certain scenes and not others— to find and then reveal its distinctive beauty —not just a likeness. It seems I am never finished exploring color and technique in order to feel that I have finally come a bit closer to that mystery in all things. My work is ever evolving as I continue the quest.
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ATTENTION: The MotoGP Argentina race has been postponed because of coronavirus, meaning the first four races of the season have now been cancelled. The event was due to take place from 17-19 April. The cancellation means the MotoGP class season season is now set to begin on May 3 in Jerez.
Brief History
Moto Grand Prix refers to motorcycle World Championship, during which the most competent drivers show off their skills and stamina in a series of 19 races across 15 territories. In 1961, MotoGP stepped outside the Old Continent borders for the first time after it was established in 1949, and Argentine Grand Prix paved the way for the Japanese GP in 1963 and the USA GP in 1964.
Throughout the years, MotoGP has suffered many changes, the most notable being the cylinder number restriction in 1967, which caused the withdrawal of Honda from all MotoGP events. Sadly, accidents and tragic outcomes have also been a part MotoGP history, which gave way to more advanced safety measures as well as harsher penalties for reckless driving. One of the latest events that revolutionized the MotoGP is the introduction of MotoE category, or electric motorcycles World Cup which will also fall under the jurisdiction of FIM (International Motorcycling Federation).
Race Calendar for 2020
- 08 Mar 2020: Grand Prix of Qatar
- Gran Premio Red Bull de Espana - Postponed
- Shark Helmets Grand Prix de France - Postponed
- Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley - Cancelled
- Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya - Postponed
- 09 Aug 2020 - Monster Energy Grand Prix Ceske republiky
- 16 Aug 2020 - myWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich
- 13 Sep 2020 - Gran Premio Octo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini
- 27 Sep 2020 - Gran Premio de Aragon
- 04 Oct 2020 - OR Thailand Grand Prix
- 01 Nov 2020 - Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix
- 15 Nov 2020 - Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas
- 22 Nov 2020 - Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina
- 29 Nov 2020 - Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana
Moto GP World Championship Winner Odds
|Marc Marquez
|Fabio Quartararo
|Maverick Vinales
|Andrea Dovizioso
|Alex Rins
|Franco Morbidelli
|Valentino Rossi
|Jack Miller
|Danilo Petrucci
|Cal Crutchlow
Bet Types
Extreme sports do not always have to be hazardous to induce adrenaline rush – one of the safest ways to get your heart racing without risking any physical injuries is to go online and visit your favourite bookie. Placing MotoGP bets can be just as exciting as the race itself, especially if you know your way around the betting patterns and learn how to take maximum advantage of early MotoGP odds.
Winning Drivers
Outright bet on who will win the race. Simple and straightforward, and extremely popular with rookie bettors.
Top 3 Finish
Aka "podium finish" bet, which requires the players to select a driver who will be one of the top three to finish the race. Some bookies also offer top 5 or top 6 variations.
Pole Position
The position of each driver is determined by the qualifying lap, and the driver with the best time will have the privilege of starting the race from the pole position. Another chance to profit from your favourite driver's need for speed!
Qualifying Top 3
Similar to the Pole Position bet, Qualifying Top 3 wins when the driver you selected finishes the pole position lap as one of the first three contestants.
Rider vs Rider
This bet places two drivers in a rivalling position. The final position in the race is irrelevant compared to how they rank against each other. If the drivers are not equally matched, MotoGP betting odds will be adjusted by the bookies to create a balance.
Without Driver
Races with a strong favourite can remove that particular driver from the betting market and the odds for the race outcome will disregard the title contender.
Without Group or Drivers
Pretty much the same as the bet described above, only this time more than one driver will be disregarded when calculating the MotoGP odds. The bettors can then lay wagers on the drivers outside the eliminated group.
To Complete the Race
Sounds easy, yet this bet depends on chance, and, as such, has little regard for a driver's experience or overall skills. Mechanical issues, reckless driving of other participants, or other factors that cannot always be predicted can prevent the players from finishing the race.
Fastest Lap Time
This bet is where all your hard work, data analysis, and extensive research will pay off. Selecting the driver who will leave everyone else in a cloud of dust can depend on a number of factors, such as track type or weather conditions. Driver's performance may change with the surroundings and it is up to you to predict who will be up to the challenge.
Number of Accidents
A grim side of sports betting, yet still offered by a number of bookmakers. The bettors will try to guess a precise number of incidents or go for the over/under variant (bet that the number of accidents will be below or go over a specified number).
Best MotoGP Drivers to Bet on
- Marc Marquez Alenta – Spanish driver, winner of seven Grand Prix championships so far. He debuted in 2013 in Honda team, and his nickname is Ant of Cervera. 2018 Championship position – 1st.
- Andrea Dovizioso – Italian, drives for Ducati (before Ducati, he was driving for Honda, and then Yamaha team). Dovizioso won WC 2004 and was 3rd in MotoGP 2011. 2018 Championship position – 2nd.
- Valentino Rossi – aka "The Doctor", multiple MotoGP World Champion and the only driver in history who has managed to win in 4 separate classes – 125 cc, 250cc, 500cc, and MotoGP. He currently drives for Yamaha.
MotoGP Bookmakers
UKGC and MGA licenced bookie, available as an instant-play sportsbook or Android / iOS compatible mobile app that can be downloaded from Apple Store. The new players are welcomed with up to $30 free bet (100% deposit match).
Owned by GVC Holdings, Ladbrokes is one of the largest bookmakers in the industry. The site is licenced by the Government of Gibraltar and UKGC (regulating the UK market). New account holders will be able to claim up to $20 worth free bets.
888 group is one of the best-known names in the business, especially 888 Sports that was founded in 2008. The bookie provides in-play betting services and sports betting tips, greeting the new members with $30 bonus cash on a $10 bet.
Coral is operated and owned by Coral Interactive, privately held company that specialises in sports betting. The registered members will be able to choose from hundreds of markets in real and virtual sports, politics, TV specials, royal events, etc. After you submit your first $5 bet, the bookie will match it with $20 in free bets.
Royal Panda
Extremely well-known bookmaker, launched in 2014 under MGA licence. The bettors will have instant access to the latest events across approximately 140 sports. Submitting the qualifying bet will unlock $20 free bet bonus.
MotoGP Betting Tips
Track History, Winners' past Victories, and Performance
When betting on the exciting MotoGP races or outright favourites for the championship, there are plenty of factors to take into consideration. First and foremost are the track history and your favourite's performance at a specific race in the past. Although results are not replicated each year (in most cases), track history is a widely important factor to consider before placing your bets.
Whenever you bet on a rider to win a certain race on the calendar, take a look at how he performed last year. Go back as far as possible, as tiny (and seemingly unimportant) bits of information may actually make all the difference. Take a look at his lap times and see if he ever won the race. If you're betting on a good rider that knows what it takes to win but has never won the race in question, it shows that he may have a problem with the track.
There are tracks which favour one team or another and are more suitable to specific riders. Of course, a rider's performance in the current season is very important as well. If your favourite is having a poor season or rides a bad bike, he's not very likely to win the race.
Weather Conditions for the Race
There's no way to predict the weather correctly. Things change pretty fast, but weather conditions for a race are a factor MotoGP teams always prioritize. If it's on a rainy day, riders will have a harder time turning corners and will need to use their "wet" instead of a "dry" bike. It goes without mention that the bikes themselves and their performance are highly different. Additionally, some teams and riders perform better in sunny weather, while others excel on rainy or windy tracks.
The Losail (Doha) circuit, for example, is held at night since it's in the middle of the desert. The intense heat during the day might cause many problems for the riders, so MotoGP moved it late overnight. Some teams and riders can perform great in suffocating heat, but not everyone is the same.
So, before you place a bet on your favourite, take a look at the weather conditions for the upcoming race and check his statistics from past seasons as well. Insight into both factors should give you a clearer view of what to expect.
Follow the Expert Opinions
Casual punters won't go wrong by following expert opinions when it comes to race or championship favourites. After all, they know more about MotoGP than most of us and follow all the developments much more closely. Expert opinions on MotoGP favourites are usually on point, but not all the time.
Before placing a bet, we strongly suggest checking out expert opinions online. Even if bookies favour one rider, experts might pick another. If several vouch for a dark horse to win, maybe you're better off with him. You'll surely win more than betting on the favourite if he passes the finish line first, and you can thank experts for it.
Current Rankings
Betting on MotoGP races also requires you to take a peek into the current rankings. If the race takes place midway through the season and your favourite isn't having a great showing so far, a bet on him doesn't make a lot of sense.
If the leading rider has won most races, he's the absolute favourite for the upcoming one as well. When you take this into consideration along with all the other factors, you can bring a good decision that will hopefully bring you a nice return.
Qualifying Form
Qualifying rounds take place before the races. A two-round system that forms the starting grid, the qualifying rounds determine the eventual starting positions of all riders in the race. The fastest rider gets the pole position which means he starts the race from the top spot.
How a rider performs during the qualifying rounds is of key importance for his chances to win the race. The qualifying form of a rider can show if he's up to the challenge or doesn't stand a chance. If he's far behind the starting grid of riders, chances are he won't be able to outrace them. If the rider you picked is the poleman and he has performed well on the track in the past, he's almost a sure bet to win the race.
Look Around at the Bookmakers
Whenever you plan to bet on MotoGP races or outright favourites, don't rush to your favourite bookie and place a stake. It's always a good idea to take things slow and look around at all the bookies before making a final decision. Another bookie might offer much better odds which means you can earn more. If this is your first time at that particular bookie, you might even claim a welcome bonus and place your bet with it. In this way, you may earn a solid sum without spending a dime out of your pocket.
Never stick to one bookie. The online bookie market is literally flooded with choices which may or may not be better than your regular bookmaker. Check them all out before you decide to settle on a favourite.
MotoGP is an extremely dynamic betting platform where one should be ready to expect the unexpected; understanding the odds is crucial and unless you know exactly what you're doing, your best bet would be to play it safe. Fortunately, the bookies mentioned above include tips, computer picks, and (in some cases) even hire experts that can suggest the best course of action for a certain market.
A lot of information regarding a driver's personal performance can be found on MotoGP official website, where you can get acquainted with the driver's full track record, best times, number of wins... For some bettors, research and analysis are the most thrilling part of the entire MotoGP betting process – one of the greatest advantages of the internet era is that you will be able to review hours of the drivers' performance-videos online, which will help you make an informed decision and improve your odds significantly.


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for years I still had contacts, was considered sociable/affable/cool/interesting and all the rest. Those vibes were tied to social contact jobs I'd had; and I didn't realize how I'd miss those until I retired from them. Still, I had a couple friends--until they died relatively young.
I know the fact that I was 'not from around here' put many people off. They didn't want to hear about other places, they wanted to tell me all about HERE. I was made to feel the outsider over and over again.
My part in all that is large. I stopped reaching out. I talked about that earlier, and my willingness to now reach out.
If I'm rejected, ok. That's a real possibility. But, I don't need to sit here complaining. Better to be rejected and know where I stand...
I'm beginning to rediscover the fun me. The friendly me. Maybe I haven't lost it, maybe it just got buried under a couple of bad decades.
It's time to stop the poor me conversation inside my own head and move forward. [...] Onward!


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Italy international Leonardo Bonucci made a surprise decision to join AC Milan earlier this week after the Old Lady agreed on a £35m sum for his sale - subject to a medical.
The former Bari man has agreed terms over a five-year deal at San Siro, where he began his initial career with cross-city rivals Inter.
The Rossoneri have been making big moves in the transfer window after having signed as many as nine players but Bonucci's arrival puts the icing on the cake on their summer business. Bonucci formed a brilliant bond alongside Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli at the heart of the Old Lady backline, but his strained relationship with manager Max Allegri meant that one of the pair had to breakup.
Bonucci apologised for his bust up with Allegri in the backend of last season, but this could not patch things up as the player also had his differences with several of the first-team players. Following hisdeparture from Turin, the centre-back posted a heartfelt farewell on Instagram where they was no mention on the gaffer.
The statement read: "Seven seasons have passed. Seven seasons of victories, of dreams come true, of growth achieved via an empathic and exceptional bond with Juve, in its absolute entirety. Six Scudetti, all experienced and earned by fighting. Naturally, there remains the great regret of not winning the Champions League, but stronger than that is the pride of success achieved and of being part of a big Family. What I see today looking behind me is in any case a splendid story, worthy of reaching its conclusion in full respect and affection, without undermining what I experienced together with the Club, the Captain, my teammates and fans. Thank you for everything, Juve."
Bonucci was tempted to join the ambitious project at MilanSerie A holders will look to move on from their latest setback in order to maintain their quest for a seventh successive Italian crown.


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An application was made last year for Sainsbury's on Curzon Road in Sale to redesign part of its store to include a fire exit.
The exit will be placed where an existing window is in place at the front of the store.
It is a good move by the Sainsbury's as they also hold an Argos store within the supermarket, safety is a priority.
The improvements will keep in mind Sainsbury's disabled customers if they are in need to be evacuated for any reason.
Trafford planning approved the plans today Jan 3rd and work can now get underway.
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Proceedings start today in the Market Court as Finnair answers a case that's all about how much compensation it pays to passengers.
The Consumer Ombudsman is bringing the matter to court, and Finland's national airline could face fines of up to €1.5 million.
The Ombudsman says Finnair should pay the proper EU-regulated compensation for any flights delays or cancellations.
At present, Finnair only pays up the problem is their own fault. If they decide the problem is the fault of the plane's design or manufacturer, Finnair doesn't pay the full EU-regulated compensation. Instead, they often offer a voucher, or cash payment lower than a passenger would be entitled to receive under EU rules.
"We think there is a difference between how the Consumer Ombudsman in Finland approaches this, and how it is approached in other EU countries" Finnair's Director for Media Relations Päivyt Tallqvist told News Now Finland last year when the complaint was first taken up by the Ombudsman in September 2017.
Finnair says it is trying to offer good customer service by telling passengers it might be a manufacturer's problem with their cancelled or delayed flight, but giving them some compensation anyway – even if they don't have to, strictly speaking, under their own interpretation of EU regulations.
Ombudsman's Case
The Consumer Ombudsman says they received hundreds of complaints about Finnair's compensation practices starting in 2015. They've tried negotiating with the airline to find common ground, but the talks went nowhere, and now the Ombudsman's office is referring the case to the Market Court – something that doesn't happen often.
"There haven't been that many cases that have been brought to court in Finland" Consumer Ombudsman's Senior Legal Adviser Satu Toepfer previously told News Now Finland.
"The Ombudsman has a statutory duty to seek to bring an end to infringement, and only after that do we resort to legal proceedings." she said.
"Under the EU regulation, the airline should always inform the passengers about their rights, and in those circumstances, maybe that information has been misleading".


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it seems that all the New England Patriots do is win, and that extends to its coaching staff.
Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniel, one of the hottest head coaching candidates in the league, has made a surprising decision:
McDaniel has made no secret of his desire to once again coach an NFL team. He had an unsuccessful two-year run as head coach of the Denver Broncos, going 8-8 in 2009 and 3-9 before he was fired in week 13 of the 2010 season.
But he's bee gold as the Patriots offensive coordinator. It helps that you have Tom Brady at quarterback, but he's been very successful at building an offense around him.
Additionally, it looks like defensive genius Matt Patricia is also staying put. He interviewed for head coaching jobs in Los Angeles and San Diego, but both of those posts have been filled. Patricia is the architect of the lowest-points-against defense in the league.
See? Just winning.


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A new higher-finish cannabis boutique has opened its doors for small business in the El Paseo Buying District in Palm Desert, California.
The Royal Highness Cannabis Boutique is an upscale retail boutique inside a dispensary, supplying an assortment of luxury cannabis goods as properly as accessories, tabletop décor, jewelry, and clothes.
Kevya King and Megan Stone co-founded Royal Highness with the objective of producing an sophisticated, avant-garde dispensary that would be welcoming to all consumers.
Stone says that, as a female-owned brand, she wanted the space to really feel inviting without having getting also feminine, and make patrons really feel like modern day royalty.
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A year ago, Americans saw the horror of Minnesota's Interstate 35W bridge collapse, which sent drivers tumbling to their deaths into the Mississippi River. In marking the anniversary of this tragedy, it is important to understand its systematic causes in order to avoid future disasters.
The Minnesota tragedy is part of a broader nationwide problem with structurally deficient bridges. The span on I-35W had been classified as structurally deficient since 1990, meaning that significant load-bearing elements were in impaired, though not necessarily dangerous, condition.
Bridge inspectors have assigned this status to one in eight bridges across the U.S., totaling more than 70,000 and 415 in Washington. More than 50,000 bridges nationwide are sufficiently damaged that inspectors recommend they be replaced entirely.
The major reasons for this systematic failure are shortsighted politics and misguided policies that cause funding for bridge repair to compete unsuccessfully against money for new highways. No powerful interest lobbies to protect against diverting bridge repair funds to new highways.
On the contrary, well-connected developers and road builders lobby aggressively for wider lanes, new branch roads and additional off ramps. Builders often prefer lucrative contracts to pour concrete and steel for new highways rather than the uncertainty of relatively complex and labor-intensive restoration and repair.
Any homeowner with a leaky roof or cracked foundation knows how tempting it is to put off repairs until next summer.
The state of Minnesota consistently gave in to that temptation. In fact, the state auditor found that since 2002 more than half of the highway spending in the state was directed to expanding rather than maintaining roads, despite the department's own "preservation first" policy to do the opposite.
Minnesota repeatedly borrowed money for ambitious highway expansion projects while leaving insufficient funds to maintain existing roadways. A 10-year study by the Minneapolis Star Tribune similarly found that state spending on new road and bridge construction rose every year and doubled between 1997 and 2007 while bridge repair funds stayed flat.
Federal policies fail to foster proper stewardship of U.S. bridges. Perverse incentives actually can encourage deferred maintenance. Federal formulas dole out money to states according to their outstanding costs for replacing deficient bridges, but there is little accountability to assure that states use the money for this purpose.
On the contrary, states that conduct preventative maintenance traditionally have been forced to pay for it out of scarce state general funds that are fiercely fought over for education, health care and other programs. States that defer maintenance and allow a bridge to deteriorate to the point of replacement can tap into federal capital funds – albeit at a much greater total cost to taxpayers.
Led by Minnesota Rep. James Oberstar, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed much-needed legislation last month that would provide federal direction and funding, while requiring state accountability, to repair existing infrastructure. Sad to say, this reform appears stalled this session, as no companion legislation has been taken up by the Senate.
Unless we change the way that America finances bridge repair, we remain doomed to repeat the tragic mistakes of the past. This anniversary should be an occasion to refocus on priorities that will otherwise remain forgotten and push for reform.
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Conference Proceeding
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Realistic 3D audio can greatly enhance the sense of presence in
a virtual environment. We introduce a framework for capturing,
transmitting and rendering of 3D audio in presence of other
bandwidth savvy streams in a 3D Tele-immersion based virtual
environment. This framework presents an efficient implementation
for 3D Binaural Spatialization based on the positions of current
objects in the scene, including animated avatars and on the fly
reconstructed humans. We present a general overview of the
framework, how audio is integrated in the system and how it can
exploit the positions of the objects and room geometry to render
realistic reverberations using head related transfer functions.
The network streaming modules used to achieve lip-synchronization,
high-quality audio frame reception, and accurate localization for
binaural rendering are also presented. We highlight how large
computational and networking challenges can be addressed efficiently.
This represents a first step in adequate networking support for Binaural
3D Audio, useful for telepresence. The subsystem is successfully
integrated with a larger 3D immersive system, with state of art capturing
and rendering modules for visual data.
Copyright © 2013 The Authors. All rights reserved.
Recommended Citation
Mauro DA, Mekuria R, Sanna M. Binaural Spatialization for 3D immersive audio communication in a virtual world. Audio Mostly - a Conference on Interaction with Sound, 18-20 September, 2013, Piteå (Sweden)


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I found this recipe via @williamcooks on twitter. He posted this recipe at about the same time I was considering baking bread. I saw it and jumped on it. You can find the original recipe posted here on Epicurious. I've posted a half batch with my changes.
I made the dough into a mini loaf (to accommodate my tiny Japanese oven) and buns. The buns turned out great.
Since it is a dense bread and that fact is stated in the recipe I should have just stuck with buns. The top of the loaf got rather brown quickly and the middle didn't have a chance to cook properly.
Honey Bread
Epicurious | July 2009
The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and Flavors of Africa
1/8 cup canola oil
3/4 tbsp yeast (the original recipe has a mistake on it so I guessed)
1 1/4 cups warm water
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I used 1 cup whole wheat and a couple of tbsps of bran)
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/3 cup honey (I used ume honey)
In a small bowl, combine the oil, yeast, and warm water and stir to dissolve the yeast. Let sit for 5 minutes, or until foamy.
Combine the flour and salt and mound in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle. Slowly pour the dissolved yeast into the well, working in the flour with your fingertips, then knead the dough until a ball forms. Knead in the honey (so messy). Don't knead on the counter – they honey makes a huge mess!
Put the dough in a large oiled bowl and turn to coat. Cover with a damp cloth or oiled plastic wrap and let rise to 1 1/2 times the original size, about 1 hour.
Grease two 9 x 4-inch loaf pans. If you have a small Japanese oven (think the smallest microwave you've ever seen) go for buns instead. Punch down the dough and transfer to a floured work surface. Knead for 5 minutes. Divide the dough in half and shape into loaves. Place in the prepared pans, cover with plastic wrap, and let rise for 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Place the pans in the oven and bake until the tops are golden, about 25 to 30 minutes (my oven took 15-20min). Invert the pans onto a cooling rack and let sit for 5 minutes, then remove the pans and let cool.


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The Daily Trump: I am Actually More Elite, Trump Goes To Hospital – www.swordpress.us www.pollvote.us
Trump argues that he is indeed elite
From CNN's Daniel Dale
One of President Trump's more curious rally riffs that he used tonight in Louisiana is his regular complaint about how he is supposedly excluded from "the elite" class.
Rather than arguing that it's better to be a non-elite than an elite, as another conservative populist might, Trump argues that he is indeed elite by all the traditional measures.
"I went to better schools than they did, I have nicer houses than they do, I have nicer apartments, I have nicer everything. And they're 'elite,' but we're not elite," Trump said tonight.
He went on to tell his supporters that they too are elite, in part because of how much money they are making.
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's physician released a memorandum Monday night stating the President's recent visit to Walter Reed National Military Center was a "routine, planned interim checkup."
The news comes days after Trump's trip to the hospital outside Washington drove speculation about the President's health because it did not follow routine protocol for a presidential medical exam.
"This past Saturday afternoon the President traveled up to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a routine, planned interim checkup as part of the regular, primary preventative care he receives throughout the year," Physician to the President Dr. Sean Conley said. "Due to scheduling uncertainties, the trip was kept off the record."
Conley states that "despite some of the speculation, the President has not had any chest pain, nor was he evaluated or treated for any urgent or acute issues."
"Specifically, he did not undergo any specialized cardiac or neurologic evaluations," he said.
The memorandum comes after medical staff at Walter Reed did not get a staff-wide notice about a presidential visit to the medical center in Bethesda, Maryland, ahead of Trump's arrival, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Typically, Walter Reed's medical staff would get a general notice about a "VIP" visit ahead of a presidential visit, notifying them of certain closures at the facility. That did not happen this time, indicating the visit was non-routine and scheduled last minute.
The source said it was possible that a small group of doctors involved in Trump's medical exams were notified before Trump arrived at Walter Reed, but that all medical staff at Walter Reed would typically be aware if the President were arriving for a routine medical exam.
White House caught off guard by news of Trump's call with Sondland about 'investigations'


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End of support for Windows and SQL Server 2008/R2 will happen, regardless of the course of action you will take. Even Microsoft itself is aware that the upcoming EOS is something inevitable, not just for these server versions but also for their other product lines.
Inevitable as well is the evolution of applications, databases, and even cyber attacks. Along with this evolution is the need for more updated, secure, and sophisticated technologies for modern organizations to handle these entities. If not, workload/database-server bottleneck happens, security compliance is at risk, data vulnerability is assured.
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Regulations for data protection boomed for quite a while now as data is now harnessed more than ever. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other country-specific legislations such as the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA) for the Philippines are just some of the religiously observed data-centric rules for compliance.
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It works smoothly with a hybrid setup
Let's admit the fact that migrating everything to the cloud could be impossible at times, especially for workloads that require immediate attention such as workflows and databases for banking, finance, insurances, and the like. There's also one reality that there are workloads that are better off cloud-based than be run on-premise.
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Hey guys, I have a few exciting announcements regarding the blog.
First-off getting the less exciting things out of the way, I have an announcement about the C-Gaymer Podcast. After Episode 10 the Podcast will be on Hiatus until the Spring. This is out of consideration to Mr. F.L.A.G. so he does not have to travel in the crazy winter weather we get here in the North East.
Don't be sad though, as of next week Mr. F.L.A.G. will be contributing his thoughts and opinions too in his inaugural post on the blog. Please read them and enjoy his unique views.
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Thanks again guys for a wonderful 2018. It has been an awesome year and I could not have kept doing this without all of you. See you in the next year!!


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not sure if this is a bug. One of my customer experienced an outage of a NAC-A-20 appliance. Reason was that one power supply failed and the other was not plugged in tightly. Normally I would expect that if one of the redundant supplies fails or isn't plugged in a SNMP Trap / Alarm is caused. Did anyone experienced a similar behavior or knows how to realize it? If not this would be a FR.
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I'm no big fan of our current president and his menagerie of misfits over in D.C. This probably comes as no surprise to any of y'all who are so blessed to know me. As much as I personally dislike Donald Trump, y'all aren't apt to see me publicly bad-mouth the pompous POTUS. I won't mention anything about his edematous egotism or all those sophomoric tweets, and I won't write anything about the possibility of Trump being in cahoots with the Russians. I definitely would never joke about his infidelity and sexual escapades. No sir, I'm not one to voice my opinion on the actions of our scarlet-crested commander-in-chief, unless he does some bone-headed thing that directly affects my personal life and well-being.
I just read that Trump's decision to impose a tariff on imported steel and aluminum could drastically alter my simplistic, tranquil life out here at the Crow's Nest. Now, I'm normally a peaceful fella, highly tolerant of those folks who tend to be inconsiderate of others and about as intelligent as bucket of dirt, but when some elected (not by me) government entity shoves a bur under my saddle, I'm gonna fuss nice and loud.
You see, I'm a simple man who enjoys sitting beneath a shade tree or a tin roof, sipping on a finely brewed mug of beer. I like trying new beers and visiting the numerous craft breweries here in the Texas hill country. Y'all won't catch me out on some golf course on a Saturday afternoon, but you're mighty likely to see me at a local brewery sampling a flight of craft beers. That's what I do, and I do it quite well.
Now, Trump's tariff on aluminum could produce a multi-million dollar tax on U.S. beverage makers and could possibly result in the loss of 20,000 jobs according to the Beer Institute. The tariff will make it more expensive to put tasty craft beer into cans for us Texans who enjoy a cold one while we are floating down a river on a summer day. One Austin brewery claims the tariff will cost them $50,000 annually, so guess how they will cover this cost? That's right, Bubba! That six-pack is gonna cost a lot more in the near future. Instead of buying Fireman's 4 or Thirsty Goat, you'll be getting Milwaukee's Best, Natty Light or some other beer that tastes like it came from a skunk's bladder.
Now that I have your undivided attention, y'all might be wondering, "If this tariff goes into effect and causes a drastic decline in the supply of affordable good beer on grocery store shelves, how will this directly affect my life?" Well, let me tell you. Instead of getting a 6-pack of craft beer from the store and sitting under a tree in your backyard with your loving wife, you will start going to rural breweries in search of a good, hoppy IPA. After tasting every variety of beer on tap, you end up passed out beneath a clump of cedars. You franticly wake up at 2 in the morning after rolling over on top of a porcupine.
So, do you now see why this tariff is such a terrible idea? Even if you generally support President Trump, all you lovers of craft beers have to agree, after reading my scenario, his tariff will be a big pain in the butt. As for me, if Trump proceeds with this awful tariff, I will be forced to take off my White Mule gloves and unleash my unbridled ire towards him and his presidency. Unless I switch back to drinking ice-cold Lone Star beer from a longneck bottle. I haven't read of any tariffs on glass. Cheers!
Clint Younts does love his beer. Enough said. Long live Lone Star.


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Thanks to a very generous teacher at an educational institute (cheers Trevor), I now have a Raspberry Pi (model B) for testing. I've been interested in this project: Porting LinuxMCE MD to Raspbian, and hopefully will contribute when I have time to test/compile.
To check the CPU/GPU speed, I tried installing Quake3. Had to compile from source code to fix library errors, and about an hour later, I had some Y2K era gaming fun. The FPS are a little laggy, but still enjoyable.
Next tried an XMBC distro XBian. Initial play back was smooth, but then decayed and the audio was out of sync for movie clips. Audio visualizations weren't accurate using HDMI (analog may be different). Which is a pitty because my original XBox played them fine. The main difference is the higher resolution GUI and digital audio out.
Thought of a good use for it; To replace the PC I have in my MAME cabinet (from my old site Haxordbox.com). I have found a few places on the internet that have MAME running on a Pi. There's reports of possible speed issues on games that have high graphics requirements.
Played a few basic games – 1942/43, Wonder Boy, etc.. Results look good using AdvMAME from a console, from an x11 Environment, not so much.
Compiled AdvMenu and AdvMAME for the Raspberry Pi, here is the source with compiled binaries: AdvMenu, AdvMAME. You just have to unzip the file and do a "make install" from within the created directory – after that it's just like setting them up normally. I did how ever have issues with installing AdvMenu, so I just copied the binary to /usr/bin. I have included the source as well just in-case you need to recompile it. I'm not sure if there was any additional libraries required because I installed them on an SD-Card that's already got other software on it. **End of Disclaimer ** 🙂 AdvMenu provides a good, basic menu to shuffle through a list of games. Again – Simpler games run better than games that are more graphics intensive. I had also read that this may change in a future release where hardware rendering is being developed (link pending).
By changing the clock speed, you do get better results, although like PC overclocking there will be a cost… "Fizzle, POP!"
- wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Porting_Raspbian
- www.raspberrypi.org
- www.xbian.org
- blog.sheasilverman.com/2012/06/raspberry-pi-and-mame-part-2/
- 1337technophile.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/compiling-xmame-106-on-rasberry-pi.html


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CS 261: Optimization and Algorithmic Paradigms
Algorithms for network optimization: max-flow, min-cost flow, matching, assignment, and min-cut problems. Introduction to linear programming. Use of LP duality for design and analysis of algorithms. Approximation algorithms for NP-complete problems such as Steiner Trees, Traveling Salesman, and scheduling problems. Randomized algorithms. Introduction to online algorithms. Prerequisite: 161 or equivalent.
Terms: Win | Units: 3
Instructors: Charikar, M. (PI) ; Kim, A. (TA) ; Meister, M. (TA) ; Zhang, H. (TA)
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Stubbington 10K Full results can be found here ----->>>> RESULTS
Alongside are the Totton Results (with thanks to Rich)
Alongside are the Totton Results (with thanks to Rich)
Mile of Miles results here
Victory 5 results here
Overton 5m results for 2014 here
Full Lordshill 10k results can be found here
Lordshill 10k Totton Results here
Mile of Miles results here Team Result here
5K Time Trial results here 16/4/13
Latest 4 miles time trial from Monday 25th Feb here
4 mile time trial tables here 25-02-13
Ryde and Bramley race report here 20-2-13
Stubbington 10k race report here 22-1-13
CC6 results here 6-1-13
Hants XC champs here
Hants XC results from Popham here 4-12-12
cc6 race 3 results here 2-12-12
Gosport Half Results here 26-11-12
HCCL & CC6 Results here 17-11-12
Lordshill Report here(new) & Lordshill 10m results here 4-11-12
TRC Great South Results 2012 here 28-10-12
Solent Half Race Report here 18-10-12
Clarendon Relay Marathon Results here
1st CC6 results here 8/10/12
Victory 5 results and league positions here 21-9-12
Totton Team 2 Testway Results here 9-9-12
Overton 5 results here 1-9-12
5k time trial results here from 22/8/12
RR10 Janesmoor Pond report here 21-7-12
Club Duathlon Results here 21-7-12
Mile of Miles results here 17-7-12
New Forest Childrens Triathlon results here 27.6.12
123 Decathlon Tri Results here 3.7.12
Lordshill 10k results here 25.6.12
RR10 Results Alver Valley here 22.6.12
Results from Braishfield Beer Race here 18.6.12
Copythorne results here(not age adjusted)
Manor Farm RR10 report/results here 11/6/12
Blackfield RR10 report here 31/5/12
Sundays Results and another 1st for Nick Buis in the Netley 10k and great runs from all our runners well done!!! results here 21/5/12
Wilverley RR10 Results here 17/5/12
Alton 10 results here. Well done Nick Buis 1st overall and Virginia Collins 1st in her age group 13/5/12
London Marathon Results here 23/04/12
RR10 race 1 report here 19/04/12
Mondays 5k time trial times here 3/4/12
Eastleigh 10k results here 25/3/12
Exbury 10k results here 18/3/12
Salisbury 10 and Mad March 10 & 20 results here 11/3/12
CC6 race 6 results here New overall results here 4/3/12
National XC Report here 27/2/12
CC6 Race Report here 20/2/12
Ryde 10m & Chichester 10k here 5/2/12
Romsey 5 mile report here 29/1/12
Stubbington Race Report here 15/1/12
Badger Farm CC6 results here & Race Report here 8/1/12
Hampshire XC Championships Results here Photos here
Hayling 10 & Boscombe 10k here 28/11/11
Gosport Half results here20/11/11
CC6 Report here 15/11/11
Lordshill 10 mile times and pictures here 7/11/11
Lordshill 10 mile and Tidworth 10k results here 6/11/11
OMM Results here 30/10/11
Great South Run Results here 30/10/11
Solent Half Results here 9/10/11
Hants XC Farley Mount results here 8/10/11
CC6 Kings Enclosure results here 2/10/11
The Final results for the Test Way Relay September 10th 2011 here. 20/9/11
Results from Overton 2.5 & 5 mile race here 4/9/11
Results from handicap run here 31/8/11
"Come and Try It" Duathlon results here 2/8/11
Latest RR10 results Janesmoor Pond here 21/7/11
New Forest Junior Triathlon results here 4/7/11
Well done Lucy Buis on Ironman Austria result here 3/7/11
RR10 Results from Marwell here 26/6/11
Results from Lordshill 10K results here 26/6/11
Club 5k & 10k Championship run at Copythorne results here 21/6/11
London Marathon Results here 17/4/11
John Austin Half Marathon results here 19/3/11
Salisbury 10 mile results here 13/3/11
Results for Eastleigh 10k & Worthing 20 here 29/3/11
CC6 Results full table here 6/3/11
Latest Results Heartbreak Half & Meon Valley Plod here 27/2/11
Stubbington10k Results and age related Results Full Results 16/1/11
Hants XC Championships here 8/1/11
Romsey 5 mile race results here 24/1/11
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- The website NYC Caregiver connects family caregivers in New York City with resources provided by the National Family Caregiver Support Program. You'll find a wealth of information on the site as well as local resource centers in each of the five boroughs.
- The staff at Presbyterian Senior Services provides guidance as well a range of caregiver services. Presbyterian Senior Services has 'Circle of Care' stations in all five boroughs and offers help in both English and Spanish.
- SNAP, or Services Now for Adult Persons, runs the SNAP of Eastern Queens Innovative Senior Center. The organization offers a caregivers program featuring support groups, individual counseling, and educational workshops.
- Willing Hearts, Helpful Hands is a community service program of the Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation. It offers a respite program with trained volunteers serving caregivers in Queens as well as Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
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`Our passion to destroy capitalism ... remains unwavering': Declaration of the African Conference on Participatory Democracy
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August 16, 2008
SACP leader Blade Nzimande addresses the conference.
As comrades and compatriots, gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 14-16, 2008, from all parts of the world, at the African Conference on Participatory Democracy, hosted by the South African Communist Party and the Swedish Left Party under the auspices of the International Left Forum declare the following:.
1. The African continent has been, and continues to be, ravaged by effects of neo-colonialism, the comprador bourgeoisie and imperialism, devastated by curable diseases -- amongst them TB, Malaria, underdevelopment, abject poverty and squalor living conditions affecting the majority of its inhabitants amidst its riches. That, the African continent is a repository of rich minerals -- gold, diamond, coal, platinum, plants, water and oxygen resources and others.
2. The capitalist system and imperialist forces continue to plunder these riches at the expense of the majority whilst enriching a small capitalist class and some corrupt African leaders chosen to defeat substantive democracy and perpetuate a neo-liberal democratic outlook that promises rights without substance.
3. Our revolutionary support and commitment to the total liberation of the people of Africa, humanity as a whole, the working class, rural communities and peasants, free from exploitation, capitalist slavery and the commodification of human life remains unwavering.
4. Conference called on progressive forces throughout the continent and world to remain combat ready and immersed as the vanguard of everyday battles of the working class, to free the world from imperialism, neo-colonialism with all its remnants and vestiges.
5. Our passion to destroy capitalism wherever it may be, to free society from crass materialism and consumerism and to advance to a society that is democratic, co-operative and communal remains unwavering.
6. Conference committed to struggle and fight for Socialism, which is the only viable solution to the neo-colonial and capitalist crisis, putting human needs before greed.
7. Conference agreed that Socialism is the future and we must build it NOW!
8. Our unwavering solidarity among the progressive forces of the left, to join hands and strengthen organisational capacity to build a world solidarity movement, more organised and structured, assertive and militant.
9. We pledge our progressive solidarity with the left formations that continue to operate under dangerous conditions of illegality for example in Egypt and Cameroon.
10. We pledge our solidarity and continued focus on hotspots around the world that are currently under extreme violent capitalist oppression and in urgent need of relief and basic democratic rights in particular the people of Western Sahara, Darfur, Palestine, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Somali, Burma and so on.
11. We pledge our commitment to the struggle for the total emancipation of women from patriarchy, religious bigotry, capitalism, racial and tribal oppression. Conference condemns the raping of women and girls and all other forms of violence.
12. We condemn in the strongest terms, the practice of child labour and child soldiers; this practice is an abominable true face of capitalism.
13. We resolve to contribute to speeding up the resolution of the land question, especially in Africa, where our people remain landless, homeless and enslaved.
14. We declare that, trade unions are potentially an important component in the struggle for socialism. We pledged to work to build progressive trade unions.
15. We commit to work with progressive forces amongst the working class, women's organisations, religious, youth, children, the elderly and so on to end this crisis of capitalism.
16. We commit ourselves to build organisational capacity and leadership to promote popular participatory democracy.
17. We pledge our solidarity with the people of Latin America who are struggling to build an alternative society to the barbarism of capitalism based on human solidarity.
18. We pledge our solidarity and support to the Cuban revolution and call for the end of evil USA economic blockade and demand the unconditional release of the five Cuban heroes detained in the USA.
19. That in all the above struggles, intentions and plans of action, participatory democracy must not, cannot and will not be sacrificed for undemocratic, dogmatic and authoritarian practices, so often destroying our best intentions.
20. We call upon all communists and socialists on the African continent to work to exploit all the available democratic space to advance the cause for socialism and to promote networking among African socialists and progressive forces. The SACP was called upon to promote this regular contacts among African progressives.
We, the participants of the African Conference on Participatory Democracy declare unashamedly, proudly and with the greatest passion, that history is not complete, until capitalism and all its vestiges come to a shameful end, and the road of the human race is lit with love for one another and with lit with Socialism.
As socialists we pledge to defend democracy, human rights and political pluralism.
Conference expressed its gratitude to the South African Communist Party and the Swedish Left Party for facilitating and hosting this historic conference on the African continent.
Conference also received and acknowledged messages of support from the communists, workers and radical left forces all over the world for which it was very grateful for.
Names of organisations present:
1. Communist Party of Egypt.
2. South African Communist Party
3. Young Communist League of South Africa
6. Young Left of Sweden
7. Press Freedom Committee of the Post - Zambia
8. Left International Forum
9. Peace and Democracy Project
10. Development Work
11. South African Political Economy Series
12. Communist Party of Sudan
13. Communist Party of Greece
14. United Democratic Forces - Inkingi (Rwanda)
15. Kabale Socialist Club - Uganda
16. Communist Party of Brazil
17. Centre for Multi Party Democracy - Kenya
18. Left Party of Sweden
19. South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union
20. Public Entity
21. People's United Democratic Movement - Swaziland
22. Centre for Policy Dialogue
23. Polisario Frente
24. Democratic Progressive Party - Malawi
25. Social Demlocratic Party - Kenya
26. Botswana National Front
27. National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
28. National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union
29. Communist Party of Lesotho
30. Centre for Civil Society - SA
31. Centre for Policy Dialogue - Zambia
32. Khulumani Support Group - SA
33. MSP (Brazil Landless Workers Movement) - Brazil
34. National Union of Mineworkers
35. National Peasant Union - Mozambique
37. Sikhulasonke Women on Farms
38. Swaziland Youth Congress
39. Communist Party of Cuba
40. Western Sahara Solidarity Forum
41. New Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)
Statement issued August 17, 2008.
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Opening address by Blade Nzimande, SACP general secretary
Cde Chairperson, Co-Convenor Cde Eva Bjorklund, Distinguished participants and guests, our Alliance partners, on behalf of the Central Committee and membership of the South African Communist Party, let me welcome all of you to this historic gathering. Let me also express our appreciation to our fraternal party and ally, the Swedish Left Party, for the continuing solidarity and support, as well as chosen to partner with the SACP and host this Conference in South Africa.
Incidentally we are meeting over the same weekend and same city as the SADC Summit. In addition there are common cross-cutting issues being discussed in the two forums, the question of democracy and development.
There are a number of reasons why this conference is so historic and important. Firstly, it is the first time that we hold a conference of this nature where a number of progressive, left forces from different parts of the world are gathered together to discuss matters of common concern. Secondly, the theme of this conference is so important in that there can be no genuine development of our continent without people's participation in the transformation of their own conditions.
A brief overview on some current global developments
Our conference takes place against the background of the growing reality of the failure of capitalism to address the needs facing humanity. We are gathering at a time when there are huge increases in the prices of, amongst others, food and fuel, and the consequent astronomical rise in the cost of living for millions and millions of working and poor peoples of the world.
As the SACP had predicted last year, the global capitalist system is now enmeshed in a deep-seated and systemic crisis. This does not mean that capitalism is about to be destroyed or destroy itself, or that a socialist future will automatically arise. It does mean, however, that more and more capitalism reveals itself as a barbaric system without answers to the challenges of our time.
There are many dimensions to the current crisis, among them the very high but unsustainable consumption levels in the US which have seen US debt (government, corporate and household) soaring to $48 trillion while US GDP only stands at around $13trillion. It is these levels of indebted consumption that have helped to sustain record levels of Chinese growth and indeed much of global capitalist growth in general. The "American dream" has been built on the myth of everyone becoming a suburban home-owner and car commuter. The housing mortgage crisis in the US and soaring fuel prices are striking at the heart of the dream.
We are living in a period, possibly a relatively long period, in which the US increasingly loses its dominant economic position within the world capitalist system. It has fallen behind in terms of productivity in virtually all sectors, with the notable exception of military weaponry. And therein lies another grave threat to humanity. More and more the US will be inclined to assert its dominance through armed intervention. This is notably the case in regard to energy.
In 1998 shock waves reverberated through US ruling circles when the country began for the first time to import more than 50% of the petroleum it consumed. At the same time, many analysts and scientists began to confirm what had previously been regarded only as something remote - global oil production was in fact fast approaching a peak. The strategic decision to intensify US military, political and economic hegemony in oil producing regions, particularly the Middle East, was taken.
The September 11 terrorist attacks simply became an excuse for the implementation of a decision already taken - the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and (possibly a planned attack) on Iran. No less an authority than the former Federal Reserve Bank chairperson, Alan Greenspan has written in his recent memoirs: "I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: that the Iraq war is largely about oil."
In short the post-1989 capitalist and neo-liberal triumphalism is gone, and we are faced with the stark reality that capitalism and its neo-liberal policies is no solution to the problems facing humanity today.
It is for some of these reasons above that the SACP remains deeply committed to working class international solidarity and the building of a strong, progressive peace movement in the world, opposed to war and plunder of the planet's resources. It is also for these reasons that the SACP remains committed towards the building of a progressive movement for peace, democracy and socialism on the African continent.
That is why this conference is so significant and important as one further platform to build such international solidarity.
The contradictory realities of post-colonial Africa
As the SACP we have argued that the fundamental task facing the African continent is that of taking forward and completing the national democratic revolution (NDR), in all its aspects and dimension. The crisis facing Africa remains its deepening marginalisation and impoverishment within the global imperialist system, the failure over many decades of a variety of elite-based neo-colonial agendas on the one hand, and the degeneration and in several cases the collapse of more radical national democratic revolutions led by former liberation movements on the other.
Our view is that at the heart of revitalising the African revolution is the task of creating the conditions (i.e. the social, economic, democratic, and organisational space and capacity) for the key national democratic protagonists - the working class, the peasantry, the mass of urban and rural marginalized (many of them youth), together with patriotic middle strata in the state and civil society - to become the key motive force of re-radicalisation, not just in theory but in practice.
The SACP has also chosen to pose the question of democracy and development in present day Africa within the context of a situation where many former national liberation and other anti-colonial movements are now in power; and the complexities that have arisen, especially now in the post Cold War era.
Indeed it must be said that the end of colonialism in Africa, with the exception of Western Sahara, has seen many positive developments in our continent, including in many cases improved access by our people to many basic services like education and health, that they were deprived of under colonialism. In many instances there has been significant opening of democratic space. However, there is still a deep systemic crisis on our continent.
It goes without saying that the local defeat of colonialism and neo-colonialism in, for instance, an India, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, or South Africa does not mark the end of an anti-imperialist struggle. With the winning of state power (whether by capture, elections, negotiations or some combination of these) comes a new set of challenges, and an intensified imperialist struggle against the new reality. This imperialist struggle is obviously designed to prevent the consolidation and advance of political and socio-economic transformation that will give real substance to the newly won political power.
The imperialist agenda assumes many forms - from aggressive destabilisation campaigns, sanctions, the fomenting of civil war, through to more indirect economic leverage (entrapment in structural adjustment programmes or the comprador seduction of the new political elite.). Obviously there may often be a combination of these, or different strategies might be applied at different times to the same post-independence formation.
Linked to all of this, ideologically, there is a campaign designed to sow demoralisation, you either have to conform to a neo-liberal straight-jacket or you are "bound to fail" as a radical national liberation movement. What this message of "inevitable failure" conceals is, of course, the active and persistent role that imperialist undermining plays in ensuring compliance or failure.
But compliance or failure are not inevitable, and where they occur it always has much to do with the objective and subjective factors at play within post-independence liberation movements and their societies. (And much the same can be said of the 20th century history of communist parties in power). The degree to which the imperialist strategy has leverage on a local situation has a great deal to do with the capacity and character of the national liberation movement itself. Central in this is the role of mass struggles, and the relationship between liberation movements in power and mass organisations.
Let's generalise by way of a relatively common (but not predetermined) trajectory. After independence, the broad national front, once united behind a unifying task of defeating colonialism, shows signs of fragmentation - as different class, regional and ethnic interests emerge, each laying claim to its "share" of the post-independence "dividend".
This is particularly noticeable in societies in which the working class is relatively small, or disorganised - with other class strata (the petty bourgeoisie, an emergent comprador elite, or a scattered peasantry) typically lacking the capacity to lead a sustained patriotic struggle.
A new governing stratum may be inclined to actively (or unwittingly) demobilise its mass base (the motive forces of the NDR), because of technocratic illusions ("we are in power, we will deliver to citizen-consumers"), or because the new governing elite's class interests might be threatened by ongoing militant peasant, or working class, or urban and rural poor struggles.
Externally or internally-inspired destabilisation might at first legitimately justify the need to close ranks, even to temporarily suspend democratic space - but these measures often have a creeping habit of becoming a permanent state of siege which spuriously justifies crack-downs on rivals within the broad liberation movement, or within one's own party, and the general suppression of popular forces. Politics increasingly becomes the politics of a ruling elite - factional struggles within a ruling party, in which the factions are barely distinguishable from each other in terms of programmatic politics.
Politics is about defending or increasing access to state power for self-accumulation and for elite reproduction by way of building a base (usually ethnic or regional) through patronage distribution.
The terrain of serious transformational politics is further neutralised by the fact that the major decisions are made somewhere else (by the IMF, World Bank, Club of Paris, etc) because you have been entrapped in a structural adjustment programme, or because you have willingly implemented your own SAP that it is beyond democratic debate, that is, beyond democratic political debate or engagement or mass involvement.
The motive forces required for an ongoing NDR are reduced to spectators or fans of this or that factional personality, or become disgruntled, marginalized and despairing (and therefore fodder for mobilisation by contras, imperialist funded pseudo-social movements, or banditry).
These are tendencies. They are not written in stone, but they are also familiar to all of us, and clearly here in South Africa, while we have not remotely deteriorated to this extent, we should also not assume that we are immune.
We have noted the inevitable imperialist (and in our case, indigenous monopoly capital) attempts to smash and/or colonise a post-independence National Liberation Movements. And we have noted tendencies within NLMs after independence to become bureaucratic, aloof from a former mass base, to piratise and undermine the coherence of the state, and generally to lose direction.
There is also a third tendency, in many respects a result and a symptom of the above realities. In many post-colonial situations, there are variants of ultra-leftism that paradoxically arrive at the same conclusions as imperialism about the 'fate' of liberation movements in a post colonial context, that they are bound to fail.
The main argument of this tendency is that in such liberation movements, the working class has subjugated itself to an "always-already" conservative nationalist agenda, that is always liable to collaboration with imperialism at the expense of the interests of the poor. For these currents, there is an outright rejection of socialist or working class participation in broad national liberation fronts, because, they claim, it is inevitable for working class interests to be submerged in such broad fronts.
The SACP has consistently critiqued the three ideological positions - the imperialists' (and their local mouth-pieces') "inevitable failure", of democratic revolutions and the tendency to "blame all our problems exclusively on imperialism" without a simultaneous internal self-reflection and criticism. We have consistently made this critique, not out of our own 'habits', but because these positions are thoroughly undialectical in engaging the historical realities of national liberation movements, especially after independence. They analyse these developments out of a pre-written script.
We would of course not expect imperialism to have any interest other than to undermine any prospects of revolutionary transformations in the world. The end of the Cold War has not lessened the counter-revolutionary onslaught on revolutionary transformations, but has instead intensified them, albeit less through direct occupation or direct colonial control, but through the imposition of a global neo-liberal order. It will be important that we firmly locate our deliberations at against the background of all these realities.
Indeed many of the former national liberation movements have either changed in form or even substance, but we would argue that the underlying vision of a thorough-going democratic revolution are even more relevant today. These tasks are essentially that of liberating and developing our countries by addressing three deeply interrelated contradictions, those of class, national and gender contradictions.
In many ways the fundamental challenge and crises in our SADC region, and indeed in the African continent as a whole, are that these liberation movements, at best, never completed these tasks or at worst, have turned their backs on them!
But... what is to be completed?
Many 20th century national liberation movements, especially in our Southern African region, were guided and informed by perspectives of liberating our people from the twin evils of economic exploitation and political (colonial) oppression.
It was within the context of the above challenges that, amongst others, the concept and revolutionary practice of a national democratic revolution arose and became part of the lexicon of radical national liberation movements, based on the understanding of the deep interconnectedness between economic exploitation and national oppression.
In some cases, some of these liberation movements, proclaimed themselves 'Marxist-Leninist' (eg MPLA, Frelimo and Zanu), even where the conditions for the entire NLM to convert to a socialist formation did not exist.
Most of these liberation movements understood, amongst others, the following:
• That our revolutions sought to address the class, national and gender contradictions in an interrelated manner. Much as these contradictions could not be mechanically collapsed into each other, but they, at the same time, could not be addressed in isolation from each other.
• True liberation could not be attained without a re-arrangement of colonial economic relations - a fundamental transformation of the peripheral, or (in South Africa's case) semi-peripheral accumulation path into which they were locked and subordinated.
• That the existence of the Soviet Union provided the necessary support and counter-balance to the US-led imperialist order.
• That mass participation was central in the democratic revolution Liberation movements in power.
Ascendancy to power by (former) liberation movements has always posed very complex challenges and problems, which seem to have deepened after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Indeed some of the former liberation movements on ascending to power quickly consolidated and proceeded to socialism (China, Cuba, Vietnam, etc). Many others unfortunately deteriorated and even disintegrated (eg Indian Congress, ZANU-PF, etc).
There seems to be very little in between these experiences, with the partial exception of left mass movements, not so much liberation movements as we have historically understood them, capturing power currently in Latin America- but essentially pursuing a national (and even regional/bolivarian) democratic revolutionary path in which the key motive forces of ongoing struggle are the working class, the peasantry, the urban and rural poor and the progressive middle strata.
The centrality of mass struggle and mass participation
As the SACP we have over the years debated the issue of experiences of liberation movements, especially in our SADC region. Time does not permit a fuller exposition of our analysis, and therefore will just focus on some of these experiences as they relate to the theme of our conference.
• The character of these movements has undergone significant transformation, principally as a result of ascendancy to state power and the emergence of new (typically comprador and/or parasitic) capitalist strata.
• In a number of cases the relationship between these movements and their mass bases has been transformed into an (at best) electoral, rather than a mobilisational and activist, relationship as was the case prior to liberation.
• There is a tension and even conflict between the liberation movements and some of their former constituency, and most significantly the trade union movement. In the Zambian case for example the Kaunda government was removed by a trade union led struggle, unions which were an important component of the national liberation movement. Whilst the Zambian case is that of a trade union movement hijacked by pro-imperialist forces to dislodge the liberation movement from power, this should not be generalised as the case in all instances.
• The relationship between the movement and its mass base has more or less exclusively become that of the relationship between government and 'citizens.'
• There seems to be a tension between being both a ruling party, and at the same time being at the head of mobilisation of the constituent parts of the liberation movement.
• There has been general demobilisation of the liberation movement post independence, and in some instance former liberation movements now in power deliberately seeking to weaken mass mobilisation and seek to deal with all else as government.
• In many cases multi-party democracy has not brought about the intended consequences of deepening democracy, but has tended to be an electoral competition between political parties representing different fractions of the elite.
It is for these reasons that this conference and the theme it is addressing is of such fundamental importance for our country, region and continent.
Socialism is the future, build it now
Let me end by very briefly highlighting some of the key organisational features and challenges of our own movement and the SACP in particular.
In our case, we have a decades old alliance that has consciously sought to forge a progressive agenda for development in our country. Our intention also is for this Alliance to seek to lead broader democratic forces and ensure mass participation of our people. Indeed our Alliance has not been without its own problems and challenges, including the very serious challenge of being simultaneously a ruling movement and at the same time continue to mobilise the people; and the challenge of the relationship of the different components of our Alliance to state power.
We will further reflect on these matters during our own input in one of the panels.
Immediately after the first democratic elections in 1994, the SACP, at our 9th Congress in 1995, adopted a strategic and programmatic slogan, 'Socialism is the future, build it now'. This was largely informed by the fact that with the new post-1994 conditions in our country, we needed to strategically and practically rethink the link between the national democratic struggle with our longer term objectives of socialism under these conditions.
We re-affirmed the continued relevance of our Alliance, guided by the Freedom Charter and the RDP, but understood that much as the national democratic revolution is not a socialist struggle, it cannot be deepened in our conditions without socialist-oriented measures, without which we will not transform the embedded colonial features of our capitalist accumulation path which continues to reproduce racialised underdevelopment, poverty and inequality.
One way through which we characterised this was that our revolution was encumbered by the same national, gender and class contradictions it sought to address; and that these cannot be addressed in isolation from each other. At the heart of this is the fact that the South African reality is that of a liberation movement that has acquired political power, but economic power still remains firmly in the hands of the same old white capitalist class, with a tiny emergent black stratum of that capitalist class.
Within this context we re-affirmed the centrality of the ANC in leading our democratic revolution after 1994, but at the same time ensuring that we build power of the working class in society and intensifying the struggle against the capitalist system and its market. Whilst we accept that the national democratic revolution has its distinct features and goals, for us it is simultaneously a terrain for the struggle for socialism; whilst not reducing the NDR into a socialist struggle.
A key factor in our strategic thinking continues to be the fact that the working class must be strengthened in order to act as the main and leading motive force in consolidating and deepening the national democratic revolution. The ANC still remains the best force in taking forward the NDR.
As our contribution towards building people's power in the current period, the SACP has committed itself to building working class and mass power in six key sites of power: the state, the economy, the community, the workplace, ideologically and through international solidarity.
With these words we are looking forward to productive engagements at this conference, and learning from each other's experiences. However, it would also be important to come up with some concrete proposals on how we deepen our solidarity and take forward common views that I am sure will emerge out of this gathering.
Thank you.