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|Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright
Remarks at Event Sponsored by the Bohemia Foundation
Prague, Czech Republic, March 7, 2000
As released by the Office of the Spokesman
U.S. Department of State
SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: (In Czech) Thank you very much for the beautiful words (inaudible).
Thank you, Foreign Minister Kavan, Karel Schwarzenberg, Ivana Stefkova, excellencies from the diplomatic corps, members of the Bohemia Foundation and the Jan Masaryk Society, distinguished guests and friends. Thank you very much for your welcome. It is a great honor for me to participate in observing the 150th anniversary of Tomas Masaryk's birth. And a real pleasure to meet with everybody today.
I am especially pleased to be joined by America's Ambassador to the Czech Republic, John Shattuck and his wife, Ellen. It is only fitting that President Clinton would choose one of our nation's finest leaders on human rights to represent the United States to one of our country's closest friends. And I hope you agree he and his entire embassy are doing a truly outstanding job.
I would like to begin by expressing my thanks to the Bohemia Foundation for sponsoring this event. In just a short time, the Foundation has established a fine reputation as a forum for the exchange of views on issues that affect us all.
And I want especially to extend again my profound thanks to the Jan Masaryk Society for awarding me, along with my friend, the Foreign Minister, the Medal of Jan Masaryk. I cannot tell you how much this means to me.
Like his father, Jan Masaryk represented a philosophy that dates back in Czech history more than half a millennium to a time when much of the rest of Europe was still shrouded in darkness, but this land was alive with liberty and a commitment to a free expression.
It's a philosophy of ideals backed by actions; a philosophy similar to that which inspired the founding of the United States; and which in turn aided Tomas Masaryk in his struggle for recognition of an independent Czechoslovakia. This same tradition later helped Vaclav Havel and his many colleagues lift the Iron Curtain and raise again the flag of freedom.
This thinking is grounded in a fundamental optimism about the ability of human beings to make progress in freedom. It is characterized by a belief in the worth of every individual, regardless of race, creed, gender or ethnic background. And it is based on conviction that if free peoples are to survive, they must work together.
Members of the Jan Masaryk society can testify how hard it can be to sustain this philosophy. The plaque in the courtyard of Cernin Palace provides further eloquent witness. We will never know for certain how Jan Masaryk died. And we must never fail to remember for what and for whom he perished. He died because he would not put a price on the truth, and because he believed to his core in the right of the Czech and Slovak people to be free.
The history of the past century was replete with broken promises and broken windows, and broken bodies and broken hearts. There have been times when everything the Masaryks stood for seemed to have been forgotten, even by many in their native land.
And yet now, both the Czech Republic and the world have crossed into a new century more free than we have ever been. The reason is that, with faith such as the Masaryks', we can always summon the strength to come back and build up, and even when the world seems to have broken down.
This morning, I want to apply this theme to one of President Masaryk's most compelling conceptions, and that is the creation of a Europe without walls, wholly free and fully at peace.
The elder Masaryk was one of the first to conceive of a Europe different from the centuries when great powers settled their arguments by dividing among themselves the spoils of empire. He envisioned a new Europe in which small and large nations would co-exist; the security of all would be protected by all; and the citizens of all would be free.
Between his time and ours, we have seen Masaryk's vision--albeit just barely--survive Fascism and Communism, and global wars both hot and cold.
Then, a decade ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall brought a new birth of freedom to all of Central Europe. And it created an historic opportunity to bring Europe and America together around the very principles the Masaryks had espoused. In response, President Clinton and his counterparts from throughout the region began modernizing, adapting and expanding the region's core institutions. These jobs remain unfinished, but we have come a long way in a short time. Consider the progress made in 1999 alone.
In April, NATO leaders gathered in Washington to observe the 50th anniversary of our alliance for freedom, welcoming the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland as new members, bolstering partnerships and preparing for new threats. We kept the door open to further NATO enlargement. And the United States re-iterated support for a European Security and Defense Identity that strengthens the Trans-Atlantic relationship and allows for a balanced sharing of burdens and responsibilities.
In June in Bonn, and later in Washington, the United States and European Union met and mapped plans for acting together in fast-breaking crises, managing differences, and addressing global challenges.
In November, in Istanbul, we signed a new Charter for European Security, recognizing that stability within societies is as important as stability between states. This means that how a government treats its people, including ethnic minorities, is not only its business. It's everyone's business.
And in December, the EU expanded its policy of inclusiveness by setting a timetable for its next enlargement, asking among others the Czech Republic to accession talks, and inviting Turkey to become a candidate.
As these events show, leaders of the Euro-Atlantic Community are making progress month by month towards the Masaryks' long-denied dream.
This progress depends on true partnership between America and the new Europe, a partnership designed to promote democracy, security and prosperity, and able to meet challenges within and beyond our region.
Like any true partnership, the strength of each contributes to the strength of all. That is why we value so highly the contributions of the Czech Republic to NATO missions in the Balkans. And why we applaud the leading role your government has taken in promoting human rights and democracy around the world.
The United States wants a Europe that is united and strong; where democratic practices are deeply rooted and wars simply do not happen. Now, more than ever, that kind of Europe exists. But there remains a missing piece, in the continent's southeast corner. And there, last year in Kosovo, we took a decisive stand.
Together, our Alliance responded forcefully to Milosevic's campaign of ethnic cleansing. We stuck together despite repeated efforts to divide us. And we persisted until Belgrade's forces were withdrawn.
Those who still question whether what we did was right should consider what would have happened if we had sat back and tolerated what was so clearly wrong.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees would still be huddled in camps throughout southeast Europe. In Kosovo itself, many thousands more would be living in terror, without homes, naked to the winter's cold. And the message that ethnic cleansing pays would have spread like a galloping virus through the region.
Instead, because of NATO, the large-scale violence has ended; the vast majority of displaced have returned; rebuilding has begun; and we have conveyed a powerful message that ethnic cleansing is not only wrong, but also self-defeating--for those who practice it will be isolated and opposed.
Through determination and unity, we did what was necessary to prevail in conflict. Now we must do what it takes to prevail in peace, understanding that this will not occur in one great leap, but rather step by step.
Now, I am aware that some are pointing to the recent violence in the northern Kosovo city of Mitrovica and saying that war is back and peace in the region is not possible.
My response is three-fold. First, we should not allow the problems in one flashpoint to cause us to lose sight of larger progress. The truth is that KFOR has seen a steady decline in violence and crime in Kosovo. A Joint Administrative Council has been established. The KLA has met its commitment to demobilize. Planning for municipal elections is underway. And in most parts of Kosovo, morale is high.
Second, we should remember that this region is a magnet for the prophets of doom and gloom. A few years ago, we were told that tensions in the divided Bosnian town of Brcko would surely derail implementation of the Dayton Accords. Those predictions were wrong. Tomorrow, I will be in Brcko to meet with Serbs, Croats and Muslims and to inaugurate its new governing statute.
Third, we must be clear about our expectations and aims. After all that has happened, we do not expect the rival communities in Kosovo to immediately join hands and start singing folk songs. We do insist they stop killing each other. The spirit of tolerance and inter-ethnic cooperation will take longer to achieve. But that has begun to develop in Bosnia, and it will happen in Kosovo.
Despite key differences, the strategy being employed by the UN and KFOR bears some resemblance to the one employed earlier in Bosnia. We are giving the hardest problems our top priority. In Bosnia, the hardest problem was Brcko. In Kosovo, it is Mitrovica.
It is there that the international community is concentrating resources, beefing up security, striving to isolate the extremists on both sides, and trying to give cooler heads the help they need to prevail.
Again, we are not asking either side to forget legitimate grievances. We are saying that no grievance can be redressed by shooting up a UN bus, or driving a grandmother from her home, or hurling rocks at the international forces--or eggs, for that matter.
The only practical way for ethnic Serbs and Albanians alike to achieve their legitimate aims is to work with and through the international community and to participate in the joint structures being created. This is how representative community control can be established, civilians on all sides made safe, and the displaced enabled to come home.
I do not, however, underestimate the precarious nature of the situation in Mitrovica. Certainly, there is a danger of further violence.
There are extremists on both sides, and those in the ethnic Albanian community who perpetrate crimes against Serbs and other minorities deserve strong condemnation and are doing a profound disservice to the aspirations of their people. There is also one government, in Belgrade, which is promoting confrontation and trying to undermine the prospects for ethnic co-existence.
The policies of that government over the past decade have sparked the rise of extremism on all sides of the ethnic divide; and its policies still fan the flames. International efforts in Bosnia and Kosovo have banked the fires of intolerance, but they will not be extinguished until a democratic government has replaced the current regime in Belgrade.
Democracy is the key to our strategy throughout Southeast Europe. Democratic governments are more stable internally, more likely to encourage ethnic tolerance, and more interested in establishing closer economic and political ties with their neighbors and the West. NATO and the EU have encouraged democratic trends by creating partnerships and considering new members based on adherence to these and other democratic criteria.
Last decade, a similar strategy helped to solidify democracy and resolve lingering ethnic disputes in Central Europe. Now we are seeing this strategy validated over and over again in the former Yugoslavia. To turn an old phrase rightside up, lights are going on all over the Balkans.
Slovenia is free. Macedonia recently experienced a democratic transfer of power. Bosnia has held fair, competitive elections at every level. Montenegro has democratic leadership. And last month's elections in Croatia marked a national U-turn away from extremism and towards inter-ethnic tolerance and integration with the West.
I am convinced that the people of Serbia would make a similar choice if given the chance to do so. Today, many Serbs are actively seeking that opportunity. They deserve--and they should have--our full support.
After all, throughout history, people struggling to establish democracy in their own countries have benefited from the solidarity of others.
That was true with the American Revolution. It was true in America's backing for Czechoslovakian independence during Tomas Garrigue Masaryk's famous visit. It was true in the world community's support for ending apartheid in South Africa, and in Western encouragement for the heroes who helped bring down the Berlin Wall.
Certainly, there is no future for Serbia under Milosevic, for he is a repeat offender. He has intimidated and repressed domestic dissent. He has been indicted for crimes against humanity. He has isolated his country, made it the poorest in Europe, and betrayed the best interests of the Serb people by starting and losing four wars.
Today, Milosevic is reminiscent of Shakespeare's Macbeth--"old murders sticking on his hands," his title hanging "loosely about him, like a giant's robe upon a dwarfish thief," commanding only those who fear.
We cannot impose a democratic solution on Serbia, but we can encourage democratic change by helping the opposition to unite, assisting independent media, and making clear that a democratic Serbia would be warmly welcomed and generously assisted by the international community.
In this connection, I appreciate the support that many in the Czech Republic have provided to Serb democratic forces. I applaud your government's initiative to bring Serb opposition leaders to the last OSCE summit. And I know that leading Czech NGOs are exploring ways they can assist their Serb counterparts.
I want to note here that Montenegrin President Djukanovic has shown great wisdom and caution in pursuing economic and political reforms while continuing to seek a balanced relationship with Serbia. The United States supports these efforts, while reaffirming our continuing interest in the security of the region as a whole, including Montenegro.
Our efforts on behalf of democratic forces in Kosovo and Serbia are part of a larger challenge. And that is to integrate all of Southeast Europe into the continent's democratic mainstream.
In July, our leaders met in Sarajevo to adopt the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe. That agreement is a two way bargain. With our European partners, we will work to stabilize, transform and integrate the countries of Southeast Europe, provided they adopt the reforms required for this transformation to take place.
We are under no illusions about the difficulty of the task we have set. It's literally to transform the patterns of history; to replace whirlpools of violence leading nowhere with a steady upward tide. This won't happen unless the international community follows through on commitments to help. And unless those in the region make the hard choices required to create societies based on freedom and law.
Accordingly, we welcome European Commission President Prodi's promise to secure nearly 12 billion Euros for these goals during the next six years, and hope that this pledge will be supported by EU members.
Meanwhile, the United States is implementing its own commitments. We are submitting legislation to Congress which would provide Southeast Europe with five years of duty-free access to the U.S. market. We have made a $200 million investment credit line available to companies in the region. Our Overseas Private Investment Corporation is forming a $150 million regional investment fund.
And we will provide resources to develop enduring partnerships that contribute to the rule of law through the American Bar Association and Central and East European Law Initiative Institute here in Prague. This project will help other countries benefit from the Czech Republic's experience in making the transition from (inaudible) to democracy. (Inaudible sentence)
We look forward soon to a regional conference in Brussels, where parties will focus on commitments by donor countries to fund job-creating projects, and by countries in the region to curb corruption, improve the investment climate, build down trade barriers, and build up democracy and human rights.
It is essential that we press ahead on both sides of the Atlantic to transform promises made into promises kept. And one of my purposes here in Europe this week is to convey to all our partners the message that the United States is prepared to do its share, but Europe must not lag behind.
Our efforts in Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and throughout Southeast Europe reflect a philosophy that I believe both Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and Jan Masaryk would warmly embrace. It is not enough for nations to concentrate on creating and sustaining the conditions of freedom within their own borders. For that will still leave them vulnerable to the forces of instability and aggression that--if unaddressed--may gather strength just outside.
Our generation has been granted an historic opportunity to realize President Masaryk's original conception of a democratic and peaceful Europe linked by common interests and values to its partners across the Atlantic.
It remains too early to tell whether that opportunity will be squandered or seized. The answer will depend on decisions made from Washington to Warsaw, London to Lisbon, Paris to Prague.
It will depend on our shared resolve in preserving NATO unity and preparing it for the full range of 21st Century missions.
It will depend on our willingness to back sentiments with resources, our determination to support democratic change, our solidarity in opposing extremism, and our faith that the Masaryks were right in believing that free people working together can overcome any obstacle.
It will depend, most of all, not on the quality of our dreams, but on the resolution demonstrated by our actions.
As I look around this hall, I am convinced we will make the right decisions, and thereby do honor to the legacy of Tomas Masaryk, that most practical of philosophers, and Jan Masaryk, whose sacrifice we will never forget.
(In Czech) Thank you all very, very much.
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Nokia N95 8GB has arrived on American shoresWednesday, March 19, 2008 | | |
The Nokia N95 8GB has arrived on American shores. Packed with portable entertainment features and high-speed HSDPA connectivity on 850/1900 MHz networks in the Americas, the Nokia N95 8GB is now shipping to select locations across the United States -- and with six months of free navigation service included with Nokia Maps.
The new Nokia N95 8GB brings the worlds of mobility and entertainment together with its stunning 2.8 inch QVGA screen with support for up to 16 million colors, eight gigabytes of built-in memory, Assisted GPS (A-GPS) for improved location access, and enhanced battery power. Nokia N95 8GB owners in the US can also enjoy the benefits of free turn-by-turn directions and voice guidance in Nokia Maps for six months.
"We're excited to now offer this all-in-one powerhouse of a multimedia computer in the United States," said Bill Plummer, vice president, Nokia Americas. "With the added ultra-fast connectivity of HSDPA, the Nokia N95 8GB delivers on the promise of a multimedia computer in one sleek and compact package."
This attractive package boasts one of the industry's strongest feature sets -- in addition to eight gigabytes of built-in memory, the Nokia N95 8GB includes a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, built-in A-GPS, Wi-Fi, HSDPA and an innovative two-way slide for easy access to both telephony and multimedia functions. The sleek gloss black N95 8GB has a luminous 2.8" (240 x 320) QVGA display, so watching videos, browsing the Internet or viewing maps is a real pleasure. With its expanded memory, the N95 8GB offers up to 20 hours of video* or up to 6000 songs**.
Now with A-GPS, Nokia N95 8GB owners can quickly navigate to their locations using Nokia Maps faster and access maps for over 150 countries, including a selection of preloaded US state maps. The Nokia N95 8GB will also support Nokia Share Online 3.0, available via Nokia Download!, enabling users to upload photos and videos with just one click straight to Share on Ovi, Flickr or Vox.
At an estimated price of $749, the Nokia N95 8GB will be available through Nokia Nseries retailers across the United States, such as the Nokia Flagship stores in New York City and Chicago, as well as many online e-tailers.
* Capacity based on H.264 750-Kbps video at 320 x 249 resolution, combined with 128- Kbps audio. Capacity is half of this with H.264 1.5 Mbps video at 640 x 480 resolution, combined with 128-Kbps audio (near DVD quality). ** Capacity based on 3 minutes, 45 seconds per song with 48 Kbps eAAC+(M4A) encoding on the Nokia Music Man

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'Am I about to overdraft?' Wells app predicts consumer behavior
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Add Wells Fargo to the list of companies giving customers a glimpse of what may soon happen to their bank account via a mobile app.
The bank's new feature, which mines account information, will let mobile bank deposit customers take action with their accounts, such as transfer money from savings to checking if an overdraft fee seems likely. The bank said there are 50 different messages a customer can receive.
While still rare in a bank app, short-term financial forecasts have been part of a handful of fintech apps' offerings for years. The big idea is to help customers lead healthier financial lives by providing information before it's too late to prevent a bad outcome.
The forecasts are also meant to be relevant and convenient. In the past, personal financial management services never caught on, often because they were packaged in budgeting features hidden away in a tab on a bank website and difficult to use. But as some technologists see it, this time is different. If someone wants to know where he's standing before a negative outcome happens, the mobile app seems to be the best bet for easy access to the information.
Certainly that's what Wells Fargo is betting on. For the new feature, customers access the predictive messages by tapping a blue lightbulb icon found inside the account information screen of the mobile app.
"Having information in the palm of their hands can help lead customers to take action and make more informed financial choices," Steve Ellis, who heads the bank's innovation group, said in a press release.
Wells Fargo has been testing the predictive feature since May 2017, and the San Francisco bank has been experimenting with the concept for even longer. In 2013, Wells Fargo was testing an account balance tool for interested online banking customers.
While Wells Fargo is still facing serious consequences from its phony-accounts scandal, it continues to make a splash in tech news. It has been leading the charge in making data-sharing deals with fintech providers, and it has been testing a concept that would let customers control the data they share with third-party services, like subscription providers, through the bank app.
This latest announcement comes as more banks continue to revamp their bank apps with mobile money management features. In the press release, Wells Fargo said it will expand the predictive feature to small business and credit card customers later this year.


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Well at least now I know that someone who reads this blog, or is an acquaintance of mine on Facebook has contacts in my small market town of Sprodlington.
A few weeks ago I told you all about Dave Threadmere and how I was gloating about how I had short-changed him for a 7/16 inch and 1/2 inch quad box wrench.
I'd only just popped out tonight for a quick pint of Bishop's Pizzle in The Cross Keys, when I walked past Devonshire Terrace – a group of skanky, pebble-dashed, caravan-front-drivewayed, dog-on-a-bit-of-string, rusty metal gate archway type houses.
"Templeton you little shit !" shouted Threadmere as he stormed out of his garage and up his driveway.
"Evening Dave" I answered, looking for somewhere to run.
"You shafted me for that wrench."
"I may have inadvertently slightly over-charged you on a temporary basis." I said "But that's why I'm here – I've brought your change."
"Yeah right!"
Now, I might not have been too clever with my next line.
"Well why on earth would I be walking up this God-forsaken road ? It's a hole"
And at that point I watched Dave change colour and tighten his fists in rage.
"Anyway," I garbled. "Here's your change !"
I fumbled for anything I could find in my back pocket and threw him a £20 note.
"Sorry Dave – Keep the change."
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The Sea Hold
The sea is large.
The sea hold on a leg of land in the Chesapeake hugs an early sunset
and a last morning star over the oyster beds and the late clam boats
of lonely men.
Five white houses on a half-mile strip of land … five white dice
rolled from a tube.
Not so long ago … the sea was large…
And today the sea has lost nothing … it keeps all.
I am a loon about the sea.
I make so many sea songs, I cry so many sea cries, I forget so many
sea songs and sea cries.
I am a loon about the sea.
So are five men I had a fish fry with once in a tar-paper shack
trembling in a sand storm.
The sea knows more about them than they know themselves.
They know only how the sea hugs and will not let go.
The sea is large.
The sea must know more than any of us.
—Carl Sandburg
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A Voice for the Coast
A countrywide consultation was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on the proposed FAO International Guidelines on Small-scale Fisheries
This report is by Md. Mujibul Haque Munir (email@example.com), Assistant Director-Food Security and Education Advocacy, COAST Trust, Bangladesh
A national consultation process on the International Guidelines for Small-scale Fisheries (IGSSF) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was recently organized in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (COAST) organized the consultation to gather recommendations from stakeholders on the proposed guidelines. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) provided financial support, while the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) rendered various resource services.
The consultation was the first of its kind to be held in Bangladesh. National-level programmes on fisheries, especially on small-scale fisheries, with the participation of members of the fisher community, are rare. There are few effective local or national platforms that fishers can use to raise their voices, which is why the Dhaka consultation process was taken as an opportunity to highlight the...


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Jesus Culture announces Jesus Culture One Nights April tour featuring worship led by Kim Walker-Smith, Chris Quilala, and the Jesus Culture Band and ministering by Banning Liebscher. The tour kicks off in April with Jesus Culture hosting One Nights in cities around the nation, beginning in Chicago and wrapping up in Charlotte, N.C.
"The goal of these events is to gather together to seek the Lord and encounter Him through whole-hearted, passionate worship," says Banning Liebscher, director of Jesus Culture. "The One Nights consist of worship, prayer, ministry, and preaching."
Ticket pre-sales for the tour begin today, February 14 at 10:00a.m. local time with a public on-sale date set for February 15 at 10:00a.m. local time. Pre-sale code is "worship." For more information on Jesus Culture One Nights and to purchase tickets, visit JesusCulture.com/onenights.
Jesus Culture One Nights Dates:
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April 17, 2013 Chicago, Illinois
April 18, 2013 Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 20, 2013 Indianapolis, Indiana
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Genome assembly: ASM44260v1
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In case you've forgotten, the clocks go back to 1972 tonight.
..... You like whats going on North of your boarder?You can invest the time complaining about someone else not doing things you like. Trump maybe?
In the Caribbean?..... You like whats going on North of your boarder?
What is there to accept?You sound like you are accepting this in a reasonable and well thought-out manner.
Calling Brexit finalized is a ridiculous simplification. It's business as usual until 31st december and 11 months for all the issues that remain to be negotiated is awfully optimistic.You sound like you are accepting this in a reasonable and well thought-out manner.
Finalizing Brexit will allow you to stop thinking about them. The UK is no longer your problem. You can invest the time complaining about someone else not doing things you like. Trump maybe?
you're forgetting the young conservatives. Though you did not label them as ignorant or racist this time, which is progress."Once we are gone, we are never coming back!"
All the old fart conservatives die
UK comes back
Living with it will be easy, Germany has the most Intra-EU trade and they should be able to negotiate some mutually-favorable deals with the UK as peers. Also, you can take solace in the fact that the idiot who thought it was a good idea to have the referendum in the first place grenaded his political career in spectacular fashion. Something not even the defiling of a dead pig could manage.I'll have to live with this outcome, but I will never accept it. I like the UK too much for that.
I fear that much like the political world in the US, that may not happen. Though I'm coming from a defeatist attitude as my cynical reasoning with what's happened in the US has come true."Once we are gone, we are never coming back!"
All the old fart conservatives die
UK comes back
https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-who-bankrolled-brexit-boasted-of-wikileaks-backchannel?ref=homeMan Who Bankrolled Brexit Boasted of WikiLeaks Backchannel
The man who bankrolled the campaign for Britain to quit the European Union boasted about a backchannel to WikiLeaks after Brexit leader Nigel Farage's secret meeting with Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, according to private Twitter messages that have been leaked online.
The messages hacked from Farage's biggest financial backer, Arron Banks, also raise legal questions over the involvement of Cambridge Analytica in the Brexit referendum, undeclared lobbying efforts in the U.S. on behalf of a foreign power, and a breach of data-protection law by pro-Brexit campaigners.
Source: https://www.republik.ch/2020/02/01/es-ist-kalt-da-draussen-grossbritannienIt's cold out there, Great Britain
Three times it had to be postponed. Twice it triggered new elections. Since one night the Brexit is a fact. Now comes the hard part.
If he kept his promise, conservative MP Mark Francois didn't sleep a wink that night. He stayed up "to see the sun rise over a free country in the morning".
Because last night, on the stroke of eleven, Britain withdrew from the EU. Here are the main events:
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a short speech.
- In front of the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, the British flag was caught without further ceremony.
Otherwise, surprisingly little preparations had been made.
Originally, Prime Minister Johnson had announced on the radio that the government had "worked out the plan" to have the Big Ben bell sound at eleven o'clock on this historic night: "So people can bung a bob for a Big Ben bong."
The bold thing about that announcement was that Big Ben is currently undergoing endless renovations.
Shortly afterwards, Parliamentary Services intervened. They calculated that the temporary installation of the bell mechanism plus four weeks delay in the renovation would cost around £500,000. "We're talking £50,000 a bong!"
The government then admitted that a plan had never been drawn up.
But Mark Francois, the head of the Brexit Hardliners in the Conservative Party, called for an international Big Ben Crowdfunding. But the collection failed at 272'600 pounds.
So last night a loudspeaker rang in Big Ben.
It was probably the most worthy way to celebrate Britain's future after the Brexit. On the one hand a nice pun and a romantic idea. And on the other, bureaucrats. Money. Details.
In every debate on Brexit, Boris Johnson insisted on optimism. Far from the EU, he said, Britain has a bright future as a "globally oriented trading nation".
Not surprisingly, free trade agreements are the government's top priority. The negotiators will report personally to the Prime Minister. And the Prime Minister has personally set the pace: Johnson refused to accept a transition period of more than a year with the EU.
This means that the new agreement must be in place by 31 December 2020. Otherwise, economic chaos is imminent.
According to the "Financial Times", Johnson's government will negotiate a free trade agreement with the EU and the USA at the same time. With the strategy of playing off the larger partners against each other.
Johnson received encouraging signals from the States: "They have a wonderful new Prime Minister there," said President Donald Trump recently in Davos. "I'm sure we'll make an incredible deal with Britain."
Johnson called the conclusion of the EU deal "epically probable".
His optimism (as well as that of the British government) is based on the belief that Britain has sold poorly so far. and that with more momentum, there are other deals to be made.
Last but not least, Johnson cites Britain's tradition as a former world power at sea. His position predestines Great Britain to become the center of a network of free trading nations. This with trade agreements across the planet: with the USA, with China and not least with the former colonies: India, Australia, New Zealand.
The prerequisite for this is that one finally has a free hand. And no more ridiculous regulations being dictated from Brussels. With free decisions, London could become the financial hub for the whole world. A Singapore on the Thames.
Fair game!
The problem with the plan is that three things speak against it: practically all the experts, all the diplomats - and all the experience.
Because free trade agreements are the most grueling thing international diplomacy has to offer. They revolve around a thousand trifles. They take forever. And their outcome is always the same: Goliath crushes David.
As Dennis Novy, an economics professor at Warwick, once put it: "In trade negotiations, you're either the strangler or you get strangled."
In the EU, Britain was part of a gigantic strangling monster.
But Britain alone is only a medium-sized market with a gross national product of around 3000 billion dollars. The US and the EU weigh in at 21,000 billion and 18,000 billion, China at 12,000.
And since it is more valuable to be present in a large market than a small one, it is clear who has to make the concessions.
In addition, the UK's withdrawal from the EU would mean the sudden cancellation of 40 free trade agreements. This means that the country is uniquely susceptible to blackmail after the Brexit: its economy desperately needs negotiations to be concluded en masse as quickly as possible.
Which in turn means: Great Britain is threatened, as trade specialist James Kirkup wrote, with "humiliation in slow motion".
Paradoxically, this would even apply in the best case scenario. The reason: the more free trade, the less freedom. With every new treaty, the dream of a sovereign country dies another piece.
Because the central feature of today's free trade agreements is not financial obligations, but social and political obligations. The agreements are hardly about customs duties, but about standards: Health, environmental and labor standards. In this way the contracting parties protect their industries from competition.
In short, the bargaining chip in free trade agreements is precisely what Britain so hated about the EU - political regulations that are not made by politicians in their own country. Sueable with neutral, i.e. foreign judges.
The closer the agreement, the tighter the net. And the more important the partner, the more outrageous the demands.
Three friends (of the strangling)
In Great Britain, the hopes of Brexit enthusiasts were focused on three goals: the United States, China, India.
1. the USA. Here the hope is only logical. The USA is the most important economic power in the world. And Britain's number one ally.
But the USA not only has a much larger market and far less time pressure, it also has a long experience of soft blackmail: no economic diplomat remembers treaties that would have been disadvantageous to the USA.
In other words, a free trade agreement with the US would most likely require the British government to win over its voters for lower environmental standards and higher medication prices. This is because the US strategy papers include the export of chlorine chicken and industrial food and the entry of US pharmaceutical companies into the British health service.
And President Trump's words? Well, his loyalty is known the world over. But even if the otherwise so protectionist president were to give his friend Johnson amazing gifts, the treaty would still have to go through Congress.
2. China. Also an obvious idea, the potentially soon-to-be leading economic power. Only, China is bad news for Britain. Because the Chinese don't appreciate surprises - and the Brexit was a shock for Beijing. They had to watch helplessly as British politicians delivered Chinese investments to an abrupt change of course without having a plan for the future.
However, if the Chinese negotiate anyway, they will need the British above all for their strategic interests. They want to buy up as much as possible - and want political support against the suspicious EU and in the trade war with the US.
For some time now the USA has been writing an anti-China clause in almost all international treaties. Therefore, a trade agreement with both economic powers is probably impossible at the same time.
These days Boris Johnson has picked up the first coals of hellfire. His own party as well as the American State Department attacked him hard because he wants to involve the Chinese company Huawei in the construction of the 5G network. The Americans, who suspect Huawei of espionage (and of the cheaper product), threaten the British with dissolving the cooperation between the secret services.
3. India. The fastest growing economy in the world. The Brexit supporters assured: The former colony will remember the time with England very well. Indeed it does. All too well. It is a political necessity for every Indian prime minister to humiliate the hated former colonial power as much as possible.
India's most important goal for a free trade treaty are the two things on which India still considers the former colonists to be competent: study and jobs. The problem for the negotiating British: The tight control of borders was the main reason the narrow majority voted for the Brexit.
The question is whether it was really the wish of the British voters to leave the EU in order to enter India - which means more Indians will immigrate in future, not more Europeans.
And the other question is: if a free trade agreement with India is possible - then when? India's negotiations with the EU have been dragging on for ten years without any foreseeable end.
But they could soon gain momentum. After all, the biggest obstacle on the EU side is now falling away - the British. They had slowed things down, and now the circle is complete because they didn't want any more Indians on the island.
The ex-partner
In a small article, "Bloomberg" interviewed diplomats who had negotiated with the EU.
One of them mainly uttered curses, the others said it more diplomatically: "They come as friendly negotiators with good manners and skin you alive."
The EU, everyone agrees, has the most experienced and brutal trade diplomats on board, besides the US.
Their standard script runs as follows:
- They openly demand the maximum from the start, including the grinding of all import taxes. At the same time, they declare several topics taboo from the outset - with reference to the respective sensitivities of the various EU member states.
- Representing the interests of 27 states is certainly not easy. The EU negotiators use this to be able to block issues with reference to "internal disagreement" at any time.
- Ultimately, the central EU strategy is: "We are big, you are small, so eat it!
This strategy has worked very well with the UK. The paragraphs of the Brexit Agreement deviate only slightly from the initial draft of the EU.
One of the toughest problems for Britain is that it has outsourced all trade negotiations to the EU for the last few decades. And now competes against world-class professionals with a team without experience.
Which is another reason why experts are predicting disaster for the UK in the planned parallel negotiations with the US and the EU: they simply do not have enough capable officials.
And they need them.
Because Johnson's decision to let the transition period run only until the end of 2020 shortens the negotiation period with the EU to a breathtaking eight months. (The treaty must be in place by the end of October at the latest so that 27 states can ratify it).
As Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator, explained, the negotiations will take place at ten tables simultaneously. However, nobody expects satisfactory results. Eight months for such negotiations are a joke. Normally they take years.
The main problem is that Great Britain only wants to talk about tariffs and the most generous quotas possible - but not about standards and regulations. Whereas the EU suspects that Britain wants to become a pirate island off the coast of Europe with dumping wages, overturned environmental regulations and the grinding down of capital laws. Not for nothing did German Chancellor Angela Merkel warn: "No Singapore on the Thames!"
True, Boris Johnson says he wants a loose free trade agreement, like Canada has with the EU. But it is already clear that the EU will give the British a far worse agreement than Canada or even Japan. That is because of the proximity. It was agreed with Canada that Canadian test procedures are also valid in the EU for the most part.
The EU cannot afford such a simplification with its much larger trading partner, the UK. Without bureaucratic obstacles, a dumping UK could flood the EU market.
The EU Commission has already instructed its member states that after the Brexit, no product from a British company will be considered EU-compliant. Every British product must therefore be tested twice: once for Great Britain and once for the EU. Which causes a brutal, often deadly paperwork, especially for the smaller British companies.
For the EU - always derided in Britain as a bureaucratic monster - is, for all its absurdity, the opposite: it is the largest bureaucracy-reducing organization in history. Never before have people, goods and money crossed borders as easily as in a united Europe.
After all, it is not at all clear that Boris Johnson even wants an agreement. Or if he's just pretending. And whether his goal is not unregulated Brexit - with the possibility of radically undermining all the rules of the EU.
That would be a hard blow for the EU - and at the same time a slaughter for Britain. Because half of Britain's exports go to Europe. The price of uncontracted chaos would be the bankruptcy of the British car industry, the end of agriculture, the ruin of hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises.
But what does the British Government do when suddenly it is not nice puns and romantic ideas that count, but bureaucracy, money and details?
Fuck business!
It is not without reason that the British industry associations are collectively in panic. They've been trying to reach out to the government since the election victory. According to journalist Peter Foster, the answer to mails and position papers is the same for all players: none.
This is not only due to incompetence of the cabinet. But because ten years of tough austerity policy have emaciated the civil service to the point of incapacity.
But complete radio silence is not normal for this type of negotiation. Because with free trade agreements, the devil is in the details. Without close communication with industry, the negotiators are blind: they need to know in real time, if possible, which rules of origin, hygiene and environmental regulations apply to which goods and favor them.
In addition, no one has a clue what " Brexit " exactly means. As recently as mid-2018, the UK did not even know how many customs officers it had. And from January 1, 2021, it is estimated that up to 250,000 employees will have to fill out customs documents. Nobody knows which and how.
In short, Boris Johnson is often considered to be a bit too good a storyteller. But he can hardly be accused of not telling the truth when he said "Fuck Business!" in a Brexit discussion in front of diplomats.
The fish stinks (It's complicated!)
The brutal entanglement of Brexit is evident in the area where Britain has the strongest negotiating position: in fisheries.
It's true that fishing is actually a cinch in the British economy:
0.12 per cent of the gross national product.
But in the Brexit debate, the fishing industry was a huge issue. Here it became clear what the lack of sovereignty meant. Various British governments had made concessions to the EU so that British fishermen were only allowed to catch around half of the fish off their own coasts.
So in the Brexit vote, slogans like "Looters!", "Our fish!", "Back to the Sea of Opportunity!" became popular.
During the election campaign, Johnson's government promised that after the Brexit, Britain would regain sovereignty over its coasts. To help the British fishing industry to an unprecedented level of prosperity.
This January, a leaked EU negotiation paper was published. It stated that no free trade agreement would be concluded without the continuation of the current fishing regime. This is a condition that is also remarkable for the EU in its clarity and rigor.
The dispute will certainly be tough. (This, because both British and French fishermen have determined fighting power)
Prime Minister Johnson immediately replied that Great Britain was "again a sovereign island state" in the future. And promised: "Nothing changes! We will take control of our coasts!"
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar then gave a remarkable interview. He admitted that the British were in a strong position regarding fisheries. On the other hand, they should not forget that they sell 70% of their catch to Europe. And that therefore, "as long as the British population does not eat an awful lot more fish", they would have a problem.
Admittedly, Varadkar added that the UK has a good hand in fishing. "But where you are in a very vulnerable position is in one of the most valuable parts of your economy: financial services. Or industries like entertainment. If you were to be denied access to the European market, it would be a severe blow to the British economy."
Aaron Brown, the head of "Fishermen for Brexit", replied, "Let people remember that 70% of all British fish are eaten on the continent, which means the EU is dependent on us: without us, the Mediterranean diet in the southern states will collapse."
The fishing issue is also complicated by the fact that reciprocal fishing rights were commonplace centuries before the EU was founded. This makes the anger of French fishermen over the violation of customary law infinite. And by the fact that Scottish fishermen fish in Norwegian waters. That the British navy has no idea how to control the British maritime borders. That French and German boats have specialized largely in pollack - which British consumers find disgusting. That fish is a very perishable commodity, and therefore susceptible to border controls. That many fishing villages go bankrupt without the EU market. That the Belgians found a document from 1666 in which the English King Charles II guaranteed Belgian fishermen "eternal access" to English waters.
True, his fearlessness was much of the charm in Boris Johnson's election campaign. He never missed an opportunity to demonstrate how easy it is to govern.
But in free trade negotiations, even your trump cards are a nasty piece of work.
In the beginning, in 1975.
When Great Britain joined the European Economic Community in 1973, it was also considered a historic day. And even then it passed without anyone noticing much of it without looking at a daily newspaper. In Strasbourg, the British flag was hoisted in front of the Parliament without any major ceremony. In Britain, a few enthusiasts set off some fireworks. Most people were asleep. The Prime Minister was abroad, at a funeral.
And yet, two years later, two-thirds of the British people approved the accession in a referendum. The slogan of the proponents had convinced them: "It's cold outside".
What you are applying here is an immunization strategy - you define any hard bargaining by the EU as a punishment for the UK leaving, thus putting the blame on any negative economic consequences for the UK not on the Brexiteers, but the EU.Surprisingly many is accurate. As for the remaining negotiations, that's once again the UK's loss, not the EU's as I reasonably expect that the UK will be shown no mercy for daring to go along on its own.
Like the article I posted said: The Indians are only interested in studying in Britain or getting jobs there. And apart from that, every Indian politician will enjoy humiliating them in remembrance of the colonial oppression.I'd be surprised if the UK gets any sort of trade agreement with India.


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We have had a day at home recovering from the frantic lunches and dinners of the last few weeks and have taken the chance to put up some Shanghai photos which you can find here!
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Still in the UK
Well we're two weeks into 2008 and it feels like a long time. Although not entirely restful, we have been having fun. Our time has been spent trying to having a holiday of our own, being tourists and catching up with friends and family.
Am feeling a little shattered and am using a nice evening in, to try and ensure we remember some of what we've done.
A week driving round south England, (Cambridge, Warwick and Bath) with a short detour across the border into Wales (Cardiff and Caerleon – though almost as soon as we crossed the border into Wales the rain came down so hard we could barely drive).
Days spent wandering in London, not only shopping, eating and drinking but also some culture in the British Museum and Cinderella. Culture you say, Oh not there wasn't. Oh yes there was!
Hopefully some photos will, eventually, tell a better story. Though as usual I probably haven't taken enough photos of people.
We've another ten days which are mainly full of more eating and drinking and trying to see the people we haven't had time to catch up with. As usual there's never enough time but I'm actually fairly impressed we've managed to keep going. The rest and relaxation (and diets) come when we get home, hopefully to a nice summer. That said, I thought I'd have some time, but the way the list of things to do round the house is going, I'm not so sure.
Happy New Year!
Well it's Jan 1st 2008, so to ensure that our website gets updated at least once this year, I thought I'd write a bit. We're going to try a different format, more of a blog style with each home page being the current, or hopefully the only recently past, month. Unfortunately this means less photos as these seem to take the time, that's our excuse anyway, but as nothing got done last year this can't be any worse. That said, some of our fish photos from our trip to French Polynesia did make it up but without any easy way to get there, so here's the link French Polynesia Underwater Photos, half are taken by Robbie snorkelling and the rest on the couple of dives I managed to fit in.
So what are we up to now. We've spent the last week in the UK, with our body clocks still not quite right, I'm sure staying up till 3 last night really helped! Xmas has been great, catching up with family and a few friends. I'm really feeling very spoilt and lucky and we've still got 3 weeks till we head home.
We spent two days in Shanghai on the way over, unfortunately the city is in mid rebuilding and we managed to have two days of mist, so I don't think we saw it at its best. But overall I liked it, not as busy as I had imagined, very architecturally diverse and more than enough to do and see to keep us out of trouble for two days. In fact, we were shattered.
As for new years resolutions, I have a few, adding more to the website is one, finding work I'll enjoy is another, and the usual selection of getting/keeping fit, stressing less and making more time to see friends. I hope you all had a great holiday, here's to the new year.


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The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana threatened Tuesday to sue a northeastern Louisiana charter school if it doesn't change rules that keep pregnant students out of the classroom and require girls under suspicion of being pregnant to be tested.
The four-paragraph "Student Pregnancy Policy" in Delhi Charter School's policy manual says that if a suspected girl refuses to take a pregnancy test, she can be removed from class or the school.
That violates the U.S. Constitution and federal laws against sexual discrimination, state ACLU executive director Marjorie R. Esman said.
"I haven't heard of this anywhere else," Esman said Tuesday. "And I hope there isn't another school anywhere on the planet that has a policy like this."
The school's two principals and an attorney representing the school did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press.
Esman emailed the schools' two principals and a board member about the policy on Monday. She said attorney W. David Hammett told her Tuesday that they were reviewing the issue and would get back.
"I take that as a good sign — that they're taking this seriously," she said. "And I assume their lawyers will agree with us and see the need to suspend enforcement and change their policy."
Delhi Charter had 609 students last year in kindergarten through 12th grade, and, with 67 percent of its students at or above grade level, got a B-minus in its state evaluation. Only one of the 11 schools run by the Richland Parish School Board got a grade that high; the others were two C's, a C-minus, a D and six D-minuses. The three public schools in Delhi all got D or D-minus.
While Louisiana has recently gained attention for a new law allowing state-funded vouchers for students to attend private and religious schools that charge tuition, the Delhi school was created under a previous law. As a charter school, it cannot charge tuition or be supported by or affiliated with any religion.
About 23 percent of Delhi Charter's students are minority, nearly 5 percent disabled and 53 percent eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The pregnancy policy says pregnant students who want to stay in the school must study at home.
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If there is such a thing. Can you elaborate on how you do this? When I have done it I have done a track at a time for instance or instrument at a time. But it lead me to think that maybe you ride one element then the next element you ride will be relative to the one you just did. Do you ride more then one fader at once? Do you have a technique for this or any useful information about the hows and whys of riding faders. Thanks for all your contributions!
hello crabtwin,
i do a lot of riding. but i ride as i go along. and it really depends on how dense the song is. there's no real technique besides just making room for things by riding down or bringing things up. but i do rely on riding for the final shaping especially in the vocals. to me, it's the only way to really get a dynamic mix going. the mix will just sound very linear without rides. and you can shift the focus on different instruments by making something lower or louder. and everything IS relative to one another, so a lot of times you'll have to revisit something you rode previously. minute changes will affect the whole mix. you have to really listen. it's really based on how you're mix is translating to your ears. so i keep riding things until the mix is really jelling to my ears. you can read a little more about it on the thread "analog automation: techniques..."
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2020 Summer Reading List
- ALL Students are required to read at least one of the novels listed below.
- Honors Students must read House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, along with one other text.
- Students must complete the summer assignment found here.
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
In this American classic, a young man comes of age and struggles with a loss of innocence and friendship at a northern boarding school amidst the backdrop of World War II.
The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey
The saga of how coach Herb Brooks motivated a roster of 20 amateur, mostly college-age young men to orchestrate victory over an established Soviet team of seasoned, professionally trained skaters.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case.
House on Mango Street by S. Cisneros
For Esperanza, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, life is an endless landscape of concrete and run-down tenements, and she tries to rise above the hopelessness.
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The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta
Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl schooled in her people's rituals and beliefs, undergoes kidnapping, forced betrothal, and near-shame out of love for Chike, son of a former slave
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
A Chinese peasant overcomes the forces of nature and the frailties of human nature to become a wealthy landowner.


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The editorial writers of the New York Times should arrange to take a refresher course on trade from Dani Rodrik, economics professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School. In the meantime, they can make do with a stern lecture from Rodrik about the flaws in a December 23 Times editorial titled "Trade and Prosperity."
"With most polls showing that voters believe trade with other countries is hurting the American economy, there has been a lot of posturing about the perils of trade on the campaign trail," the Times wrote. It then went on to express concern that Senator Hillary Clinton, rather than posturing, might actually be serious about a "time-out" to review all trade agreements, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, her husband's prize trade package.
Newspaper Quick To Level 'Protectionist' Charge
Rodrik, author of the new book, "One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth" (Princeton), titles his December 23 blog entry "The NYT doesn't get it on trade." Here are the five points he finds wrong with the Times argument:
1. It automatically equates any desire to reconsider trade agreements and take a breather on new agreements as "protectionist."
2. It fails to recognize the ways in which technology and globalization interact to contribute to unequalizing trends in incomes, taking refuge in the defensive statement that "There is scant evidence that trade has played a big role in holding down typical workers' wages."
3. It follows up this statement with "There is abundant evidence that it has contributed substantially to America's overall economic growth," ignoring what every student of trade learns, which is that large gains from trade are possible only if there are also large amounts of income redistribution.
4. In portraying the conflict as purely one over incomes, it overlooks what is the greatest strain in the present regime of globalization -- namely, the incompatibility between the scope of markets (straining to become global) and the scope of regulatory institutions (still national).
5. And as a consequence, rather than accept the need to rethink the existing rules of the game, the editorial takes refuge in the same stale recommendations that every trade liberalizer has been offering for the last quarter century at least -- more safety nets, better training, and more progressive income taxation.
Rodrik adds that those ideas about the need for improving social insurance, while not new, need to be revitalized, as he himself urged in his 1997 book, "Has Globalization Gone Too Far?" (Institute for International Economics), and then continues on his blog.
But it is also time to recognize that the WTO rules need to become much more flexible to provide a better balance between international trade and domestic regulatory and other policy priorities -- in other words, to assure domestic electorates that their values and preferences are not being sacrificed to the demands of some globalization agenda constructed, in any case, by a narrow elite.
Rodrik posted the above entry. December 23, with two links referring to previous blog entries.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Economics Prof Instructs NY Times
The editorial writers of the New York Times should arrange to take a refresher course on trade from Dani Rodrik, economics professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School. In the meantime, they can make do with a stern lecture from Rodrik about the flaws in a December 23 Times editorial titled "Trade and Prosperity."
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Well, despite its simplicity, this dish is fiddly. And I didn't have the proportions, having noted down the definition from Larousse Gastronomique.
6 large jacket potatoes
750 ml single cream
2 cloves garlic
salt and pepper
- Peel and slice the potatoes thinly. Best use a food processor for this.
- Butter a deep oven-proof dish.
- Place the cream in a bowl, peel and press in the garlic, then season so that it's a bit on the salty side.
- Lay one layer of the potato slices to cover the bottom of the dish completely. Then drizzle a bit of the cream mixture.
- Lay another single layer of potatoes and drizzle with cream, then continue until the potatoes are slightly above the edge of the baking dish. If there's any cream left, distribute it over the potatoes. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees C.
- Cover the dish with cling film and place something heavy on top to press down the potatoes. Keep an eye out, because it might overflow. A few minutes of the pressure is enough.
- Place in the oven and bake for 2.5 h, or until the potatoes are cooked through. If the top layer starts burning, cover with aluminium foil.
The slicer attachment of the Kitchen Assistent machine made a very easy job of this and as it turned out, the potatoes filled the baking dish perfectly, but I didn't keep watch during the pressurising and so I ended up with a big cream puddle under it.
I think I fitted about 8 or 9 layers in total, I didn't count, but they were many. And so, it took a long time to bake even though the potatoes were quite thin. A gorgeous smell of garlic spread through the kitchen and I briefly did toy with the idea of having a nibble, but no, this was for the dinner party.


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Instagrammers tout healing in the Marianas
Instagrammers of online travel site Tabi MUSE are touting the healing properties of a vacation in the Marianas.
Tabi MUSE, based in Japan, targets women in their 20s and 30s who are interested in travel and fashion.
Earlier this month, popular Japanese Instagrammers Sakie Ninomiya and Nanako Saito visited Saipan for two articles titled, "Healing Islands-The Marianas" and "Travel Treats for All Busy Working Women."
"With its stunning nature, clean environment, and peaceful community, the Marianas are a perfect place to rejuvenate mind, body, and spirit," said Marianas Visitors Authority marketing manager Bruce Bateman. "We want to share this message and have more visitors choose the Marianas as a healing oasis."
While on Saipan, the Instagrammers visited Managaha, went snorkeling at Grotto, indulged themselves at Mandi Asian Spa, took in the sunset at Micro Beach, participated in yoga at Hyatt Club Elan, visited Kensington Hotel poolside, and toured Paupau Beach, Bird Island Lookout, Church of Christ. They visited T Galleria, I Love Saipan, Mariana Ocean, and Hafa Adai Shopping Center for shopping.
The pair also dined at Avenue Restaurant, Michelle's Pool Bar at Aqua Resort Club, Sabalu Market, Mango Six, and Hyatt Regency Saipan, where they also lodged during their familiarization tour.
Tabi MUSE receives 15,000-20,000 page views per article. The two articles are anticipated to bring the Marianas $18,000 in ad exposure value. (MVA)


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Financial Advice for Medical Students and Residents – Podcast #98
Financial advice for residents and medical students about student loans, PSLF, Roth Accounts, choosing a residency program, getting an MPH or MBA, and lots more.
Financial advice for residents and medical students about student loans, PSLF, Roth Accounts, choosing a residency program, getting an MPH or MBA, and lots more.
We all want to help our kids, but should a parent feel responsible to pay for their kids' college education? The best thing may be to let them take on more than you think.
There are five significant impediments to building wealth as a high-income professional, and each must be overcome for financial success to be realized.
This 1st-year medical student has a plan to graduate from medical school debt free and thinks you can do it too.
This young periodontist is financially on the right track but with lots of expenses competing for his money. Many lessons to be learned for everyone in this episode.
Today's guest, Dr. Jason Mizell is a pioneer in the academic community for promoting physician financial literacy. Learn about his Business of Medicine class and why medical students should start demanding it in their schools.
Student loan management can be tricky, particularly during residency. Finally, you have all the information you need to manage them from undergraduate until pay-off in one place. We're talking private and federal loans, IDR and forgiveness programs (PSLF, REPAYE, PAYE, IBR, ICR), refinancing, and how to pay off quickly.
The recent headlines sound terrible but what is the real truth behind Public Service Loan Forgiveness rejections?
WCI Scholarship sponsor, Laurel Road has a three-step process for physicians wanting to refinance their loans during residency.
Is residency the right time to buy a home? Probably not. Here are three principles of homeownership that a resident should consider before buying a home.
Dr. Daniel Smith shares some of his smart, and a few of his not so smart, money decisions made during residency. Learn from them and set yourself up for financial success.
Today's podcast is about issues facing residents: student loans, when & if you should refinance those loans, disability insurance, retirement accounts, buying a home versus renting, & the importance of living like a resident after residency.
Today I'm presenting "waterfalls" for both residents and attendings. Waterfalls are simply lists, or rules of thumb, for knowing what to do with your money, time & life energy.
What advice would you give to someone just starting out their professional career? Physician on FIRE has a few pearls of wisdom to share that might surprise you.
An interview with Dr. Ryan Gray discussing how to help pre-med students through the medical school application and admissions process. Also, reader questions and lots more.


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We ship to DRC, Angola and the rest of West Africa.
We at Wave Conquest Forwarders aims to build a track record for the safe, reliable and cost-effective delivery of sea freight.
As premier in international freight forwarding, wave conquest forwarders is there to enable its clients to benefit from their individual needs and time requirements.
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Soviet Nostalgia Hunters Flock to Transnistria Nuclear Bunker
A forgotten nuclear bunker in a remote corner of Moldova is the latest must-see attraction on the Soviet nostalgia trail.
A forgotten nuclear bunker in a remote corner of Moldova is the latest must-see attraction on the Soviet nostalgia trail.
Russia is dead set on being a global power. But what looks like grand strategy is often improvisation — amid America's retreat.
A crackdown against Muslims with links to an Islamist organization has parallels to a Stalinist purge in the 1940s, writes Hannah Lucinda Smith in Simferopol.
Tensions between Russia and the West mean both sides have let the memories of Crimean War dead fade.
This summer, 45,000 children from 57 countries will visit the Artek centre near Yalta. For three weeks, they will live the lifestyle once considered the model for young communists, sleeping in dorms and eating meals in huge canteens while wearing color-coded uniforms.
Although investment from Moscow soared in Crimea, prices are high, goods expensive, and tourists scarce.
The reality is that we have two great tools at our disposal: truth and humor. There is nothing that scares the Kremlin more.
The Orthodox Church in Ukraine has been under the authority of Moscow since 1686. Until the 2014 war with Russia, that situation bothered few. Now a growing number of congregations, approximately 500 so far, have joined a new independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, angering Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Can a nationalist movement from the internet save the world's most scattered people?
Volunteers and nonprofits have been the backbone of Ukraine's fight against Russia. What happens when ordinary citizens supply a military force?
To many, Trump's new economic and security strategy looks like a desperate scramble to regain power in a region where much of the goodwill traditionally extended to the U.S. has evaporated.
Half of the Arctic is in Russia, and half of Russia is in the Arctic. A web of complicated environmental stories needs to be told. But in Russia, investigative journalists are an endangered species.
What does Russia really want and how does it get it? A look at Russian foreign policy—from agenda to implementation—in Europe and the Middle East.
From Estonian militias to separatist fighters in Ukraine, tensions between NATO and Russia are approaching Cold War levels.
Two years after Euromaidan, the Russian seizure of Crimea and conflicts in eastern Ukraine, a depressing new reality has sunk in for many displaced Ukrainians: they're not getting their old lives back.
An intimate profile of labor migrants making their way to Russia by train and bracing for—sometimes looking forward to—work and life in Moscow.
Ongoing U.S.-Russia tensions around Ukraine have spilled over into the nuclear weapons realm, putting at risk decades of post-Cold War effort to foster nuclear predictability, stability, and safety.
Thousands of displaced Syrians have made treacherous journeys across land and sea to the safe haven of Europe. But many here don't want them. How are the new immigrants adapting and adjusting?
Russia's government crackdown on the LGBT community is fueling an alarming increase in the AIDS epidemic in Russia. New infections increased by 10 percent in 2013.
The Black Sea region has become the focus of heated geopolitical contention, but local environmental issues remain underreported and poorly understood.
Edging to the brink of civil war, Crimea has turned into a geopolitical crisis, perhaps the gravest threat to peace in Europe since the end of the Cold War.
With homophobic rhetoric now legitimized by federal law, being gay in Russia can be extremely dangerous.
Monotowns, Russian cities dependent on dying industries, face an even more uncertain future now that Russia has joined the World Trade Organization.
Global warming is happening faster around the Arctic Ocean than anywhere else. To adjust to this new climate, local communities must change the way they live and work – for better and for worse.
Persephone Miel fellow and photojournalist Anastasia Rudenko to report from Russia.
Photojournalists and Pulitzer Center grantees Misha Friedman and Daniella Zalcman took part in panels at the third annual LGBTQ Conference at Harvard University.
The Pulitzer Center staff share favorite images from 2015.
Regional reporting and historical prospectives create fertile ground for conversation between Sarah Topol, Dimiter Kenarov and Marvin Kalb.
Journalists focus on human implications of drastic shifts in global climate in advance of the Paris COP21 talks on climate change
On a skiff in remote Siberia scientists measure bubbles from a river in hopes of understanding how global waterways may be contributing to carbon emissions.
The arctic is facing a new threat: Fire. As the flames intensify, scientists want to know if fire will increase carbon emissions and accelerate global warming.
Reporter Eli Kintisch is put to the test on the Kolyma river.
A summer in Siberia means encountering new hazards.
Pulitzer Center grantee among three journalists speaking about free press with President Obama on World Press Freedom Day, 2015.
Roads and Kingdoms interviews Pulitzer Center grantee photojournalist on his project "Official Homophobia in Russia."
Crimea is no longer celebrating its reunion with Russia.
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
Students will identify the discriminatory nature of Russia's Anti-Propaganda Law, analyze ways it violates Russian citizens' constitutional rights, and propose solutions.


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For a brief moment yesterday I had considered going back into the corporate world. 😱
It was a very brief moment! ☝
Something was dangled in front of me and for a moment my mind wandered.
But then…..
🗯I asked myself was I willing to give up my time freedom?
💸Was I willing to fork over a lot of money for help with my son?
☹Was I willing to give up doing what I love to do?
🙄Was I willing to line the pockets of someone else instead of me?
🙌At the age of 53 I wish I understood what all this represented years ago!
😮Maybe I wouldn't have spent 8 years driving 60 miles a day, paying over $100 a week for day care, just to break even every month after bills.
😷Maybe I wouldn't have been so stressed out to have made myself physically sick and become obese!
😭Maybe I would have been able to be there more for my kids when they needed me!
👩🍳Maybe I wouldn't have spent many years waiting tables and working double shifts just to make ends meet while at the same time missing out on some precious mommy moments.
👀Looking back though I can say I am grateful for the opportunities! I grew as an individual with each experience, and discovered some new passions!
I was able to help a lot of people something I am passionate about doing!
🤔However, I honestly don't know how I did it. For 8 years, The 60 miles a day commute alone sucked! I was in my car more hours in a day than I was at home!
✨Now my days are not dictated by a time clock or supervisor! They are
– On My terms
– I drive when I want to
– I have time now to take care of me
– I am healthier
– I am still helping others
– I am always available for my kids now
– I no longer break even in the bank every month⬆
– I get to enjoy being me
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New Macbook for your Medical Practice
At their Spring Forward event on March 9, Apple unveiled a newly redesigned laptop, the Macbook. The new Macbook offers a glimpse into the future of personal and professional computing.
The new Macbook has been completely redesigned to create a notebook that weighs only two pounds and measures 13.1mm thick, lighter and thinner than the Macbook Air. It also comes with a 12" retina display, the thinnest display ever used on a Mac. Additionally, it only has two ports; one for a headphone jack and a universal USB Type-C port. This port is much more versatile than the previously used USB Type-A; it enables you to transfer data, hook up to external displays, charge other devices and charge the Macbook itself. The port is also reversible like the lightning cable, so you'll never have to force anything in upside down.
The new Macbook is easier to use with an all-new Force Trackpad and keyboard. The new trackpad is pressure sensitive, allowing it to tell the difference between a tap and a click. It also has four sensors, which means you can click anywhere on the trackpad rather than having to click near the bottom like you would on the traditional trackpad. Additionally, Apple has redesigned its keyboard. The size of each key is slightly bigger and the space between each key is smaller, which improves accuracy when typing.
Along with all these new features, you are able to not only do more with your Macbook, but also do it for longer. The new Macbook has an all-day battery life which allows 35% more battery capacity and consumes 30% less energy with the same brightness.
The Macbook provides a means to succeed in all areas and expertise, specifically the medical field. At drchrono, we encourage our customers to stay on top of the latest technology trends; with a newly designed user experience, the Macbook enables healthcare professionals using our platform to be organized, efficient and effective in their medical practices.

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse (Kairo) Getting Arrow Video December Release
Labels: 2001, arrow video, cult cinema, horror, j-horror, japan, Kairo, kiyoshi kurosawa, news, pulse
24 June 2013
EIFF 2013 - The Complex (Kuroyuri danchi) Review
Review Date:
22nd June 2013 (EIFF 2013)
Hideo Nakata
Atsuko Maeda
Hiroki Narimiya
Masanobu Katsumura
We should know better than to get excited when a once great horror director makes a back to basics comeback. It's happened with John Carpenter (The Ward), George A. Romero (Survival of the Dead), Wes Craven (My Soul to Take), and Dario Argento (Dracula 3D), and now it is the turn of Japan's own Hideo Nakata - the man behind Dark Water and Ringu. In a miraculous feat Nakata has managed to make a film worse than all those aforementioned combined.
The Complex follows a young nursing student (Atsuko Maeda) who moves with her family into a derelict apartment block, which her friends claim is haunted. After being disturbed by eerie noises coming from her neighbour's apartment it seems these claims may have some truth.
Nakata has made some of the most terrifying Japanese horror features in recent years, which makes The Complex and even more disappointing watch. Opening as an old-fashioned ghost story, The Complex sticks pretty close to the conventions of the genre - from strange noises in the middle of the night to shadowy figures appearing every so often. However, these scenes lack any of the tension or originality they deserve - failing to quicken the pace or enhance the horror of The Complex. As the narrative progresses the clichés continue to come thick and fast from dying old men to sinister children - many completely laughable in the bland way they are executed.
When The Complex does deviate from the conventions of the ghost film there are some great concepts to be found in Ryûta Miyake and Junya Kato's screenplay. Traces of de ja vu begin to seep into Asuka's daily life, resulting in a unsettling tone being established. This eventually leads to a look at the effects that grieving can have on the mental state, however, these come secondary to Nakata's preference for traditional genre scares (ie. possessed children).
The main issue that The Complex simply is not scary. It lacks any tense edge of your seat moments or any originality in its set pieces. It's not a terrible film - it is just a case of having seen almost everything before and on a superior level. This can result in The Complex becoming quite a tiresome and immediately forgettable watch.
Despite some intriguing concepts at its heart, The Complex is dull, generic and laughable at points. Sadly this is not the return to form that many thought Nakata would deliver.
Andrew McArthur
29 May 2013
Anime Writers Wanted, Join Us At Cinehouse & The People's Movies
Kwonicha ! We're recruiting again and we want you and that's the Anime Writers! We're looking for lovers who have a passion for all things Japanese, are you that person?
Do you want to review the latest reviews from Manga Entertainment and MVM but it's not all about the reviews. Post the latest news from the world of anime, the latest trailers, create fresh original but most of all entertaining articles and features help create The People's Movies & Cinehouse into a hub for Anime fans? If you your passion also lies in Asian cinema in general we can help you out there too and we'll do our best to give you a platform to share your passion?
We're looking for a couple of writers who have written for sites before or someone really eager to get first steps, so do you have what it takes? Remember this isn't just for reviews they are probably most important part of working with us. So can you work on your own initiative know where to look for the latest Anime news, trailers to create your posts?
Unfortunately we can't offer any money however you will be able to keep those MVM and Manga Entertainment releases you will review, we can provide you with the Anime films to review, maybe occasionally the odd cinema screening, passes for festivals. What are you waiting for then? Get in touch now, Freelancers are welcomed
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Please Note The Peoples Movies And Cinehouse are UK based websites so if you live outside UK we cannot provide anime to review, however if you are keen to help using your own sources please do get in touch.
27 January 2013
Nakata Hideo Returns To J-Horror With The Complex
Nakata Hideo returns to horror with The Complex (Kuroyuri danchi)and tonight we have our hands on the first teaser trailer.
Starring Atsuko Maeda formerly of J-Pop supergroup AKB48 as a nursing student Asuka who moves into a an apartment block plagued with strange mysterious deaths thanks to what to a death that happened 13 years previously. When she further investigates the strange noises from adjacent flat she learns the old man who lived there died trying to claw himself out of a wall but who is responsible for the deaths?
Films such as Sinister have a lot to thank Nakata for introducing the watch the video and you'll die a concept that can be seen in many western based horrors too. Tonight at Rotterdam International film festival The Complex will make its world premier then on 18th May Toei will release the in Japan. No UK date has been set but expect the film to arrive later in the year/2014.
Labels: asia, horror, j-horror, japan, Maeda Atsuko, nakata hideo, ringu, trailer, world cinema
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Gabrielle Roth developed different "maps" within the 5Rhythms® practice which offer us a way to explore different parts of ourselves, of being human, and of life itself.
These "maps" or different levels of the 5Rhythms® practice offer us a way to explore different parts of ourselves, of being human, and of life itself: the physical body, emotions, mind, relationships and our personal history. Through dancing many waves, again and again, through these different maps, we come closer to our essence, our true nature. We begin to shine as who we really are.
"Energy moves in waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms.
A human being is just that: energy, waves, patterns, rhythms.
Nothing more. Nothing less.
A dance."
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BBC Good Food Show Winter
Last updated: 11.01am, Friday 13th November 2015
Mackie's Crisps are heading to the BBC Good Food Show Winter this month and we want you to join us!
We're giving one lucky winner a pair of tickets for the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham as well as a case of Mackie's Crisps to top it off!
Apply on our Twitter page before midnight on Sunday 15th November to be in with a chance!
If you're already lucky enough to be going please drop by and see us at stand F136.
Or if you're keen to get a hold of your tickets now then get 20% off buying them online with code EX20.
UK Entries only, T&C's apply:
These tickets can be used any day except Saturday and do not include a seat in the Supertheatre.
Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Ticket terms and conditions apply.
Please also make sure you can get to Birmingham for one of the show dates as transport will not be provided.


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One's skin is the most vital and yet the most underrated part of one's body. Not only is it quintessential for looking appealing and attractive, but also, it is one's safeguard against the weather and other dangerous environmental aspects. It is therefore natural that one must exercise a lot of effort and care for their skin by regularly reinstating the oil, water and other nourishment it requires.
Tips for Effective Skin Care
Use Sun-burn Lotion
Sun is the friend cum enemy of one's skin. Too much of sunlight can cause sunburns. To avoid the damage caused due to excessive exposure to sunlight, you must be regular and generous in your use of anti sunburn lotion.
Also, it would be an added advantage if you could supplement your lotions with the intake of fresh fruits and juice, because they allow the body to regain the minerals and vitamins lost in the sun.
Soak in the Early Morning Sunlight
When the body captures the early morning sunlight, the latter acts as a catalyst and induces the metamorphosis of substances in the skin into Vitamin A and D, which are required for maintaining the health and radiance of the skin.
Say NO to Fried Food
If your skin is your priority, a big, emphatic NO to fried food is indeed a must. Your diet regulates your skin texture.
Construct a diet regime incorporating healthy foods like low carb milk products, lean meat, steamed vegetables and stick to it with sincerity. Fried food makes one obese, and obesity not only unattractive but also a major health hazard.
Use Mild Soaps
The kind of soap that you use, also has a major impact on your skin. Most people are careless with respect to soap choices, but one must exercise caution even here. It is advisable to use mild soap with negligible percentage of detergent and reasonable proportion of moisture. Also, do not compromise on quality at the cost of your skin. Go for time-tested products and experiment with new ones with care.
Also Read
Best Skin Care Routine For Sensitive Skin
Top 7 Tips For Glowing Skin
How To Care For Skin Around The Eyes
Home Tips For Glowing Skin
7 Tips And Tricks To Keep Sensitive Skin Healthy
Opt for Medical Advice
Be alert and constantly look out and check for signs and symptoms of skin ailments. Key giveaways are patches, rashes, redness, irritation and so on, in odd places.
Skin diseases are the hardest to detect and the hardest to cure, as well. So one must be fully on guard at all times! If you do notice such signs, do not hesitate or procrastinate to consult with a specialist on the issue.
Drink Lots of Water
Moisture is an integral constituent of the skin. Various forces like sunlight, certain skin products, excessive work etc may reduce the moisture content of your skin. Hence, it is necessary to revitalize it by drinking lots and lots of water. Intake of equal quantities of water in all seasons, be it summer, winter or spring, is essential. The motto should be to drink water at regular intervals, whether you want to or not!
Exercise Regularly
Regular exercise enables burning of the surplus fat and calories and hence, keeps you fit. If you do not or cannot exert yourself too much, a 45 minute brisk walk in the open, or jogging may also suffice. Exercise regularly and your skin shall take care of itself!