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Turkey: Main opposition leader calls on PM to order withdrawal of police from Taksim
Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu called on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to take responsibility for instructing the withdrawal of the police from Istanbul's Taksim area where clashes with peaceful demonstrators protesting against the demolition of Gezi Park continued late May 31. "Don't confront police with the people. Withdraw immediately the police from Taksim Gezi [Park] area. People are defending their city. That's why they are resisting," Kılıçdaroğlu said, noting that an administrative court had suspended the Artillery Barracks projects planned to replace the park. "Show that you are the prime minister and make a public statement that you will respect the court's ruling. This is your duty," Kılıçdaroğlu said. Erdoğan had previously stated that the decision on the construction of the Artillery Barracks was already taken, adding that it would not change no matter what the protesters did.
At least 12 injured as police fire tear gas to break up protests in Istanbul, Ankara
By TIM ARANGO and CEYLAN YEGINSU
Police Attack Protesters in Istanbul's Taksim SquareISTANBUL — Police officers attacked a group of peaceful demonstrators on Friday in Istanbul's Taksim Square with water cannons and tear gas, sending scores of people, protesters and tourists alike, scurrying into shops and luxury hotels and turning the center of this city into a battle zone at the height of tourist season. The police action was the latest violent crackdown by the government against a growing protest movement challenging plans to replace a park in Taksim Square, Istanbul's equivalent of Cairo's Tahrir Square, with a replica Ottoman-era army barracks that would house a shopping mall. But while the removal of the park, which is filled with sycamore trees and is the last significant green space in the center of Istanbul, set off the protests at the beginning of the week, the gatherings have broadened into a wider expression of anger against the heavy-handed tactics and urban development plans of the government and its leader, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His party, now in power a decade, is increasingly viewed by many Turks as becoming authoritarian. Mr. Erdogan still has great support among Turkey's religious masses, but secular critics cite his government's sweeping prosecution and intimidation of journalists as evidence of its intolerance of dissent. Much of the anger also centers on the struggle over Istanbul's public spaces. Mr. Erdogan's government has preceded with disputed urban development plans with little public input, while his police forces have increasingly used tear gas against peaceful protesters, resulting in scores of injuries, including the hospitalization on Friday of a Kurdish lawmaker, who had become a vocal participant in the protests, after he was hit by a tear gas canister. The protest movement comes amid continued public anger at Turkey's policy of supporting the rebels in Syria, which many Turks feel has led to a violent spillover inside Turkey, including recent car bombings in the southern city of Reyhanli, which killed dozens of people. The rising public disenchantment represents a significant political challenge to Mr. Erdogan, who is planning to run for the presidency next year and has been trying to alter the Constitution to create a more powerful presidential system. In the early afternoon Friday, as protesters gathered and began shouting antigovernment chants, police officers in riot gear began surrounding the group, positioning vehicles that resembled tanks at the edge of the square around the protesters, who were mostly sitting. "Taksim is ours, we are not giving it to the A.K.P.!" they chanted, referring to Mr. Erdogan's Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party, known as A.K.P. As they chanted, police officers casually put on their gas masks and the operators of the tanklike vehicles aimed their big guns, which fire a mixture of water and tear gas, at the group. Then chaos erupted. Protesters and onlookers, some of them tourists, ran down side streets where shopkeepers offered sliced lemons to soothe the burning sensation of the gas, and pharmacists doled out ointments for skin burns. "The pigs, the pigs," said Esra Yurtnac, who was crying as she sought refuge in a bakery after being gassed. "All they know is how to use gas." She added, "They think they can silence us with force, but they won't." Hours after the clashes with protesters, an Istanbul court on Friday ruled in favor of a petition by a local advocacy group and halted the project until parties submitted their legal arguments to court, the semiofficial Anatolian News Agency reported. The interior minister also pledged on Friday that claims of excessive force would be investigated. The chaos followed a dawn raid on an Occupy Wall Street-style encampment in Gezi Park, near Taksim, in which the police also used tear gas to drive away protesters and later barricaded the park. In an earlier raid on the camp, on Thursday, the police set fire to some tents. The brief occupation of the park, which began after bulldozers had started to take down trees, had taken on a festival-like atmosphere, with yoga, barbecues and musical performances, while the gathered changed, "Taksim is ours! Istanbul is ours!" The people adorned the camp with banners expressing the rising anger at the reshaping of Istanbul's urban spaces by the government. One read, "Don't touch our neighborhood, our squares, our trees, our water, our soil, our homes, our villages, our cities and our parks." Another referred to Mr. Erdogan and the growing number of shopping malls being built around the city. "Let all shopping malls crumble and let Tayyip get crushed by their rubble," the banner read. In building new mosques and emphasizing Turkey's Islamic past over its Byzantine and Roman legacies, Mr. Erdogan has been referred to as a latter-day Ottoman sultan, with little regard for seeking public input on the projects. On Wednesday, the government held a groundbreaking ceremony for a third bridge over the Bosporus that is being named for an Ottoman sultan. "It's all about superiority, and ruling over the people like sultans," said one of the protesters, Seckin Barbaros, 26, a former journalist who is now unemployed. "When were we asked what we wanted? We have three times the amount of mosques as we do schools. Yet they are building new mosques. There are eight shopping malls in the vicinity of Taksim, yet they want to build another." In a speech earlier in the week, Mr. Erdogan dismissed the protesters and said the destruction of park would go ahead, "no matter what they do." The anger in the streets is also a rebuke to the economic policies of the government, which have relied heavily on construction and new housing in Istanbul to power economic growth. Turkey has had a resilient economy that emerged relatively unscathed from the global financial crisis, eclipsing the performance of Europe and many other nations. But some analysts worry the government's focus on construction projects could lead to a bubble much like the one in the United States that led to the economic collapse of 2008. Ms. Barbaros said, "What about the day when all these shopping malls will be empty like in Greece and then they will wish they never constructed them." She added: "Where are the opera houses? The theaters? The culture and youth centers? What about those? They only choose what will bring them the most profit without considering what we need." Another demonstrator, Seyfettin Sabaz, who is training to be a dentist, said: "Many of the Turkish public think that we are here as environmentalists to save our sycamore trees. But that's not it. We are here to stand up against those that are trying to make a profit from our land." Around Taksim Square, the site of several other tear gas attacks on protesters this year, including one on May Day demonstrators, the chaos is taking on a sense of the familiar to shopkeepers who are becoming accustomed to offering shelter and aid to tear gas victims. "I own a decorations shop, but for the past year it has felt like I run a shelter for gas raid victims," said Ali Yildrim, who has lived in Istanbul for 35 years. "Soon I'll be keeping lemons and medicine behind my counter."
Bangladeshi student Fatima Sheikh to play the role of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai
Indian film director Amjad Khan confirmed that 16-year-old Fatima Sheikh, from Dhaka, will play the central part in the filmA Bangladeshi student with no acting experience is to play the role of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai in a forthcoming movie about the work of the teenage activist who was shot and almost killed by the Taliban. Indian film director Amjad Khan confirmed that 16-year-old Fatima Sheikh, from Dhaka, will play the central part in the film, for which shooting is expected to start in the middle of July. Mr Khan said that for security reasons, no photographs showing Ms Sheikh's face or other details about her would be released until shooting was well underway. "She is a student. She looks like Malala," the Kolkata-based director told The Independent. "But there are security issues." Indian media has been buzzing with speculation about who might play the role of 15-year-old Malala since Mr Khan announced his plans to make the film late last year. He said he had been inspired by her struggle for the right of girls in Pakistan's Swat Valley to be educated, a story that had received international attention after she was shot while on her way home from school last autumn. The English-language film is to be called Gul Makai, the pseudonym used by Malala when she wrote a blog for the BBC Urdu service website in 2009 when the Swat valley was seized by Taliban gunmen. The militants issued strict edicts obliging people to follow Sharia law and burned down girls' schools. They were eventually driven out by the Pakistani army but the security situation remains uncertain. Malala, who also appeared in a subsequent documentary about her work as campaigner, was shot in the neck after her school bus was intercepted by a Taliban gunman last October. They said they had intentionally targeted her because of her work and because of her alleged links to the West. The shooting of the 15-year-old triggered outrage across Pakistan and around the world. After emergency treatment in Pakistan she was transferred to Britain where she has undergone reconstructive surgery and received rehabilitation. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Mr Khan said he had located Ms Sheikh through a friend in Bangladesh and that he had gone to Dhaka to carry out a screen-test. Her parents have insisted that her identity not be revealed until the second half of filming. "Filming will take place in London, Pakistan, Iran and India," said Mr Khan. The selection of Ms Sheikh to play the role of Malala was first reported by the Times of India which used an image of the Bangladeshi student wearing a niqab, or veil, with just a narrow slit for her eyes. This is not the first time Mr Khan has selected a controversial subject for a film. Last year he reportedly received threats after completing work on Le Gaya Saddam, which looked at the issue of divorce in Muslim cultures. Malala, who was treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, is due to publish an account of her life later this year. It is to be called I am Malala. The book's publication is to be accompanied by two interviews broadcast in the UK and US. There was no immediate reaction from Malala or her family about the film
Punjab: Measles; unstoppable
Far from showing any retreat, the measles menace is looking almost unstoppable. It took the lives of nine more children on Monday, amid the Lahore High Court looking quite perturbed at the continued loss of life. What is to be done? A report in this paper points towards the usual procrastination in procurement and availability of vaccine as well as the shoddy conditions in the hospitals including medical staff that is incapable of stemming the disease. Broadly speaking, slackness is rather ingrained in our attitude or rather it is a way of life; we wake up when the disaster has already struck or sometimes when a suo moto notice is taken. Response towards measles is a case in point and a pathetic one. Reportedly many of the hospitals lack the vaccine, the delay in getting them has led to deaths.It appears, the authorities that ought to have arranged for the drugs and vaccines are literally hibernating. During the LHC proceedings, they were found shifting blame, which has been going on for quite some time now. In every hearing, accusations and excuses are flung as the judges watch and think to fight the scourge. Who is really in charge here? The Punjab Health Department that earned the ire of the court is headed by a bunch of officials who perhaps do not know what to do? Three more cases of children dying were also reported from Faisalabad; a total of 100 patients have died all over Punjab so far. The epidemic is spreading like a wildfire. The Lahore High Court's statement that the meagre measures taken by the Punjab health officials are the cause of the deaths is a damning indictment of the department. Now if heads have to roll, they must; this is necessary to get things moving in the right direction to bring in those who can save lives. The vaccines have to be procured and not only that regular surveillance of public hospitals need to be carried out where reports indicate unscrupulous staff stooping so low as to steal the medicine.
Pakistan: ''Now is the time: TTP leader's death''
IN death, Waliur Rehman has caused almost as much controversy as he did when he was alive. The TTP second-in-command appears to have been taken out by an American drone strike, triggering consternation in public and more considered cost-benefit analyses in private. For all the cries about yet another violation of Pakistan's sovereignty, however, one fundamental point must not be overlooked: it appears that the US knew how and where to find the militant, whereas the Pakistani security and intelligence apparatus did not. Waliur Rehman had in the past been cast as a 'moderate' Taliban, someone the state here could do business with, but the truth was that he was a moderate only in that he was determined to attack inside Afghanistan too — meaning his attention was split between Pakistan and Afghanistan, unlike, say, Hakeemullah Mehsud who is known to focus most of his attention on attacks inside Pakistan. So here was a highly dangerous, highly motivated and highly effective militant leader in the form of Waliur Rehman and the Pakistani state appears to have had little clue of his whereabouts, appearing to believe that he would likely be hiding out on the border between North and South Waziristan. This is where the role of the security establishment should be questioned. The drone argument also has the unhappy effect of deflecting attention to a far more serious issue: what the Pakistani state intends to do about North Waziristan, now the last redoubt of militants in which they can operate and plan largely unmolested. The incoming civilian leadership has talked up talks again while the military leadership has tried to indirectly warn about the futility of negotiations — but then the army high command has not shown any decisiveness when it comes to North Waziristan for years now either. Now, with the Taliban once again 'suspending' their offer of talks in the wake of Waliur Rehman's killing, there is one of two ways to proceed: flounder in the face of a continuing threat or take strength from the decisiveness showed by the electorate in rejecting the Taliban path. For all the reasons for inaction, to avoid a military operation in North Waziristan, to further delay establishing the state's writ there, there is a simple truth: the TTP and Pakistan as imagined by its people, and endorsed in the recent elections, are incompatible. How to take on the TTP militants in North Waziristan is an important question but it is secondary to the need to take them on now not later.
PPP takes reins of Sindh, again
Daily TimesThe Sindh Assembly elected PPP-Parliamentarians candidate Syed Qaim Ali Shah as chief minister of the province for the third time on Thursday. Qaim secured 86 votes, whereas MQM candidate for the slot, Syed Sardar Ahmed, got 48 votes and came in second in the contest, while the PML-F candidate, Imtiaz Sheikh, secured 18 votes. Later, speaking in the House Qaim thanked everyone for expressing confidence in him. He said that law and order in the province would be his top priority. He said that a 10-party alliance fought against the PPPP but people in Sindh again expressed confidence in the party. The chief minister said that his government would come up to the expectations of the people. Qaim was sworn in as the chief minister at a ceremony held at the Governor's House. Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan administered him oath. Qaim said that his government would try to deliver more than it did in its previous tenure. His election was held through open division of members. Some seven ministers also took oath along with the chief minister. They are Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Makhdoom Jamiluz Zaman, Manzoor Wasan, Sharjeel Inam Memon, Raja Khan Maher and Dr Sikanadar Mandhro. Syed Murad Ali Shah has been taken as adviser. Also, the Sindh Assembly elected PPPP leader Agha Siraj Durrani as speaker, and Shehla Raza as deputy speaker of the House. Durrani secured 87 votes and Shehla 86 during separate elections at the Sindh Assembly hall. Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Khuwaja Izharul Hassan and Heer Sohu got second positions by securing 48 votes each in the polls for speaker and deputy speaker, respectively. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) Irfaullah Marwat and PML-F's Nusrat Saher Abbasi got 18 votes each in the election for the two slots, respectively. Former speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro conducted the polls to select the new speaker, while the newly elected speaker, Agha Siraj Durrani supervised the deputy speaker's election. After being elected as the speaker, Durrani said that former speaker Khuhro had performed well in the office, and he will also utilise his abilities to run the assembly affairs in a good manner. He said that he will try to run the House in a balanced way. He appealed both the treasury and opposition to extend their cooperation in this respect. Former speaker Khuhro, who is also an expected parliamentary leader of the PPPP, assured the new speaker of his full support. MQM's leader Syed Sardar Ahmed also assured the speaker of his party's cooperation. He hoped that Durrani will perform well in office, and said that office of the speaker was very much important as founder of the country; Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had also assumed the seat, while remaining in office as the governor general. PPPP leader Manzoor Wasan hoped that the new speaker whose father too had held the same office will perform better than Khuhro. Another senior leader of the PPP, Hazar Khan Bijrani said that assuming office as the speaker is an honour for Durrani.
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If you've ever written an iOS app beyond a trivial "Hello world" app with just one screen and a few views, then you might have noticed that a lot of code seems to "naturally" go into view controllers.
Because view controllers in iOS carry many responsibilities and are closely related to the app screens, a lot of code ends up being written in them because it's just easier and faster that way.
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This Rolls-Royce Was Designed Specifically For NFL Training Camp
As the old saying goes, you should "dress for the job you want." If that sentiment extends to the car you drive to work, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is planning to be the best, flashiest player in the entire NFL, since he rolled up to the first day of the 2015 training camp in this Steelerized Rolls-Royce Phantom.
The Phantom was specially wrapped in Steelers black and gold detailing—this isn't your typical custom paint job.
Yeah, that's exactly what you think it is: Brown's autograph graces the side of the ride, just in case you were wondering who's inside.
Brett Williams is an editorial assistant at Supercompressor. As a Cleveland native, this is the worst-looking wrap job he's ever seen.
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The New York City Police Department yesterday announced a citywide campaign that would make it more difficult for people committing minor offenses like urinating in public and possessing marijuana to escape punishment.
Pursuing Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's theme of improving the quality of life in the city, the Police Department will overhaul procedures for issuing Criminal Court summonses, with the goal of reducing the number of evaders. Under the current system, only a fraction of people given summonses show up in court.
Under the changes, violators who do not carry an government-issued identification card with a picture, such as a driver's license, will be taken to a police station to be interrogated and, possibly, to be photographed, fingerprinted and held for arraignment.
Moreover, the precincts will keep computer records on who receives summonses and whether they appear in court. Police officers will be able to arrest repeat violaters after the court issues warrants. Deterrent Effect
The police said that by increasing the chance that summonses will lead to penalties, they hope to deter disorderly behavior.
Many offenders now evade summonses by giving false names and addresses or simply by not appearing in court, the police said. In addition, warrants for failure to appear are not issued because cases go unrecorded on court calendars.
"We have about three-quarters of the people who get summonses thumb their noses at them," said Jeremy Travis, Deputy Commissioner for Legal Matters. He said that 160,000 summonses were issued citywide last year.
Yesterday's announcement formalizes the Giuliani Administration's measures against practices many New Yorkers have come to accept as part of daily life: public urination, open-air drug deals, public consumption of alcohol and threatening behavior by squeegee users. Behind the announcement is the idea that leniency toward even these minor infractions lowers New Yorkers' quality of life, raises fears and leads to greater crimes.
"What we have had a tendency to do in the last 10 to 15 years is to ignore the small things," said Chief of Department John F. Timoney. "It's my sense, it's Commissioner Bratton's sense, and it's Mayor Giuliani's sense that if we start taking care of the small things, it will have a ripple effect and have an impact on the lives of people."
City officials revealed the program's details at a news conference in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, a district that has seen a rise in crime and vandalism in recent years. The program, which began in Greenwich Village on March 7, is to expand to the rest of the city during the next three months, Chief Timoney said. Officers to be Reassigned
The police department will reassign police officers to perform these new duties, he said.
Last month Police Commissioner William J. Bratton announced that more than 100 police officers would be assigned to the full-time task of rounding up truant teen-agers and sending them back into classrooms. Truancy, the police said, contributed to youth violence ranging from purse-snatchings to drug-related shootings.
Inside the police department, Commissioner Bratton began a reorganization expected to give borough and precinct commanders more power to deal with local problems. He also criticized some police officers for being complacent, exhorting them to be more aggressive in fighting even minor problems on the streets.
The city's most recent plan to raise New York's quality of life drew support from elected officials at yesterday's news conference.
Katherine E. Freed, a City Council member who has pressed for increased police presence in Greenwich Village, said a tolerance of minor infractions "creates an atmosphere that it's O.K. to ignore the law and the other people in your neighborhood."
Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of Manhattan, said, "Of course a murder or a rape is more important. But in the aggregate, these quality-of-life offenses can destroy a neighborhood and make a park unusable."


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Moonlit Moisturizing
Slathering on goopy ointments as part of your morning routine can literally become a sticky situation as you try to hold your toothbrush, get dressed and even grab the doorknob. In fact, if you're not paying attention, all of that carefully applied moisturizer may rub off on your clothes, couch and refrigerator door handle before you jump in the car.
For this reason, some doctors recommend night as the perfect time to practice moisturizing rituals. By bathing and moisturizing before bedtime, there's less chance that you'll continue to dry out skin. The body will have a better opportunity to absorb creams thoroughly and create a barrier between skin and the elements. If there are certain parts of your body that are more irritated and dry, like hands or feet, you can bathe, apply any prescription treatments, add a moisturizing agent, wrap your hands or feet in cotton gloves or socks accordingly and then doze off without the embarrassment or self-consciousness of wearing these accessories to work or school.
Wet dressings at bedtime are especially helpful because itchy skin makes for trouble sleeping. Not only will wet dressings, when applied correctly, help reduce the itch, these treatments should soften skin and moisturize eczema.
Blankets and pajamas made from natural, breathable fabrics, like cotton, should also allow eczematous children and adults to get a better night's sleep.


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Gulf Sukuk market set to recove
The Gulf-based Islamic bond market is poised for a revival as large corporate and supra-national issues come to market but it may be a fragile recovery with skittish investors fearful of any more bad news, market experts said.
Until last month, Islamic bonds, or sukuk, in the region were at a virtual standstill, with Saudi Arabia's Dar al Arkan 4300.SE holding the only international sukuk issue. But as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan came to a close, a flurry of activity resumed.
Since August, the region has seen offerings as varied as Kuveyt Turk's three-year $100 million Islamic bond -- the first sukuk out of secular Turkey -- to Qatar Islamic Bank's $750 million sukuk, which market experts say has been a runaway success.
And with Islamic Development Bank's (IDB) $3.5 billion sukuk programme in place, which will be dual-listed on both the Malaysia and London stock exchanges, the tide seems to have turned in the beleaguered market.
"There looks to be a pretty decent pipeline and the activity we're seeing seems to be going back to what we saw before 2009," said Rizwan Kanji, senior debt capital markets attorney at law firm Norton Rose. "There's a lot of excitement that perhaps the worst is behind us, subject to no other bad news."
The sukuk market is also awaiting issues from Bahrain-based Al Baraka Bank BARKA.BH, which plans to launch a $200 million sukuk by the end of the year and more from Jordan and Turkey.
Property developer Nakheel is also in preliminary talks with the NASDAQ Dubai to list a $1.6 billion Islamic bond as part of its restructuring plan, the chairman told reporters earlier this week.
Analysts have said troubled state-owned conglomerate Dubai World's accord with 99 percent of its bank creditors followed by Dubai's successful $1.25 billion conventional bond issue in late September has restored investor confidence in the debt capital markets.
The Islamic bond market in particular should benefit from the upturn in confidence given the pent-up demand among Islamic financial institutions, which can only invest in sharia-compliant issues.
"It is purely a supply and demand issue right now," Thomas Christie, an institutional sales trader at Wallich & Mathes. "There are very few internationally traded sukuk as compared to conventional bond issues. There is definitely an appetite there."
However, the sukuk market remains volatile, with issuers and investors keeping a close eye on global events as they move back into the market, both Christie and Norton Rose's Kanji said.
Kanji said the industry had seen some signs of recovery before the Greek economic crisis sent investors running for cover and while there have been more green shoots since, investors were again nervous over weak economic growth in Portugal, Spain and Ireland.
Emad Al Monayea, chairman and managing director of Liquidity Management House, a unit of Kuwait Finance House, was also cautious.
"If I am optimistic, I would say that recent successful issuances should convince other issuers to approach the market again," said Monayea. "But currently with the unpleasant market, things can change by the minute."
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The very definition of simplify says so much...how the word is defined is exactly what I set out to do for my clients...to make whatever area of their life and/or space that is complicating things for them easier...plainer...less complex...simpler.
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The dining space donned a table only....
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Volume of transactions has risen sharply, and the number of visitors reached yet another record
On June 16th, AIC 2019 – the 8th All in CARAVANING successfully concluded at the Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center (Beijing).
The indoor and outdoor exhibition areas totaled 37,000 square meters, with more than 200 brands from 22 countries and regions, 48% of which were international exhibitors. The three-day exhibition attracted 24,008 visitors from Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan Region, Germany, France, Australia, Italy, Canada, India, Mongolia, South Korea, Japan and other countries/regions, an increase of 8.18% over the previous edition. About 500 RVs of varying grades and brands were showed onsite, demonstrating a booming Chinese market. The newly opened "AIC Dometic Caravaner Parking Area" has more than 40 vehicles, creating an attractive view at AIC.
"When All in CARAVANING started here in China in 2012, this was a very new topic, not known to many people in china, but meanwhile caravaning is becoming more and more popular, and we are sure that alongside the show will grow and coming here a very bright future. " said Mr. Wolfram Diener with delight during his first visit to AIC as the Operative Managing Director of the Messe Düsseldorf GmbH.
Record number of trade buyers and group visitors
AIC launched its Buyer Program for the first time this year, and attracted a total of nearly one thousand buyers through cooperation with professional media outlets and extensive targeted advertising. As a result, buyers all showed clear intention to place orders and complete deals onsite. At the same time, organization of visitor delegation developed further to a total of 500 people based on last year. AIC continues to work with well-known enterprises to bring potential customers who have purchasing power and interest in caravan to the event for first-hand experiences.
Release of new vehicle models set off a buying frenzy
A highlight of AIC is the new RV model launching ceremonies at the event. Exhibitors all made great efforts to host press conferences, new product launch events or strategic partnership events with dazzling ideas, drawing the attention of visitors. A dazzling array of new models has triggered "a buying spree" among visitors. Signing of orders started from the first day on. Many prototypes were sold, with considerable potential orders to follow. Most exhibitors reported outstanding sales results. The organizer's promotional campaign of offering Dometic Electric Cool Boxes as free gifts to caravan buyers was well received, as all the gifts were given away in merely one hour after opening each day.
Accessories and outdoor products have also gained great popularity. Various exhibitors launched their innovative products of the year, including electrical appliances, kitchen and bathroom furniture, camping, and other products for caravan improvements, which have been well received by visitors.
Expert-level conferences share knowledge and international expertise
On June 15th and 16th, professional conferences took place at the Convention Center to enhance international exchanges and sharing of industry experiences. AIC distinguishes itself from other caravan exhibitions with its international coverage. The 1st Asian RV Conference, Sino-German Dealer Workshop, Sino-German Guided Camping Experience Exchange Meeting have all invited experts from Germany and Japan to engage in direct dialogues. Several important conferences by major industry associations also took place, covering topics of caravan, camping, outdoor activities and tourism. The number of participants reached more than 800.
AIC activity area is high popular and strives to promote the caravan culture.
Through cooperation with ticketing agencies and parent-child organizations, approximately 3,000 families have come to AIC this year, making the "AIC Kids Club" and "AIC Outdoor Club" the liveliest areas on the spot. These young families with children were highly interested in caravan trips, and AIC has become the starting point for them to get in contact and experience the lifestyle of caravan travels.
The conventional AIC Forum zone also gathered huge popularity. The outstanding activities have always maintained a full house. A total of 800 people took part in the activities throughout the three days. One of the most popular events was the "AIC Dream Tour" by top caravanning travellers Kostya Abert (Germany) and Mr. Zhang Guangzhi (China). Their fascinating recount of caravan trips drew the visitors in with magnificent scenery and interesting anecdotes. At the "AIC Starter World", Mr. MA Chi, RV expert and Mr. Cui, caravan travel blogger made an impressive appearance that was greatly welcomed by the visitors. Participants were actively engaged in Q&A and interaction during the event for sharing of valuable information.
Unveiling awards and a big "thank you" to exhibitors and industry partners for the past eight years.
On the night of the opening day, June 14th, the exhibitor party was grandly held. Major awards of the year were announced on the spot, including AIC Contribution Award, AIC Caravan Ambassador, AIC Innovation, and the grand AIC AWARDS. It is worth mentioning that Kostya Abert was awarded "2019 International Caravan Ambassador".
In addition, on the last day of the exhibition, "AIC 2019 Most Popular Caravan Brand" and "AIC Selection Accessories Award" were also revealed.
"AIC's eighth edition has achieved wonderful results, successfully fulfilled and even surpassed our expectations. The Chinese caravaning and camping industry is forging ahead with increasing market demand and tremendous potentials. I believe that AIC is ready to meet the challenges of the next eight years. Under the support of all partners, the mother show Caravan Salon and various international associations, it is bound to become the No.1 trade fair in caravaning and camping industry in Asia." explained Mr. Marius Berlemann confidently, General Manager of Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
AIC 2020 will be held at the Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center (Beijing) next June.
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NASA's weightless aircraft is retired
Turbojet used for astronaut training makes its final flight
HOUSTON - The NASA turbojet notoriously known as the "vomit comet" for its use in training astronauts for weightlessness made its final flight Friday. Few among the two dozen seasoned passengers aboard got sick.
NASA's "Weightless Wonder" KC-135, a four-engine turbojet, was more commonly used by researchers to conduct experiments in a zero-gravity environment.
But test director John Yaniac proudly told those who attended a post-flight briefing that over the years, the plane's crew had cleaned up at least 285 gallons of vomit.
"It's been a pleasure flying on this aircraft," he said.
The KC-135's final flight lasted almost three hours and made 50 of the steep climbs and dives it used to achieve between 20 and 30 seconds of weightlessness at a time.
NASA got two KC-135s from the military, which originally used the aircraft for cargo and refueling. The first KC-135 — used in the movie Apollo 13 staring Tom Hanks — was retired in 2000 and is on permanent display at Ellington Field, not far from the Johnson Space Center.
The final KC-135 will have its usable parts sold off and be placed in permanent storage in Arizona. It will be replaced by a C-9 aircraft next year.
Yaniac said since the second KC-135's first flight in 1995, more than 2,000 students and 460 college teams have conducted experiments on board.
"We're a laboratory just like any other laboratory at JSC," he said. "We just have to go into the sky to do it."
The aircraft made its final landing at Ellington Field late Friday afternoon, where it was greeted by two Air Force fire engines.
With their lights going, the fire trucks escorted the plane down the runway. They pulled ahead as the aircraft approached Hangar 990 and then opened their water hoses, spraying an arch of water over the plane as it completed its final voyage.
"It's the end of an era," Yaniac said.


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Mesa Airlines using ARINC's VDL mode 2 service; first regional to make major commitment
ANNAPOLIS (ARINC) - Incorporated today announced Mesa Airlines, Inc. has contracted for ARINC's GLOBALinkSM data link communications service, including VDL Mode 2 data link for 30 of its regional jets. The airline completed VDL deployment earlier this month, following successful tests in June.
Mesa will use VDL Mode 2 capability on selected Canadair Regional Jets in its fleet, and has also equipped ten DeHavilland Dash-8 turboprops for ARINC's VHF ACARS® data link service.
"We are delighted Mesa Airlines has chosen our cost-effective VDL Mode 2 service to enhance their fleet communications," stated Karla Cadden, ARINC Sales Director, Aviation Solutions. "This is a notable step forward for America's thriving regional airline industry, and Mesa is strategically positioning itself to be even more competitive through the higher operating efficiencies and lower costs possible with VDL."
During Mesa's recent VDL Mode 2 testing, ARINC provided a dedicated implementation manager and supported Mesa with ground hosting, supplier coordination, lab and flight testing—all components of a successful end-to-end system launch.
"Rollout of ARINC's VDL service went smoothly and we were impressed by the amount of implementation assistance provided," said Bob Hornberg, Mesa Airlines Vice President and Chief Information Officer. "Based on a few months' experience, both these data link services are making a solid contribution to our efficient, on-time flight operations."
Mesa expects to use the new VDL service for automated data reporting, which will support key applications such as preventive maintenance, flight support, and weather—all important tools to streamline flight operations and enhance reliability.
Because of its greater capacity, VDL is widely viewed as the industry's migration path beyond traditional VHF data link. ARINC now operates a global infrastructure of 200 VDL Mode 2 ground stations, including coast-to-coast VDL Mode 2 coverage in the U.S. for aeronautical operational control (AOC).
Mesa currently operates 182 aircraft with over 1,100 daily system departures to over 165 cities, 44 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, and Mexico. Mesa operates as America West Express, US Airways Express and United Express under contractual agreement with America West, US Airways, and United Airlines, respectively, and independently as Mesa Airlines. The company, founded by Larry and Janie Risley in New Mexico in 1982, has approximately 5,000 employees. For more information, visit the web site at www.mesa-air.com.
ARINC Incorporated is the world leader in transportation communications and systems engineering. The company develops and operates communications and information processing systems and provides systems engineering and integration solutions to five key industries: airports, aviation, defense, government, and surface transportation. Founded to provide reliable and efficient radio communications for the airlines, ARINC is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, and operates key regional offices in London and Singapore, with over 3,000 employees worldwide. ARINC is ISO 9001:2000 Certified.
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I've been told that it's absolutely necessary for me to keep up with this blog, especially now that I'm on the opposite coast. And, naturally, law school is no excuse. So instead of bugging my eyes out with any more case briefings, here I am type-typing away. Unfortunately all I can think of to write about is law-type topics.
So, I was doing some reading in the blogosphere looking for inspiration when I discovered this post on Wikipedia and some study that women don't contribute as much as men. You can find the original articles here and here. Anyway, it was an interesting article to me because I personally love Wikipedia, but have never contributed to it. Which got me thinking. Have I simply never noticed any glaring errors on the site which need immediate revision? Or is there some deeper, more nefarious implication to the situation? Do I simply not want to be known as a snob who goes around correcting people all the time? Or am I really afraid of being wrong?
There's probably some credence to each of these ideas, but mostly I think it's just situational. I know stuff, I have no inhibitions against saying things that may or may not be true, and I genuinely enjoy just making things up on the fly. For example, I happen to know that the word 'credenza' comes from an old usage, 'credence table' which was where people put the food out to be tested for poison before eating. Wikipedia's current entry, while slightly differing, is close enough for me. But if they hadn't mentioned the poison, I would have felt compelled to help them out. Sure, Wikipedia isn't the ultimate end-all of knowledge, but it's a great place to get a quick summary of something you don't know anything about. If you still have questions or concerns, that's why we have experts, specialists, and librarians.
So back to the original blog about what's wrong with WikiP – evidently the writer is also a lawyer. A lawyer who blogs about law. A lawyer who blogs about why women lawyers don't blog about law more. Hey! I'm a woman! And like half a lawyer! And I blog and stuff! So, new topic, why are there so few of me? Is it 1) People don't notice them if they aren't looking for them, B) lack of time due to familial obligations or for other reasons, or iii) exposure to personal attack? There's also some question about the statistics for legal academics being more balanced by gender, which leads me to my own theory about the disparity.
Obviously, academics publish. It's one of the formost things they do, other than research and occasionally teaching someone something. But underlying this requirement is a fundamental skill all academics have – they can write. Ok, actually I retract that. There are probably some who get away with limited writing skills. But I would allege the ability of legal academics is generally higher than that of the average lawyer.
Of course, I have no proof. But I'd be interested to see some stats on just how many lawyers think they're good at writing, and more particularly, how many enjoy it. Because, let's face it, if you don't derive at least some pleasure in expounding your ideas in a written form, why would you ever have a blog? Until the day that someone figures out how to do a picture-based legal blog, I think that's what we're stuck with.
Not that I'm saying women generally enjoy writing less or are generally less skilled at it than men. It just may be a factor in the group of women that are lawyers versus the group of men who are lawyers. And with that, I'm going to call it a day and pretend I've broken some major stereotypes.
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Kickboxing series STB 17 Farciennes: Piras vs. Gozdzicki 2
Kickboxing World Championship returns to Belgium with Simply the Best 17 Farciennes held on Sunday November 26. The event is the fourth episode produced in the country, following STB 1, 9 and 12.
The previous chapters featured two WKN Intercontinental championships, Europe vs Asia and Europe vs South America, as well as International contest Belgium vs Greece. An upcoming show is headlined by the championship of the World, when the current WKN lightweight title holder Italian Lorenzo Piras (21-5-0, 10 KOs) defends the belt facing off the representative of the country-host Allan Gozdzicki (45-20-3, 13 KOs).
The bout is also a rematch following their original encounter in April on Sardinia. Challenging for a vacant at that time belt, Piras earned a five-round unanimous decision win over Gozdzicki.
Piras makes his second Simply the Best appearance, following the third-round stoppage against Belgian Paulo Renna back in Farciennes last year, when he won WKN European super featherweight title. Gozdzicki headlined STB 1 Charleroi in 2014, going up against Korean Dong Su Kim for WKN Intercontinental lightweight title, as well as defeated Italian Alessandro Fillini by decision also at STB 12.
The promoter of the event is former 16-time World Champion Osman Yigin. President of World Kickboxing Network Stephane Cabrera is expected to attend the show.
The date of the event has been revealed on Sunday. Other bouts are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
Lightweight Lorenzo Piras (c) vs. Allan Gozdzicki – WKN title


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Hardly Strictly packs in a crowd for music fest
The few hundred people that made the effort to show up early Saturday to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 9 festival in Golden Gate Park were rewarded lavishly.
Breaking in the new Towers of Gold Stage at the far end of Lindley Meadow just before noon, Nashville guitarist Buddy Miller brought out a couple of special guests - Emmylou Harris to sing devastating harmonies on his song "Wide River to Cross" and Robert Plant to unleash his leather lung wail on the Hank Snow standard "I'm Movin' On."
"This is like going to school for me," said the Led Zeppelin frontman, who minutes earlier had been taking pictures of gophers digging in the lawn backstage.
The free festival, which closes its three-day run tonight with a headlining set by Harris, drew record crowds for its ninth year despite fierce winds and heavy traffic.
Organizers didn't have an exact number but enough people showed up to force the closure of 19th Avenue, knock out AT&T cell phone service and fill just about every available patch of grass, dirt and asphalt from Speedway Meadow on west.
"There's more people than the park can hold," said one onsite police officer.
Hardly Strictly booker Dawn Holliday, general manager of Slim's and the Great American Music Hall, said they expected about 750,000 to attend over the weekend. With more than 80 acts spread across six stages, there was certainly more than enough going on to keep them all entertained.
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder offered traditional bluegrass on the Banjo Stage. Okkervil River did indie rock back at the Towers of Gold Stage. Old school country outlaw Billy Joe Shaver impressed himself on the Arrow Stage audience by declaring, "If you don't love Jesus, go to hell."
But it felt like most of the attendees turned out to see comic actor Steve Martin perform songs from his instrumental banjo album, "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo," along with the Steep Canyon Rangers.
Martin mixed some unexpected finger-picking mastery with the expected comedic quips. "A lot of people say, 'Steve, why a music career now?' " Martin said. "I say, 'Hey, you guys are my band.' "
After his set he was greeted by fellow amateur banjoist Warren Hellman, the billionaire investment banker who finances Hardly Strictly as a gift to the city.
Even though Hellman's right arm was wrapped in a sling after a recent bout of shingles, he still managed to make it through his bluegrass group the Wronglers' traditional morning set and sit in with the Dry Branch Fire Squad later in the day.
After saying hello to Martin, he jumped into a waiting golf cart to be transported to the next act on his personal schedule. "Have you seen Natalie MacMaster?" Hellman said. "She can play that fast and dance while she's doing it."
"He's having the time of his life," Holliday said after Hellman sped off.
Watching the families basking in the sun, music fans racing from stage to stage, and dogs lying on the grass, it was clear he wasn't the only one.
For more photos from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, go to sfgate.com.


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Turns out the surprise that Derek was torturing me with all last weekend was the fact that it was president's day yesterday and that he had the day off. I was so oblivious to this fact of it being a national holiday. Apparently when you're home all day everyday with the best baby ever, the days just kind of mesh all into each other and you don't know what is what. So Monday morning I patiently waited until 6:46am to ask Derek when his alarm was going to go off so I could ask what my surprise was. He replied, "NEVERRRR!" and then I instantly knew he had the day off. We cuddled for 5 minutes before I passed out, then Jay woke up 45 minutes later and Derek took him downstairs while I slept for another 2 hours. Yes, I know, Derek IS the greatest husband in all the land. Then we went to Walmart and got Jay more baby food, went to look for a new kitchen table and failed, and then we did other awesome stuff that I'm not allowed to talk about because we're trying to surprise everyone! Woof! I hate surprises!
Presidents Day Surprise!
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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Government health care is neither compassionate and equitable
Canada's ObamaCare Precedent - Governments always ration care by making you wait. That can be deadly.
Between 2006 and 2008, Ontario sent more than 160 patients to New York and Michigan for emergency neurosurgery -- described by the Globe and Mail newspaper as "broken necks, burst aneurysms and other types of bleeding in or around the brain."
Only half of ER patients are treated in a timely manner by national and international standards, according to a government study. The physician shortage is so severe that some towns hold lotteries, with the winners gaining access to the local doc.
Overall, according to a study published in Lancet Oncology last year, five-year cancer survival rates are higher in the U.S. than those in Canada. Based on data from the Joint Canada/U.S. Survey of Health (done by Statistics Canada and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics), Americans have greater access to preventive screening tests and have higher treatment rates for chronic illnesses. No wonder: To limit the growth in health spending, governments restrict the supply of health care by rationing it through waiting. The same survey data show, as June and Paul O'Neill note in a paper published in 2007 in the Forum for Health Economics & Policy, that the poor under socialized medicine seem to be less healthy relative to the nonpoor than their American counterparts.
Ironically, as the U.S. is on the verge of rushing toward government health care, Canada is reforming its system in the opposite direction. In 2005, Canada's supreme court struck down key laws in Quebec that established a government monopoly of health services. Claude Castonguay, who headed the Quebec government commission that recommended the creation of its public health-care system in the 1960s, also has second thoughts. Last year, after completing another review, he declared the system in "crisis" and suggested a massive expansion of private services -- even advocating that public hospitals rent facilities to physicians in off-hours.
In Canada, private-sector health care is growing. Dr. Day estimates that 50,000 people are seen at private clinics every year in British Columbia. According to the New York Times, a private clinic opens at a rate of about one a week across the country. Public-private partnerships, once a taboo topic, are embraced by provincial governments.
In the United Kingdom, where socialized medicine was established after World War II through the National Health Service, the present Labour government has introduced a choice in surgeries by allowing patients to choose among facilities, often including private ones. Even in Sweden, the government has turned over services to the private sector.
Americans need to ask a basic question: Why are they rushing into a system of government-dominated health care when the very countries that have experienced it for so long are backing away?
Comment: Soon coming .... Obamacare!


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On July 25, 2012, Bridgepoint Education's University of the Rockies received a letter from the United States Department of Education (DOE) stating that it has scheduled an on-site Program Review to begin on August 20, 2012. The on-site visit is expected to last through August 24, 2012.
The DOE's review will assess the institution's administration of Title IV, HEA programs in which University of the Rockies participates. The review will initially cover the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 award years, but may be expanded if appropriate.
University of the Rockies intends to cooperate fully with the DOE in this matter.
About Bridgepoint Education
Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE:BPI) improves the way individuals learn. By harnessing creativity, knowledge and proprietary technologies, such as Constellation, Thuze and Waypoint Outcomes, Bridgepoint Education has re-engineered the modern student experience with innovative solutions that advance learning. Its accredited institutions – Ashford University and University of the Rockies – embody the contemporary college experience. Ashford University offers associate's, bachelor's and master's degree programs while University of the Rockies offers master's and doctoral degree programs. Both provide progressive online platforms, as well as traditional campuses located in Clinton, Iowa (Ashford University), and Colorado Springs, Colorado (University of the Rockies). For more information about Bridgepoint Education, visit www.bridgepointeducation.com or call Shari Rodriguez, associate vice president of Public Relations, at 858.668.2580.
About University of the Rockies
University of the Rockies is an advanced graduate institution for tomorrow's thought leaders. The University provides an intimate and dynamic learning environment, offering highly specialized master's and doctoral degree programs in the social and behavioral sciences, access to industry experts, campus clinical programs for practical experience, and research and publishing opportunities. University of the Rockies is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association (www.ncahlc.org). Small by design, University of the Rockies classes are presented in a progressive online format and at its Colorado Springs, Colorado, campus. For more information, please visit www.rockies.edu or call Shari Rodriguez, associate vice president of Public Relations, at 866.621.0124 x2513.


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Last Wednesday, a 19-year-old lunatic opened fire at a Florida high school, killing 17 students and teachers and wounding several others. This Valentine's Day massacre was the 30th mass shooting in the United States so far this year, and the most deadly.
As our fellow citizens raced into their predicable opinion bubbles, ruminating on how to properly react to yet another instance of pointless American carnage, one sentiment struck me with particular force: "If you oppose gun control, you can't call yourself pro-life."
On the one hand, an assertion like that speaks for itself. Guns equal death; therefore, to foster life, eliminate the guns. Surely the "pro-life" movement, whose entire platform is based on protecting the young and vulnerable, can appreciate this as well as anyone.
And yet, unfortunately, the world is more complicated than that, if only because of the apparently intractable politics that have enabled America to become the most trigger-happy advanced nation on Earth. Even when overwhelming majorities of the public support certain basic changes to who gets to own deadly weapons in this country—and who doesn't—the financial tyranny of the NRA over our elected officials guarantees a bloody status quo on guns for many years to come.
Into this breach, I offer a modest proposal: Repeal the Second Amendment once and for all, and in exchange, allow the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
That's right: I'm suggesting a good old-fashioned trade-off whereby two groups claiming the mantle of "pro-life" can put their money where their mouth is, and two major issues can be addressed in one fell swoop.
Obtuse as it may sound, there is a certain symmetry in tethering gun rights to abortion rights. After all, both are rooted in core constitutional principles—the former in the aforementioned Second Amendment; the latter in the Fourteenth. Both involve the direct, deliberate taking of human life, sometimes for morally dubious reasons. Both provoke deep, painful and ultimately irresolvable debates about what it means to be a free American. Finally, both hinge on the question of federalism and what it would mean, practically-speaking, if we were to radically decentralize certain rights we have heretofore regarded as (to coin a phrase) inalienable.
Of course, we'll never find out the exact answer to that question, since neither the Second Amendment nor Roe v. Wade will be disappearing any time in the foreseeable future—a fact that leaves me half-relieved and half-depressed (not necessarily in that order).
All the same, having witnessed lawmakers' shameful abdication of leadership in the teeth of one heinous—and utterly preventable—mass shooting after another, I have reached the dispiriting conclusion that our national epidemic of gun violence will never abate unless and until we decide, as a people, that there shouldn't be a right to bear arms in the first place. While such seemingly obvious fixes as an assault weapons ban or robust background checks would undoubtedly save countless lives, neither addresses the fundamental collective psychosis that is Americans' fetishization of hand-held killing machines, for which the Second Amendment provides both legal and cultural cover.
Were I to become king, I would gut the Second Amendment tomorrow and hurl every firearm into a volcano. However, since I am not king and we live in a republic, I recognize that, one way or another, effecting truly transformational gun reform will come at a price—and a painful one at that. In a country with such wildly divergent views of liberty and freedom and right and wrong, no major ideological settlement can be made cleanly or simply: There must be a fight, and both sides must be prepared to give at least as much as they are hoping to take.
It's hard to believe today, but this was something that America used to be able to accomplish. Indeed, look closely enough and you'll notice a large chunk of modern American life came about through incongruous—if not outright ludicrous—grand compromises, many of them sealed in proverbial smoke-filled rooms or around dinner tables in between bottles of Port. Think Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton agreeing to establish a national bank in exchange for moving the capital from New York to Virginia. Or the Compromise of 1850, which gave us the horrid Fugitive Slave Act, but also California. (The former was eventually repealed. The latter, not yet.) Or the fact that the Constitutional Convention itself gifted us a bicameral legislature, with one house favoring small states and the other favoring large ones.
That was then. Now, of course, we are represented by a Congress that can't seem to pass laws everyone likes, let alone ones that divide America straight down the middle. Because our body politic has become so irretrievably tribal—so blindingly partisan, so stubbornly zero-sum—the very notion of compromise has increasingly been conflated with weakness, capitulation and ideological selling-out, rather than for what it actually is: the only known way to run a goddamned country.
Hence the rank impossibility of a comprehensive immigration deal—something that could be resolved in an hour if Democrats merely agreed to fund a wall along the Mexican border. Hence the absence of a plan to strengthen Obamacare, which the GOP prefers to cripple out of spite than make work for its own constituents.
Our leaders would rather get nothing than give their opponents anything, and we are all living with the consequences. It would be a terribly unfair quandary for this great country to find itself in, except for the pesky fact that every one of those representatives was democratically elected by us, the people. This is what we wanted, folks, and the madness will continue until we choose—say, on November 6—to make it stop.


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More than 200 people with ties to Massachusetts died in the 9/11 attacks that shook the nation and changed lives forever.
On Wednesday, the 12th anniversary of the attacks, local leaders, family members of the victims, police and firemen and ordinary citizens stopped to remember those who lost their lives.
Early Wednesday morning a remembrance ceremony and wreath laying was held at the 9/11 Contemplative Garden in the Public Garden. That was followed by a flag lowering ceremony at the State House, where the names of the more than 200 people with ties to Massachusetts who died on 9/11 were read.
"Today we honor those lives we lost 12 years ago, the families who lost loved ones, and those who give their lives to protect us every day," said Gov. Deval Patrick in a statement.
Also to mark the anniversary and in remembrance of the attacks, a blood drive was being hosted at Fenway Park and volunteers were assembling care packages on the Greenway to send to soldiers overseas and distribute to homeless veterans.
Thousands of people died when terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Another plane later crashed in a Pennsylvania field after passengers tried to retake it. Two of the four planes departed from Logan Airport.
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For several months, Scott Creative has been assisting Oakwood Country Club (Kansas City, Missouri) with their marketing and communications needs. My work for this client includes trade show banner designs, print advertisements and now, their club newsletter. In June 2011, I began evaluating their newsletter and identifying areas of improvement in this vital piece of communication.
What I learned from conversations with general manager, Chris B., is that what Oakwood needed was a monthly newsletter with a professional feel that engaged their members. Once a new design template was approved, work on the July 2011 was underway. My wife, Sarah (S. Scott Photography) and I traveled to Kansas City to shoot staff photos for the newsletter, as well as photos of the course, clubhouse and surroundings for use in future marketing/communications materials.
This new design is intended to help Oakwood connect and communicate with their club's members in a way the previous version was unable to. A clean, three-column layout includes staff articles accompanied by photos, information on upcoming events, photo galleries of previous events and a monthly calendar. Printed on tabloid size paper, the newsletter is saddle stitched, folded and then mailed to Oakwood Country Club's members.


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Hi, first check out the standard package: VectorAnalysis. If you can find your coordinate system there, you are done. If not there exists a package "GeneralVectorAnalysis.m". You will have to search the group archive or at Wolfram for it. If this does not help neither, you must do the work yourself. E.g. Assume we have: u[x,y,z],v[x,y,z],w[x,y,z], then we get the Gradient operator in {u,v,w} coordinates by: gr = Function[xx, Tr /@ (Outer[ D[#3, #1] D[xx, #2] &, {x, y, z}, {u, v, w}, {U, V, W}])] This is a handsome piece of code, but it works by first creating all possible combination of derivatives. Then "Tr" picks the one we want and sums them. E.g. if we want the gradient of the scalar function p[u,v,w]: gr[u[u,v,w]] this gives: { (p^(1,0,0))[u,v,w] (u^(1,0,0))[x,y,z]+(p^(0,1,0))[u,v,w] (v^(1,0,0))[x,y,z]+(p^(0,0,1))[u,v,w] (w^(1,0,0))[x,y,z] , (p^(0,1,0))[u,v,w] (v^(0,1,0))[x,y,z]+(p^(0,0,1))[u,v,w] (w^(0,1,0))[x,y,z]+(u^(0,1,0))[x,y,z] (p^(1,0,0))[u,v,w] , (p^(0,0,1))[u,v,w] (w^(0,0,1))[x,y,z]+(v^(0,0,1))[x,y,z] (p^(0,1,0))[u,v,w]+(u^(0,0,1))[x,y,z] (p^(1,0,0))[u,v,w] } have fun, Daniel Magician wrote: > Hi!, > HELP! > > I've asked this question a couple of times but never received an > answer. > > > I have a new coordinate system to deal with. > x=f(u, v,w) > y=g(u,v,w) > z=h(u,v,w) > (x,y,z) are Cartesian > and it's inverse is known. > How can I program this in Mathematica and compute the gradient, curl, > divergence, laplacian > and other operators in this coordinate system ???? >


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LTV Forecast page looks pretty simple, but in fact there are complicated calculations on the backend of this page.
Here you need to select the install dates interval on the top left. It will constraint the dates of users' first visit of the application. And then the forecast will be calculated.
Please note that Red line on the plot is the benchmark LTV (it is not the forecast, it is just the reference value calculated on the similar projects from devtodev database).
Blue line is the fact values of cumulative ARPU from your users. It shows how much money is brought to the project from one active user after 1, 2, ..., N days from the first visit.
And the dashed blue line is the mathematical estimation (forecast) of cumulative ARPU after N days in the future. According to devtodev assumptions, LTV is the estimated cumulative ARPU after 360 days from the first visit.
Please note that devtodev can provide you with the benchmark and forecast values from the very first day since the data is in our database. And the more days passed, the more correct the prediction is.
Here are some examples of LTV forecasting:


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Archive for April, 2012
HOWTO :: Send and receive MMS on Galaxy Nexus / SoftBank
Posted by lenik in Android, development, galaxy nexus, SoftBank on April 26, 2012
As usual, MMS support in the international version of Galaxy Nexus does not work on SoftBank network as is, and requires a bit of tinkering. We gonna need usual toolset: phone, USB cable, adb, apktool and a text editor. There are a few explanations on the web, but they talk about connecting Nexus to the iPhone APN, so it won't work if your previous smartphone was not iPhone. Here's a procedure if you had Android device before.
Copy files from the phone
$ adb pull /system/app/Mms.apk
$ adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk
Unpack the framework and Mms.apk
$ apktool if framework-res.apk
$ apktool d Mms.apk
Make changes
The file we are interested in is res/xml/mms_config.xml, you may want to change it directly, but your phone might stop working on some other network, so I prefer another approach. We can create separate file, which will work on SoftBank network only. This new file should be called res/xml-mcc440-mnc20/mms_config.xml, 440 is the country code for Japan, and 20 is SoftBank network. The file contents is the following:
<?xml version="1.0″ encoding="utf-8″?>
<mms_config version="4″>
<bool name="enabledMMS">true</bool>
<int name="maxMessageSize">307200</int>
<int name="maxImageHeight">768</int>
<int name="maxImageWidth">1024</int>
<int name="defaultSMSMessagesPerThread">500</int>
<int name="defaultMMSMessagesPerThread">150</int>
<int name="minMessageCountPerThread">10</int>
<int name="maxMessageCountPerThread">5000</int>
<string name="uaProfUrl">http://www.google.com/oha/rdf/ua-profile-kila.xml</string>
<int name="recipientLimit">-1</int>
<int name="smsToMmsTextThreshold">4</int>
<bool name="enableMultipartSMS">false</bool>
<bool name="enableSlideDuration">true</bool>
<int name="maxMessageTextSize">-1</int>
<string name="userAgent">SoftBank/1.0/X01T/TJ001</string>
You should not copy/paste the code snipped, just change the bold parts (URL and UserAgent) using your phone file as a boilerplate.
Rebuild .apk
First we run apktool to rebuild the resource files, and then zip contents of build/apk folder and sign the result
$ apktool b Mms
$ cd Mms/build/apk
$ zip Mms.apk *
$ java -jar signapk.jar -w testkey.x509.pem testkey.pk8 Mms{,-signed}.apk
Put results back to the phone
If you phone does not allow pushing files to /system/app, you have to download and use Superboot (see my previous post for details. Otherwise, its as simple as:
$ adb push Mms-signed.apk /system/app/Mms.apk
4760 KB/s (434346 bytes in 0.089s)
After reboot, please, don't forget to input proper APN settings for Open SoftBank.
Just in case you don't like to tinker with Android internals, here's a ready-to-use download, SBM_Galaxy_Nexus_4.0.2_ICL53F_Mms.apk. This file should be put into your phone as described in "Put results back to the phone" part. It is intended to be used on Android 4.0.2, specifically version ICL53F, and may not work on other versions.
As soon as I upgrade to 4.0.4, I will put a new file for download in this topic as well. Well, here's SBM_Galaxy_Nexus_4.0.4_IMM76I_Mms.apk for version 4.0.4. And also SBM_Galaxy_Nexus_4.1.1_JRO03C_Mms.apk for Jelly Bean 4.1.1.
Final thoughts
There is still one problem left, Mms.apk requires working internet data connection to download MMS contents. As I have remembered from my previous HTC phone, it was possible (on Froyo) to keep data connection off, and Mms application will enable it for a short period of time just to download MMS messages. Unfortunately, this does not work on Galaxy Nexus yet.
HOWTO :: Pull OTA upgrade file from Galaxy Nexus
Posted by lenik in Android, development, galaxy nexus, ICS, ROM on April 19, 2012
Recently I've got Galaxy Nexus to play with, and as soon as I've entered Wi-Fi password, an OTA upgrade came my way. It was very tempting to upgrade immediately, but I've decided to pull upgrade file from the device to see what's inside.
Unfortunately, the phone comes from the factory locked and there's no way to access system files except unlocking the protection.
Regarding the root access
First we need the root access to be able to access files freely.
I don't like to permanently root my phone, so I prefer the temporary method, which keeps the phone protected, but gives me the opportunity to access what I need if I really need it (I do not delve into details about how to use adb, hoping you already know that).
Unlock the phone
Reboot into fastboot mode by switching power off, and holding all three buttons (volume up/down and power) until Android logo appears. then issue 'fastboot oem unlock' command from your computer. This requires full memory wipe, so be careful and make a backup of any data you care to keep.
Download the superboot
Superboot is the bootoader image, which can turn the phone into a rooted one, but only until the next reboot. Handy and safe.
Reboot into superuser-enabled mode
While still in fastboot mode, the following command will restart the phone with the boot image we have just downloaded.
fastboot boot boot.superboot.img
Wait until the update comes
Since the phone was wiped clear during unlock, we have to wait again for upgrade to come, or request the upgrade check from Settings menu, if you are impatient.
Move upgrade file into the easy to access place
Since adb can not pull system files, we have to move the upgrade file somewhere we can access easily. I chose /sdcard folder for that purpose
adb shell
$ su
# cd /cache
# ls
[... file list skipped ...]
# mv signed-yakju-ICL53F-from-ITL41F.0927b42c.zip /sdcard/
In your case the file name most probably will be different, but it's quite easy to tell based on size (90MB in my case), which file to copy.
Extract the file from the phone
Finally we can use adb to get the file:
adb pull /sdcard/signed-yakju-ICL53F-from-ITL41F.0927b42c.zip .
Auto-Update-Apk :: Automatic Update Deployment for Android Applications
Posted by lenik in Android, development on April 11, 2012
First, I had an application. And a customer. And another customer. Actually, a few people wanted to use the application, but due to a specific nature of the software it is not intended for Joe Public, and I'm quite reluctant to put it on the Market.
Then comes the problem: I can tell the customer to install the program from a given URL, but how do I deploy updates to the software? Unfortunately, Android Market does not provide update options for non-Market applications.
I've spent a few days looking for an automatic update deployment software on the net. Found a few. Most of them are just plain disappointments. So,I've decided to spend a weekend to roll my own. Maybe also a disappointment, but at least my own.
Finally, today I've published the first version of AutoUpdateAPK service. Due to gruesome death of the service I've used before, I was quite pressed for time, so the basic functionality is a bit limited, but is expected to grow rapidly. Especially, because we are going to use this service ourselves quite extensively.
Android code is open-sourced under Apache 2.0 license, so people may freely copy it into their applications and start to deploy updates automatically.


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Archos have just unveiled a new range of cheap Android tablets, this time with retina display. Archos expects release to start in April, but if you can't wait that long, some models from Archos Titanium line started hitting the market in March. [Updated]
(Archos 97 Platinum was finally in online stores on July 15.)
Nobody seems to unveil more tablet models than Archos does these days. Adding to their lineup is the new Platinum range that will consist of the 9.7-inch Archos 97 Platinum HD, with a 2048×1536 resolution IPS display, the 11.6-inch Archos 116 Platinum, with a 1920×1080 resolution IPS display, and the 8-inch Archos 80 Platinum, that will feature a more regular 1024×768 resolution IPS display.
As you may have noticed, 9.7-inches is a rare size for tablets outside of the Apple iPad. HP was one of the few others that dared to copy Apple's iPad size with their iconic HP TouchPad. But Archos loves tablets of the 9.7-inch scale and have produced previous tablets of the same dimensions.
Underneath it all, the Platinum range runs on a Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, 1.2GHz Quad-Core CPU's, PowerVR SGX 544 8-core GPU's, 2GB of RAM, and flash memory starting with 8GB, with the addition of memory expansion.
Archos initially expected the release of the 80 Platinum in February for $199, and for the 97 Platinum HD to become available in February too for $299, while the 116 Platinum was to hit the market in April for $349. But Archos later changed their strategy and now seem to aim for a full April release on all tablets.
However, as we have seen with Archos in the past, they often have delay their tablet releases. Not to mention the quality issues that have hovered Archos like a dark cloud. We can only hope that some positive developments have changed these issues for the better.
In addition Archos also announced that their new Platinum tablet range will be on display at the CeBIT computer expo in Hannover from March 5th to 9th.
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Have you been arrested for DUI or DWI? You're likely waiting for your arraignment, when you'll appear before a judge to be formally charged with a crime and asked to plead either guilty or not guilty. There are probably a lot of guidelines you're brushing up on right now: if you plead not guilty, you can change it to no contest (guilty) later; if you have prior convictions, you'll eventually want to hire a lawyer; bail may be set or, if you're charged with a misdemeanor, you could be released on your own recognizance. One of the questions at the forefront of your mind, though, is "Am I going to be convicted?" Here's a bit of insight that your BAC can give you regarding the outcome.
What's the Jury Forecast?
If you feel that a jury is likely to find you guilty of DUI or DWI, you'll want to plea bargain or negotiate a settlement. If your BAC was over .08%, the jury will certainly lean towards guilty; if your BAC was higher than .12%, the chances of winning a trial plummet even more.
Drunk Driving Facts You Probably Don't Remember
What Does a .08% BAC Mean?
Throughout the U.S., a BAC of .08% is enough to convict you, regardless of how flawlessly you were driving or how sober you thought you were. It's possible that a lawyer could shed doubt on how valid the test results are, depending on potential errors that could go in your favor. If your lawyer can convince the jury that your BAC was lower than .08%, it's possible that they won't find you guilty.
What If My BAC Was Under .08?
Once your BAC drops below .08%, your odds of winning rise. Additionally, you won't be convicted of having a BAC of .08%, which is a crime in itself. In order to be found guilty, the prosecutor will have to prove that your driving ability was impaired. Timing plays a part in this, though. If your BAC was .06% or .07%, but it was measured an hour or more after you were driving, the prosecution could argue that it was higher at the time you were driving.
Ultimately, your best defense is to not drink and drive. Second to that, we suggest speaking with a lawyer as soon as you get arrested. According to Nolo, defense attorney stats show that the odds of beating a DUI or DWI are low.


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February 16, 2013 Kolacki/Ward Wedding.
A journey that started for me in 2010 when I began exploring photography as more than a hobby, brings me to this day when I am confident enough to take on the responsibility of capturing and preserving wedding memories for a very special lady.
This is my third wedding as a photographer. Each event reveals to me the couple and their families in very intimate ways. I always feel privileged to be a participant. Melissa and Tom's wedding was lovely.
The ceremony was held at the nostalgic Chapel by the Sea in Captiva. The drive from our hotel was about 40 minutes, mostly due to the busy road, and slow drive speed.
There were other events taking place that day,
Even a cycle race
But Melissa's day was the main event.
Meet the wedding planner, Sara Primeau. Having the wedding on Captiva was Sara's idea, and only Sara would find the perfect little chapel for the event.
Getting Dressed
The dressing room was also the staging area for the brides photographs as she prepared for her walk down the aisle, to meet her groom.
Touching up the Makeup
Friends dropping in to congratulate the bride . . . Rita Raley in dress!
Cherie and Sara, lovely as ever !
Stepping into the gown . . .
The Bridal Jewels
One quick picture before it's time to go . . .
The guest gather outside the church
The photographers check out photo shoot spots in the church and the dressing area for perfect light effects.
Daiana and her girls pose for me by the beach so I can check out the light . . .
The wedding planner sets up her flowers
And distributes corsages . . .
Ready, Set, Go
Tom and his boys begin their walk down the aisle . . . then
Casual Photo Ops for the guest after the ceremony . . .
Next, off to the second venue, the Lighthouse Restaurant for Dinner. It's a mere 40 minute drive back to Sanibel and only a few minutes from the third venue and guest hotels.
Trying out a new photography technique on Daiana . ..
Out on the Veranda
Next, off to the after party . . . at the Marriott Harbor Spa Resort on Sanibel Island, O La, La!
It was a small affair with a big budget feel.
The Entertainment
The Guests gather in the Everglades Hall
Three venues, a great dress, good food, lots to drink, awesome friends and family, Sara, a marvelous and out of the box thinking wedding planner . . .
. . .and two spectacular photographers . . .
. . .made for quite a soiree. From the romance of the Chapel by the Sea, to the nautical ambiance of the Lighthouse Restaurant, where the Dinner Reception was held, and later to the spa elegance of the Marriott for the after party. This wedding was a success.
I can't wait to see Daiana's shots! Post some Daiana! I've only posted a very small sampling of pictures in this post. I will include some of the pictures in this post in the final collection. Especially, our Preschool Girls, and Daiana's lovely children. The pictures I used in this post, are crowd shots of other people, superficial shots of architectural details all lovely and special. The final collection of wedding pictures are for the Bride and Grooms eyes only and I won't post the selections until the bride and groom have received them. I hope they will enjoy the images as much as I enjoyed shooting them.


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A couple things I wonder.
Because Google is the leading portal of information for the PC, and with all of the applications they are introducing that incorporate mobility, wouldn't this be an easy sell?
What other applications should Google embed.
What if the Googlephone had built in WiFi capablilty and Google Talk was embedded?
One phone, one phone number anywhere in the world, with Internet access.
If this rumor is true, will this lessen the demand for Apple's iPhone?
Which has greater value on a mobile phone, getting information or being entertained?
I see the iPhone more as an entertainment device, than a communication/information device that Google could offer.
According to one of TechCrunch's Michael Arrington sources, Google may launch mobile service in the UK.
We've heard from a good source in the mobile industry that Google may be preparing to launch its own branded mobile network in the UK in the next few weeks. If our source is accurate, Google will become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) via a deal with UK mobile phone company O2.
We're hearing that there will be no physical stores for the service, and that signups and customer service will be provided exclusively via a website. A number of Nokia handsets will be offered, all pre-loaded with Google mobile software.
One thing Google would have to change and introduce though. Tech support.
As dependent as we have become using the mobile phone, real live people will have to answer tech support 24/7, if they want to have any shot at this market.
Thoughts comments? Does Google have a shot at this, or is this just a great rumor?


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Find the Right Window and Door Hardware Style for You
Not only does your guest view your door as the first impression of your home, it also builds the tone for your personal style and unique home ambiance. A finishing touch to every window and door is the accompanying hardware. This can include door handles, window operators, locks, design accessories, and more. So which hardware style is right for you? Review the four types of styles that Pella Windows and Doors1 offers and what you can expect from each one:
- Classic – This timeless hardware collection is warm and inviting and ideal for adding a touch of beauty to any window or door. These pieces are more of the traditional hardware works that you find on a window or door, perfect for a chic and timeless home aesthetic.
- Modern – These contemporary pieces are simple yet sophisticated, ideal for a sleek home. Most of this hardware collection involves door handles or locks that you would see in a chic home magazine, including smooth and straightforward designs.
- Rustic – For homes that have more of a bold look, our rustic hardware style adds the perfect touch to a unique aesthetic with rich colors and versatile shapes. The bronze and nickel colors give these pieces a very cozy and welcoming feel.
- Essential – Our Pella Windows and Doors essential style hardware highlights graceful curves and beautiful finishes to promote the details of your windows and doors. They help your space look effortless and planned.
These four styles of hardware from Pella Windows and Doors are made to let you pick your own unique style, ensuring that your entry door and windows are as "you" as they can be. Once you've determined a style of hardware, it's key to note the material of windows or doors that you have so that you can select the most appropriate hardware. For wood windows, for example, your hardware options vary depending on if you have an awning window, a single-hung window or a double-hung window. Our team at our Ketchum showroom will help you make sure you are buying the best hardware for your type of window or door. If you are looking to upgrade your window and door hardware, visit our Ketchum showroom, give us a call at 208-726-0060 or book an appointment with us online. We'll help you select the best look for your home.
1Styles offered varies by product line. See Pella.com/features-options/hardware for availability.


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3.A mechanism and system for continuing process of Enterprise JavaBeans requests independent of database locking issues which may stall the request.This invention is a mechanism for optimizing performance of an Enterprise JavaBeans* (EJB) container-managed persistence (CMP) runtime using asynchronous processing of operations that result in database requests. This will yield better performance in the majority of customer applications that have multiple...IPCOM000125448D | Original Publication Date: 2005-May-31
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Mel Allen
Born in Oldham, England in 1965, Mel Allen went on to study photography at Blackpool and Fylde College. In 1987, he moved to London for a photographer's assistant job. This position opened up a wealth of opportunity for Mel. Suddenly, he was working on location with some fantastic landscape and location photographers including Pete Seaward. Through these exciting new experiences of shooting in beautiful outdoor locations, Mel fell in love with capturing detail in glorious landscapes. Although landscape photography remains a focus, Mel has worked for a number of design and PR clients as well as shooting for advertising campaigns and company reports. His now iconic image, 'Ullswater', showcases the lake district in all its tranquil beauty. Over the years, Mel Allen has built his reputation and is now considered a prestigious location photographer in his own right.
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