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Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) announces its real estate purchase from Hilton (NYSE:HLT) including existing buildings and land for development within the Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa, located in the Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The purchase marks Hilton Grand Vacations' second announced project in Japan and will be the first resort to open in the country. Adding to the existing properties, HGV plans to create timeshare units with ocean views on the purchased land.
"We are pleased to announce our first resort to open in Japan, in collaboration with our esteemed partner Hilton, in this scenic location close to Tokyo, which has consistently been a top choice for vacations by our owners and guests," says Mark Wang, president and CEO, Hilton Grand Vacations. "We look forward to working with the city of Odawara to promote tourism and contribute to the vibrant local economy," he adds.
Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa is located just 30 minutes by bullet train from Tokyo. The hotel was the recipient of the 'Japan's Leading Resort' award from World Travel Awards in 2017. Hilton will continue to own the hotel and resort amenities as well as manage the property, which is close to attractions such as the Fuji Hakone Izu National Park and Odawara Castle. Guests will have access to the many recreational facilities and resort amenities of Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa.
"With the Japanese government's aim to welcome 40 million tourists by 2020, we see great continuing potential in providing more offerings to an ever-expanding and diverse group of travellers," says Tim Soper, vice president of operations for Japan, Korea and Micronesia with Hilton. "Part of how we will do so is to offer our guests the best of both worlds by working with key tourism players, including Hilton Grand Vacations."
Renowned Japanese design firm Hashimoto Yukio Design Studio has been appointed as designer for the project.


First Tata Nano Review: "Amazingly Good"
Since orders for the Tata Nano officially started being taken Monday, independent reviews are also beginning to roll out. The verdict? "Feels just like a car."
Autocar India has snagged the first drive and despite several backhanded compliments, the verdict is quite positive — for the price. The reviewers seem amazed the car is able to drive down the road and not feel like it's going to roll over at any moment. Sort of like Sarah Palin in Vice Presidential debates, if you set the bar so low you're only expecting to see a human being able to put a three-word sentence together, you can't not clear it. Thus, the reviews are filled with notes galore on the tiny wheels, flat seats, and comparisons to the Model T.


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Q: How to get name clusters with labels instead of cluster numbers predicted by KMeans? I have a Dataset like:
                                  0        1        2        3        4        5
Unnamed: 0                         X        Y        Z        L        a        b
green leaf                   15.4999  20.9143  8.15938  52.8556 -23.6196  34.4027
yellow flower                38.4721  41.3847  4.41641  70.4446 -2.74272  80.3299
green leaf                   8.42304  10.2697  4.58244  38.3222 -11.2275  24.0959
yellow flower                59.1535  65.6835  42.2067  84.8347 -7.73898  28.0364

I use L,a,b columns to predict cluster assignments, and get the result-y_pred like :
[1 2 1 1 ...]

But, I'd like the below result instead -
cluster1: green leaf, green leaf, yellow flower
cluster2: yellow flower

Code I've used is:
    df = np.transpose(pd.read_excel('color_xyz_lab.xlsx'))
    val_all = np.array(df.values[1:,:], dtype=np.float64)
    val_lab = val_all[:,3:6]
    y_pred = KMeans(n_clusters= 4 , random_state=0).fit_predict(val_lab)

A: You could group by and then collapse:
pd.DataFrame({'a':df.index,'cluster':y_pred}).groupby('cluster').a.agg(','.join).to_dict()
{1: 'green leaf,green leaf,yellow flower', 2: 'yellow flower'}

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\section{Notation and Preliminaries}
Let $\mathbb{R}^n$ denote the real $n-$dimensional Euclidean space, $\{e_1, e_2, ..., e_n \}$ the standard basis for $\mathbb{R}^n$, $S^{n-1} \subset\mathbb{R}^n $ the unit sphere, and $\sigma_{n-1}=\frac{2 \pi^{n/2}}{\Gamma(n/2)}$ the surface area of  $S^{n-1}$. Let $\Xi$ be the set of $(n-2)-$dimensional totally geodesic submanifolds or $(n-2)-$geodesics $\xi \subset S^{n-1}$. Each  $(n-2)-$geodesic is a section of  $S^{n-1}$ with a hyperplane in  $\mathbb{R}^n$ through the origin. If $n=3$, then $(n-2)-$geodesics correspond to the great circles. For $\theta \in S^{n-1}$, let $\theta^{\perp}$ denote the hyperplane through the origin having $\theta$ as its normal vector, i.e. $\theta^{\perp}= \{x \in \mathbb{R}^n : <x,\theta> = 0\}$, where $ <.,.> $ denotes the standard inner-product on $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $\xi_o = S^{n-1} \bigcap e_n^{\perp} $. For $\theta \in [0, \frac{\pi}{2}]$, let $g_{k,n}(\theta)$ denote the rotation in the $e_k e_n-$plane with the matrix
$ \left( \begin{array}{cc} \sin \theta & \cos \theta \\ - \cos \theta & \sin \theta \end{array} \right)$, which is a clockwise rotation by the angle $\frac{\pi}{2}-\theta$. Further, let $x_{\theta}$ denote the image of $e_n$ under this rotation: $x_{\theta} = g_{k,n}(\theta) e_n = e_k \cos \theta + e_n \sin \theta$. Note that $d(x_\theta, \xi_o)=\theta$, where $d:S^{n-1} \times S^{n-1} \rightarrow [0, \pi] $ is the geodesic-distance function on the unit sphere.
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Let $G=SO(n)$, $K=SO(n-1)$. $G$ acts transitively on $S^{n-1}$ and $\Xi$, while $K$ is the stabiliser of $e_n$ and $\xi_o$, hence $S^{n-1} \cong G/K$ and $\Xi \cong G/K$. For $\theta \in S^{n-1}, \xi \in \Xi$, let $r_{\theta}, r_{\xi}$ denote rotations such that $r_{\theta} e_n = \theta, r_{\xi} \xi_o = \xi$. Since $G$ is a compact Hausdorff topological group, we have a unitmodular Haar measure on $G$. Let $\varphi$ be a measurable function on $\Xi$. We define a $G-$invariant measure $d\xi$ on $\Xi$ by $$ \int_{\Xi} \! \varphi(\xi) d\xi =  \int_G \! \varphi(g\xi_o) dg,$$ where $\int_G \!  dg = 1$.
For $\theta \in S^{n-1}$ and $t \in (-1, 1)$ let $S_{\theta, t} = \{\sigma \in S^{n-1}: \sigma \cdotp \theta = t \}$, an $(n-2)-$dimensional sphere of radius $\sqrt{1 - t^2}$, and $$ (M^t f)(\theta) = c_n  \int_{S_{\theta, t}} \! f(\sigma) d_{\theta}\sigma,$$ where $d_{\theta}\sigma$ denotes the Lebesgue measure on $S_{\theta, t}$ and $c_n$ is the normalizing factor: $c_n = \frac{(1 - t^2)^{\frac{2-n}{2}}}{\sigma_{n-2}}$. $M^t$ is an average of a function $f$ over $S_{\theta, t}$.\\
\textit{Remark:} $M^t$ commutes with rotations.\\
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The Riemann-Liouville fractional integrals and derivatives on $(0, \infty)$ will be defined as in (\cite{rub06}, p. 16 -18) by
$$ (I_{0+}^{\alpha} \psi)(t) = \frac{1}{\Gamma(\alpha)}  \int_0^t \! \psi(\tau) (t-\tau)^{\alpha-1} d\tau, \; \; \; \; \; D_{0+}^{\alpha} = (I_{0+}^{\alpha})^{-1}.$$
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The \textsl{\textbf{ Minkowski-Funk transform}} of a function $f$ on $S^{n-1}$ is a function $Mf$ on $\Xi$ given by
\begin{equation}\label{eqm} (Mf)(\xi)= \int_{\xi} \! f(x) \, dx. \end{equation}
For this definition to make sense we need to fix the measure on the $(n-2)-$geodesics in a coherent way. Define
$$ \int_{\xi} \! f(x) \, dx = \int_{\xi_o} \! f(r_{\xi} \theta) \, d\theta,$$   where $d \theta$ denotes the Lebesgue measure on $\xi_o=S^{n-2}$ and $\int_{\xi_o} \! d\theta = \sigma_{n-2}$. Furthermore, using repeated slice integration we get
$$\int_{\xi_o} \! f(r_{\xi} \theta) \, d\theta = \int_0^{\pi} \int_0^{\pi} \dots \int_0^{\pi} \int_0^{2 \pi} \! f( r_{\xi} \theta(\varphi_1, \dots \varphi_{n-2})) $$

$$\sin^{n-3}\varphi_1 \sin^{n-4}\varphi_2 \dots \sin\varphi_{n-3} d\varphi_{n-2} d\varphi_{n-3} \dots d\varphi_2  d\varphi_1, $$ where $\varphi_1, \dots , \varphi_{n-2}$ are the spherical coordinates on $\xi_o$.\\
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The \textsl{\textbf{dual Minkowski-Funk transform}} of a function $\varphi$ on $\Xi$ is a function $M^{*}\varphi$ on $S^{n-1}$ given by $$
(M^{*}\varphi)(x)= \int_{x \in \xi} \! \varphi(\xi) \, d\xi.$$
We can generalize the transforms $f \rightarrow Mf$, $\varphi \rightarrow M^{*}\varphi $ as follows. Let $\theta \in [0, \frac{\pi}{2}] $,
$$ (M_{\theta}f)(\xi)= \int_{d(x, \xi)=\theta} \! f(x) \, dm(x) = \int_K \! f(r_{\xi} \rho x_{\theta}) d\rho, $$
\begin{equation}\label{eqgm} (M_{\theta}^{*}\varphi)(x)= \int_{d(x, \xi)=\theta} \! \varphi(\xi) \, d\mu(\xi) = \int_K \! \varphi(r_x \rho g_{k,n}^{-1}(\theta) \xi_o) d\rho,  \end{equation}
where $dm, d\mu$ denote the normalized measures. For $\theta=0$, we get: $M_0 f = \sigma_{n-2}^{-1} Mf$, and $M_0^{*}\varphi = M^{*}\varphi$. Compare the above definitions of the Minkowski-Funk and related transforms with \cite{helg99}, \cite{rub02}.

\section{Inversion of the Minkowski-Funk transform}
We have the following fact:
\textit{For $f \in L_{even}^1(S^{n-1})$ }
\begin{equation} (M_{\theta}^*Mf)(x) = 2 \pi^{\frac{n-2}{2}} \cos^{3-n} \theta (I_{0+}^{\frac{n-2}{2}} \widetilde{f_x}) (\cos^2 \theta),  \end{equation}
$$ \widetilde{f_x}(\tau) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\tau}} (M^{\sqrt{\tau}} f)(x). $$
\textit{Proof:} Let $z \in S^{n-1}$, then
\begin{equation}\label{eq1} \int_K \! F(\rho z) d\rho = (M^{z_n}F)(e_n). \end{equation}
Set $z=g^{-1}\eta, \eta \in \xi_o, g=g_{n-2, n}(\theta), F(\cdotp)=f(r_x \cdotp)=:f_{r_x }(\cdotp)$, then $$lhs(\ref{eq1}) = \int_K \! f(r_x \rho g^{-1} \eta) d\rho,$$ and $z_n = z \cdotp e_n = g^{-1}\eta \cdotp e_n = \eta \cdotp g e_n = \eta \cdotp x_{\theta}$, so
$$rhs(\ref{eq1}) = (M^{\eta \cdotp x_{\theta}}f_{r_x})(e_n) = (M^{\eta \cdotp x_{\theta}}f)(r_x e_n) = (M^{\eta \cdotp x_{\theta}}f)(x), $$ where the first equality holds since $M^t$ commutes with rotations. So we get
\begin{equation}\label{eq2} \int_K \! f(r_x \rho g^{-1} \eta) d\rho = (M^{\eta \cdotp x_{\theta}}f)(x). \end{equation}
Now we integrate (\ref{eq2}) in $\eta \in S^{n-2} = \xi_o$ and interchange the order of integration. We get by (\ref{eqm}), (\ref{eqgm})
$$lhs(\ref{eq2}) = \int_K d\rho \int_{\xi_o} \! f(r_x \rho g^{-1} \eta) d\eta =  \int_K d\rho \int_{r_x \rho g^{-1} \xi_o} \! f(\eta) d\eta $$
$$ \!\!\! \!\!\! \!\!\! \!\! = \int_K \! (Mf)(r_x \rho g^{-1} \xi_o) d\rho = (M_{\theta}^*Mf)(x). $$
Since $x_{\theta} = e_{n-2} \cos \theta + e_n \sin \theta, \eta \cdotp x_{\theta} = (\eta \cdotp e_{n-2}) \cos \theta$,
$$ rhs(\ref{eq2}) =  \int_{S^{n-2}} \! (M^{\eta \cdotp x_{\theta}}f)(x) d\eta = \int_{S^{n-2}} \! (M^{(\eta \cdotp e_{n-2}) \cos \theta}f)(x) d\eta.$$
Now we apply Catalan's Formula (\cite{rub09}, p. 5) to get
$$ rhs(\ref{eq2}) = \sigma_{n-3} \int_{-1}^1 \! (M^{\tau \cos \theta}f)(x) (1 - \tau^2)^{\frac{n-4}{2}} d\tau. $$
$\tau \mapsto  (M^{\tau \cos \theta}f)(x)$ is even, since $f$ is even (\cite{rub09}, p. 72), so
$$ rhs(\ref{eq2}) = 2 \sigma_{n-3} \int_{0}^1 \! (M^{\tau \cos \theta}f)(x) (1 - \tau^2)^{\frac{n-4}{2}} d\tau. $$
Changing the varialbes: $y = \tau \cos \theta$, we get
$$ rhs(\ref{eq2}) = 2 \sigma_{n-3} \int_{0}^{\cos \theta} \! (M^y f)(x) (\cos^2 \theta - y^2)^{\frac{n-4}{2}} \cos^{3-n} \theta dy. $$
Changing the varialbes again: $\tau = y^2$, we get
$$ rhs(\ref{eq2}) = 2 \sigma_{n-3} \int_{0}^{\cos^2 \theta} \! (M^{\sqrt{\tau}} f)(x) (\cos^2 \theta - \tau)^{\frac{n-4}{2}} \cos^{3-n} \theta \frac{d\tau}{2\sqrt{\tau}} $$
$$  = \sigma_{n-3} \cos^{3-n} \theta \int_{0}^{\cos^2 \theta} \!  \left\{ \frac{1}{\sqrt{\tau}} (M^{\sqrt{\tau}} f)(x) \right\} (\cos^2 \theta - \tau)^{\frac{n-2}{2}-1}  d\tau . $$
Setting $\widetilde{f_x}(\tau) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\tau}} (M^{\sqrt{\tau}} f)(x)$, we obtain
$$ rhs(\ref{eq2}) = \sigma_{n-3} \cos^{3-n} \theta \; \Gamma(\frac{n-2}{2}) (I_{0+}^{\frac{n-2}{2}} \widetilde{f_x}) (\cos^2 \theta)$$
$$ = 2 \pi^{\frac{n-2}{2}} \cos^{3-n} \theta \; (I_{0+}^{\frac{n-2}{2}} \widetilde{f_x}) (\cos^2 \theta). $$
This gives the result. \qed \\
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Thus we have: $(I_{0+}^{\frac{n-2}{2}} \widetilde{f_x}) (\cos^2 \theta) = (2 \pi^{\frac{n-2}{2}})^{-1} \cos^{n-3} \theta (M_{\theta}^*Mf)(x).$ By changing the exterior variable on the left-hand-side, namely $t = \cos^2 \theta$, it becomes:
$$(I_{0+}^{\frac{n-2}{2}} \widetilde{f_x}) (t) = (2 \pi^{\frac{n-2}{2}})^{-1} t^{\frac{n-3}{2}} (M_{\cos^{-1}(\sqrt{t})}^*Mf)(x).$$
This is inverted by $D_{0+}^{\frac{n-2}{2}}$ (\cite{rub06}, Lemma 3.3 on page 18), thus
$$ \widetilde{f_x}(t) = (2 \pi^{\frac{n-2}{2}})^{-1} D_{0+}^{\frac{n-2}{2}} \left( (\cdotp)^{\frac{n-3}{2}} (M_{\cos^{-1}(\sqrt{\cdotp})}^*Mf)(x) \right)(t). $$
Finally, since $M^t f \rightarrow f$ as $t \rightarrow 1$ for $f \in L^1(S^{n-1})$ (\cite{rub09}, p. 69), $\lim_{t \rightarrow 1} \sqrt{t} \widetilde{f_x}(t) = f(x).$ We have followed the proof in \cite{rub02}.

\section{History of the Minkowski-Funk transform}
\subsection{Funk's work}
Funk \footnote{Paul Georg Funk (14. April 1886 in Wien - 3. Juni 1969 in Wien) an Austian mathematician. He was a student of David Hilbert. He earned his PhD at Georg-August-Universit\"{a}t G\"{o}ttingen in 1911. The tilte of his thesis is: \"{U}ber Fl\"{a}chen mit lauter geschlossenen geod\"{a}tischen Linien".} has considered the following problem: Reconstruction of a function $f$ from its integrals over all great circles on the sphere $S^2$. It was part of his dissertation (1911) and in 1913 he published a longer paper \cite{funk13} (with the same title as his dissertation) that discussed this problem in chapter 2. In that paper (on page 284) for a function $\Phi$ on $S^2$  he defines a \textsl{\textbf{"circle-integral function of $\Phi$"}} \textsl{("die Kreisintegral-Funktion von $\Phi$") } on the set of great circles as an integral over the corresponding great circle, he denotes it by $\chi$. There he also derives a set of properties of $\chi$ (p. 284-285, 286) as well as two inversion algorithms. The first involves expansion in series of spherical harmonics (p. 285-286) and the second reduces the problem to the Abel's integral equation (p. 287-288). There he also indicates two geometric applications of the transform (p. 287). One of the applications beeing the derivation of the Minkowski's Theorem, \textit{that bodies of constant circumference are bodies of constant width}.

\subsection{Minkowski's work}
Minkowski \footnote{Hermann Minkowski (June 22, 1864 in Aleksotas (Russian Empire, now Lithuania) - January 12, 1909 in G\"{o}ttingen) was a German mathematician and physisist. He earned his PhD at the University of K\"{o}nigsberg in 1885. The title of his thesis is: "Untersuchungen \"{u}ber quadratische Formen. Bestimmung der Anzahl verschiedener Formen, welche ein gegebenes Genus enth\"{a}lt
".} proved the following fact related to the convex geometry in his paper from 1904 \cite{mink04}: \textsl{A body is of constant width iff it is a body of constant circumference}. To make this result presice we will need to make some definitions:\\
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Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ be a compact convex body with smooth boundary containing the origin in its interior. A \textsl{\textbf{support plane}} is a plane that contains at least one point of $\Omega$, but does not intesect $\Omega$. Let $\omega \in S^2$, then $<x, \omega> = H(\omega)$ stands for the support plane perpendicular to $\omega$ at distance $H(\omega)$ from the origin. The distance between two support planes perpendicular to a given $\omega \in S^2$ is called the \textsl{\textbf{width $B(\omega)$}} of $\Omega$ in the direction $\omega$: $B(\omega) = H(\omega) + H(-\omega)$. A body with the same width in every direction is called a \textsl{\textbf{body of constant width}}. Next, consider the projection of $\Omega$ onto the plane through the origin perpendicular to $\omega$ and let $C(\omega)$ denote the boundary curve of this projection. The arc length of $C(\omega)$ is called the \textsl{\textbf{circumference $U(\omega)$}} of $\Omega$ in the direction $\omega$.  A body with the same circumference in every direction is called a \textsl{\textbf{body of constant circumference}}. Expanding the functions $B(\omega)$ and $U(\omega)$
in series of spherical harmonics Minkowski proved the above result.
\subsection{Connection between the Minkowski's result and \\ the  Minkowski-Funk transform}
The connection between the two is established through the following fact: \textit{Let $\Omega, \omega, B(\omega)$, and $U(\omega)$ be as defined above, then
$$
U(\omega)= \frac{1}{2}  \int_{S^2 \bigcap \omega^{\perp}} \! B(\sigma) ds(\sigma),
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where $ds$ is the arc-length element of the corresponding great circle.}
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\textit{Proof:}
The circumpherence of $\Omega$ in the direction of the $z-$axis is the length of a smooth closed curve in the $xy-$plane, which is the envelope of the following family of curves: $<p, \omega_{\varphi}>=H(\omega_{\varphi})$, where $0 \leq \varphi \leq 2\pi$. These are the projections of the vertical support planes onto the $xy-$plane, in other words, support planes with normal vectors parallel to the $xy-$plane. Any such normal vector $ \omega_{\varphi}$ has coordinates $<\cos \varphi, \sin \varphi>$, $0 \leq \varphi \leq 2\pi$. Let us write $h(\varphi)$ for the distance $H(\omega_{\varphi})$, which is the distance of the support plane, determined by the normal vector $\omega_{\varphi}$ and thus by the angle $\varphi$, to the origin. Further, let us write $F(x, y, \varphi)= <p, \omega_{\varphi}> - h(\varphi)$. $F(x, y, \varphi)=0$ is the family of curves (= support lines), which envelope the boundary curve $C_{e_3}$ of the projection of $\Omega$ onto the $xy-$plane. To write $C_{e_3}$ as a parametric curve $(x(\varphi), y(\varphi))$ one needs to solve the system of equations:
$$ F(x, y, \varphi)=0,$$
$$ \frac{\partial F(x, y, \varphi)}{\partial {\varphi}} =0.$$
We obtain for $ 0 \leq \varphi \leq 2\pi $ :
$$C_{e_3}(\varphi) = (h(\varphi) \cos \varphi - \frac{\partial h}{\partial \varphi}(\varphi) \sin \varphi, h(\varphi) \sin \varphi + \frac{\partial h}{\partial \varphi}(\varphi) \cos \varphi).$$
The arc-length of a curve in a parametric form is computed by: $  \int \! \sqrt{(x^{'})^2 + (y^{'})^2}$. In our case:
$$ x^{'} = -(h + \frac{\partial^2 h}{\partial \varphi^2}) \sin \varphi, \;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;  y^{'} = (h + \frac{\partial^2 h}{\partial \varphi^2}) \cos \varphi. $$
So $(x^{'}(\varphi))^2 + (y^{'}(\varphi))^2 = (h + \frac{\partial^2 h}{\partial \varphi^2})^2$ and thus
$$ U(e_3) =  \int_0^{2\pi} \! \mid h(\varphi) + \frac{\partial^2 h}{\partial \varphi^2} (\varphi) \mid d\varphi. $$
The integrand in the above integral is positive. To see this let us find another expression for it: $$ h + \frac{\partial^2 h}{\partial \varphi^2} = y^{'} \cos \varphi - x^{'} \sin \varphi = <\cos \varphi, \sin \varphi> <y^{'}, - x^{'}> . $$ So it is the dot product between the normals of the support line corresponding to $\varphi$ and of the tangent line to $C_{e_3}$ at the point $(x(\varphi), y(\varphi))$. Let us denote the angle between these two vectors by $\theta$. If $\theta = 0$, then the tangent line and the support line are the same. If we assume that $\theta \geq \frac{\pi}{2}$, we get that $0 \notin$ interior of $\Omega$, a contradiction. Thus $0 \leq \theta < \frac{\pi}{2}$. This implies $ h(\varphi) + \frac{\partial^2 h}{\partial \varphi^2} (\varphi) \geq 0$ for all $\varphi$. So
$$U(e_3) =  \int_0^{2\pi} \! \left( h(\varphi) + \frac{\partial^2 h}{\partial \varphi^2} (\varphi) \right) d\varphi. $$
Since the boundary of $\Omega$ is smooth, $h(\varphi)$ is smooth as well, this gives $ \int_0^{2\pi} \! \frac{\partial^2 h}{\partial \varphi^2} d\varphi = \frac{\partial h}{\partial \varphi} \mid_0^{2\pi} = 0$ and
$$ \int_0^{2\pi} \! h(\varphi) d\varphi = \int_0^{2\pi} \! H(\omega_{\varphi}) d\varphi = \int_0^{2\pi} \! H(-\omega_{\varphi}) d\varphi. $$
This gives the result. \qed \\
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This result can be found in the Minkowski's original paper (\cite{mink04}, p. 506-507) and in (\cite{helg07}, p. 129). So in Minkowski's work we see an integral over a great circle, where the function integrated and the resulting function both have a geometric meaning. Funk, assigned by his advisor to look at Minkowski's work, considered then such types of integrals for arbitrary functions on the sphere.  \\
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Remark to the above proof: There is also another way to verify that $  h(\varphi) + \frac{\partial^2 h}{\partial \varphi^2} (\varphi) \geq 0 $. Let $ \kappa $ denote the curvature of a curve, then for a plane curve $ \mathscr{C}$ given by a parametric equation $(x(t) , y(t))$ we have: $ \kappa = \frac{|x^{'}y^{''}-y^{'}x^{''}|}{(x^{'2}+y^{'2})^{\frac{3}{2}}}$. If one takes into account the direction in which the tangent vector rotates as one moves along the curve, then one considers the signed curvature. Namely, if the tangent vector rotates counterclockwise, then $\kappa > 0$, and if it rotates clockwise, then $ \kappa < 0$. \\
In our case the curvature of the boundary curve $ C_{e_3}(\varphi) $ is $ \kappa(\varphi) = \frac{1}{h(\varphi) + \frac{\partial^2 h}{\partial \varphi^2} (\varphi)}$ and the sign of the curvature is positive. This gives us exactly what we want.

\subsection{Solution of the Minkowski's problem be means of the  Minkowski-Funk transform}
We will use the following fact (\cite{helg07}, p. 125): \textit{The kernel of the Minkowski-Funk transform consists of odd functions.}\\
Assuming that $B(\omega) = c$ for every $\omega \in S^2$, where $c$ is some constant, we get $U(\omega) = \pi c$. On the other hand, assume  $U(\omega) = c$ for every $\omega \in S^2$. Writing $c = \frac{1}{2\pi}  \int_{S^2 \bigcap \omega^{\perp}} \!  c \; ds(\sigma)$, we get $\int_{S^2 \bigcap \omega^{\perp}} \! \left( \frac{B(\sigma)}{2} - \frac{c}{2\pi} \right) ds(\sigma) = 0$. Thus, by the above fact $ \frac{B(\sigma)}{2} - \frac{c}{2\pi}$ is odd, which implies that $B(\sigma)=\frac{c}{\pi}$ for every $\sigma \in S^2$.
So we obtain $U \equiv$ constant iff  $B \equiv$ constant. \qed \\
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There is another way to obtain Minkowski's theorem from the Minkowski-Funk transform, namely using the theory of spherical harmonics. For this we recall some definitions and facts, compare \cite{rub09} for complete statements. \\
For $\alpha$ with $\re(\alpha) \geq 0$ and $\alpha \neq 1, 3, 5, ...,$ let $$\left( \widetilde{M}^{\alpha}f \right)(\theta) = \gamma_n(\alpha) \int_{S^{n-1}} \! f(\sigma) |\theta \cdotp \sigma|^{\alpha-1} d\sigma. $$
The Fourier-Laplace decomposition of $\widetilde{M}^{\alpha}f$ for $f \in C^{\infty}(S^{n-1}),$ has the form $$ \widetilde{M}^{\alpha}f = \Sigma_{m, \mu} h_m(\alpha) f_{m, \mu} Y_{m, \mu}.$$
If f is an even continuous function and  $\alpha + \beta = 2-n$, then $ \widetilde{M}^{\alpha} \widetilde{M}^{\beta} f = f$ and $\lim_{\alpha \rightarrow 0} \left( \widetilde{M}^{\alpha}f \right)(\theta) = (2 \pi^{\frac{n-2}{2}})^{-1} \left( Mf \right)(\theta).$ \\
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We will show: \textit{ $f \equiv$ constant iff $Mf \equiv$ constant.}\\
Assume $f \equiv constant$, then $f$ is homogeneuos of degree $0$, thus the Fourier-Laplace coefficients of $f$, $f_{m, \mu} = 0$ for $m > 0$. $d_n(0)=1$, so $$ \left( Mf \right)(\theta) = h_0(0) f_{0,0} Y_{0,0}(\theta) \equiv constant.$$
Conversely, assume $  \left( Mf \right)(\theta) = \varphi \equiv constant$, then $$f=\widetilde{M}^{2-n} \varphi = \Sigma_{m, \mu} h_m(2-n) \varphi_{m, \mu} Y_{m, \mu}.$$ Again, since $\varphi$ is constant, only $\varphi_{0,0} \neq 0$. So $f = h_0(0) \varphi_{0,0} Y_{0,0}(\theta) \equiv constant.$ \qed \\
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Since $ U(\omega) = \frac{1}{2} \left(MB\right) (\omega)$, the Minkowski's theorem follows.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
This paper is based on the project for the class \textit{Introduction to the Theory of Spherical Harmonics}.
The author thanks Professor Dr. Rubin for suggesting this topic for the class paper and for helpful discussions.

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Disney Accused of Racial Discrimination of Security Guards
In recent years, Disney World in Florida has been the subject of half a dozen similar lawsuits of discrimination on the basis of race, religion and national origin involving some of its 1,000 security workers.
So far, none of the cases has succeeded. A jury ruled against one plaintiff whose case went to trial, and three others were dismissed voluntarily by the plaintiff for either personal or financial reasons. But those who study employment law as well as those who practice it – both in Florida and here in California (home to Disneyland in Anaheim) recognize that six lawsuits over the course of three years – all by security guards and all for the same general reasons – alerts to a red flag of potentially a more serious problem.
Federal anti-discrimination laws, which are enforced by the EEOC, bar discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, age or pregnancy. Illegal discrimination would include negative action on these grounds in the course of:
Hiring/firing
Job advertisements/recruiting
Use of company facilities
Disability leave
Any other form of employment
The popular theme park has denied the workers' allegations, asserting the company has a rigorous process in place to review any alleged issues and it has found no wrongdoing in its internal analysis. A spokeswoman called the discrimination lawsuits "baseless."
Still, each case also mentions the names of several other workers of similar race or national origin whom they claim were treated differently.
One case that is slated for a trial soon was brought by a black Haitian woman who works as a security guard. In her complaint, she alleges that while working as a security guard, she applied for a job as an emergency coordinator. However, she says, the job was instead given to a white mane who had less education and far less experience.
After she filed a complaint to the EEOC about being passed over for the promotion, she alleges she was subjected to intense, on-the-job scrutiny and even received a written reprimand. In her own words, "Everything turned upside down."
Another lawsuit that is pending is from a plain-clothes operative fired two years ago for his use of electronic devices on-the-job. But he says this was an unfair application of the rules. He was using his phone to call his wife to check on their sick child. Meanwhile, other white staffers often did the same and were never called out for it, let alone fired.
To bolster his accusations of a racist atmosphere, he noted that Arabic patrons in the park were watched more closely than those of other races. They were searched more thoroughly when he entered the park. He also says there were instructions from top brass to mare carefully watch black patrons, as they allegedly committed more retail thefts than patrons of other races.
Some of the complaints filed involve long-time employees. Another involved a foreign-born black woman who said the work environment was racially insensitive and she faced constant harassment. She cited an incident wherein, after her brother died, she sought leave to attend his funeral and was required to bring in his death certificate – something her white co-workers never had to do to prove a death in the family. Another worker alleged racial slurs by managers were common.
Contact the employment attorneys at Nassiri Law Group, practicing in Orange County, Riverside and Los Angeles. Call 714-937-2020.
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The Institute for Conflict Management is a non-Profit Society set up in 1997 in New Delhi, and is committed to the continuous evaluation and resolution of problems of internal security in South Asia. The Institute was set up on the initiative of, and is presently headed by, its President, Mr. K.P.S. Gill, IPS (Retd). The core areas of research on which the Institute focuses include: Continuous appraisal of internal security and the state's responses in all areas of existing or emerging conflict in South Asia; Planning for Development and Security in India's Northeast; Administrative Reforms for Restoration of Effective Civil Governance in Terrorism Affected Areas; Emerging Internal Security Challenges in South Asia; Judicial, Legal and Legislative Reforms in Terrorism Affected Areas and areas of widespread civil disorders; Evolution and Dynamics of the Underground Terrorist Economy and its Disruption; Identification and Evaluation of the Impact of Emerging Technologies for Terrorism and Counterterrorism; Emergency Response Codes and Protocols in Terrorism Affected Areas, Security Parameters and Procedures for Installations and Establishments Under Threat of Terrorist Attack, the 'Peace Dividend' and the Reconstruction of Societies affected by widespread collective violence, Impact of Terrorism on Child Victims, etc. The Institute is a registered non-profit, non-governmental organisation supported by voluntry contributions and project aid. The Institute has provided consultancy services on terrorism & internal security to a number of governments within India and abroad.
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Seminar on "Analysing Peace: The Challenges of Development in Mizoram", December 4-5, 2002, Aizawl.
International Seminar on "The Global threat of Terror: Ideological, Material and Political Linkages", October 29-31, 2001, New Delhi.
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Talk on "Emerging Trends in South Asian Terrorism and Guerrilla Warfare" by Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, December 7, 2000, India International Centre, New Delhi.


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Home News Icon Group opens Icon Asia and establishes headquarters in Singapore
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Icon Group opens Icon Asia and establishes headquarters in Singapore
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Icon Group is officially a global organisation with the opening of Icon Asia, the Group's global headquarters based in Singapore.
Icon Asia will be headed by Icon Group Founding Chairman, Stuart Giles, who is relocating to Singapore as Founder and Chairman of Icon Asia. Mr Giles describes the effects this will have on a global scale.
"Our move into China and Singapore marks a significant milestone not only for our company but more importantly for cancer patients. There is an acute need for advanced cancer care in Asia and I know our people, expertise and commitment to patients are second to none. Having headquarters in Singapore means we will have a base to develop and promote equitable access to cancer care across Asia," said Mr Giles.
Earlier this year, Icon Group announced Singapore Oncology Consultants' (SOC) incorporation into Icon Group as well as the newest function of Icon Group – Icon Plan. Icon Plan is a centralised, remote radiation therapy planning function for radiation oncology. Planning involves using the data obtained during the initial consultation with a radiation oncology patient, to plan how the machine will target and deliver radiation to a tumour.
Icon Group CEO Mark Middleton said the innovation of Icon Plan is a significant chapter in the Group's expansion into Asia, but more importantly is a win for the cancer sufferers in Asia.
"Icon Plan's remote capability is about exporting the strongest and most accomplished knowledge in the cancer space to support patient care anywhere in the world. The China joint venture is the start of the division's potential, which could be implemented into other parts of Asia such as Vietnam and Myanmar."
Mark Middleton comments on how Icon Group is well on the way to positioning itself as a leading provider of cancer care globally.
"We are wanting to take treatments to areas of need and provide equity of access to exceptional cancer care," said Mr Middleton.
"With headquarters in Singapore alongside our highly respected Icon SOC business, we have access to invaluable wisdom and expertise in the Asian healthcare market. Combined with the depth of expertise in Icon Group's Australian base, we can provide Asia with access to world-leading cancer care, technology and research," said Mr Middleton.
Icon Group is looking forward to more opportunities to grow, expand and improve equity of access to exceptional cancer care for its patients.


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Tired of NBA fatigue? Let's put it to rest
By BY Paul Ladewski • March 23, 2017 12:00 am
The issue of resting stars has caused headaches for the NBA after Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr rested four major players a couple weeks ago. (Stan Olszewski/Special to S.F. Examiner)
NBA commissioner Adam Silver asked team owners for possible solutions to the rest issue this week, but he forgot the brightest, most honest, most knowledgeable person of all.
Yeah, girls and boys, you're lookin' at it.
As most of us admit, it's a rip-off for fans to pay full price when one or more healthy starter sits out, which happens more than ever these days. So let's reduce prices by 25 percent if one team has played the previous day or 50 percent if both have done so. Tickets, parking, concessions — everything.
Think the higher-ups would agree to that? Me, neither.
OK, let's do this instead …
The problem is two-fold — too many games in the regular season, too many long and lengthy road trips. First, reduce the schedule from 82 to 74 games. Not a drastic change but significant enough. That's eight fewer sets of back-to-back games for each team and fewer excuses for players to sit out.
Next, divide the Association into three 10-team conferences — East, Central and West. The Warriors would be paired with Denver, Los Angeles (two teams), Minnesota, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento and Utah. Teams play conference opponents six times each instead of four currently. They also meet the 20 teams outside their conference once apiece.
In the Warriors' case, they play 54 games against their nine closest geographic rivals compared to only 34 now. That means fewer cross-country flights. The set-up also further promotes local rivalries and places more significance on conference games.
Fewer games plus fewer red-eyes plus more practice time plus fresher players equal a better product, no?
The downside is, teams outside the conference would visit once every two years. Well, guess what? Under the current system, you could donate big bucks to watch LeBron James sit on the bench, anyway. That is, if he makes the road trip at all.
In the playoffs, the top four teams in each conference plus those with the next four best records make the cut. The 16 qualifiers are paired best against worst in each round. That means a greater variety of matchups, fewer lousy teams and more reason to win games in the regular season. If the playoffs were to begin today, for example, the Warriors would face the Detroit Pistons, a team they last met in the postseason four decades ago.
Cooler yet, the NBA Finals could feature two teams in the same conference. Hey, if the teams with the two best records come from the same general area, why should one be penalized?
It's called Big Picture, people.
LOOK OUT BELOW: For the second time in 16 days, the Minnesota Wild beat the listless Sharks on Tuesday. The score was 3-2, but it wasn't that close. Again. Martin Hanzal was in the middle of a huge goal. Again.
Team Teal has lost four games in a row and its lead over the second-place Anaheim Ducks and Edmonton Oilers has dwindled to four points. Each has a game in hand.
In other words, its not too early to post the Heimlich Maneuver on the dressing room door.
JUST SAYIN': NHL players should take part in the next Winter Olympics. If team owners are scared of the possible consequences, they should purchase big, fat insurance policies.
The Raiders reportedly will have to pay upward of $375 million to relocate to Las Vegas. So if you see owner Mark Davis casino-hopping there, you'll know what it's about.
Now that the FBI had helped Tom Brady's jersey, we all should feel a whole lot safer …
YOUR TURN: "I don't care about the 49ers any more. They moved from my hometown to Santa Clara. It's a bit far-fetched to think, but what if they won the Super Bowl? Where would their victory be celebrated? Santa Clara. Their 'paying fans' look more wine-and-brie cheese types who would like to eliminate tackling in football altogether. I'm now a Raiders fan. Consistent." — Bill Bower, San Bruno
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Q: How to current portal user group odoo 12 I want to check some conditions on the current login portal user group. I am in the 'group_company_survey_client' group but still, it shows me False value for print the below code.
@http.route(['/survey', '/survey/page/<int:page>'], type='http', auth="user", website=True)
    def survey_page_template(self, page=1, date_begin=None, date_end=None, sortby=None, **kw):
        User = request.env.user
        print('11111111111111111111111',
              User.sudo().user_has_groups('survey_management.group_company_survey_client'))

Thanks in advance

A: i think there is problem in using sudo with User.sudo() after applying sudo with user it get access of superuser and i think superuser doesnot have this group may be that's why it is showing false.


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After our experience in Joensuu we are ready to share the results of some follow up assignments or activities which will increase our awareness of the topics explored during the training. They are listed as assignments C1 and C2.
C1. PLACES ADDING VALUE TO YOUR UNIVERSITY.
In connection with assignment B2. Places worth a visit near your university, it will be interesting for you to share some pictures and video links of one or two places that may add value to your university together with a few comments on what is special of that place. In other words, where would you bring us and our students if we go and visit you?
We will be doing this assignment in the group discussion section so that everybody can see the results. Thanks and enjoy!!
C2. INSTITUTIONAL AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION.
THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF OUR WORDS. THE TYPICAL CASE OF REQUESTS.
Requests are very frequent speech acts in institutional and interpersonal communication. They are produced when we want another speaker to carry out an action in our benefit (even if the benefit is for the good flow of tasks needed for the institution. Requests are different from offers "Would you like some tea?" in that offers invite an action in the benefit of the addressee.
Administrators and teachers need to produce many requests in order for their work to be done.
Could you think of real situations in your daily activities that show that students are increasingly positioned as consumers and institutions working to improve the extent to which they meet 'consumer demands'?
Eg. students who complain that they want their degree dissertations to be checked for spelling by teachers, due to the cost of registration of the dissertation.
Please give some examples and discuss briefly.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising broadly on Wall Street in midday trading, reversing course from a drop a day before that ended an eight-day winning streak.
Technology and health care companies led the gains Wednesday. Micron Technology, Advanced Micro Devices and Gilead Sciences rose.
Airlines were broadly higher after Delta Air Lines reported strong quarterly results.
Levi's jumped after swinging to a quarterly profit in its first period as a publicly traded company.
The Dow slipped a bit, due entirely to drops in Boeing and Home Depot.
The Labor Department says the consumer price index rose a healthy 1.9% last month from a year ago, a sharp jump from the annual pace of 1.5% in February.
Inflation has been relatively modest even as the job market has strengthened over the past several years. But the increase in energy prices in March — which accounted for 60% last month's increase — ate into recent wage growth. Average hourly wages have increased 1.3% in the past year, down from a gain of 1.9% in February.
UNDATED (AP) — The heads of seven of the largest banks in the U.S. fielded sometimes contentious questions from a House committee Wednesday, some dealing with current risks to the financial system and other focused on more politically-charged topics.
The CEOs told members of the House Financial Services Committee they've taken steps to improve the stability of their institutions since the financial system nearly seized up in 2008. They said the banks have raised capital, are more diverse, and are more resilient than they were before the financial crisis.
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The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco
Despite free-speech reforms, Moroccan reporters work in a "perpetual state of dread."
By Benjamin Lesire-Ogrel and Cole Stangler
Moroccan activist Nasser Zefzafi speaks during a protest in Al Hoceima, in the northern Rif region, on May 18, 2017. (AP Photo / Aboussi Mohamed)
Just before the launch of a major protest march in the northern Moroccan city of Al Hoceima this July, state security forces arrested prominent journalist and government critic Hamid al-Mahdaoui. His supposed crime: "inciting" people to participate in an "outlawed demonstration."
Later that day, police in Al Hoceima deployed tear gas and blockades to break up a peaceful rally, arresting dozens of activists and injuring more in the process. It sent a clear message to sympathizers of so-called Al Hirak, a social movement based largely in the country's Rif region, that public dissent will not be tolerated. Al Hirak was sparked after a fishmonger was crushed to death inside a trash compactor while trying to recover fish confiscated by police last October. Protesters have broadly condemned state corruption and called for development in infrastructure and public services.
The government's response to Mahdaoui, editor in chief of independent news site Badil.info, was harsh and swift. The week following his arrest, a local court sentenced him to three months in prison. Then in September, following an appeal, his sentence was increased to one year. In the meantime, without Mahdaoui's leadership, Badil.info has been shuttered, and the journalist is facing a second trial—this time, for allegedly damaging "state security." The crime carries a maximum sentence of five years.
For journalists and human-rights observers in Morocco, Mahdaoui's trials are just a small part of the state's growing crackdown on free speech. In a country that maintains strong ties to Western powers and is often applauded for its relative liberalism, those that dare question the government line face a mounting set of legal and economic hurdles. Since the outbreak of the movement in Rif, observers say the repression has only increased: As it stands, seven other journalists are in prison today, including four citizen journalists and three media assistants, all of them detained after documenting ongoing protests.
Omar Radi, an independent journalist based in Casablanca, said the hostility flows from a basic fact about the monarchy, which, in contrast to its liberal image abroad, ranks 133rd out of 180 in the most recent press rankings from Reporters Without Borders, behind countries like Zimbabwe and Myanmar. "It's not a state that follows the rule of law; it's a police state," Radi said. "And journalism quite simply sheds light on this gap, on the declarations of authorities and their own realities. And it's a pretty unpleasant gap, a pretty immense gap. So yes, independent journalism represents a danger to power."
Radi played a leading role in the so-called February 20 movement, Morocco's contribution to the Arab Spring of 2011. Protests back then were larger in size and geographic scope than current ones in the Rif. But, not unlike today's demonstrators, the movement in 2011 condemned state autocracy and corruption in favor of political freedom and economic justice. In a media landscape saturated by regime stenographers and apologists, independent journalists and citizen journalists played a crucial role in getting the word out. "For sure, if there was no electronic press, I don't think there would have been a movement," said Maati Monjib, a left-wing historian and writer based in Rabat who has faced harassment for his criticism of the monarchy. "Ninety-five percent of the written press, which is more or less controlled by the regime, and every TV and radio station discouraged [the movement] before even the first protest date."
According to Monjib, press hostility toward the February 20 movement even extended to well-regarded newspapers like Al Massae. On the other hand, upstart online outlets like Lakome—launched in December 2010—regularly published chronicles from the front lines of the demonstrations, attracting readers despite limited budgets and staff.
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Eventually, the monarchy recognized the political threat posed by the movement. In an attempt to minimize the risk of ending up like his Tunisian and Egyptian counterparts, Morocco's King Mohammed VI—who took over from his father, Hassan II, in 1999—called for a constitutional referendum in summer 2011. Approved by an overwhelming majority of electors, the reforms require the king to appoint a prime minister from the party that wins the most seats in parliamentary elections, making the legislature slightly less likely to rubber-stamp legislation than before.
Parliament, in turn, has since enacted some modest liberal reforms, a few of which extend to free speech. Last August, legislators amended the nation's press code and eliminated prison time as punishment for speech offenses. (Before the changes, for example, journalists in Morocco could be sentenced to jail for "insulting" foreign heads of state and diplomats.)
Nevertheless, human-rights observers and free-press advocates say the reforms mask the monarchy's crackdown on speech it doesn't like. As Issam Benkarroum, a human-rights specialist at the Rabat chapter of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), explains, the new press law does not mark the end of the kingdom's harassment and repression of journalists. It simply shifts its legal basis from the press code toward the penal code.
"Going after people for having expressed an opinion, that's not seen well by the international community," Benkarroum said. "That's direct repression of free speech and of the freedom to protest. So [the government] tries to incriminate them under the penal code, with things that have nothing to do with the exercise of their rights. That way, they can say afterwards, 'It's just a simple crime. It's not because of activism that I'm pursuing them.'"
Such logic is at the heart of the state's multiyear, high-profile pursuit of seven journalists, including Monjib and Rachid Tarik, president of the Moroccan Association of Investigative Journalism. Five of them, including the former, stand accused of "threatening national security" and two of them, including the latter, are accused of "failing to report foreign funding" in a joint trial that has dragged on since November 2015. The charges came after the journalists held a training on Storymaker, an app that allows users to anonymously upload edited audio and video packages online.
The accused, some of whom face up to five years in prison, say the government's allegations are outlandish and driven by ulterior motives. (Monjib is particularly disliked by regime loyalists for brokering discussions between moderate Islamists and secular leftist parties.) And they've been echoed by NGOs including Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Committee to Protect Journalists.
"These are clearly political accusations," Tarik said. "It's a trial that's been set up to keep critical voices quiet."
Monjib said the government's motivations stem from its anti-democratic nature. "For all authoritarian regimes, the truth is corrosive," he explained. "Why are they so afraid of Storymaker? They're afraid because with a smartphone, for example, you can film an act of corruption, and you can send it very quickly in a secure way. And so they're afraid of the truth getting out. Even if that truth is relative, they don't want it out."
From poorly paid bloggers to the most comfortable of establishment writers, nearly all journalists in Morocco are familiar with the existence of certain "red lines"—topics that one should "avoid challenging," as Tarik put it. At the moment, he said, that list includes Islam, the monarchy, and Morocco's control of Western Sahara, a disputed territory in which the kingdom has long been accused of human-rights abuses. As a result, Tarik said journalists regularly engage in self-censorship, operating in a "perpetual state of dread."
Meanwhile, though the number of online news sites has grown exponentially since 2011, their quality is far from guaranteed. Many are mouthpieces for the regime and others tend to publish inaccurate information, according to Tarik. Quality investigative journalism is hard to find.
Going too far lands writers in trouble. Before Mahdaoui's imprisonment and before the charges against Monjib and company, the state targeted another high-profile journalist, Ali Anouzla.
In August 2013, the founder and editor-in-chief of Lakome—an independent news site that blossomed with its coverage of the February 20 movement—published a bombshell article: King Mohammed VI, Anouzla reported, had pardoned a Spanish serial child rapist serving a 30-year sentence, in a gesture of goodwill toward Spanish King Juan Carlos, a scoop that triggered protests in Rabat. The following month, the government responded, hitting the reporter with charges of "providing material assistance to terrorist acts" after his site linked to a video hosted by the Spanish daily El País in which Al Qaeda's North African branch criticized the Moroccan monarchy. Shortly thereafter, the imprisoned journalist decided to shut down Lakome. Though no longer detained, Anouzla still faces up to 20 years in prison.
"The [government] was taking revenge against a number of articles we'd written, on long vacations taken by the king, on the dangers of Saudi Arabia to the region and our country, and so on and so on," said Radi, who used to work with Anouzla at Lakome. "Morocco doesn't want this sort of model of journalism to flourish, because it knows that it brings risks and dangers."
Other than prison time and legal headaches, writers and critics who cross the kingdom's red lines run the risk of attracting vicious personal attacks. Monjib, for example, said he has encountered "hundreds" of defamatory stories about himself since 2013. They have alleged, at different times, that he is both a Zionist and a Holocaust denier. Another displayed a doctored photo of Monjib saluting Ban Ki-moon, both of them dressed in military garb, published shortly after the United Nations Secretary General criticized Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara in 2016.
Monjib said the same tactic applies to activists, too. "Even for the leaders of the Rif movement, from the very beginning, they started with defamation," the historian maintained, recalling photos released of a protest leader with prostitutes. "It might make us laugh, but it doesn't make the people laugh. There's a part of the population that believes this."
Finally, for less established journalists, the profession's barriers to entry appear set to increase. As part of recent press reforms, all news sites will be required to be registered by someone with the official professional status of journalist. The latter, in turn, is handed out exclusively by the state and reserved to those with an undergraduate degree—leaving citizen journalists and others on the margins. Radi, for one, said he has never received a press card. He was hoping to launch a news site, but said plans are stalled since it hasn't received authorization under the new law.
If ever there was a sign of journalism's revolutionary potential in Morocco today, it is perhaps the recent arrests of citizen journalists in Al Hoceima. "They played an important role in the Rif, and the proof is seven of them are in prison today," said Monjib.
In doing so, the group joined dozens of other activists and movement leader Nasser Zefzafi. The latter was detained in May for undermining "state security," and—in spite of a petition from international parliamentarians, activists, and writers—remains in prison.
Still, if the movement has struggled to both articulate a more general political platform and to gain traction outside the country's north, observers like Benkarroum say popular protests, which are fueled by journalists reporting injustice and inequality, are still the best hope for a more democratic future. On the other hand, he is not anticipating the West to levy much pressure.
"We know that economic and [geostrategic] interests take precedence over human rights for these countries, notably France, the United States, and Great Britain, and their interests are with the Moroccan regime, not the population and its aspirations for democracy and human rights," he said. "The solution is interior to Morocco, that is to say, we're not expecting much from abroad. We know that it's through struggle and a popular movement that we'll be able to install democracy in Morocco."
Benjamin Lesire-Ogrel
Benjamin Lesire-Ogrel is a legal expert based in Paris, specializing in media, human rights, and information technology.
Cole StanglerCole Stangler is a Paris-based journalist writing about labor and politics. A former staff writer at International Business Times and In These Times, Cole has also published work in Vice, Dissent, and The Village Voice.


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The week after the 4th of July, the kids and I loaded up with my parents and went to Panama City Beach. Lance didn't get to come cause we were selling chickens the day of and the day after we left. He hates the beach anyway, so no big deal, lol.
This was both kid's first summer vacation to the beach that didn't involve a peanut conference.
The obligatory "we're at the beach on the balcony" picture.
The kids loved the beach.
They loved the water even more. I bought both of them a boogie board. Reed turned into a little surfer dude, and Jade could've floated on hers all day long.
It showered occasionally, but we got to see a few pretty rainbows from it.
One day we took a pirate cruise. I highly recommend it if you have kids!
The kids swabbed the deck, had water gun fights, sword fights, found buried treasure, had a conga line, did the chicken dance. It was a lot of fun.
And you can't go to the beach without visiting an amusement park and racing some go karts. Jade wasn't tall enough to ride anything, but Reed rode a few rides with me and got to drive a go kart for the first time!
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Cook corn, add butter, slather with sour cream, sprinkle with parmesan cheese, add seasoning. Enjoy!
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Back in December, my mom turned 60. The year before, my dad turned 60, and I surprised him with a surprise party. Of course, I had to give my mom one too. I'm pretty sure she was half expecting one. You can't fool this woman. She's known everything I've ever done. Even before I did it. This was a hard party to pull off. I even thought about having it in about October to really fool her. What I ended up doing was having the party two weeks before her birthday and involving lots of other people and making up a lot of lies. HA! By golly, it worked!
My uncle cut out a wooden Santa hat, and my grandmother painted it. All the guests signed it.
Lots and lots of Santa decorations! Did you notice the Santa belts on the table? They are made from black table cloths and yellow scrapbook paper!
My Aunt made her cake. It's made out of cupcakes.
She also made this cake. My mom collects Santa Clauses and Pillsbury Doughboys. She had asked for a Doughboy cake for her birthday. Well, she got one...with a Santa hat on.
Reindeer Chow. It's just snack mix with white chocolate chips melted in it.
I had a love/hate relationship with ol' Santa here. He's made out of frozen bread dough. I'm pretty sure it ranks up there with birthing kids, college math, and showing up to work at the courthouse in terms of the hardest things I've ever done. His beard wasn't exactly supposed to be covered in mozerella cheese, but after it took like three loaves of bread to form him, he was too fat and too close to the top of the oven. In other words, poor Santa got sunburned. I'm glad he at least looks like Santa. Maybe Chernobyl Santa.
Santa Cheeseball. It's a cranberry cheeseball. I picked cranberry because the cranberries could be used to make Santa's hat. You can find this recipe under my recipe tab ^^.
Milk and Cookies for Santa, duh!
Our drink table included water, Christmas Punch (recipe also under recipe tab ^^), hot chocolate and coffee with all the fixings (marshmallows, peppermint, chocolate chips, etc).
And there's the birthday girl! It was a miracle we pulled it off, but it happened. So don't expect it again. LOL.
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I knew we wouldn't be able to go on our actual anniversary, so I planned on a January trip. Because we also have chicken houses, we have to wait till the last minute to plan anything. Before I got to book our cabin, it burned up in the huge fire in Gatlinburg and the National Park in late November. Talk about upsetting. You can't plan something like that for ten years and not be upset.
After that, I wasn't sure where or when we would go.
So many cabins had been burned, we decided to go a different route. I found a place called "Bearskin Lodge on the River" in Gatlinburg that looked pretty neat and told Lance about it. I always drop hints, nag, and flat out beg for stuff like this, but he usually ignores me and tells me to quit planning. This time he surprised me by booking a room! (Won't happen for another ten years).
And it wasn't just any room...it was a suite! And he surprised me with roses and chocolate! Who is this guy?!
The room had a great view of the creek, and you could even see the Gatlinburg strip around the corner.
We could also see the Ober Gatlinburg tram go by every so often.
We found our new favorite breakfast place. "Crocketts Breakfast Camp." Lance's food was served in an iron skillet, and I had the biggest cinnamon roll pancakes I have ever seen.
We rode around looking a fire damage for a while. This is all that's left of our cabin. It was called, "Journey's End." Fitting.
We went to one of our favorite places, "The Island," in Pigeon Forge and shopped till we dropped.
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And what's a trip to the Smokies without visiting the park?
Before we had kids, we camped for a week in Cades Cove each summer. We hope to start back this year!
We walked the Gatlinburg strip. Bubba Gump's is one of our favorite places. For our first Valentine's together, I bought Lance a "Life is like a box of chocolate" box of chocolates from Bubba Gumps. Haha.
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This was our first time going in the Hollywood Star Cars Museum in Gatlinburg. We were looking for something we hadn't done before and picked this. Me being a huge race fan, and Lance just being a man, it was great. In case you can't tell, I'm standing by Barney Fife, lol.
Oh, and Lance's outfit (and my outfit in the above picture, including the boots that are hard to see) are from Stages West in Pigeon Forge. We are obsessed with that place. I'm pretty sure we could spend an entire day there.
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P.S. This was our first trip without kids that wasn't a farming conference!
These are some of my favorite pictures from this past Christmas!
Christmas program at our church.
Christmas Program at my parent's church.
Seeing the Rock City lights.
Rocky the elf with Reed and cousin Noah.
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Hi! I'm Stephanie. I live and work on a cotton/peanut/grain/poultry farm with my husband Lance. We have 1,100 acres of cropland and 133,000 broiler chickens. We've been married since Oct. 2006 and built our farmhouse in 2009. In July 2011, our son, Reed was born! In July 2015, our daughter, Jade was born!


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Hundreds more people could die because of increasing levels of ozone at street level, according to scientists. A study by the Royal Society found ground levels of ozone, the pollutant caused when sunlight hits a mixture of gases in the air, has risen by six per cent per decade since the 1980s.
Hundreds more people could die because of increasing levels of ozone at street level, according to scientists.
A study by the Royal Society found ground levels of ozone, the pollutant caused when sunlight hits a mixture of gases in the air, has risen by six per cent per decade since the 1980s.
Although the ozone layer protects the planet at a higher level, at ground level it is damaging to human health.
Children, the elderly and asthmatics are particularly vulnerable to the pollutant which affects the lungs, nose and eyes and is worse on warm stagnant days. The situation could be compounded by global warming, experts fear.
In 2003 some 1,582 UK deaths were attributed to ozone.
But the study projected that with more emissions in the future and climate change this will rise by 51 per cent resulting in 2,391 deaths in 2020.
If no limit is put on the level at which ozone can affect health, then the increase in ozone results in a 15 per cent rise in deaths from 11,272 to12,930 in the same period. An increase in ozone levels is also bad for crops, affecting yield and nutrition levels.
In the EU in 2000 an estimated £5.2 billion was lost due to the impact on arable crops. Again this is projected to get worse as ozone levels rise in the next few years, especially for staple crops such as wheat and rice, threatening food security.
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