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Paul Krugman: Fears and Failure
From G.D.P. to private-sector payrolls, from business surveys to new claims for unemployment insurance, key economic indicators suggest that the recovery may be sputtering.
And it wasn't much of a recovery to start with. Employment has risen from its low point, but it has grown no faster than the adult population. And the plight of the unemployed continues to worsen: more than six million Americans have been out of work for six months or longer, and more than four million have been jobless for more than a year.
It would be nice if someone in Washington actually cared.
Dean Baker: Why Does Senator McCaskill Want to Bankrupt Our Children?
That is what people should be asking Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill along with her fellow senators who are advocated strict caps on government spending. The idea being pushed by Senator McCaskill, together with Tennessee Senator Bob Corker and several other prominent senators, would limit federal spending to 20.6 percent of GDP. It would require difficult-to-obtain super-majorities to exceed this cap. Spending would be cut across a variety of programs if the cap is not reached.
This proposal is hugely deserving of ridicule for a variety of reasons. First, it operates from a blatantly wrong premise — that government spending has grown out of control.
New York Times Editorial: Could It Have Been the Polls?
All but seven House Republicans voted for a budget plan last month that would eliminate Medicare's guarantee to the elderly. It was always bad policy. But now that the vote has proved to be wildly unpopular, the party is suddenly running in the opposite direction.
On Thursday, Dave Camp, a Republican of Michigan and the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said he was no longer interested in pushing a plan that could not win support among the Democrats who control the Senate. Speaker John Boehner said Mr. Camp was just being realistic. Representative Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, suggested the proposal would probably not be a part of the debt-limit talks that began Thursday because President Obama "excoriated us" for the Medicare plan.
These Republican leaders are trying to make it sound as if they were shocked by the Democratic opposition. In fact, their real surprise was how much bitter resistance the Medicare idea encountered among voters – the ones they claim share their fervent desire to dismantle much of the federal government.
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Find True Centrism in the People's Budget
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) People's Budget ~ the strongest rebuke to the Robin Hood in reverse "Ryan Budget" that was passed by the best Republican House Citizens United can buy ~ is receiving some well deserved national attention as the budget debate now moves to the Senate.
The Nation immediately recognized the sense and sanity of the progressive plan to create a budget surplus in ten years–through tax fairness, bringing troops home, and investing in job creation, and others are now praising its strengths too.
"The Courageous Progressive Caucus Budget," writes The Economist. "Mr. Ryan has been fulsomely praised for his courage. The Progressive Caucus has not. I'm not really sure what 'courage' is supposed to mean here, but this seems precisely backwards."
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman describes the People's Budget as "the only major budget proposal out there offering a plausible path to balancing the budget… unlike the Ryan plan, which was just right-wing orthodoxy with an added dose of magical thinking-[it] is genuinely courageous because it calls for shared sacrifice."
George Zornick: The GOP Jobs Plan That Wasn't
It's been over three months since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives and strengthened their caucus in the Senate. The central premise of the GOP midterm campaign was that it could create badly needed jobs-the Republican National Committee drove a bus through the lower 48 states emblazoned with the slogan: "Need a Job? Fire Pelosi!"
Now, after focusing its initial legislative efforts on repealing "ObamaCare," pushing Tea Party-backed dreams like a balanced budget amendment, and fighting to strip regulatory agencies of their authority, the GOP has finally released a job plan…that consists of a balanced budget amendment, the repeal of Obamacare, and several assaults on regulatory authority.
Eugene Robinson: Torture Is Still Torture
It wasn't torture that revealed Osama bin Laden's hiding place. Finding and killing the world's most-wanted terrorist took years of patient intelligence gathering and dogged detective work, plus a little luck.
Once again, it appears, we're supposed to be having a "debate" about torture-excuse me, I mean the "enhanced interrogation techniques," including waterboarding, that were authorized and practiced during the Bush administration. In fact, there's nothing debatable about torture. It's wrong, it's illegal, and there's no way to prove that the evidence it yields could not have been obtained through conventional methods.
Leslie Savan: Torturism, the New Birtherism
Like the death of bin Laden, the death of birtherism was a long time coming, but when it finally came, it was swift and dramatic: President Obama rappelled down to the birther level to release his long-form birth certificate; at the White House Correspondent's Dinner three days later, Obama and wingman Seth Myers broke down Donald Trump's extraordinarily well-guarded ego, with jokes; and within hours, simply by announcing that bin Laden was dead, Obama sent Trump's verkakte ideas to go sleep with the fishes.
If the narcissistic real estate mogul had become a 3-D avatar for the Obama-hating Republican base, you have to wonder where all their resentment and anger, augmented now by humiliation, go now?
Another Warning for Third Way Democrats
Not that anyone noticed much, but last night Britain held local elections. Guess who took a "Shellacking"?
Ed Miliband: Voters have withdrawn permission for Clegg to back Tory policies
Labour leader says people do not want 'relaunch of coalition' as desperate night for Lib Dems leaves them with only 15% of vote in local elections
Polly Curtis, Whitehall correspondent, guardian.co.uk
Friday 6 May 2011 13.21 BST
The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, indicated that the coalition had lost its mandate to govern after the Liberal Democrats suffered a disastrous night in the local elections, seeing their vote collapse across the north of England, Scotland and Wales.
Miliband told reporters in Gravesham, a key council in the south won by Labour: "The Conservative party does not have a majority in parliament and has only been able to govern because of the Liberal Democrats' willing participation in a Tory-led government.
"People who once voted Liberal Democrat have withdrawn permission for Nick Clegg to back Tory policies on the NHS, on living standards and cuts that go too far, too fast.
"People do not want a relaunch of the coalition but real change. David Cameron and Nick Clegg must listen to the people."
But will they listen?
Coalition ministers insisted the Lib Dem-Conservative government would refocus on its work – next week Clegg and David Cameron will launch a coalition document marking its achievements in the year since it was formed.
Coalition ministers vowed to plough on with their plans after a desperate night for the Lib Dems left them with just 15% of the local election vote – their lowest for nearly three decades – and came ahead of the AV referendum result, which they have acknowledged is almost certain to go against them.
The American people have voted for change in the last 3 elections- 2006, 2008, and 2010.
And we'll keep on voting until we get some.
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On This Day In History May 6
May 6 is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of the year.
On this day in 1994, English Channel tunnel opens.
In a ceremony presided over by England's Queen Elizabeth II and French President François Mitterand, a rail tunnel under the English Channel was officially opened, connecting Britain and the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age.
The channel tunnel, or "Chunnel," connects Folkstone, England, with Sangatte, France, 31 miles away. The Chunnel cut travel time between England and France to a swift 35 minutes and eventually between London and Paris to two-and-a-half hours.
As the world's longest undersea tunnel, the Chunnel runs under water for 23 miles, with an average depth of 150 feet below the seabed. Each day, about 30,000 people, 6,000 cars and 3,500 trucks journey through the Chunnel on passenger, shuttle and freight trains.
Millions of tons of earth were moved to build the two rail tunnels–one for northbound and one for southbound traffic–and one service tunnel. Fifteen thousand people were employed at the peak of construction. Ten people were killed during construction.
Proposals and attempts
In 1802, French mining engineer Albert Mathieu put forward a proposal to tunnel under the English Channel, with illumination from oil lamps, horse-drawn coaches, and an artificial island mid-Channel for changing horses.
In the 1830s, Frenchman Aimé Thomé de Gamond performed the first geological and hydrographical surveys on the Channel, between Calais and Dover. Thomé de Gamond explored several schemes and, in 1856, he presented a proposal to Napoleon III for a mined railway tunnel from Cap Gris-Nez to Eastwater Point with a port/airshaft on the Varne sandbank at a cost of 170 million francs, or less than £7 million.
In 1865, a deputation led by George Ward Hunt proposed the idea of a tunnel to the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the day, William Ewart Gladstone.
After 1867, William Low and Sir John Clarke Hawkshaw promoted ideas, but none were implemented. An official Anglo-French protocol was established in 1876 for a cross-Channel railway tunnel. In 1881, British railway entrepreneur Sir William Watkin and French Suez Canal contractor Alexandre Lavalley were in the Anglo-French Submarine Railway Company that conducted exploratory work on both sides of the Channel. On the English side a 2.13-metre (7 ft) diameter Beaumont-English boring machine dug a 1,893-metre (6,211 ft) pilot tunnel from Shakespeare Cliff. On the French side, a similar machine dug 1,669 m (5,476 ft) from Sangatte. The project was abandoned in May 1882, owing to British political and press campaigns advocating that a tunnel would compromise Britain's national defences. These early works were encountered more than a century later during the TML project.
In 1919, during the Paris Peace Conference, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George repeatedly brought up the idea of a Channel tunnel as a way of reassuring France about British willingness to defend against another German attack. The French did not take the idea seriously and nothing came of Lloyd George's proposal.
In 1955, defence arguments were accepted to be irrelevant because of the dominance of air power; thus, both the British and French governments supported technical and geological surveys. Construction work commenced on both sides of the Channel in 1974, a government-funded project using twin tunnels on either side of a service tunnel, with capability for car shuttle wagons. In January 1975, to the dismay of the French partners, the British government cancelled the project. The government had changed to the Labour Party and there was uncertainty about EEC membership, cost estimates had ballooned to 200% and the national economy was troubled. By this time the British Priestly tunnel boring machine was ready and the Ministry of Transport was able to do a 300 m (980 ft) experimental drive. This short tunnel would however be reused as the starting and access point for tunnelling operations from the British side.
In 1979, the "Mouse-hole Project" was suggested when the Conservatives came to power in Britain. The concept was a single-track rail tunnel with a service tunnel, but without shuttle terminals. The British government took no interest in funding the project, but Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said she had no objection to a privately funded project. In 1981 British and French leaders Margaret Thatcher and François Mitterrand agreed to set up a working group to look into a privately funded project, and in April 1985 promoters were formally invited to submit scheme proposals. Four submissions were shortlisted:
a rail proposal based on the 1975 scheme presented by Channel Tunnel Group/France-Manche (CTG/F-M),
Eurobridge: a 4.5 km (2.8 mi) span suspension bridge with a roadway in an enclosed tube
Euroroute: a 21 km (13 mi) tunnel between artificial islands approached by bridges, and
Channel Expressway: large diameter road tunnels with mid-channel ventilation towers.
The cross-Channel ferry industry protested under the name "Flexilink". In 1975 there was no campaign protesting against a fixed link, with one of the largest ferry operators (Sealink) being state-owned. Flexilink continued rousing opposition throughout 1986 and 1987. Public opinion strongly favoured a drive-through tunnel, but ventilation issues, concerns about accident management, and fear of driver mesmerisation led to the only shortlisted rail submission, CTG/F-M, being awarded the project.
Six In The Morning
In Libya, a long-dead hero rises again in east
Omar Mukhtar, a resistance fighter executed by Italian occupiers 80 years ago, has become the spiritual leader of the Libyan revolution.
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Benghazi, Libya- In eastern Libya, the spectral image of an elderly, bearded man in a skullcap or Bedouin cloak is everywhere – on bumper stickers and posters, military vehicles and checkpoints, even press IDs issued by the rebel government here.
"He is the godfather of all of us," said Salim Ismael, a retired army officer now training rebel recruits. "He is our inspiration, the spiritual leader of the Libyan revolution."
The figure is Omar Mukhtar, a 20th century resistance hero executed by Italian occupiers 80 years ago – and, improbably enough, depicted in a 1981 Hollywood all-star epic, "The Lion of the Desert," starring Anthony Quinn as Mukhtar. A box-office flop, the film has a devoted cult following here.
GOP Strategy: Give Oil Companies More Tax Cuts
Americans are struggling to make ends meet, can't find jobs and are making less money than they did in 1997. What is the House GOP solution? Tax cuts and subsidies for drilling to oil companies that are the most profitable.
Today, the Republicans in the House of Representatives celebrated this massive redistribution of wealth from American families to oil executives. With the support of 7 oil-patch Democrats, 234 Republicans voted to block a bill to eliminate a $1.8 billion annual subsidy that treats oil drilling as "domestic manufacturing":
House Republicans rejected an effort by Democrats Thursday to use a procedural maneuver to force a vote on a bill to repeal a key oil industry tax break.
As they did in March, House Republicans voted unanimously to defend these wasteful, unaffordable and unfair oil subsidies, even though several members told their constituents they want to end them.
Budget, Economy, GOP, Oil Companies, taxes, TMC Politics
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First Republican Presidential Debate Open Thread
It's awfully hard to get excited about an event that AP will not cover at all and Reuters will pay scant attention because of restrictions that Faux Noise and the Republican Party have placed on it to avoid making their candidates look stupid.
Sorry, that Taggart Transcontinental has already left the station.
Still, at 9 pm ET in the grossly misnamed (at least on this occasion) Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina, the 5 dimmest bulbs in the half candlepower constellation that is the Republican field this cycle- former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain, former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, Representative Ron Paul, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, will take the stage.
It would be a lot more fun pointing and laughing if it weren't for the fact we already have a Republican President.
I'll be watching Stanley Cup action (Canucks @ Predators), King of the Hill, or napping, all of which are far more restful on the eyeballs, but if you care to comment there's a space for that below.
Evening Edition
Evening Edition is an Open Thread
From Yahoo News Top Stories
1 Hundreds of millions pledged for Libya rebels
by Francoise Kadri and Christophe Schmidt, AFP
ROME (AFP) – International donors pledged hundreds of millions of dollars for Libya's rebels on Thursday and promised to overcome legal problems to free up more aid using frozen regime assets worth tens of billions.
Leaders of the rebellion against Moamer Kadhafi said the pledges — mainly from Kuwait and Qatar — were "a good start" and outlined plans for a new constitution and elections within eight months if the Libyan strongman quits.
A fund agreed Thursday will initially receive international donations, while the blocked assets — estimated to be worth 60 billion dollars (40 billion euros) in Europe and the United States — will be used to finance it at a later date.
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The Hausdorff dimension of a set in ℝ is usually defined by considering countable coverings of the set by general intervals. In this note we establish sufficient conditions under which coverings whose members are restricted to a particular family g of intervals will produce the same value for dimension. A result of Billingsley is then employed to obtain a general technique for computing the dimensions of sets defined by certain types of generalized expansions. A specific example is included.


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Q: Random domain when using telnet on my server's IP I was preparing a new website on my cloud server and before changing the domain's pointing IP I decided to use telnet to make a quick test.
Since each site is a vhost I can use a different domain (which points to the same server) and I get a result like this:
$ telnet domain.example.com 80
Trying <server.ip>...
Connected to domain.example.com.
...

All good, but then I tried to connect to the IP directly:
$ telnet <server.ip> 80

And got an interesting response:
Trying <server.ip>...
Connected to <different-domain.com>.

Where is this unknown different-domain coming from? Is it a random thing? Does it mean I've got a security problem?

A: It just means that in the DNS this IP address has a PTR record pointing to different-domain.com. Do a dig -x <server.ip> and you will see the name. For HTTP traffic, that will not create any kind of problems (the situation would be different for emails). You do not have a security problem just from that configuration case.

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Senior-Friendly Dupont Hospital is a NICHE-Designated Hospital!
As a designated Nurses Improving Care for Healthsytem Elders hospital, Dupont Hospital is committed to providing patient-centered care for older adults. The sixth hospital in Indiana to receive NICHE designation, Dupont Hospital staff use evidence-based, interdisciplinary approaches to care that promote positive experiences for patients age 65 and older. Results of these senior-focused approaches include improved patient outcomes and greater patient and family satisfaction.
NICHE — the largest geriatric nursing program available — is the only national designation indicating a hospital's commitment to elder care excellence. Based at New York University's College of Nursing, NICHE is a nurse-driven program that focuses on geriatric issues hospital wide and ensuring staff are specially trained to care for elder patients. Staff utilizes NICHE-provided tools and resources to help ensure the hospital's culture is advantageous to older adult patients.
For additional information about NICHE, visit nicheprogram.org .


An analysis of satellite data has found that, since the early 1980s, clouds have shifted towards Earth's poles and cloud tops have extended higher into the atmosphere.
"It's really the first credible evidence that we have of climate change and clouds in the observed record," says Joel Norris, an atmospheric scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.
The scientists used two long-term databases of cloud cover, along with measures of water content over the oceans and of Earth's reflectivity — or how much sunlight the planet's surface throws back into space.
By 2009, the team found that there were fewer clouds over the mid-latitudes than there had been in 1983. That finding meshes with climate predictions that dry zones will expand out of the subtropics and push storms towards the poles. The team also found that cloud tops rose higher in the atmosphere by the end of the 2000s, again as predicted for a warming atmosphere.
Science Art: Woodcut: H. Regius proving spirits in the slug, in flask, 1654.


Dainty tea sandwiches get a Japanese makeover!
Remove crusts from bread slices. Spread cream cheese on one side.
Place carrot and cucumber sticks in the middle of each slice. Carefully roll each slice to make a log. Wrap with cling wrap and twist ends to secure. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
Remove cling wrap. Slice rolls into desired size.


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Q: Recognize which control touched Imagine that i put several controls on view how can i recognize which control touched ?
I use below code but doesn't work
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
    if([touch view]==btn)
       //...
}

A: I'd use a UIPanGestureRecognizer.
Instantiate one and hook it to each view you want to have be draggable. Then when it fires, use its translationInView: method to get the translation to apply to the view itself.
See here for the docs on UIPanGestureRecognizer: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIPanGestureRecognizer_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/cl/UIPanGestureRecognizer


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PENDULAR POLITICS
This is a crazy week here in the American capital. First, we have a significant earthquake. That alone counts as a change in the laws of nature as we knew them. And now, we have a hurricane that is supposed to bring dangerous winds to a radius of something like 5 quintillion miles of the east coast. My daughter was booked to perform at a winery today in north-central Virginia from 2:00 to 6:00. So far the show hasn't been cancelled. So … if I end up going, and if I happen to be blown into the Potomac River on the way back home, it's been nice knowing you all.
Yeah, I know. If I were the Grim Reaper, I'd consider that last sentence pretty cocky. "Who is this punk Spiro to tempt fate like that? Does he not think I'm capable of blowing his mini-van off the road with gusts of 50+ miles per hour? Just because it has 'SPINOZA' license plates, why should that make me think twice about playing havoc with that vehicle. Anybody who would drive on a highway during a hurricane deserves whatever's coming to him."
All true. But what the Grim Reaper may not be recognizing is that this week in Washington is also about celebrating cockiness. It's the one characteristic that best describes our newest flavor of the month – the man who is increasingly being spoken about as the next President of the United States. The man who, in college, got 2 As, 10 Bs, 12 Cs, 6 Ds and an F – and who laughed that off, entered the field of politics, changed political parties, ran for election after election and never tasted defeat, and now finds himself overwhelmingly ahead of the entire Republican field almost immediately after throwing his hat in the ring.
What was in that hat, anyway? Nuclear weapons?
Michelle Bachman? See ya'. Give my regards to the good people of Stepford. Mitt Romney? On the ropes, and seemingly incapable of defending himself. When you figure out what color to turn before the next campaign, let us know. Barack Obama? No sooner has the Great White Hope entered the race than our current leader finds his approval rating down to 38%. That would be cause for concern if he were running against Rick Santorum – or for that matter, Rick James. (I can just see Rick James entering the stage at the Republican National Convention to the words of "She is such a kinky girl. The kind you don't take home to mother.")
Unfortunately for our President, he won't have the fortune of running against Rick Santorum or Rick James. But increasingly, it is beginning to look like he will have the misfortune of running against another Rick. Some of you might be rolling the ol' eyes right now, or at least wondering what I've been smoking. Rick Perry is an extreme conservative, you're probably thinking, who has taken on Social Security and believes that climate change is a hoax. Why wouldn't Obama jump at the chance to go to the mat with this guy – and, in particular, to compete for the independents, conservative Democrats, and moderate Republicans who tend to hold the balance of power in any Presidential election? Clearly, their views are much, much closer to Obama's than Perry's.
Then again, Americans might not be electing a President whose views on public policy issues are most like theirs. If that was what they cared about, they wouldn't bounce from Bill Clinton, to George Bush/Dick Cheney, and then to Barack Obama.
Personally, I'm beginning to see a pattern. We look at whoever is manning the store at the moment, decide if he's taking that store in the right or wrong direction, and if we don't like what we see, desperately search for the opposite. We saw Bush and Cheney as a couple of cowboys whose constituents were all millionaires and the fools they were able to bamboozle. And so we elected a professor – open-minded, compassionate, progressive … in short, the un-Cheney.
And now, with the unemployment rate hovering north of 8% despite record deficits, and with a President who is viewed alternatively as the "Capitulator-in-Chief" or as one who "leads from behind," America may be looking for big, brass cohunes. Ideally, we could elect someone like the Baltimore Raven's Ray Lewis, a hard-hitting middle linebacker who has been convicted of obstructing justice in connection with a murder. Now that's the kind of leader who wouldn't take any guff from the bozos on Capitol Hill, right? But Lewis isn't running. Nor is any actor who plays action heroes in the movies. So we might have to settle for the next best thing: a big strong Texan who is willing to spit in the face of conventional wisdom, vilify our top government officials, uproot the federal bureaucracy like a bunch of weeds, and challenge America to act first and ask questions later.
To much of America – and perhaps most of coastal America -- Rick Perry sounds like a goofball. But I still remember the way the chattering class spoke about "Ronald Rea-guns" circa 1979, and yet he was elected a year later as the un-Carter. Quite obviously, Perry is now running as the un-Obama, and his strategy has been solid gold. I don't doubt for a second that after four or eight years of a Perry presidency, we could be back at the well, falling in love with a clone of Adlai Stevenson. Instead of an Aggie with a 2.2 GPA, we'd be electing a Swarthmorean was a 3.95 in Art History (and whose only Bs were in macroeconomics).
But 2016 or 2020 is not my concern right now. I'm focused on 2012. I'm thinking about how Barack Obama, he of the 38% approval rating and the Congress that seems hell-bent to keep it that low, can get back the big Mo and win this next election. For starters, he best not underestimate Rick Perry. But most importantly, he must think about precisely WHY Rick Perry has all of a sudden become so popular.
If I had a chance to talk to our President, and I had the stones to "tell it like it is," here's what I'd say:
"Take a look at the mirror, Mr. President. America isn't liking what you're looking at. And America is telling you exactly what it wants to see. Be a bit more like Perry. Take some bold steps – some audacious steps, to use a word that you used to be able to say with a straight face – and stop fearing the price of failure. When Perry puts his foot in his mouth, he acts like he doesn't care, and quickly the media forgets what he said in the first place. He's got the swagger you want. And he's got the testicles you need. What he doesn't have are your brains. Their your edge – but they're worth nothing without the whole package.
"You're still in the driver's seat, Mr. President. So after the vacation is over, let's see what you got. As for the rest of us, we can pretty much tell what we'll get in 2012: either Obama or the un-Obama. And his name is Rick Perry."
TWENTY EIGHT HOURS
That is the time that I've put into my government job since close of business on Friday evening -- and the weekend isn't even over yet. Am I bragging? Hardly. I think it's an irreligious number, literally and figuratively. But I feel compelled to disclose it for two reasons. First, for all you Empathic Rationalist readers, it explains why you haven't seen a more substantial post than this one this weekend. And second, for all you right-wing Empathic Rationalist readers, it points out how ridiculous your theory can be that government workers are all a bunch of welfare queens who expect excellent pay for minimal work.
This past Friday night, I attended a meeting with a bunch of my fellow "welfare queens" – I mean government lawyers -- that didn't end until after midnight. None of us collected overtime for our efforts, and you could surely find private sector attorneys who never made partner at their firms but who earn twice or more of what we earn. But on we worked.
I am the first one to say that if there are federal programs that aren't accomplishing much, get rid of them. And if there are federal employees who don't do their jobs at all or do them inappropriately, let's figure out a way to streamline the process to can them too. I agree with my Republican friends in that regard. But what I hear lately from some of the GOP politicians is an out-and-out war on the civil service – a thorough disrespect for what we do, our commitment to the public, and our claim to respectable compensation. And that attitude is not only disgraceful, but dangerous. For when we lose all respect for those who draft and enforce our regulations, set our health and environmental standards, and otherwise attempt to keep this national boat on a sane keel, that's precisely when we lose our sanity. "Anarchy in the UK" was a good album, but let's not bring that idea to the US just yet.
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HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS
"Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." Genesis 1:26
These days, it seems like everyone has something bad to say about religion. It is said to be the ground of ignorance – the opiate of the masses. It is alleged to be the source of fanaticism and extremism. It is blamed for much of the divisiveness that has engulfed our societies. And it is charged with breeding a mentality that focuses upon the non-existent heavens and becomes apathetic about the most profound problems of our world.
Personally, I find many of those criticisms to be overblown. Sure, we can point out various shortcomings with the religious mentality, but we also could do the same for all other walks of life – the business world, the realm of government, even the domain of academia. Something tells me that if we didn't have religion, humanity would not magically be transformed into a race of Einsteins and Edisons. Take away religion, and what is more likely to rise in its place: a passionate love for mathematics and metaphysics, or a greater willingness to drink, smoke, lie and cheat? Forgive me for being cynical, but I doubt it's the former.
Generally speaking, then, I view myself as a fan of religion, rather than one of its critics. But this is not to say I buy into all of it hook, line and sinker. And among my greatest complaints is the way religion tends to elevate human beings into the realm of the divine (creating God in our image, despite our claims to having been made in the image of God) and devalue the worth of the so-called "lower" animals.
These last few weeks, the "lower" animals have been on my mind more than usual. On August 3rd, my daughter Rebecca returned home from a month in Malaysia, where she worked with lots of orangutans and a few chimpanzees. When she played the videos and slide show of her experience for the rest of the family, it was clear how much she adored each of these animals and how individually she viewed their personalities. I couldn't help but notice the contrast between the way she talked about the apes and the way that people tend to describe these "beasts" – as stupid, ugly, and dangerous.
No, I'm not blaming all this species-chauvinism on religion. What is sad, though, is how much religion has compounded the problem, at least in the western world. We in the west have no "sacred cows." In fact, people here commonly eat cows, pigs, and other mammals, not to mention chicken, duck and fish. Moreover, our religious bodies continue to support the killing of animals for food, even though vegetarianism is clearly preferable for the environment and may even be better for our own health as individuals.
In Judaism, we used to sacrifice animals to God at the Holy Temple. That practice stopped, but the tradition states that it ceased only because the Temple was destroyed. Presumably, if the Jews are ever able to rebuild the Temple, we would be privileged with the honor of once again placing animals on the altar and burning them to death – as a message of thanks to the omni-benevolent Lord.
I find it ironic that atheists these days commonly attempt to appropriate the term "humanism" for their philosophy. Because honestly, what can be more humanistic than traditional western religion? It has created a God who is human-like. It has directed the attention of this God on human beings and the planet Earth, which clearly seems to be the center of the religious universe. ("Heaven" is, of course, outside of this universe.) And it teaches that human beings have dominion over the Earth and all its other creatures.
Spinoza's philosophy was often sharply opposed to the teachings of traditional, organized religion. But he was never more traditional than when he wrote, in the Ethics (Part IV, Appendix, XXVI): "Besides men, we know of no particular thing in nature in whose mind we may rejoice, and whom we can associate with ourselves in friendship or any sort of fellowship; therefore, whatsoever there be in nature besides man, a regard for our advantage does not call on us to preserve, but to preserve or destroy according to its various capabilities, and to adopt to our use as best we may."
As Rebecca Spiro can attest, Spinoza was wrong. My daughter would have seen evidence of that fact not only during her trip to Malaysia, but shortly after she returned.
Last weekend, everything seemed normal around the Spiro house. We were celebrating a birthday – my mother's 90th to be precise. We were all happy and healthy – my mom, my kids, my dogs, everyone. As the week wore on, however, Carly, the younger of our two bichon frises, began to show signs of being sick. On Wednesday, she had no appetite, and we're talking about a dog with a voracious appetite. On Thursday morning, it was clear that something was very wrong with Carly -- her appetite had not returned, and she was clearly in pain, though we had no idea where the pain was coming from. My wife took her to the vet, the vet did some tests, and it became clear that Carly had a tumor that was affecting her spleen, among other symptoms. The prognosis was poor, though the vet said that she might have a chance if he were allowed to remove the tumor. We gave Carly that chance. By 4:00 p.m. that afternoon, Carly was gone.
Later that evening, we had a service in the backyard. My older daughter Hannah, the aspiring rabbi, read some passages from the Torah while fighting off tears. Hannah pointed out that she could not read any of the traditional Hebrew prayers that you would read if a human had died – God forbid that we would ever treat a "mere animal" with that much respect, it just wouldn't be "kosher" (that is reserved for killing animals, not honoring them). But while Hannah followed the Jewish tradition in what she would not read, she followed the family tradition in crying when she did read. My mother said a few words, as did I, as did my wife. We talked about Carly's personality – her gentleness, her affection, her warmth, her hyperactivity. Some would call her neurotic, but we adored her as much for her nervous energy as for her perpetual licking, cuddling and smiling.
Then, when everyone else had finished saying their words, it had come time for Rebecca to speak. She hadn't said anything for some time. (Perhaps an hour or two later, Hannah pointed out that Rebecca seemed more depressed about Carly's passing than the rest of the family combined, which is saying a lot, since we had all been bawling. Hannah made that statement when Rebecca was out of the house – not coincidentally, she was taking care of a neighbor's cat across the street.)
I looked at Rebecca, waiting for her to say something, anything, to pay respect to our beloved pet. Finally, she spoke, quietly but clearly. A short sentence – and then she would be finished. But it perfectly described what we all had been feeling, if perhaps not as viscerally as Rebecca.
"She was one of my best friends."
Carly Simon Spiro: July 12, 2000 -- August 11, 2011. RIP.
"WHY OBAMA?" REVISITED
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace."
On August 17, 2008, the blog Largehearted Boy published a piece I wrote as part of a series entitled "Why Obama." I am reproducing it here in its entirety to point out precisely why I thought that the time was ripe for an Obama Presidency. Clearly, I was correct that the time was ripe for an Obama candidacy … but the issue I was attempting to address didn't involve his electability, but his effectiveness if elected. It was on that point that I seem to have been, to put it mildly, less than prescient.
Here's the 2008 piece:
"On July 27, 2004, the same day I turned 44, I sat in my mother's living room mesmerized by the television set. It was showing the Democratic National Convention, and the nominee, John Kerry, had selected a young state senator from Illinois to give the keynote address. On that night, the speaker, Barack Obama, was introduced to the American public. Obama's address, entitled "The Audacity of Hope," positioned him as a mainstream progressive who, with good looks, a gifted flair for rhetoric, and a biracial background, would appear to represent the future of American politics. Still in his early 40s, he seemed years, perhaps even decades, from reaching the pinnacle of his power, but there was no question that the sky was the limit. This man, stated simply, was a natural.
"Obama made many fans that night, but few could possibly have been more impressed than I was. That address, you see, came at a pivotal time in my life. I was in the editing stages of my first novel, The Creed Room, which is both a story and an exposition of my personal philosophy. Like all first time novelists, I was insecure about my prospects for publication, or for that matter, the quality of my work. That's when I saw Obama speak. He seemed to personify just the type of statesman I had been calling for in that book. And that fact accomplished two things. First, it told me, once I saw the incredible reaction to the man, that my book was on to something. Second, it made me feel that The Creed Room wasn't quite as original as I had thought. There was at least one man out there, I realized, who hardly needed to read the book. He instinctively understood everything I was saying and, unlike me, was in a position to make my vision a reality.
"Consider the qualities Obama exemplifies. Merely by looking at the guy you can't help but think of such ideas as "melting pot" and "unity." When you hear him speak, it is also apparent that this man is thoroughly grounded in spirituality. We may not like his pastors, but we have trouble denying his passion. Barack is also a former president of the Harvard Law Review, so he's obviously intelligent. In fact, he exudes a mental capacity even more than intelligence: thoughtfulness. This guy is professorial without being didactic. He obviously loves to think things through, but he isn't simply interested in his own thoughts; he wants to learn from others as well. And it is perhaps those qualities that give him such good judgment, including the judgment to buck the trend among ambitious politicians and reach the correct view on the critical issue of the last several years -- whether to support the Iraq War from its inception.
"I know from the practice of law that some litigators trade above all else on their reputation for integrity, whereas others trade on different things – like their willingness to fight like hell for their client and never back down. Barack is in the former camp. For him, his reputation for ethical excellence is everything. As I watched Obama's keynote address, I said to myself that this is a man who will think long and hard before he would get himself mixed up in a Watergate or a Monicagate.
"We all know what a great orator Obama is, and how much he has been able to move people in America and abroad, including many who had grown apathetic about politicians. And yet what excites me the most about Obama isn't merely his ability to inspire, but his ability to inspire something very specific: the hope that, just maybe, we can bridge the fundamental chasms that divide us so profoundly as human beings.
"When I get into political discussions with Obama's detractors, I sometimes hear the criticism that he is an "empty suit" or "lacks substance." Presumably, people are referring to the fact that he hasn't enunciated what two or three issues are most important to him and how precisely he hopes to tackle them, or what other issues are nearly as important to him and how precisely he hopes to tackle them as well.
"Don't you see why he hasn't? Don't you see why it would be unfortunate if we forced him to? Obama has been honest with us about who he is and why he's running. He has written books about his checkered personal life. He has spoken about his cocaine use. He has even said, in reference to another drug, "Yes I inhaled. That was the point." He has a record of votes that shows he's a liberal and has mentioned various areas in which he'd like to implement reforms. He has also laid out a specific 'plan' to address our inadequate health care system.
"But the truth is that if you buy my vision for an Obama Presidency, you must know that he needs to remain flexible. Once he wins the election – assuming the nation wakes up before it's too late, which is often a lousy assumption – he needs to take the temperature of the nation to determine which fundamental changes are ripe for the picking if only we had a modern-day Demosthenes to lead us in making them. Then, he can work to make these changes … one at a time … all the while remembering that it takes a large coalition of conservatives as well as liberals to wage wars, whether they involve killing people on the battlefield, stemming global warming, or alleviating the scourge of poverty.
"I don't want to lie to myself. Even assuming Obama can get elected, I don't know if he can sufficiently unify this nation to form the type of critical mass needed to implement necessary changes. But this much I do know: without him, there's not a lot of gas in our collective tank. And for those of us who call ourselves progressives, or who dare to call ourselves liberals, isn't it worth taking a chance on someone who can at least use the word "hope" and pass the laugh test?"
There you have it – a coherent argument that turned out to be just plain wrong. The problem with it is not that it trumped up positive Obama traits that didn't exist. Well, OK. Possibly Barack isn't as spiritual as he came across in 2004. But for the most part, he has demonstrated many of the positive traits I discussed: he's intelligent, thoughtful, open-minded, honest, flexible, articulate, ethical. And I could have added others: charismatic, classy, empathetic …
There are no shortage of compliments that could aptly be bestowed on our President. But the problem is that it does not help being an Achilles once you have been shot in the heel. And now that we are more than halfway through the Obama Presidency – or at least his first term – we can see that this Presidency has a fatal weakness, which has become more like a cancer than a simple arrow to the foot. Achilles died quickly. But this Presidency lingers, through battle after battle, and in each case, the victors are the ones who voted AGAINST Obama, not the ones who voted for him. Barack's weakness is not his heel, but his stomach: specifically, his stomach for an honest-to-God fight against his adversaries.
Perhaps the key part of the above essay is the following: "I know from the practice of law that some litigators trade above all else on their reputation for integrity, whereas others trade on different things – like their willingness to fight like hell for their client and never back down. Barack is in the former camp. For him, his reputation for ethical excellence is everything." But isn't the problem that over and over and over again, Barack's Republican adversaries have demonstrated that they are Mixed Martial Arts fighters – willing to throw elbows and choke holds, if necessary, to bring down the Obama Presidency and the progressive agenda. Barack knows it, everyone knows it. Clearly, the only responsible way of responding is to "fight like hell … and never back down." Right? But for some reason, Barack has been unwilling. When in December 2010 he had a chance to demand that if the Republicans wanted their God-forsaken tax cuts for the rich, they'd have to take away their God-forsaken threat to destroy the Government's credit worthiness, did he make that demand? Of course not. Barack isn't one to make demands on his adversaries; he prefers instead the style of making concessions, and trusting that they will make concessions in return. (That is, after all, the Christian thing to do.)
Perhaps the wisdom behind Barack's leadership strategy is lost on me because I'm a Jew, not a Christian. I was taught that "turning the other cheek" is the model of absurdity, not holiness. I was taught that just as there is a time for peace, there is also a time for war. My 2008 argument for Obama was premised on the idea that he was ideally suited to lead us in undertaking massive projects that only a unified nation could accomplish: like tackling global warming or the increasingly lopsided distribution of wealth. Quickly, however, it became clear that the Republican powers-that-be were unwilling to play in that sandbox. But Barack was fortunately in charge of a political party that controlled both houses of Congress and had the 60 Senators needed to defeat a filibuster, so sure enough, during his first two years, the Dems were able to enact landmark health-care legislation. The real problems came once they lost that supermajority in the Senate and any majority in the House. At that point, Barack was forced to look the Republicans in the eyes while standing on level ground. And repeatedly, he has been the one to blink. It's not exactly what I had in mind back in 2008.
To all of you progressives who have difficulty admitting that you were wrong, please at least refrain from blaming what has transpired solely on the Republicans. Most political oppositions, given the blessing of knowing that they can get the party-in-power to capitulate at every juncture, would indeed play hardball. Why shouldn't they? You can't really accuse them of playing dangerous games of chicken – for that game involves taking risks, and there never seems to be any risk in entering into negotiations with today's Democratic party. We all know from the outset that they're prepared to cave. The only mystery is in whether they will give the GOP 60% of what they want, 70%, 80%, or more. As long as the Republicans give in on 5% of their demands, the President is prepared to tout the deal as a "compromise" – and, in at least one case, blame his progressive critics for being "sanctimonious" and "purists."
Seriously, how can anyone blame the Republicans for playing this game? If there is blame to be placed, it should be placed on people like me who thrust Barack into the spotlight before he had demonstrated the ability to go toe-to-toe against street fighters. Blame should be placed on the blogosphere, the vapid Hollywood celebrities, and the other softhearted, utopian elements who were so blinded by Barack's brilliance that they didn't bother to inspect his heel … or his guts.
We have already enabled Barack enough. Let's please stop, shall we? Barack is big on asking us to call our elected officials and implore them to do the right thing. Well, fine -- let's just do that, shall we? It's time to call our elected officials in Washington – assuming they are Democrat – and ask them to stop spinning that the Administration is on the right track and blaming all the universe's problems on the Republicans. Ask them to stop pretending that the Democratic party is not accountable for anything – even though they have controlled the White House and the Senate for most of the last three years.
Right now, the central problem with our Government is that neither Barack Obama nor his supporters in Congress have demonstrated the willingness to fight for the causes that got them elected in the first place. They have collectively failed to show that they stand strongly for anything – other than their own precious re-elections.
So if and when you call your Congressperson or Senator, why don't you demand that they act like Democrats and not DINOs – Democrats in Name Only – who don't deserve to be re-elected. And why not remind them that the election of 2012 doesn't seem to matter as much as past elections, for no matter who is nominally in charge in Washington, the Republicans will rule. That point might actually get their attention.
The times they are a changin', and progressives need to change with them. If that means supporting the candidacy of bare-knuckled schmucks like Lyndon Baines Johnson over prophetic figures like candidate Barack Obama, so be it. You don't always fight fire with love and Christian ethics. Sometimes, as Ecclesiastes would remind you, you fight fire with fire. And as the Presidency of Barack Obama has amply demonstrated, this has become one of those times.
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Q: Angular1.3: $compile html inside a file link? I would really appreciate some advice on this.
I have the below compile operator inside the link function of my directive:
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Is there a cleaner way to replace the above html inside a string with a link to a file instead? Also considering that the above line is called many times (30-40+ times inside an ng-repeat), would there be any performance hits from http requests to the file/ would it be against best practices to link to an actual file?

A: What you're looking for is the templateUrl property of a directive. Furthermore when linked to a server side request angular has a service called the $templateCache which will cause any html that is loaded will be compiled and stored there so there is no overhead outside of the single request to the server to get your large HTML.
$templateCache: https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$templateCache
This will automatically get populated as part of any directive. So you can just go ahead and use it.


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The organizers reserve the right to combine categories and the right to reclassify the model to the relevant categories.
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There are no special rules determining the number of awarded models within the same category – the decision is left to the judges. If the judges decide that there are no worthy contenders in this category, it is quite possible that the prizes will not be awarded in this category.
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By ensuring that the recycling process is simple and affordable, everyone can help the environment in some way. For many South Africans living in small homes or apartments, finding the space to store items that need to be recycled can be an issue, especially when everything needs to be in a pile of its own.
If space is one of your concerns, below is a cheat sheet that you can use to make recycling that much easier.
Organisations such as Pickitup and Mpact have specific storage bins for recycling plastic, paper and glass, which is why it helps to have separate recycling bins at home too.
In order to make recycling a habit at home, you need to think of glass bottles, jars and tin cans as items that need to be cleaned instead of thrown away. Get into the habit of throwing these items in the dishwasher or sink before you place them in the appropriate recycling bins. It's of course always a good idea to check whether these types of items are safe for your dishwasher first. It's also nicer to store clean items in the bins in your home to avoid bad smells and insects.
If you're looking to create more space to store your recyclable items, start crushing the items that can be crushed such as plastic bottles or cereal boxes. Some recycling companies such as Whole Earth and Mpact will even provide you with bags that can be used to sort your recyclable items, making the process that much easier.
Some items such as glass jars don't even need to be recycled since they make for handy storage containers around your home. Simply rinse them out with some soapy water and soak them in hot water overnight to remove the label. There are multiple ways that you can use glass jars at home so keep them handy.
If you have a garden and some space to grow your own vegetables, you can use your food waste as compost, which saves you money in more ways than one. You can easily create a compost heap in a cordoned-off area of your garden but remember to turn it regularly to avoid bad smells.
The recycling containers that you use should be appropriate for what you're trying to store, which will also determine how you store your items.
Any food waste or items that can't be recycled or reused can be disposed of in your municipal bins.
The above tips are all small changes that you can make at home in order to make the process of recycling a little easier. Once it becomes a part of your day-to-day routine, it will start feeling like second nature.
While most recyclable items can be washed, take care when handling packages that contained harmful substances. It's always a good idea to clean your surfaces with products such as Domestos or Handy Andy after handling items that need to be recycled, especially when dealing with containers that contained raw meat, ensuring that your home is clean and free of harmful bacteria.


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Luna Solaria is a new mobile moon app for iPhone and Android devices.
Luna Solaria is immediately ready to use after installation and is designed for efficient use. Easily swipe to reach each screen, or click on convenient icons. The app automatically configures your location by using your phone's geographic location.
The app uses precise mathematical algorithms accurate to less than a second (when compared to sources like US Naval Observatory, differences are a minute or less because such sources round figures to the minute).
Specific features you'll find are listed below. All data is live (real-time), calculated based on your current time and location.
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Working with Braemyn Homes from design stage to completion of our acreage home was a pleasant experience Brent's attention to detail and craftsmanship was much appreciated.
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 * AbstractIfElseTaskTest.java
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package com.jramoyo.flowee.core.task;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations.initMocks;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner;
import org.mockito.Mock;

import com.jramoyo.flowee.core.WorkflowContext;
import com.jramoyo.flowee.core.WorkflowException;

/**
 * AbstractIfElseTaskTest
 *
 * @author jramoyo
 */
@RunWith(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
public class AbstractIfElseTaskTest {

	@Mock
	private Task<String, WorkflowContext> ifTask;

	@Mock
	private Task<String, WorkflowContext> elseTask;

	private TestIfElseTask ifElseTask = new TestIfElseTask("TEST_IF_ELSE");

	@Before
	public void before() {
		initMocks(this);
		ifElseTask.setIfTask(ifTask);
		ifElseTask.setElseTask(elseTask);
	}

	@Test
	public void testTrue() throws WorkflowException {
		WorkflowContext context = new WorkflowContext();
		ifElseTask.execute("true", context);

		verify(ifTask).execute("true", context);
	}

	@Test
	public void testFalse() throws WorkflowException {
		WorkflowContext context = new WorkflowContext();
		ifElseTask.execute("false", context);

		verify(elseTask).execute("false", context);
	}

	private static class TestIfElseTask extends AbstractIfElseTask<String, WorkflowContext> {

		public TestIfElseTask(String name) {
			super(name);
		}

		@Override
		protected boolean isTrue(String request, WorkflowContext context) {
			return "true".equals(request);
		}
	}
}

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BMW Reports Q1 2013 Results
Don't Miss Stories on Motorcycle.com
By Dennis Chung	May 2, 2013 1
BMW reported worldwide sales of 24,732 motorcycles over the first three months of 2013, a slight increase from the 24,373 motorcycles sold in the same quarter in 2012. These figures include sales of 1,110 Husqvarna motorcycles before BMW sold the company to KTM boss Stefan Pierer.
Sales revenue from BMW Motorrad however was down 2.7% to 436 million euros (US$569.2 million) over the quarter from 448 million euros last year. Profit from BMW's motorcycle division however, rose to 50 million euros (US$65.3 million) compared to 37 million euros last year. Part of the profit stems from an operating income of 4.8 million euros from the deconsolidation of Husqvarna.
The 1.5% increase in BMW motorcycle sales comes in spite of an overall downturn of 17.3% in worldwide motorcycle sales over the quarter. The 24,732 motorcycles sold also broke the company's all-time sales record for the first quarter.
BMW sold 3,259 motorcycles in the U.S. over the quarter, up 13.9% from the 2,861 motorcycles sold in the same quarter in 2012. BMW also reported sales growth in Brazil (up 5.5% to 1,543 motorcycles) and Japan (up 24.4% to 770 motorcycles).
The news was less positive in Europe where BMW reported sales decreases in Germany (down 2.1% to 4,309 motorcycles), Italy (down 19.3% to 2,454 motorcycles), France (down 8.2% to 2,240 motorcycles), Great Britain (down 10.6% to 1,235 motorcycles) and Spain (own 20.7% to 921 motorcycles.)
Looking ahead for the rest of 2013, BMW predicts industry-wide sales to stabilize as the year progresses. The company expects to see a rise in its own sales in 2013 in the first full year of availability for its C600 Sport and C650GT scooters and the new R1200GS.
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The countdown has begun to the launch of one of the world's boldest attempts to tackle air pollution.
Western Australia's big polluters will be required to offset greenhouse gas emissions on new and expanded projects under tough new guidelines announced by the state's Environmental Protection Authority on Thursday.
The Federal Government's long-awaited foreign ownership of water entitlement register reveals investors from China and the United States have the biggest stake in foreign-owned water entitlements in Australia.


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require 'json'

module Crashbreak
  class DeploysRepository < BaseRepository
    def initialize(project_token, deploy_hash)
      @project_token = project_token
      @deploy_hash = deploy_hash
    end

    def create
      post_request.body
    end

    private

    def post_request
      connection.post do |req|
        req.url create_deploy_url
        req.body = @deploy_hash.to_json
        req.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
      end
    end

    def connection
      Faraday.new
    end

    def create_deploy_url
      "#{BASE_URL}/projects/#{@project_token}/deploys"
    end
  end
end


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What was it like in the Concentration Camp at Dachau?: An Attempt to Come Closer to Truth
Neuhausler, Johannes
17th edition, Trustees for the Monument of Atonement in the Concentration Camp at Dachau, 1981
"The block-leaders would parade a captured officer before the assembled men, dressed only in his cap and sword belt. They made him run in front of the other prisoners, while the SS men laughed and beat his thighs. Or prisoners were given this order: ''In double-quick time, take up your position facing each other. Attention. Punch one another in the face!' Nobody does it. 'Do it at once!' No one moves. Instead of paying tribute to the prisoners' comradeship, the wild ruffians pushed two comrades against each other so that their heads struck and they began to bleed. Then the hangman's assistants go through the rows and beat the prisoners in the face with their fists. 'If you had beaten one another, you would have been better off,' says one now in an insolent tone. Then comes another command, 'Again, take your position in two rows facing each other. Spit on each other in the face!' Nobody obeys. Pistols are cocked. 'For the last time I order you to spit at each other . . .' Now some spat, but scarcely perceptibly. Then the SS swine came forward and hurled thick flat cakes of spittle into the faces of the prisoners. The prisoners have to lick each other clean now."
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Examples of human perversity at Dachau: a guard would throw a prisoner's cap into the "neutral zone" (a barrier-free zone in front of the wall) and order him to fetch it. Then the guard would shoot the prisoner for disobedience if he refuses the order and shoot him for trespass if he obeys it. Guards forced prisoners to make the very wire-bound whips with which they are beaten. They treated prisoners like scum so that they couldn't keep a rag of their dignity, but also hold them up to lofty standards of courtesy toward guards, forbidding them ever to remark with irony about the SS insignias, etc. Then, if prisoners showed displeasure or impatience about the way they were being treated, guards would punish them by hanging them from their arms, stretched out behind them, which dislocates the shoulders almost at once and is excruciating.
Over 1000 clergy died in Dachau. 2700 were handled there, of which 2500 were Catholic Priests. Usually clergy were there because they opposed their own church's connivance with the Nazis. Many were turned into draft horses to haul the 'Moor Express,' which were heavy four wheeled wagons. Prisoners were harnessed to the wagons and forced to move it at a run. An under-capo carrying a stick drove them on. "With bent backs and lowered heads these human beasts of burden pushed, drew, and shoved the Moor Express, eight to ten hours daily, day in, day out, from the camp to the station, from the station to the workshop, from the workshop to the shop, . . . It was no longer men who drew the wagons, but machines. Seldom was a prisoner seen to wipe the sweat from his brow, only few used their handkerchiefs. . . . All seemed to be full of affliction. In a rage they pressed their teeth together. Their limbs shivered from fatigue and hunger. The flow of speech flagged. For many the moral power of resistance was at an end. Slowly but surely these highly gifted men who were used as beasts of burden were sinking into the darkest melancholy." They wore boots, but because the boots were misfit and wet through, prisoners soon lost nearly all the skin on their feet.


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Alicia Keys releases an entertaining music video for her "Underdog" single
Sarah Proctor releases a lovely debut EP, entitled, "Show Your Love"
Jake Isaac releases a heartfelt soul single, entitled, "New York"
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ZALI releases a lyric video for her "That Girl" single
Lauren Sanderson releases a lovely debut album, entitled, "Midwest Kids Can Make It Big"
SHY Martin releases a BTS and lyric video for her "Slow" single
Becky Hill releases a music video for her "Better Off without You" single featuring Shift K3Y
Shun Breezy & RayneLXG releases a lovely afro-pop tune, entitled, "Butterfly"
Dansu releases a lyric video for their "Say Say Say" single
Aeo releases a soulful contemporary R&B tune, entitled, "Rounds"
Ariana Grande releases a music video for her "thank u, next" single
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ISA releases a lovely piano-pop ballad, entitled, "After You"
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ISA is a 20-year-old Swedish singer-songwriter/dancer. Not too long ago, she released a music video for her lovely piano-pop ballad, entitled, "After You".
ISA – "After You"
"'After You' moves me so insanely much. It's about longing for something or someone. And it makes me think about how my dreams give me the strength to never give up on my music. My artistry is such a huge part of who I am as a person, so it feels very special to dedicate a song to that." – ISA
'After You' contains a relatable storyline, wonderful soul vocals, and piano-driven instrumentation perfumed with a commercial pop scent. Also, the song tells the tale of a woman who's willing to do whatever to keep her relationship alive with a person who means the world to her.
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"The song came to life when my close friend Garren Edwards traveled from LA to Stockholm to visit me. We had a very intense week of writing and on our last night together, everyone went to bed except for Garren, who stayed up by himself and wrote 'After You'. When I heard the song the morning after, I was blown away, so I wrote a bridge and decided to release it." – ISA
In 2012, ISA emerged on the Swedish pop scene with the single, "BOMB", followed by, "What are We", two years later. In 2015, she debuted in Melodifestivalen, an annual music competition organized by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio. She reached the finals with her co-written track, "Don't Stop".
The creative process is essential for ISA, who co-wrote Charlie Who?'s "You" single. So far, the song has amassed over 17 million streams online. Also, ISA is featured on Sidney Samson's "Enemy of the Hate" single with Bobso Architect. In 2017, she ended her deal with Sony Music and started her own independent label, deliciously titled, 'Licious Music'.
ISA's musical influences include Ariana Grande, Julia Michaels, Post Malone, SZA, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Jessie J, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Michael Jackson, and Bounce.
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Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell have tonight congratulated The Proprietors of Rakaia Incorporated, this year's Ahuwhenua Trophy winner.
The Proprietors of Rakaia Incorporated were presented with the 2016 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming award tonight in Hamilton.
"The Incorporation has a long and proud history back to 1886. They have set a fantastic example to other Māori landowners of what can be achieved through ambition and hard work," says Mr Guy.
"They converted to dairy farming in 1996 and sustainable irrigation has helped them grow and develop wider opportunities for whānau," says Mr Guy.
Minister Flavell says the Ahuwhenua Trophy competition highlights the importance of Māori agribusiness in the New Zealand primary industries.
"These awards highlight that success that can be achieved in the primary industries whilst maintaining environmental objectives, and that Māori agribusiness plays a central role," says Mr Flavell.
The Ahuwhenua Trophy competition was first held in 1932 and celebrates skills in the primary industries and the pursuit of innovation and new approaches by Māori farmers committed to tapping the full potential of their holdings.


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AT&T iOS Apple Deals
AT&T drops a killer iPhone XS deal just in time for Christmas
by Adrian Diaconescu
Released a little over a year ago, the iPhone XS was probably behind the newer and faster iPhone 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, and maybe even the "regular" iPhone 11 on most people's wish lists for the holidays this year. But if you hurry, you might still be able to get the 5.8-inch powerhouse under your Christmas tree by the time carolers start knocking on the door without spending a small fortune.
While we can certainly understand why you'd be hesitant to pay a whopping $900 and up for a one year-old handset with a one year-old processor under the hood, AT&T will let you save no less than 600 bucks in time for Christmas without having to trade anything in or jump through too many hoops. At $300 all in all, the iPhone XS is an absolute bargain, packing an Apple A12 Bionic SoC that's still more than capable of keeping up with pretty much whatever you throw at it, from hardcore gaming to content consumption and multitasking.
Check out the deal here
Equipped with a beautiful Super Retina OLED display, the iPhone XS is significantly sharper and more compact than this year's "budget-friendly" iPhone 11, and the two essentially share the same versatile dual 12MP rear-facing camera system. But the iPhone 11 still starts at $750 at AT&T right now, while the iPhone XS can be had at the aforementioned massive $600 discount if you don't have a problem adding or opening a new line of service and receiving your savings in the form of monthly bill credits.
That obviously means you'll also need to sign up for an installment plan and cough up $10 a month instead of a full $30 for a grand total of two and a half years. In case you're wondering, no, retailers like Best Buy can't match or even come close to this killer deal available directly from AT&T, although you can still save a cool (and rare) $200 on an unlocked variant of the iPhone XS with no strings attached whatsoever.
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Kinda important, but this deal is only if you add a new line of service
posted on Dec 16, 2019, 9:57 PM	0
Samsung is now offering some of the biggest Galaxy Note 9 discounts we've ever seen
Expires in - 11h 36minWoot has a bunch of Samsung phones, Galaxy S10+ included, on sale at great prices
Save 30% when you buy Bose's best wireless earbuds at Amazon
Snag an unlocked Note 10 for $150 off on eBay
If you hurry, you can get two Google Nest Hub units for less than the price of one
Amazon has a dozen popular Anker charging accessories on sale at hefty discounts