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Adriana Cohen: Border chaos — Kamala Harris should be taking charge of Biden's immigration crisis not hiding
It's been an inexplicable 22 days and counting that Vice President kamala-harris" target="_blank">Kamala Harris<and unaccompanied minors is a political misstep. She is squandering a golden opportunity to demonstrate leadership to the American people and convince voters, on both sides of the aisle, she's capable of being president someday.
Instead of taking a backseat from her new role by exploring the root cause of mass migration from Mexico and the northern triangle countries, kamala-harris" target="_blank">Harris < should then hold a press conference outlining her plan to fix the myriad problems unfolding at the southern border and child detention facilities that Democrats used to call "cages."
KAMALA HARRIS SAYS MIGRANT CRISIS WON'T 'BE FIXED OVERNIGHT,' HASN'T SPOKEN WITH EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS LEADERS
Next, she should visit the border and detention facilities in Texas, California, Arizona and elsewhere with her team — and press in tow — to document her problem-solving skills to the American people.
That type of hands-on leadership is something she could and should highlight when she runs for president in 2024, if not sooner, should Biden fail to serve out his four-year term.
It goes without saying that one of the basic job requirements to be president of the United States is the ability to lead, manage the government and solve complex problems while keeping America safe. Harris should be illustrating those critical skills right now, given the mushrooming immigration crisis at hand while keeping in mind that our country has never elected a female president.
As such, Harris is missing a ripe opportunity to show voters she has the chops to sit in the big chair someday.
What is she afraid of?
The reality is if the vice president can't handle securing the U.S. border, stemming the massive tide of illegal immigration and drug and human trafficking, then she's unfit to be commander in chief. That's something the GOP will be quick to point out in future political ads, the upcoming midterm elections and 2024 presidential debates.
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If Harris has political instincts, she'd visit the border and detention centers immediately to ensure unauthorized immigrants and children in U.S. custody — on the Biden and Harris administration's watch — are being treated properly and humanely. This would impress voters and bolster her image as a "take charge" kind of leader versus someone that turns a blind eye to child exploitation and other reported horrors.
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The American people have seen the highly disturbing video of a smuggler dropping two young migrant children over a 14-foot barrier near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, this month, plunging a toddler and another child to the ground. We've seen the heartbreaking video captured by a U.S. Border Patrol officer of the sobbing, terrified 10-year-old boy wandering alone after being abandoned by coyotes while crossing the Rio Grande in Texas. And we've heard enough of the scores of undocumented immigrants being physically and sexually assaulted, or worse, en route to the United States.
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At a stunning news conference last week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that an investigation is underway about troubling reports of child abuse at a San Antonio detention facility housing over 1,300 migrant minors. "Earlier today the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, separately received tips that alleged child abuse and neglect at the San Antonio migrant facility," said Abbott.
"Abbott said there were four complaints; claiming child sex abuse at the facility, understaffing, children not eating and the failure to separate children with or without COVID-19," reported NEWS4SA. "In short, this facility is a health and safety nightmare," Abbott stressed.
Harris' failure to see firsthand what's going in this facility and others on U.S. soil damages the Democratic narrative that they are the party of immigrants. Voters will have a hard time believing that whopper come the midterms and beyond when undocumented children are reportedly being abused and neglected on the Biden and Harris administration's watch.
Bottom line: Kamala Harris should be taking charge of the immigration crisis not hiding from it. A failure to rise to the occasion and fix the problems at hand won't impress voters in the next election cycle.
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Q: How to get two different keys inside a foreach keySet()? I want to print the keys of my HashMap "allDishes".
This HashMap contains an Dish as the value.
The Dish class has a HashMap field named "Ingredients".
I want to print the key of the "allDishes" and the keys of its HashMap "Ingredients".
With the foreach keySet(),
the key for Ingredients is "null",
because there is no value in "Ingredient" like there is in "allDishes".
Is it possible at all to print keys of different HashMaps?
Map<String, Dish> allDishes = (Map<String, Dish>) application.getAttribute("allDishesHashMap");

for (String key : allDishes.keySet()) {
    Map <String, String> Ingredient = allDishes.get(key).getIngredients();
    out.println("
" + key + " with:
" + Ingredient.get(key));
}

A: You are doing it wrong.
Currently,
you are iterating through the keys of the allDishes HashMap.
What you want to do is iterate through the keys of the allDishes HashMap and
for each key in the allDishes HashMap,
iterate through the keys of Ingredient HashMap contained within the current dish in the allDishes HashMap.
To do this,
first iterate through the allDishes entrySet,
then iterate through the ingredients keySet for each entry.
Here is some code:
final Map<String, Dish> dishMap = (Map<String, Dish>)application.getAttribute("allDishesHashMap");

for (final Map.Entry dishEntry: dishMap.entrySet())
{
  final Map <String, String> ingredientMap = dishEntry.getIngredients();

  out.println("
" + dishEntry.getKey() + " Ingredients:
");

  for (final String ingredientName : ingredientMap.keySet())
  {
    out.println("
" + ingredientName + "
")
  }

  out.println("

");
}

A: You can print them with nested loops and a null check.
Map<String, Dish> allDishes = (Map<String, Dish>)
application.getAttribute("allDishesHashMap");

for (String dishKey : allDishes.keySet()) {
    Map <String, String> ingredients = allDishes.get(dishKey).getIngredients();
    System.out.println("Dish Key: " + dishKey);
    // check if null here, if necessary
    if (ingredients == null) {
        continue; // continue, or print something else. whatever you need
    }
    for (String ingredient : ingredients.keySet()) {
        System.out.println("Ingredient Key: " + ingredient);
    }
}

You can also print a "keyset" directly like the following if you don't need any special formatting on the keysets.
Map<String, Dish> allDishes = (Map<String, Dish>)
application.getAttribute("allDishesHashMap");

for (String key : allDishes.keySet()) {
    Map <String, String> ingredients = allDishes.get(key).getIngredients();
    System.out.println("Dish Key: " + key);
    // check if null here, if necessary
    if (ingredients == null) {
        continue; // continue, or print something else. whatever you need
    }
    System.out.println("Ingredients KeySet: " + ingredients.keySet());
}

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Valentus Review From A Non-Affiliate: Get The Facts Before Buying!
"Valentus Review From A Non-Affiliate: Get The Facts on Valentus Before Joining!" written by Mike Marko.
If you're reading this post you're either looking for a Valentus review to buy the product, or you are considering becoming a distributor for this company.
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You probably discovered this post on the first page of Google. Being on the first page of gets you lots of traffic for whatever you're marketing. Many people market Valentus in the trenches; making use of old-fashioned door-to-door methods.
Valentus is a Network Marketing Company founded in 2014 by Dave Jordan who also serves as the company's CEO. Valentus is based in Sparks, Nevada.
The company offers four powdered products that you can choose from where you can simply add and mix with water. Valentus claims that their products help promote healthier lifestyle which can help in losing weight, provide healthy brain functionality, boost energy, and supports healthy immune system.
Currently, Valentus offers four main products in powdered form.
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Every person that would like to start their business with Valentus must know how their compensation plan works. It is everyone's right to know how much they would earn from selling the products.
Below is the list of Valentus Compensation Plan.
So is Valentus a scam?
Valentus is an steady business and also they create great products.
Now if you decide to market Valentus the primary issue that lots of people have is finding new consumers interested in what they're promoting.
Valentus is a fantastic business, but you need to get your offer in front of people searching for what you're marketing.
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Because Verizon wants Fios to be associated with fakes? Because Disney's not quite princess Giselle dreams of not exactly legal handbags and can be watched on the small screen via a not yet installed fiber optic system? Note to advertising agency: What were you thinking?
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Buscraft: oh no- I've started something else!
oh no- I've started something else!
In this case, it is a finger knitted scarf. I have some old blue chenille, bought years ago at Bainbridges in Newcastle. And I have some fresh ribbon yarn from Wool in Stockport- all glittery rainbow coloured. So they will hopefully combine to give me the nice warm scarf I am yearning for. No pattern, but I remember seeing one on Craftster, and I can also remember how to finger knit. When I was in elementary school, or maybe junior high, there was a brief craze for it. It seemed sort of ugly to me, but the scarf with a combination of yarns and textures did look nice.
I do have a horrible habit of starting things and not finishing other things. Will I ever get back to those crochet flowers? I'm thinking they would be a nice embellishment on a patchwork shirt; a project I'm thinking of starting after I finish the quilt I've been working on for a year and a month. Too much thinking!


Evans Funeral Home announces the death of Ms. Patricia Ann Evans, age 63 of Hoschton, Georgia who entered into rest Saturday, September 8, 2018. Ms. Evans was born in Commerce, Georgia a daughter of the late Lonie and Joyce Holland Evans, was retired from Comar Manufacturing, and a member of Living Hope Church. In addition to her parents, Ms. Evans is preceded by a brother, Larry Evans and a sister, Sharon Evans.
Survivors include a son, James Evans of Hoschton, two brothers, Michael E. Evans of Mansfield and Ralph A. Evans of Braselton. Three sisters, Teresa L. McBrayer of Danielsville, Marilyn O. Sanford of Jacksonville, and Carolyn L. Wall of Danielsville.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 11, 2018 from the Chapel of Evans Funeral Home with Pastor Alan Stevens officiating with burial to follow in Hoschton City Cemetery with Tim Holland, Chris Wall, Brooks Evans, Michael Evans, Larry Perceville and Dale Green honored as pallbearers and Phil Bray serving as an honorary pallbearer. The family will receive friends 12:00 – 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, prior to the service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in memory of Patricia to Living Hope Church, 1055 Pocket Road, Braselton, Georgia 30517.


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Pediatric Grand Rounds
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Grand Rounds is a series of educational lectures open to the public given by department and invited faculty about the latest in psychiatry and behavioral health research and practices. Past Grand Rounds lectures archived for viewing.
UW Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD) Activities Calendar
Monthly calendar of events and trainings open to the public affiliated with the University of Washington's CHDD in Seattle.
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders (LEND) Seminars
UW Center on Human Development & Disability, Conference Room 150
Core seminars are typically Mondays from 12:30-1:30 and are usually recorded for later access.
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The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP) out of the University of Washington releases a new Training Finder Tool that searches NWCPHP's nearly 200 online courses, webinars, toolkits and guides, in-person trainings, as well as their Institute and Certificate programs.
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Health Systems Transformation and Innovation Shared Calendar – from the WA State Health Care Authority
View events and meetings from all 9 regional Accountable Communities of Health working on Medicaid and other health care systems transformation.
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Autism 101: This lecture is designed to provide information and support to parents and families of children recently diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Lecturers provide up-to-date and evidence-based information regarding the core deficits of ASD, the variability and presentation of behaviors associated with autism, prevalence and etiology, treatments available and resources for families. Offered quarterly. Attend in person or online.
Autism 200: This series of free 90-minute classes for parents and caregivers of children with autism who wish to better understand this disorder. Faculty from Seattle Children's and the University of Washington and community providers teach the classes. Attend in person or online.
Washington Statewide Leadership Initiative (WSLI)
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This entry was posted on April 22nd, 2011 and is filed under Finance & Tax, Property Taxes, Public Authority Finance, Public Enterprise / Utility Finance, Solid Waste Finance.
BlueSky Town resident, Dell Linquent, has fallen on tough times. She lost her job several months ago and is having trouble keeping up with all her bills. Dell owes $44 in annual licensing fees to BlueSky for her two dogs. She owes $130 in property taxes on her car to Carolina County and a $5 motor vehicle license tax to the town. Until a few months ago Dell ran a small landscaping business on the side. She had to close down the business because she was not able to pay her vendors. She also failed to pay her annual privilege license tax of $100. The town recently imposed a special assessment on Dell's residential property to finance a sidewalk installation in her neighborhood. The total amount of the assessment is $1000, which Dell may pay over a period of five years at 8 percent interest per year. Dell has missed her first installment payment of $216. Adding insult to injury (or injury to insult) Dell recently sustained injuries in a car accident that required her to be transported by ambulance to a local hospital. She owes $75 in fees to the town's rescue squad to cover the emergency services. Just about the only payment Dell is current on is her water bill because she does not want to risk having the water shut off.
The skies are not all blue for the town either. It faces its own economic difficulties. Growth has been stagnant for several years, thwarting new revenue generation. Additionally collections of outstanding taxes and fees owed to the town are at a record low. At a recent board meeting, the town council directed the town manager to recover any and all revenue owed to the town by any legal means. The manager comes up with a brilliant idea to increase revenue collections. She instructs Utility Jones to disconnect water service to any of the town's water customer who currently owe any outstanding fees or taxes to the town. Utility Jones is not quite as sure about the brilliance of the manager's plan but does as instructed. Dell Linquent is among the customers whose water is disconnected. As Utility Jones might have predicted, Dell shows up the following morning and is livid. She claims that the town illegally shut off her water service because she is current on her water bill, and she threatens to sue the town and Utility Jones if the water is not reconnected immediately. What should Utility Jones do?
Utility Jones should reconnect Dell's water service (after consulting with the town's attorney and manager, of course). The town only may disconnect a customer's water services under two circumstances: (1) a water customer is at least 10 days delinquent on payment for water services; or (2) (under certain circumstances) a water customer has violated a rule or regulation related to the provision of water services. The town may not disconnect water services (or other public enterprise utility services) because a customer is delinquent on non-utility fees, charges, or taxes.
A municipality's (or county's) governing board also has broad authority "to protect and regulate any public enterprise system belonging to or operated by it by adequate and reasonable rules. The rules shall be adopted by ordinance . . . and may be enforced with the remedies available under any provision of law." G.S. 160A-312 (municipalities); G.S. 153A-275 (counties). A local governing board may condition the receipt of its utility services on compliance with its reasonable rules and regulations and may disconnect services to any customer who fails to comply.
A local government, however, may not disconnect its public enterprise utility services for non-payment of non-public enterprise utility fees, charges or taxes or for non-compliance with non-public enterprise utility rules and regulations.
Generally, a local government is free to list other fees, charges, and taxes on its utility bill, such as licensing taxes, ambulance fees, or nuisance abatement charges. Units may choose to do this to save the administrative costs associated with generating additional bills. (There are a few exceptions where state statutes specify certain billing practices. See, e.g. G.S. 160A-232 & G.S. 160A-239.5 (special assessments)).
Whether or not a local government lists the non-public enterprise utility fees, charges, or taxes on the utility bill, it may not employ the collection remedies authorized for the public enterprise utility services to prompt payment for the non-public enterprise utility fees, charges, or taxes. A local government must use the collection remedies that are specifically authorized for the underlying fee, charge or tax. In Beyond the Property Tax: Collecting Other Taxes and Fees, my colleague, Chris McLaughlin, details the available collection remedies for the most common fees, charges and taxes imposed by local governments.


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Q: In the given circuit, will the resistor have current across it? Since the higher potential is connected to ground, how would the circuit behave?
When the ground is removed, it turn out to be a simple circuit. But, upon addition of the ground at point G, the higher potential of the battery gets grounded, so how does this effect the behaviour of the circuit compared to previous condition(absence of ground)?

A: Yes, the resistor will have current through it. The current will flow from the GND node towards the top node. Where you choose ground to be is arbitrary, and simply indicates where 0 V is in the circuit. So, the top node voltage will be negative.

A: In most electric circuits, "Ground" is just a convention used to mark the point in the circuit that the designer considers as "Zero Volts".  This conventional use has no effect on current flow in the circuit - the Ground symbol simply marks where we put the black lead of the meter when measuring voltages elsewhere in the circuit.

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In fig 2, H is at higher potential and L is connected to ground, which will make L at 0V. Also,  one end of resistor is connected to H(at higher potential) and other end of it is connected to ground which is will keep it at 0V. So, basically resistor has two potential across it and will have current flowing through it.
In fig 1, we have similar case. H and one end of resistor is connected to ground so they both are at 0V. While the other end of resistor is connected to some lower potential of the battery(which is negative here (lower than 0V)). Again we have potential difference across the resistor, and current will flow across it in opposite direction than that of fig 2.
In short, Grounding means to make all the connected points exist at 0V(for reference).


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Businesses worldwide fail to prepare for cyber threats, says Kaspersky Lab
Companies around the world have failed to address cyber threats, according to a survey from security organisation Kaspersky Lab
Published: 31 Aug 2012 11:08
More than two-fifths of companies worldwide have failed to prepare for cyber threats, a survey from security company Kaspersky Lab has revealed.
Some 41% of more than 3,300 IT professionals polled in 22 countries – including 200 in the UK – said their corporate infrastructure lacked the necessary protection to handle online attacks.
Nearly half of respondents said their companies were insufficiently protected against the theft of intellectual property and 51% were sure their system protection infrastructure would be powerless in the face of a serious attempt at industrial espionage.
Over the past year, several targeted cyber attacks have led IT specialists to start taking the issue seriously. The survey showed 11% of respondents believe the threat will be their main concern in the future. One third of specialists are sure their companies will be attacked.
Many IT professionals blamed budget constraints, a lack of understanding among senior managers about their department's objectives and goals and an insufficient number of trained personnel.
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Kaspersky Lab said employee awareness is a crucial factor in the battle against modern malware and its potential consequences. But 31% of respondents said they were not fully aware of the latest Trojans, nor of the means used to conduct targeted attacks on companies.
Only 27% of business representatives had heard about Stuxnet. Even fewer (13%) knew about the Trojan Duqu, designed for the targeted collection of confidential data.
Kaspersky Lab said knowledge among IT professionals about modern threats is as vital as training employees in the rules of computer security.
Deploying systematic security policies and ensuring compliance also helps to protect businesses against the careless activities of employees, Kaspersky Lab said.
Mobile devices at risk
The part of the survey that dealt with security policies for mobile devices showed one-third of companies allow their employees to use them with full access to the corporate network and its resources.
"By doing so, they are creating a gaping hole in their security," the Kaspersky's report said.
When it comes to corporate security policies for personal devices, the findings are not very encouraging either, the Kaspersky report said. Only 9% plan to introduce tough restrictions for personal devices.
Based on the findings of the survey, the research report recommends four areas of action:
Data encryption. As confidential data leaks are one of the biggest challenges facing all companies, Kaspersky Lab recommends the partial or complete encryption of data as an additional layer of security.
Even if a device ends up in the wrong hands or a malware attack is successful, a cyber criminal that gains access to files that have been encrypted will not be able to see their contents.
Paying particular attention to personal devices. Many employees at both large and small companies use personal devices, usually mobile, to connect to the corporate network and work with confidential information. Sometimes these devices are not sufficiently protected which can lead to data loss.
Companies need to implement a security policy that covers the use of both personal and corporate mobile devices for work-related tasks, said Kaspersky.
Be prepared for targeted attacks. Although targeted attacks are not as common a threat as worms and Trojans, in the future the number of attacks targeting the infrastructure of specific companies will grow. One-third of those surveyed believe that their company will eventually be attacked with highly unpredictable consequences.
Kaspersky Lab recommends putting measures into place now for combating targeted attacks, in particular paying more attention to proactive protection methods designed to prevent threats rather than dealing with the consequences.
Educating staff. The survey showed a significant number of key specialists didn't know anything about the cyber threats they are expected to combat. This is compounded by a low level of computer literacy among employees which can lead to a company's IT infrastructure being infected or confidential information being leaked.
Teaching company personnel all the basics of IT security is no less important than installing the latest security software, said Kaspersky.
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I want to switch wifi band, but the preference is not displayed.
I want to switch wifi band, but the "WI-Fi Band" setting preference is not displayed.
Select 2.4GHz and attempt to reconnect to the camera.
Re: I want to switch wifi band, but the preference is not displayed.
Does the preference on your camera shown ornot at all? if not then I suggest to take a photo of it and post up, and then manually firmware flash again, if it still doesnot exist then please call contactus on gopro'swebsite not smartphone mobile app.
My Hero 7 reference screen has no WiFi band display as shown in the attached picture.
I will update the firmware manually, but other functions are fine.
Please follow this link and proceed with the manual software update.
Although I updated it manually, Wi-Fi band setting screen is not displayed again.
Does the specification differ in the area where it sells?
This camera was purchased from an authorized distributor in Japan.
I wanted to connect to FeiyuTech G6 and use it, but G6 can only connect at 2.4 GHz.
GoPro explained that it is possible to switch Wi-Fi band.
I contacted an authorized distributor.
I got a response saying that it was set not to change the band in Japan.
There was no explanation for a clear reason.
Unfortunately, there is no choice but to accept it if it is a specification.
I would like to ask gopro to abolish meaningless restrictions and clear explanation of specifications.
The restriction is not initiated by GoPro.


That was more than 300 years ago. But in the United States today, little seems to have changed. A remarkable 87% of the population claims "never to doubt" the existence of God; fewer than 10% identify themselves as atheists — and their reputation appears to be deteriorating. Given that we know that atheists are often among the most intelligent and scientifically literate people in any society, it seems important to deflate the myths that prevent them from playing a larger role in our national discourse.
No one knows why the universe came into being. In fact, it is not entirely clear that we can coherently speak about the "beginning" or "creation" of the universe at all, as these ideas invoke the concept of time, and here we are talking about the origin of space-time itself. The notion that atheists believe that everything was created by chance is also regularly thrown up as a criticism of Darwinian evolution. As Richard Dawkins explains in his marvelous book, "The God Delusion," this represents an utter misunderstanding of evolutionary theory. Although we don't know precisely how the Earth's early chemistry begat biology, we know that the diversity and complexity we see in the living world is not a product of mere chance. Evolution is a combination of chance mutation and natural selection. Darwin arrived at the phrase "natural selection" by analogy to the "artificial selection" performed by breeders of livestock. In both cases, selection exerts a highly non-random effect on the development of any species.
There is nothing that prevents an atheist from experiencing love, ecstasy, rapture and awe; atheists can value these experiences and seek them regularly. What atheists don't tend to do is make unjustified (and unjustifiable) claims about the nature of reality on the basis of such experiences. There is no question that some Christians have transformed their lives for the better by reading the Bible and praying to Jesus. What does this prove? It proves that certain disciplines of attention and codes of conduct can have a profound effect upon the human mind. Do the positive experiences of Christians suggest that Jesus is the sole savior of humanity? Not even remotely — because Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and even atheists regularly have similar experiences. There is, in fact, not a Christian on this Earth who can be certain that Jesus even wore a beard, much less that he was born of a virgin or rose from the dead. These are just not the sort of claims that spiritual experience can authenticate.
Atheists are free to admit the limits of human understanding in a way that religious people are not. It is obvious that we do not fully understand the universe; but it is even more obvious that neither the Bible nor the Koran reflects our best understanding of it. We do not know whether there is complex life elsewhere in the cosmos, but there might be. If there is, such beings could have developed an understanding of nature's laws that vastly exceeds our own. Atheists can freely entertain such possibilities. They also can admit that if brilliant extraterrestrials exist, the contents of the Bible and the Koran will be even less impressive to them than they are to human atheists. From the atheist point of view, the world's religions utterly trivialize the real beauty and immensity of the universe. One doesn't have to accept anything on insufficient evidence to make such an observation.
Those who emphasize the good effects of religion never seem to realize that such effects fail to demonstrate the truth of any religious doctrine. This is why we have terms such as "wishful thinking" and "self-deception." There is a profound distinction between a consoling delusion and the truth. In any case, the good effects of religion can surely be disputed. In most cases, it seems that religion gives people bad reasons to behave well, when good reasons are actually available. Ask yourself, which is more moral, helping the poor out of concern for their suffering, or doing so because you think the creator of the universe wants you to do it, will reward you for doing it or will punish you for not doing it?


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Julia Elyachar's op-ed: Palestinians facing eviction in east Jerusalem
Professor Julia Elyachar recently wrote an Op-Ed for Forward titled, "They're Palestinians facing eviction in east Jerusalem. They may have helped save my family. "We must and can live together. This much my family history has taught me. The current path of eviction at the point of a gun leads to a dismal future for all, not just for the families of Sheikh Jarrah." says Elyachar.
I heard the story countless times. My great-grandfather Raphael, an Arab Jew who was born in Jerusalem, died when my grandfather was 13. Raphael had two business partners. One partner, who was a European Jew, took advantage of the bereft widow, and stole our family's livelihood. The other partner, an Arab and fellow Jerusalemite, saved my family from ruin, helped however he could, and treated my grandfather like a son...


The use or presence of a definite article by definition makes something specific. Thus πολλα αυτοκίνητα ("many cars") is general and unspecific, in that it does not refer to any specific cars, while τα πολλα αυτοκίνητα ("the many cars") is specific and determinative, in that it refers to some very specific cars, the specific many cars that we are referring to.
Η οικογένεια Νικολίδης έχει πολλά αυτοκίνητα. = The Nikolidis family has many cars [unspecific].
Tα πολλά αυτιοκίνητα της οικογένειας Νικολίδη είναι στο γκαράζ του σπιτιού. = The many cars [specific] of the Nikolidis family are in the house's garage.


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They have claimed to represent the poorest and most oppressed sections of society for around four decades now. Their attacks have primarily targeted representatives of the state, including politicians and the police, as well as the rich landlords and infrastructure developed by multinational companies. There is little doubt that the Naxalite threat had been severely underestimated over the past few years, as was candidly admitted by the home minister recently. It is important to step back and analyse the way the Naxalites have managed to carve out their unique identity as a terrorist entity. This is an issue which cannot be dismissed entirely as a "law and order" problem—as suggested even by the Prime Minister of India—but needs a holistic solution.
Naxalites have acquired their funding from consistent sources, having established their own parallel governments in many Indian states. Common methods of funding include extortion and taxes. Since the area under their de facto control is usually heavily forested and rich in natural resources, the Naxalites often extract protection money from trade in timber and other forest produce.
Furthermore, their connection with narcotics cultivation is well documented. According to the Narcotics Control Bureau in India, the Naxalites thrive on money earned through illicit cultivation. Its 2007 report found out that of the total quantity of marijuana seized in the country, a disproportionately high percentage came from Naxalite controlled pockets in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. Prakash Jaiswal, then minister of state for home affairs in India, informed the Parliament in April 2008 that cannabis cultivation and its trade has become a source of finance for the Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa. He further stated that Naxalites get "protection money" from narcotics traders who engage in trafficking, and also safe passage money from narcotics smugglers.
A more subtle mode of financing comes from Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), some of who have often been accused of diverting funds to the Naxalites. According to June 2007 report by CNN-IBN, a television channel, 22 NGOs had been issued a show cause notice by the Bihar government for allegedly funding the Naxalites. Similarly, in 2006, DNA newspaper revealed that 57 NGOs and social groups had been blacklisted by the Jharkhand state intelligence department for funding the Naxalite movement
One of the factors which exacerbates the already violent threat posed by the Naxalites are the growing external linkages which the Naxalites appear to have cultivated or are in the process of cultivating with other terrorist entities. The Indian Naxalites have historically had a deep connection with their ideological brethren in Nepal. This connection has been extensive on a tactical level too with reports of the Naxalites and the Nepalese Maoists receiving training and obtaining weapons and explosives in each others' territories.
Recent events in Nepal—where the Nepalese Maoists joined mainstream politics—have shaken up their counterparts in India. The Naxalites do not appear to support this transition, with CPI (Maoist) politburo member Koteswar Rao openly calling it a mistake. At the same time the Nepalese Maoists have demonstrated that they have not necessarily given up on their radical ideology—they still maintain their armed cadres. The volatile situation in Nepal leaves open the possibility of a return to violence there, with which their ties with the Indian Naxalites could well pick up, if they had indeed ever waned.
An even more worrying aspect of the Naxalites' growing tentacles is its strengthening relationship with insurgent groups in the North-east such as the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in Assam, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Manipur. In an interview earlier this year, Mr Rao talked of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) being signed with these groups based on opposition to a common enemy, the Indian state. The Naxalite linkages to insurgencies and separatist movements are not restricted to India. Their links with the Tamil Tigers were reported to be close, particularly with respect to arms procurement and training. Their empathy with the Tigers' cause was evident when Velupillai Prabhakran's killing evoked strong condemnation from the Naxalites and was one of the reasons for the Naxalites calling for a two-day all-India bandh in June this year.
The Naxalites' linkages with Islamist organisations based inside and outside India are more abstruse and may well be speculative. The arrest in June this year of Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) leading terrorist in Nepal, Mohammad Umair Madani led to rather interesting revelations regarding LeT's intentions to align with the Naxalites. His task of integrating LeT militants with Naxalites might not be enough to shed light on the extent of their links or to the possible benefits that both intend to gain from this possible alliance. The Naxalite sympathy for the cause of Islamist organisations in India such as the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)—as was seen in its condemnation of extension of SIMI's proscription—may well reflect a purely rhetorical support.
The strength of the Naxalite movement has hitherto relied on the lack of attention paid by respective state governments to alleviate poverty and tackle perceived discrimination faced by the tribals and dalits. It is also a testimony to the success achieved by the Naxalites in convincing the disoriented poor that joining ranks with them is the only way to overcome their suffering. This undeniable social inequity and large scale destitution has resulted in the increasing appeal that the Naxalites have among significant sections of Indian society, which not only includes the tribal communities and disillusioned rural youth but also the members of the intelligentsia. This gave the Naxalite movement a certain gloss which has helped them distinguish themselves from the common criminals or terrorists.
But the situation may well turn grim for the Naxalites if recent actions by the central government are reflective of a change in strategy and will in executing it. The Naxalite problem has been treated largely as a state problem till now since law and order is a state subject. But with the Naxalite affected states reporting more violent incidents this year than Jammu and Kashmir and the North-east put together, the central government has finally woken up to this threat. The government appears serious about trying to eliminate the Naxalites by large scale use of paramilitary forces, with talks of the special forces of the army being called in at a later stage. While necessary to contain the burgeoning influence of Naxalites, securing the population can only be the first stage of the government strategy. It will have to be followed by a cogent and equitable developmental policy to wean the locals away from the pernicious influence of the locals. Simultaneously, the government also needs to do more to take the sheen away from the Naxalites and their ideology. The recent media campaign launched by the government showing Naxalite brutalities is designed primarily to prove that the Naxalites are common criminals with no ideological moorings and is a step in the right direction. But a lot still needs to be done if we are to hear the end of this bloody conflict.
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/* @prog entrailsbook *********************************************************
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** Reports internal data structures in EMBOSS book format
**
******************************************************************************/

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{

    AjPFile outf;
    AjBool doall = ajFalse;
    AjPStr *tables = NULL;
    ajuint i;

    embInit("entrailsbook", argc, argv);

    outf = ajAcdGetOutfile("outfile");
    tables = ajAcdGetList("tables");

    for(i=0;tables[i];i++)
    {
        if(ajStrMatchC(tables[i], "all"))
            doall = ajTrue;

        if(doall || ajStrMatchC(tables[i], "inseq"))
            ajSeqPrintbookInFormat(outf);

        if(doall || ajStrMatchC(tables[i], "outseq"))
            ajSeqoutPrintbookFormat(outf);

        if(doall || ajStrMatchC(tables[i], "infeat"))
            ajFeatinPrintbookFormat(outf);

        if(doall || ajStrMatchC(tables[i], "outfeat"))
            ajFeatoutPrintbookFormat(outf);

        if(doall || ajStrMatchC(tables[i], "report"))
            ajReportPrintbookFormat(outf);

        if(doall || ajStrMatchC(tables[i], "align"))
            ajAlignPrintbookFormat(outf);

        if(doall || ajStrMatchC(tables[i], "assembly"))
        {
            ajAsseminprintBook(outf);
            ajAssemoutprintBook(outf);
        }

        if(doall || ajStrMatchC(tables[i], "resource"))
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            ajResourceinprintBook(outf);
            ajResourceoutprintBook(outf);
        }

        if(doall || ajStrMatchC(tables[i], "taxonomy"))
        {
            ajTaxinprintBook(outf);
            ajTaxoutprintBook(outf);
        }
    }

    ajFileClose(&outf);

    embExit();

    return 0;
}

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Discoverer 10, also known as Corona 9007, was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 19 Feb 1960 at 20:15:14 GMT, the seventh of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series.

Background

"Discoverer" was the civilian designation and cover for the Corona satellite photo-reconnaissance series of satellites managed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force. The primary goal of the satellites was to replace the U-2 spyplane in surveilling the Sino-Soviet Bloc, determining the disposition and speed of production of Soviet missiles and long-range bombers assess. The Corona program was also used to produce maps and charts for the Department of Defense and other US government mapping programs.

The first series of Corona satellites were the Keyhole 1 (KH-1) satellites based on the Agena-A upper stage, which not only offered housing but whose engine provided attitude control in orbit. The KH-1 payload included the C (for Corona) single, vertical-looking, panoramic camera that scanned back and forth, exposing its film at a right angle to the line of flight. The camera, built by Fairchild Camera and Instrument with a f/5.0 aperture and  focal length, had a ground resolution of . Film was returned from orbit by a single General Electric Satellite Return Vehicle (SRV) constructed by General Electric. The SRV was equipped with an onboard small solid-fuel retro motor to deorbit at the end of the mission. Recovery of the capsule was done in mid-air by a specially equipped aircraft.

Discoverer began with a series of three test flights whose satellites carried no cameras, all launched in the first half of 1959. There followed five operational Discoverer satellites, all of them partial or complete failures. Following the subsystem issues which prevented the recovery of the film capsules on Discoverer 7 and Discoverer 8 in November 1959, flight tests were suspended for several months of intensive corrective engineering.

After this delay, Discoverer 9 was launched 4 Feb 1960, but it failed to reach orbit.

Spacecraft

The battery-powered Discoverer 10 was of similar configuration to prior Discoverer satellites, being housed in an Agena-A stage and composed of a satellite bus and SRV equipped with the C camera. The satellite also carried a Transit on Discoverer (TOD) payload designed to test orbital tracking techniques for the Transit navigational satellite program.

Mission

Launched 19 Feb 1960 at 20:15:14 GMT from Vandenberg LC 75-3-5 by a Thor DM-21 Agena-A rocket, the Thor first stage began wobbling soon after launch, and the booster was destroyed by range safety officers, causing pieces of the vehicle to rain down on the base. The shattered camera was quickly retrieved to prevent a breach of security.

Legacy

Having sustained ten failures in a row (partial or complete), morale among the program engineers reached a nadir, and there was discussion of canceling CORONA. Richard Bissell, head of the program, and USAF Colonel Paul Worthman, liaison between the CIA and Air Force on the program, worked to raise spirits and quash rumors of cancellation.

CORONA continued, achieving its first fully successful flight with the mission of Discoverer 14, launched on August 18, 1960. The program ultimately comprised 145 flights in eight satellite series, the last mission launching on 25 May 1972. CORONA was declassified in 1995, and a formal acknowledgement of the existence of US reconnaissance programs, past and present, was issued in September 1996.

References

Spacecraft launched in 1960

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Each of these Filigree Basket beads is 17mm by 15mm. This strand is 8-1/4" long.
This strand of dazzling Silver beads is a great way to stock up your wholesale jewelry stringing supply case. These beads have an elegant basket design in hand made German Silver and are finished so they won't tarnish or change colors. These Silver Bali Beads could be strung with gemstone or by themselves onto your hand crafted necklaces and chokers. These beads would also make for great additions to beaded treasure necklaces. And, you can order more than one strand if you like. You can buy as many as you want while supplies last.


September 2013 Savings Update - $100K in Total Savings!!: Banker Gurl's More Bang For Your Buck!
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September 2013 Savings Update - $100K in Total Savings!!
Very exciting! Regular Savings hit $40K! Retirement Savings hit $60K! And TOTAL SAVINGS hit $100K!! WHOO! We got DHs yearly retirement statement, and my "estimate" of what was in his 403B was $4500 short, so that was a big bump up to the totals! SMILING TODAY!
Yahoo! Doesn't it feel wonderful to see the actual value of retirement plan so much higher than the sum initially invested. I hope you'll review the specific holdings so that they work together to mesh allocation for dividends, bonds domestic and international market segments.


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Engie, formerly GDF Suez, owns 40% of NuGen, the Company which wants to build three new nuclear reactors at Moorside in Cumbria, next to Sellafield. Yet Engie is fully aware that "the future is going to be much more about decentralized energy". As Greenpeace Belgium says it's time for Engie to be consistent and get the hell out of nuclear power. We should be calling on Engie in the UK to do the same and give up on NuGen and drop its plans to take a 40% share in Europe's largest proposed new nuclear development.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan on Monday reiterated its demand for an investigation into the alleged desecration of Islam's holy book at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay (search), despite a Newsweek apology for errors in a report claiming a Koran was flushed down a toilet to rattle detainees.
The story sparked demonstrations across the Islamic world last week, with about 15 people killed during an anti-American protest in Afghanistan.
Pakistan, a key ally in the U.S.-led war on terror, requested Monday that U.S. officials complete a full investigation into the allegations.
"We have asked for a thorough investigation conducted by the U.S. administration and we would expect the results of the official investigation shared with us," Foreign Ministry spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani (search) told a news conference.
Newsweek reported in its May 9 issue that U.S. military investigators had found evidence that interrogators at the base in Cuba placed copies of the Koran in washrooms and had flushed one down the toilet to get inmates to talk.
Most of the 520 inmates at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are Muslims arrested during the U.S.-led war against the Taliban and its Al Qaeda (search) allies in Afghanistan.
On Sunday, Newsweek apologized for errors in its report.
"We regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence and to the U.S. soldiers caught in its midst," Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker (search) wrote in a note to readers.
The White House said Newsweek's response was insufficient.
"The report has had serious consequences. People have lost their lives. The image of the United States abroad has been damaged," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.
The 22-nation Arab League issued a statement saying if the allegations panned out, Washington should apologize to Muslims.
On Saturday, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz demanded "exemplary punishment" for those behind the reported desecration. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, insults to the Koran and Islam's prophet, Muhammad, are regarded as blasphemy and punishable by death.
Qazi Hussain Ahmed, a hardline Pakistani Islamist leader and opposition lawmaker, said Sunday that Islamic groups in Pakistan, Egypt, Malaysia, Britain, Turkey and other countries would hold more rallies May 27 to protest the alleged desecration.
Lebanon's most senior Shiite Muslim cleric said the alleged desecration is part of an American campaign aimed at disrespecting and smearing Islam.
In a statement faxed to The Associated Press before Newsweek's apology, Fadlallah called the alleged desecration a "brutal" form of torture.
On Sunday, U.S. national security adviser Stephen Hadley said in an interview on CNN that the allegations were being investigated "vigorously."
"If it turns out to be true, obviously we will take action against those responsible," he said.


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The humpback whale sanctuary is looking for volunteers to help it count whales on Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii islands. Associated Press.
Federal scientists say more humpback whales means more collisions between Hawai'i boaters and the giant endangered species. Associated Press.
Medical waste and other trash continued to soil Leeward Coast beaches yesterday, washing ashore in spots farther down the shore from where the debris was initially found. Star-Advertiser.
Twelve members of the mayor's Landfill Site Selection Committee will meet this Thursday at Honolulu Hale to begin the process of recommending an alternative site to Waimanalo Gulch Landfill, which is scheduled to stop accepting solid municipal waste by July 31, 2012. KHON2.
It's monthly bulky item pickup time but don't expect some of these items to go anywhere anytime soon -- the temporary landfill closure has led to refuse rejects.KHON2.
Leeward beaches near the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill, including the lagoons at Ko Olina, remain closed Monday. Test results from ocean water samples taken Thursday show "very high" bacteria levels. Hawaii News Now.
The temporary closure of the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill in Nanakuli has resulted in a bulky trash pile up in some Oahu neighborhoods. KITV4.
The heavy rain is gone but all that water left behind is producing another problem more mosquitoes. And now there are fewer state workers to help control the pests. Hawaii News Now.
In the wake of the controversy over its negative rating of chief justice nominee Katherine Leonard, the Hawaii State Bar Association has amended its rules to allow for the disclosure of the reasons for its "qualified" or "unqualified" findings for judicial nominees. Star-Advertiser.
Since trying "natural farming" last year under the guidance of a folksy South Korean master farmer known as Han Kyu Cho, Delos Reyes said production on his 10-acre plot has doubled — and demand is growing even faster. Star-Advertiser.
Plans by the Castle and Cooke development company to build a 400 MW industrial wind power plant on Lanai has resulted in heated contention with the island's residents. Hawaii Independent.
Hawaii is still by far the most diverse state in the country, but recent trends show the islands inching toward the U.S. mainland in race, citizenship and language. Civil Beat.
Marching in the Martin Luther King Jr. parade in Waikiki yesterday with her family, Latashia Ingram said she wanted her 8-year-old son to appreciate King's struggle and sacrifice for equality and justice. Star-Advertiser.
Hundreds of people honored the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday on the streets of Waikiki. KITV4.
A pivotal figure in the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. challenged Americans to come together for the better of the country, a message that rang true Sunday for West Hawaii residents and visitors. West Hawaii Today.
The owner of a cattle-ranching company caused a public outcry more than a year ago after revealing plans to fence off a popular access to Lepe'uli, also known as Larsen's Beach, a pristine strip of sand on the North Shore. Garden Island.
Foreign Pest Saves The Wiliwili Tree. Hawaii Public Radio.
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Laura Whitmore makes dig at Love Island as she couldnt do things she wanted
Laura Whitmore has made her thoughts about Love Island clear after her exit and explained exactly why she chose to quit the hosting role.
The mum-of-one is being replaced by Maya Jama – who had been at the top of fans' dream host lists since the late Caroline Flack stepped down.
And Laura, who had to fight off criticism during her time as host, has now given more detail into what made her leave the role.
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She previously suggested aspects of the job had been "very difficult", and has now explained it was because she had to "go quiet" when with the islanders.
Speaking to Psychologies magazine, Laura, 37, said: "There was only so much I can do as a host," adding: "I couldn't support [the islanders] or not support them."
She went on to say that she hadn't been allowed to "say anything", instead being forced to "go quiet".
Laura said that had been "hard" for her, as she likes to be able to "have those conversations".
And it was that which helped her to make her decision to leave, as she admitted: "If I could [have done] things the way I wanted to, I'd probably still be doing it."
Laura announced her decision to step away from the show in August 2022 just a matter of weeks after Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti were crowned the winners.
At the time, she suggested "certain elements of the show" pushed her to leave, citing having to travel to the villa and back to the UK and "new conflicting projects".
ITV praised her as a "fantastic host" and confirmed in October that Maya would be taking over.
Over the festive period, Love Island fans got the first glimpse of the new series, set to start in January, with a promo ad featuring Maya, and another showing a bucking bronco.
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What to look for in a used bike for touring?
Hi, I will be embarking on a cycling tour of northern Italy and Belgium/Netherlands this summer and am looking for the right bike to bring along. I want to buy a used bike, and I've been looking through classifieds such as Craigslist and Kijiji (I'm in Montreal), but I would like some guidance as to what to look for specifically in a bike intended for touring. Should I be worrying about the frame geometry for example?
I've seen many Peugeots (http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-acheter-...AdIdZ501040529 http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-acheter-...AdIdZ483109089) and this Nakamura caught my eye : http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-acheter-...AdIdZ501018923 . But I'm not entirely sure which, if any, would be most appropriate, or if they are reasonably priced.
Stay away from Peugeot, they are bult to French standards which are obsolete and getting parts are difficult even with the resourses of the Internet and impossible while on tour.
Look for the essential braze-ons for attaching bottle cages (at least 2 if not 3 sets), racks (some place below the saddle), fenders (near the axles of both wheels).
It will be nice to have 2 braz-ons on the fork for a lowrider front rack. Some bikes also have a third set of bottle cage mounts on the downtube on the front side.
Avoid suspension - front and rear for touring. Look for as much clearance as possible between the seat tube and the rear wheel. It will allow to install a fender and longer chainstays will insure heel clearance from the rear panniers. Most road bikes don't have adequate clearance.
This is true for older Peugots, however some time in the early eighties they adopted english standards. There are some experts on the Classic and Vintage forum who could tell you what that bike is and whether it is built to French or International standards. Otherwise, the one pictured looks good. Touring can mean a lot of different things: bike camping with all the gear, or hostelling or staying in hotels or B&Bs. This should guide your choice of bike. Where you intend to tour in Italy is important, along the Po river valley, it is flat elsewhere you have to prepare for mountains. But you can tour on all sorts of bikes.
"What to look for in a used bike for touring?"
I know it's elemental but the most important thing........make sure the frame fits you. All else can be changed out as needed.
Thanks for the quick replies! I will be mostly on flat terrain (Venice-Milan in Italy). One of the Peugeots I linked to seems like it might be a good choice : http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-acheter-...AdIdZ483109089 . It is well-equipped and seems to be in good shape, and I might be able to barter down the price. Any thoughts? The Nakamura seemed good as well, but maybe it's less appropriate for touring?
Hard to tell anything from the picture, but some of the Mikados are pretty decent. See first of all if it fits, and take it from there.
I think this might have 27 inch wheels, which are a little out of date, and a bit awkward to update.
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OP: Suggest hitting the Surly Long Haul Trucker web page and search on this forum for similar discussions on it. Then either go buy a used or a new one (should be able to find both in a week or so of looking)... Or find a bike that has similar characteristics and features to the LHT. Note that the Surly's have a strong fan club and a strong hate club. Recommend ignoring both of the extremists groups.
If you begin to want toward building your own; even if you pickup a $99 frame, you will still end up in the same price range as a new LHT ($1,200 to $1,400 and up), so it begs the question of such is a viable path.
But either way, add lighting, fenders, bottles, tool kit, spare tire/tube, etc., if the bike you pick is not so equipped already.
If you are going to need panniers, handlebar bag, a tent, a sleeping bag, a camp stove, pots/pans, a camp light, etc., then start making a list of those as they add up to a sizable total cost (probably $600->$1,000 and up for a full set of the add-on bling most folks need for touring). Ignore that if you are doing a credit card tour.
See all that space between the seat tube and rear tire? = long chainstays. Better handling loaded, and reduces the likelihood of heelstrike on your rear panniers.
Other than that, I'm looking for eyelets at the forks for mounting fenders and racks. Any other eyelets or mounting points are a bonus, there are work-arounds if those are missing.
Last edited by Medic Zero; 07-06-13 at 10:58 PM.
If you can, ride it with your anticipated load down a really long and steep hill. See how it feels (i.e., does it wobble much?). Are your heels going to hit your panniers?


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European Parliament | Website cyberattack by pro-Russian hackers – Wagner's Mafia-type message through a sledgehammer covered in blood – VIDEO
The cyberattack on the European Parliament's website was carried out by a pro-Russian hacker group after MEPs first labeled Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, the President of the institution, Roberta Metsola, stated.
The announcement about this cyberattack was initially made by the representative of E.P. Jaime Duch on Twitter. DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks such as this one work by directing large volumes of Internet traffic to targeted servers in a relatively simple attempt by so-called "hacktivists" to knock them out of service.
Earlier, during a plenary session in Strasbourg MEPs approved a resolution on the latest developments in Russia's violent war of aggression against Ukraine.
They emphasize that the deliberate attacks and atrocities committed by Russian forces and their delegations against civilians in Ukraine, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, and other serious violations of international and humanitarian law constitute acts of terrorism and war crimes.
The resolution is largely symbolic because the European Union lacks a legal framework to support it, Reuters comments. At the same time, the EU bloc has already imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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The lawyer of Yevgeny Prigozhin, one of the closest friends of the Russian President (known as "Putin's chef") and alleged financer of the Wagner mercenaries, a paramilitary group that acts independently of the Russian government, delivered to the European Parliament a sledgehammer with the Wagner logo smeared with artificial blood. The video appeared on Russia's propaganda channel Z.
Let us recall that recently, the European Parliament started discussing the recognition of Wagner PMC as a terrorist organization, as it is active in Syria, Africa, and Ukraine, among others.
Watch the video depicting the delivery of the sledgehammer covered in artificial blood:
Prigozhin's lawyer handed over to the European Parliament a sledgehammer with the Wagner logo smeared with artificial blood. The video appeared on propaganda Z-channels.
Recently, the European Parliament started talking about recognizing Wagner PMC as a terrorist organization. pic.twitter.com/th2W3dx6zH
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Citigroup to sell Indian retail business for $1.6bn
Citigroup has agreed to sell its Indian retail business to local lender Axis Bank for $1.6bn as Jane Fraser, the US bank's chief executive, drives a wider withdrawal from underperforming retail markets.
The cash deal includes Citi's credit cards, retail banking, wealth management and consumer loans in the country and will see 3,600 staff in India taken on by Axis, in a bet on a crowded sector already abandoned by a number of international lenders.
"A transaction of this nature comes in a lifetime, and the price makes sense," Amitabh Chaudhry, chief executive of Axis said in Mumbai, Bloomberg reported. "This is perhaps one of the best consumer franchises in the country."
Fraser announced that Citi was putting subscale consumer businesses in 13 countries up for sale shortly after taking over as chief executive in March 2021, after years of internal contention over the far-flung retail network's persistently low returns.
The pullback, which affects markets including India, China and Poland, was designed to free up capital to be redeployed in other sections such as wealth management and institutional banking. Citi plans to focus its wealth management business through hubs in Singapore, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and London.
The US bank said it expected the deal with Axis to release about $800mn of allocated tangible common equity, a key measure of financial strength.
In January, Citi announced a retreat from consumer and small- and medium-sized business banking in Mexico, which it mostly conducts via its Banamex subsidiary.
Other markets have proved more difficult to exit. Citi has struggled to find a buyer for its Russian business since last summer. Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last month makes that sale even more unlikely.
India has proved to be a challenging consumer market for international banks, with competition for market share from fintech entrants, state banks and both public and private Indian lenders.
In 2011, Barclays quit its $1bn retail business in India to focus on its more successful investment and corporate banking.
NatWest, then known as Royal Bank of Scotland, announced that it would exit India in 2016 as part of a broader global contraction after the UK government's bailout in 2008.
The deal is significant for Axis, a London-listed company which has grown to become one of India's biggest private lenders. It will increase its credit card business by 31 per cent to 2.5mn cards, while swelling the bank's deposit base by about 7 per cent.
The price on the deal is sizeable for India's financial sector, according to SR Srinivasan, a Bangalore-based financial adviser. "I can't think in recent memory . . . when there's been such a big franchise that has changed hands to an Indian player," he said.
With Citi's clients mostly from the sought-after premium customers segment, Srinivasan said he expected that Axis would eventually merge the Citi business with its private wealth offering.
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Posted byNelle September 19, 2022 September 22, 2022 Posted inRoyals
We need more royals
Frank Young
King Charles has been respectfully silent on any plans he might have to shake up the monarchy. Courtiers have spent years reminding anyone who asks that the topic is painful to him, signalling the passing of his 'beloved' mother.
The only concrete proposed 'reform' that has leaked out over the years is the suggestion that as King, Charles intends to slim down the Royal Family. These plans badly misunderstand the public appetite for royalty: our new King should instead seek to increase the number of working royals. Don't listen to sneering liberals, the Great British Public love a royal turning up to town.
The royals have huge pulling power. When it comes to cutting ribbons and shaking hands, it's a royal the people want, not a town mayor or local radio celeb. The King is down at least two Princes and one Duchess. Every 'firm' needs to keep an eye on the headcount, and Royalty plc is no exception.
With the demise of Her Majesty, there are now just 11 working royals, with an average age of 67. In 2021, almost two-thirds of royal engagements in the UK were undertaken by a royal in their seventies and beyond. Whatever plans King Charles once had, they will need to be revisited to meet demand
Charles has inherited a Firm much smaller than he might once have expected, but still, these working royals regularly turn up to well over 3,500 events a year. Within a decade there will only be the Prince and Princess of Wales left under normal retirement age. The royal workforce is ageing. But at the same time, the demand for them to turn up, glad-hand local worthies, cut ribbons and make small talk has barely changed. In 2010 our collective of royal workers accepted just over 3,000 domestic invitations: ten years later this figure was just under 3,000, with fewer big hitters to share the load.
George V set the template for modern royalty: turn up, cut ribbons and shake hands. It's a model that works, but supply and demand are now badly out of sync. The public quickly tires of royals opining on political causes. It's the ribbon cutting they want, and all the trimmings that go with it. We need more royals; we can't simply wait a quarter of a century for Prince George to get to an age where he will pick up the slack with his siblings.
Last week Princess Beatrice was quietly installed as a Counsellor of State, a nod to the need for an extra pair of hands by a new monarch. This role is coveted by royals, indicating, as it does, a level of seniority that no title can quite achieve. Beatrice already boasts the title of Princess and the HRH that goes with it, thanks to her father insisting that they take on all the trappings of royalty. Well into her thirties, married and without much of a business career to leave behind, she would make an ideal new member of the Firm. As Prince of Wales, Charles rebuffed lobbying from the Duke of York to make Beatrice a full-time working royal, reminding his brother that she was a 'blood princess'. This bizarre criterion shouldn't stand in the way of giving the idea a re-think.
It is long past time for Zara Phillips to raise her profile. Coming as she does from the Princess Anne school of conduct, she would make a popular addition. Her ruddy, down to earth approach would be a welcome contrast to the puffed up self importance portrayed by recently retired royals.
The late Queen understood that for the monarchy to prosper she and her relatives had to be 'seen to be believed', but as of today there are too few royals. A few new members are needed to pick up where late Her Majesty left off. The British public demands it.
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Queen Elizabeth II had a long and close relationship with the Armed Forces, both in the United Kingdom and in the Commonwealth.
As Head of the Armed Forces, the Queen was devoted to honouring the service and sacrifice of the entire Armed Forces community and leading the nation in moments of Remembrance each year. She became the first female member of the Royal Family to serve as a full-time active member of the Armed Forces in 1945 when she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS).
Her Majesty held many honorary ranks and military appointments in the UK and Commonwealth Armed Services and much of her working life was taken up with visits to military bases and ships in the UK and overseas, meeting serving members of the Armed Forces and their families.
In 2009 she introduced the Elizabeth Cross, an award giving special recognition to the families of those who had died on military operations, or as a result of terrorism since 1948.
Her Majesty has been an inspiration to everyone in the Armed Forces community, and her dedication to the Armed Forces will be deeply missed and never forgotten.
Join us in remembering The Queens Golden Jubilee.
Another historical event which saw huge numbers turn out for a parade and a million people crowd into The Mall on the evening of the Jubilee on the 4th June 2002.
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