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I'd heard it said many times, in many ways but never with such clarity. It fell to Thanassis, an advertising company employee vacationing on Serifos to deliver a wonderfully succinct assessment of the country's mood. "Everybody is waiting for September without knowing whether it will be a new beginning, or the beginning of the end," Thanassis, who clearly has a flair for dramatic turns of phrase, told Agence France-Presse. All his experience as an advertising executive didn't prevent him from not only jumping on this particular bandwagon but riding it all the way into the imaginary Doomsday sunset like a champion jockey.
September is no longer just any month in most Greeks' minds, it's a mystical watershed, a moment in time when clocks will stop, spoons will bend and fish will jump out of the sea. Spurred on by journalists and commentators who can't resist stirring up a hornet's nest and politicians who are desperate to be part of the madding crowd, Greeks have become obsessed about September being the month when time will catch up with Greece and lash them viciously against the rocks of hardship.
Of course there will be some tough times in September: the government will begin taking on the closed professions as it starts its liberalization program; a drop in tax revenues due to reduced household spending will require new austerity measures that could include more VAT hikes and spending cuts, and, our IMF and EU overseers will be back to check our books. But, hold on a second. Isn't all this starting to sound a little familiar? Sure, September will bring new hardships but it's not like January through to August has been a walk in the park. It was only a few days ago that the head of the IMF mission in Greece, Poul Thomsen, said that "Few European countries have produced so many reforms in such a short time."
Is it possible that a quick dip in the Aegean and a couple of tequila slammers over the summer has made us forget all this? Don't we remember how many experts predicted Greece would be bankrupt before the summer, the euro was facing imminent collapse and the EU would implode? Well, here's some news: the euro has gained 10 percent against the dollar over the past two months, the risk premium on Spanish, Italian and Portuguese government debt has dropped and data published earlier this month showed the German economy grew by 2.2 percent in the second quarter of this year, its best performance since reunification 20 years ago. Sure, the spread on Irish bonds inched up last week and Slovakia says it won't stump up the cash for Greece's rescue package but it's far from the apocalypse many dreaded.
Most bold predictions have been undone and, if anything, several months on from when the debt crisis began, the only thing we can say with any confidence is that there are more unanswered questions than when we began. It seems certain as we continue this fascinating journey into uncharted territory that September will not be a new beginning or the beginning of the end; it will be just another month in a long, hard slog as we adapt to a whole new set of parameters.
Each bump along the road will not only jolt us but it will enlighten us and, hopefully, inch Greeks closer to achieving a more stable and fairer future, free from the favoritism and myopic thinking of the past. To appreciate how the crisis has shaken things up, we only need to look at how Greece has gone from being an inert country not just gathering dust but accumulating it in huge piles, to one that finds itself at the coalface of the global economy. It used to be that reforms only existed so we could create more shelves to put them on but this year we have seen changes pushed through with breathtaking speed. Not too long ago, Greek prime ministers seemed to only venture abroad if the shopping was good but now George Papandreou is racking up more air miles than George Clooney as he seeks to preach the good word about Greece's gallant fight with its economic demons and grab a seat at the table where the big players take decisions.
The crisis has been good for Greece. It's created the best chance the country has of achieving catharsis and tangible change. Critics, though, will argue the process is devalued because Greece is following the instructions of foreigners. In fact, New Democracy, after almost a year in opposition, has decided this is the government's Achilles heal. Lately, the conservatives have taken to calling Papandreou and his team "the memorandum government" in reference to the agreement Greece signed with the EU and IMF to obtain 110 billion euros in loans. Yes, it's taken nine months to come up with this dazzling repartee. However, if the wisecrackers at ND headquarters could sew their split sides back together for a moment, they'd realize that after the flaccidness of their five years in office, it really doesn't matter where the instructions are coming from. What counts is that the status quo, which worked in favor of the few, is being confronted. It's natural that only outsiders could instigate this challenge since our own decision makers – some of the members of the current PASOK government included – were draughtsmen of, and shareholders in, the previous, failed system.
New Democracy, like all the political parties, is preparing for the November local elections, which are expected to be a litmus test for Greek politics. Some big name politicians want to avoid throwing themselves at the mercy of the electorate and the big parties intend to take a much more low-key role than usual, allowing local politicians to form their own alignments and groupings. The fact that rather than being drawn to power, politicians and parties are daunted by the prospect of being scrutinized or having to answer to the public is evidence of how the crisis is reordering things in Greece.
So, this September, instead of being cowed by the doom-mongers and naysayers, let's take heart from the potential of our situation. Like so many other European countries, for Greece the next decade will be about taking steps to bring its debt and deficit under control. With that come some very harsh measures, as we already know, but, unlike other European countries, it also presents Greece with the opportunity to right wrongs, correct injustices and rebuild our dilapidated structures. That's why we should not fear the crisis, but embrace and master it – it could be the only opportunity we have to press reset rather than the self-destruct button.
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2 responses to "Crisis? What Crisis?"
Monika Lera | August 26, 2010 at 12:48 pm | Reply
Dear Mr Malkoutzis.
For once more you managed to "unfold" the truth of the various events occuring the past few months in our country.I am extremely bothered by the persistance in focusing on the huge catastrophe awaiting ahead of us.I think that this is the beginning of a new path for Greece.The end of corruption has to come to an end and eventually putting such measures into action might somehow gurantee that.
nickmalkoutzis | August 29, 2010 at 11:49 pm | Reply
Thank you for your comment Monika. You give me an opportunity to clarify what I meant in the piece. Someone accused me the other day of ignoring the hardship that some people face because of the worsening economic situation. I think I make it clear that Greeks are in for even more hardship than they have suffered over the last few months. The situation will undoubtedly get worse – all the indicators are there: unemployment, falling revenues, decreasing consumption, etc. But my point is that many people seem to be regurgitating this idea that the country is going to implode without really grasping what they are talking about. As a result, we are ignoring the opportunities that are presented to us as a country to rectify a whole range of things. If we fail to do so, then the suffering will really be prolonged and all those who will lose jobs, businesses, homes, etc will have done so in vain because we will be destined to repeat our destructive pattern.

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Q: Cumulative Abnormal Returns (CARs) vs ARIMAX What is the difference in using an ARIMA model with covariates ($X_i$) to estimate the shock of $X$ on time series $Y$ and using a Cumulative Abnormal Returns (CAR)?
I have limited knowledge about CAR (or AR), but from here, the procedure seems to resemble one of taking a first difference -- but we are subtracting the expected change of $X$ from the actual change of $X$ before using it to explain $Y$.

Step 1
  Determine the market return for one day. This is the amount that the market increased or decreased in value.
Step 2
  Determine the return on an individual stock for one day. This is the amount that the specific stock increased or decreased in value.
Step 3
  Subtract the market return from the return on the individual stock. The result is the abnormal return. For example, if the market return was 10 points and the stock return was 15 points you would subtract 10 from 15 to get an abnormal return of 5 points.
Step 4
  Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each of the days that fall within your chosen time-frame. For example, if you wanted to calculate the cumulative abnormal return of a stock over a period of four days you would need to repeat steps 1 through 3 a total of four times, once for each of the four days.
Step 5
  Add the abnormal returns from each of the days. The result is the cumulative abnormal return. For example, if you were calculating the cumulative abnormal return for a period of four days and the abnormal returns were 2, 3, 6, and 5, you would add these four numbers together to get a cumulative abnormal return of 16.

Is this the correct way to describe the model?
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Y_t = \alpha + \beta(\Delta x_{t}-E(\Delta x_{t})) + \epsilon_t
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Also, I was wondering if there is an intuitive way to understand the difference between CAR and ARIMAX. I can see that the dependent variable is operationalized differently, as in ARIMAX we only explain $Y$'s ARIMA residual at time $t$, not the actual value of $Y$. But is it possible to say more about their respective strengths and  weaknesses and the ideal situations to use them?

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Q: Unable to authorize app: IE-only error on FB.login() When calling FB.login() in IE (any version), the popup auth dialog simply says:

An error occurred with <appname>. Please try again later.

The call works as expected in Chrome, Firefox, and Opera.  Reduced test:
FB.init({
    appId      : '...',
    channelURL : '...',
    status     : true,
    cookie     : true,
    oauth      : true,
    xfbml      : false
});

FB.login(...);

Demo here.  It doesn't matter whether a Facebook account is already logged in or not; however, if the logged in Facebook account has already authorized the app (so no dialog needs to be shown), then FB.login() succeeds in IE and I'm able to call API functions.

Edit: Trying to authorize the app's admin account in IE yields a little more error detail:

API Error Code: 191
API Error Description: The specified URL is not owned by the application
Error Message: Invalid redirect_uri: Given URL is not allowed by the Application configuration.

Both Chrome and IE send a redirect_uri on s-static.ak.fbcdn.net.
IE: https://s-static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect/xd_proxy.php?version=3#cb=f1cd66d36136ac9&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fjosh3736.net%2Ffbec46a30660a9&relation=opener&transport=flash&frame=f1d03767721d88c
Chrome: https://s-static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect/xd_proxy.php?version=3#cb=f3cc233c94&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fjosh3736.net%3A8%2Ff29e5a7f9&relation=opener&transport=postmessage&frame=f1f640e58
It looks like the JavaScript SDK is dropping the origin's port.  (Chrome has %3A8%2F [:8/] at the end of origin, IE only has %2F Reported as a bug.

A: One of the bug submission comments recommended removing the channelUrl property in the object your passing to FB.init().
Just a theory, but you might also have success if you include the port number in your channelURL, instead of removing it.

A: Facebook has confirmed that this is a bug in the SDK, and fixed the problem as of July 2012.


When you look at the Bi-Facil remover you will notice that the dark coloured liquid sits on top of the lighter one. Well that shows you the two layers that the product is made of – oil and water. It's got a bi-phase formula that's activated when you shake the bottle. The chemistry behind a 'dual phase formula' means the chemical has a oil loving side, and a water loving side and that when mixed lowers the surface tension of a liquid (make-up).
Before I go any further let me tell you that this product is a DOUBLE WHAMMY! Ladies who use 'CONTACT LENSES' and ladies with 'SENSITIVE' skin – THIS IS FOR YOU!
Yep.. though it couldn't manage to remove it in the first swipe.. two more swipes had to take my sindoor away..
Well I surely don't use the product as TBS suggest, for me it's very simple, I just apply a little amount over eye and massage gently and then wipe it with damp cotton or sometime even with dry cotton (depends on how lazy am feeling ;P). That's all and we are set to hit the bed. Some time I wash my face after using this gel too.
But the main point here is I use this eye make up remover gel not only for eye but also for face, and it goes such wonderful job No chip-chip, No chik-chik…  for face I apply tiny dots all over face and massage in circular motion for a minute or two and then wipe face with damp cotton.
This is first eye makeup remover which doesn't itch my eyes even it goes a bit into them still I do avoid using it on my eyes because of the chemical contents in it.
It removes of waterproof mascara, eyeliner and frosty lipstick easily.
It is going to suit most sensitive skin too without resulting in any allergies or any kind of redness.
I have used it on my face too and it works nicely on my skin too.
It does what it claims, removes all traces of makeup be it waterproof mascara, long lasting lipstick, foundation anything.
If used regularly it will last for about a month and two.
And didn't break me out.
It is completely non sticky and therefore I do not have to wash my face after removing my makeup. Whenever I come back late at night this product is best to use. I do not need to follow that mundane process of applying Vaseline or olive oil, massage yourself and then wash it off. Takes a lot of time and energy which I don't have at that time. All I've to do is take this product, apply it on make up and remove it off with cotton. That's it!
It completely removes eye makeup no matter even if I have applied 2-3 coats of mascara.
It is an ideal companion for a woman who is always "On the Go". Whenever you feel like cleaning yourself you can easily do it without a hitch without worry about anything.
My skin is combination oily an it doesn't make my skin feel stretched too.
What's your best eye makeup remover?
lekkin neva use hip hop! its the worst ever!
m using maybelline now…its sooo awesome and cleans up so well!
Has anyone used the H2O one?
I hav! It's gud fr the skin, but doesn't remove long wear makeup properly.. Like kajal.. This doesn't remove waterproof stuff easily..
Ok…. I need to get a new one, was thinking of buying it.
no ..i havn't ..how is it Xuvious?
u can use vaseline, olive oil_mixed with tea tree oil if u have acne prone skin, Cococnut oil ..all work great..but using these things in summers irks me a bit.


Snittens, The Original Snot Mittens are great for blowing your nose, sneezing, or keeping up with a runny nose. Instead of using tissues or a handkerchief make sure you have the Snittens on you. They are created with a material developed to give you maximum absorbent properties. Hacking into The Original Snot Mittens is a great way to keep from getting others sick! Stop using your hands or sleeves like they are tissues and instead keep the Snittens on all day long. They also work very well for drying up tears so don't be afraid to cry into them too!
The Original Snot Mittens make a great gift for family and friends. Not only will they get a good laugh out of them, but they will be able to use them too! They are built to last and can absorb 28 times its weight before needing to be washed. When your home for the day just take them off and give them a good washing before putting them on the next day.


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Where to go in Asia in March
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By Carly Watling
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Asia is really varied in March, there is definitely something for everyone. Like February, there are lots of festivals and activities to follow and the weather continues to be reliably good too.
So grab a coffee and browse our favourite things to do in Asia in March.
Browse by month: 'Where to go in Asia in…' JANUARY – FEBRUARY – APRIL– MAY
June onwards recommendations are all coming soon, but you can always leave us a note in the comments or email us if you have questions.
Our top picks for great weather….
If it's a sun-drenched holiday with clear blue skies and white sand you're after, the Philippines in March is stunning. March is generally the driest month of the year making it ideal for island-hopping, sun-bathing, and all things beach-related. With more than 7,000 islands and most of them fringed with sand, it can be hard to pick one.
We love this two-week itinerary that takes in three different islands including the jaw-droppingly gorgeous Palawan.
If we had to pick one month of the year to book a trip to Vietnam it would be March. Why? Well the country has three different climates and whilst we won't bore you with the details we will tell you that March is when all three are happy and sunny! Not many people realise but the north has a winter and March is when it starts to get warmer in the north again, but it's before it gets too hot in the south (hello April!) – we told you it was a tricky beast! And in March you can throw down your beach towel anywhere you like!
We love this Culture and Coast Tour in March.
March is a brilliant month to visit Thailand, one of the best of the year actually.
Although the weather is still great and dry, the beaches are less crowded. But, the best is that the mango season is starting in March. Streets are filled with vendors selling raw mangoes or using the mangoes in a variety of dishes, my favourite being Mango with sticky rice, a heavenly creation involving fresh and juicy mango, sweet coconut milk and sticky rice – something you will want every day once you have tasted it (it was even the dessert at Eva's wedding).
The hot weather continues in the Maldives making March a great time to visit for a luxurious and sun-drenched holiday on a picture-perfect island.
March also brings the start of the surf season to the area. It can get pretty busy surfing in the Malé atolls, so consider heading to the central and southern atolls to avoid the crowds. By boat is increasing popular, or pick a luxury resort as your base and take daytrips.
With the peak of winter past, the stage is set for new beginnings as Japan eases into spring. Beautiful Plum blossoms can be enjoyed in some parts of central Japan and further north. The world famous cherry blossoms start blooming in Tokyo and other warmer locations at the end of the March creating one of the most stunning natural spectacles if the world!
If you're interested in Sumo, Japan's national sport, March is a great month to attend "the March Grand Sumo Tournament" in Osaka and see the giant wrestlers in action.
If you're looking for an active holiday….
Mount Kinabalu, the tallest mountain in Southeast Asia, is located on the island of Borneo and climbing it is an epic experience you won't soon forget. Historically April was considered the best month to climb with a good chance of a clear sunrise but the world is changing and March is now just as likely to bring bright morning light as it is rain – and so is April. So why not get ahead of the crowds and climb in March?
This 10-day trip gets you up the mountain, out to a beach, and includes time to look for orangutans.
March is a great time of year to go trekking in the more mountainous parts of northern Laos like Huay Xai, Luang Nam Tha, Phong Sa Ly, Pakbeng and Oudomxay, which are freezing cold during the winter months from December to February. Meanwhile on lower ground temperatures are pretty high before the country cools down with the Monsoon rains that fall towards the end of April and into May.
Take a peak at this Highlights of Laos with a Rural Focus, perfect for a Laos holiday in March.
This is the last month of the year you can be sure of good conditions to climb Sri Pada (also known as Adam's Peak), one of the most scared spots in Sri Lanka. You are well rewarded for your 5000+ step climb to the top with beautiful views.
Then hop over to the Cultural Triangle and explore Polonnaruwa by bicycle, float over Dambulla in a hot air balloon and visit the southern beaches for whale watching before they head over to the west coast. Take a look at our 10 day Active In Sri Lanka itinerary for more detail, the perfect balance of culture and activity.
If you're chasing culture and festival fun….
March marks the month of Holi festival where people all over the country celebrate the victory of good over evil. To celebrate the streets turn into a huge festival where colourful paint is thrown over everything! It is great fun and a fantastic festival to be part of – just remember to wear clothes you don't mind getting covered in paint.
As well as this, it is a great time to travel with great weather in the north and the south and so our Rajasthan and Kerala itinerary could be the perfect holiday combining culture, relaxation and an Indian festival!
Fancy catching hot air balloons over the rivers, ornate mosques, and elegant architecture of Malaysia's administrative capital? Every March the Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta runs for four days with entries from around the world. While there are plenty of colourful traditional balloons, you'll often catch a few unique entries: perhaps an octopus, Darth Vader, or a robot-shaped hot air balloon will slide into the sky. Located on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, we recommend staying at the beautiful Villa Samadhi in town and visiting the balloon festival one evening or early morning. In 2020, the event takes place from the 12th through the 15th of March.
March is one of the best times to visit Singapore with younger children when the Singapore Festival of Fun takes over Clarke Quay for 9 days. Street performers and buskers including clowns, acrobats, jugglers, and musicians put on shows throughout the day and evening.
In 2019, there was a big top tent and entertaining games which we expect will make a comeback next year. In 2020, the adults get a bit of fun as well with an International Comedy Festival and live music. Our favourite luxurious place to stay is the newly-renovated Raffles Hotel Singapore where many suites can comfortably sleep a family of four and the service is unparalleled.
The most thrilling annual traditional war games are held on Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara, where the breath-taking Pasola Jousting Festivals take place in several villages on the island on different dates in February and March. Although this tradition may seem to be full of violence, Pasola is about maintaining peace, not hostility. This war games are thought by some to have been invented as a sort of dispute settlement mechanism -a bellum pacificum or peaceful war through games. You may want to visit the island and stay in a barefoot luxury resort of Nihi Sumba, voted the best resort in the world three years running.
If you want to embrace cultural festivities in Myanmar then you will be glad to know one of the country's biggest festivals takes place in March! The full moon of March see hundreds of thousands of pilgrims arriving to the mighty Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon with offerings of water, candles and flowers – quite a sight to behold! It brings a whole carnival-like atmosphere to the city with traditional drama, music, dancing and plenty of delicious street food. Heat and humidity is on the rise in March so also a good option for those who are feeling heat-starved after the long cold winter! Take a look at our Essence of Myanmar tour.
If you love heading off the beaten track…
March is the perfect month for getting off the beaten track in Cambodia and exploring the Cardamom jungle, which has now had a few months of dry weather – making it more accessible to trek (and of course less mosquitos to encounter). It's also a great time to get out into the northeast of the country for the same reason. The country is basking in sunshine in March but the peak season crowds of December to February are thinning out, making it a little quieter.
It is the perfect time of year to embrace our favourite off-the-beaten track itinerary From Jungles to Temples and Paradise.
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Indiana Jones 5 Screenwriter Reveals Shia LaBeouf's Character Will Not Return
Published On September 5, 2017 » 633 Views» By Z-rowe »
We got some bad news for you Shia LaBeouf fans out there. Indiana Jones 5 screenwriter David Koepp had an interview with Entertainment Weekly, and he revealed Shia's character will not be featured in the next chapter of the franchise.
"The Shia LaBeouf character is not in the film," he said, refusing to actually say the character's name. He didn't seem like he wanted to address the Shia issue, but he did talk about Harrison Ford, "Harrison plays Indiana Jones, that I can certainly say," he revealed.
Both Koepp and Spielberg are happy with the current version of the screenplay and production could get started very soon…
"We're plugging away at it. In terms of when we would start, I think that's up to Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Ford. I know we've got a script we're mostly happy with. Work will be endless, of course, and ongoing, and Steven just finished shooting The Post …. If the stars align, hopefully it'll be his next film."
As some of you may remember, Shia slammed 2008's Crystal Skull during an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2010. He told the paper he felt as if he dropped the ball "on the legacy that people loved and cherished," he also claimed Ford wasn't happy with the final product either.
Ford's response? Well, he called Shia a "f**king idiot"
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One Response to Indiana Jones 5 Screenwriter Reveals Shia LaBeouf's Character Will Not Return
He seemed decent enough in the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. If he could stay out of trouble I bet Labeouf would have made it to Indiana Jones 5. Still excited about Speilberg and Ford teaming up again for the movie.


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Airbus Names Rolls-Royce's Eric Schulz as New Head of Sales
By Robert WallDow Jones Newswires
European plane maker Airbus SE (AIR.FR) kicked off a new era in its battle against Boeing Co. (BA) on Tuesday by naming Eric Schulz, a top executive at engine supplier Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (RR.LN), as its next airliner sales chief.
Mr. Schulz, 54, ran Rolls-Royce's civil-aircraft engine programs, and will join Airbus at the end of January as executive vice president for sales, marketing and contracts reporting to Chief Executive Tom Enders.
Mr. Schulz will replace industry legend John Leahy, 67, who has been the Airbus sales boss since 1994.
During his years at Airbus--which included a decade running sales in the U.S. for Airbus before taking the top job--Mr. Leahy has become the world's most successful plane salesman. Airbus had sold fewer than 400 planes at the time Mr. Leahy joined the company, and since then it has sold about 17,000 more.
Mr. Leahy helped turn Airbus into the world's largest plane maker when the European company in 2003 delivered more planes than Boeing. The U.S. plane manufacturer returned to the top spot in 2012.
Mr. Leahy will retire after a transition period, Airbus said, while Mr. Enders called his contribution to the company's commercial aircraft business "epic."
The hiring of Mr. Schulz represents the second time in recent history that one of the world's biggest plane makers has tapped an executive from one of its aircraft engine suppliers for a top post.
Boeing last year named Kevin McAllister to run its commercial plane business. Mr. McAllister previously ran the aviation services for General Electric Co. (GE).
At Rolls-Royce, Mr. Schulz oversaw engine programs powering Airbus long-range jets. Rolls-Royce also offers an engine for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.
Mr. Schulz takes over as sales chief at a time when Airbus has amassed a huge backlog of plane orders that have yet to be built, with the backlog for some types stretching past 2025. However, the transition also comes at a difficult time. The flagship A380 superjumbo, which can seat more than 600 passengers, has sold poorly, and lack of demand has forced Airbus to lower production to a level where it costs more to build the A380 than it can charge for it.
Airbus is also embroiled in regulatory controversy from irregularities in aircraft sales. British and French authorities are investigating the company for its failure to disclose the use of middlemen in some plane deals. U.S. authorities are also scrutinizing the undeclared use of such third-party brokers, though with relation to military deals.
Rolls-Royce has already begun the search for a replacement for Mr. Schulz, who will remain at the company until the end of the year, it said.
Rolls-Royce also said that program director Chris Young will immediately take oversight of commercial and strategic matters for civil aerospace. That change is necessary because some of Rolls-Royce's discussions include Airbus competitors.
Write to Robert Wall at robert.wall@wsj.com


I went to the farmers market today...one of my favorite places to go. Normally I just buy vegetables, but today I splurged and bought myself a bouquet of fresh cut flowers. Its amazing how just the act of carrying flowers around makes one feel happier. I justified the purchase by deciding that the flowers would be today's subject.


A person has been struck by a train on the main rail line between London Liverpool Street and Norwich, Greater Anglia bosses have said.
Passengers travelling between the two stations are being advised that they may face severe disruption while the incident is investigated.
According to the rail operator's JourneyCheck tool, services are currently being delayed by up to 15 minutes.
Disruption is expected to continue until at least 4pm.
Chiefs wrote on their website: "Due to a person hit by a train between Bethnal Green and Maryland, trains have to run at reduced speed on some lines.
British Transport Police have been contacted for comment.


The Seville Barceló Renacimiento hotel 5-Star luxury hotel on the banks of the Guadalquivir River, in the city of Seville in Andalucia. The hotel..
5-Star luxury hotel on the banks of the Guadalquivir River, in the city of Seville in Andalucia. The hotel's captivating design is inspired by the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Barceló Renacimiento hotel is within a 20-minute stroll of the city's main tourist attractions.
All 295 spacious guest rooms benefit from extra-large sized beds and complimentary wi-fi. The deluxe 40 m² bedrooms enjoy incredible views of the Guadalquivir river or Alamillo Park.
The restaurant features a striking interior garden and fountain. The hotel offers the Barceló Convention Center, a unique setting for your meetings, conventions and events. The Convention Centre can accommodate up to 1,300 people.
Thank you for sharing your stay experience at Barceló Sevilla Renacimiento. We will publish it as soon as possible.


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A plucky country girl forged her own future
Throughout her career, Patricia Kaufman Wirth, Ph.D., held educational leadership positions in Washington and California. She received many awards, including the Clark College Outstanding Alumna of the Year in 1991. As the featured speaker at Clark's 1991 graduation ceremony, she inspired the audience with her story of educational perseverance. This is a reprint of an October 2010 Partners magazine article. Wirth, 86, died on November 17, 2016.
Patricia Wirth in an undated photo.
Patricia Kaufman Wirth, Ph.D., achieved much in life, but none of it was easy. And yet, something in this seemingly fragile woman compelled her to look for rainbows and never give up.
"Hard Times and High Deeds" is the title of Wirth's self-published biography. She describes growing up in Clark County with outdoor bathrooms and wearing shoes mended with cardboard. Grade school was an unhappy place for a shabby country girl in the late 1930s.
High school went better; Wirth had close friends and participated in many activities. Her grades were good, she was college material, and the bright teen felt that the world was her oyster – and then she dropped out. An early marriage and the birth of two sons challenged her health and future. It would be several years – at age 24 – until Wirth completed her General Education Development (GED) in 1954.
As it is for many of today's nontraditional students, Wirth worked days, went to school at night, and parented in between before graduating at age 38 from Clark College. Her dreams of a brighter future and a positive outlook kept her going.
At the urging of former Clark professor, Antonio "Chick" Scarpelli, in 1970, Wirth left a long-time employer to become the accountant at Clark College. After earning a bachelor's degree at Portland State University in 1971, she taught part-time at Clark. What followed was a succession of promotions at Clark and Yakima Valley College – many of them firsts for a woman in that era. Concurrently, she commuted to graduate school at the University of Idaho and earned a doctorate in 1979.
Wirth retired at the top of her game, having served successfully for 10 years as superintendent and president of the Yuba Community College District. "Some people search their lifetime and never find the perfect niche, but I found mine," said Wirth. "I loved the position and the community."
While living in Vancouver, she recalled where she got her start. "The most important education I had was at Clark," said Wirth. "It was here, it was affordable, and I got what I needed to go on from there.
"My other schools were also important, but Clark gave me my first chance to succeed. It is essential to our community, providing people like me with affordable, quality education."
Written by Kay Cooke, former Clark College Foundation communications manager.
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Gunmen set fire to Isaac Achi's home in northern Nigeria after they were unable to break in, police say
Catholic priest Reverend Isaac Achi was burned to death in a botched home invasion on Sunday at his home in Kaffin Koro parish in Nigeria's Niger state, a police spokesman told AFP. the Associated Press.
When the would-be armed robbers failed to break in, they opted to set the place on fire, leaving the priest to burn, while his assistant, Father Collins, narrowly escaped, taking a bullet in the shoulder as he fled. .
Nigerian authorities have explained that militant groups are increasingly targeting rural communities in the north and center of the country thanks to small and ill-equipped security forces unable to oppose them. While these "bandits"reportedly killing thousands and kidnapping others for ransom, sometimes targeting religious figures for an added terror factor, they are apparently rarely detained.
"These terrorists have lost it and drastic action is needed to end this ongoing carnage"do its best to ensure people's lives and livelihoods."
The youth wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) released a statement describing the attack as an act of terrorism aimed at wiping out the entire Nigerian Christian community.
"The ongoing killings and kidnappings of Christian clerics in Nigeria are alarming. This must be stopped at all costs. The Christian community must rise up and unite to put an end to this"said the President, Ambassador Belusochukwu Enwere, calling for the responsible parties to be"brought to book."
Nigeria is becoming a killing field where people are slaughtered like chickens.
Police also confirmed that gunmen attacked a Christian church in Katsina state on Sunday, abducting 25 worshipers and leaving the pastor with injuries, including a gunshot wound to the hand. Another priest, Reverend John Mark Chietnum, was abducted and murdered last July in Kaduna state in the northwest.
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Targeting an increasing number of potential application domains, wireless sensor networks (WSN) have been the subject of intense research, in an attempt to optimize their performance while guaranteeing reliability in highly demanding scenarios. However, hardware constraints have limited their application, and real deployments have demonstrated that WSNs have difficulties in coping with complex communication tasks – such as mobility – in addition to application-related tasks. Mobility support in WSNs is crucial for a very high percentage of application scenarios and, most notably, for the Internet of Things. It is, thus, important to know the existing solutions for mobility in WSNs, identifying their main characteristics and limitations. With this in mind, we firstly present a survey of models for mobility support in WSNs. We then present the Network of Proxies (NoP) assisted mobility proposal, which relieves resource-constrained WSN nodes from the heavy procedures inherent to mobility management. The presented proposal was implemented and evaluated in a real platform, demonstrating not only its advantages over conventional solutions, but also its very good performance in the simultaneous handling of several mobile nodes, leading to high handoff success rate and low handoff time.
Marco Conti, Chiara Boldrini, Salil S. Kanhere, Enzo Mingozzi, Elena Paganib, Pedro M. Ruiz, Mohamed Younis, "From MANET to people-centric networking: Milestones and open research challenges", Computer Communications, vol 71, pp. 1–21, 2015.
Goran Horvat, Jelena Vlaovic and Drago Žagar, "Improving QoS in Query-Driven WSN Using a Cross-Layered Handover Algorithm", Proceedings of MECO 2015 - 4th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing, Budva, Montenegro, 2015.
Metin Koç and Ibrahim Korpeoglu, "Coordinated movement of multiple mobile sinks in a wireless sensor network for improved lifetime", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2015, doi:10.1186/s13638-015-0472-5.


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In the early days, PSA received approval to operate the DC-3 to 27,500 lbs weight. Leo Leonard and Joe Plosser ended up flying the airplane. To operate the DC-3, they had to compute single-engine performance figures. After loading the airplane to the maximum weight with unsecured lead weights, they took off from Lindbergh. The two ended up climbing at about 150 feet/minute on only one engine...over Mission Bay!
PSA steadily added DC-3s through the years. One noted example is a plane PSA bought, and installed a chartreuse green interior in it. Passengers learned to hate the green airplane (N49840) until a new interior was installed.
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Russia calls U.S. bluff on Syria, Washington rages
by Alexander Mercouris September 26, 2016 15.7k Views
Over the course of the last week, following the collapse of the Kerry – Lavrov agreement and the ceasefire, and with the Syrian army closing in on the Jihadis trapped in eastern Aleppo, the reality of pending defeat in Aleppo has finally struck home with the Western powers.
The result is a round of frantic diplomatic and media activity to try to embarrass the Russians to bring the Syrian army's offensive in Aleppo to a stop.
The reason for this activity is the further advance of the Syrian army in Aleppo since the breakdown of the ceasefire.
Having defeated and driven back the Jabhat Al-Nusra led Jihadi offensive against the south west of Aleppo by the first week of September, the Syrian army since the collapse of the ceasefire has consolidated its control of the Castello road by capturing the now deserted area of the Handarat Palestinian refugee camp. It is also, following intense artillery shelling and bombing, advancing from the area of the Aleppo citadel and from the Ramousseh district into the Jihadi controlled areas of eastern Aleppo, apparently in order to consolidate its control of the suburbs of south western Aleppo and – possibly – so as to cut Jihadi controlled eastern Aleppo in half.
Reports from Aleppo speak of the Syrian military and its allies concentrating substantial forces near or in the city to support the offensive. The Russian marines are still at the Castello road, and there are reports that up to 8,000 Iranian commanded Iraqi Shia militia have also arrived in the city. The main strike force however remains the Syrian army.
It appears that the Russian aerial strike force at Khmeimim air base has also been reinforced. A video released on Saturday 24th September 2016 by Russian Ruptly TV supposedly shows Syrian troops advancing against Jihadi fighters in Lattakia province following the collapse of the ceasefire. The video shows SU25 aircraft providing ground support. Russia deployed SU25 aircraft to Khmeimim air base in September last year. However they were all withdrawn in March. It seems they are now back.
The key point to understand, and which explains all the furious rhetoric of the last few days, is that the Western powers cannot stop the Syrian offensive against the Jihadis trapped in Aleppo.
At a US Senate hearing on Thursday 22nd September 2016 US General Dunford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explained why. Pressed by Mississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker to say if the US could take "decisive action" by imposing a no-fly zone – something which Wicker said he had discussed with the Democrats and which might have bipartisan support – Dunford replied
"For now, for us to control all the airspace in Syria would require us to go to war with Syria and Russia. That's a pretty fundamental decision that certainly I'm not going to make."
Dunford's comment provoked an intervention by Republican Senator John McCain, a perennial war hawk and interventionist who constantly presses for US military action at any and every opportunity and especially so in any conflict involving Russia. McCain tried to get Dunford to say that a no-fly zone was not the same as "total control of the Syrian airspace", which would require war with Russia and Syria.
The reality, as both McCain and Dunford know, is that the US has never imposed a no-fly zone over a country over which it did not have "total control of the airspace". It is inconceivable the US would try to impose a no-fly zone over Syria if it did not have "total control of the airspace". Dunford's admission that "total control of the airspace" cannot be achieved in Syria without going to war with Russia for all practical purposes rules the whole idea of a no-fly zone over Syria out.
Unable to impose a no-fly zone, there is nothing in practical terms that the US can do to change the course of the fighting in Aleppo.
It is this US awareness of its own impotence as its Jihadi proteges in Aleppo face total defeat which accounts for all the angry rhetoric and cranking up of atrocity stories we have been seeing over the last week. These have now culminated in some typically furious denunciations of Russia by US ambassador Samantha Power on Sunday's 25th September 2016 at the UN Security Council, over the course of which she actually accused Russia of "barbarism".
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, in an unguarded comment for which he is probably already being taken to task, slipped the truth out during a television interview on Sunday 25th September 2016
"If you say to me the West is too impotent, I would have to agree. I would have to agree that, since we took those decisions in 2013, when those red lines were crossed, we have not really had a viable military response, or any kinetic response to what is going on. I don't think there is any real appetite for such a thing."
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Johnson then went on to say that the only thing the West could do in this situation is to try to embarrass the Russians into calling a stop. He explained this by saying that "the one thing the Russians respond to is adverse global public opinion".
This explains all the current talk of war crimes, encompassing charges of (the unproved) Russian guilt for the attack on the relief convoy, complaints about the deliberate cutting off of Aleppo's water supply, charges of the indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas of Aleppo, claims of the use of firebombs there etc. – all things which happen in Syria all the time, and which having been happening continuously there ever since the war started, but which are now being talked about as war crimes.
In the same interview Johnson put it this way
"They (the Russians – AM) are in the dock of the court of international opinion. They are guilty of making the war far more protracted and far more hideous, and yes, when it comes up, the bombing of civilian targets, we should be looking … to see if the targeting is done in the knowledge they are wholly innocent civilian targets, [because] that is a war crime."
To Western dismay the Russians however show no sign of bending.
The key point about the events at the UN General Assembly last week was that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov – despite coming under intense concerted pressure from the US and its allies – flatly ruled out any more unilateral ceasefires by the Syrian army.
Instead he made it crystal clear that a ceasefire could only happen if the Syrian opposition fighters genuinely committed themselves to it and separated themselves from Jabhat Al-Nusra, as the US promised in February and in the recent Kerry – Lavrov agreement that they would do.
At the UN Security Council meeting on Sunday 25th September 2016 Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the same thing
"The American side de facto signed that it was unable to influence the groups it sponsors and to deliver on the deal as it promised. First of all, to separate those groups from terrorists and mark their positions on the ground accordingly.
The ceasefire can only be salvaged now on a collective basis. It's not us that have to prove something to somebody unilaterally. We have to see proof that there is a genuine desire to separate US-allied rebel groups from the Al-Nusra Front, then destroy the Al-Nusra Front and bring the opposition into a political process. Otherwise our suspicions that this was only meant to shield the Al-Nusra Front would only grow stronger."
Two weeks ago I said that the likely motivation of the realists in Washington who supported the Kerry -Lavrov agreement was to save the Jihadis in Aleppo and preserve them as a coherent force by evacuating them from the city, where they had become trapped and where their position had become untenable. That was why – as I speculated on the strength of certain comments made by Russian military officials – it appeared that the Kerry – Lavrov agreement made provision for their withdrawal from Aleppo by way of the Castello road.
As it turns out the Kerry – Lavrov agreement did indeed provide for that. This has now been confirmed by the text of the part of the Kerry – Lavrov agreement the US has disclosed (through the bizarre device of a leak to the Associated Press). This is the specific provision in the text
"Any Syrians can leave Aleppo via Castello Road, including armed opposition forces with their weapons, with the understanding that no harm will come to them and they can choose their destination. Opposition forces leaving Aleppo with weapons must coordinate ahead of time with UN representatives as to the time they will be using Castello Road and the number of personnel and weapons and military equipment departing."
The document the US has published is only one document of the five which together make up the Kerry – Lavrov agreement. The other documents no doubt go into much greater detail about the separation of the fighters the US supports from Jabhat Al-Nusra. It is likely that these documents specify which fighters were to leave Aleppo via the Castello road, and what would happen to those who remained.
In the event the intentions of the realists were defeated because the hardliners in Washington and the Jihadis on the ground in Syria rejected the Kerry – Lavrov agreement.
The result was that instead of separating themselves from Jabhat Al-Nusra – as the Kerry-Lavrov agreement required them to do – the Jihadi fighters have remained united with Jabhat Al-Nusra, and tried to exploit the ceasefire to carry out more attacks on the Syrian army.
Following the collapse of the ceasefire, and with the forcible imposition of a no-fly zone for all practical purposes ruled out, the US has found itself left with nothing other than US Secretary of State Kerry's absurd proposal that Russia and Syria impose a no-fly zone on themselves. The moment the Russians rejected this proposal – as they were bound to do – the US's bluff was effectively called.
It is this awareness on the part of the US that its bluff has been called, and that its impotence to effect militarily the course of the battle of Aleppo has been laid bare, which is behind the furious denunciations we are now hearing from the US and its allies, as they scramble desperately to try to get the Russians to call off the battle of Aleppo so as to save their Jihadi proteges in Aleppo from total defeat, and themselves from the humiliation of the public failure of their strategy.
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Today, one could argue that all revolutions, at least in their nascent stages, are social media revolutions. However, this does not mean that television has been tossed onto the ash heap of history. In fact, in settings where the state retains dominance over television, it is in many ways functioning as a counterrevolutionary medium.
The current situation in Russia—which Freedom House has given poor marks on political rights and civil liberties, democratic development, and media freedom, but middling scores on internet freedom in particular—is a case in point. The country's unfair and fraud-ridden parliamentary elections on December 4, 2011, brought into sharp relief the dramatically different realities portrayed by new and old media. Russia's growing ranks of internet users collected and disseminated evidence of widespread and blatant electoral abuses, stimulating a response from a wider public that is showing less tolerance for corrupt and manipulative leadership. By contrast, the Kremlin-controlled national television networks, with only minor exceptions, have ignored both the extensive election mischief and demands that Russia's top leadership be held accountable for it.
State dominance of the national broadcast media has long made it possible for the authorities to keep meaningful criticism off most television screens and shape the boundaries on what people are free to discuss on the air. For example, instead of genuine opposition figures, activists, and social critics, televised public-affairs shows feature a reliable set of Kremlin-approved commentators. Television can also serve as a simple loudspeaker for the leadership when it chooses to go on the offensive. Before the December 4 elections, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin used state media to denounce certain nongovernmental organizations and election monitors as foreign-funded "Judases." State-controlled outlets are doing more of the same in advance of the March 4 presidential vote.
It is important to remember that the audience for these outlets comprises most of the population. Their extensive reach can be seen in recent polling data. A Levada Center survey conducted after the parliamentary elections (December 8–16) asked Moscow residents to list up to three sources from which they usually got their news. The results heavily favored state-controlled media: television—78 percent, internet news sites—44 percent, friends and neighbors—39 percent, radio—28 percent, newspapers—26 percent, and other internet sources—16 percent.
More to the point, 89 percent of those who supported the ruling United Russia party said they got their news from television, whereas only 38 percent of that group reported using internet news sites. Beyond Moscow, this breakdown is likely even more skewed toward television, as rural populations have less access to the internet and other independent sources of information.
Putin's marathon call-in show performance on December 15 was emblematic of the way that the Kremlin has dominated political discussion in the media over the last decade. All key outlets broadcast the choreographed event, which allows the Russian leader to communicate an unchallenged message directly to his core constituency. Meanwhile, Putin has said he is "too busy" to participate in debates with his fellow (relatively friendly) presidential candidates, demonstrating his aversion to any unscripted television exposure.
Given this background, it was all the more remarkable that Russia's three main state-controlled television channels reported on the December 10 rally against election fraud in Moscow, though the gathering, unlike previous protests, may have simply been too large to ignore. Since the end of the holidays, the state media have gone back to their old ways, devoting extensive positive coverage to Putin and disparaging the opposition as unfit to govern. Opposition figures Vladimir Ryzhkov and Boris Nemtsov were recently granted rare appearances on late-night talk shows, but both programs were prerecorded and edited, and Ryzhkov was berated and called a "traitor" on air by Sergei Kurginyan, a Kremlin apologist, for meeting with newly arrived U.S. ambassador Michael McFaul.
The regime's control over broadcast media served it well during the past decade, but as Russia's governance and economy have deteriorated, the Kremlin-friendly version of reality on television may be drifting too far from ordinary Russians' daily experiences and understanding of their country. A similar dynamic took hold in the dying days of the Soviet Union, when it became impossible for ordinary citizens to stomach the government-issued fantasy any longer.
If such a rupture is now under way—and it is still an open question—the internet will have played a key role in bringing it about. Putin's apparent failure to fully appreciate the threat posed by new media is consistent with his general reliance on old tricks, such as stoking anti-Americanism, in a rapidly shifting landscape. Indeed, as he prepares for another six years in office, he has made clear that he has no intention of changing the way he governs the country.
The future of Russian media is therefore bound up with the outcome of the larger political battle. The coming days and weeks will tell whether a critical mass of Russians have seen enough of the status quo.
* Robert Orttung is assistant director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. Christopher Walker is vice president for strategy and analysis at Freedom House. Walker can be followed on Twitter @Walker_CT.


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Para swimming as one of the most popular sports in the Paralympic Movement was featured at the first edition of the Paralympic Games in Rome 1960. This sport is classified according to the functional ability of the swimmers and is divided into three types of impairment: physical Impairment, visual Impairment and intellectual Impairment.
Para swimming made its debut in 1980 in Iran with the first national championships for the Iranian swimmers, and in 1993, a team of top Iranian swimmers were sent to the international tournament of war veterans in 1993.
Para swimming is now open for men and women in Iran and is practiced across 41 provinces.
• Amputees/Dysmelia;
• Cerebral palsy/acquired brain injury;
• Spinal cord injury/polio; dwarfism
• Others (Major joint restrictions, coordination restriction, limb paralysis/weakness)
• Blind; visually impaired
Intellectual Impairments
• Typically leads to the athletes having difficulties with regards to pattern recognition, sequencing, and memory, or having a slower reaction time, which impact on sport performance in general.
Watch the introduction to Para Swimming on Paralympic TV.


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Football players [What Europe does for you]
Whether you're a fan or a player, you will know that EU football clubs play under the supervision of the UEFA – the Union of European Football Associations.
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With European elections coming up in May 2019, you probably want to know how the European Union impacts your daily life, before you think about voting. In the latest in a series of posts on what Europe does for you, your family, your business and your wellbeing, we look at what Europe does for football players.
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Whether you're a fan or a player, you will know that EU football clubs play under the supervision of the UEFA – the Union of European Football Associations. In 2014, UEFA estimated the total number of EU players to be close to 18 million, competing under the watchful eyes of more than a quarter of a million referees. Meanwhile, total European football market revenues keep growing, and reached almost €25 billion in 2015/2016.
Much of what modern football looks like today is a result of the landmark 1995 Bosman case, in which the European Court of Justice (ECJ) upheld the principle of free movement of EU workers. The court allowed football players to move to another club once their contracts expired, without a transfer fee or the consent of the releasing club. This enabled players to demand sign-on fees and pay rises from their current club. Apart from making the transfer system more flexible, the ruling also ended any discrimination on grounds of nationality. Pre-Bosman the UEFA '3+2' rule permitted a maximum of three foreign players and two 'assimilated players' to play in European competitions. The ECJ ended these quotas and any limit on the number of foreign players that can play for a team. Other cases extended these rules to players from non-EU countries who already play in a Member State.
To protect players from investors controlling their sporting career, the European Commission upheld FIFA's ban on third party ownership. The Commission also supports making football governance more transparent and fights corruption and match fixing, hooliganism and doping.
EPRS publication on EU sport policy,
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2015/565908/EPRS_IDA(2015)565908_EN.pdf
EPRS publication on third party ownership of football players,
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2016/573940/EPRS_ATA%282016%29573940_EN.pdf
EPRS publication on match fixing,
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Joe Thorpe says:
It has been an unmitigated disaster producing over paid players with no respect for the clubs of fans who now pay through the nose to support their clubs. Players have no need to win to live like Russian oligarchs our national leagues have been overrun & infested by money grabbing foreigners to the detriment of our national team. The sooner we can set quotas & regain control of our national game the sooner clubs will have to start investing in British youth just as industry must be forced to do also instead of simply providing a money laundering conduit to send UK earned cash back to the various mother lands. Many foreigners simply do not spend the cash taken from our economy in our economy it is simply repatriated becoming in other words yet another import.


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Q: Ошибка setTimeout Всем привет.
Пытаюсь зациклить выполнение функции JavaScript. Но получаю ошибку -
Uncaught ReferenceError: test is not defined at :1:1.
Что сделал не так?

function test() {
  console.log('test_');
  setTimeout('test()', 1000);
}
test();

A: Ваш код находится внутри другой функции. Из-за этого функция test не видна в глобальной области видимости.

function starter() {
  function test() {
    console.log('test_');
    setTimeout('test()', 1000);
  }
  test();
}
starter();

Без обертки это работает:

  function test() {
    console.log('test_');
    setTimeout('test()', 1000);
  }
  test();

Поэтому лучше подавать в setTimeout не строку кода, а ссылку на функцию. Это работает независимо от наличия/отсутствия обертки:

function starter() {
  function test() {
    console.log('test_');
    setTimeout(test, 1000);
  }
  test();
}
starter();

A: setTimeout принимает в качестве аргументов функцию и время. Вы передали строку. Нужно вот так

function test() {
    console.log('test_');
  setTimeout(test, 1000);
}
test();


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102. Episode 533 - Edu. Kos don't.
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105. 678: The Wannabes
This country is crawling in presidential candidates right now and they're bumping into each other in Des Moines and yelling over each other in Miami. We hang out with them, in this weird early period of the election when they're easy to walk right up to.
106. S6 Ep 12: Olly Alexander
Table Manners with Jessie Ware
Following his triumph at Glastonbury, we've managed to bag Years & Years frontman, Olly Alexander for the season finale of Table Manners Series 6. Olly talks about his coming out experience, Pride, his obsession with Kylie, how he only drinks champagne and the band's global search for the...
107. The Dyatlov Pass mystery
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108. NLU Podcast, Episode 231: UK British Open Preview, Part II: Eamon Lynch on Northern Ireland, Royal Portrush, & More
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109. Ep.09 Tranquility Base
We are five and a half minutes to the moon. Tension goes "through the roof". Neil Armstrong takes control and the fuel starts to run out. In Mission Control, flight controllers count down to 60 seconds of fuel remaining – and then 30 seconds… With Kevin Fong. Starring: Steve Bales Charlie...
110. How Sloths Work
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111. EP.97 - BOB MORTIMER & PAUL WHITEHOUSE
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112. The invention of Essex: how a county became a caricature
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113. Rubber
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
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114. 35. Kumail Nanjiani
Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
Comedian, actor, and writer Kumail Nanjiani feels apologetic about being Conan O'Brien's friend. Kumail sits down with Conan to discuss his recent absence on the television program, coming from a hardworking family, having incredible balance, hating Ferris Bueller, and the best way to reward...
115. The Frank Skinner Show - Brusque Lightyear
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116. EO Products: Susan Griffin-Black & Brad Black
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117. Case 115: Operation Cathedral
Schoolgirls Allison and Mary had been best friends for years, spending most of their time together at school, soccer practice, and sleepovers... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Researched and written by Milly Raso (https://www.millylouiseraso.com/) Edited...
118. 121: Where Do Babies Come From? - Catherine Bohart & Sarah Keyworth - Part 2
Are you ok Jamie? Catherine Bohart and Sarah Keyworth are BACK! We hear about a walk in the countryside, PLUS vaginas, sex in the dark, pubic hair and poo. What more could you ask for? Private Parts is Presented by Jamie Laing & Francis Boulle Created by Spirit Media Produced by Pete...
119. Ep.02 Kids in control
The unsung heroes who saved the day. 'Here's some 26-year-old kid, who could stop the lunar mission.' An alarm appears on the on-board computer, but what does it mean? With Kevin Fong. Starring: Steve Bales Charlie Duke John Aaron Glynn Lunney Gerry Griffin Jerry Bostick Gene Kranz courtesy of...
120. Who are the factions competing for favour in Boris's court?
With Dan Hodges from the Mail on Sunday, and James Forsyth. Presented by Katy Balls.
121. Best of 2017/18: Djimi Traoré, Barry Grintles, and the ghost of Louis van Gaal
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The Archers Omnibus
Emotions run high at Greenacres and Jazzer feels compelled to act.
123. Iain enjoys Five Guys
For the Many with Iain Dale & Jacqui Smith
Iain and Jacqui review the latest developments in the Tory leadership race, the resignation of Sir Kim Darroch and Labour's continuing woes over anti-semitism. They have some great anecdotes about Mo Mowlam and answer lots of your questions.
124. Jared Diamond, academic and author
Jared Diamond is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, although his interests and expertise range far wider, from physiology to ornithology, history to ecology and from anthropology to evolutionary biology. His 1997 book, Guns, Germs and Steel, asked why Eurasian...
125. Episode 274: No Such Thing As A Polite Baby
Japanese musical floorboards, how much meat is in a Pepperami, and where you'll find the rudest babies.
126. #926: So, Should We Recycle?
Recycling in America is on life support. Some towns aren't even picking it up anymore. And it might be a good thing for the planet.
127. That Penalties Episode
Crouchy tells us what it takes to convert a spot-kick under intense pressure, the time he stole one from Gerrard as well as discussing alternatives to shootouts with Chris and Tom
128. The one with Michael Lynagh
House of Rugby
Alex and James are joined by rugby royalty as Australian legend Michael Lynagh visits the house, along with his son Louis who's starting his career at Harlequins. Together they talk World Cup wins, David Campese, strokes and bad DJ sets at Royal Ascot.
129. Ep 19. Out of Office Reply
Rosie and Chris are on their holidays so on this week's podcast they share some questions from the public that didn't make it in the first time round. They discuss how often they change their sheets, plucking in public and pineapple on pizza.
130. Pastor John Gray: The Bridge
Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations
In a live appearance at UCLA's Royce Hall, Pastor John Gray discusses the Bridge, a figurative place where people can "bridge" the divide that he says seems to be evident everywhere you look these days. With his unique preaching blend of heart and humor, Pastor Gray has everyone LOLing as he...
131. Dolly Alderton
Our relationship with lovers, friends and family can be complicated, and something that Dolly has documented through her newspaper columns and podcasts. In this conversation with Fearne, the podcaster and author discusses her most recent forays into dating, as well as the importance of...
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The Fighter & The Kid
The guys look back and reminisce about Brendan's retirement from fighting and talk Brendan's Ford Raptor dilemma, new Mercedes car test drive, Bryan's French Street Fighter standup, importance of having no plan B's, Bradley Cooper being awesome, Chin's love life, dudes with female friends, pricey...
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Making Sense with Sam Harris
In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Eric Topol about the way artificial intelligence can improve medicine. They talk about soaring medical costs and declining health outcomes in the U.S., the problems of too little and too much medicine, the culture of medicine,...
134. #50 - The managers behind the misfits...
The Misfits Podcast
135. The Economist asks: Is conservatism in crisis?
Economist Radio
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, George Will, and Adrian Wooldridge, The Economist's political editor, debate whether the conservatism movement is reorienting into one that chooses populism over prudence and they dissect the challenges that conservatism faces around the world. Anne...
136. Trump, UK ambassador and global diplomacy – Politics Weekly podcast
The Guardian UK: Politics Weekly
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The Girls Bathroom
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Meridian Police Department rules Christian's death a suicide after a mere 45 minute investigation. MPD holds everything close to the vest and Rae shares her experience of what working with MPD was really like. We also speak with attorney Cynthia Speetjans and private investigator Max Mayes who...
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Elis James and John Robins
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148. Paloma Faith
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SANTA MONICA, California – After designing cars for McLaren, helping push The Beatles: Rock Band into being and co-founding the purposefully lowercase digi-rock group thenewno2, Dhani Harrison has set his sights on reinventing the way bands and music fans interact online.
"Websites are kind of useless," said Harrison (pictured) while sitting in a blue, futuristic pod chair inspired by the influential psy-fi series The Prisoner. "There's so much great web content and design out there, but the ways in which they are being experienced are not being maximized."
Harrison teamed up with streaming video social networkers Stickam to build the site's backbone, then set about transforming an inauspicious Santa Monica building into a surround-sound base of operations complete with a hi-def soundstage, state-of-the-art mixing room, administrative offices and more.
"It's kind of like opening up a massive can of worms," laughed Harrison, son of late Beatles guitarist George Harrison. "We're trying to make everything seamless. Everything we write comes digitally off the stage, through the wires and into the mixing room. We're shooting the videos here. We can make it personal, from a distance. We're sitting on what is basically a seamless film and music company."
The plan is comparatively simple: Compress and feed thenewno2's output on video directly to its fan base, and they will come to support the artists and build a community. Everyone wins, except for other social networking and digital distribution entities that have been savvy enough to ride the gravy train before artists inevitably decide to take the reins.
"I'm not going to just give everything to Facebook," Harrison said. "Rather than have fans just leave comments on MySpace, they can have a personal connection to the band. When they see my profile live on the site, they can literally click me and ask me a question or two. It's interactive blogging, but we also wanted to bring that actual visual context."
The viz is key. The theory is that once broadband penetration goes truly global, everyone will be wirelessly broadcasting video to everyone else through minicams in their phones, tablets and laptops, as clunky computers slouch toward oblivion. The tech is already mostly there, but market players, from dinosaur telcos to new music jacks like iTunes, are too busy jostling for primacy to let it flourish. Harrison figures it's time for the artists to get out from behind and lead the way.
Some artists already have, most recently White Stripes honcho Jack White, whose Nashville indie label Third Man Records runs a record store, full-services production office, recording studio, rehearsal stage, photo studio, darkroom and online vault, which offers its subscribers premium access to material and well as streaming video.
Thenewno2's California complex is a less ambitious venture, Harrison said, but with a similar spirit.
"Ours is a little different," he said. "We can go live and visually chat with anyone, one on one. It's also a subscription-based model, and we kept it cheap. We're going to charge $9.99, broadcast all kinds of premium hi-def content, and ask users to become a member of thenewno2. And a lot of them are Prisoner heads."
Harrison's love of Patrick McGoohan's cult spy-fi series The Prisoner – he and Hecks named thenewno2 after the show's ever-changing chief administrator – is widely shared. A highly anticipated six-episode reboot is due Nov. 15 from AMC in America and ITV abroad, starring Jesus (Jim Caviezel) and Gandalf (Ian McKellen).
The remake has a lot to live up to: The original series, Harrison said, was not only a Beatles favorite, but also nearly served as a launchpad for a spinoff film directed by McGoohan and starring the Fab Four.
"They thought it was one of the best series ever," Harrison said. "The 'Fall Out' episode featuring "All You Need Is Love" is the only time a Beatles song has ever been licensed to a TV show."
The Prisoner's terrorized utopia fit perfectly with the genesis of thenewno2, which Harrison and Hecks created shortly after 9/11 while in Staten Island, New York. The subsequent invasion of Iraq by America and England – Harrison's two homelands, so to speak – sealed the fate of the band, which retired to the English countryside to rail, on its debut effort You Are Here, against mediated political and popular acquiescence to a shocking new status quo.
"The writing stage was generally horrible," Harrison said. "But the next record is going to be more optimistic. Like the Bonzo Dog Band says, 'No matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.'"
McLaren: "I got to work on the Formula 1 road car, and the Mercedes SLR, which was great for me as a car designer. And also on what's now known as the McLaren T25, which is the smallest, most efficient city car. It's a really quick little thing; it looks like an alien pod. It's coming out next year and is probably going to take off. All of these amazing Formula One guys just switched: They went from making the fastest cars to making the smallest, greenest cars."
The band name: "I wanted it to be a faceless entity, because I didn't want to be Dhani Harrison and the Uncles, or whatever. There was just too much flak around the name 'Harrison' at the time. I started the band so I could send anyone to a meeting and when they were asked who they were, they could simply say 'The New No. 2.'"
iTunes: "I love it, and I'm a mad Mac user, but I also like to look for alternative ways to distribute music. Otherwise, you're just handing the music industry over to Apple. The way I see it, it shouldn't be just another monopoly. There should be many different outlets, which is why I also like Rock Band, Pandora or Spotify, which is excellent. We've been using it for about six or seven months.
Amoeba Music: "We love the Los Angeles store. We've played there and given them exclusives, because they're really lovely people. They're the Mad Max of music."
You Are Here's vinyl art project: "We're doing a limited run of 250, with the help of Leonard Hilton McGurr, also known as the graffiti artist Futura 2000. He's laying out the covers and doing them all as one mural, and then we're going to split them up so each one will be an original.
It was a left turn of sorts, given that Harrison studied at Brown University's Rhode Island School of Design to become an aerodynamicist with McLaren, the British manufacturer of high-performance cars, where he worked as a product designer before realizing that it was "a work-for-hire situation where they were stealing my ideas and not paying me anything."
After that, he cared for his ailing father until he passed, helping finish off production on his 2002 posthumous release Brainwashed as well as further commemorative efforts like Concert for George and more. Harrison also found time to collaborate with artists as different as Jakob Dylan and Wu-Tang Clan, while turning thenewno2 into a forward-thinking digital outfit.
He bypassed putting out a CD altogether, choosing instead to release You Are Here digitally on iTunes and on SanDisk's microSD memory card as part of the SlotMusic platform in 2008.
That year, he also released some You Are Here's singles through Rock Band after befriending Alex Rigopulos, CEO of Harmonix Music Systems, who quickly signed up Harrison to help design and test the popular game. What eventually emerged from that collaboration was The Beatles: Rock Band, the first dedicated installment in what will no doubt become a series of band-based followers.
"We got on really well," Harrison recalled. "I loved the idea of launching thenewno2 through the game."
By the time the CD arrived this March, You Are Here was more prominent than ever, nabbing the band appearances at mammoth music festivals like Lollapalooza and Coachella and setting the table for the tour with Wolfmother.
Harrison plans on finishing most of the writing for thenewno2's sophomore effort on the tour, then retiring back to base to hammer it into shape with his new band, who will all contribute in the writing, mixing and performing of the unnamed release for the site.
"We're coming back to this space to demo everything in honor of the launch," Harrison said. "A lot of You Are Here was just Oli and I sitting in our rooms at 4 a.m. going to nuts on our laptops, until it eventually came together at the last minute so we could perform it live. Now that the site is launched, we're going to do the next one the other way around."
If the one-stop artist shop model works for Harrison, White and other like-minded talents, consumer sentiment could finally shift from brokers of entertainment to the entertainers themselves, thanks to the internet and digital technology. It'll take work, but Harrison has a healthy Beatles head-start.
"I'm in a fortunate position," he said. "I want to do this the right way and for the right reasons. I was always afraid of it looking like a vanity project, but I think people will have more respect for you if you do it by yourself. So you have to essentially become what you hate, which is a record company, in order to solve the problem of not having a record company. Thenewno2 is that prototype."
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