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Nuclear Proliferation: One Cheer for Kerry
Posted on November 1, 2004 by Tad Daley
This piece appeared the week before the November 2004 election on Progressive Democrats of America (http://www.pdamerica.org) and The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
On the small nuclear questions, Kerry is far superior to Bush.
On the big nuclear question, Kerry might as well be Bush.
George Bush and John Kerry both agreed during their first debate in Miami on September 30th that nuclear proliferation is the single greatest threat to American national security. They are undoubtedly correct. The late U.S. Senator Alan Cranston liked to say that if a single nuclear warhead detonates a single time in a single city in the world, all other issues will become instantly trivial by comparison.
On the small nuclear questions Kerry is far superior to Bush. But on the big nuclear question, Kerry might as well be Bush. Because neither Bush nor Kerry have come close to challenging the single greatest stimulant to nuclear proliferation: The nuclear double standard. Our nation's nuclear narcissism. America's nuclear hypocrisy.
"Nuclear proliferation," said Kerry immediately when asked by Miami debate moderator Jim Lehrer to describe the greatest security threat facing the United States. Nuclear proliferation." "I agree with my opponent," said Bush moments later, "that the biggest threat facing this country is weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a terrorist network."
These declarations were accompanied by many comments about the present or potential nuclear capabilities of Pakistan, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Russia, and unspecified "terrorist enemies." But though both candidates said a great deal about the frightful dangers stemming from nuclear weapons in the hands of others, neither said a single word about the 10,455 operational nuclear warheads currently in the hands of ourselves.
NORTH KOREA: ROGUE STATE OR THREATENED STATE?
On the question of North Korea's nascent nuclear arsenal, the candidates during the first two debates engaged in a dispute so arcane that it almost seemed like a Saturday Night Live parody. Their argument about the costs and benefits of bilateral vs. multilateral negotiations (Bush favors the latter, Kerry favors both) was undoubtedly above the heads of at least 99% of the viewers, and likely swayed not a single swing state voter. Neither candidate came close to addressing the underlying issue: the motivation behind Kim Jong-Il's quest for a nuclear arsenal.
Consider the view from Pyongyang. America maintains a breathtaking military superiority over their country (or any country) in both the nuclear and conventional realms. George Bush announces a doctrine of launching unilateral, illegal, preventive wars against any nation his Administration subjectively determines might become a threat sometime down the road. He singles out three countries as constituting an "axis of evil," (and gratuitously reiterated that characterization at the second debate in St. Louis.) He actually starts a war against one of the three — decapitating its regime, killing the supreme leader's sons, and driving the leader himself into a pathetic hole in the ground.
Given this track record, is it wholly unreasonable for North Korean decisionmakers to worry that the United States intends to invade their country, decapitate their government, and drive their leaders into a spider hole of their own? And is it wholly irrational for them to seek to acquire the one tool that could conceivably deter the awesome power that America can wield over them – a couple of atomic bombs?
THE PRECARIOUS NUCLEAR DOUBLE STANDARD
The basic predicament, from the perspective of other countries, cannot be expressed more simply: Why can we have them when they can't? How come the United States and a handful of countries can have thousands of nuclear warheads, but other countries can't have even one? What's the principle? What's the argument? It is never said. To the rest of the world this is sanctimonious and self-righteous, and appears based on the condescending notion that some are responsible enough to be "trusted" with these weapons, while others are not.
President Bush himself, perhaps unwittingly, has managed to expose and illuminate this conceit of cultural superiority. "We owe it to our children," he said in August of 2002, "to free the world from weapons of mass destruction in the hands of those who hate freedom." Well that pretty much settles it, doesn't it? Nuclear weapons in the hands of those who "hate freedom" are impermissible; nuclear arsenals in the hands of the Lovers of Freedom are, apparently, just fine with us. And just who will determine who "hates freedom" so much they must be denied the nuclear prize? Why the Freedom Lovers, of course, in whose hands nuclear weapons already presently reside.
The trouble with that is that it's not going to be entirely up to us. When we insist that nuclear weapons are vital to our security, other countries are bound to conclude that nuclear weapons will enhance their security as well. "There is an irrefutable truth about nuclear weapons," says Ambassador Richard Butler of Australia, who spent much of the 1990s searching for nuclear weapons in Iraq. "As long as any one state has them, others will seek to acquire them." Far from preventing nuclear proliferation, our nuclear arsenal is in fact the greatest provocation for it.
This is especially true when the original Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is understood in its original context. The NPT of 1970 was not just a framework to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. It was, instead, a grand bargain — where the great many "nuclear have-nots" agreed to forever forego nuclear weapons, while the few "nuclear haves" agreed eventually to get rid of theirs. The World Court concluded unanimously in 1996 that the NPT and other international legal precedents had created "an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects." Moreover, the United States recommitted itself to the grand bargain at the 30-year NPT Review Conference in the spring of 2000, where the NPT's nuclear signatories pledged "an unequivocal undertaking … to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals."
If anything seems certain about the political landscape in the decades to come, it is that the nuclear status quo cannot last. We can seriously commit ourselves to fewer nuclear weapons and fewer nuclear states, or we can resign ourselves to more and more nuclear weapons floating around the world and more and more nuclear states. Stay the course, and we'll likely witness a presidential debate 20 or 30 years hence where candidate Lindsay Lohan argues with candidate Hilary Duff — about how to deal with a world of 20 or 30 nuclear states. Continue down the same road, and our reward will be a vice presidential debate between candidates Mary-Kate Olsen and Lil' Romeo — where each of them lectures Brazil or South Korea or Egypt or Indonesia or Japan about going nuclear, but neither says a word – any more than did Bush and Kerry — about the United States remaining nuclear.
THE FALLACY OF BEAN COUNTING
One thing the peace and disarmament left must begin to challenge is the notion that bean counting makes any meaningful difference on the fundamentals of nuclear security. Under the Moscow Treaty of 2002, the Bush Administration has committed to reduce our active nuclear inventory to 2200 operational warheads by the year 2012. But the Moscow Treaty is probably the emptiest disarmament agreement ever signed. It's bad enough that the warheads and missiles we have agreed to decommission will simply be put into storage – likely available for redeployment within a matter of days. (As the Italian commentator Bruno Marolo put it: "A subtle distinction is now emerging between deployed nuclear weapons and set-aside weapons, piled up in a cellar so they can age like a good wine for the next generation.") It's bad enough too that the treaty allows for immediate withdrawal without cause – meaning that we could move some 8000 warheads into storage between now and 2012, and then immediately redeploy them the day after the treaty expires, as if it had never existed at all.
But suppose that we do in fact actually destroy about 80% of our present nuclear arsenal, and do indeed retain only about 2200 warheads by the year 2012. What would this do to reduce the actual dangers posed by nuclear weapons? In what way exactly would 2200 warheads instead of 10,455 diminish the possibility that some simmering international impasse will spin out of control, and result – like the Cuban missile crisis nearly did — in global thermonuclear war? What does bean counting do to eliminate the unfathomable danger of accidental atomic apocalypse (as opposed to dealerting the thousands of missiles we still incomprehensibly maintain on hair-trigger, poised to be launched with less than five minutes notice)? How does our stated intention to reduce our nuclear inventory to 2200 by 2012 make North Korea or Iran feel safer today (or, for that matter, in 2012)?
Perhaps most importantly, how does simply cutting numbers reduce the risk that some malevolent creature will someday smuggle a nuclear warhead into the heart of an American city, and commit the greatest act of mass murder in all of human history? What could 10,455, 2200, or a single American nuclear warhead have done to stop Mohammed Atta – a non-state actor with nothing to deter and nothing to lose?
Our nuclear bombers and missiles and submarines were not only irrelevant to Mohammed Atta, they make a nuclear Mohammed Atta more likely to eventually emerge. Why? Because our nuclear weapons make other nuclear weapons all around the world more likely to eventually emerge, and more likely to eventually fall into the wrong hands. And because – let's face it – it's not impossible to suppose that someone might steal or bribe their way into getting their hands on one of ours someday. Even an extraordinarily unlikely event, over a long enough period of time, becomes virtually inevitable.
If an American city is someday obliterated by a 15-megaton nuclear device, it will matter little to the dead whether the offending warhead came from a stockpile of 10, 455 or 2200. John Kerry, however, has said nothing to indicate that he would reopen negotiations on the basic outlines of the Moscow Treaty – even though he undoubtedly envisions 2012 as the final full year of his presidency.
THE KERRY ADVANTAGE
There is little doubt that John Kerry would be a far better president on nuclear issues than George Bush. It's hard to argue for any higher priority than securing nuclear materials and warheads in Russia – the remains of the USSR's 4 ½ decades of preparations for global thermonuclear war. Kerry seems to understand this, and his pledge during the Miami debate to complete the destruction of 600 tons of fissile material in Russia before his first term is out should be unequivocally applauded. Bush, on the other hand, is spending fully 12 times as much on new nuclear weapon research than on efforts to secure and dispose of loose nuclear materials worldwide.
Kerry was a staunch supporter of the nuclear freeze movement which blossomed after Ronald Reagan's saber-rattling and victorious presidential campaign in 1980. The freeze, in fact, was one of the central planks of Kerry's initial and victorious run for the U.S. Senate in 1984. George Bush opposes ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, while John Kerry has consistently supported it. Kerry has promised to toughen export controls, strengthen law enforcement, and work through the United Nations to make trade in WMD technologies an international crime.
And while Kerry has not categorically rejected missile defenses, it is clear that he is much less enthusiastic about them than Bush. The Administration apparently intends to declare the first elements of its ballistic missile defense operational before the end of this year. It was Bush, of course, who unilaterally withdrew the United States from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2001, a move that Kerry declared would "welcome an arms race that will make us more vulnerable, not less."
Perhaps most significantly, Kerry has directly challenged Bush's plan to build a brand new nuclear weapon: the "Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator." This bomb, a good five times the size of the Hiroshima device, is being designed to burrow deep into the earth to seek out and destroy subterranean command complexes. Unlike traditional nuclear weapons that detonate above ground, this one would likely cast hundreds of tons of radioactive rocks and dirt and dust high into the sky, likely exposing thousands to slow and agonizing deaths from radioactive fallout.
So much for Republicans calling themselves the party that is "prolife."
"Right now the president is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to research bunker-busting nuclear weapons," said Kerry in the Miami debate. "You talk about mixed messages. We're telling other people, 'You can't have nuclear weapons,' but we're pursuing a new nuclear weapon that we might even contemplate using. Not this president. I'm going to shut that program down."
This is certainly a good thing, and something the left should unapologetically applaud. But it is one thing for John Kerry to oppose the development of new types of nuclear weapons, another altogether to put the thousands we already possess on the table. Kerry needs to understand that the "mixed message" on nuclear weapons isn't just about the new weapons that the Bush Administration has begun to pursue. For decades now, the United States has said to other countries, "We need them, but you don't. They're good for us, but no good for you. We can have them, but you can't. " What kind of message does that send?
THE NUCLEAR SWORD OF DAMOCLES
Earlier this year IAEA chief Mohamed El-Baradei delivered a blistering speech that squarely placed the blame for his difficulties stemming nuclear proliferation on the nuclear double standard. The time has come, he said, to "abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue nuclear weapons but morally acceptable for others to rely on them."
Nuclear weapons pollute the psyche with the arrogance of insuperable power. They create delusions of domination. With their calculations of mass casualties, they dehumanize our adversaries … and consequently ourselves. And in the age of American hyperpower, they provide American decisionmakers with very few additional policy options or political/military benefits.
This is why Ambassador Paul H. Nitze, one of the great hard-line cold warriors who died this month at 97, concluded toward the end of his life that our atomic arsenal is "a threat mostly to ourselves," that he "can think of no circumstances under which it would be wise for the U.S. to use nuclear weapons," and that "the simplest and most direct answer to the problem of nuclear weapons has always been their complete elimination."
As we stand poised, perhaps, to elect a second JFK to the presidency on November 2nd, Kerry himself would do well to recall the words of the first, spoken in his first address before the UN General Assembly in 1961: "Every man, woman, and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or madness. These weapons of war must be abolished — before they abolish us."
As the decades of the 21st Century march forward, it will become apparent that only two nuclear options will present themselves to humanity. One choice is a world of a dozen, two dozen, five dozen nuclear weapon states – and god knows how many nuclear non-state actors (i.e., terrorists). The other choice is to figure out how we can at least begin to move toward a world of zero nuclear states and zero nuclear weapons. But the notion that a handful of states can forever maintain a nuclear oligarchy, and forever frustrate the nuclear yearnings of others, is nothing but a forlorn fantasy.
It would make an enormous difference if an American president would simply state, unambiguously, that abolition is our ultimate objective. That moving to 2200 warheads by 2012 is part of a longer-term plan, or even simply an aspiration, to eventually move to zero. That when we demand that Iran and North Korea forego their own nuclear aspirations, we assure them that the double standard is not something we expect them forever to endure.
But when's the last time you heard any American president, Democrat or Republican, say anything like that?
"If you expect to be part of the world of nations," said President Bush during the Miami debate, "get rid of your nuclear programs." He directed that sentence explicitly at the mullahs who rule Iran.
But if he wants them to actually listen, it wouldn't hurt for us to begin to direct it at ourselves.
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By EurAsian Times Desk
A fully-upgraded Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bomber nicknamed the 'White Swan' performed its debut flight recently. The Tu-160M first entered into Soviet military service in the 1980s and its production went on till 1995.
Two decades later, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered upgrading this aircraft to fill the Air Force's capability gap likely to be caused due to delays in the development of the PAK DA low-observable (stealth) strategic bomber.
According to reports, the newly produced Tu-160M Blackjack strategic bomber has been tested at the factory airfield of the Kazan Aviation Plant, owned by Tupolev.
The new Tu-160M flew at an altitude of 1,960 feet and was reportedly in the air for 30 minutes, according to a press release from UAC. "The crew of test pilots of Tupolev PJSC performed maneuvers to check the stability and controllability of the aircraft in the air," the statement added.
The official video of the aircraft making its maiden flight was also broadcast by the Russian Ministry of Defense's official television station, TV Zvezda. It shows the swing-wing bomber preparing for its flight test program at the snowy Kazan Aviation Plant.
The decision to renew the production of the Tu-160M and to postpone the development of the PAK DA was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in April 2015 when he had visited the Kazan Aviation Plant.
In January 2018, a formal order for 10 new Tu-160M bombers was signed in the presence of Putin at the Kazan Plant. At that time, the cost for a single Tu-160M was put at approximately $2.7 million. The Russian Aerospace Forces or VKS had expressed a requirement for 50 Tu-160Ms eventually and the first two are due to be delivered sometime in 2022.
File Image: TU-160M
At present, VKS has 17 Tu-160s in its fleet which are operated by the 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Regiment at Engels-2 airbase near Saratov. The Blackjack first entered into the Soviet service in 1987 with the 184th Regiment in Ukraine.
Here, 19 Tu-160s had been stationed, however, these were claimed by Ukraine at the time of the Soviet Union's disintegration. Eight of these aircraft were taken back by Russia in 1999 while the rest were scrapped.
With limited production in the 1990s, Russia received six additional aircraft with the last being delivered in 1995. After that, three more aircraft had been produced by utilizing partially built airframes. The latest of these were delivered to the VKS in 2018.
Deeply modernized Tu-160M missile bomber has succesfully performed its maiden flight with new serial engines NK-32-02 at the airfield of Kazan Aviation Plant. The flight took place at an altitude of 6,000 meters and lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. pic.twitter.com/YoSkTIU5Ie
— UAC Russia (@UAC_Russia_eng) November 3, 2020
Besides the launch of the new aircraft, the Tu-160 itself has undergone a series of upgrades. The first phase of the aircraft, earlier known as the Tu-160M1, incorporated advanced navigation and autopilot systems. It also got rid of the redundant bomb-sighting system. This variant of the Tu-160 had entered the service in late 2014.
What's New In The Upgraded Tu-160M?
The upgraded variant of the Tu-160 was originally known as the Tu-160M2 but is now only referred to as the Tu-160M.
UAC claims that 80 percent of the aircraft's systems have been upgraded. "Tu-160 is one of the largest and most high-tech projects in the aviation industry", Yuri Slyusar, UAC General Director, said in a statement.
"The implementation of this program required not only the renovation of production facilities but also the creation of a fundamentally new digital environment for working on the project. A number of aircraft design bureaus participated in the preparation of digital documentation for the project.
The fundamental importance of today's event is that the new machine has been completely rebuilt from scratch. The systems and equipment in the new machine have been updated and modernized by 80 percent", he added.
A fully upgraded Tu-160M missile bomber has successfully performed its maiden flight in November 2020. (via Twitter)
The aircraft is also equipped with an all-new digital mission avionics suite and is installed with large-screen cockpit displays. It features an advanced NV-70M Novella radar and electronic warfare suite.
A partially-modernized prototype of this aircraft took to the air in January 2018, The Diplomat reported at that time. The first fully upgraded aircraft took its maiden flight in February 2020.
"We have restored the full production cycle of the Tu-160, but already in the M modification, using modernized engines, modernized aircraft control systems, navigation systems, and weapons control systems", Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, further explained.
"The modernization of the Kazan Aviation Plant played an important role in restoring the production of unique aircraft: the equipment of the shops, the flight test base was updated, the world's largest installation for electron beam welding and vacuum annealing of titanium was put into operation.
Today we see significant prospects for the Tu-160 platform: further development will make it possible to use it for new types of weapons, including promising ones," he said.
One of the key advancements made in the new Tu-160M is the adoption of new engines. As the production of the original 55,000-pound thrust Kuznetsov NK-32 powerplant had been stopped in the 1990s, an improved variant was launched.
The new engine, designated as the NK-32-02, is believed to provide the same thrust as the original. Owing to the increased efficiency of its internal redesign, it is claimed to provide a 13 percent increase in range. A Tu-160M fitted with the new engines took to the air for the first time at the Kazan plant on November 3, 2020, as reported by Business Insider.
Written by Kashish Tandon/EurAsian Times Desk
Contact the author at: [email protected]
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Q: CentOS: Init scripts failing to start for some unknown reason I'm running CentOS 6.2 - I've just migrated some applications over to a failover server, and copied their init scripts into /etc/init.d.
I've made them executable, added them to chkconfig, with chkconfig -add, set their levels, made sure they're residing in /etc/rc.d/ - made sure I can execute them from rc2.d etc. The permissions are the same on both servers. They're also running in the same order as on the primary server
Yet on reboot they don't start. Any ideas?
The offenders are these:
jetty           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
smart           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off

/etc/init.d:
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 14456 Mar 13 20:21 jetty
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root  5829 Mar 29 09:58 smart

/etc/rc.d/rc3.d
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Mar 29 19:21 S99jetty -> ../init.d/jetty
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Mar 26 17:12 S99local -> ../rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Mar 29 19:21 S99smart -> ../init.d/smart

I've checked, and I'm in run level 3. I've checked their logs, and there's no indication that that they've been started. I can start them manually easily - and other services are starting normally.
I'm completely out of ideas really.

A: I think I may have solved it.
For some reason the init scripts weren't being copied to /etc/rc.d/init.d ! I've made symlinks there, and now chkconfig is picking them up, and most of them are now starting on boot..

A: I am a user of CentOS 6.5 and Jetty 9.1.0.v20131115. I ran into the same symptoms that you are describing.
I was able to fix my issue by updating jetty.sh, respectively /etc/init.d/jetty, respectively /etc/rc.d/init.d/jetty.
In this script, in the NAME definition, change + to *, i.e. change
NAME=$(echo $(basename $0) | sed -e 's/^[SK][0-9]+//' -e 's/\.sh$//')
to
NAME=$(echo $(basename $0) | sed -e 's/^[SK][0-9]*//' -e 's/\.sh$//')
The jetty.sh script used to have a chkconfig-related bug. This bug got fixed in a commit.
Background: In the buggy version, the NAME environment variable gets set to jetty99, 99 coming from a chkconfig configuration.
 The script is usually named jetty, therefore the buggy version will look for a configuration file  named /etc/default/jetty99 instead of the correct /etc/default/jetty.

A: Can you check the status using the ntsysv command? Make sure the daemons you need are selected.
Do the daemons start properly with /sbin/service daemonname start?

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SJAMHA 2021-22 Season Recap
By sjamha-web | April 29, 2022
Congratulations to our all our St. James teams on their successes during the 2021-22 season. It was great to finally play a full season after 2 years of cancellations and restrictions. Our St. James season came to a conclusion on April 25th with the St James Jr. Canucks winning the MMJHL championship for the first time in 24 years. Congratulations players, coaches, management and volunteers. Well done!
Other St. James teams that won the last game of the season includes U11 A1 Rockets and the U13 A2 Silver Heights. Great work teams.
Our Minor Hockey Association is able to operate because of the many volunteers who spent countless hours assisting our families to have a positive experience. Thanks to our coaches, bench staff and board members who make the season possible. A special thank you to the parents of the U13 A2 Rockets, U15 A2 Deer
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It is never too early to start preparing for next season. Some later Spring and Summer hockey opportunities are up on the SJMAHA website (Ryan Smith Summer Camps), so visit the site frequently or follow SJAMHA social media for updates.
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 public:
  MockSpecialLocaleHandler(Profile* profile,
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      : SpecialLocaleHandler(profile, locale, service) {}

  ~MockSpecialLocaleHandler() override {}

 protected:
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    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<TemplateURLData>> result;
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        TemplateURLPrepopulateData::so_360));
    result.push_back(TemplateURLDataFromPrepopulatedEngine(
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    return result;
  }

  int GetDesignatedSearchEngine() override {
    return TemplateURLPrepopulateData::naver.id;
  }
};

class SpecialLocaleHandlerTest : public testing::Test {
public:
  SpecialLocaleHandlerTest() {}

  void SetUp() override;
  void TearDown() override;
  SpecialLocaleHandler* handler() { return handler_.get(); }
  TemplateURLServiceTestUtil* test_util() { return test_util_.get(); }
  TemplateURLService* model() { return test_util_->model(); }

 private:
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  std::unique_ptr<SpecialLocaleHandler> handler_;
  std::unique_ptr<TemplateURLServiceTestUtil> test_util_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(SpecialLocaleHandlerTest);
};

void SpecialLocaleHandlerTest::SetUp() {
  test_util_.reset(new TemplateURLServiceTestUtil);
  handler_.reset(
      new MockSpecialLocaleHandler(test_util_->profile(), "jp", model()));
}

void SpecialLocaleHandlerTest::TearDown() {
  handler_.reset();
  test_util_.reset();
}

TEST_F(SpecialLocaleHandlerTest, AddLocalSearchEngines) {
  test_util()->VerifyLoad();
  auto naver = base::ASCIIToUTF16("naver.com");
  auto keyword_so = base::ASCIIToUTF16("so.com");
  ASSERT_EQ(NULL, model()->GetTemplateURLForKeyword(naver));
  ASSERT_EQ(NULL, model()->GetTemplateURLForKeyword(keyword_so));

  ASSERT_TRUE(handler()->LoadTemplateUrls(NULL, JavaParamRef<jobject>(NULL)));

  ASSERT_EQ(TemplateURLPrepopulateData::naver.id,
            model()->GetTemplateURLForKeyword(naver)->prepopulate_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(TemplateURLPrepopulateData::so_360.id,
            model()->GetTemplateURLForKeyword(keyword_so)->prepopulate_id());
}

TEST_F(SpecialLocaleHandlerTest, RemoveLocalSearchEngines) {
  test_util()->VerifyLoad();
  ASSERT_TRUE(handler()->LoadTemplateUrls(NULL, JavaParamRef<jobject>(NULL)));
  // Make sure locale engines are loaded.
  auto keyword_naver = base::ASCIIToUTF16("naver.com");
  auto keyword_so = base::ASCIIToUTF16("so.com");
  ASSERT_EQ(TemplateURLPrepopulateData::naver.id,
            model()->GetTemplateURLForKeyword(keyword_naver)->prepopulate_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(TemplateURLPrepopulateData::so_360.id,
            model()->GetTemplateURLForKeyword(keyword_so)->prepopulate_id());

  handler()->RemoveTemplateUrls(NULL, JavaParamRef<jobject>(NULL));

  ASSERT_EQ(NULL, model()->GetTemplateURLForKeyword(keyword_naver));
  ASSERT_EQ(NULL, model()->GetTemplateURLForKeyword(keyword_so));
}

TEST_F(SpecialLocaleHandlerTest, OverrideDefaultSearch) {
  test_util()->VerifyLoad();
  ASSERT_EQ(TemplateURLPrepopulateData::google.id,
            model()->GetDefaultSearchProvider()->prepopulate_id());
  // Load local search engines first.
  ASSERT_TRUE(handler()->LoadTemplateUrls(NULL, JavaParamRef<jobject>(NULL)));

  ASSERT_EQ(TemplateURLPrepopulateData::google.id,
            model()->GetDefaultSearchProvider()->prepopulate_id());

  // Set one of the local search engine as default.
  handler()->OverrideDefaultSearchProvider(NULL, JavaParamRef<jobject>(NULL));
  ASSERT_EQ(TemplateURLPrepopulateData::naver.id,
            model()->GetDefaultSearchProvider()->prepopulate_id());

  // Revert the default search engine tweak.
  handler()->SetGoogleAsDefaultSearch(NULL, JavaParamRef<jobject>(NULL));
  ASSERT_EQ(TemplateURLPrepopulateData::google.id,
            model()->GetDefaultSearchProvider()->prepopulate_id());
}

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Volcanoes helped offset man-made warming: study
Lava entering the sea, expanding the big island of Hawaii. *Photo : © Jennifer Williams from Hayward, USA
Volcanoes spewing Sun-reflecting particles into the atmosphere have partly offset the effects of Man's carbon emissions over a 15-year period that has become a global-warming battleground, researchers said Sunday.
A so-called hiatus in warming since 1998 has pitched climate sceptics against mainstream scientists.
While temperatures have risen relentlessly—13 of the l4 warmest years on record occurred since the start of the century—they tracked far below the increase in man-made greenhouse gases.
This gap between the expected and actual temperatures has been cited by sceptics as proof that human-induced global warming is either a green scare or bad science.
But a study in the journal Nature Geoscience said volcanic eruptions helped explain the apparent warming slowdown.
Researchers using satellite data found a link between surface temperatures and the impact from nearly 20 volcanic eruptions since 2000.
Sulphuric droplets disgorged by the volcanoes reflected sunlight and slightly cool the lower atmosphere, they said.
The effect of these "aerosols" accounted for as much as 15 percent of the gap between expected and measured temperatures between 1998 and 2012, according to the team's figures.
"The 'warming hiatus' since 1998 has a number of different causes," study co-author Ben Santer of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California told AFP by email.
"The cooling caused by early 21st century volcanic eruptions is one of the causes."
Other explanations for the "hiatus" have been a bigger-than-expected takeup of atmospheric heat by the ocean, or a decline in solar activity.
Blockbuster eruptions, notably that of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, were known to have discernible cooling effects on Earth's surface.
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But volcanoes have not featured in the "hiatus" debate mainly because there had been no major eruptions since the mooted pause began in 1998, only smaller ones whose impact is harder to measure.
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This is a gap, as it left computer models of climate change incomplete, the new study suggested.
"Better observations of eruption-specific properties of volcanic aerosols are needed, as well as improved representation of these… in climate model simulations," it said.
Global warming sceptics have pointed to the "hiatus" as proof of flaws in models used to predict warming and thus play a key role in driving policies to tackle climate change.
They contend that these models exaggerate the heat-trapping effect from carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by fossil fuel burning.
Santer said the new findings "do not support" such an argument.
"We've been lucky that a natural cooling influence (an uptick in 21st century volcanic activity) has partly counteracted human-caused warming," he said.
"We do not know how volcanic activity will evolve over the coming decades, and thus we do not know how long our luck will continue."
Experts generally agree that Earth is on track for greatly exceeding the maximum two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming targeted in UN climate negotiations.
Last year the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere crossed a threshold of 400 parts per million (ppm)—a level never experienced by humans.
CO2 concentrations are rising at two or three ppm per year, driven especially by the burning of coal in emerging economies.
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Commenting on the study, Piers Forster, a professor of climate change at the University of Leeds, said it confirmed that volcanoes contributed to the slowdown, but could not be the only cause.
"Volcanoes give us only a temporary respite from the relentless warming pressure of continued increases in CO2," he added.
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Unearthed racers, Royal rarities and design legends confirmed for Salon Privé Concours d'Elégance.
by Editorial TeamPublished 31 August 2012 at 01:21
The Chubb Insurance Concours d'Elégance at Salon Privé 2012 will feature many exotic and rare vehicles, some of which will be making exclusive new debuts having been hidden for decades out of public view.
Making one such debut since its last appearance at the 1965 Geneva Motor Show will be a 1965 Alvis 'Super' Cabriolet. Entered into Class E (Open Sports Cars from the Swinging Sixties), it is one of three Alvis Cabriolets constructed by the celebrated Swiss coachbuilder, Hermann Graber, who coined the 'Super' model name. They were regarded as Graber's finest pieces of work and this particular example is believed to be the best example in the world.
Class C (Closed Sports Cars from the Swinging Sixties)features some incredibly interesting machinery, one such example being a 1967 Lotus 47 GT that has been stowed away for decades. Unlike the regular Europa model, the 47 GT used a 180 bhp twin-cam Cosworth engine with Tecalmit fuel injection coupled to a Hewland FT2000 five-speed gearbox. This particular model has an extensive and successful UK competition history.
In the late seventies, this 47 GT was timed at 181 mph at an RAF base, and remarkably never suffered a racing incident. Said to be one of the most original 47 GTs in existence, the current owner has completed a five-year rebuild and Salon Privé marks its return after three decades under wraps.
A British Royal appearance will also take place in the form of King George V's Daimler 'Royal Four' Limousine entered into Class B (Pre-War Rarities). In 1923, the King commissioned seven cars to be built to his own specification and four were placed into service, hence the 'Royal Four' name.
More recently, it underwent a comprehensive restoration. The body has been repainted in the Royal Claret livery and its huge yet beautiful 9.4-litre sleeve valve engine has been rebuilt to fine health. Incredibly grand and very imposing, Salon Privé visitors are in for a treat with this Royal rarity.
Within Class I (Design Class featuring Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera) will be two beautiful Ferrari 166s, a 166MM Barchetta and an Inter Coupé. The 1950 Barchetta is the 16th of just 25 bodied by Carrozzeria Touring and it comes with a fantastic racing history. As a works car, it competed at the famous Targa Florio and Mille Miglia events, and in more recent times, Monaco Historique and the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The 1949 Inter Coupé is also a Mille Miglia contender, but its competition background didn't begin until the mid-nineties. Since then it has been displayed in shows and concours events throughout Europe where it has received numerous awards.
Other concours highlights further bolster Salon Privé's eclectic mix of four and two-wheel machinery. These include a 1912 Type 16 number 471 – the oldest competition Bugatti and the personal racing car of Ettore Bugatti entered into Class G, (Bugatti – The Vintage Competition Series) and probably the most valuable gathering of automotive royalty to grace the Salon Privé lawn, a unique 1953 Pegaso Z-102 'Thrill', 1934 Aston Martin Ulster, 1961 Lamborghini 'Flying Star' (Turin Motor Show car and also Carrozzeria Touring bodied), 1969 Lamborghini Muira S, 1965 ISO Grifo A3C, 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale, 1963 Shelby Cobra 289 and a 1982 Jaguar XJS Lynx Eventor.
For the first time in its history, this year's event includes two dedicated single-model classes, both of which celebrate important milestones. Firstly, with 13 gleaming red examples lined up alongside each other, we celebrate 25 years of the first super car to exceed 200mph: the sensational 478bhp Ferrari F40 in Class A (Ferrari F40 – Celebrating 25 Years of an Icon). Additionally, and celebrating its 60th birthday is the Mercedes-Benz SL represented here by the iconic 300SL Gullwing in Class J (Mercedes Gullwing – The Legend at 60).
Some of these entrants will also join Salon Privé's inaugural 21-mile Tour d'Elégance from The Royal Automobile Club's Woodcote Park in Epsom to Syon House in West London, opening the Super Car Show & Concours d'Elégance on Wednesday 5th September. Leading this will be Jamiroquai frontman, Jay Kay in his own 1969 Aston Martin DB6 Volante, with Syon House's very own Earl Percy as his passenger.
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Known as the king of information marketing, Fred Gleeck joins Jason Hartman for a great interview, talking about his experiences in information marketing from over the last 24+ years. Fred weaves together the progression and changes in info marketing, stressing that trust is the one thing that has never changed. Fred teaches on a range…
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Jason Hartman is joined by internet marketing expert, Joe Player to talk about live streaming and broadcasting with the web. Live streaming media, or webcasting, is becoming more and more popular. It has many uses, including marketing or reviewing products, seminars, training, concerts, etc. The Japan tsunami was streamed live as it happened, bringing an…
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Sooty and Sweep to take stage at Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch
PUBLISHED: 12:00 16 August 2014
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Sooty (left) and Richard Cadell, 45. Picture: Queen's Theatre
A mischievous yellow bear is due to take to the stage and delight audiences with a brand of British children's slapstick comedy.
The yellow bear in question – Sooty – and his friends are set to entertain adults and children alike at the Queen's Theatre, Billet Lane, Hornchurch.
Classic characters Sweep and Soo along with Sooty star Richard Cadell, who has featured in the Sooty TV show since 1999, will join the much-loved glove puppet in the stage adaptation.
The story follows Sooty – who was created by puppeteer Harry Corbett in 1948 – and his preparations for his birthday party, which is sure to make audiences howl with laughter.
Children's TV veteran Richard , 45, said: "It's doing really well, it's selling out everywhere we go."
The stage production, which is touring the country, has already proved to be popular with children as well as adults. He said: "All the parents and grandparents know it and have grown up with it and people want to relive their youths too."
The show features classic Sooty fun, with pies flying into faces and Sooty's recognisable charm.
Richard, who bought the rights to the show in 2008, said: "The great thing is we're able to do exactly what we do on the TV show but I am very conscious that there are a lot of adults in the audience too – so there are a lot of gags in the show for them.
"The TV show is wonderful but there's nothing like doing it for real on stage."
The production, which aims to stay true to its roots, includes illusions and magic tricks, as well as audience participation and dancing to complement the comedy.
Richard said: "We do far more slapstick than other shows can get away with – Sooty's allowed to get away with a lot more!"
Audiences get to meet the puppets – including Soo the sensible panda and Sweep a squeaking dog – at the end of each show. "The kids get to meet Sooty and you see the power that it has. When I see that, I just remember how privileged I am – it's such an important thing for them."
Sooty started out as a stage show in its early years before hitting TV screens in 1952, with the hand puppet and his co-stars remaining as children's TV regulars ever since.
Richard said: "It's unique that it's been on the TV for 60 years. It's still one of the highest watched shows on ITV!"
Matthew Corbett, the son of the original Sooty host, took over the TV show in 1976 before Richard continued to build on the puppet's legacy, introducing the characters to a new generation of children.
The Sooty Show performer added: "It's wonderful that in this generation that with all these high budget CGI shows, we're still using puppets to entertain children – children haven't really changed. I think people really trust Sooty too."
Richard, who owns the rights to the show with his brother, is planning to take Sooty to the big screen, with a Sooty feature film in the works.
He said: "I did feel a pressure initially when I first started working on Sooty and it's only now that I know my subject well enough that I feel that I'm qualified to do it. It's very easy for me to say, 'Sooty wouldn't do that'." The stage show runs August 21-23, with six showings of the production.
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Pfaffenhofen an der Glonn is a municipality  in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.

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When you tire of the safety of day to day life and your blood courses with the need for adventure, taking a trip off-road is the perfect solution. Just beyond the boundaries of your backyard or the limits of your city lie a whole world waiting to be discovered, and all it takes is a willingness to sit behind the wheels of a vehicle and go explore. Renting a jeep or a truck is the perfect way to get off the beaten path and forge your own trail.
Companies that rent the necessary vehicles can give you the proper training and safety courses so that you do not need to worry about getting stuck or stranded in the wilderness. Once you have the confidence to operate these vehicles, all you need are the right accessories. There are a number of different off-road vehicle accessories you can choose to help you better navigate the wilds of nature.
Off-road lights are a great choice. These lights illuminate a large area around you and make it easy to see at night. When you're setting up a campsite for the evening, abundant lighting is invaluable.
Another great accessory is a set of running boards. It can be difficult to step into a vehicle that is too high off the ground, and running boards act as mini-ladders that you can use to more comfortably (and safely) climb into the vehicle.
Take a look at the accessories available to you and the contact the expedition company of your choice to find an area where you can go off road and disconnect from technology for a few days. You'll enjoy getting close to nature once more and all of the benefits it brings. On top of it all, you'll get a story unlike any other.


Belmont University sophomore Justin Hare has been named to the 2006 Academic All-District Men's Basketball Team.
The 6-3 guard from Cleveland, Tenn., sports a 3.81 GPA in his chosen major of exercise science and health promotion.
Hare, the reigning Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year, leads Belmont in scoring at 15.3 points per game. He also ranks among the Atlantic Sun leaders in field goal percentage (.482) and free throw percentage (.778).
Joining Hare on the District Four First Team are Brian Thornton of Xavier (OH) University, Zac Schlader of Austin Peay State University, Joe Reitz of Western Michigan University and Matt Lefeld of Bowling Green State University.
The Academic All-District teams are voted on by members of CoSida – the College Sports Information Directors of America.
All-District honorees also receive consideration for ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-America awards.
A complete list of All-District winners can be viewed at www.cosida.com.


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Rosa 'Schoener's Nutkana' is a deep pink rose variety named after Father Georg Schöner (1864–1941), a priest who became a notable rose breeder, who developed this rose in 1930 as a cross between Rosa nutkana and the hybrid perpetual 'Paul Neyron' (Levet, 1869).

This hybrid nutkana is a shrub rose with large, single flowers, five-petalled but sometimes with another one or two, reaching an average diameter of . Their colour is light to carmine-pink with a large circle of yellow stamens. The long-lasting flowers are moderately fragrant, develop from small, pointed buds, and appear in small clusters of two to five on short strong stems in a spring or summer flush with some scattered flowers later on. In autumn, the shrub sports rose hips.

The plant tends to be a tall, sprawling shrub, with very few thorns on its arching shoots and small light to medium grey-green foliage with seven leaflets. 'Schoener's Nutkana' can grow  high and  wide. The vigorous shrub tolerates half-shade and poorer soils, is very disease resistant and winter hardy down to −25 °C (USDA zone 5). It is well suited to form hedges.

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government and O'Brien's International Car Sales Limited are now locked in another layer of dispute over the delivery of used vehicles for the police, as the supplier has refused to voluntarily exit the contract, which has been under intense public scrutiny since late November when controversial details of the arrangement came to light.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Diane McIntosh explained at the on-going sitting of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) a short while ago that coming out of negotiations with the contractor and the Solicitor General, the Government has now partially terminated the contract with O'Brien's.
The government is now focused on the delivery of 62 vehicles, which are still on the wharf, with four having been delivered since the controversy over the vehicles erupted in November.
The National Security Ministry has also advised O'Brien's to repay the $213 million that it has already deposited on the delivery of the original 200 vehicles.
Chief Procurement Officer in the ministry, Milton Morrison also disclosed that the Government agreed to pay an additional $42 million to O'Brien's on the 66 vehicles, which are newer models than was previously agreed.
Committee members pointed out that this is some 38 per cent more on the $109 million that was originally agreed for this batch of vehicles. O'Brien's previously delivered thirty vehicles in June.


The Parents' Council is a great contributor and support to the school. The Parents' Council (FAU) provides an important connection between the parents and the school. They raise funds for special events and extra activities the children have requested, help when extra adults are needed on excursions or in school.
The Parents' Council has meetings approximately every 6-8 weeks and is represented at the Board meetings. They are governed by guidelines decided by the Board.
Jakob Brix-Thomsen is the current leader of The Parents' Council with Anne Klarise Namtvedt as the deputy.


A very reliable source says that Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey will star in Nikolaj Arcel's The Dark Tower adaptation. The source? None other than the book's ridiculously prolific author Stephen King.
Elba will play Roland the Gunslinger while McConaughey will portray the devilish Man in Black. The actors didn't take long to respond to King's announcement.
Anders Thomas Jensen, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner wrote the screenplay along with Arcel. They all took King's advice of starting the project out with the 1982 book's opening line as quoted in the announcement tweet. "[The movie] starts in media res, in the middle of the story instead of at the beginning, which may upset some of the fans a little bit, but they'll get behind it, because it is the story," King said in an interview. Arcel also noted that the story will take place in the modern era, but wouldn't get specific about which book or books the film will cover.
King's series, which includes eight novels and even some comic book adaptations and prequels, follows the Gunslinger's attempts to reach the title spire. The author admits that, when writing the character of Roland, he initially pictured Clint Eastwood while the shapeshifting Man in Black remained amorphous in his mind for the duration.
The Dark Tower is scheduled to debut on January 13, 2017.


WILSON, N.C. — Dr. Assad Meymandi, distinguished psychiatrist, humanist, scholar, and philanthropist, will be the featured speaker at the 111th annual commencement exercises of Barton College in Wilson, N.C., scheduled for Sunday, May 12. Dr. Meymandi frequently writes on diverse subjects relating to his interest in medicine, science, the arts, religion, and philanthropy.
Dr. Meymandi earned a medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and also holds Ph.D.s in biochemistry and philosophy, as well as an honorary doctoral degree in the humanities. A longtime resident of Raleigh, he is in private practice as a psychiatrist and neurologist, and serves as adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Dr. Meymandi also serves as visiting scholar and lecturer in "Medicine and Humanities" at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Heath.
Among his many awards and recognitions, Dr. Meymandi was honored in 2000 with the Raleigh Medal of Art, and, in 2002, he was appointed by Governor Easley to the Board of the North Carolina Arts Council. He was the recipient of the distinguished Order of the Longleaf Pine Award in 2004. More recently, The International Affairs Council chose Dr. Meymandi as The Citizen of the World in 2011, and in 2012 the City of Raleigh honored him by inducting him to Raleigh Hall of Fame.