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Latest Online Cleanup Targets Chat Groups
By Yang Ge
The Cyberspace Administration of China's heightened oversight of online chat groups extends a recent broader crackdown on a wide range of activity the government considers illegal. Photo: IC
A new government clampdown is aimed at controlling illegal activity like pornography, gambling and discussion of sensitive topics in a booming number of online groups, prompting derision from some, as others predicted that many will find ways to skirt the increased oversight.
The rollout of the guidelines last week by the Cyberspace Administration of China extends a recent broader crackdown on a wide range of activity the government considers illegal. China has engaged in a similar clampdown this year against the booming live online streaming sector, in a movement that has seen hundreds of channels taken down and hosts of such channels reprimanded and punished.
The latest effort takes aim at a boom over the last two years in self-formed groups of individuals with a common interest, often involving work, hobbies or place of residence. This newer generation of groups differs from older ones because they are easily set up by an individual, and can be used both for ad hoc and longer-term collaboration.
In a Sept. 7 pair of posts outlining responsibilities for operation of such groups and criticizing some operators for lax oversight, the Cyberspace Administration singled out popular platforms run by all of China's top internet companies. Those included WeChat and QQ, both operated by Tencent Holdings Ltd.; Weibo, owned by Sina Corp. and often called the Twitter of China; the Tieba online community platform, operated by Baidu Inc.; and a group service on Alipay, the former electronic-payments arm of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
"Some of these group platform service providers aren't adequately fulfilling their management responsibilities," the Cyberspace Administration said in announcing the new rules. "Some group managers are also showing a lack of responsibility, allowing the spreading of illegal content like pornography, violent terror, false rumors and gambling. Some illegal entities are also using groups to organize illegal activities, and to harm ordinary people and the legal welfare of other organizations and hurt harmony and stability in society."
The rules largely hold platform operators like WeChat and QQ, as well as people who form individual groups, responsible for what gets said and other activities that take place inside their confines. But all individuals within the groups also retain a level of responsibility as well.
The latest steps are reminiscent of a similar clampdown four years ago, when China's high court ruled that anyone who made libelous comments online could be found guilty of a crime if their words were reposted 500 times or more, or clicked on at least 5,000 times. More recently, China has also indicated it will clamp down on providers of virtual private networks (VPNs), which allow people to visit sites on sensitive topics that are blocked in China.
One online report cited several examples of cases that violated the rules. One involved a man who posted insults aimed at police after being stopped for drunken driving, and another involved people who used a group to post an online petition and organize an illegal march.
One group based around a residential community poked fun at the new rules, filling the conversation with revolutionary slogans from the pre-reform era.
Many who want to use groups for such activity are likely to continue finding ways to skirt the new rules, said Brock Silvers, a commentator at boutique research firm Kaiyuan Capital.
"This may be aimed at helping regulators in their ongoing attempt to restrict the rapid-fire contagion of political or economic rumors," he said. "Determined communicators, however, will still find simple ways to evade responsibility, the easiest of which may be the use of an overseas account. It's hard to see the new regulations as more than a bit of bureaucratic overreach, a belt-and-suspenders approach to maintaining social order."
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[Interview] Infinite Dendrogram Cast Interview
Published: 2020/1/10
Original Link: http://dendro-anime.jp/special/interview01/
Saito Soma (Ray Starling in Infinite Dendrogram)
Mentioned:
Ono Yuko (Nemesis in Infinite Dendrogram)
Hikasa Yoko (Marie Adler in Infinite Dendrogram)
Hino Satoshi (Shu Starling in Infinite Dendrogram)
Murase Ayumu (Hugo Lesseps in Infinite Dendrogram)
Ogura Yui (Cyco in Infinite Dendrogram)
※Relevant excerpts from the other cast member's interviews will be included at the bottom.
Q: What were your impressions after reading the original work?
I read Volume 1 first when I was going to take the audition, and after I was chosen for Ray, I read the rest and found myself getting drawn in more and more with each volume. The story is written in a way that makes the most out of the novel medium, and the ideas get more and more imaginative. I really like the story after the Franklin Game arc too, so I hope you'll be able to experience it in some way.
Q: What did you keep in mind when voicing Ray?
I feel that Ray is passionate but not impulsive. He analyzes the situation and faces (gets pulled into) problems with his own determination. So, I tried to balance passion with analysis, not going too far in one direction. In a way, he has a slightly different thought process (or way of feeling) than the average person. Despite that, he's still likeable, so I think it's only natural that he became a protagonist *laughs*. I hope I'm able to portray him well.
Q: What impression do you have of Ray's partner, Nemesis (CV: Ono Yuko)?
Ono-san has a soft voice, so Nemesis seems milder in the anime than she did in the original work. But what I felt the most was Nemesis's strong feelings for Ray. It seems obvious, but actually, when I'm speaking as Ray, I can really feel Nemesis's feelings of camaraderie from her tone of voice and personality. That really stood out to me. Her character also has cute sides to her, like her gluttony and airheadedness, while also being a reliable partner during battle. I think that gap is great.
Q: Were there any particularly memorable dialogues with Nemesis's voice actress, Ono Yuko?
Strictly speaking, it wasn't recorded as a dialogue (due to recording constraints), but I liked Episode 2 when Nemesis was scared of zombies and ended up sobbing, because you could really feel the contrast between that and her coolness in Episode 1. Our dialogues went more smoothly with each episode, and I remember feeling more secure as the series went on, as both Ray and myself.
Q: Were there any other memorable scenes with the rest of the cast?
The recording sessions were extremely peaceful. Career history-wise, I was probably right in the middle, and my senpais were very kind and warm. We often chatted in the booth, with Hikasa-san and Hino-san keeping things together. I chatted a lot with Murase-san who voices Hugo, but I don't remember anything we talked about *laughs*. The recording atmosphere probably influenced the everyday non-battle scenes.
Q: If you were to play Infinite Dendrogram, what job would you want?
Rather than choosing a job, I'd be more interested in exploring every nook and cranny of the fantasy world. Also, I like the idea of being strong despite not having fighting techniques, so I think I'd want an autonomous combat embryo. Something like the Golem Master. But golems are a bit too tough for me, so I'd rather have a gargoyle. I just looked it up, and gargoyles are called Ausguss or Wasserspeier in German. It appeals to my chuuni heart. I want to have a talking gargoyle fight for me while I eat delicious food.
Q: Who would you want to be in your adventuring party?
If we're talking about characters, then I'd want Shu to teach me about the game, just like at the start of the anime. It'd also be fun to work as Marie's subordinate. I already liked Marie in the original novels, but the anime made me like her even more. At any rate, I want to team up with strong people and farm EXP so that I can play on easy mode!
Q: Lastly, a message for the viewers.
Ray's adventure has finally begun! Please immerse yourself in the world of Dendro as you enjoy the characters' interweaving stories! There's a lot I want to talk about, but I think I'll hold back and let you see it with your own eyes! Thank you for your support!
From the other cast interviews:
Ono Yuko said that as her character's partnership grew stronger with Ray's, she would think "This is how Saito-san would say this line" as she was acting.
Ayu said that during the recording, he and Soma would talk about various things like miscellaneous knowledge, pseudoscience, and the occult. "Talking with him is fun because he has so much knowledge and it makes me feel like I'm getting smarter *laughs*"
Yui-chan said that Soma was very dependable during the recording, explaining the current situation of the work to the people who were voicing guest characters.
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Giant Apple company release two version of iphone
Death of an icon Steve P. Jobs was shocking and a great loss to the technical industry.
It was a devastating moment not only to technical people but each and every person around the world including their competitors. With his death investors were little anxious about the Apple's reputation. They thought Apple and its "sexy" innovation have lost their way. But good news to the reader that- Apple is "BANG ON" in the market with its new iPhones.
People's much loved Apple is releasing its 2 version of iPhone this month. The versions of iPhone are iPhone 5C (a little cheaper model, C stands for colour) and iPhone5S. iPhone5C has the similar features as that of iPhone5 and has a plastic case. iPhone5S has aluminium, a fast processor and along with other features: for security propose it has fingerprint sensor. The costs for these products are $100 for iPhone 5C and $200 for iPhone5S along with contract. Without contract the total cost are %550 for iPhone5C and $650 for iPhone5S.
From 20th September onwards these versions of iPhone will be available in the different countries like Japan, US, China and many more. Apple has also stated their partnership with the Japanese company NTT Docomo. This is going to be the first time that Apple will release its phone worldwide at the same time.
The main parts of iPhone5C consist of high quality polycarbonate material. The steel is underneath the plastic for back up. The phone is also compatible with international cellular network as networking parts has been added in it.
Philip W. Schiller, Senior vice-president of Apple told that the first time people will hold iPhone5C it will blow away them because of quality, rich and the inflexibility they are going to feel in their hands. A little expensive and stylish iPhone5S is going to be the 1st Apple device that will feature a faster processor known as A7 that has a chip known as M7. The process detects the movement and allows iPhone to enhance fitness and health applications. The colours provided are: gold, dark gray and silver.
iPhone5S consists of fingerprint scanner new feature found on a button lower the screen. The key button is navy crystal (outside), with a revealing ring of steel and has underneath fingerprint sensor. The lock screen can be avoided simply by touching the button. The user can also buy apps using fingerprint scanner. The phone has better battery lifespan of – talk time 10hrs and standby 250 hours. iPhone5S also has improved camera.
iPhone5C has a little expensive price then predicted but Apple assure that the new technology of fingerprint will dazzle people. Number 1 carrier of Japan NTT Docomo will be taking care of the increased sales and are excited about their new partnership and the fingerprint technology.


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Will India's $35 Akash Tablet survive the Competition?
Article first published as Will India's $35 Akash Tablet survive the Competition? on Technorati.
A few months ago Indian Government and a British Company Datawind came up with a cheapest tablet in India pricing it just $35 and the same tablet for $10 for students. The name of the tablet is "Akash" means "SKY". This news created a notable fuss in the Tech market.
The features and specifications are also notable and amazing with respect to its price. The so called tablet which can prove useful in developing nations like India which ranks in 4th in Top Internet usage countries.
This tablet has a 7-inch touchscreen panel with rugged casing giving you rubberized feeling and 800x480 pixel resolution. Moreover it runs an Android 2.2 Froyo version. Also has a wife-connectivity and 256MB RAM with 2GB storage which can be expanded to 32GB.
There are also some more features in this tablet but the point that matters is in this increasing competition of the tablet market will this tablet survive amongst the giants which can prove fatal for this tablet?
With Apple iPad2 and Amazon kindle running in its competition though not may be in price which surely cannot match the price of the Akash tablet. The Akash tablet has promising future in India but when it comes to take it market to the different countries especially to the west, the tablet may suffer a huge competition.
Though the tablet making company claims that more than 3 lac pre orders have been placed on their official website. The Indian Government all also been preparing to launch the second version of the tablet after its initial release. The second version which is believed to have more features than the first one with increased RAM to 1GB and storage to up to 64 GB. Also the Android version 4 the Ice-cream Sandwich.
Also another achievement to the tablet that Intel and IBM has also wants to collaborate with Government of India on work for this tablet without touching its price. That means, though the features may go up. But the price will remain the same as $35 for general public and $10 for the students.
The main point where the discussion goes to the competition that this tablet will suffers from other tablets. What I believe is that after its launch that will be near the end of December in India, this tablet will give a huge threat to the other Market player in tablet manufacturing. As being affordable this tablet can easily be used by anyone.
Thus let us see for the promising future of the Akash tablet,whether it touches its sky and make a better competitor to Apple and Amazon.


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Jeanna Grunewald's most terrifying moment on the road occurred a couple weeks ago, and she never saw it coming.
She was headed from home in Lamberton, Minn., to class at Southwest State University in Marshall on a foggy Monday morning when her eyes started feeling heavy, partly from waking up early and partly from taking medicine that sometimes makes her drowsy. Halfway into her 45-minute drive, her eyes shut for only a few seconds. But that was long enough to send her Ford Taurus across the centerline on Hwy. 68 and into a drop-off on the opposite side of the highway. That sent the car airborne before it landed in the ditch perilously close to a ravine.
She has rods in her lower back to stabilize two fractured vertebrae and will be in a brace for the next three months. Fortunately, she is expected to make a full recovery.
Cases such as Grunewald's are all too common, says a recent report from the Governor's Highway Safety Association, which conservatively estimates that 328,000 crashes, 6,400 deaths and 109,000 injuries annually can be attributed to motorists who fall asleep at the wheel. That's why the National Sleep Foundation has proclaimed this as Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, to draw attention to the fact that sleepy drivers are just as dangerous as those who drive distracted or drunk.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the average adult needs seven to eight hours of sleep to maintain good health, yet more than a third of people 18 and older routinely get less. That puts into 86.3 million tired drivers on the roads every day. A National Sleep Foundation survey found 28 percent of drivers admitted to falling asleep at the wheel and more than half (54 percent) said they have driven while drowsy.
The danger goes far beyond slow reaction times, impaired judgment and the proclivity to take unnecessary risks. Fatigued drivers can fall into a micro sleep, meaning they unknowingly doze off for a couple seconds. A lack of sleep can sneak up on you, said Ranji Varghese, medical director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Signs along highways in Utah warn motorists that "Drowsy Driving Causes Crashes" and encourage "Drowsy Drivers [to] Pull Over if Necessary." But people are notoriously bad at recognizing that they are fatigued and forge ahead, Varghese said. Drivers need to recognize the symptoms: yawning, heavy eyes or veering off onto the rumble strips.
Tired drivers try all kinds of things to stay awake, including caffeine, blasting the radio, sticking their head out the window, singing or talking to somebody on the phone — but does that work?
A better remedy for tuckered-out drivers, he says, is to take a 15- to 20-minute nap. Grunewald suggests, "Get somebody to drive you, or pull over if driving and call somebody." That's what she said she'll be doing.


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Spoilers for the show Arrow ahead: If you're all caught up on Arrow then you know that Ra's Al Ghul asked Oliver Queen to become his heir on the show; a position that he usually leaves open for Batman. So the whole time that was going on I was just waiting for Ra's to accidentally call Oliver Detective. Not that the Green Arrow is a slouch or anything but c'mon Ra's, that's kind of slumming it.
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Q: Jpanel form no puede abrir un jframe form Buenas para hacer la pregunta menos confusa dire que tengo un jpanel form, dos jframe form, jframe1 y jframe2.
En el jframe1 utilizo este codigo para llamas o insertar(no se como expresarlo) el jpanel form con boton:
Panel panelD = new Panel();
    panelD.setSize(1240,465);
    panelD.setLocation(0,0);

    PanelLab.removeAll();
    PanelLab.add(panelD,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    PanelLab.revalidate();
    PanelLab.repaint();

Esto funciona y el jframe1 muestra el jpanel, el problema es que este jpanel tiene un boton con el cual quiero abrir el jframe2, pero al presionarlo no sucede nada, uso este codigo:
private void btnAñadirActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    frame2 v = new frame2();
    v.setVisible(true);
}

No se si hice algo mal (PD: tengo algo de sueño).
Disculpen las molestask, me di cuenta que estaba llamando otro Panel form que no era, soy idiota, perdon hacerles perder el tiempo.

A: Segun lo que he entendido necesitas crear un segundo frame, cuando pulses el botón en el primer frame, te añado este fragmento de código que espero te ayude.
public static void main(String[] args) {
    //Creamos el primer frame
    Frame frame = new Frame();

    frame.setSize(500, 500);
    frame.setVisible(true);

    //Creamos el panel
    Panel panelD = new Panel();
    panelD.setSize(400, 400);
    panelD.setLocation(0, 0);

    panelD.setVisible(true);

    //Creamos el boton
    Button btn1 = new Button("Abre segundo frame");
    btn1.setSize(50, 50);
    btn1.setLocation(10 , 10);

    btn1.setVisible(true);

    //Añadimos boton al panel
    panelD.add(btn1);

    //Añadimos el panel al frame
    frame.add(panelD);

    //Creamos el Listener del boton
    btn1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
            //Creamos un segundo frame
            Frame frame2 = new Frame();

            frame2.setSize(300, 300);
            frame2.setLocation(200, 200);

            frame2.setVisible(true);
        }
    });
}

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By Oved Lobel on 18 November 2019
PKK at a terrorist training camp in the Asad regime-held Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, 1991 [source]
My friend Oved Lobel, a researcher focused on Russia's role in the Middle East (among other things), found several interviews the Russian media did with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leaders, one with the leader himself Abdullah Ocalan, talking about, inter alia, the group's relationship with Moscow. He very helpfully translated them and with his permission they are published below.
The broad outline of the PKK's relationship with the Soviet Union—and then the Russian Federation—is fairly clear. After the PKK was founded in Turkey in the late 1970s by Ocalan, it was evicted from the country during the 1980 military coup. The PKK moved to Syria, where Ocalan was already based, having fled Turkey in June 1979. From there, the PKK moved into the Bekaa area of Lebanon, at that time controlled by the Syrian regime of Hafez al-Asad, and the Soviets acted through Asad, as they so often did in dealing with terrorist groups, to build the PKK into a fighting force that was then unleashed in 1984 on Turkey, a frontline NATO state in the Cold War.
The PKK was Kurdish nationalist and separatist force that understood this objective as part of a global struggle against Western imperialism within the ideological framework provided by Marxism-Leninism. The PKK had a special reverence for Lenin and Stalin, whose works—as selected and interpreted by Ocalan—were used to indoctrinate new recruits. In the 1990s, post-Soviet Russia continued to provide various forms of support to the PKK, and the Turks responded in kind by dabbling with the Chechen insurgency.
The details about the mechanisms of the Russia-PKK relationship, its exact nature, the scale of support provided, and how it has changed over time are all deeply contested, and more so than ever since 2014 when the PKK's Syrian department became the partner force for the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State Coalition. It is, therefore, interesting to look at some of the evidence provided by the PKK leadership itself.
— Kyle
Abdullah Öcalan on the plane to Turkey after being arrested, February 1999
Abdullah Ocalan was interviewed by Leonid Gankin and this was printed in Kommersant, an independent Russian daily, on 24 November 1998. This was the first interview Ocalan gave since he had been forced out of Syria by its ruler, Hafez al-Asad. Having harboured Ocalan since 1979, Hafez relented—as the Ba'thi regime in Syria always does when faced with credible threats—after Turkey had threatened to invade Syria to uproot the PKK terrorist sanctuary in October 1998. Turkey was able to draw on Israeli pressure on Damascus from the south, and Hafez had reasons of his own for wanting to avoid conflict, namely his preparations for the succession of his son, Bashar. Having been briefly in Russia, Ocalan was in Italy at the time of this interview. At the risk of prosecution because of the war crimes and crimes against humanity he was responsible for, Ocalan left Italy in January 1999, moving back to Russia (even more briefly this time), then Kazakhstan, Greece, Belarus, back to Greece, and finally Kenya, where he was based for two weeks at the Greek Embassy before Turkish intelligence arrested him on 15 February 1999.
How did you end up in Russia?
At the start of October, Turkey was ready to strike Syria. I couldn't allow a big war to break out on my account. I had to leave Damascus. On October 7 I asked the Russian authorities to allow me to enter Russian territory. But the situation had already escalated so much after one day that I had to leave Syria without waiting for a response from Moscow. I arrived in Russia on October 9.
You arrived in Russia on forged papers?
I wasn't able to travel under my name. I had a passport under the name Abdullah Sarokurd (Atakurd).
Turkish intelligence realized you were in Russia after only two days. How did they figure it out?
I made a mistake: Having arrived in Moscow, I made contact with the branches of our party abroad by satellite phone. My conversations were intercepted, not by the Turks, but by [Israel's intelligence service] MOSSAD, who passed the information on to Turkey.
And were you really, as Ankara claimed, in Odintsovo near Moscow?
Yes, that's the case. True, I started moving around from place to place after that, traversing Russia and the CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States]. But I wasn't, as the Turks asserted, in Armenia.
Were you in touch with the Russian authorities?
Yes, via our representative in Moscow, Mahir Walat [a.k.a. Numan Ochar]. We sent a request to the President, the Prime Minister, and Russian special services that I be allowed to remain in Russia. The confluence of Russia's and Kurdistan's interests in the Caspian Region and the Middle East gave us reason to hope for a positive answer. But Russia was not ready for this. The U.S. was applying severe pressure on it. Turkey had offered Russia lucrative contracts and financial aid and promised to positively influence the situation in Chechnya.
Do you know how and by whom it was decided that you couldn't stay in Russia?
I know that this question elicited sharp disagreement at the highest levels. Since your President was ill at the time, the final word rested with Evgeny Primakov. And he was a solid "no". I think this decision is a mistake. Especially in light of the fact that on November 4, the State Duma almost unanimously decided to appeal to the President to grant me political asylum. Of the 300 voting deputies, only one abstained. None voted against. The Duma recognized that Turkey was conducting a genocidal policy against the Kurds, and called on Ankara to resolve the Kurdish issue peacefully. The Deputies understand that my presence in Moscow could be a powerful weapon in the struggle for Russia's interests. Unfortunately, Primakov did not heed their opinion.
Has your attitude towards Russia now changed?
I don't bear any grudge towards Russia. Your country itself is now in a difficult situation. I think that we still have good opportunities for establishing close relations.
Why did they arrest you at the airport in Rome? They say someone alerted the Italian security services to your arrival.
No, as soon as I arrived in Italy I revealed who I was and requested political asylum. The follow-up process stipulated I remain in quarantine. On Friday [20 November], I was released on bail. On Wednesday [25 November], my case will be heard in the Court of Appeals of Rome. I hope the issue of granting me political asylum will be resolved positively by the end of the month.
Where are you living now? Have you got any security?
I live in a secure location where I have everything I need for work. External security is provided by the Italian police and internal security by Kurdish bodyguards.
Do you know that Kurds, seeking your release, commit acts of self-immolation?
I have called on my compatriots three times not to do this.
And what are the future prospects of the Kurdish movement? Is the PKK threatened by a split without your tough leadership?
The Kurdish issue has now become one that the whole international community will resolve. We have thereby entered a new political stage in our struggle. And in Rome I will be at the forefront of this struggle. We are ready for a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question. If the Turks again refuse to sit at the negotiating table with us, they will discredit themselves in front of the whole world. Regarding the Kurdish Liberation Army, it is commanded by the General Staff, which during the course of heavy fighting over the past two months has shown that it is coping with its task.
Senior PKK official Hoshnav Sipan[1] was interviewed for Kommersant by Leonid Gankin on 21 July 1999. By this time, Ocalan has been imprisoned on Imrali Island, where he still is, and sentenced to death by Turkey, a sentence that was formally commuted in 2002, shortly after Turkey abolished capital punishment. Sipan is concerned to deny that there have been ideological splits among the PKK leadership after Ocalan's capture. Especially interesting from Sipan is his mention of "influential friends" the PKK has in Russia and his rage at Heydar Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, for having publicly supported Turkey's sentencing of Ocalan.[2]
What's Ocalan doing now? How's he holding up?
He's fine, hanging on. He listens to shortwave radio and reads newspapers. True, he complains that they bring them [the newspapers] late. He's allowed to meet with his lawyers.
But what's happening with the Party? They say there's been a schism in the PKK leadership and some of its supporters advocate a rejection of Marxism.
There is a very poor understanding in the world of what the PKK is. It's not just a Party. It is a national idea that has gripped the minds of millions of Kurds. Maybe in ten years or so our party will have another name and will fight not under the Red Banner, but some other one. But it cannot be destroyed. And there's no schism in the party. On the contrary, after Ocalan's capture the ranks of the Kurdish army were reinforced with 5,000 new fighters.
But what does the leadership of the Kurdish movement intend to do in relation to Ocalan's sentence?
We adhere to the tactics of offensive defense, without ceasing hostilities in Kurdistan. But we urge our supporters to refrain from sabotage in Turkey. Everything will depend on Ankara's readiness for dialogue and whether the sentence is carried out against our leader.
When do you expect a verdict in the Ocalan case?
Ankara is drawing it out, waiting for the end of the holiday season. After all, because of Ocalan's capture and trial, Turkey's tourism industry has suffered losses of $4 billion, whereas its total revenue over the past year was $9 billion. Western tourists refused to travel to Turkish resorts for fear of terrorist attacks, and now only tourists from Russia and the CIS vacation there.
Apparently, the court of appeals will consider Ocalan's verdict no earlier than the fall. If the court leaves it unchanged, the sentence must be approved by parliament and signed by the president. Turkey is attempting a desperate bargain with Europe, demanding accession to the European Union in exchange for Ocalan's pardon. But most European countries refuse to give it any guarantees.
The OSCE called on Turkey to pardon Ocalan at the beginning of the month. Eight countries wouldn't sign the request, including Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan. That's how they repaid Turkey, which gave them the money for the admission fee into the OSCE.
But what especially outraged the Kurds was the fact that Azerbaijan's President Heydar Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to Turkey's President Suleyman Demirel after Ocalan's sentence. Have you ever heard of such a thing? Congratulations for pronouncing a death sentence! And this is after Aliyev conducted negotiations with our party and swore his brotherly relations with the Kurdish people.
When was that?
At the start of 1993, when Aliyev headed the Supreme Soviet of Nakhchivan. He received 3 representatives of the PKK leadership and discussed issues of cooperation with them. We also had contacts with his opponent, Elchibey. In Azerbaijan, where almost 500,000 Kurds reside, the opposition always attempted to use us in their power struggle, but we preserved our neutrality.
Has the Kurdish attitude towards Russia changed after Russia didn't grant Ocalan political asylum?
We proceed from the assumption that Russia is a natural ally of the Kurds, and we don't conflate the Russian people with its current government. Regimes change, but the people remain the same. Moreover, we have many influential friends in Russia.[3]
Are you here to get in contact with them?
Mahir Walat (Numan Ochar)
The Russian edition of Rudaw interviewed Mahir Walat (Numan Ochar), a founding member of the PKK and former Central Committee member, on 11 May 2011. Walat was very close friends with Abdullah Ocalan and served as the PKK's representative to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as carrying out various political tasks in Syria and Iran. As soon as Ocalan was captured in early 1999, he was summoned to the PKK headquarters in the Qandil Mountains of northern Iraq for harsh interrogation; the PKK accused him of being an accomplice in Ocalan's capture. Walat escaped from Qandil, left the Party, and fled back to Russia.
You left the PKK twelve years ago. What have you been doing since, and why have you kept so quiet?
There are a lot of reasons for my silence. In the first place, I don't want to become an enemy of my people. Thousands of courageous young men and women sacrificed their lives and thousands were injured and imprisoned. I didn't want to desecrate their memory, so I kept silent.
The PKK leadership accused me of participating in Ocalan's capture. I went to the mountains to explain to them what really happened, but they put me under arrest and interrogated me. The interrogation lasted 45 days, and I wrote a detailed report. They didn't respond to my report.
I gave two reports to the PKK leadership, but after a while two of my interrogators came and told me that I had to write a new report. They wanted me to confess to my participation in Ocalan's capture and to demonstrate that I was a traitor and a spy.
So, what did you do?
I was already in a bad psychological state because of what happened to Ocalan. I became ill, and they didn't respond to my request for medical treatment. I asked for evidence that they had anything against me, and they wouldn't give that to me, either. They just gave me a few written statements by [the PKK leader's brother] Osman Ocalan and a few other comrades who had spoken against me at the conference on Ocalan's capture.
A comrade secretly handed me the [August 1999] ceasefire decision, which upset me very much, because I believed that the fight should have intensified, since the capture of Ocalan had inflamed nationalist sentiments across all Kurdish lands. The Syrian government was confused and did not know what to do. Due to this difficult situation in the PKK, I could not continue to remain in this organization. Some say that I left the PKK. Others say that I escaped from them. Let them say whatever they want.
What is necessary to point out is that after Ocalan left Syria, I tirelessly traveled to many countries for four months trying to help him, and, apart from me, none of the PKK members did anything. During that time there was a PKK conference. They need to tell people what they did at this conference. Farhad, Abbas, Juma, Zara, and Botan must explain this. If they still won't say what they did, then they are suspects in the capture of Ocalan, especially Osman Ocalan and his supporters, who launched a propaganda campaign against me.
These comrades said that I stole the organization's money, used it in private business and got rich. This is all a lie. I still live in a difficult situation on the salary of my employed spouse.
Why did Ocalan leave Syria? Did he consult with the PKK Central Committee and the leadership of the Council on this issue?
On 10 July 1998, as I was reporting on my activities to Ocalan over the phone, he interrupted me and said, "Haven't you heard the news? I'm in danger. I have to leave Syria. Can I come there?" It was all unexpected.
Why did Ocalan decide to go to Russia? How was he received there? What were the positions of the Russians and why didn't they let him stay?
From Syria, Ocalan went to Greece, which we viewed as a friendly country, but they wouldn't allow him to stay. After this I spoke with Ocalan on the telephone, and Comrade Rustam [Broyev, who was responsible for diplomatic activities and relations with the Duma] recommended I speak to [Aleksey] Mitrofanov. Mitrofanov was the head of the Duma's International Affairs Committee, the Russian parliament, and a member of [Vladimir] Zhirinovsky's [fascistic Liberal Democratic] party. He knew Ocalan and pretended to be a friend. The next day I met with Mitrofanov in person to avoid the use of telephones and [the risk of] interception. We also turned up the television volume before we began speaking.
Mitrofanov said, "Okay, let's speak to Zhirinovsky". We met with Zhirinovsky that day, and he said he was ready to help. Letters were sent to the Duma and Prime Minister Evgeny Primakov. We spoke with the representatives of the political parties in the Duma, and I kept Ocalan apprised of all of these endeavors. Ocalan and I contacted one another every hour.
We sent an invitation to Greece for Ocalan on Zhirinovsky's behalf. Ocalan came to Russia with [Ayfer Kaya, a.k.a.] Rozerin, Omer Osse, and [Muhammad] Marwan al-Zarki.[4] We set up Ocalan in Zhirinovsky's house. A few days later, Ocalan wanted to use the phone, but I did not want to allow this, for his safety. But he spoke on the phone for extended periods and our whereabouts were therefore traced by the CIA and MOSSAD.
There was only one organ that could keep Ocalan in Russia, and that was the Duma, since he had shown up without official agreement. Thanks to the efforts of Comrade Rostam, the Duma adopted a resolution, the first time in history a political resolution on the Kurds had been adopted. However, this decision of the Duma was not implemented. Russian media began to pressure Zhirinovsky and weakened him. A senior Russian diplomat met with us and told us to leave the country.
Ocalan set off for Italy, but then went back to Greece. One gets the impression he lost initiative and authority and the ability to make decisions.
That's true. They met Ocalan at the airport in Greece and wouldn't allow him into the country. We had no alternatives, and the PKK had no Plan B. All our endeavors in Europe and other countries were foiled by a hidden hand.
Could the PKK really not do anything to prevent Ocalan's capture?
Ocalan himself and the Central Committee, of which I was a member, have a general responsibility for his capture. The greatest weakness of the PKK was diplomacy and international relations. In the PKK, there was no decent preparation for this crisis. I believe that what Ocalan said, describing the lack of preparations as "weak friendships", was correct.
Is it true that Ocalan said that if Europe denies him entrance, he will go to the mountains between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey?
Ocalan thought about this, and we discussed it many times. We contacted the diplomatic branches in order to facilitate his travel to this region through Armenia and Iran. We also discussed this with the leadership of the PKK Council. We even prepared a new passport for him, should the need arise. We wanted to transport Ocalan to Armenia via Russia, but the Russian authorities wouldn't allow this.
You've done a lot in your work for the PKK. So, after all this time, how do you see the future of the Kurds and their current situation in the world?
Kurdistan is an international colony. There are many atrocities and massacres committed against the Kurds in the name of socialism, Islam, and democracy. However, the Kurds did everything in their power and made sacrifices in order to survive and defend their honor.
The current predicament of the Kurds is a disgrace and a scandal for the international community. Nevertheless, events are moving in the direction of a resolution. Kurds are living through a historical era. Part of the Kurdish lands [Iraqi Kurdistan] received official and legal status in the world. Our people in Turkey are still fighting, in Syria and Iran they are also fighting, and their consciousness is increasing.
In short, all four parts of our land are headed towards independence. The world has changed and continues to change. Retrograde, reactionary, repressive regimes are disappearing one after the other.
On that subject, do you see any national unity between the Kurdish parties in Turkey or among the Kurdish parties in the countries where they exist?
The PKK is a very large party, but I cannot understand its position regarding the national unity of the Kurds in Turkey and in other countries. This PKK parochialism calls to mind that of the Yazidi Kurds. Our Yazidi Kurds were formerly victims of massacres and war in the past. But they constantly protect themselves and act like a closed community in their relations with the outside world. Assaults on the PKK in Turkey, Iran, and Syria—and internal criticism of the PKK—have forced the PKK to isolate itself in order to defend itself.
They should open up and cooperate with other Kurdish parties that are not affiliated with the occupiers. They must be open to criticism. The PKK is waging a national struggle in the Kurdish world. I do not want it to be weak. I want it to become stronger, because without the PKK, the Kurdish nation will be weakened and dissolved.
In the last ten years, the Kurdish strategy in Turkey has changed from demanding an independent state to democratic autonomy. What are the advantages and disadvantages?
The PKK has become like a state, with all of its institutions and agencies. The PKK should demand an independent, unified Kurdistan. In my opinion, a democratic republic, autonomy and Kemalism are not for the PKK. The point I wish to press is that the Party is the power and guarantor of the Kurdish nation, and therefore the consolidation of the Party's power is what's required, not its dilution.
[1] It is possible that Hoşnav Sipan is the same person as Sipan Hamo, the commander of the PKK's armed units when they operate in Syria, the People's Protection Forces (YPG). If this is so, it would suggest Sipan was charged with handling the Russia file for the YPG/PKK. Sipan Hamo was the first senior YPG official to (publicly) visit Moscow and has taken point in maintaining relations ever since.
[2] The consensus view in Azerbaijan is that the KGB was involved in creating the PKK, and Heydar Aliyev, the head of the secret police in that republic of the Soviet Union in the relevant period, was the personal initiator of the PKK project. Such accusations have been made by, among others, Abulfaz Elchibey, the first elected president of independent Azerbaijan, who was overthrown in a coup by Aliyev in 1993.
[3] It seems very likely that among the "influential friends" Sipan is referring to is Yevgeny Primakov, the long-serving Middle East expert in the Soviet Politburo who had just been removed as Boris Yeltsin's prime minister, and quite possibly Vladimir Putin, who had left his office as head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), one of the successor agencies to the KGB, a few months earlier, and was at this time functioning as the Secretary of the Security Council (SBRF), which coordinates executive policy.
[4] According to David McDowall in his A Modern History of the Kurds (p. 479), Al-Zarki set up the Syrian Democratic Gathering Party (Hizb al-Tajmu al-Dimuqrati al-Suriya) in August 1998 under the sponsorship of the Hafez al-Asad regime. Al-Zarki defined his party's mission as resisting various Zionist imperialist conspiracies, particularly their desire to pit Kurds and Arabs against each other—ethnic tensions that would not exist otherwise, of course—and denounced thoroughly the Israeli-Turkish alliance that threatened Syria. Unsurprisingly, these issues were all important concerns of the Asad regime at that moment.
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Sifar to Release Debut Album on Beatfactory Music
Delhi based Hindi Rock band prepares to release debut album in September '11 on Delhi's premier record label after the success of their 3 track EP.
Delhi, India, August 27, 2011 --(PR.com)-- After making waves with their self-titled, 3-track EP earlier this year, the Delhi based hindi rock band, Sifar, has announced the release of their first full length album in September '11. The album will feature the song "Gunah" from band's debut EP which has already started receiving airplay. The album has been produced by Singer/ Songwriter/ Guitarist Amit Yadav, and is being mixed by renowned producer, and label boss Gaurav Dayal. "The upcoming album and the video release are going to be very exciting for us because seeing the response to the EP so far, I'm sure Sifar fans are waiting to hear more from the band," says Dayal. The self-titled EP not only made an impact on the fans, but has been received very well by many established musicians as well. One of them is Nitin Malik of Parikrama. "I think Sifar is probably one band which has given a glorious face to the concept of Hindi rock," says Malik.
Influenced by Grunge, and Punk bands of late 80s and early 90s, Sifar came together in 2008 but really started to take shape in 2010 when the songwriting partnership of Amit Yadav, and Anshul Bansal spiraled into a full fledged live band. Since then, the band has performed at various college festivals across the country including many IITs. The Delhi band has also been featured on various radio stations across the country.
For more information, fans can check out Sifar's Official Website: www.sifar.in
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Nephi1 likens scriptures unto his people, 1 Ne. 19:23.
Nephi1 writes on his plates many scriptures from brass plates, 2 Ne. 4:15.
my soul delighteth in scriptures, 2 Ne. 4:15.
Nephites understand not scriptures, Jacob 2:23.
Nephites search scriptures, hearken not to Sherem's words, Jacob 7:23.
Alma2 unfolds scriptures beyond what Amulek has done, Alma 12:1.
if men wrest scriptures, it will be to own destruction, Alma 13:20 (41:1).
Ammon2 expounds to Lamanites all scriptures since Lehi1 left Jerusalem, Alma 18:38.
scriptures are laid before thee and all things denote there is a God, Alma 30:44.
ye ought to search scriptures, Alma 33:2 (3 Ne. 10:14).
brass plates have records of holy scriptures on them, Alma 37:3.
scriptures begin to be fulfilled, Hel. 16:14.
those who use scriptures to preach against law of Moses have not understood scriptures, 3 Ne. 1:24.
scriptures concerning Christ's coming are fulfilled, 3 Ne. 9:16.
he who has scriptures should search them, 3 Ne. 10:14.
Jesus expounds scriptures to Nephites, 3 Ne. 23:6.
Nephites to write other scriptures that they have not, 3 Ne. 23:6.
Jesus expounds all scriptures in one which Nephites have written, 3 Ne. 23:14.
have they not read scriptures, 3 Ne. 27:5.
Oliver Cowdery to obtain knowledge of old records which contain scripture, D&C 8:1.
men err in wresting scriptures and do not understand them, D&C 10:63.
the restoration of the Book of Mormon proves to world that scriptures are true, D&C 20:10–11.
neither add to nor diminish from scriptures to come, D&C 20:35.
scriptures came through the Holy Ghost, voice of God, angels, D&C 20:35.
transgressing members to be dealt with as scriptures direct, D&C 20:80.
devote time to studying scriptures, D&C 26:1.
scriptures given for Saints' instruction, D&C 33:16.
scriptures given to salvation of elect, D&C 35:20.
teach gospel from scriptures, D&C 42:12.
elders to teach as the Lord has commanded until fulness of scriptures is given, D&C 42:15.
laws given in scriptures, D&C 42:28.
ask, and scriptures shall be given as the Lord has appointed, D&C 42:56.
scriptures shall be preserved in safety, D&C 42:56.
do not teach scriptures until ye receive them in full, D&C 42:57.
commandments given in scriptures to be law governing Church, D&C 42:59.
whatever is spoken under influence of the Holy Ghost is scripture, D&C 68:4.
expound mysteries out of scriptures, D&C 71:1.
scriptures tell that children are sanctified through Atonement, D&C 74:7.
house to be built for printing translation of scriptures, D&C 94:10.
the Lord's commandment to print fulness of scriptures, D&C 104:58.
Moroni2 quotes scriptures to Joseph Smith, JS—H 1:36–41.


Everybody loves speed comparisons! Is R faster than Python? Is dplyr faster than data.table? Is STAN faster than JAGS? It has been said that speed comparisons are utterly meaningless, and in general I agree, especially when you are comparing apples and oranges which is what I'm going to do here. I'm going to compare a couple of alternatives to lm(), that can be used to run linear regressions in R, but that are more general than lm(). One reason for doing this was to see how much performance you'd loose if you would use one of these tools to run a linear regression (even if you could have used lm()). But as speed comparisons are utterly meaningless, my main reason for blogging about this is just to highlight a couple of tools you can use when you grown out of lm(). The speed comparison was just to lure you in. Let's run!
Below are the seven different methods that I'm going to compare by using each method to run the same linear regression. If you are just interested in the speed comparisons, just scroll to the bottom of the post. And if you are actually interested in running standard linear regressions as fast as possible in R, then Dirk Eddelbuettel has a nice post that covers just that.
Note, that we need to explicitly initialize the parameters before the maximization and that we now also need a parameter for the standard deviation. For an even more versatile use of the formula interface for building statistical models, check out the very cool rethinking package by Richard McElreath.
As the convergence returned 0 it hopeful worked fine (a 1 indicates non-convergence). The control = list(fnscale = -1) argument is just there to make optim() do maximum likelihood estimation rather than minimum likelihood estimation (which must surely be the worst estimation method ever).
To make these speed comparisons I used the microbenchmark package, the full script replicating the plots above can be found here. This speed comparison was made on my laptop running R version 3.1.2, on 32 bit Ubuntu 12.04, with an average amount of RAM and a processor that is starting to get a bit tired.


From amazing recipes to Italian history.
If you've ever daydreamed that you were Julia Child in the movie Julie & Julia, dreamed of tasting your way through life as Johnny Depp in Chocolat, or ever wanted to cook in a professional kitchen in Italy, well, today your dream has come true. Say hello to Cooking Classes in Rome where you can learn traditional Italian cooking in one day and it won't bust your travel budget!
Mini ramekins filled with pasta sauce, buffalo mozzarella and eggplant.
On a recent trip to Rome, I spent five hours in the Trastevere neighborhood with 11 other travelers from the Unites States and New Zealand. We learned how to prepare four Italian courses and two sides. The food was beyond amazing: homemade pasta that tasted like warm butter cake, melting in your mouth (You'll never look at store-bought pasta the same way) and stuffed chicken with pancetta, provolone, spinach and Italian sausage, just to name two. The five-hour class was life-changing and frankly, not long enough. But I took what I could get.
The cooking class came with a fascinating history lesson in Roman cuisine as well. Apparently, traditional Roman cuisine was heavily practiced in the Trastevere district. Trastevere is located on the west side of the Tiber River. As the story unfolded, we learned that the elite/high-class lived on the east side of the Tiber River, where you have all of the ancient ruins and most popular tourist attractions including the Colosseum, Piazza di Navona, Campo di Fiori, Borghese Gardens and the grand Spanish steps.
All of the help and cooks for the elite, lived on the west side of the Tiber River in Trastevere, preparing the elites' meals every single day. Depending on who you ask, some might say that the best restaurants in Rome, are found west of the Tiber River, including Cacio de Pepe known for its the popular cacio de pepe (pasta with parmesan and pepper) and spaghetti alla carbonara made with egg and not red pasta sauce, which you can find at any restaurant in the city. Now, whether or not the above history lesson is in fact 100 percent true, still remains to be explored, but it served as a great aperitivo (appetizer in Italian) to our cooking adventure.
Our task was to prepare four courses with assistance from Chef Andrea, who runs Cooking Classes of Rome with his wife. Going into the class, nobody knew what to expect in terms of how hands-on or not chef would be. Chef Andrea provided guidance, showing us one-time how to cut, peel, fold and knead, and then it was our turn. The four courses that would define our day were eggplant parmigiana, spaghetti alla carbonara, chicken rolle' stuffed with smoked provolone, spinach, pancetta (optional) and sausage (optional), and for dessert a divine lemon custard with peaches poached in rum). There were two additional side dishes as well: broccoletti (broccoli rabe) ripassati (twice cooked broccoli rabe) and roasted potatoes with rosemary.
Chef Andrea teaches the class how to debone a chicken leg and thigh at a cooking class in Rome.
*If you're not a fan of cutting chicken, getting your hands "dirty" and/or using a knife, then have your local butcher do you a huge favor and debone the chicken for you.
Deboned chicken cooks in a skillet at a cooking class in Rome.
*Be kind to the chicken. Once you break the breast bone in half (with your hands), take an extremely sharp knife and go around the leg and thigh bone, carefully, removing the chicken. If you butcher the meat too much, it won't wrap properly around your ingredients. Take it from someone who knows. I had to wrap and then re-wrap my chicken several times because I chopped a little too much.
*The twine wrapped around the chicken assisted in keeping the meat and its ingredients together while the bird was sautéed until brown and then baked, to finish off the cooking process.
3: Pasta Making Is a Sport!
Strings of freshly made pasta are displayed here at a cooking class in Rome.
*Strong hands to scramble those eggs!
*As you scramble, bring in the flour (a little at a time) making sure to maintain a good "flour-wall-defense."
Egg and flour are mixed together to create fresh pasta at a cooking class in Rome.
The beauty of the pasta-making process isn't just in the intense scramble and kneading of the dough, but it's in the rolling of the pasta dough onto the classic Eppicotispai chitarra (pronounced key-tahr-rah; pictured) pasta cutter that creates your spaghetti. Once the dough is rolled out onto the Eppicotispai chitarra, simply take one finger and strum the "guitar" strings and watch the pasta fall. Voila!
Chef Andrea teaches the class how to properly fry eggplant at a cooking class in Rome.
*Make sure to slice the eggplant not too thin and not too thick.
*Deep fry on very high heat. Using a wire basket is extremely helpful, so the eggplant can drain once you're done frying.
This creamy eggplant dish was made at a cooking class in Rome.
*Let the eggplant breathe. Don't stack on top of each other. They like their space.
The finished product will inevitably be something that's quite yummy, nutritious and delicious.
When everything was complete, the class sat down and Chef Andrea graciously served us. Sitting at the front dining area of the cooking school, we were happily served with the dishes we had prepared throughout the day. At a small additional fee, we could enjoy our meal with a glass of wine. What's Italian eating without fine wine? Last but certainly not least, one week after the class, we received detailed recipes for cooking all four courses at home! Thank you, Chef Andrea.
This dining room table is set and ready for a delicious meal at a cooking class in Rome.
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Chief Financial Officer Kayla Rhynalds had good news for the KCHS Board of Trustees during the June 27 meeting. During the financial report, Rhynalds revealed May 2018 was the first month the facility had operated in the black in quite some time.
While operating revenue and expenses showed a loss for the month, non-operating revenue compensated the negative for a total net earning of $20,494 for the month. A large factor in the total was County dollars that helped offset expenses. Rhynalds told the board it is positive news and with the direction care is moving at the facility, they should continue to see improvement in the financials.
The annual audit is scheduled for the end of July. Results of the audit should be ready to present to the board at the August meeting. The board approved financials.


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It's a G Thing
Just a girl. Her name is Gretchen. A day in the life of an American girl.
Just Let Me -- G -- Indoctrinate You!
Home Girl
G MAIL
G COMPANY
G TEA
Unions should be outlawed.
"...this is about our right to collectively bargain!"
somewhere in Wisconsin
So what you're saying is, this is about your privilege to have a good, decent job in America (in the worst of times), and when push comes to shove, you feel, in order to be heard and have your expectations fulfilled, you will protest, use tactics similar to black mail, advocate students to act on your behalf, and come to the point where you choose to cease providing such service altogether; the service, teaching America's children, an enviable position for which you are handsomely paid -- including a boatload of benefits, pension and health care for life -- comes to a complete halt for as long as it takes, jeopardizing your own students education, using your position as a public servant, more or less, as a bargaining chip -- held out until all your needs are met.
You all must have been taking your cues from the Middle East...
This is a situation where our republic gets held hostage; under the guise of democracy in action -- in radical form and formula, workers of the world collectively unite, whether or not it undermines the process, whether or not it disrupts the education of our children, whether or not it takes a day or three months. They unite, in for the long haul and whatever it takes.
Don't they know how lucky they really are?
The real world doesn't even come close to being able to offer the kinds of benefits these teachers take for granted.
What is happening to us?
Where is the collective concern for the long term feasibility and ability to stay afloat for the state?
This isn't what Wisconsin wants to do, as if they have a choice -- the financial reality staring the governor in the face is non-negotiable, too far gone, already a situation that it leaves them no other choice. Let me be clear, this is about not enough revenue and having too many expenses; this is a taxpayer problem (aren't teachers taxpayers too?); there is not enough money in the world to follow through with the promises made to union members, and we are just seeing the beginning of it (while only adding to it, is the new "Affordable Care Law" projecting costs that many states are already well under way legally fighting to opt out).
"The bill, which also bans collective bargaining rights for teachers, requires educators to contribute 5.8 percent to their pensions and 12.6 percent to their health care. Currently, educators pay 0.2 percent for their pensions and 4 to 6 percent of their health care costs."
point two percent is paid into their own pension. POINT two percent...unbelievable.
averaging five percent contribution to cover their health care costs...wonder who covers the rest?
STATES are broke...
let's see, would these teachers rather be let go? would they rather have higher student to teacher ratios? would they rather have furlough days? would they rather have their pensions just go belly up after states go bankrupt?
Unions are so keen on the collective bargaining for their own -- but what happens when it fractures the stability of the whole?
Weaving this conversation into the discussion from just yesterday, is this the kind of behavior we can come to expect under the new collective bargaining tools made available now to our TSA's, possibly jeopardizing our ability to safely and freely travel?
While the real life salary range for teachers is hardly something to complain about...
"According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2008, the average salary for an elementary school teacher was $51, 240 while middle school educators earned $50,950 and high school teachers earned $49, 400."
adding to that reality, a cushy schedule, a bevy of holidays, weeks of vacation...really?
And when Obama, Mr. Union Label Lover himself, weighed in on the Wisconsin deal, he said this, :"this seems like more an assault on unions to me" --so rest assured, his administration is carefully monitoring the situation.
IN every way this country seems to "progress", we go two steps back.
How about our teachers move to Egypt to find work and get paid $50,000/year for teaching elementary math and the ABC's? Good luck with that. And considering the reality that is coming out of our standardized testing across the country, perhaps we are paying way too much to begin with.
How about, if it isn't conscionable for you to see fit paying a wee bit more for your overpriced pension upon retirement, you get nothing? (and considering now, by all evidence of your recent behavior, being clearly not worthy of a dime in this very moment...) But the reality is, nothing will be what's left in the coffers when you finally reach that ripe old age of 65 -- or will it be 68 or 70 even? oooh that's a number up in the air now isn't it.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love teachers; my daughter has had the pleasure of having stellar educators leave their mark over the years, some leaving a lasting good impression, others simply mentoring her to the next level with ease, building upon her maturity and skills as the years go by, arming her with all that she would ever need to begin her high school years taking honor classes and ready for anything (of course, she also has parents making her do her homework and expecting her to do her very best...hmmmm....which came first, the chicken or the egg? but I digress)
And for myself, twice in my life, I have taught preschool, making under ten dollars an hour, gratefully employed by one of the most well financed and organized franchises offering preschool and daycare services in the country -- KinderCare.
Teachers are challenged to use not only what they know to teach what they know, but in ways that constantly require creativity, accountability, and a personal commitment to give it everything they've got, everyday, even when, as we all know, children of all ages can test our ability to keep cool, calm and collected (oh the irony on that last thought).
The thing is, the United States of America was never intended to run under union rules and thuggery.
These actions, happening more and more each day, will ruin the good that we got left. And that's just a fact.
Even within my own democratically controlled state of California, we now have a governor-- who, by the way, has a LONG history of being friendly to UNIONS, all the way around -- is even considering making changes to the choke-hold unions have upon the fiscal bottom line -- there is no way to avoid it when facing BILLIONS of dollars in deficits, breaking corporations backs with increasing regulations to the point of losing them altogether, and dealing with a growing entitlement population by the minute.
Something's gotta give and our Jerry Brown knows it (I think, don't quote me, Jerry's jury is still out).
Unions have staged and financed each and every protest that have walked our streets, stomped on CEO lawns, providing for every poster, lunch and/or bus -- even jumping state lines if they have to (go back and review Arizona/California union relations, about the time the AZ immigration law was enacted, and funny, low and behold featuring a large number of teachers).
The thing is, America has always been different -- kind of a cut above how the rest of the world deals with the ugly details of contracts, negotiations, benefits and long term commitments -- treating both sides of the table equally and fairly and equitably has been handled deftly and swiftly more often than not. Picketing and Walk-Outs has never been the norm; in the past, it's been highly frowned upon and used as a method of last resort.
But something tells me, things have changed.
Having a community organizer in the highest office of the land kind of validates such moves of fundamental transformation, whether it comes via the grass roots fueled by a cause, or fully funded and endorsed by billions of union dues -- either way, making us look more and more like the middle east everyday.
and to think, I was going to continue my rant on the 2012 budget today -- consider it a hostile takeover of the agenda, ya just never know these days when rules for radicals devotees pop their ugly head.
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John P Jones February 21, 2011 at 8:36 AM
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Георгій Олексійович Балл (24 травня 1936, Київ, СРСР — 23 грудня 2016, Київ, Україна) — радянський та український психолог, Син вченого та винахідника в галузі кінотехніки Олексія Михайловича Балла О. М. Балл .

Біографія
В 1957 році закінчив Київський політехнічний інститут (електроакустичний факультет).

З 1958 працював в НДІ психології УРСР (нині — Інститут психології імені Г. С. Костюка НАПН України). Учень Григорія Силовича Костюка.

Кандидат технічних наук з 1964 року.

В 1965-71 та з 1989 — завідувач лабораторії (відділу). З 1996 очолював лабораторії методології та теорії психології.

Доктор психологічних наук з 1991 року,  Докторська дисертація «Основи теорії задач (система основних понять; психолого-педагогічний аспект)», професор з 1993 року.

З 1993 працював за сумісництвом в Інституті педагогіки і психології професійної освіти АПН України.

З 2003 року член-кореспондент, НАПН України.

З 1969 викладав у вищих навчальних закладах України. Член редколегій ряду наукових журналів. Автор 585 наукових робіт, з них — 14 одноосібних і колективних монографій та 15 посібників.

Пішов з життя 23 грудня 2016 року (за іншими відомостями — 22 грудня).

Основні напрямки дослідження
Теорія задач, психолого-педагогічні аспекти учбових задач .
Сучасний гуманізм, гуманізація освіти
Раціогуманізм, раціогуманістичний підхід у методології психологічної науки
Розробка формалізованих описів в людинознавстві
Теоретико-множинний метод в описі процесів

Основні наукові праці
 Балл Г. А. Теория учебных задач: Психолого-педагогический аспект. — М.: Педагогика, 1990.
 Балл Г. А. Психология в рациогуманистической перспективе: Избранные работы, К.: Основа, 2006.
 Балл Г. О. Орієнтири сучасного гуманізму (в суспільній, освітній, психологічній сферах): Видання друге, доповнене. — Житомир: ПП «Рута», Видавництво «Волинь», 2008.
 Балл Г.А., Мединцев В.А. Теоретико-множественный метод описания процессов и его применение в психологии: монография. – Київ: Педагогічна думка, 2016. 88 с.
 Балл Г. О. Раціогуманістична орієнтація в методології людинознавства. Київ: Видавництво ПП «СДК», 2017. 204 с.

Статті
 Балл Г.А. О понятиях «воздействие», «действие» и «операция» // Вопросы психологии.  1974.  № 4. С. 10–20.
 Балл Г.О., Войтко В.І. Узагальнена інтерпретація поняття моделі / Філософська думка. 1976. № 1.
 Балл Г.А. Система понятий для описания объектов приложения интеллекта / Кибернетика. 1979. № 2.
 Балл Г. О. Раціогуманізм та його значення для психології / Актуальні проблеми психології. 3 (11). 2010 C.
 Балл Г. А. Нормативный профессиональный идеал ученого //  Психологический журнал. 3 (32). 2011. С. 17-26.
 Балл Г. О. Раціогуманістична орієнтація в аналізі розв'язування ціннісних колізій // Актуальні проблеми психології. 7 (11). 2013. С. 12-18.
 Балл Г. О. Аналіз поведінки у складних соціальних ситуаціях як сфера застосування теоретичних положень філософії // Педагогіка і психологія. 3. 2016. С. 9-15.
 Балл Г.А., Мединцев В.А. Формализованное описание процессов как теоретический ресурс изучения развития // Мир психологии. 1. 2016. С. 53–66.

Нагороди та премії
 Відмінник народної освіти УРСР (1987).
 Нагороджений почесними грамотами Президіуму АПН України (1995, 2006).
 Почесна грамота Міністерства освіти і науки України (2007).
 Знак НАПН України «Ушинський К.Д.» (2011).
 Медаль НАПН України «Григорій Сковорода» (2016).

Примітки

Посилання
 Сайт Г. О. Балла
 Сторінка Г. О. Балла на сайті НБУВ
 Балл Георгій Олексійович  // Психологія і особистість. 2016. № 2 (10) Ч. 1 — ISSN 2226-4078. — С. 251—253

Випускники КПІ
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Home > Journals > Physics & Mathematics > AM
Applied Mathematics > Vol.4 No.7, July 2013
Some Equivalent Forms of Bernoulli's Inequality: A Survey ()
Yuan-Chuan Li, Cheh-Chih Yeh
Department of Applied Mathematics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan.
Department of Mathematics, National Central University, Taiwan; Department of Information Management, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
DOI: 10.4236/am.2013.47146 PDF HTML 6,549 Downloads 8,726 Views Citations
The main purpose of this paper is to link some known inequalities which are equivalent to Bernoulli's inequality.
Bernoulli's Inequality; Young's Inequality; Jensen's Inequality; Hölder's Inequality; Cauchy's Inequality;
Y. Li and C. Yeh, "Some Equivalent Forms of Bernoulli's Inequality: A Survey," Applied Mathematics, Vol. 4 No. 7, 2013, pp. 1070-1093. doi: 10.4236/am.2013.47146.
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Sovereign wealth funds continue to target transport infrastructure in developed markets, Temasek rises 19 percent and China's stock market crash prompts purchases by CIC's Central Huijin arm.
Sovereign wealth funds continue to invest in developed market infrastructure assets, attracted by the stable long-term cash flows they offer. On Wednesday, Associated British Ports (ABP), a group that owns and operates 21 seaports across the U.K., confirmed that the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) has bought a 10 percent stake in the company. KIA, which manages around $548 billion in assets, probably bought the stake from Singapore's $342 billion sovereign wealth fund GIC, whose own stake dropped from 33.3 percent to 23.3 percent, according to ABP's statement.
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Singaporean state investor Temasek Holdings published its annual report this week. The document revealed the fund's assets rose 19 percent to S$266 billion ($193.87 billion) over the twelve months to March 31. Temasek increased its exposure to developed markets over the period — Europe and North America now account for 17 percent of its assets, up from 14 percent in 2013 — but confirmed that the strong returns from its investments in Singapore and China drove the portfolio's performance.
In a press conference to mark the publication of Temasek's annual report, Wu Yibing, head of China operations, said he was unconcerned about the recent decline in the Chinese stocks that has wiped more than 30 percent off the value of the market over the past month. Indeed, Wu said the volatility may generate investment opportunities.
Meanwhile, the Chinese government has enlisted the help of various state-linked institutions to try and curb the sell-off. Among them: Central Huijin Investment, the domestic investment unit of the $652.7 billion China Investment Corp. Central Huijin confirmed this week that it would continue to buy Chinese exchange traded funds (ETFs) and that it would not sell any domestic-listed stocks during the current volatility.