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Obama against prosecuting journalists, White House says
CNN White House Producer Alex Mooney
(CNN) – Following revelations that the Obama administration has launched investigations into journalists from both the Associated Press and Fox News over national security leaks, the White House said Tuesday that President Obama does not believe journalists should be "prosecuted for doing their jobs."
"I can tell you that in our conversation yesterday, [President Obama] reiterated just how important he believes it is that reporters, that all of you and your colleagues, are able to do your jobs in a free and open way," said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney at Tuesday's press briefing.
The White House faced renewed questions on the issue after the Washington Post reported Monday that the Department of Justice named Fox News Correspondent James Rosen a "co-conspirator" in an investigation of a leak included in a story he reported on North Korea. That followed the revelation last week that the DOJ had seized the phone records of several AP reporters involved in national security reporting.
Speaking Tuesday, Carney said the president believes in finding the right balance between safeguarding vital security information and protecting freedom of the press.
"He believes there is an important balance to be found here, and he thinks the questions about how that balance is being struck are entirely legitimate and he welcomes the public discussions, again, about the broad question of the balance that needs to be struck," Carney, a former reporter himself, also said.
Responding to those comments, the White House Correspondents Association said in a statement that it stands "in strong solidarity with our colleagues who have been scrutinized."
"In terms of the administration, ultimately what will matter more in all of these cases is action not words," the association also said.
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If I write do you prosecute? Nonsense. Of course, he is against. This nation needs to change the legal system. Watch these greedy attorney and nab them. Legal system is flawed.
May 21, 2013 05:38 pm at 5:38 pm |
Rick McDaniel
Obama only says that, because he knows he can't really get around Freedom of the Press. If he COULD.......he WOULD!
the fish rots from the head
hahahaha... Yeah, I think Hugo Chavez said the same thing. Come on people! Does anybody actually believe a word that comes out of Carney's or Obama's mouth? If so you should seek immediate treatment for your koolaide over dose.
Rick, you continue to amaze people who think, with all your right wing conspiracy crap.
@Rick McDaniel
I think you have Obama confused with GW Bush !
one day soon jay carney's head is going to spin right off of his body! i am surprised the white house press corp hasn't submitted a petition demanding that carney be replaced with somebody that the press corp can actually believe. this lying fool has zero credibility left. to print anything he says is the definition of journalistic malpractice.
truth hurts but reality bites
At this point Jay Carney should be prosecuted for his constat lying to the American people. The guy is a farce.
Okay, fine, WHCA. But given the fawningly servile display from you guys during the previous Administration, particularly during Bush's first term, you don't really have any credibility on "freedom of the press", now do you? And you guys are still not exploring in depth what Rosen was actually doing, and that his source was convicted by a grand jury of espionage. But, by all means, continue puffing up your feathers like little banty roosters.
Pres.Obama should especially go after Rupert Murdochs FOX NETWORK now part owned by Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal that by the way supposidly funded terrorists groups in the past.And another thing I'll bring up is why is Murdoch guilty in Britain on wiretapping charges for news gathering in politics but can get away with it here,O yah Bushs so called Patriot Act or go to Homeland Security to back his guilty ass!!More liberties down the toilet from that Texas imbecile in Bush!!
It is no problem if the press can be trusted to not print "sensitive and classified" material. What part of those two words don't they understand? Freedom of the press also comes with some common sense and responsibility. Printing classified information about national security doesn't seem too responsible to me. There is also a huge problem with these secret "sources" because as ABC found out, they often distort the information for their own benefit. That is what the GOP did with the "leaked" e-mails about the Benghazi "scandal". Kind of interesting that they are charging the administration with changing facts and they distorted e-mails. Kind of hypocritical isn't it? Much like the media who supported them and just yesterday gave totally inaccurate death numbers in Oklahoma. It's OK for them to give inaccurate information on every major story for the last few months , but the administration had to get it 100% correct immediately in a remote, unfriendly, technically backward country on the other side of the world. Incredible. If "sources" are to be trusted, they should be able to have their name and occupation printed. If not they are suspect to being snitches, gossips or partisan trouble makers. If they are credible and have nothing to hide, why won't they disclose their names?
Catmandew
Obama is already tryin to get around Freedom of Speech. When will people realize these are all just signs of how corrupt and uncaring Obama is?! Once he says well we need some kind of balance here on what may be reported its over the government has taken control of what is or isn't reported by the media! Then we will be just like Iran or Saudi Arabia.
Nonsense....that guy at Fox was indicted for impersonating a journalist with the intent to mislead the public. What's troubling is that only one at Fox was indicted.
To finish the White House Statement: "The White House is against prosecuting journalists...but we don't get involved in what the DOJ does.
Obama saying one thing while directing his administration to do the opposite.
This is getting old. YAWN.
RINO Bil
Freedom of the press does not mean freedom for being irresponsible.
Reporters who publish secrets that could damage U.S. foreign intelligence efforts, or result in the loss of an agent's life should be prosecuted for treason.
I am still upset that Robert Novak did not die in prison for outing Valerie Plame as a CIA agent too.
Former IRS chief says he lacked details, acted properly on targeting
IRS officials to take the 5th.
We all know what this means but I'm sure democrats as usual will give themselves a pass AGAIN.
BudW
lets see each day the Obama ship takes on more water and begins to list, they are caught red handed going after the press what else is he going to say? In my life time I have never seen a President who did not know what the DOJ, State dept, Treasury dept, were doing on very important matters that dog not hunt, now we find IRS personal going to take the 5th, can you say tip of the iceberg.
jpmichigan
The President along with his dog and pony show , take the oath of office, which state that they will up hold the Constitution, you know the USA Constitution that they are always trying to take down. This administration is power hungry and control freaks. Eventually all the things that they are saying they know nothing about , will eventually come home to roust.
this is why the repubs always taking set on obama, you need to prosecute these folks, if you keep giving these folks free passes, they will eat you for supper, furthermore someone has to send a message that putting our nation security in jeopardy just because you have the repubs behind you shouting first amend rights, wont work dam it. look at the way you allow the bush administration to walk free. they should be tried for treason and crimes against humanity, look how you allow these banks to slide by, after they took our country down the drain. you need to stand up and let the pieces fall where they can, afterall your not running for anything else, i am tired of seeing these repubs throw stones just to hide their own transgressions which is humungous.
J Maxwell
Can't believe CNN and other from the liberal media aren't holding the White House's feet to the fire. No wonder most people watch Fox News it the only network that isn't kissing Obama's butt. Watch out CNN soon they will come after you, remember WWII.
We need to know who is leaking national security info. There is a very old saying "Loose lips sinks ship."
Cephus
Lets observes the first amendment for all, the best journalist passed away long time ago and unfortunately they took away the ethics tool kit. Today what we call journalists are just politicians chihuahua lap dogs on a tiny leash. What we need is protection for world bloggers they are far much better than those corporate chihuahuas.
DENNA
PRESIDENT Obama would not try to circumvent Freedom of the Press. Why would he? I'll bet Nixon wished, in the end, that he could. All of this nonsense is the GOP, again, trying to get a Nixon-style scandal to stick to any Democratic Administration. The GOP has been trying to do this since Nixon messed up. Let it go. By the way, why isn't the GOP-led Congress trying to create some jobs for America. I believe they promised to do this in 2010.
May 21, 2013 10:01 pm at 10:01 pm |
dick cheney would have had them in gitmo by now
Nice sentiments. Instruct your DofJ to follow suit.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Calleja and the second or maternal family name is García.
Isacio Calleja García (6 December 1936 – 4 February 2019) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.
Calleja was born in Valle de Cerrato, Province of Palencia. Save for a very brief loan spell with CD Guadalajara in the third division he spent his entire 14-year professional career with Atlético Madrid, making his La Liga debut on 4 January 1959 in a 0–1 away loss against Real Oviedo and finishing his first season with only nine games (albeit all complete).
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On 19 April 1970, Calleja scored his only goal of the campaign in a 2–0 win at CE Sabadell FC, which granted Atlético the national championship. He retired from football in July 1972 at the end of 1971–72 after winning his fourth Spanish Cup, at the age of 35; during his spell with his main club, he appeared in 425 official matches (76 in the domestic cup and 45 in European competition).
Calleja was a Spanish international for more than one decade. He made his debut on 19 April 1961, in a 2–1 win in Wales for the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Calleja helped the national side win the 1964 European Nations' Cup on home soil, contributing with four matches the qualifying phase and the finals combined. In total, he earned 13 caps.
After retiring, Calleja, who majored in law, worked as a solicitor. On 4 February 2019, he died at the age of 82 in Madrid.
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^ a b c d e "Fallece Isacio Calleja, el quinto jugador con más partidos oficiales con el Atlético" [Death of Isacio Calleja, fifth player with the most official matches with Atlético] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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Die Rasmussen-Enzephalitis, auch Rasmussen-Syndrom und im englischen Sprachraum teilweise als Chronic Focal Encephalitis (CFE) bezeichnet, ist eine nach Theodore Rasmussen (1910–2002) benannte progressive Entzündung von Teilen der Großhirnrinde (Cortex cerebri). Die Erkrankung beginnt in einem kleinen Bereich und greift dann auf die angrenzenden Bereiche einer Hirnhemisphäre über. Die gegenüberliegende Hirnhälfte ist in der Regel nicht betroffen. Die Entzündung führt zum Verlust von Nervenzellen mit Narbenbildung und schließlich zu schweren Behinderungen.

Epidemiologie
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While GFS works fine for these purposes, the introduction of AJAX-driven or multimedia-dominated services like GMail and YouTube, GFS just does not cut it.
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"Today Google - tomorrow, the rest of the world..."
Google's main philosophy when it comes to storage, and multi-processing, is to unify their entire infrastructure, and make it treat it's vast farm of thousands of computers housed in data centers as one single big virtual machine. Or as defined in a Google Research paper, it is a "Warehouse-Scale Machine", or "WSM" for short.
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Home › Health Technology News › Moscow enlists Russian expats in fight against historical revisionism
Moscow enlists Russian expats in fight against historical revisionism
By Ralph Turchiano on October 26, 2012 • ( 0 )
Published: 26 October, 2012, 14:35 Edited: 26 October, 2012, 14:35
Efforts to revise history and glorify fascism must be further resisted, and Russians living abroad can contribute to these crucial efforts, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Decades after the end of World War II, Russia finds itself fighting on a different front, this time against those who wish to alter the historical record.
"It is absolutely essential that we work together to resist attempts at falsifying history and the outcome of World War II," Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the World Congress of Russian Expatriates in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Despite the terrible sacrifice that Russia made during the 'Great Patriotic War,' there remain those who "corrupt the memory of those who defeated fascism and…glorify the Nazis and their collaborators," he said.
For its part, Russia will continue to promote a positive and unifying agenda in international relations…that is guided by international law, Lavrov added.
With increasing frequency, Russian history is disparaged by the activities of revisionists and neo-fascist groups, many beyond the borders of Russia.
For example, former members of the Latvian Waffen-SS Legion hold an annual parade in the capital Riga to commemorate the group's founding in 1943.
In February, Latvian President Andris Berzins, arguing that many Latvians were forcibly drafted into Hitler's army, and said people should "bow" to its Waffen-SS veterans.
In April 2007, blood was spilled when Estonian authorities made the decision to relocate a World War II monument from the center of Tallinn. The statue, known as the Bronze Soldier, marked the grave site of Soviet soldiers who lost their lives in the fight against fascism.
The move triggered huge protests in the Estonian capital that left one person dead and dozens wounded.
Moscow highly values the initiatives proposed by expatriate organizations abroad to mark memorable dates in Russian history, Lavrov concluded, citing the 200th anniversary of the 1812 Patriotic War, which marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars as an example.
http://rt.com/politics/russia-lavrov-history-war-expatriates-282/
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Q: ProgressBar Marquee not animaged I am moving code from .net framework to .net core, and am having issues with the ProgressBar in marquee mode not animating.
With the below code, the progress bar does not move.
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When I add a Refresh, the progress bar moves.
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I also tested in Continuous mode, calling PerformStep, which animates properly. It is just Marquee without multiple refreshes that doesn't work. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong here?
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Self-regulation—In the context of the family meal table, there are many dynamics going on—talking, laughing, eating, drinking—all of which potentially take the pressure and focus off of what and how much baby is eating, allowing your child to self-regulate intake. This means your baby can eat at their own pace, enjoy food, and request more or stop based on their appetite.
Self-regulation is an inherent quality of babies, but it can be lost when caregivers push baby to finish food, eat more, or stop the feeding. Specifically, when parents push baby to eat two more bites, they may be teaching the child to overeat. We want to preserve that inherent self-regulation in children, as this has been shown to support a healthy weight in the long run.
Bring baby to the table when you gather for a meal. If a feeding (breast or bottle) is timely, feed your child while the family eats. Otherwise, let your baby sit on your lap for food exposure and learning.
Pull the highchair up to the meal table when the family sits to eat. Even if baby isn't having a meal or snack at that time, your child can be part of the social gathering. This is a good time to offer new foods the family may be eating and let your child explore.


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IN INDONESIA, a series of bombings raised concerns that previously suppressed militant networks in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation may have been reinvigorated by the return of some of the estimated +1000 Indonesians who went to fight with the Islamic State group in Syria. Security experts have warned for several years that when those fighters return to SE Asia, they could pose a significant threat not only to Indonesia but to the entire region.
On the island of Sumatra, four suspected Islamists were shot dead following an attack, using machetes and reportedly "samurai swords", against the Police headquarters in Pekanbaru, Riau. One police officer was killed, and three were injured, in the attack at the police station, while several journalists, who were at the police station for an unrelated press conference, were injured. A fifth suspected terrorist was arrested, while police stated that a sixth person was on the run after the attack. The attack came as police conduct a massive crackdown on militants in Indonesia, some of whom have now adopted the tactic of using their own children as suicide bombers.
The attack in Pekanbaru came after 18 people were killed, and another 40 were wounded, just days earlier, when IS-aligned terrorists attacked three different churches in Surabaya. The churches attacked were the Santa Maria Roman Catholic Church, the Christian Church of Diponegoro and the Pantekosta Church.
The dead included the 6 family members who executed the attacks. The family of attackers included the two parents, their two daughters aged 9 and 12, and their two sons aged 16 and 18, who attacked the three separate locations, with the bombings happening within minutes of each other. The father detonated a car bomb, the sons used a motorcycle for their attack, and the mother and her two daughters wore hidden explosives as they walked into the third targeted church.
A matter of hours after the church attacks, a further 3 people belonging to another family unit were killed in an accidental explosion at an apartment in Sidoarjo, not far from Surabaya, by an explosive device they were allegedly readying for another attack in Surabaya.
Further attacks took place one day after the attacks against the churches in Surabaya, when another IS-aligned family riding two motorbikes detonated explosive devices at a security control point at Surabaya Police headquarters, killing 4 of the family members and injuring an eight-year-old girl, who was a passenger on one of the bikes. 6 locals and 4 security officers were wounded in the attack.
Indonesian police chief General Tito Karnavian stated that the attacks appeared to be revenge for the continued detention and trial of an Indonesian terrorist leader, Aman Abdurrahman, who is currently before the courts for inspiring the attack on a Starbucks café in Jakarta in January 2016. The attacks are the first time in Indonesia that young children have been used as suicide bombers in what is rightly considered a worrying new trend.
Police have said that the attackers were members and supporters of Indonesian terror group, Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), which was formed in 2015 and which is reportedly comprised of 24 Indonesian extremist groups, all of which have pledged allegiance to the IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Indonesia Police Chief announced that the father of the family that carried out the first church bombings was the head of the Surabaya cell of JAD.
General Karnavian made the claim that the orders for the bombings came from Islamic State central and that pipe bombs were used, made from triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a high explosive used extensively in Iraq and Syria, and as expected, IS quickly claimed responsibility for the church bombings in a statement released shortly after the attacks. The IS statement claiming responsibility for the attacks made no mention of families including young children taking part and claimed that there were only three attackers.
The Surabaya attacks came just days after a deadly 36-hour standoff in a high security prison housing accused terrorist inmates in Jakarta, controlled by Brigade Mobil (Brimob), a paramilitary unit of the Indonesia Police, which saw the killing of 6 Brimob officers, along with several detainees, for which IS also claimed responsibility.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said the series of suicide attacks in Surabaya was the "act of cowards" and pledged to push through a new anti-terrorism bill to combat networks of Islamist militants in the country. He said he would issue a regulation in lieu of a law next month to force through a new anti-terrorism bill if Parliament failed to pass it, while Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto said that police, supported by the military (TNI) would step up security across the country.
In support of the Indonesian President, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the attacks as shocking and cowardly, a threat to "civilized ways of life" and a threat to national harmony, while "debasing and defaming Islam."
The use of innocent children and naïve adolescents in the attacks has been particularly horrifying to Indonesians.
Indonesia's deadliest terrorist attack occurred in 2002, when Islamist inspired militants detonated bombs on the popular tourist island of Bali, killing 202 people in one night, mostly foreigners that included 88 Australians. Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the al-Qaeda affiliated network responsible for the Bali attacks, was then damaged by a sustained crackdown on militants by Indonesia's counterterrorism police, supported by intelligence assistance from U.S. and Australian defence and security authorities, leading to the deaths of many of its leaders and the detention of hundreds of militants.
JAD is a terrorist group based in Indonesia that was formed in 2015 and is composed of around 24 extremist groups that pledged allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. JAD consists of several factions such as the splinter of the Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) outside the leadership of Abu Bakar Bashir, the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) group led by Santoso, and the Al Mujahirun group which is a splinter of the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HUT) group.
In January 2016, four people were killed and 25 wounded in an attack by a suicide bomber and gunmen in central Jakarta. That attack was attributed to JAD militants financially supported by an Indonesian IS militant, Barumshah Mennor Usman, based at that time in Syria.
On January 10, 2017 the US Department of State designated JAD as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) Group under Executive Order 13224, which imposes sanctions on "foreign persons determined to have committed, or who pose a serious risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States". The consequences of this designation include a prohibition against U.S. persons from generally engaging in transactions with JAD, and the freezing of all property and interests in property of JAD that now or in the future are in the United States or under the possession or control of U.S. persons.
Usman, whose IS alias was Abu Ibrahim al-Indonesi, was himself classified in 2017 by the United States as an SDGT for acting for or on behalf of IS. He was an IS official who commanded IS fighters, facilitated funding for IS operations in Indonesia, recruited for IS, and coordinated travel and communications for IS members. Usman pledged allegiance to IS in 2014 and was involved in sending Indonesians to Syria. In February 2014, Usman claimed he was part of IS when he appeared at an event in support of IS at a mosque in Indonesia, declaring his aim to establish a South East Asian caliphate.
In September 2014, Usman was identified as the leader of IS's Archipelago Group, also known as Katibah Nusantara, comprised of Indonesian and Malaysian militants, which was fighting under the IS banner in Syria. He starred in a video titled "Join the Ranks," in which he called on supporters in Indonesia to pledge allegiance to "Emir ul-Mu'minin (Emir of the Faithful), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi," saying that he and his comrades had seen "with our own eyes that the Islamic State implements the Sharia of Allah in the entire land." In addition to portraying Baghdadi's caliphate as a jihadist paradise, Usman also declared that Islamic State was fighting Shiites and Bashar al-Assad's regime, and another video, produced in 2015, displayed Usman with Indonesian and Malaysian children training with weapons.
By March 2016, Usman had transferred an estimated +$100,000 to the leader of a group of terrorists in Indonesia identified as the "Bekasi cell." IS in Syria had ordered that the money be used to carry out attacks in Indonesia, attacks which reportedly included further attacks in Bali, as well as at an international school and at an airport in Jakarta.
In 2016, Indonesian police detected an underground movement seeking to recruit additional IS sympathisers to fight in Syria under the Katibah Nusantara banner
In April 2016, Usman financially assisted Wiji Joko Santoso, the leader of Indonesian terrorist group the East Indonesia Mujahidin (Mujahidin Indonesia Timur MIT), by transferring funds directly to an MIT-affiliated bank account, and indirectly to The Philippines for the purchase of weapons for the group.
Usman had reportedly departed Indonesia for Syria at the end of March 2014. He had previously been a member of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). He was reported as killed by Western anti-IS Coalition air strikes near Palmyra Syria, in 2017.
On Mar. 30, 2017, the US Government also designated Bahrun Naim, a senior Islamic State figure from Indonesia, as a terrorist. It was another in a series of US government designations targeting the self-declared caliphate's network in Southeast Asia. Naim absconded from his home in Indonesia and made his way to the IS caliphate's stronghold in northern Syria in late 2014, only months after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's followers declared him "Caliph Ibrahim." Naim had spent a short stint in prison in 2010 in Indonesia after being convicted on illegal weapons charges. After his release, he developed several suspicious relationships with extremists in his home city of Solo on the island of Java. Naim was also once a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HUT), which also seeks to resurrect an Islamic caliphate, but was considered a "small fish" in Indonesian jihadi circles before his departure for Syria.
However, today, Indonesian authorities and allied governments throughout Southeast Asia are hunting Naim's recruits, attempting to stop potentially dozens of men and women who have reportedly returned to Indonesia from killing in the name of the caliphate. Naim provides aspiring terrorists in Indonesia with bomb-making advice and helps them select targets to attack, though to date without notable success.
In its designation, the US Government noted that Naim had reportedly organised and funded the Jan 2016 attack in central Jakarta in which 4 people were killed and 23 more injured. The damage could have been far worse, as another team of terrorists from the Islamic State's local branch unsuccessfully coordinated additional suicide bombings and shootings in the heart of the civilian shopping area.
Naim has reportedly assembled teams of jihadists throughout Indonesia and has augmented this network through his prolific use of social media, using encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram, creating challenges for Indonesian counterterrorism officers. The Jakarta attack is a case in point. While Naim's digital hand was detected in the planning of the operation, other jihadist figures inside Indonesia were also instrumental in the planning if not the execution of the attack.
Counter terror authorities in Indonesia and internationally reported that Naim had orchestrated at least 15 foiled plots, with around 150 terrorism related arrests in Indonesia, during 2016 alone. In Aug 2016, Indonesian police raided one Naim's cells on Batam island, from where his jihadists reportedly intended to fire rockets at Singapore's Marina Bay, located 15 kilometres away, across the waterway. Marina Bay is an especially affluent area, with high-end shopping, a busy casino and other attractions that are frequented by both Singaporeans and international travellers. According to Indonesia Police Chief Karnavian, members of the Batam cell were in direct contact with Bahrun Naim in Syria and he had ordered them to attack Singapore and Batam.
Members of the Batam group, as with many of Naim's other accomplices, were neutralised quickly, but of concern is Naim's reported expertise in crafting sophisticated explosive devices, knowledge of which he has been transferring to his sympathisers and followers inside Indonesia, and potentially regionally. He is also luring women into his operations, describing them as terror "brides."
In November 2016, Indonesian authorities discovered a terror cell that reportedly had ambitious plans to strike several targets at once, including the Indonesian Parliament, during the end of year holiday season. It was reported that the IS loyalists had obtained military-grade explosive material such as TNT and RDX in such large quantities that it could have caused substantially more damage than was caused by the 2002 Bali bombings. And in December 2016, Indonesia's elite counterterrorism force, Detachment 88 (Densus 88), detected a cell of jihadists who were planning to bomb Jakarta's Presidential Palace. Densus 88 reported that the recovered explosive device was more powerful than military-grade TNT, with the possibility of destroying everything within a radius of 300 metres.
IS jihadis reportedly intended to have a woman, Dian Yulia Novi, deliver the explosive device to the Palace. Novi's husband, Nur Solihun, was also involved in the plot, and authorities later discovered the "martyrdom" letter she wrote to her parents. Naim recruited her husband, who was already married to another woman, and instructed him to find a bride capable of carrying out an operation. After her arrest, Novi subsequently confessed that Naim had ordered her to strike the Presidential Palace during the changing of the guard ceremony.
Another person of concern to Indonesian security authorities is a radical cleric, Oman Rochman (also known as Aman Abdurrahman) who, though he has been imprisoned in Indonesia since 2010, directed IS's operations inside Indonesia for months following the declaration in 2014, by al-Baghdadi, of the Caliphate in Syria and Iraq.
Rochman was originally convicted on terrorism-related charges stemming from his support for a camp run by Jemaah Islamiyah, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group, which is violently opposed to IS. However, as al-Baghdadi's attraction to potential jihadis increased from 2014, the Indonesian jihadist network splintered, with some supporting AQ while others, including Rochman, chose the more radical IS, leading to Rochman's designation as a terrorist by the US Government, describing him as the "de facto leader for all IS supporters in Indonesia." From prison in Indonesia, Rochman continued to play a prominent role in recruiting Indonesians for IS operations abroad, personally blessing the travels of some new recruits. He has acted as the primary disseminator of IS propaganda throughout Indonesia, and in early 2016 he issued a fatwa (decree) encouraging Indonesian militants to join al-Baghdadi's caliphate.
Rochman worked to build Islamic State's organisational capacity inside Indonesia. Jemmah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) was one of the many Indonesian extremist groups affected by the rise of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's enterprise and its global competition with al-Qaeda. Rochman provided a veneer of religious authority for the targeting of innocent Muslim civilians. In 2017, Indonesian authorities finally understood the level of his support and influence and transferred him to a high security facility, to limit his contact with outsiders. Regardless of the limitations on Rochman's contact with his supporters, the threat posed by IS's local network remains virulent.
After the IS declaration of a Caliphate in 2014, many Indonesian jihadists rushed to declare their allegiance, leading to confusion over which group would represent al-Baghdadi's cause. This led to the creation of JAD in 2015, as an umbrella organisation for the two dozen or so Indonesian extremist groups that had pledged allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Rochman's hand guided the consolidation process.
Authorities are confronting a similar, albeit less numerous, stream of threats in nearby Malaysia. A Malaysian jihadist named Muhammad Wanndy bin Mohamed Jedi, better known as "Wanndy" (and in Syria as Abu Sayyaf al-Malizi) had, from Syria to where he had traveled in January 2015, claimed responsibility on behalf of IS for the June 2016 grenade attack on a nightclub, the Movida bar, in Puchong, a town outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in which eight people were wounded (the attackers were later captured and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment).
The nightclub assault was the first successful "operation" conducted by al-Baghdadi's IS followers in Malaysia, but it was not the only remote-control plot Wanndy had been involved in. Earlier, in March 2016, Malaysian authorities had arrested a cell of 15 Malaysia-based militants who were subordinate to Wanndy and who supported IS operations in Syria.
Wanndy was reportedly killed by a Coalition drone attack (his vehicle, below, pictured after the attack) in Raqqa, Syria in late April 2017 (his death was confirmed online by his wife, and later confirmed by Malaysia's Inspector-General of Police, Khalid Abu Bakar). Doubts persist about his death, with claims that he staged his own death to escape drone attacks and for having stolen IS funds.
At any rate, dead or in hiding, his removal from the jihadi scene has complemented Malaysian Special Branch's success in disrupting multiple IS-inspired plots in Malaysia, leading to the arrests of over 250 Malaysian IS members and sympathisers over the past 5 years
Regional counterterrorism officials fear that since IS has lost substantial territory in Iraq and Syria, many foreign fighters will return to Malaysia and Indonesia. Though effectively neutralised themselves, Naim (hiding somewhere in Syria or Iraq?), Usman (killed), Rochman (jailed) and Wanndy (killed?) had recruited hundreds of fighters for the Islamic State's Malay-speaking unit, the KN. Those who have not died as the caliphate lost control over its territory are expected to reorganize in SE Asia, where IS's international network already has a significant footprint.
Genera; Tito Karnavian, the Indonesian police chief, in calling for regional cooperation to counter the emerging threats, believes that Bahrun Naim seeks "to unite all supporting elements in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, and The Philippines." However, the reality is that jihadis such as Naim will not live to see a caliphate rise in Southeast Asia. Although he has numerous potential co-conspirators waiting to assist his cause, and though there have been the recent high-profile attacks in Indonesia (and earlier in The Philippines, at Marawi town where 700 people, including 120 Filipino soldiers, were killed in the 5-months long Islamist uprising, in which an estimated 20 Indonesian jihadists participated), SE Asian jihadists are not currently overwhelming the region's security and intelligence forces,
MYANMAR: This month, ethnic insurgents killed 19 people, including 4 members of the security forces, in an attack at Muse, a major border crossing to China.
The conflict in the north of Myanmar has escalated over the past month, and the latest attack marks a further setback for civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's stated priority of achieving peace amid the stuttering transition from full military rule. This comes on top of the international condemnation heaped on Myanmar by the international community, following the forced exodus of up to 700,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into squalid camps in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Even international icon for peace Aung San Suu Kyi has not been immune to criticism, losing much of the international support (fickle as it is) that she built up over the decades of oppression and detention she was forced to endure in Myanmar
A spokesman for the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), made up of fighters from the Ta'ang or Palaung ethnic group, said the group had attacked a casino run by local militiamen, and a Myanmar army post on the outskirts of Muse, several hundred meters from the river that divides Myanmar's northern Shan state and China's Yunnan province.
Myanmar's military frequently clashes with armed ethnic groups (Kachin, Karen, Wa, Shan) who say they are fighting for greater autonomy for ethnic minorities in the country.
A Myanmar Government spokesman claimed that around 100 insurgents attacked using small arms and light "artillery" (in all likelihood mortars), before being repelled by armed police and members of a government-backed militia referred to as paramilitaries. The spokesman announced that 15 civilians, including 2 women, had been killed by the attackers, with another 20 injured, while a police officer and 3 local militiamen were also killed in the clash.
According to a spokesman for the TNLA, the local militias are accused of protecting the casinos, which are considered a gateway for the distribution of drugs, creating a variety of social problem. The assault was also, according to the TNLA spokesman, in retaliation for recent attacks on TNLA outposts and for a military push in Kachin state to the north, where a recent and ongoing offensive against the Kachin Independence Army, a TNLA ally, has reportedly displaced more than 6,000 people in the past month alone.
The TNLA and other insurgent groups are fighting with authorities in Myanmar for greater autonomy for ethnic minorities in the area, and the conflict has quietly escalated over the past month, as international focus remains on the Rohingya crisis in the west of the country
According to a representative for the KIA, the Burmese military deployed 2,000 infantry troops, fighter aircraft and helicopters against the TNLA/KIA alliance, leading to the worst clashes since the early 1960s, when the ethnic rebellion commenced in earnest.
When Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, took office in 2016, she declared to the world that making peace with the country's ethnic minorities was her main priority, but progress has been slow as several ethnic armed groups continue to demand autonomy and power in the Buddhist-majority country, where Burmese Buddhists occupy most political and military positions.
Myanmar's Armed Forces, the Tatmadaw, and the Kachin Independence Army are fighting for control of lucrative natural resources in Kachin State.
The Army has been launching air strikes in the gold, jade and amber mining region inside Kachin state in recent months. The area is controlled by the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and its armed group, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). The military's strategic aim is to clear out illegal mines in the area that provide a lucrative source of income for the KIO. But the reality is that underneath this military operation is a war over resources between the Burmese Army and the KIO in Kachin state, where control of not only gold and amber but also jade, copper, and ruby mines in the area is economically important for both the Army and the KIO.
Kachin state has several ethnic armed groups that possess substantial business assets, particularly in mining of resources, but the main group is KIO. As part of the 1994 ceasefire, the leaders of these groups were seduced into joining new patronage networks that allowed insurgent groups to control some territory and natural resources, in exchange for their loyalty to the central government in Naypyidaw. However, over time, the ethnic armed groups began to see the Burmese Army competing with them for control of all natural resources. In time, the Army's presence in the area increased, and the State began to divert foreign investments through official State channels, signing deals with foreign investors, banning trade through certain border towns, and redirecting everything through Yangon.
The Kachin
The principal beneficiaries of mining of resources in the regions have been a narrow group of ethnic minority elites, regional army commanders, and foreign investors. Competition for control of resources takes place particularly between ethnic minority elites and regional army commanders, while the local community continues to suffer from poverty, living a hand-to-mouth subsistence existence.
In the Kachin conflict, the key players are the Army and the KIO. Mining has provided incentives and financing for both these groups to continue fighting. In fact, many of the largest licensed mining companies are controlled by the families of politically influential retired generals, so any peace deal would mean that the incomes of these companies would be affected, while also reducing the incomes of some of the KIO leaders.
Resolving Myanmar's protracted civil wars with its ethnic minorities, which have raged since independence in 1948, is the country's primary challenge in the 21st century. But reconciling the demands of a dizzying range of ethnic armies with the centralising vision of the powerful Myanmar armed forces has proven challenging.
In Kachin state, the KIA rebels say they are anticipating a winter offensive by the Burmese Army, and they complain loudly and bitterly about the double standards shown by the international community toward their own ethnic conflict (which they insist affects their very survival) and the Rohingya issue in Rakhine state. But the situation in Shan state is perhaps more critical, since there are many more armed factions there, including the KIA, and events are conspiring to undermine the semblance of control exercised by the Burmese Army in the region.
Army control in Shan state (particularly the north) operates through a garrison state concept, where control outside of the main towns and cities rests heavily on a combination of controlling the area's few major highways, supported by divide-and-rule tactics, plus a patchwork of armed local militias (PMF – people's militia forces) in the rural hinterlands' few township centers. These PMFs are considered by many in the area to be collaborators with the Burmese Army, and they are often perceived by the local population as the untrustworthy face of an authoritarian Myanmar state.
With a decades-long relationship with China, the Burmese Army appears to hope that China can be persuaded to exert its influence over its ethnic allies, to rein in their resistance to central Government, under the threat of expanding low scale military operations. The danger is that the rebel alliance will take the opportunity to respond by launching their own coordinated counteroffensive to repel the Army, as has happened previously, as recently as November 2016.
Despite early optimism, the formation of a new civilian-led government in Myanmar under the leadership of "Special Counsellor" Aung San Suu Kyi has not led to permanent improvements in the general political situation, in part because the junta that controlled Myanmar beforehand imposed a new Constitution, with the aim of limiting and restraining the independence of any future civilian Government. This is essentially what has happened since 2015, and the Burmese Army retains significant political power, independent of civilian oversight, while also retaining control of the key security ministries. With a protected 25% of seats in Myanmar's parliament, it also has a veto over Constitutional changes that might challenge this.
Adding to the threat internally, there are as-yet-unconfirmed rumours that IS aligned jihadists returning from Iraq and Syria have infiltrated the refugee camps in Bangladesh and are exploiting the anger and grief of the Rohingyas, with the intention of building a cadre of trained and motivated jihadists keen to return to Myanmar to attack infrastructure and the Buddhist Burmese population, who they see as their oppressors.
OAM operates extensively in the SE Asia and Indochina Peninsula regions, and has a strong network of highly connected associates throughout Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia


Our list of the best things to do in Chanhassen, Minnesota, features the top 231 nearby activities — including 88 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
Chanhassen, MN has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Amusement, Entertainment & Shows, and Museums & Galleries.
An affiliate of the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is both a fun and educational place to visit. It features a number of public gardens with various plant and tree collections. There are also sculptures, a restaurant and gift shop on-site to enhance the experience.
Providing a variety of theater performances and entertainment, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres is just a short drive from Minneapolis. Special events such as weddings, anniversaries and corporate gatherings are also welcome at this venue.
On the grounds of the Temple of ECK, Temple of ECK Contemplation Trails offer meditation strolls through fields of prairie grass and natural forest. Views of nearby Lake Louise are available, and signs with spiritual quotes adorn the path.
Home to an improv comedy troup, Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret presents interactive performances in which the comedy is created from audience suggestions. They also serve dinner and drinks as part of a dinner theater.
Situated on a wide lake amid woodlands, Carver County Minnewashta Park hosts recreational space including an off-leash dog park and beach area. Visitors can boat, fish, hike, swim, play volleyball, picnic, or observe wildlife.
Paisley Park is a music venue and the recording studio of the artist Prince. Although not open on a regular basis, the facility has been known to host parties and musical performances.
Lake Anne is located in the middle of 102 acres of hills and dense trees. The site hosts a beach area, dock and pier, several athletic fields and courts, a concessions area and nature trails.
Brindisi's Pub is a casual dining pub that offers both lunch and dinner and two daily happy hours. Patrons do not need reservations and can dine either indoors or outdoors on Brindisi's patio.
The School II Bistro & Wine Bar offers coffee, pastries, lunch and dinner in addition to a selection of wines. They also provide live music several nights a week featuring local talent.
Part of the Five Star Cinemas franchise, the multiplex Chanhassen Cinema can screen current films in digital and 3D formats. Other amenities include surround sound, stadium seating and a variety of concessions.
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Marist High School senior Will Shanahan earned an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Marist High School senior Will Shanahan earned an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. Shanahan (Orland Park) was nominated by Rep. Dan Lipinski and completed the admissions process for the esteemed academy.
He will report on July 1, 2019 and has committed to four years of active duty and three years of reserve duty after graduation. He hopes to be assigned to the medical service branch or the armored division. Shanahan visited with a Navy recruiter at the Marist college fair in March 2018, which sparked a desire to serve his country while pursuing his education.
He and his family knew it was very difficult to get an appointment, and Shanahan considered joining the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) at a traditional college. In late January, however, he received his official paperwork and certificate of appointment in the mail. He said he and his family were shocked.
"We were all so happy," Shanahan said. "There were tears and screams." Last summer Shanahan attended the American Legion Illinois Premier Boys State, which is among the most respected educational programs of government instruction for high school students. As for starting at West Point, Shanahan admits he is a little nervous.
"The first three weeks of learning all the rules and adjusting to the physical training will be hard," he said.
He has been working out every day in preparation. A graduate of Century Junior High, Shanahan has been a member of Marist's service club, student ambassadors, student council, and the basketball and volleyball teams. He participated in the mission trip and retreat programs and is the president of the spirit club.
Celebrating 55 years of excellence, Marist High School in Chicago, is a Catholic, college-prep, coed institution committed to making Jesus known and loved.


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Winnie-The-Pooh Is Leaving The Hundred Acre Wood And Heading To London
By Katherine Biek
Along the way, Pooh meets some well-known British royals.
Winnie-the-Pooh is leaving the Hundred Acre Wood in Disney's newest tale and is heading to London to celebrate a famous royal's 90th birthday.
Turns out the honey-loving bear and Queen Elizabeth have something in common — they were both born in 1926, the year the first Winnie-the-Pooh book was published.
Which is how the queen and her grandson Prince George came to be included in Disney's "Winnie-the-Pooh and the Royal Birthday."
In the story, Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Christopher Robin head to Buckingham Palace to present Queen Elizabeth with a poem — or a hum as Pooh calls it — for her special day.
Now unlike the Queen, Prince George isn't referred to by his title in the story.
Instead, the author describes the royal toddler as "much younger than Christopher Robin and almost as bouncy as Tigger."
It's undoubtedly George, though — illustrator Mark Burgess even chose to draw the character in the exact outfit the prince wore to a polo match last year.
This is the first time Queen Elizabeth has been featured in a Winnie-the-Pooh story, but there's actually a bit of history between the two.
Creator A.A. Milne dedicated his book "Teddy Bear and the Other Songs from When We Were Very Young" to a then-princess Elizabeth when she was born. The story featured Pooh.
While Queen Elizabeth doesn't officially endorse the new Disney story, The Telegraph reported she "was happy for the project to go ahead."
This video includes clips from Disney and The British Monarchy and images from Getty Images. Music provided courtesy of APM Music.
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The Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth Hotel is a 4 star deluxe hotel in Bloomsbury, one of the most elegant parts of London. Public areas feature artefacts from the Far East, with sculptural displays of tropical flowers and specially commissioned paintings and photography, to create a serene environment.
The Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth Hotel is a 4 star deluxe hotel in Bloomsbury, one of the most elegant parts of London. Public areas feature artefacts from the Far East, with sculptural displays of tropical flowers and specially commissioned paintings and photography, to create a serene environment. The Kenilworth is ideal for all your business and leisure needs with carefully designed bedrooms, which offer comfort and the latest technology to a fitness room and business centre. Relax in the cool and contemporary environment of Creations bar and restaurant. This central London hotel places its guest in the major business districts and in close proximity to Oxford Street shopping, University Quarter, Covent Garden, West End theatres, Soho, Regents Park, Holborn, the Inns of Court and a myriad of bars, clubs and restaurants.


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Minnesota Twins V Kansas City Royals by Jamie Squire - 10" x 6.5"
Minnesota Twins V Kansas City Royals metal print by Jamie Squire. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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KANSAS CITY, MO - APRIL 08: A general view during the Kansas City Royals home opener against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on April 8, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)Image provided by Getty Images.


Peruvian artist Hugo Lecaros is often called the Van Gogh of South America for his powerful oil paintings.
"Roofs and Balconies" 40x50" by Hugo Lecaros $4,500.
It is with greatest sadness that we announce the death of Hugo Lecaros on July 26, 2016. His strong will, exhuberant personality, sense of humor, and huge talent are missed. His spirit lives on in the hearts of all who knew him and in his beautiful art work.
All of the paintings shown above have been sold.
Hugo Lecaros painted "from his heart" scenes of his native Peru. His watercolors and oils convey the profound spirit of the Peruvian people and the magical beauty of the Andes. He has been called the "the poet painter who sings with brush strokes of genius." Lecaros was awarded the prestigious Premio Nacional Medalla de Oro del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega by the Instituto Nacional de Cultura in Peru in 2005.
Orphaned at three, he roamed the streets of Cuzco until the age of nine, when he was taken by an uncle to the jungle. He worked cultivating fields of rice and banana trees and drew and carved wood when time allowed. As a twelve-year-old he won a scholarship to Cuzco's School of Bellas Artes. He studied there only briefly due to a lack of money for supplies and his refusal to follow the direction of his teachers. He returned to the jungle, taught in a rural school and joined the army for two years.
Art Studies At twenty-nine he entered the Centro Superior de Bellas Artes in Lima and received his degree in Artes Plasticas in 1975. For seven years he taught art history and drawing at the Collegio Secundario Nacional Teresa Gonzales de Fanning in Lima.
VanGogh of South America Lecaros lived in the San Francisco Bay Area of California from 1984 until his death on July 26, 2016. He was represented by Iguana Galleries since 1991. His watercolors describe villages in the Andes with great skill and yet freshness. He has been called "the VanGogh of South America" for his oils with heavy, turbulent brush strokes. Lecaros also painted oils in a cubistic style with his characteristic beautiful and mature color palette.


This course is designed to provide insight into the activities assigned to a level 3 per industry standards, as well as Nadcap. It also includes a review of the true responsibilities, written or implied, in NAS410/EN4179 and will discuss the difference between the expectations on a level 3 vs. the expectations on a Responsible Level 3.
This course is recommended for new level 3 candidates and as a refresher for current level 3's, newly certified or experienced veterans. It is also recommended for the management teams responsible for NDT to help them understand what is expected of a level 3, the time and effort required to properly fill the level 3 position, and the resources needed to adequately support an NDT facility.


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Burberry | Christmas 2018 Ad Campaign & Film
Leave it to Riccardo Tisci and the team at Burberry to throw tradition out the window as they present this season's most adult, artistic, and dare we say isolationist Christmas campaign of the decade.
The campaign entitled Close Your Eyes and Think of Christmas is the brainchild of British artist Juno Calypso whose work often touches upon themes of loneliness, isolation, self sufficiency and feminism. Calypso started showing her work in 2011 and typically cast herself as the central character named 'Joyce' (here with red hair in the dinner) who is set in a surreal underground world.
The Burberry campaign starts (and ends) with a nod to nature's embrace as the camera pulls out from a wooded, snow frosted scene, that the viewer discovered is simply a television screen in a café frequented by starts M.I.A. and Matt Smith. Smith tosses aside the daily paper, as if he found it disturbing, while M.I.A. stirs her tea. There is no eye contact or engagement between their characters, same for the rest of the cast.
The loneliness of the holiday season is played up most in brief scene featuring actress Kristin Scott Thomas, alone with her thoughts in a speeding train carriage, seats upholstered in the new Peter Saville-imagined house logo print. A quick flash shows that there are indeed fellow commuters, however, the character may as well be alone for the holidays.
While the release speaks 'to family togetherness, delayed trains and Christmas feasts,' the characters are like those in an Edward Hopper painting, distant and alone even while with others. With the exception of Naomi Campbell, who rest her head on the lap of her mother Valerie Morris-Campbell while watching telly, there is little human interaction.
The choice is unexpected as historically Christmas adverts are about unity, a shared celebration between family and close friends. Why Tisci and Burberry headed in the other direction is up for speculation. The Impression believes the intent was not to spread more emptiness into the world, but to unit us in understanding, that this feeling is normal, adult, and in a way unifying. With this stance Burberry is aligning with the outliers, those with a different point of view and perhaps wisdom. The wisdom to Close Your Eyes and Think of Christmas, a Christmas of understanding that they belong to a specific tribe and are ok with that.
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Director/Photographer | Juno Calypso
Talent | Kristin Scott Thomas, M.I.A., Matt Smith, Naomi Campbell, Valerie Morris-Campbell
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Present your content wirelessly with easy solutions from EZCast Pro.
EZCast Pro is a wireless presentation system for sharing screen content on a public display or projector. There is a choice of two different models: The EZCast Pro LAN Box supports WiFi as well as a cable connection to the LAN and the EZCast Pro Stick has a more compact design.
EZCast Pro can handel of all your devices. No matter if it's a notebook, tablet or smartphone: Both models support Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
Screen contents are either shared from the Stick to the screen or projector using the free EZCast Pro software (Windows/macOS) or the EZCast Pro App (iOS/Android).
High Resolution displays are rapidly improving all the time. EZCast Pro won´t hold you back, 4K resolution with 3840 x 2160 pixels at 30fps is supported.
Wouldn't it be great to be able to present more than one screen at once? Now you can. EZCast Pro supports up to 4 screen shares simultaneously.
You can use the built-in Apple AirPlay feature of your iPad or iPhone to mirror your screen. This means, in this case you do not need an App or Software.
Windows and Android devices can also share your screen content using Miracast. EZCast Pro II Stick supports Miracast natively. This enables you to share your screen without requiring the EZCast Pro Software or App.
ProCast is a broadcast of one screen to multiple displays e.g. from a Windows PC or macOS to multiple large displays. With EZCast Pro II Stick you can share to up to 8 displays.
The EZCast Pro LAN Box can (unlike the EZCast Pro Stick) also be connected to your LAN (Local Area Network) via ethernet cable, enabling it to be used in areas where WiFi signal is poor or unavailable.
Where is EZCast Pro used?
No matter whether school or university. Presenting digital content is an integral part of education and training: In the classroom, at the seminar, the lecture, teacher conferences or other such meetings. With either the EZCast Pro Stick or the EZCast Pro LAN Box you can support any scenario superbly.
How does EZCast Pro work exactly?
EZCast Pro simply consists of a receiver. This is either a compact HDMI Stick (the EZCast Pro Stick) or a small network box (the EZCast Pro LAN Box), which you wirelessly communicate with via software or App.
The Stick can be connected to a projector or desktop screen via HDMI. Power is provided to the Stick via a USB cable.
The LAN Box can be connected to a large display, a desktop display, or a projector via HDMI. It also includes an HDMI to VGA adapter as well as an audio cable. The LAN Box is powered by the included power supply. It can be integrated into your network via WiFi or the LAN port.
The transmitter is your smartphone, tablet or notebook. A one-time installation of the free EZCast Pro software or App is all that's required to share your screen. With Apple devices you can also present directly using AirPlay without the App. EZCast Pro can also support Miracast for Windows/Android devices using the EZMirror feature in the App.


' It's hard to be simple. The language of my stories is that of which people commonly use, but at the same time it is a prose that must be subjected to hard work before it is transparent, crystalline.
This is not a contradiction in terms. I arrive to submit a story even to fifteen revisions. Each revision changes the story. But there is nothing automatic; It is rather a process. Writing is a process of revelation. ' That was Raymond Carver.
The creative writing masterclass included in our festival, is held by Domenico Dara, Stresa 2017 prize with his "Notes of celestial Mechanics", set in Calabria, in Girifalco for the Precision, but which has conquered all of Italy's narrative.
An opportunity for those who want to get involved, reveal themselves, understand the creative act, know the tools of narrative writing. A unique, unmissable, free opportunity.
The masterclass takes place on two days: June 28th and 29th , from 14:30 to 18:30, at the Ubik bookshop in Marina di Catanzaro.


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package com.google.firebase.storage.network;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp;
import com.google.firebase.storage.internal.StorageReferenceUri;
import org.json.JSONObject;

/** Represents a request to update metadata on a GCS blob. */
public class UpdateMetadataNetworkRequest extends NetworkRequest {
  private final JSONObject metadata;

  public UpdateMetadataNetworkRequest(
      @NonNull StorageReferenceUri storageReferenceUri,
      @NonNull FirebaseApp app,
      @Nullable JSONObject metadata) {
    super(storageReferenceUri, app);
    this.metadata = metadata;
    // On kitkat and below, patch is not supported.
    this.setCustomHeader("X-HTTP-Method-Override", PATCH);
  }

  @NonNull
  @Override
  protected String getAction() {
    return PUT;
  }

  @Nullable
  @Override
  protected JSONObject getOutputJSON() {
    return metadata;
  }
}

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Time Is Not For Sale.
Of all the gift-giving options you have, there is one that can make a tremendously positive impact on someone who needs a reason to hope - and that is the priceless gift of your time.
Time cannot be bought because it is not for sale, but it is something you have right now that is more precious than gold or silver.


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Meyers v. State of Texas
Texas may assert its state sovereign immunity as defined by its own law as a defense against the plaintiffs' claims in the federal courts, but it may not use it to defeat federal jurisdiction or as a return ticket back to the state court system.
| July 24, 2006 at 12:00 AM | The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
Click here for the full text of this decision FACTS:The 5th Circuit has been presented with a petition for rehearing en banc, though the court considers it to be a petition for panel rehearing. HOLDING:Petition denied. "The narrow holding in the instant case is that, under the Supreme Court's decision in Lapides v. Bd. of Regents of Georgia, 535 U.S. 613, 122 S.Ct. 1640 (2002), when a State removes to federal court a private state court suit based on a federal-law claim, it invokes federal jurisdiction and thus waives its unqualified right to object peremptorily to the federal district court's jurisdiction on the ground of state sovereign immunity. However, that waiver does not affect or limit the State's ability to assert whatever rights, immunities or defenses are provided for by its own sovereign immunity law to defeat the claims against the State finally and on their merits in the federal courts. In sum, Texas may assert its state sovereign immunity as defined by its own law as a defense against the plaintiffs' claims in the federal courts, but it may not use it to defeat federal jurisdiction or as a return ticket back to the state court system. Additionally, the panel opinion does not reach or decide, but remands for further proceedings, the issues of whether the ADA Title II on its face or as applied constitutionally abrogates the State's sovereign immunity; whether the plaintiffs failed to state a claim based on a violation of Title II or the regulation; whether the regulation sued upon is invalid under Chevron USA Inc v. NRDC, 467 US 837, 104 S.Ct. 2778 (1984); and whether the Commerce Clause authorizes the enactment of ADA Title II." OPINION:Dennis, J.; Wiener, Benavides and Dennis, J.J.
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Govt still to deliver Cuba student parcels …as students plead for President's intervention
Andrew Kathindi
Namibian medical students in Cuba are pleading with President Hage Geingob to assist with the delivery of parcels organized by the relatives, amid claims some of the items are spoiling in the Health Ministry's facility storage.
This comes two months after a South African Airways plane which was scheduled to travel to Cuba on 3 July with the said parcels left with only Namibian Ambassador to Cuba, Samuel /Gôagoseb, without the packages.
The students have now accused the Health Ministry of abandoning them and leaving their items to rot, after no progress has been made on delivering their parcels.
"The bags are likely to have food items as well and some are likely to get spoiled due to prolonged storage," President of Namibian International Students' Organization (NAMISO) Aindaka Fredinand Namwaapo told Windhoek Observer.
Another medical student in Cuba told Windhoek Observer that they have made several appeals to the Ministry, which have been consistently ignored.
"A lot of planes from South Africa came to Cuba in July and August, and the ministry promised to utilize such opportunity but they failed to do so. We're really afraid some things went bad, spoiling the whole bag contents. They didn't inform us about the status quo, we keep getting ignored many times."
The student added, "We're tired man, sometimes fighting with no results. However, MoHSS should just know that as far as how much this may sound like a threat, we're not just limited to work for them, we can work anywhere in the world with this international degree."
The student further accused the health Ministry of poisoning their patriotism.
There are currently over 250 Namibian medical students in Cuba, most of whom have recently launched a coordinated appeal to President Hage Geingob to intervene in their situation, which some say has become dire.
"Mr President, we are suffering. We need the bags with our cosmetics that are stranded in Namibia. Please hear the cries of the Namibian Medical Students in Cuba. Please come to our rescue," one student wrote.
Health Ministry Executive Director, Ben Nangombe claimed that finance remains the biggest issue in the Ministry coming to the students' rescue.
"Because of travel restrictions brought on by COVID-19, the only way to get those parcels there is to charter a plane which is very expensive. To Charter a plane to Addis Ababa is about N$3 million. Now imagine one to Cuba. All the quotations we got to charter a plane where exorbitant," the Health ED said.
He claimed the Ministry had in the last two months explored several avenues to help the students, including buying similar items for the students in Cuba, however that Nangombe said, made impossible by a United States economic embargo on Cuba.
"The students have not been abandoned and they know that very well. We have recently got a quotation and begun a process to get these items to the students in Cuba. Of course, we have to use all possible means of frugality."
CubaNamibian Ambassador to CubaSamuel /Gôagoseb
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Can bringing marketing services in-house help companies feel closer to their customers?
According to a recent survey, conducted among 200 senior marketers by MediaSense, in association with ISBA and Ipsos Connect, the majority of marketing managers indicated their desire to manage customer relationships and data in house. Furthermore, over half of the respondents (54%) stated that they expected to bring a number of functions, previously outsourced to agencies, in-house by 2020 because they were of the opinion that their agencies were not agile enough.
Now the term 'agile' is in itself fairly ambiguous; it is too broad and unclear and not specific to the issue or situation that has arisen. In this context, we can assume that what the report is suggesting is that there has been a breakdown in the 'relationship' in terms of managing expectations (on both sides) and delivering upon goals, or the tasks assigned did not match the skill set of the agency.
So what can marketers do to ensure their agency is up to the task and the right fit?
First and foremost, marketers need to identify the best solution to the problem in hand. It is their responsibility to ascertain if they have the skills in house or whether a more specialist agency is more suited to the task.
If the decision is to work with an agency, then as with any business relationship, there has to be an emotional connection, a rapport that can be nurtured leading to absolute trust and respect between the two parties. In addition, the agency needs to demonstrate their experience of working on similar projects.
Without doubt the agency will then require a detailed creative brief in order to understand the task in hand and feedback how they will approach the project. All too often a creative brief is too ambiguous which leads to a misinterpretation of objectives. However, a professional agency should challenge the brief if it is not clear what the outcomes desired are to avoid this happening.
Creative design agencies vary widely in size and scope and cater to different kinds of customers – and this is key to understanding how to appoint and work with an agency. The creative work they present is often subjective, but always considered and professionally executed, and more often than not, has received input from the agency's own marketing professionals (often at no additional cost) to ensure the solution proposed fits the brief.
Agencies employ experts in many creative fields to provide quality, professional services to a company requiring an expert eye and hand in delivering their communications – resources often not found in house.
Is the agency familiar with the target audience and can demonstrate how to reach them?
Has the agency used the media they plan to use most extensively?
Can the agency confidently talk about the results or possible outcomes that can be achieved, having worked with similar clients?
Is the agency listening and demonstrating an understanding of the brief?
Is there a natural rapport and can you trust the agency to fulfil the key elements of the creative brief? See our blog on how to write a creative brief.
Finally, can the project be delivered within the timescales and budget?
An investment in the services of a creative design and marketing agency, where there is a solid relationship in place will yield multiple benefits. They provide a valuable resource for any organisation looking to increase their customer base or retain members by providing fresh, intelligent and objective thinking; and they bring together people and processes with expertise in a wide array of communication fields that can complement a client's in-house capabilities.
So while marketers may think managing their customer's relationship in house is the solution to getting closer to them in the future, they should not dismiss the benefits of working with a specialist agency or agencies to help them achieve their goals and make sure their messages are received and understood, and most importantly, evoke the desired response.
If you need to re-fresh your marketing collateral in 2016 or are looking to outsource your marketing, please get in touch to discuss your requirements: email: hello@dadm.co.uk or call: 01733 235234.


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Compact and affordable, the B412dn delivers high-quality black and white printing. Ideal for individuals and small workgroups, the high-performance device features secure and mobile print functions with digital LED technology. A duplex print option, energy-saving features and an optional high-capacity toner all contribute to lower running costs.
Combining fast warm-up times, a high-speed processor and a large memory, the B412dn creates high-quality print documents and makes light work of everyday tasks.
In-built energy-saving features together with optional high-capacity toner and duplex printing as standard all contribute to lower running costs and help to keep print budgets low.
A compact design and straightforward functions make the B412dn easy to use and small enough to fit on a desktop or locate in any corner of the office. With Gigabit Ethernet as standard and an optional wireless interface, the B412dn is easy to share among small workgroups, while mobile print functionality enables printing from smartphones and tablets when away from the office.
Flexible media handling and digital LED technology make the B412dn versatile enough to print on paper sizes from A6 to banners of up to 1.3m long and card stock up to 163gsm, while secure printing helps protect confidential documents.