Jon Kary Lurches Towards War.
DAVOS, Switzerland — In unscripted remarks to the press on Thursday, US President Donald Trump said the US would no longer transfer monetary aid to the Palestinians unless they entered peace negotiations with Israel, and excoriated the Palestinian leadership's reaction to his decision last month to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
"That money is not going to them unless they sit down and negotiate peace, because I can tell you that Israel does want to make peace, and they're going to have to want to make peace, too, or we're going to have nothing to do with it any longer," he said.
While the White House has confirmed that since the Jerusalem Declaration there has been a complete disconnect between the Palestinian Authority and the Trump administration, it turns out that the previous administration has maintained contact with PA officials.
Maariv reported that former US secretary of state John Kerry met in London with a close associate of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Hussein Agha, for a long and open conversation about a variety of topics. Agha apparently reported details of the conversation to senior PA officials in Ramallah. A senior PA official confirmed to Maariv that the meeting took place.
If Lurch had a brain, he would either lead, follow or get out of the way. He does neither.


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"It's good news that we're having success in improving mortality rates for mothers and babies, But we owe these children a better future than one where they're at higher risk of dislocation from Country and culture, poor mental health, suicide, family violence, imprisonment and poverty.
We owe them the same future as every other Australian child.
NACCHO Aboriginal Health What Works Part 7 : Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage 2016 Productivity Commission Report shows some positive trends but…!
Aboriginal health services must be given a greater front line role in overcoming Aboriginal disadvantage, Australia's peak Aboriginal health body said today.
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Chair Matthew Cooke said the Productivity Commission's Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Report released today shows gains in some close the gap targets, but some areas of disadvantage are worse than the last report two years ago.
Mr Cooke said it was encouraging that child mortality rates have improved since 1998; more Aboriginal students are completing high school and university; and employment rates have increased.
However family violence rates, alcohol and substance use are unchanged; the mental health of Aboriginal communities is continuing to decline; and rates of juvenile incarceration have increased to 24 times the rate for non-Indigenous youth.
"Until governments show the political will to address all the determinants of health and well-being, we will not close these gaps," he said.
"We've identified the disadvantage many, many times. The harder part is providing the services, the programs, and the changes to community attitudes that are need to overcome the disadvantage.


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Comey's note: 'obstruction of justice' and Donald Trump (analysis)
by Alexander Mercouris May 17, 2017 2.5k Views
As The New York Times broke the story of a note by former FBI Director Comey written immediately after a meeting on 14th February 2017 between Comey and President Trump, the Democrats and the mainstream stirred up a predictable firestorm, with claims that the memo is proof Trump has been interfering in the FBI investigation into Russiagate and therefore constitutes an 'obstruction of justice'
On the strength of these claims further claims have been made that Trump's alleged interference in the FBI investigation is impeachable. Many have pointed out that 'obstruction of justice' was a key charge in the impeachment proceedings which were being prepared against Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, and which caused him to resign.
Is there any substance to any of this? A number of points are in order.
Firstly, it is standard practice for lawyers and officials to make notes of all business related conversations they undertake and to distribute them to their colleagues. There is nothing unusual or surprising about Comey drafting a note of his conversation with the President and circulating it amongst the senior staff of the FBI. What would in fact have been extraordinary and alarming would have been if he had not do so. The mere fact that Comey made and circulating a note following a meeting with a President who had only just entered office and who Comey would therefore scarcely know is not therefore a sign he was being put under pressure.
It is highly likely the President or his staff made their own record of the meeting. We do not know the circumstances or location in which the meeting took place. However if the meeting took place in the Oval Office it is a virtual certainty that Presidential staffers were present, and that a note and quite possibly a full transcript of the meeting was made.
President Trump has hinted that his meetings with Comey were tape recorded. Whilst that is possible there is no confirmation of it and President Trump's hint is actually rather ambiguous. Until more is known it is better not to speculate about this possibility.
Secondly the subject that was discussed during this conversation was not the FBI's Russiagate counter-espionage investigation but the FBI's investigation of General Flynn following upon General Flynn's telephone conversation on 29th December 2016 with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
The sequence of events is that General Flynn resigned on 13th February 2017 following publication of reports in the media on 9th February 2017 which claimed that Flynn had lied to Vice-President Pence by supposedly telling Pence that he had not discussed with Kislyak during this conversation the subject of the sanctions imposed by President Obama on Russia on 29th December 2016 (the same day as Flynn's conversation with Kislyak) whereas in fact he had done so. The conversation between Trump and Comey of which Comey made a note took place on the following day, 14th February 2017.
Comey's note has not been published and the New York Times does not claim to have seen it. However it was apparently read out to one of its reporters who recorded it saying the following
"I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go," Mr. Trump told Mr. Comey, according to the memo. "He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go."
Mr. Trump told Mr. Comey that Mr. Flynn had done nothing wrong, according to the memo.
Mr. Comey did not say anything to Mr. Trump about curtailing the investigation, replying only: "I agree he is a good guy."
If this is an accurate record of Comey's note then I struggle to see how it constitutes evidence of obstruction of justice and if this note were ever produced in a normal trial on such a charge I have no doubt a capable defence attorney would have no difficulty convincing a court that it was not.
The note does not show Trump ordering Comey to drop the investigation, or even asking him to. It merely expresses the hope he would do so given Trump's belief that Flynn had done "nothing wrong".
That is also my view, which I have expressed frequently, as for example in my detailed discussion of the circumstances of Flynn's resignation which can be found here.
More to the point it is also appears to be the view of several of the investigators and officials involved in looking into Flynn's case, a fact revealed in the original Washington Post article of 9th February 2017
The nature of Flynn's pre-inauguration message to Kislyak triggered debate among officials in the Obama administration and intelligence agencies over whether Flynn had violated a law against unauthorized citizens interfering in U.S. disputes with foreign governments, according to officials familiar with that debate. Those officials were already alarmed by what they saw as a Russian assault on the U.S. election.
U.S. officials said that seeking to build such a case against Flynn would be daunting. The law against U.S. citizens interfering in foreign diplomacy, known as the Logan Act, stems from a 1799 statute that has never been prosecuted. As a result, there is no case history to help guide authorities on when to proceed or how to secure a conviction.
Officials also cited political sensitivities. Prominent Americans in and out of government are so frequently in communication with foreign officials that singling out one individual — particularly one poised for a top White House job — would invite charges of political persecution.
Former U.S. officials also said aggressive enforcement would probably discourage appropriate contact. Michael McFaul, who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration, said that he was in Moscow meeting with officials in the weeks leading up to Obama's 2008 election win.
"As a former diplomat and U.S. government official, one needs to be able to have contact with foreigners to do one's job," McFaul said.
(bold italics added)
The law in question is the Logan Act of 1799 which has never been enforced against any US citizen at any point in US history, but which Acting Attorney General Sally Yates conjured up in order to bring Flynn down.
In the event, following this conversation between Trump and Comey on 14th February 2017, the Logan Act investigation against Flynn has ground on with no end in sight. Though it is based on a single conversation between Flynn and Kislyak which took place on 29th December 2016 and of which a complete transcript exists, like every one of Comey's investigations three months later it has produced no result, with no indication that Flynn is either going to be prosecuted under the Logan Act or not.
This has allowed Sally Yates, who Republicans suspect was responsible for the illegal leak of details of the classified transcript of the conversation between Flynn and Kislyak to the media, to go on publicly trashing Flynn's reputation by giving testimony to Congress and interviews to the media in which she has repeated her preposterous claim that the conversation between Flynn and Kislyak somehow exposed Flynn to blackmail by the Russians.
In the meantime, presumably because prosecuting Flynn under the Logan Act is proving too "daunting", there is now talk of him being prosecuted for the totally separate and entirely unrelated charge of breaching the Foreign Agents Registration Act because he accepted fees from RT and from Turkey. All I will say about that is that though Flynn's accepting these payments was a matter of public knowledge no-one spoke of prosecuting him because of them before.
The Washington Post article of 9th February 2017 spoke of concerns that prosecuting Flynn might "invite charges of political persecution". Three months later it is impossible to characterise the treatment of him in any other way. Whatever Flynn's faults, it is a shameful treatment of a military officer who has served his country.
Putting all this aside, since Comey's note shows Trump neither instructing Comey nor requesting Comey to drop the investigation against Flynn, nor of Trump putting pressure on Comey to do so, but merely shows Trump expressing the "hope" Comey would do so, in any sane world no charge of obstructing justice or of perverting the course of justice brought upon it could possibly stick.
The trouble is that as by now should be obvious there is nothing remotely sane about Russiagate. If there were it would have collapsed under the weight of its own absurdity long ago.
Moreover since impeachment is a political process in which the courts have no say, it would be up to the Senators, with all their partisanship and their feverish speculations, and not the courts or the lawyers, who would decide whether the words reported in Comey's note amounted to an obstruction of justice.
I have to say that even allowing for that I find the idea that impeachment proceedings might be brought on the strength of the words in Comey's note altogether too absurd to believe it will happen, much less that such impeachment proceedings (which require the support of two-thirds of the Senate) if brought would succeed. However given the extent of the hysteria nothing any longer looks impossible.
One point I would make, which is a point made to me by my colleague Adam Garrie.
Much has been said about how the Russians supposedly meddled in the US's elections in order to undermine the American people's faith in US democracy. The latest twist in the story shows that the Russians have no need to do this.
If on the strength of the wording in Comey's note Donald Trump is impeached just a few months after he was inaugurated President, then the US elite will have done more damage to the American people's faith in their democracy than the Russians or anyone else could ever do.
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Q: append class to div not working I have the following div :

If the user clicks on 'no', Sin city is replaced by another movie present in newproducts.jsp like this :

My jquery code is :
$('.no').on("click", function(){
    var parent_movie= $(this).parent('.movie');
    parent_movie.empty();
    parent_movie.load("reco_product_stream.jsp a");
    parent_movie.append($('.overlay'));
});

But the movie isnt getting replaced.
If I change .parent to .parents, the movie gets replaced fine but the .overlay is removed from all other movies on the page, and doesnt come back despite the .append.

A: Use closest() instead of parent()  as parent looks immediate parent and closest looks up the dom for first match.
var parent_movie= $(this).closest('.movie');

A: $('.no').on("click", function(){
    var $parent_movie = $(this).closest('.movie');
    $.get('reco_product_stream.jsp', function(data) {
        var $a = $(data).find('a');
        $parent_movie.children('a').replaceWith($a);
    })
});

A: Your line of code:
var parent_movie = $(this).parent('.movie');

looks only at the immediate parent and only matches if that immediate parent has a class movie.  Since that is not the case in your HTML, this results in an empty jQuery object so the subsequent lines of code do nothing.
Since you want to search up the parent chain until you find a movie class,  use this instead:
var parent_movie = $(this).closest('.movie');

A: You can use:
var parent_movie = $(this).closest('.movie');

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A Top Aide to Biden, Bono, and Blago Comes Home
Sheila Nix has worked with a charitable rock star, a disgraced former governor, and a—possible?—future president and first lady. Here's what she said about all of them.
By Carol Felsenthal
Nix (center) was Jill Biden's (right) chief of staff after working for the 2012 reelection campaign. Photo: Official White House Photo by David Lienemann
I met Sheila Nix, 55, at the South Michigan Avenue offices of anti-hunger group Tusk Montgomery, where she has recently been appointed president. If the name Tusk rings a bell, that's because Bradley Tusk was Rod Blagojevich's first deputy governor; his successor in that job was Sheila Nix. Both of them got out before Blago was arrested. Nix certainly doesn't like to advertise that association.
It's understandable, and she doesn't need to, because her resume is loaded with so many other jobs—chief of staff to Senators Bob Kerrey and Bill Nelson, campaign manager to Joe Biden, chief of staff to Jill Biden, deputy assistant to Barack Obama.
The mother of three, graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, married to a lawyer, she has shuttled her family between D.C. and Chicago—she grew up in Portage Park and then Palatine—but now says she is happily settled in to her home in Oak Park, with her youngest in high school, her middle child in college studying systems engineering, and her first-born working on the gubernatorial campaign of Chris Kennedy.
I got interested in Nix because of my continuing interest in Joe Biden and his on again/off again romance with the White House. I didn't know what to expect from the interview: Unlike most people I know who run politicians' offices and campaigns, Nix keeps a low profile, although she says that's not on purpose. If there's one word to describe her, it's sunny. She's blonde, petite, pretty, and the daughter of Irish immigrants. Her conversation reveals a true affection for Dr. Biden, as Nix calls her, the woman for whom she happily worked until January 20, 2017.
She answered all my questions and often laughed through the answers—not an irritating or phony laugh, but the laugh of an optimist who's comfortable in her skin. An edited and condensed transcript of our conversation follows.
Joe Biden said last January, conceding that he'd be 78 on inauguration day in 2021, "I'll run if I can walk." Do you think he'll run?
I don't know, we'll have to see how he's feeling at that time.
Did Jill want her husband to run in 2016? She has said that he would have been a great president, and based on her remarks I have the sense that she regrets the decision not to run.
I just think it was a very difficult time for them after Beau died and I think they made the right decision for their family at that time.
Nix (center) with the Bidens on the day before the 2012 electionPhoto: Courtesy of Sheila Nix
So tell me about her. You were working for Bono's One campaign and you left him for her?
It was a hard decision to leave One, but it was a great opportunity to be back in Chicago in 2012 and also work for the Obama reelection campaign. I worked on the VP part it, so I traveled with him on the campaign and got to know Jill, and really liked her. I helped organize the Bidens' part of the inauguration, and when it was done, I was talking to the VP about possibly working in his office. In the middle of talking to him about what I might want to do, I got a call from Dr. Biden and she said, "I know you're talking to Joe, but…" Her chief of staff had just left, and I took the job.
How did that work out?
It's one of the best jobs I've ever had. She's normal, down to earth. She cares a lot about education, military families. She's interested in some of the women's and girls' issues in Africa and around the world. Dr. Biden is a community college professor who teaches writing to kids at Northern Virginia Community College. When we would travel, she always had a big bag of papers to grade. She's still teaching now.
I found her insistence on the Dr. title pretentious. When it's just the two of you, do you call her Dr. Biden?
No, no, although most of us called her Dr. B, including her students. A lot of them are from refugee and immigrant families, and they often don't know that she's the second lady. She tells the story of one of her students saying, "Dr. B, I saw you on TV with Michelle Obama and I said, 'Mom, mom, that's my English teacher.'" And her mom said, "That's not your English teacher, that's the second lady of the United States."
Tell me about your time with Blago.
When Rod was first elected governor in 2002, I was kind of excited because I wanted to come back to Chicago and he was the first Democratic governor in 24 years. I didn't know him. I ran into him and his team at the Democratic convention in Boston in 2004 and I ended up interviewing with them.
I know you don't want to talk about him, and he's become a villain—a cartoon villain. Did he do anything that was good?
Yes, health care and policy work around children. He was one of the first governors to talk about covering all kids. The insurance & health care problem that we still talk about so much, you know he was an early advocate of getting that fixed. I worked on All Kids and I'm proud of that. We actually got it done. And the other part was transportation, open toll roads; people forget that you had to stop at the toll booth. Now everyone can drive right through.
When you left the Blago administration, did you have a sense that things were turning dark?
No, not really. I was there almost four years at that point. I was exhausted. And then the Obama campaign was getting started and [political strategist] Pete Giangreco wanted someone to come and help them with direct mail. I went there in at the beginning of 2008.
Bono and his One campaign coaxed you to make a quick detour?
I got recruited. They were looking for a U.S. executive director who had campaign, government, policy, and communication experience. It was great for me because it took something from everything I had done and I also got to advocate for health care in Africa. It was a long interview process and the last interview was with Bono. We traveled to Africa: mostly Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Tanzania. I was there for three years and then I got a call from the VP's office.
Nix in Malawi while working on the One campaign.Photo: Courtesy of Sheila Nix
What's Bono like?
He is actually incredibly knowledgeable and he's been involved in issues around Africa for a long time. And I remember going up to the Hill with him to do meetings, and senators would ask him some questions that could be answered superficially, and he would go into detail. He's a really fabulous, genuine person. After my first trip with him up to the Hill, we got in the car to go back to office. I guess I was too used to working for politicians; when you get in the car the first thing they say is, "We should have done this, we should have done that. That wasn't right." And he just said, "Thank you, Sheila, those were really great meetings."
Did you go to the Trump inauguration?
Yes, I sat right behind Rudy Giuliani. It was kind of surreal. I started the day in Jill's office. We walked in, turned in our IDs, and that was it. You know that change is coming, but it still feels really abrupt. I flew back that night to Chicago to go to the Women's March the next morning. I took my younger daughter to that.
Which Democrat do you want to see run for president in 2020?
I have an allegiance to Joe Biden. But I think back to Obama winning in '08; nobody would have predicted that. We may be in a situation of having somebody nobody is thinking about right now.
What are you working on in your current job?
Expanding registration and voting. One of the things we're focusing on is voting by phone. Yes, it will be a fight with Republicans, but there are some states with large rural populations that are interested in something like this; red states where it's hard for folks to vote.
If you could write your own job description, what would be your dream job?
I like running things and building things, putting a team together. It could be something around mobile voting or health care; trying to get us to place where health care functions well for a majority of people in the United States. I would love to be part of that.
Did any of your children inherit the political bug?
My son, who's 24, worked on the Democratic convention in Philadelphia last year. And then he did press advance for Hillary Clinton's campaign. He recently started at Chris Kennedy's campaign.
Finally, last and least, I noticed that you made The Hill's 2015 list of the most beautiful people working in politics in DC.
I think they want diversity in people they pick. They were looking for the over-40 person. (Nix was 53 at the time.)
Tags: Health & Wellness, Politics, Politics & City Life, Writers - Carol Felsenthal


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Stuart's notable for his ability to take traditional songs any apply them to modern concerns (and vice versa) and it's a no-brainer that I should feature his I Can't Find Brummagem which takes a 100 year old song and tweaks it in line with the current changes in the city. And uses some guitar phrases from The Jesus And Mary Chain. More background here and here's the mp3.
His website is built around a blog (meaning you can subscribe to it) and features new songs and general musings.
No forthcoming gigs that I can see but certainly someone to keep tabs on.


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Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics ofN′-Nitrosonornicotine in the Patas Monkey
Pramod Upadhyaya, Cheryl L. Zimmerman and Stephen S. Hecht
Drug Metabolism and Disposition October 2002, 30 (10) 1115-1122; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.30.10.1115
Pramod Upadhyaya
Cheryl L. Zimmerman
Stephen S. Hecht
N′-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN) is present in significant quantities in tobacco and tobacco smoke and is believed to play an important role as a cause of cancer in people who use tobacco products. Biomarkers of NNN uptake in humans such as urinary metabolites would be useful for assessing cancer risk. Previous studies, carried out almost exclusively in rodents, have characterized urinary metabolites of NNN, but none of these would be suitable as a biomarkers of NNN uptake in humans. Therefore, we studied NNN metabolism in the patas monkey. Monkeys were treated intravenously with [5-3H]NNN, which has tritium in the pyridine ring. Blood and urine samples were collected at timed intervals. Six urinary metabolites were observed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and were identified by their spectral properties and/or comparison to appropriate standards as follows: metabolite (% of radioactivity eluting from HPLC ± S.D.,n = 3 monkeys); 4-hydroxy-4-(3-pyridyl)butyric acid (43.8 ± 4.0); 4-oxo-4-(3-pyridyl) butyric acid (2.7 ± 0.66); norcotinine (13.1 ± 2.7); norcotinine-1N-oxide (16.5 ± 1.3); 3′-hydroxynorcotinine (16.9 ± 2.0); 3′-(O-β-d-glucopyranuronosyl)hydroxynorcotinine (5.4 ± 1.0); and unchanged NNN (0.63 ± 0.15). The two major metabolites in serum were 4-hydroxy-4-(3-pyridyl)butyric acid and norcotinine. NNN was rapidly metabolized to 4-hydroxy-4-(3-pyridyl)butyric acid, whereas the formation of norcotinine and 3′-hydroxynorcotinine were somewhat delayed. The results of this study demonstrate substantial differences between NNN metabolism in the rodent and patas monkey. Metabolism of NNN to norcotinine and its derivatives was far more prevalent in the patas monkey than in the rat. 3′-Hydroxynorcotinine and itsO-glucuronide may be formed from NNN via α-oximinonornicotine or isomyosmine. There was no evidence that it was formed via norcotinine, although this pathway could not be excluded. 3′-Hydroxynorcotinine could potentially be a biomarker of NNN uptake in humans.
This study was supported by Grants CA-44377 and CA-81301 from the National Cancer Institute
Abbreviations used are::
N′-nitrosonornicotine
NNK
4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone
NNN-N-oxide
N′-nitrosonornicotine-1-N-oxide
keto alcohol
4-hydroxy-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone
keto acid
4-oxo-4-(3-pyridyl)butyric acid
diol
4-hydroxy-4-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol
lactol
2-hydroxy-5-(3-pyridyl)tetrahydrofuran
hydroxy acid
4-hydroxy-4-(3-pyridyl)butyric acid
5-(3-pyridyl)tetrahydrofuran-2-one
high-performance liquid chromatography
mass spectometry
chemical ionization
MS/MS
tandem mass spectometry
phosphate-buffered saline
Received February 2, 2002.
Accepted July 1, 2002.
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Q: DataTables 1.9 events capturing on hidden pages I am using DataTables 1.9 with multiple rows but only one visible column. Each cell in this column is a clickable div that shows a hidden content box, like a harmonica panel.
In this way I created a harmonica with on each DataTables page a number of panels (DataTable rows) and, depending on the number of panels the harmonica covers multiple (DataTable-) pages. On each harmonica header-panel I put a checkbox to mark specific rows for batch processing and other functions.
When selecting a checkbox
I stop the propagation of the 'click event' by adding event.stopPropagation to the DIV that encompasses the checkbox in order to keep the harmonica panel closed (should only open when clicking on the harmonica panel outside the checkbox).
I thought everything functioned according to my wishes until I recently found out that this was only true for the first page that was rendered after the document loaded.  Checkboxes on other pages did not react at all when clicking on them. I found out that DOM elements on hidden DataTable-pages are not added to the DOM on initial page load. So in order to capture the click event on those checkboxes that were initially on a hidden DataTables-page I changed $(".classname").on("click", function(){…});  to  $(document).on("click", ".classname", function(){…}); This got the checkboxes on hidden DataTable-pages
to react again to the click event.
But now, despite the stopPropagation(); method, the click propagates to the harmonica panel and the panel opens.
I tried several options: putting the event.stopPropagation() directly in the html element and on several other locations. I tried combinations of jQuery's .click(), .on(), bind(), delegate() (all within $(document).ready). So for now I have either a checkbox that functions esthetically and the harmonica keeps closed but the click does not trigger the associated event handler, or it does trigger the event handler but the click propagates as an unguided missile trough the page. I have no simple working example, sorry, but I hope someone recognizes the problem and can point to a solution.
Thanks,
Peter

A: Read this part https://datatables.net/manual/events
Note the use of the dt namespace when using the jQuery on() method, while the on() method will automatically append the namespace for you.
So when you want to bind an event listening only to the datatables you need to add the following namespace: .dt
So your events binding should look something like this:
$(document).on("click.dt", ".classname", function(){…}); // NOTE THE ".td" namespace at the event name

Now this event listener is only triggered by a datatable event.
You can manually trigger this specific event by calling:
$('.classname').trigger( "click.dt" );

This trigger will be ignored by all the other "regular" click event listeners on your page.


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O'Brien trying to come to terms with loss of Sir Erec
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Joseph O'Brien was trying to keep things in perspective after suffering a huge blow with the loss of star juvenile hurdler Sir Erec on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival.
The four-year-old, who had also been a smart performer on the Flat for O'Brien's father Aidan, had to be euthanised after suffering an injury during the JCB Triumph Hurdle, for which he had been a hot favourite.
While admitting his devastation at the loss of Sir Erec, O'Brien felt Friday's Christchurch mosque shootings that killed 49 people in New Zealand helped to put matters into context.
He told Racing TV: "We're devastated – everyone at home, the owners and everyone. It's one of those things.
"It was documented he had a stone bruise during the week and he seemed perfect the last couple of days. He had a full set of X-rays two days ago just to make sure there was nothing else going on, and they were perfectly clean.
"Mark (Walsh, jockey) said he jumped the hurdle awkwardly and landed extremely awkwardly and obviously he got injured.
"It's one of those things, but I suppose when you see what happened in New Zealand last night, it kind of brings it into perspective a little and we'll move on."
Sir Erec had won both of his starts over hurdles and while he had spread a plate on the way to the start, he stood perfectly motionless and calm while the farrier fitted a new one.
All had looked to be going to plan until after the fourth flight and David Sykes, director of equine welfare at the British Horseracing Authority, felt Sir Erec's injury could not possibly have been predicted.
He told ITV Racing: "Sometimes there are catastrophic injuries. This morning he was examined by a veterinary surgeon and trotted up and he said he moved very well.
"There was no indication of lameness, there was no indication of injuries.
"Whether he made a mistake at that hurdle or not and landed awkwardly – there was no reason we could predict that injury to that horse today.
"He was shod and the veterinary surgeon trotted him up in the same way. The shoe was having no effect. Putting a shoe on wasn't going to cause that sort of injury.
"It's one of those catastrophic injuries that occur unexpectedly. We are not able to predict those."
There was further heartbreak later in the afternoon when Invitation Only also had to be put down after a fall in the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup.
While his fellow Willie Mullins-trained inmate Al Boum Photo went on to win the feature prize, Invitation Only sustained ultimately fatal injuries when coming down at the 10th fence.
His death was a further blow to Mullins and owners Graham and Andrea Wylie after they also lost Ballyward in the National Hunt Chase on the opening day of the Festival.
There were six deaths at the Festival last year, with another horse subsequently put down due to his injuries, and while the number of fatalities has halved, chief executive Nick Rust says the BHA will not rest on its laurels as it attempts to further reduce the risks of racing.
He said: "I would like to offer my gratitude to the veterinary team and to all the trainers who have competed at the Festival.
"The process of liaison in the build-up and the carrying out of the various veterinary checks on all 450+ runners has been an immense logistical challenge, as have the requirements regarding equine flu controls, particularly for international runners.
"It has been a collaborative process and we are grateful for the role that trainers have played in this, which has been first class. The event has run smoothly despite our setting a very high threshold in terms of the preparation required for every runner.
"I would also like to thank the overwhelming majority of jockeys who have demonstrated skill, professionalism and care throughout.
"The requests we sent out ahead of the Festival to act responsibly with regard to welfare and use of the whip have been followed and this has contributed significantly to the success of the week.
"We share in the sadness of everyone involved in the sport about the fatal injuries incurred by Ballyward, Sir Erec and Invitation Only this week.
"Our thoughts are with everyone connected to the horses. While the overall injury rate has reduced significantly this year, there will always be an element of risk that can never be entirely eliminated.
"It is the role of the BHA and everyone in the sport to try to reduce that level of risk as much as possible, and do all we reasonably can to prevent injuries that could have been avoided.
"As such, all the racing incidents from this year's Festival will undergo a rigorous process of review and evaluation.
"We will analyse the evidence alongside the extensive data collected by the 2018 Cheltenham Festival Review to see if any emerging trends can be identified. This will include post-mortem reports, video analysis of incidents and speaking to trainers and jockeys to seek their feedback."
Scurry rematch for Intisaab and Ardhoomey
16:20 - Haydock, 7f - 7 run
16:30 - Nottingham, 1m ½f - 5 run
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We return once more to explore the sonic properties of the wall. Riding the resonant frequencies of the monolith, oscillating finely between control and chaos, overwhelming vibration and silence. The bell tolls, its undulation now better informed by my time spent listening to the rhythm of the wind, water and wildlife. We too are (part of/one with) wildlife; forming macro patterns from a white noise like bed of flickering chaos. The recordings of this performance illuminate aspects of the way sound travels and is delayed through the space that it's impossible to experience in the now.
In the moon-shadows cast by two figures carrying a Vox amp over the dam wall you can see the outline of our project emerging
My camera is no match for the rapidly flowing water, transforming the spurious now into an ever-changing series of still fragments. It's options controlled by the path worn through the rocks by the flow that have come before yet remaining completely free and unpredictable/unknowable. Past, 'present' and future all at the same time, evading replication and repetition. Just as we turn the strobes to it, nature outdoes our wattage as electrostatic energy from the building storm discharges through lightning - it's sonic counterpart separated and delayed by different rates of travel and perception allow the crack of the lightning bolt to reverberate through the valley, transforming/modulating itself into the earth-rumbling thunder we hear.
According to Brian Cox the energy contained in a human is equivalent to a lightning bolt. The number of equivalences grow as I spend more time here, the moth makes the same sound as the powerlines, the call of deer is the same pitch as a resonant tones of the monolith and through it all - white noise.


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Dakshin Dinajpur district
Balurghat block
Chakkasi
Chakkasi Population, Caste, Working Data Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal - Census 2011
Chakkasi is a village situated in Balurghat block of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 210 families residing in the village Chakkasi. The total population of Chakkasi is 791 out of which 394 are males and 397 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Chakkasi is 1,008.
The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Chakkasi village is 61 which is 8% of the total population. There are 33 male children and 28 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Chakkasi is 848 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,008) of Chakkasi village.
As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Chakkasi is 87.9%. Thus Chakkasi village has higher literacy rate compared to 64.6% of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The male literacy rate is 90.58% and the female literacy rate is 85.37% in Chakkasi village.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Chakkasi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.
Chakkasi Data as per Census 2011
As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Chakkasi village.
Scheduled Caste 140 75 65
Scheduled Tribe 35 18 17
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.4% of total population in Chakkasi village.
In Chakkasi village out of total population, 370 were engaged in work activities. 81.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 370 workers engaged in Main Work, 141 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.
Main Workers 301 264 37
Cultivators 141 134 7
Agriculture Labourer 24 19 5
Household Industries 6 4 2
Other Workers 130 107 23
Non Working 421 117 304
Map of Chakkasi, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal
Nearby Villages to Chakkasi, Balurghat
Below are the list of villages near Chakkasi village in Balurghat.
Mayamari 930
Gongasagar 1,285
Chak Ramanath 47
Khidirpur 5,419
Chak Chandan 813
Chak Harina 710
Kuaran 1,381
Dangi 2,041
Paschim Mustafapur 433
Kalaibari 891
Chakkasi, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal - Wikipedia


Applying for a job? So are millions of other people. Here are five out-of-the-box ideas to help you stand out from the crowd.
According to a recent study by TheLadders, recruiters only spend about six seconds looking at your resume. During those few seconds, recruiters decide whether your resume goes into the callback pile or becomes a coaster for their morning coffee.
So how do you make it into the callback pile in those mere seconds? By thinking outside the box and crafting a resume that will hold the recruiter's attention. Here are a bunch of ways to do just that.
When recruiters browse through resumes, they're looking for keywords that match the job description. Including base keywords will get their attention, but you can take it a step further. Check out the company's website and look for any company goals that fit your experience, then include those keywords on your resume as well.
Say, for example, that I'm trying to land a job at Jamba Juice's corporate office. I quickly browsed their website and found out that the company is big on fighting obesity through healthy living and they donate to organizations that build local community gardens. In my career objective, I could say that I am looking to work for a company that cares about healthy lifestyles. I might even explain how I helped build a co-op garden in my neighborhood. Now my resume doesn't just have keywords that fit a job description, it has buzzwords that get a recruiter's attention.
My friend is a pastry chef. Her professional accomplishments are similar to everyone else's in her line of work. She went to cooking school, did an internship at a nice restaurant, and worked her way up. Her resume looks a lot like any pastry chef's resume with one surprising difference. Under personal accomplishments she wrote, "Won the 2007 St. Bernard Parish Pie Eating Contest." It isn't something you'd expect. She's been asked about the contest on several interviews, which is the perfect time to tell the recruiter that she also baked all of the pies for the contest.
Injecting some personality into your resume can help you stand out from the crowd, but anything you list should in some way relate to the job you want. Like my friend's pie eating trophy, it is the perfect segue to talk about her original pie recipes.
Your resume doesn't have to be a one-page chronological list of achievements. Just ask college journalist Chris Spurlock. Last year he turned his resume into an infographic. Not long after, Spurlock's resume went viral and was cross-posted on blogs and Twitter. By the next day, J School Buzz, an independent blog about the Missouri School of Journalism, said Spurlock's portfolio website had had more than 8,000 visitors.
He had the right idea. If you're in a creative field like marketing, journalism, or web design, making your resume look different from the standard one-page chronological list will make it stand out from others and show off your talents. If you want an example of this kind of resume, you can see Spurlock's on the Huffington Post.
I once had a recruiter tell me not to include any position on my job history that didn't fit with my career path. Since I had only had one journalism job before I heard that nugget of wisdom, my resume was pretty short. When I finally did land an interview, the hiring manager asked why I hadn't worked anywhere before turning 22. I felt pretty silly explaining that I had worked full-time since high school, but just didn't include any of that on my resume.
That recruiter gave me bad advice. A solid work history proves you're a hard worker, even if you've worked some positions that aren't in line with your career. And if you've had an unusual job, your resume might stand out and impress someone. For example, my friend used to babysit our mayor's kids before he was elected. Now she works in advertising, but that job is still listed on her resume. Not only does it show that she has the patience, work ethic, and stamina to deal with kids, but it is a sneaky way of telling advertising firms that she knows the mayor. And in her line of work, having connections can help get you hired.
Shooting an introductory video of yourself may seem a little cheesy, but it worked for sales manager Stan Paprzycki. He shot a video of himself, posted it on YouTube, and then sent the link to potential employers. He told CBS News that the result was "almost 100 percent" positive feedback. Better yet, his video resume got him a job.
A video resume is better suited for jobs that thrive on personality, like sales and marketing. If you're in a similar field, submitting a video resume has two benefits. One, it isn't something everyone will do, so you'll stand out. Two, a video is a better way to show off your personality and let a potential employer get to know you.
To make your own, use your home office (or a room made to look like a home office) as your set, dress in business professional attire, and spend a few minutes talking about your work history, education, and personal skills on camera. Then just upload the file to a video sharing service like YouTube. You can submit the link alone or along with your physical resume.
For additional tips on how to look better on camera, check out our post, How to Ace a Video Interview.
Those five out-of-the-box resumes could help get you noticed, but not every creative trick is a good idea. For good measure, here are a few examples of what you shouldn't do.
Write in cutesy fonts. I once read a resume written in a font that looked like those bubble letters I used to draw in elementary school. It did stand out, but not in a good way. I still remember it as a resume that hurt my eyes.
Print on brightly colored paper. Not only should you skip the cutesy fonts, but give the cutesy paper a pass too. Recruiters will be more annoyed than impressed if they have to read your resume on hot pink paper.
Make jokes. Adding some personality to your resume can't hurt, but avoid jokes or false statements. My former boss once got a resume for an intern who said he was previously a "ninja." It was meant to be a joke, but my boss wasn't laughing.
List personal views and opinions. Even if you know the potential employer is a devout Catholic, your religion shouldn't be listed on your resume. Neither should sexual preference, political stance, or any other opinions that might breach legal ethics. Employers can't hire you based on them and don't want to be put in a position that makes them look like they did.


They say that one of the most exciting phrases to hear in science is not "eureka!" but "that's funny," and the Apollo 17 astronauts, just over 43 years ago, certainly got such a moment when they discovered orange soil just beneath the grey regiolith. What turned out to be volcanic glass with tin inclusions had another surprise: olivine deposits that showed signs that they contained significant amounts of water inclusions when they were baked, at about ~1200 parts-per-million. This matches the water levels in Earth's upper mantle along ocean ridges, providing further evidence for the giant impact hypothesis and a common origin for the Earth and Moon.
The "Orange soil" and meteorite impact on liquid lava differs greatly from ordinary lunar soils.
Station 4, also known as Shorty Crater (picture), is the site where the Apollo 17 crew found the highly-publicized orange soil. The site was explored during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.
Danny Lewis of smithsonian.com wrote that the Yutu Rover has discovered a type of basalt unlike anything else ever found on the moon.


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He was married to Mary Bethel (Teague) Bater with whom he had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 21, 2015.
Born in Brighton, NY on August 9, 1943, he was one of thirteen children of the late Ralph and Mildred Bater. He was raised in Bergen, NY and graduated of Byron Bergen High School with the Class of 1961. He attended Daniel Webster College in Nashua, NH.
During the Vietnam War, Bob served in the US Army attaining the rank of Specialist .
Bob worked as a Supervisor for Dow Chemical Co. in Nashua, NH before retiring in 2000. He was an avid NASCAR Fan.
He was a communicant of St. Anne's Church of Littleton, MA.
Besides his wife he is survived by a daughter, Sarah Coates of Littleton, MA; three grandchildren, Christopher Coates, Jeremy Coates and Kathleen McCarthy; two sisters, Dorothy Flanagan of Ball Ground, GA, June Ralston and her husband, Nelson of Bradenton, FL; his mother in-law, Mary (Sullivan) Teague of Springfield, MA and many in-laws, nieces, nephews and cousins.
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Playing the Referendum Game in Northern Italy
Three weeks after Catalonia, two of Italy's wealthiest regions are going to the polls over similar issues related to autonomy. On Sunday, the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto will vote on a one-question query on whether to demand greater autonomy from Rome. Despite their apparent simplicity, both questions are formulated in such a way as to be misleading. Few months before the national election, the referendum may be considered as a test for Northern League, or even a rehearsal in view of a political campaign based on the promise of a greater return on taxes. Continue reading >>


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Abdus Samad: Jury finds Foyjur Rahman guilty of 1997 murder
Published: 2:39 PM July 15, 2016 Updated: 8:04 PM October 15, 2020
Foyjur Rahman: convicted of Abdus Samad's murder in Canonbury - Credit: Archant
The family of Abdus Samad today saw their 19-year wait for justice come to an end, after his killer was jailed for his brutal murder in Canonbury in 1997.
Abdus Samad, 25, was married and had two daughters - Credit: Archant
Foyjur Rahman, 44, was convicted by an Old Bailey jury after 12 hours of deliberation following a two-week trial. This afternoon, he was given a life sentence of a minimum 18 years in jail.
Members of his family burst into tears, while there were shouts of "yes" from the public gallery as the jury delivered its verdict this morning.
Sister Halima Begum said afterwards: "I have been waiting a long time for the trial to bring justice to the people who viciously murdered my brother who, on all accounts, was very innocent.
"The police have done a fantastic job of investigating this over the years and we are very grateful that justice has prevailed today."
Mr Samad, co-owner of the Curry in a Hurry takeaway in St Paul's Road, Highbury, was lured by Rahman and an accomplice - Mohiuddin Bablu, who was convicted in 2012 - to Alwyne Road on May 21, 1997. A fake delivery order had been placed.
Married father-of-two Mr Samad, known as Kamal, was chased and caught by his assailants in Alwyne Villas. Witnesses in the trial described seeing the two men "chop and stab" at his body with a meat cleaver and knife. In all, he suffered 18 wounds and the Whittington Hospital surgeon who tried to save his life described the injuries as "the worst I've ever seen".
Mr Samad, of Bow, was killed after refusing to act as an intermediary in a feud between a Putney takeaway - which Rahman co-owned - and a group in Stoke Newington.
Two days after his murder, Rahman flew to America, where he made a new life. But after detectives uncovered fresh evidence, he was extradited in January.
Det Sgt Nick Miller said: "I have been actively pursuing Mr Rahman for a number of years. It has taken many years and liaison with law enforcement agencies across three countries to reach this stage.
"I am extremely pleased that today the jury has seen to convict Rahman for his part in this violent killing in 1997.
"Mr Samad's family have never given up hope of seeing those who killed a loving husband, brother and father brought before the court."
Additional reporting by PA


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Lochte beats his 200IM world record
Updated July 29, 2011 00:02:31
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America's Ryan Lochte shattered Michael Phelps and his own world record Thursday as he won a thrilling 200m individual medley at the world championships in Shanghai.
Lochte out-duelled the Olympic champion to win in one minute and 54.00 seconds, shaving one tenth of a second off his 2009 world record, with his teammate taking silver and Hungary's Laszlo Cseh third.
With the win, the 26-year-old Lochte retained his world title and earned further bragging rights over his long-time rival, who is yet to show the form that has earned him 14 Olympic gold medals.
"I felt good and I thought I was a little long at the finish, and that cost me the race," Phelps said.
"I'm a little disappointed but at the same time it's faster than I went in 2008 at the Olympics, so that's a good thing. That one frustrated me more than anything. I thought I was going to get that one but it is what it is."
Phelps enjoyed a slim early lead over the butterfly leg but Lochte, swimming in the adjacent lane, edged it over the backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle sections to win by 0.16sec.
Lochte had already beaten Phelps to win the 200m freestyle title, deepening Phelps's season of woe after he was part of the United States' relay team that lost its six-year grip on the 4x100m relay on day one.
But Phelps stormed back with a dominant win in the 200m butterfly, which is not one of Lochte's events, sealing the 23rd world title of his record-breaking career as the clock ticks down to his retirement next year.
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Special Agent in Charge Richard Heath, Jr., of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, died on April 1, 1973 in Quito, Ecuador, from complications resulting from a gunshot wound he received during an undercover operation in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles on February 22, 1973. He was 36 years of age at the time of his death. During the undercover buy, a drug trafficker and his armed bodyguard tried to rob Special Agent Heath. He shot the trafficker but was wounded in his thigh by the bodyguard. Tragically, medical personnel at the Aruban hospital mistook him for one of the traffickers and did not provide the proper medical attention Special Agent Heath required. Special Agent Heath began his drug enforcement career in 1966 with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in Houston, Texas. In 1968, Special Agent Heath transferred to San Diego and in 1972 was assigned to Ecuador. Most of Special Agent Heath's career was spent working undercover drug operations. After his death, Special Agent Heath was survived by his wife, Virginia; a son, Richard III; a daughter Suzanne; and his brother, DEA Special Agent in Charge Edward A. Heath, Retired.
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Wow hard to believe but I have had this blog online for a whole year… I doubt Ill be posting again this year so Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year.
Please remember not to drink and drive over the holiday.
Well I am not exactly sure how this slipped my mind but back around the 1st of November G.A. Heath and I started hosting a new site for fluxbox. Fluxbox has been in need of its own wiki for some time. Many other wikis had a page dedicted to fluxbox but there is so much stuff for fluxbox that really it needed its own site. So started http://fluxbox-wiki.org/ The site has filled with content really fast. It started with only a couple of people working on it, and now who knows; lots of people are making changes and adding helpful tidbits of information everyday. It has with out a doubt become the most active site we are hosting right now. The fluxbox community has really stepped up and helped make the wiki a great resource.
Today David asked me how long I was going to take to approve of his comment he left on a post I had made, I didnt even know someone had posted a comment.. I go look and it seem there was not one there, I decided to try to leave a comment and found it didnt work so I started looking into the problem and found that the blacklist I had was zapping anything that came though. Well its fixed now so if you had left a comment in the last few months and wondered why it never got approved… well know you know.
Well its been down right freezing cold the last couple weeks with a peak (why a low point is a peak I dont know..) where the temp got down to the low teens. My mom tells me it broke a record that was set back in the day… Every year when this cold blows into town and we get our first major freeze like that our pipes like to freeze up and bust. Its happened every year for the last 8 years or so. This year was no exception to the rule. Getting these old copper pipes fixed is a real pain in the @$$. Its never just a quick fix like the problem appears to be.
I happen to be going out to the back yard when I see all the water flooding out of our laundry room, which is outside the house and is a small room with 1 door and no ceiling (not to be confused with roof which it does have) or insulation. I went and shut the main water valve off and went to check the weather. It was going to be getting into the low 20's again so I figured no need in trying to bother fixing the pipes. So the next day the weather warms up some into the 40's and is only going to get into the 30's so I decide to try to fix the problem. Once I get all the insulation we had wrapped around the pipes I find its split pretty bad and Im going to have to go buy some stuff to fix it.
I told my grandpa about this and described our laundry room to him and he gave me a suggestion of using chicken wire and going and getting some insulation. Insulating the walls and dropping in a make-shift ceiling using the chicken wire, I priced this out and I will be able to get all the material I need for like $20-35 and so I plan to do that soon and maybe then the pipes wont freeze on us anymore.. Grandparents sure can be full of awesome information so go call yours today!!
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Today, the Supreme Court has issued a show cause notice to Union Minister A. Raja and other branches of government while hearing a PIL filed by various agencies like the Telecom Watchdog, the CPIL, and veteran journalist Pranonjoy Roy Thakurta.
The CBI's failure to file a chargesheet or arrest any person in the murky 2G spectrum scam came under scrutiny in the Supreme Court, which on Monday directed Union Telecom Minister A Raja, the Centre and the CBI to respond as to why not the probe be monitored by the apex court or a special investigation team be set up to go into the scam.
In legal terms, the notice itself is fairly routine. At the very least, it flies down the news wires and brings the corruption scandal into the media again.
In this light, Pranonjoy Guha Thakurta as a must read piece in the Deccan Chronicle today on the recent appointment of the new Central Vigilance Commissioner Mr PJ Thomas. Please go and read it now. Here is an excerpt of how serious this government is about pursuing the alleged theft of billions of dollars of the scarcest natural resource.
How Manmohan Singh and P. Chidambaram of the Congress completely overruled the fair objections of Sushma Swaraj of the BJP, even when a unanimous alternative choice was within reach.
It is hardly surprising that the appointment of Mr Thomas as CVC by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union home minister P. Chidambaram by over-ruling the objections raised by Sushma Swaraj (who, incidentally, also holds a Cabinet rank as Leader of the Opposition) raised a big hue and cry, since he had just demitted office as secretary, DoT.
About how the new CVC appointee secured a note pre-emptively clipping his wings in what would be his new job.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that Mr Thomas was chosen because he would not rigorously pursue investigations into the 2G spectrum scandal since he "secured" a note from the law ministry while he was DoT secretary which argues that the allocation of electro-magnetic airwaves, or spectrum, used for telecommunications was part of official "policy" that cannot be questioned either by the CVC or the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.
Observe how fast the files flew through various offices – as if his appointment was a foregone conclusion. This would automatically mean Manmohan Singh and P. Chidambaram viewed Sushma Swaraj as a mere dummy – who believes friendliness can sway a regime such as the Congress.
The DoT note to the law ministry on the spectrum allocation issue apparently moved with remarkable alacrity between August 10, 2010, and August 12 from official to official before the signatures of minister Mr Raja and secretary Mr Thomas were appended. That's not all. Within a day, on August 13, the law ministry responded to the DoT's queries. Such expeditiousness is hardly the hallmark of Indian bureaucracy.
On behalf of the citizens of India who are open to an alternative conventional wisdom, Reality Check India would like to extend a Thank You to Mr Pranonjoy Roy Thakurta for this excellent piece.
Recently, a leading media channel organized another Business Awards night. The usual suspects were awarded. This year, some brown people holding mid level positions in Obamas cabinet too were honoured. They in turn duly regaled the crowd with their funny accents. The anchor beseeched Mr NR Narayana Murthy once again to step into public life, straight into the office of the President. Mukesh Ambani received the 'last but not least award', then cocktails flowed and the crowd dispersed into the Mumbai night. Nothing wrong with these awards.
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Your blog is one of the few sources of news as it should be, tempered with sobering views.
It is only a matter of time before this last medium of truth passes into state control.


In conversation with the creative show maker.
Over the years TV has became a very strong medium. TV is no more an idiot box. TV is changing in terms of content. In past couple of years we have seen some very nice shows like Bade Ache lagte Hai, Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi, POW, Balika Vadhu,24, Bhabhi ji. And many of them were totally different from Saas Bahu type shows, which is a good change.
What is your opinion about the saas-bahu sagas and Naagin shows?
Well all these shows have a huge fan following .Most of them are ruling the TRP charts since years. Not only in India these shows are popular abroad also. Do I need to say more?
How realistic should the soaps be according to you?
As much as people can relate to it. If they are watching a show, they should feel "oh that girl is just like me', that's how my family behaves, this house looks like my house. If we can go this far guess it is just perfect.
What are the two things you want to change about TV industry?
I miss old TV days of the 90s when we had some beautifully made TV shows like Shanti, Buniyad, Circus, Hum Panch. In that era it used to be called a TV serial not a TV soap .I always think when in those days such shows can be made why can't we make them now? Honestly I feel when world cinema and TV is changing in terms of realistic approach towards content and characterization somehow we are still stuck in kitchen politics, upper lower cast, fantasy world ,heavy saris and bindis .I strongly feel this needs to be changed. And second thing which bothers me sometimes is trp ratings.There are times when a good show shuts down because of low trps which is sad.
The best compliment you received for the show so far?
Badho Bahu is like a first baby to us. It is very close to our heart. We are trying to give something different to the audience . A show where they can laugh and cry at the same time. A very simple approach, very real characters so that everybody can relate to it and can fall in love with it. In terms of trps show is doing good too. We just hope to continue doing well.


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A BRIEF HISTORY OF
A Brief History of Exit Polling
By Kate Pickert Tuesday, Nov. 04, 2008
Alex Wong / Getty
In the old days, networks used exit polls to beat rivals to the punch. Now they're all in it together.
On Election Day, in a room somewhere in New York City cut off from the outside world, a small group of media representatives will spend hours poring over polling data from around the country. No cell phones or Internet connections will be allowed, and the group will not emerge until 5 p.m. E.T. to share what they have learned with their bosses. These people are part of the National Election Pool (NEP) — and they owe their monastic retreat to a long-running debate on how early election reports can affect the outcome of a race.
Exit polling — surveying people leaving voting locations about the ballots they cast — debuted in the 1960s, as news organizations (and on a small scale, candidates) sought to gather demographic data about voters that could be used to predict election results. Legendary polling pioneer Warren Mitofsky conducted the first major exit poll for a network during the 1967 Kentucky governor's race and by the 1970s, exit polling had become an industry practice. But in 1980, NBC reported Ronald Reagan's 1980 victory over Jimmy Carter nearly three hours before polls closed on the West Coast, leading to a large-scale examination of exit polling and Congressional hearings on whether it depressed voter turnout. As a result, networks vowed not to project a state's winners until polls there are closed. States have tried and failed to restrict exit polling, which is protected by the First Amendment. (Ironically, the U.S. government is a big supporter of exit polling abroad: the practice is widely used by pollsters hired by NGOs and monitors to verify that elections are being conducted legitimately. The U.S. government has even financed exit polls in former Soviet republics and satellites to ensure votes are counted accurately.)
In the 1990s, the major news networks and the Associated Press formed a polling consortium called Voter News Service (VNS) to cut costs, eliminating the redundancy of reports from multiple sources. But redundancy isn't always a bad thing, as proved, disastrously, in 2000 — when VNS (and the networks soon afterward) declared the race for Al Gore around 8 p.m., only to switch to George W. Bush at 2 a.m. and declared the race locked at "too close to call" two hours later.
An embarrassing computer glitch in 2002 sealed the consortium's fate; it was shuttered soon after and replaced by a different set of pollsters that serve the National Election News Pool. But this organization suffered its own scandal in 2004 when exit poll data was leaked online around midday on Election Day, prompting bloggers to declare John Kerry the presumptive winner. In 2006, the pollsters began quarantining representatives of the NEP to prevent such leaks from occurring.
The current exit poll system uses a careful methodology that includes sampling voters during various periods of the day (certain demographic groups tend to vote at different times) and conducting telephone surveys of those who voted early or by absentee ballots. The pollsters for this year's election also say they are making an effort to ensure the organization's more than 1,000 surveyors are diverse — in previous elections, surveyors tended to be young, and presumably attracted younger participants (who are more likely to be Democratic). The questionnaires are filled out anonymously and deposited into boxes, which pollsters say helps decrease the Bradley effect, in which voters don't to tell pre-election pollsters that they're planning to vote for white candidates over black candidates. About half of all those asked to fill out exit poll questionnaires decline.
Actual projections are made by "decision desks" at the networks — small groups of journalists and polling experts who use exit data and actual returns to decide when to announce winners. So even though all the networks have access to the same exit poll data, they often don't broadcast projections at the same time. During the primary season, the networks used exit poll data to slice the electorate into various demographic groups — giving viewers proof, for example, of Barack Obama's strength over Hillary Clinton among black voters and Clinton's popularity among older voters. These tidbits help fill airtime when networks have exit poll data, but can't release figures on who's winning until polls are closed in a given state. Expect to see this again on Election Day, in between the time the NEP representatives are released from quarantine and a winner emerges.
But quarantine or no quarantine, news outlets still remember Florida in 2000; if swing-state races appear tight when the last polls close, odds are the media will be cagier about releasing early results — no matter how good the data look.
The Secrets of What Makes Your Polling Place Work — Or Not
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Q: Why does custom function says invalid argument in IE8 I have this custom js function
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and I am calling it later as
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Now the above line is giving a weird error on IE8 .. It says invalid argument? :(
How so? It works in all sane browsers

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#pragma once

#include "Phrase.hpp"
#include "phrase/Hold.hpp"
#include "phrase/Retime.hpp"
#include <assert.h>

namespace choreograph
{

template<typename T>
class SequencePhrase;

template<typename T>
using SequencePhraseRef = std::shared_ptr<SequencePhrase<T>>;

template<typename T>
class Sequence;

template<typename T>
using SequenceRef = std::shared_ptr<Sequence<T>>;

template<typename T>
using SequenceUniqueRef = std::unique_ptr<Sequence<T>>;

///
/// A Sequence of motions.
/// Our essential compositional tool, describing all the transformations to one element.
/// A kind of platonic idea of an animation sequence; this describes a motion without giving it an output.
///
template<typename T>
class Sequence
{
public:
  /// Sequences always need to have some valid value, so we can't start undefined.
  Sequence() = delete;

  /// Construct a Sequence with an initial \a value.
  explicit Sequence( const T &value ):
    _initial_value( value )
  {}

  /// Construct a Sequence with an initial \a value.
  explicit Sequence( T &&value ):
    _initial_value( std::move( value ) )
  {}

  // Default copy and move assignment and construction work fine.
  // VS2013 doesn't like the default-declared move, so we omit it.
  Sequence( const Sequence<T> &other ) = default;
  // Sequence( Sequence<T> &&other ) = default;
  Sequence& operator= (const Sequence<T> &rhs) = default;
  // Sequence& operator= (Sequence<T> &&rhs) = default;

  /// Construct a Sequence from a single Phrase.
  explicit Sequence( const PhraseRef<T> &phrase ) :
    _phrases( 1, phrase ),
    _initial_value( phrase->getStartValue() ),
    _duration( phrase->getDuration() )
  {}

  /// Construct a Sequence from a vector of phrases.
  /// A bug in VS2013 causes this constructor to be called when you meant to use
  /// the single-phrase constructor. Cast to PhraseRef<T> to get around it.
  explicit Sequence( const std::vector<PhraseRef<T>> &phrases ):
    _phrases( phrases ),
    _initial_value( phrases.front()->getStartValue() ),
    _duration( calcDuration() )
  {}

  //
  // Sequence manipulation and expansion.
  //

  /// Set the end \a value of Sequence.
  /// If there are no Phrases, this is the initial value.
  /// Otherwise, this is an instantaneous hold at \a value.
  Sequence<T>& set( const T &value );

  /// Append a Phrase to the sequence.
  /// Constructs a Phrase starting with Sequence's end value and
  /// ending with \a value after \a duration.
  /// Forwards additional arguments to the end of the Phrase constructor.
  /// Example calls look like:
  /// sequence.then<RampTo>( targetValue, duration, EaseInOutQuad() ).then<Hold>( holdValue, duration );
  template<template <typename> class PhraseT, typename... Args>
  Sequence<T>& then( const T &value, Time duration, Args&&... args );

  /// Append an existing phrase to the Sequence.
  Sequence<T>& then( const PhraseRef<T> &phrase_ptr );

  /// Append all Phrases from another Sequence to this Sequence.
  Sequence<T>& then( const Sequence<T> &next );

  //
  // Sequence conversion.
  //

  /// Returns a Phrase that encapsulates this Sequence.
  /// Duplicates the Sequence, so future changes to this do not affect the Phrase.
  PhraseRef<T> asPhrase() const { return std::make_shared<SequencePhrase<T>>( *this ); }

  /// Returns a Sequence containing the phrases between Times from and to.
  /// Partial phrases at the beginning and end are wrapped in ClipPhrases.
  Sequence slice( Time from, Time to ) const;

  /// Splices a collection of Phrases into the sequence at \a start_index.
  /// Removes the specified number of Phrases starting with the phrase at start_index.
  void splice( size_t start_index, size_t phrases_to_remove, const std::vector<PhraseRef<T>> &phrases_to_insert );
  /// Replaces a single Phrase in this Sequence.
  void replacePhraseAtIndex( size_t index, const PhraseRef<T> &phrase ) { splice( index, 1, { phrase } ); }

  /// Returns a shared_ptr to the phrase at the requested index.
  /// Throws an exception if the index provided is out of bounds.
  PhraseRef<T> getPhraseAtIndex( size_t index ) { return _phrases.at( index ); }
  /// Returns the phrase at the requested time.
  /// If the time is past duration, returns the last phrase in the Sequence.
  /// If there are no phrases in the sequence, behavior is undefined (asserts in debug builds).
  PhraseRef<T> getPhraseAtTime( Time time );

  //
  // Phrase<T> Equivalents.
  //

  /// Returns the Sequence value at \a atTime.
  T getValue( Time atTime ) const;

  /// Returns the Sequence value at \a atTime, wrapped past the end of .
  T getValueWrapped( Time time, Time inflectionPoint = 0.0f ) const { return getValue( wrapTime( time, getDuration(), inflectionPoint ) ); }

  /// Returns the value at the end of the Sequence.
  T getEndValue() const { return _phrases.empty() ? _initial_value : _phrases.back()->getEndValue(); }

  /// Returns the value at the beginning of the Sequence.
  T getStartValue() const { return _phrases.empty() ? _initial_value : _phrases.front()->getStartValue(); }

  /// Returns the Sequence duration.
  Time getDuration() const { return _duration; }

  //
  //
  //

  /// Returns which phrase we are in at each point in time.
  /// Note that you cannot inflect over the start or finish.
  std::pair<size_t, size_t> getInflectionPoints( Time t1, Time t2 ) const;

  Time getTimeAtInflection( size_t inflection ) const;

  /// Returns the number of phrases in the Sequence.
  size_t getPhraseCount() const { return _phrases.size(); }
  size_t size() const { return _phrases.size(); }
  bool   empty() const { return _phrases.empty(); }

  /// Calculate and return the Sequence duration.
  Time calcDuration() const;

private:
  // Storing shared_ptr's to Phrases requires their duration to be immutable.
  std::vector<PhraseRef<T>> _phrases;
  T                         _initial_value;
  Time                      _duration = 0;
};

//=================================================
// Sequence Template Implementation.
//=================================================

template<typename T>
Sequence<T>& Sequence<T>::set( const T &value )
{
  if( _phrases.empty() ) {
    _initial_value = value;
  }
  else {
    then<Hold>( value, 0.0f );
  }
  return *this;
}

template<typename T>
template<template <typename> class PhraseT, typename... Args>
Sequence<T>& Sequence<T>::then( const T &value, Time duration, Args&&... args )
{
  _phrases.emplace_back( std::make_shared<PhraseT<T>>( duration, this->getEndValue(), value, std::forward<Args>(args)... ) );
  _duration += duration;

  return *this;
}

template<typename T>
Sequence<T>& Sequence<T>::then( const PhraseRef<T> &phrase )
{
  _phrases.push_back( phrase );
  _duration += phrase->getDuration();

  return *this;
}

template<typename T>
Sequence<T>& Sequence<T>::then( const Sequence<T> &next )
{
  auto phrases = next._phrases;
  _phrases.insert( _phrases.end(), phrases.begin(), phrases.end() );
  _duration = calcDuration();

  return *this;
}

template<typename T>
PhraseRef<T> Sequence<T>::getPhraseAtTime( Time time )
{
  assert( ! _phrases.empty() );
  if( time < 0 )
  {
    return _phrases.front();
  }
  else if ( time > this->getDuration() )
  {
    return _phrases.back();
  }

  for( const auto &phrase : _phrases )
  {
    if( phrase->getDuration() < time ) {
      time -= phrase->getDuration();
    }
    else {
      return phrase;
    }
  }

  // Should be unreachable.
  return _phrases.back();
}

template<typename T>
T Sequence<T>::getValue( Time atTime ) const
{
  if( atTime < 0 )
  {
    return _initial_value;
  }
  else if ( atTime >= this->getDuration() )
  {
    return getEndValue();
  }

  for( const auto &phrase : _phrases )
  {
    if( phrase->getDuration() < atTime ) {
      atTime -= phrase->getDuration();
    }
    else {
      return phrase->getValue( atTime );
    }
  }
  // past the end, get the final value
  // this should be unreachable, given that we return early if time >= duration
  return getEndValue();
}

template<typename T>
Time Sequence<T>::calcDuration() const
{
  Time sum = 0;
  for( const auto &phrase : _phrases ) {
    sum += phrase->getDuration();
  }
  return sum;
}

template<typename T>
std::pair<size_t, size_t> Sequence<T>::getInflectionPoints( Time t1, Time t2 ) const
{
  auto output = std::make_pair<size_t, size_t>( 0, 0 );
  auto set = std::make_pair( false, false );

  for( size_t i = 0; i < _phrases.size(); i += 1 )
  {
    const auto duration = _phrases.at( i )->getDuration();

    if( duration < t1 ) {
      t1 -= duration;
    }
    else if( ! set.first ) {
      output.first = i;
      set.first = true;
    }

    if( duration < t2 ) {
      t2 -= duration;
    }
    else if( ! set.second ) {
      output.second = i;
      set.second = true;
    }

    if( set.first && set.second ) {
      break;
    }
  }

  if( ! set.second ) {
    output.second = _phrases.size() - 1;
  }

  return output;
}

template<typename T>
Time Sequence<T>::getTimeAtInflection( size_t inflection ) const
{
  Time t = 0;
  while( inflection != 0 ) {
    t += _phrases.at( inflection - 1 )->getDuration();
    inflection -= 1;
  }
  return t;
}

template<typename T>
Sequence<T> Sequence<T>::slice( Time from, Time to ) const
{
  if( _phrases.empty() ) {
    return Sequence<T>( PhraseRef<T>( std::make_shared<Hold<T>>( to - from, _initial_value ) ) );
  }

  // the indices of the first and last Phrases in our time range.
  auto points = getInflectionPoints( from, to );
  const auto &first = _phrases.at( points.first );
  const auto &last = _phrases.at( points.second );

  if( points.first < points.second ) {
    // construct vector from range [begin, end)
    auto begin = _phrases.begin() + points.first;
    auto end = _phrases.begin() + points.second + 1;
    std::vector<PhraseRef<T>> phrases( begin, end );

    Time t1 = from - getTimeAtInflection( points.first );
    Time t2 = to - getTimeAtInflection( points.second );

    phrases[0] = std::make_shared<ClipPhrase<T>>( first, t1, first->getDuration() );
    phrases[phrases.size() - 1] = std::make_shared<ClipPhrase<T>>( last, 0, t2 );

    return Sequence<T>( phrases );
  }
  else {
    Time t = getTimeAtInflection( points.first );
    return Sequence<T>( PhraseRef<T>( std::make_shared<ClipPhrase<T>>( first, from - t, to - t ) ) );
  }
}

template<typename T>
void Sequence<T>::splice( size_t start_index, size_t phrases_to_remove, const std::vector<PhraseRef<T> > &phrases_to_insert )
{
  start_index = std::min( start_index, _phrases.size() );
  auto last_index = std::min( start_index + phrases_to_remove, _phrases.size() );
  if( last_index > start_index ) {
    auto begin = _phrases.begin() + start_index;
    auto end = _phrases.begin() + last_index;
    _phrases.erase( begin, end );
  }

  auto begin = _phrases.begin() + start_index;
  _phrases.insert( begin, phrases_to_insert.begin(), phrases_to_insert.end() );
  _duration = calcDuration();
}

//=================================================
// Sequence Decorator Phrase.
//=================================================

/// A Phrase that wraps up a Sequence.
/// Note that the Sequence becomes immutable, as it is inaccessible outside of the phrase.
template<typename T>
class SequencePhrase: public Phrase<T>
{
public:
  /// Construct a Phrase that wraps a Sequence, allowing it to be passed into meta-Phrases.
  SequencePhrase( const Sequence<T> &sequence ):
    Phrase<T>( sequence.getDuration() ),
    _sequence( sequence )
  {}

  /// Returns the interpolated value at the given time.
  T getValue( Time atTime ) const override { return _sequence.getValue( atTime ); }

  T getStartValue() const override { return _sequence.getStartValue(); }

  T getEndValue() const override { return _sequence.getEndValue(); }
private:
  Sequence<T>  _sequence;
};

} // namespace choreograph

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'use strict';/// <reference path="../../typings/jasmine/jasmine.d.ts"/>
var lang_1 = require('angular2/src/core/facade/lang');
var collection_1 = require('angular2/src/core/facade/collection');
var _scheduler;
var _microtasks = [];
var _pendingPeriodicTimers = [];
var _pendingTimers = [];
var _error = null;
/**
 * Wraps a function to be executed in the fakeAsync zone:
 * - microtasks are manually executed by calling `flushMicrotasks()`,
 * - timers are synchronous, `tick()` simulates the asynchronous passage of time.
 *
 * If there are any pending timers at the end of the function, an exception will be thrown.
 *
 * @param fn
 * @returns {Function} The function wrapped to be executed in the fakeAsync zone
 */
function fakeAsync(fn) {
    if (lang_1.global.zone._inFakeAsyncZone) {
        throw new Error('fakeAsync() calls can not be nested');
    }
    var fakeAsyncZone = lang_1.global.zone.fork({
        setTimeout: _setTimeout,
        clearTimeout: _clearTimeout,
        setInterval: _setInterval,
        clearInterval: _clearInterval,
        scheduleMicrotask: _scheduleMicrotask,
        _inFakeAsyncZone: true
    });
    return function () {
        var args = [];
        for (var _i = 0; _i < arguments.length; _i++) {
            args[_i - 0] = arguments[_i];
        }
        // TODO(tbosch): This class should already be part of the jasmine typings but it is not...
        _scheduler = new jasmine.DelayedFunctionScheduler();
        clearPendingTimers();
        var res = fakeAsyncZone.run(function () {
            var res = fn.apply(void 0, args);
            flushMicrotasks();
            return res;
        });
        if (_pendingPeriodicTimers.length > 0) {
            throw new lang_1.BaseException(_pendingPeriodicTimers.length + " periodic timer(s) still in the queue.");
        }
        if (_pendingTimers.length > 0) {
            throw new lang_1.BaseException(_pendingTimers.length + " timer(s) still in the queue.");
        }
        _scheduler = null;
        collection_1.ListWrapper.clear(_microtasks);
        return res;
    };
}
exports.fakeAsync = fakeAsync;
// TODO we should fix tick to dequeue the failed timer instead of relying on clearPendingTimers
function clearPendingTimers() {
    collection_1.ListWrapper.clear(_microtasks);
    collection_1.ListWrapper.clear(_pendingPeriodicTimers);
    collection_1.ListWrapper.clear(_pendingTimers);
}
exports.clearPendingTimers = clearPendingTimers;
/**
 * Simulates the asynchronous passage of time for the timers in the fakeAsync zone.
 *
 * The microtasks queue is drained at the very start of this function and after any timer callback
 * has been executed.
 *
 * @param {number} millis Number of millisecond, defaults to 0
 */
function tick(millis) {
    if (millis === void 0) { millis = 0; }
    _assertInFakeAsyncZone();
    flushMicrotasks();
    _scheduler.tick(millis);
}
exports.tick = tick;
/**
 * Flush any pending microtasks.
 */
function flushMicrotasks() {
    _assertInFakeAsyncZone();
    while (_microtasks.length > 0) {
        var microtask = collection_1.ListWrapper.removeAt(_microtasks, 0);
        microtask();
    }
}
exports.flushMicrotasks = flushMicrotasks;
function _setTimeout(fn, delay) {
    var args = [];
    for (var _i = 2; _i < arguments.length; _i++) {
        args[_i - 2] = arguments[_i];
    }
    var cb = _fnAndFlush(fn);
    var id = _scheduler.scheduleFunction(cb, delay, args);
    _pendingTimers.push(id);
    _scheduler.scheduleFunction(_dequeueTimer(id), delay);
    return id;
}
function _clearTimeout(id) {
    _dequeueTimer(id);
    return _scheduler.removeFunctionWithId(id);
}
function _setInterval(fn, interval) {
    var args = [];
    for (var _i = 2; _i < arguments.length; _i++) {
        args[_i - 2] = arguments[_i];
    }
    var cb = _fnAndFlush(fn);
    var id = _scheduler.scheduleFunction(cb, interval, args, true);
    _pendingPeriodicTimers.push(id);
    return id;
}
function _clearInterval(id) {
    collection_1.ListWrapper.remove(_pendingPeriodicTimers, id);
    return _scheduler.removeFunctionWithId(id);
}
function _fnAndFlush(fn) {
    return function () {
        var args = [];
        for (var _i = 0; _i < arguments.length; _i++) {
            args[_i - 0] = arguments[_i];
        }
        fn.apply(lang_1.global, args);
        flushMicrotasks();
    };
}
function _scheduleMicrotask(microtask) {
    _microtasks.push(microtask);
}
function _dequeueTimer(id) {
    return function () { collection_1.ListWrapper.remove(_pendingTimers, id); };
}
function _assertInFakeAsyncZone() {
    if (!lang_1.global.zone || !lang_1.global.zone._inFakeAsyncZone) {
        throw new Error('The code should be running in the fakeAsync zone to call this function');
    }
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"Over time, Gary and No Limit Remodeling have done work on almost every room of our thirty year-old home. The finished product always reflects his expert craftsmanship and commitment to quality work and detail. However, what impressed us most on our recent kitchen remodel was his ability to conceptualize ideas for maximizing the utility of existing space in a very creative manner. The result is both beautiful and far more functional than we imagined on our own. We gladly recommend Gary and No Limit to our friends."
"I wanted to write you and tell you what a wonderful job that you and your sub contractors did on our kitchen remodeling project that was completed earlier this year.
The attention to detail on the cabinet installation was unsurpassed. They turned out perfectly.
You went above and beyond the call of duty working with us on project scope changes that were not in the original plan.
I would recommend you and your expert sub contractors to anyone that is involved in a home remodeling project.
I look forward to working with you again when we decide to do the flooring project next year."
"I wanted you to know how much I appreciate the professional manner in which you operated while updating my home. I have previously used 2 different contractors and No Limit Remodeling far exceeds the overall manner in which the job was done from the time the contract was signed to the finished product. You and your employees made the entire process pain free and I am exceptionally pleased with the end result. You came into my home, left no mess and did a superior job, far and above my expectations.
Please feel free to share my letter with future prospects or even give them my contract information for recommendation."