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Q&A with Gerard Toal on Russia's Foreign Interventions
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Gerard Toal is a Professor of Government and International Affairs and Director of the Government and International Affairs program at Virginia Tech's Washington area campus. His new book is called "Near Abroad. Putin, the West, and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus." He spoke with Emil Sanamyan about his reading of Russian policies in the former Soviet space.
ES: One of the questions you pose in your book is "Why does Russia invade its neighbors?" How did you answer that question?
GT: The book seeks to provide a more comprehensive, deeper answer to how that question is answered in the West generally and in the United States, in particular. There are two prevailing answers in the Western geopolitical culture. The first one is that Russia invades its neighbors because it is an imperialist bully and it seeks to establish a sphere of influence in its neighborhood. The second answer is one that comes from a more politically realist perspective, and suggests that Russia invades its neighbors because the West – especially NATO, a hostile military alliance – is encroaching upon Russia's borders. This is "Geopolitics 101," as John Mearsheimer suggested. Russia's response is thus a defensive reaction against this creeping encroachment.
Both of these explanations are inadequate. In the book I make the case for an explanation that is organized around the geopolitical setting, clashing geopolitical cultures and eventful processes. The long histories of political contestation over borders in these areas must be considered. And then there is the issue of timing, and why at certain moments Vladimir Putin appears to be O'K with NATO-Ukraine dialogue (May 2002) or did not consider Crimea disputed territory, and why that changed. I'm interested in what William Sewell termed 'the structure of the conjuncture' that produced the 'two invasions' as distinct events.
ES: Do you see a direct link between the Georgia and Ukraine conflicts? Could there have been a war in Ukraine without the precedent in Georgia? Or are these events separate and distinct?
GT: Its hard to consider "what if" questions, since what happens today is dependent considerably on what happened in the past. I do think that those two invasions are linked. One hypothetical question worth pondering is if NATO not pledged to one day incorporate Ukraine and Georgia, would there have been these wars? In one sense, we will never know the answer. But one could make an argument, setting NATO aside as an issue, the Kremlin viewed the independent paths taken by Ukraine and Georgia towards democratization and reform, as threatening to the Russian authoritarian state. This is the Kremlin's 'domino theory', the view that 'color revolutions' in post-Soviet space are a conspiracy against the 'last domino,' namely Russia itself.
ES: When you look at the processes in these conflicts, to what extent were they driven out of Moscow and to what extent Moscow was reacting to events in South Ossetia or Donbass?
GT: Part of the objective of the book was to get away from the sort of "thin" explanations that tend to give major powers exclusive agency in these events. When talking about "Kremlin" or "Washington" doing this or that, people tend to fall into conspiratorial sort of reasoning. My goal was to highlight the roles played by smaller actors and provide a richer understanding of interrelationships between those various actors.
Clearly, great actors have much more power than others to shape the situation if they so decide. Both in Georgia and Ukraine, actions taken by the Kremlin were central to what happened. But that is not to say that the Kremlin initiated the August 2008 war, I don't think it was the case, but it was ready to respond to what happened. By contrast, the Kremlin did initiate the Crimean intervention. And it is to complicate the understanding of the events in eastern Ukraine: where Russian oligarchic-supported groups, such as those backed by businessman Konstantin Malofeyev, took action that they thought would be welcomed by the Kremlin. In that instance, the Russian government initially extended some support, then recalculated by limiting support, and recalculated again with military help as the Ukrainian military was poised to crush the rebellion. We have to understand these agencies as unequal, but we also have to understand the relational context and the degree of freelancing involved. There's no simple formula when you are studying conjunctures and historical contingencies.
ES: Russia is the largest country in the world by landmass. Does Russian leaders' awareness of this make their thinking regarding territory somehow peculiar?
GT: <Laughter> That's an invitation to environmental determinism and its a cardinal sin for geographers to think that way. But there are the constant material challenges involved in the Russian government's effort of mastering its territory, giving it coherence and strength. The vastness, the differences in climate, the diversity of peoples populating it, do make the job of running Russia so much more difficult. And that obviously shapes Russia's geopolitical culture, irrespective of who is in the Kremlin, it is a constant challenge that has an impact on how Russian officials think of the border issues and pursuit of Russian interests in the world.
ES: Do you think this awareness also bears on the thinking of people about Russia in the West or other countries?
GT: That is not necessarily the case. You can see the vastness of Russia on the maps and it may appear to be a dominant power in Eurasia. And if you share the anxieties of classic geopoliticians about 'control of the heartland' that may cause you some concern. But I think most people in the West are not threatened by Russia's geographic vastness, and don't buy mumbo jumbo about a Eurasian heartland as the 'geographic pivot of history'. In the U.S., Russia has long been seen as this 'dark double' of the United States, an Other that defines the U.S. in positive terms. The content of that contrast varies from period to period, but Russia has a place in the U.S. geopolitical culture that affirms the U.S. as a homeland of virtue and freedom fighting against tyranny. That second understanding is mostly detached from physical geography. Its more a geo-theology.
ES: Putin's description of the Soviet Union's dissolution as a "catastrophe" highlights the plight of millions of ethnic Russians who found themselves outside Russian borders, in newly independent states. Comparing Georgia and Ukraine, in the latter there was indeed a large Russian minority, while in Georgia, minorities involved were Abkhaz and Ossetians. How did that impact the Russian leadership's thinking about these two places?
GT: Considering Putin's rhetoric about the "catastrophe," I think one of the central things he was lamenting was the fall of Russia as a great power, a master of imperial borderlands and protector of various small peoples in the Caucasus and elsewhere. Part of Putin's effort to strengthen the state and make Russia great again, was to make it a gendarme of that post-Soviet area. This vision of Russia was there under Boris Yeltsin from the outset, the understanding that being a great power required being a "peacemaker" in the region, it did not come with Putin.
And, of course, there was an objective need for peacemakers, particularly in the Caucasus, where we saw some horrible ethnicized violence as the repressive Soviet state disintegrated and lost coherence. The objective need for a restraining power was there from the unresolved conflicts of the 1990s. How Russia was going to respond to the legacies of violence was dependent not just on objective needs, of course, but on the larger geopolitical picture. The fact that Georgia moved towards the West and its leader Mikheil Saakashvili played such a polarizing role was of course an important factor. Contrast that to Moldova and Transnistria with a largely Russian population, where you did not have the same geopoliticization occurring.
Putin's policies are not necessarily about protecting ethnic Russians beyond Russia. The idea of "the Russian world" is not just about ethnicity. It is also a gathering project, to mobilize and involve all those who identify with Russia and see themselves as part of a Russian sphere beyond Russia.
ES: Following the Georgia and Ukraine experiences, and also Syria, do you see Russian leadership retaining the taste for foreign intervention or is there a sense of tiredness? In the Unites States there are periods of activist foreign policy and periods of relaxation and focus on domestic needs.
GT: Well, the United States is a democracy, a very imperfect one as we all know, but this means a regular change of leadership and a possibility of new direction. You don't have the same dynamic in Russia. I think Putin sees himself as the most experienced statesman in the world, and I expect he is quite self-confident. So, there is a potential for more interventions. I don't think Western sanctions have hurt to the point that these would stop Russia from acting abroad, if Putin believes it to be in the national interest (which is indistinguishable from his own interest). So, I don't see a desire for retreat on the part of Putin. Sections of the Russian elite and population, however, may well be weary of Putin and the contradictions of his version of 'making Russia great again.'
ES: When it comes to the Karabakh conflict, Russia has always been the most important third party, but increasingly there is a notion, articulated by the International Crisis Group among others, of a Russian imposition of some kind of peacemaking intervention, particularly in the case of resumed fighting that would cause significant civilian casualties. To what extent do you see Karabakh as part of this Russian imaginary, when compared to the other places Russia intervened recently?
GT: I think it is a part of it. When Russian foreign policy is framed pejoratively, Russia is said to be seeking a sphere of influence on its borders and South Caucasus is part of that. But, as I argue in Near Abroad, that frame is part of a 'thin geopolitics' that inhibits rather than clarifies thought about Russia and its neighbors. Great powers exercise preponderant power in their neighborhoods. Sometimes intervention can be helpful and necessary. Preventing the Karabakh conflict blowing up the whole South Caucasus may be an example. As a recent Carnegie report points out, the U.S. and Russia have a common interest in conflict prevention there, to reduce the possibility of a new war or respond if a war does break out. I think that would be a positive thing, though that would of course depend on the particular circumstances of that intervention.
Will that happen? People reasonably argue that Russia is playing both sides and it remains to be seen.
ES: Back in the early 1990s, U.S. diplomats and others from Europe actively challenged Russia's role as the preeminent mediator in Karabakh. 25 years later, is U.S. still as interested? Would the American leadership care if Russia decided to introduce its forces in Karabakh and Azerbaijan?
GT: After Ukraine, U.S.-Russian relations are so poisoned that any move by Russia to send forces, even peacekeeping forces to the South Caucasus would be viewed with great suspicion by many in the U.S. foreign policy establishment. A zero-sum mentality has returned and anything seen as a gain for Russia is seen as a loss for the West. Even if it is in the area that is not of vital strategic interest to U.S. and has only symbolic significance, it would still be opposed by quite a number of people.
I would hope if there is a Russian military intervention in Karabakh, it would be judged on its merits, but I think suspicions run extremely deep. The Trump Administration is so boxed in by its apparent collusion with Russia and the associated investigations that any kind of cooperation with Russia would seem out of question at this juncture. Prominent Democrats have joined hawkish Republicans to declare that we are effectively 'at war' with Russia. This is extremely dangerous. Like it or not, we need to live with Russia, to understand it, and cooperate when we can.
Disclaimer: While a graduate student at Virginia Tech, Emil Sanamyan assisted with research and did translations for the Near Abroad.


A while back, I watched part of the Jack Nicholson/Morgan Freeman movie . In it (if you didn't already know), the two main characters, older gentlemen, come up with a list of things they want to do before they "kick the bucket" – and proceed to do most of them, even though many of them really push their physical and mental limits.
Do a three week gastronomic tour of America, a la .
We all have "bucket lists" of some sort, but for most of us, these things remain just a list of dreams, likely to be unfulfilled. It's fun to think about them and make lists of these things, but for many of us, such things often lay in the realm of dreams. Take my list, for example. Does it seem sensible or frugal to drink a $2,200 bottle of wine (yes, the 1982 Latour, Pauillac goes for that much)? Do such things really matter in the greater context of our lives?
Experiences are something that's easy to overlook in the cut and dried world of personal finance. Tight budgets and careful saving rarely leave room for powerful and life-altering experiences, so we tend to tuck them away, intending to do them someday.
When we look back on our lives, however, it is the experiences that we remember. We don't think fondly about that iPod we bought in 2003; we think about the night we danced in the backyard with our spouse under the moonlight. We don't recall all of the things we fritter our money away on, but we remember the big moments, those experiences that changed our lives.
In the end, a "bucket list" is merely a list of experiences we wish to have, and just like any other dream for the future, there's no reason to not start planning now for your own bucket list – experiences that cap your own fulfilling life. Here are six steps that will take you from where you are now to grabbing ahold of your bucket list.
This is actually quite fun. While I constructed mine, I just kept a few pages in my pocket notebook devoted to it. I'd add ideas as they came to me and scribble off other ones after some reflection, and after some time with some very nice daydreams, I came to the list above.
The process itself was very valuable. It provided a big prod for me to spend some time thinking about the experiences I dream of having in my life. Along the way, I brainstormed a lot of things, spent some time deeply reflecting on dreams I once had (and maybe don't have any more), and realized that most of the things on my bucket list are things I want to share with my wife and my children. Great reflections, indeed.
Obviously, your "bucket list" is not something you're going to be able to just start running through, like a checklist (that's the humorous part of the movie, actually – they run through many of those items like a person might run through a grocery list). Instead, just pick out one or perhaps two of the items to focus on right now – leave the rest for a later time.
For me, I decided to focus on writing the novel and going on a gastronomic tour of America. Both of these seem possible in the next few years. The wine one was also tempting, but honestly, I'd like to do something with that with my children and their spouses in about twenty five years. I might consider saving up and purchasing the bottle at some point, but I'll hold it for the right moment.
So, now we have two items off our "bucket list" that we're intending to do. Now what? The next step is to flesh those goals out into something tangible and specific. Specify exactly what that bucket list item is and figure out when your target for getting it done is.
I'll take my goal of writing the novel as an example. I'd like to be able to accomplish that in five years and I think it's a reasonable timeframe. So I'll spell it out clearly – I want to write and publish a strong novel in five years' time. That's a very clear goal now, not just something vague on my bucket list.
Now that it's a clear long-term goal, I need to figure out the little steps to get there. The first step is to get my fiction writing chops in gear, and that simply means writing more fiction. To get in gear, I've decided to commit to writing a short story a week, polishing up another one each week, and then sharing them with my wife, who is my best critic for writing, and others, too.
These little baby steps are just the push I need to start moving forward with this. They not only will tangibly improve my skill at writing fiction, but it will also force me to expose my fiction writing to others, which is actually the hardest part for me. Eventually, when I start writing fiction that clicks, I'll start by entering some short story competitions, but for now, my microgoals are mainly there to keep me writing fiction.
Now we have these little goals in mind, but it's easy to just leave them on the table and forget about them. There's a lot of other things going on in my life – why not just leave that little goal on the table this week and forget about it? Why not do something really fun instead, or do something that will eventually earn me some income in other areas?
The real trick here is to keep how much you want that big dream in your mind. By sitting down and working on a short story or editing one, I'm taking a little step towards that big dream in my mind. Simply setting aside an hour or two a week to focus on this – and maybe a few lazy hours in the evening when everyone else is asleep – will make that goal come ever closer to reality.
Once you've got the basic steps down, it's a matter of doing it over and over again – making those little steps a natural part of your routine. Maybe it's setting $20 a week aside for some sort of big, momentous goal. Maybe it's a little task you need to accomplish. Whatever it is, make a steady effort to do it over and over again until it becomes completely natural.
Before you know it, you'll be happily marking something off your bucket list – and you'll have a life-altering experience to savor for the rest of your years.
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Philip's most recent work includes "FunHome" for Pangdemonium! in Singapore, and "Spring Awakening", Fiddler on the Roof" and "Cabaret, "Love and a Bottle" for Max Stafford Clark; "Attempts on her Life" for Philip Wilson and "Something Cloudy, Something Clear" for Rebecca Frecknall all for LAMDA; "Far From the Madding Crowd" and "Sense & Sensibility" at the Watermill, Newbury for Jessica Swale.
Recent international work includes "Gruesome Playground Injuries", "Next to Normal" and "Rabbit Hole" for Pangdemonium!, attracting a variety of Life Awards and nominations.
He made "West Side Story" for Pimlico Opera , having made "Les Miserables" with them last year, converting an HMPrison gym into a theatre with an integrated cast of inmates and opera professionals.
He designed the first airing of Jessica Swale's "Blue Stockings" at the RADA, after having collaborated with her while designing Robin Soan's "One Turbulent Ambassador" about UK government in Uzbekistan, directed by Jessica at the Lyric, Hammersmith.
Other pieces include "School for Wives" and "Daisy Pulls It Off" at the Lyric, Hammersmith, plus "Much Ado About Nothing" with 1950s songs, for the Shakespeare Festival, Neuss, Germany all with Stephen Jameson, A sell-out production of "The Full Monty" musical in Singapore ( nominated Best Design), and "Guys and Dolls" for LAMDA. Other work includes the new musical version of "Passport to Pimlico" and Cole Porter's "CanCan" (LAMDA); Brecht's "A Respectable Wedding" for Edinburgh Fringe & Komedia, Brighton and Berkoff's "Metamorphosis" (Ono Theatre); "Cinderella" (Guildhall 125th Anniversary); and "The Desire Tree", an Anglo-Georgian production developed with Zygo and the Tumanishvilli Theatre, Tblisi.
His work often incorporates puppetry, circus and mask, specifically "The Ugly Duckling" (Singapore Repertory Theatre); "Alice", "Le Petit Prince", "Creaking Shadows", "The Wife of Bath" and "Tempting Fate" (Trading Faces), plus "Little Victories", "The Sea of Silence", Michael Rosen's "The Sound Collector" and many other original pieces for Quicksilver plus "The Nose" (Attic/Old Red Lion - nominated for Best Fringe Design) and "Rhinoceros" (Riverside Studios). He was the Lead Artist for the creating of giant puppets for the Roald Dahl Festival 2011in conjunction with Re;Create in Aylesbury.
Designs for musicals include "Kiss Me Kate", "Maggie May", "The Fix", "Cabaret" and "On The Town", as well as plays "The Libertine", "Victory", "The Country Wife" and "The Master and Margarita" (LAMDA). Others include "The Complete History of America" (Reduced Shakespeare Company); "The Bradshaws" (Oldham Coliseum); "Amadeus", "The Wizard of Oz" (Aberystwyth); "La Locandiera", "The School for Scandal", "Animal Farm", "A Slight Ache" (Il Palchetto) and "Robin Hood" (Wilde, Bracknell); "Betrayal", "Art" and "Life x 3" (Singapore Repertory Theatre) and the Olivier Storytelling Environment (Royal National Theatre, London).
He is frequently involved in devised work, site-specific theatre and new writing.
Philip is a visiting practitioner at The Central School of Speech and Drama, The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He holds a P.G.Certificate In Teaching and Learning in Higher Education as recognised by SEDA.


Georgia is a enthusiastic and committed Bayside local with a Masters of Podiatry attained at La Trobe University. Georgia has a background in athletics and sprinting allowing her to understand all aspects of injury management and prevention. Georgia has a very caring nature which allows her to empathise with her clients no matter what the presenting complaint. Georgia has developed an interest in the high risk foot as well as sports injury management using shockwave therapy and dry needling. She has completed work at Alfred Health, Monash Health and Eastern Health resulting in her exposure to complex pathologies and problem solving skills. Georgia also has vast knowledge in footwear and is experienced in aiding clients to choose the most appropriate footwear whether it is for sport, work or everyday use. Georgia has lived overseas during her teenage years and loves sharing her travelling stories as well as her love for different cultures. On the weekend you will find Georgia reading or keeping up to date with the latest movies and TV shows.


Last year, the Norwegian teen drama Skam became a word-of-mouth hit all over the world. Even though it was never officially broadcast for English-speaking audiences, its huge appeal had Norwegian speakers subtitling and uploading episodes to blogs and private Google Drive folders for English-speaking fans all over the globe to watch and enjoy. At the end of 2017 Tumblr Fandometrics named it the most talked-about show of the year, above TV titans such as The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.
It's in Skam's venerable foosteps that SKAM Austin launches next Tuesday (April 24), and hopes are accordingly sky-high. Here's why it could be the biggest TV smash of the year.
One of the things that made the original Skam so perfect for its target audience was its use of social media and its drip-feeding episode style. Skam happens in real-time, which means that instead of sitting down to watch a 50-minute episode, you'll see scenes dropping online as they 'happen' in the timeline of the series. According to the show's official Facebook page, these scenes will drop daily on Facebook Watch, and if they're anything like the Norwegian ones, their length will probably vary a lot.
Meanwhile, over on Instagram, a whole load of other stuff will be going on. If you follow all the show's characters, you'll see a huge amount of behind-the-scenes content that, like the show's scenes, will drop in 'real time'. But even as it uses Instagram as a platform, it's likely to show viewers the discrepancy between the veneer they see on the social media platform and the personal tragedies they see within the show itself. As with the Norwegian version, the permanently 'on' nature of the show is likely to create a ravenous fanbase online, because its two-pronged approach is so immersive.
SKAM Austin. New drops daily starting Tuesday, 4/24 at 3:40pm CST. Only on Facebook Watch.
Even better, the original show's creator, Julie Andem, is also behind this version as writer, director and executive producer. For the first one she spent six months travelling around Norway asking teens about their experiences, and used what she learned to turn Skam into a worldwide phenomenon.


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Ruby Goldberg's Bright Idea (Paperback)
By Anna Humphrey, Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator)
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 9781442480292, 144pp.
Hardcover (12/31/2013)
List Price: 6.99*
Ruby wants first prize at the fifth grade science fair—and she thinks her quirky, creative, Rube Goldberg–esque invention is just the way to get it! Rife with "depth and charm," this story is peppered with engaging science facts and insights (Publishers Weekly).
Ten-year-old Ruby Goldberg is determined to win her school science fair and beat her nemesis Dominic Robinson. She's snagged second place for the last two years, and she's set on claiming first prize. The only trouble is that Ruby has no ideas. When her grandfather's beloved basset hound dies, Ruby thinks of the perfect thing that will cheer him up and win her first place—an innovative, state-of-the-art, not-to-be-duplicated Ruby Goldberg invention!
Before long Ruby is so busy working on her idea that she ignores everything else in her life, including her best friend, Penny. And what started out as simple turns into something much more complicated! Can Ruby get her priorities—and her project—in order before it's too late?
Anna Humphrey is the author of Rhymes with Stupid and Mission (un)Popular, both novels for teens. Ruby Goldberg's Bright Idea is her first novel for middle graders. She lives with her husband and kids in Toronto, Ontario.
Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a self-taught artist and has attended both FIT and SVA of New York, where she studied fashion and children's illustration. Vanessa is the illustrator of A Night Out with Mama by Quvenzhané Wallis, The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson, Presenting…Tallulah by Tori Spelling, and Early Sunday Morning by Denene Millner, among others. She hopes that when people look at her work, it will make them feel happy in some way, or even reclaim a bit of their childhood.

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Q: Big o with recursion python def maxnum(l):
    if len(l)==1:
       return l[0]
    else:
        largest=maxnum(l[1:])
        if l[0]>largest:
            return l[0]
        else:
            return largest

I wonder the big O notation for this recursion(is that n-1?). Thanks!

A: The recurrence relation for the sample code is
T(n)=T(n-1)+c
When you solve this relation as
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     =(T(n-2)+c)+c
     =((T(n-3)+c)+c)+c
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     =T(1)+n*c
     =n*c

Therefore time complexity is TC=O(n*c) that is equal to O(n)

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Les  24, plus connue sous le sigle LN24, est une chaîne de télévision belge francophone d'information en continu, lancée en . C'est la seule chaîne d'information en continu en Belgique, active en télévision et sur le web. LN24 diffuse 16 journaux par jour (de  à ), une matinale avec des invités politiques, économiques et culturels, ainsi que plusieurs émissions de débats ou de décryptage en soirée.

Historique
En , la chaîne est officiellement annoncée pour le courant de 2019. Le projet est fondé par deux anciens du journal L'Écho, Joan Condijts, ancien rédacteur en chef, et Martin Buxant, journaliste politique. Ainsi que Boris Portnoy, fondateur de la société de production KNTV. Le , le groupe annonce une date de lancement, le , ainsi que la volonté d'étendre leur réseau en participant à l'appel d'offres concernant l'octroi d'une fréquence radio en FM et DAB+.

La chaîne est lancée le  à  en direct depuis le parlement européen de Bruxelles. Trois mois plus tard, le jeudi , le Conseil d'administration démet de ses fonctions son administrateur délégué Boris Portnoy. Des problèmes relationnels et des divergences stratégiques entre associés sont à l'origine de cette décision. Cette crise de management éclate dans un contexte de rentabilité difficile pour le secteur de la pub TV. Les résultats d'audience de LN24 sont inférieurs à 1 % de parts de marché. .

Le , LN24 diffuse le débat pour la présidentielle de l'Open Vld. Le débat est en néerlandais, sous-titré en français : une chaîne francophone qui diffuse un débat en cette langue, c'est une première dans le pays.

Le , la chaîne annonce son arrivée sur la plateforme Auvio de la RTBF. Le contenu des émissions et ses reportages seront ainsi disponibles sur le net et sur l'application mobile.

Le 29 août 2022, la chaîne dévoile une nouvelle grille, intègre de nouveaux studios dans les locaux du groupe de presse IPM. Elle donne également naissance à LN Radio.

Records d'audience
En , en pleine pandémie de Covid-19 en Belgique, LN24 affiche ses meilleures audiences depuis son lancement. En moyenne, la chaîne touche  par jour. Ce score représente une augmentation de +200 % par rapport au mois de février. Sur la totalité du mois de mars, LN24 approche le million de téléspectateurs.

À cause du Covid-19 à partir du mois de mars 2020, la chaîne procède à ses premiers licenciements économiques..

En 2021, la chaîne de télévision LN24 change de propriétaire, c'est le groupe de médias IPM (La Libre Belgique...) qui est aux manettes de la seule chaîne d'information en continu éditée en Belgique francophone.

Le 22 décembre 2021, François le Hodey, administrateur délégué de IPM et, désormais, président exécutif de LN24, dévoile la stratégie de relance pour augmenter l'audience de la chaîne TV. Avec par exemple une matinale d'information commune, disponible en télévision, en radio et sur Internet avec DH Radio.

Émissions
Plusieurs émissions occupent la grille dont des Talk-Shows, « La Matinale LN24 » dans une nouvelle version, ou en soirée, l'émission « Les Visiteurs du Soir ». Le week-end, « Cause Toujours » parle des dernières tendances et de l'art de vivre pour inspirer votre quotidien:

Organisation
Président (exécutif) du Conseil d'administration : François Le Hodey
Directeur de l'information : Martin Buxant
Directeur général : Stéphane Rosenblatt
Rédacteur en chef TV et Digital : Didier Defawe

Capital
Le capital initial, de , provient des trois fondateurs (Joan Condijts, Martin Buxant et Boris Portnoy), ainsi que de quatre partenaires : Belfius, Ice-Patrimonials (Jean-Pierre Lutgen), Besix et Giles Daoust (administrateur délégué de Daoust et Title Media).

En 2021, LN24 a été racheté par le groupe de presse écrite IPM qui possède également La Libre Belgique et La Dernière Heure.

Logo

Diffusion
La chaîne est diffusée sur le site internet et l'application de LN24 ainsi que sur le câble et en IPTV.

Câble
 VOO : chaîne
 Orange : chaîne
 Telenet : chaîne  (Wallonie et Bruxelles) ou  (Flandre)

IPTV
 Proximus TV : chaîne  (Wallonie et Bruxelles),  (Bruxelles liste néerlandophone) ou  (Flandre)
 Scarlet : chaîne
 Tadaam TV : chaîne

Audiences

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 LCI
 BFM TV

Lien externe

Chaîne de télévision belge en français
Chaîne ou station de télévision fondée en 2019
Chaîne de télévision d'information en continu
Chaîne de télévision diffusée en direct sur Internet

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On Monday 9 July, marking the EU's 'Fish Dependence Day', fisheries experts, including EU officials (DG MARE, DG Environment, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and FARNET), together with other representatives from Our Fish, LIFE, Pintafish, Climaxi, Goede Vissers, the French Permanent Representation to the EU, and fishers and fishmongers from the Slow Food network, came together in Brussels for a roundtable discussion on fish dependence and the gaps, challenges, and barriers for the implementation of the CFP for small-scale fishers in Europe.
The Fish Dependence Day (FDD) is the calendar date when a country will begin relying on fish from elsewhere because its domestic supplies have been depleted. While it has been a way to promote awareness on the over-exploitation of fisheries, Slow Food believes the FDD measure can often be misleading and inaccurate: due to the globalised fisheries supply chain, for certain fish species, fish dependence begins on 1 January each year, while for many underused species the year goes by without crossing that threshold, or even coming close. As the moderator Brian O'Riordan, Deputy Director from LIFE put it: 'the issue of fish dependence is much more complex'.
During a 2-hour exchange, participants discussed policy issues, production models, governance models, and the role of discerning and informed consumers. While the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) was considered a step in the right direction when it comes to the EU fisheries legal framework, numerous challenges originate from the EU policy, for instance its promotion of aquaculture, while there are also issues deriving from its limited implementation in practice.
Frederieke Vlek, Netherlands campaign coordinator at Our Fish: 'if we don't enforce the landing obligation with proper monitoring and control, both the overfishing and landing obligation objectives are at risk of not being implemented in practice, which could have severe consequences especially for the vulnerable by-catch species'.
Barbara Rodenburg-Geertsema, producer coordinator from the Slow Food Wadden Sea Presidium: 'I really dislike when people bring to wild waters species that do not belong there. If you want to do aquaculture, do it in land, and do it clean, but do not interfere with the natural environment'.
The conversation then moved to the different governance systems that enable fairer and more productive fishing, and how to make consumers more aware and discerning. Most of participants highlighted that ethically-driven governance systems are key, and that we have to change our fish consumption patterns towards more diverse, seasonal, and local fish.
Filip de Bodt, from Climaxi: 'let's be aware, and not be disconnected from the food that we eat. Many times, when there are controls over labelling, contamination has taken place. We have to work together with real people instead of pasting labels on food. As long as you have a monopoly over fish auctions, you will never get any sustainable fish on your plate'.
Barbara Rodenburg-Geertsema added: 'the model we need should be all about relationships: when we realise we are part of this planet and it's the sea that feeds us, its clearer for people that they need to get closer to the coastal communities, getting to know less known species'.
Slow Food supports artisanal and responsible fishing and the communities that depend on it. Artisanal fishing involves working the oceans, seas and lakes of the world, only species that are not overfished, fished all along the trophic chain, fish caught in the righ season and at the right size using selective techniques, and seeking to maintain a strong cultural identity and traditions. Fish must be caught using techniques adapted to their habitat, techniques which do not cause permanent damage to the environment and avoid bycatch and discards as much as possible. Artisanal fishers safeguard a deep and irreplaceable wisdom about fish stocks. Unfortunately, the reality is very different: industrial fishing is the norm, and artisanal fishing the exception, and not the other way around. Artisanal fishers are not receiving enough support from institutions to carry out sustainable fishing and earn a decent livelihood, Many small-scale fishers are perceived by many as outliers: they are discriminated against and poorly understood.
Slow Food has been working on sustainable fish for many years, with the aim of raising awareness and developing projects to support responsible artisanal fishing communities through the Slow Fish campaign and the biennial Slow Fish fair in Genoa.


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Bruce Boxleitner (Elgin, Illinois, 12 de maio de 1950) é um ator e escritor de ficção científica e suspense norte-americano.

Ele é conhecido pelo personagem John Sheridan na série de televisão Babylon 5. Atuou também como os personagens Alan Bradley e Tron no filme da Disney Tron, reprisando o papel na sequência de 2010, Tron: Legacy e na série animada Tron: Uprising.

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With a total of 107,505 passengers handled at the Berlin airports Schönefeld and Tegel, 26 September 2014 was the busiest day in the history of the Berlin-Brandenburg airport company. On this Friday, 815 flight movements were recorded at both locations.
In September, 2,685,433 passengers took off and landed at the Berlin airports Schönefeld and Tegel; 5.7 per cent more than in the same period the previous year. In the same month, 688,699 passengers (+8.6 per cent) were recorded in Schönefeld and 1,996,734 passengers (+4.8 per cent) in Tegel.
The total number of flight movements in September rose by 3.2 per cent on the year to 22,934 take-offs and landings. The number of flight movements in Schönefeld rose to 6,293 – 3.2 per cent more than in the previous year – while the number of flight movements in Tegel also increased by 3.2 per cent compared to the previous year. A total of 16,641 flight movements were recorded in Tegel in September.
Between January and September, a total of 21,039,202 passengers used the airports Schönefeld and Tegel – 6.1 per cent more than in the same period the previous year.
In the first nine months of the year, 5,429,920 passengers were recorded in Schönefeld; 7.5 per cent more than in the same period the previous year. At the same time, 15,609,282 passengers were handled at Tegel Airport; 5.7 per cent more than in the same period the previous year.
The total number of flight movements in the first nine months of the year rose by 5.5 per cent on the year to 190,194 take-offs and landings. The number of flight movements in Schönefeld rose to 52,784 – 7.7 per cent more than in the previous year – while the number of flight movements in Tegel increased by 4.6 per cent compared to the previous year. A total of 137,410 flight movements were recorded in Tegel between January and September.
Schönefeld and Tegel Airport recorded 3,847 tonnes of air freight in September; 13.6 per cent more than in the same period the previous year.


Parents, at times, don't realize that their tongue is the worst weapon which they can use on their children, not knowing the damage their words can do on the poor souls. Watch what you say!
Some parents subconsciously enter gender-stereotypes into their children. It usually starts with their dressing. Your daughter may not be a fan of frilly dresses or those cute skirts that you want her wear. She might be comfortable in jeans and a tee. You can suggest, but negating her dressing sense might do more harm than good. She has her own tastes, appreciate them.
If your girl loves boyish games like baseball or football, don't tell her that it's a boy's game. Don't stop your daughter from exploring something which she might excel at. It's a modern world, and anyone can pursue anything that they want, irrespective of their gender, nationality, or ethnicity.
"Real Men like curves, only dogs go for bones...", is so true. Don't tell your daughter that she's overweight, even if she is. You need not remind her that. It can lead to starvation and anorexia, due to being called fat and going under severe depression. Instead, teach her about healthier diets, and keep her engaged in some physical activity.
While some mums are worried that their daughters might be putting on make up too early, others ask their girls to put on some before they leave home. It indirectly translates into, 'You are not pretty, you need help'. Be thankful that your daughter is not burying herself under the mountain of make up.
At times, daughters get rebuked for standing up for themselves, often tagged as 'rude'. It's like saying that she can't have her own opinion, and will have to bear and accept everything with a sweet smile.
If men can, why can't we? Don't feed those sexist ideologies into your daughter. Let her express herself and have a hearty laugh.
Why Can't You Be Like Her?
Excuse me? Are you implying that you'd rather have her as your daughter? Comparison is the worst thing that you can do to your kid (read daughter). If you want her to be confident of herself, STOP comparing her to her best friend or cousins.
You will make her feel even worse by asking her to disguise her true feelings for the sake of some neighbors, friends, or family. If she is angry, let her show it!
A common question parents ask if their daughter wants to go into an uncommon profession or any field of art. People have mouths, they will talk. Let her do whatever she wants without having to worry about people talking behind her back.
No, it is not a phase, sorry! And marrying a guy will NOT make me change my mind about my sexual orientation. When your daughter comes out to you, support her, because she's going through a lot of emotional turmoil, and needs nothing but your support.


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Weis, Klein's, and Nelson's Ice cream products - recalled due to may be contaminated with extraneous material
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Brand name: Weis, Klein's, Nelson's
Product recalled: Ice cream products
Reason of the recall: May be contaminated with extraneous material
FDA Recall date: January 10, 2021
Recall details: Weis Markets today said it has issued a recall for 10,869 containers of Weis Q... See Moreuality Cookies and Cream Ice Cream (48 oz.), and 502 bulk containers of Klein's Vanilla Dairy Ice Cream (3 gallon) because the products may be contaminated with extraneous material, specifically metal filling equipment parts. There has been one report of a customer who discovered an intact piece of metal equipment in the Weis Quality Cookies and Cream Ice Cream (48 oz).
There is a concern of an additional piece of equipment present in the ice cream product(s) possibly presenting a choking hazard. The Weis Quality Cookies and Cream Ice Cream (in 48 oz. containers) product has been removed from sale. It was sold in 197 Weis Markets' stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and West Virginia.
The Weis Quality Cookies and Cream ice cream is packaged in a scround 48- ounce container with a UPC of 041497-01253 and with a sell by date of 10/28/21. This was produced on 10/28/2020 and released for sale on 10/29/2020. The sell by date is located on the bottom of the container. An example of the label has been included with this release.
Customers who have purchased this product may return it for a full refund. The Klein's Vanilla bulk ice cream is packaged in 3-gallon containers with a code stamp of 0302 and are not for retail sale. This product was sold to one retail establishment in New York and has been removed from sale. Additional ice cream products packaged on 10/28/2020 included Klein's Cookies and Cream Dairy Bulk – 665 containers, and Nelson's Graham Slam Bulk – 286 containers.
These items are packaged in 3-gallon bulk containers with a code stamp of 0302 and are not for retail sale. They were stored in a warehouse and have not been distributed. Customers requiring additional information may contact Weis Customer Service at 1-866-999-9347 Monday through Friday 8am-5pm EST.
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Symptoms: Diarrhea Nausea Stomach Pain
"Tonight, A bottle of milk that I purchased to go with a doughnut. Realized it was outdated after chugging and got a after taste. Looked at the date Jan 4 today is Jan 19! I went back the shift manager just shrugged his shoulders. I asked for my money back. As of now I have pain , nausea and diarrhea... See More. Not sure if vomiting will start. See Less"
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"We had a meatsa pizza on 26 December and symptoms of vomiting began at 3:00 a.m. the following morning. My friend and I were the only ones who ate that pizza and everyone else in the house was fine.We continued to have vomiting and diarrhea for two more days. This is the third since the food poisoni... See Moreng and we are still weak and have some nausea. We have lost three days of work in addition to feeling deathly sick. See Less"
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Symptoms: Diarrhea Other Gas
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The Secret Lives of the Dalai Lama
Alexander Norman
Classification : Biography & Memoir
Pub Date : May 22, 2008
Imprint : Little, Brown
Page Extent : 448
Binding : HB
Price : 1,499
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is renowned the world over for an unswerving dedication to non-violence in his efforts to achieve justice for Tibet. In the twenty years he has known and worked with him, Alexander Norman has seen at first hand this extraordinary man's courage, compassion and honesty.
But the current Dalai Lama is fourteenth in a lineage whose history is every bit as bloody and intrigue-laden as that of the Papacy. The 'first' Dalai Lama was in fact the third; the second described himself as 'a mad beggar monk'; the fourth was not Tibetan at all but a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. The sixth was a notorious womaniser, while four successive Dalai Lamas were almost certainly murdered. The present Dalai Lama has himself been the target of attacks that resulted in the brutal murder of a close colleague. He readily admits that Tibet never was Shangri La.
HOLDER OF THE WHITE LOTUS gives a fast-paced and absorbing insight into the real story of Tibetan culture, politics and spirituality
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The Pre-Civil War Innovations of C.F. Martin and his Contemporaries
Beautiful photos, essays and deep detail on the roots of the American flattop guitar. We're honored that Martin came to StewMac to create guitar plans as source material for this book!
Edited by Robert Shaw and Peter Szego
The American flattop guitar emerged from its European roots during a remarkable 20-year period before the Civil War. C.F. Martin Sr. was the dominant guitarmaker of that period. This beautifully photographed book is the definitive study of his early instruments and design innovations.
Features essays and specifications by the leading experts on early American guitars: David Gansz, Richard Johnston, David LaPlante, Adrian Sheets, and James Westbrook.
Inventing The American Guitar is the first book to describe the early history of American guitar design in detail, and is the companion to a major 2014 exhibition of Martin guitars at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Contents in brief:
Johann Georg Stauffer and the Viennese Guitar
C.F. Martin's Homeland and the Vogtland Trade
C.F. Martin in New York, 1833-1839
The Spanish Guitar in the United States Before 1850
The Cadiz Guitar and Its Influence on C.F. Martin
C.F. Martin in Pennsylvania, 1839-1850: A Period of Transition
Madame de Goni and the Spanish-American Guitar
The Spanish Guitar As Adopted by James Ashborn
C.F. Martin in Pennsylvania, 1850-1867: Fine Tuning
Martin's Evolution to an American Guitar
Early Martin Guitar Design and Construction: What Survived
Timeline: 1833-Present
Reduced-scale measured drawings by StewMac's Don MacRostie
300 pages, hardcover.
Add to your library our full size builders' plans for two early C.F. Martin guitars, drawn by StewMac's Don MacRostie in cooperation with the editors. Careful measurements were taken directly from the original instruments in the Peter Szego collection. Valuable assistance for accurate construction details was provided by luthier David LaPlante and Martin's resident historian Dick Boak.
Austro-German Martin, c.1837: A transitional instrument that blends the earlier Viennese Stauffer design with C.F. Martin's own pioneering innovations. Includes specs for the distinctive neck joint and "clock key" heel mechanism. 36" x 52", supplied folded.
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BASTOS, Karina R. B.; MORAES, Luciana; ZAGO, Claudia A.; et al. Autocrine influence of IL-12/IL-23p40 chain on the bone marrow derived-dendritic cells activation profile. Clinical and Investigative Medicine[S.l: s.n.], 2004.
Bastos, K. R. B., Moraes, L., Zago, C. A., Marinho, C. R. F., Mosig, J. M. A., Russo, M., & Lima, M. R. D. 'I. (2004). Autocrine influence of IL-12/IL-23p40 chain on the bone marrow derived-dendritic cells activation profile. Clinical and Investigative Medicine. Montreal.
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Sold on SOA: One tool, two diverse strategies
Poonam Khanna
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Published: September 22nd, 2005
The IT industry is one that is known for its buzz words. As new technologies come on the scene, they are heard on everyone's lips and looked to as panaceas for everything that troubles organizations. The latest word to capture the tech community's imagination is service oriented architecture. "SOA redefines the way internal systems are built, and how internal and external systems interact," says Michael Kuhbock, co-chairman and founder of the Integration Consortium.
But not everyone is looking to SOA to transform the way they approach their IT systems. Farm Credit Canada (FCC), for example, is taking a piecemeal approach to SOA and adopting it only where it makes sense for the Regina-based organization.
"We approach it on an as-need-be basis," says FCC's principal application architect Greg Hutchinson.
The federal Crown corporation has long taken an object-oriented approach to development. It is a solution that has worked, says Hutchinson, so he sees no reason to abandon the approach.
"We start with an object-oriented point of view, but when we need it to communicate with others, then we put SOA on top of that. If we don't have a need for the service yet, then we don't publish it."
One of the main benefits of service oriented architecture, says Hutchinson, is that it is language- agnostic.
The FCC is not ready to switch over from a design approach that has worked well for it in the past, he says.
Object-oriented (OO) design has many benefits, he says. It's possible to make changes to one component without changing everything else, and it's easy to find a piece of functionality and reuse it, he says.
"Where some of that breaks down is where you have inter-language communications."
That's when the FCC turns to SOA. It can gain the best of both worlds by putting a SOA layer on top of the OO layer, he says.
"There's some good stuff to (SOA). But it's not the end-all and be-all of everything yet," he says. "My personal feeling is that it's a bit over-sold." Each generation has a technology that purports to be a cure-all, he says.
"But they don't displace good programming practices."
Reuse, recycle	While language interoperability is the main draw to SOA for some companies, for others, its the promise of software reusability. This is exactly what one sports retailer was after when it deployed its product equipment information system using Web services.
The specs for the sports equipment sold by Broli La Source du Sport (Brolisport), a St-Hyacinthe, Que.-based sports equipment seller are very complex, says owner Andre Brochu. Employees need to know a lot of technical information about the items, which includes equipment such as skis, snowboards and bicycles.
Rather than build a one-off product for its point-of-sale devices, Brolisport worked with Montréal-based Dakis Decision Systems Inc. to build a multi-tiered system using Microsoft's .Net platform.
The first tier, says Philippe Hugron, Dakis' president, is the client tier. The second tier is the server application, which is the software running the decision system. It gives back the product and decision information to the client. The third tier is the database tier, a SQL database on which all of the information is stored about Brolisport equipment.
Microsoft's .Net sits between the three tiers.
This approach makes it easier for other devices to access the second and third tiers.
Brolisport recently rolled out the service to Pocket PCs so that sales reps could get easy access to product information.
"The goal is to get the information on the Pocket PC, and better than that, to get inventory information — whether it's on the floor, whether we have the right size for the customer, and all the technical information," Brochu says. "The same thing we have on the screen, we have on the Pocket PC."
The next step, says Brochu, is to create an e-catalog. Much of the code needed to create it — access to inventory and product information — will already be created, thanks to the ability to reuse existing software services. But the online sales capabilities will have to be added, Brochu says.
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BACK TO SCHOOL: How many times have we spelled a word a certain way, not knowing we were off by one crucial letter? Such is often the case with the spelling of stationary versus stationery. Station(ary) refers to an object remaining still or unmoving, as in a stationary bicycle. Station(ery) is the paper one uses to write letters and notes.
Perfectly brilliant people make this common mistake.
An easy way to remember that social stationery is spelled with an "e" is to think of the "e" in the word "note." Or simply remember that it is very thoughtful to send a note on fine stationery. Ideally, on William Arthur and Vera Wang fine stationery.


A: Probably to a room full of people drinking. Or maybe a room full of sober people. I am not sure who I would offend more.
A: This is tough. I would say Sandra Bernhard. There is something very raw about her performance. Raw and real yet perfectly curated.
A: My shimmy abilities. Lightning fast and quite compelling.
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Fondé en 1967, Groupe BMR est une filiale de La Coop fédérée qui exploite 325 centres de rénovation et quincailleries au Québec, en Ontario, dans les provinces maritimes et aux îles Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Les ventes au détail des membres de Groupe BMR sont évaluées à plus de 1,7 milliard de dollars par année et quelque 8 000 personnes travaillent dans les magasins du groupe. Groupe BMR est le premier joueur québécois en importance dans le domaine de la rénovation et mène ses activités sous les bannières

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As a serious and catastrophic injury practice, we have considerable experience of cases involving psychological injury. By their very nature, serious physical injuries are often suffered in traumatic, frightening circumstances and psychological consequences are almost inevitable. Our cases regularly include expert medical evidence from consultant psychiatrists, psychologists, neuropsychiatrists and neuropsychologists.
In basic terms, for a claim for psychological injuries to succeed, there must be evidence that the claimant has suffered a recognised psychiatric illness – more than temporary grief or fright.
One recognised psychiatric illness that often forms part of serious injury claims is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. The onset of PTSD tends to be associated with a life threatening experience or exposure to grotesque injury or death.
A secondary victim is someone who witnesses an accident and suffers injury because of injury to, or fear of injury to, the primary victim.
Because of the possibility that in certain circumstances there could be many secondary victims who wish to claim for damages arising from a single accident or incident, the Courts have been anxious to limit the number of Claimants. They have achieved this by imposing a number of 'control tests' as set out by Lord Hoffman in Alcott –v- Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police  – a famous case involving claims brought by those who had suffered psychological damage as a result of the Hillsborough disaster.
It has also been held that a secondary victim in question must be of 'reasonable fortitude'.
There have been a number of cases brought before the House of Lords in connection with the issue of secondary victims since the Hillsborough disaster.
Most recently in the case of Frost –v- Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police  the House of Lords held that the Police Officers at the scene could only recover damages if they were exposed to physical danger as primary victims. Since they were not endangered in the actual performance of their role as employees and/or rescuers at the scene, they were only secondary victims and as secondary victims they, like the bystanders or spectators, were not entitled to recover damages for psychiatric illness.
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The ceremony, which is held in front of the Daehanmun Gate of Deoksugung Palace, is a tradition similar to the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace and offers a rare opportunity to experience royal culture. The royal gate is opened and closed at pre-determined times, and the gatekeepers in charge of guard duty and patrols hold a shift ceremony three times a day.


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Q: Setting up headset for surround audio I've got a sennheiser GSP 350. It should have digital surround 7.1 on it. However, in pulseaudio, I only have the option for the build-in audio, not the headset. For the headset, i can have stereo only. Is there something I'm missing? It's usb, does that matter?

A: The Sennheiser GSP 350 is a stereo headset (with "virtual" 7.1 Dolby Surround Sound), so it only has 2 audio channels as far as Ubuntu is concerned.  Choose the stereo headset option and the headset may process the audio to feel like 7.1 surround (but of course you won't get true 7.1 surround without actually having 7 different speakers).
You may also want to check out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SurroundSound for more info

A: check audio devices in ALSA
aplay -l
if USB headset only shows one sub-device for playback in ALSA, headset is stereo only
alleged surround-sound is probably software fakery and/or marketing nonsense
There is a Pulseaudio module module-virtual-surround-sink
module also needs to an HRIR file to create the surround sound profile


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Court Imposes Rule 16(f)(1) Sanctions against EEOC for Causing Unnecessary Burdens and Delays
EEOC v. The Original Honeybaked Ham Co. of Georgia, Inc., No. 11-cv-02560-MSK-MEH (D. Colo. Feb. 27, 2013)
Previously in this case, the court ordered broad discovery of the claimants' social media, text messages and email. (See a summary of that opinion, here.) In this opinion, the court imposed sanctions for the EEOC's actions which resulted in unnecessary delays and expense for the defendant, including actions related to the facilitation of the court ordered discovery. Notably, the sanctions were imposed pursuant to Rule 16(f), based on the Tenth Circuit's "broader" interpretation of its application.
Defendant moved for sanctions arguing that the EEOC had engaged in bad faith during discovery. While ultimately declining to find bad faith, the court agreed that as to the discovery of emails, texts, etc., the EEOC had made "this endeavor more time consuming, laborious and adversarial than it should have been" and more specifically that the EEOC had been "[i]n certain respects … negligent in its discovery obligations, dilatory in cooperating with defense counsel, and somewhat cavalier in its responsibility to the United States District Court." Notably, the court repeatedly made clear its belief that the problems were caused not by the trial attorneys, but by " 'the powers that be' (as Defendant describes them) in the higher echelons of the EEOC [who] keep interfering with the promises and commitments that the trial attorneys are making."
Despite declining to go into great detail, the court noted, for example, that the EEOC had requested that the court allow it to use its own information technology personnel to engage in forensic discovery of the claimants' social media, contrary to the court's original order appointing a special master, but later "reneged on this representation," causing the court and Defendant to "go back to the drawing board." The court also noted that after "lengthy negotiation and agreement with Defendant concerning the contents of a questionnaire … designed to assist in identifying the social media that would be forensically examined," the EEOC "changed its position," thus requiring the defendant to "pay its attorneys more than should have been required" and "multipl[ying] and delay[ing] these proceedings unnecessarily."
As to the question of sanctions, the court acknowledged that a "hurdle" for Defendant was that while the EEOC's conduct had been "inappropriate and obstreperous," it did not "rise to a level that is sanctionable under most rules governing the litigation process," including Rule 37. Indeed, the court acknowledged that it had, "for some time, believed that the EEOC's conduct was causing the Defendant to spend more money in this lawsuit than necessary," but that it had "not known how to control it other than with criticism and veiled threats." Finally, however, the court discovered one remedy "that appears appropriate and necessary to me in this circumstance: a 'sanction' under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f)(1)" which, although seemingly limited on its face, has been given "a broader, more practical application" by the Tenth Circuit.
The court's opinion quoted at length from the relevant Tenth Circuit case. Sparing those details, the bottom line of the Tenth Circuit's analysis was that the intent behind Rule 16(f) was "to give courts very broad discretion to use sanctions where necessary to insure not only that lawyers and parties refrain from contumacious behavior, already punishable under the various other rules and statutes, but that they fulfill their high duty to insure the expeditious and sound management of the preparation of cases for trial."
In the present case, the court reasoned that the EEOC's actions had "[w]ithout a doubt" "negatively affected the Court's management of its docket" and "caused unnecessary burdens on the opposing party" and delays in the court's own preparation of the case for trial. Thus, citing the Tenth Circuit's instruction that a court should "impose only so much of a sanction as is necessary to ensure that the offending conduct stop," the court indicated its belief that "awarding Defendant its reasonable fees in prosecuting this Motion will suffice for that purpose" and went on to note that the sanction was imposed specifically "for the unnecessary waste" that the EEOC had caused.
A copy of the court's opinion is available here.
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Crash sparks brush fire along Highway 118 in Simi Valley
Megan Diskin
A vehicle crash on Highway 118 in Simi Valley sparked a brush fire Saturday night on the nearby hillside, officials said.
The California Highway Patrol reported the accident at 8:53 p.m. on the westbound side of the freeway west of Rocky Peak. A vehicle reportedly hit a guardrail and went over the side of road.
Crews with the Ventura County Fire Department responded and said the vehicle fell about 200 feet. The incident started a brush fire that had grown to about 2 acres by 10:26 p.m., officials said. About 50 people from both the Ventura County Fire Department and Los Angeles Fire Department were working at the scene, officials said.
Two helicopters were also working to put out the fire, authorities said.
One person was taken to a hospital, officials said.
Caltrans crews were being called to shut down most westbound lanes of the roadway for several hours so firefighters could contain the flames, the patrol reported.


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Papa Joe began his portion of the conference by saying, ?I wish that Michael could be here to see all this.? He went on to say that Michael will be most remembered for his charity work and stated that ?Sometimes he would go and cry about it because he felt sorry for the people he was helping,? When asked if the funeral would be private, Joe said, ?I?ve never heard of a private funeral.?
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Interpretation? Joe and Al have big things planned, Michael's funeral will be huge and Papa Joe feels that Mike's kids weren't treated well by Mike… *sigh*
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As previously announced, THE PRODIGY, IRON MAIDEN and METALLICA are headlining the festival, with exclusive appearances from ALICE IN CHAINS, DEFTONES and LIMP BIZKIT. SONISPHERE will now feature a total of over 100 bands across the weekend and has revealed more names to join the festival's 2014 line up.
SONISPHERE is thrilled to announce DREAM THEATER as Sunday's headline act on the Saturn stage. A mesmerizing band to watch, each member with a number of impressive accolades under their belt, DREAM THEATER have been churning out their unique brand of progressive metal for over 25 years, selling over six million albums worldwide. Building their sound from a solid base of incredible musical proficiency, becoming heavier over the years, whilst retaining their trademark, the band have become one of the biggest-selling progressive bands around, resulting in an induction into the Long Island Hall of Fame. With an extensive back catalogue and impressive new material from their latest critically acclaimed self–titled album, SONISPHERE can't wait to see them spread their prog magic at the festival.
Also appearing at the festival are DEVIL YOU KNOW, the creative union of the former Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones, Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish), John Sankey (Devolved/ ex Divine Heresy, Fear Factory) and Ryan Wombacher (Bleeding Through). Having voiced the Grammy-nominated Massachusetts metallers through nearly a decade of touring and two gold records, Jones is at the top of his game and the star line up, who have just played Soundwave in Australia, are ready to take on the world. DEVIL YOU KNOW will unleash its inaugural effort this spring, the highly-anticipated debut, 'The Beauty of Destruction' and audiences would be wise not to miss the incredible set the band are bound to deliver.
Says the band: "We are beyond stoked to make Sonisphere our first UK festival! It's an honour to be playing such a massive festival alongside some of the biggest names in hard rock and metal. What a way to play the UK for the first time. We can't wait to get over and show everyone what Devil You Know is all about!"
Glasgow heavyweights YASHIN will also be stopping by SONISPHERE. The band have been working hard, having just released their new video 'D.E.A.D', with recent live appearances at Warped Tour UK and supports slots with Black Veil Brides, Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach in the UK and Europe. YASHIN's performance at the festival will be the first chance for fans to see them play tracks from their forthcoming album, 'The Renegades', scheduled to hit the shelves in September 2014.
Says vocalist Harry Radford: "It's a huge, HUGE thrill and a massive honour to be added to this year's Sonisphere line up. Maiden, Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Deftones… It's like we've been put in the middle of our record collections, so many of our heroes in one place, it's actually ridiculous. We're getting back to live action in the next couple of weeks so we will be warmed up nicely to hit the Sonisphere crowd hard. See you there!"
Making their way from Nashville, THE CADILLAC THREE will give SONISPHERE a dose of their very own country fuzz. The band boasts the kind of loud and boisterous rock that the loudest PA's in the world were invented for. Tunes such as 'Down to the River', 'Get Your Buzz On' and 'Back It Up' evoke the legends of southern rock – Molly Hatchets, Outlaws or Ozark Mountain Daredevils, only with a fresher sound that's going to blow your mind.
Returning to KNEBWORTH are Yorkshire's GLAMOUR OF THE KILL, who have just unleashed their infectious new single 'A Freak like Me', taken from their fantastic album 'Savages'. Following a full US tour with Escape The Fate, a European tour with Papa Roach as main support, a largely sold out tour with Motionless In White and The Defiled in the UK, GLAMOUR OF THE KILL seem unstoppable as they are about to embark on the Heaven's Basement's tour before they promise to treat the festival goers to a full set of their triumphant anthems this summer.
Says vocalist Davey Richmond: "We're really excited to get back to Knebworth for this year's Sonisphere! There's something special about Sonisphere that you don't seem to get from any other festival and we're happy to see it making a bold comeback. It must be the history associated with Knebworth and all the greats that have stood on stage there throughout the years. The line up for this was already incredible, but it just got a whole lot better!"
Also appearing will be UK based hardcore quintet PALM READER. Drawing influences from The Dillinger Escape and Gallows, the band would have undoubtedly been winning over new fans on the recent Rock Sound Impericon Exposure tour and show no sign on slowing down before they hit KNEBWORTH.
Says Drummer Dan Olds: "We Can't wait to play Sonisphere… Bands such as Deftones and Mastodon have always been close to Palm Reader's hearts. It's the first festival I ever went to so it's gonna be a special moment!"
Canterbury's BROKEN HANDS will bring their particular brand of retro-rock fused with psychedelic blues and garage influences to SONISPHERE. Having supported the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park last summer and toured in the UK and Europe with Band of Skulls, Deaf Club and Kill It Kid respectively, BROKEN HANDS are on the brink of big things.
Says the band: "One small step for Sonisphere, one giant leap for band kind"
Rising from the ashes of My Passion, Johnathan Gaskin, Ande D'Mello, Simon Rolands and Jamie Nicholls announced the formation FORT HOPE. SONISPHERE is looking forward to sharing the beginnings of their exciting journey as a new band.
"We're so excited to be playing Sonisphere this year, and honoured to join such an incredible bill. There's nothing better than sun, rock music and festival crowds. Roll on summer!"
Mixing an eclectic combination of crushing guitars and infectious electronica, which incorporates elements of metal, hip hop, rock and dance, THE ONE HUNDRED are going after the hearts and minds of everyone crossing their path and will no doubt expand their ever growing army of supporters after their performance at SONISPHERE.
Says the band: "We are stoked to have been invited to play such an amazing festival with so many of our heroes, we've dreamt of playing at Sonisphere so let's have it Knebworth!"
Also added to the festival's line up are Manchester's COLLIBUS. Having won the 2013 Discretionary Rock Award of Parliament's largest competition, Rock the House, COLLIBUS made history by becoming the first metal band ever to play the House of Commons. The band's sound has been described as a combination of the intelligence of prog with the fire of metal, and their winning track 'Dead Inside' has already been featured on SCUZZ TV.
Says vocalist Gemma Fox: "The reception we've had following the release of our debut album has been mind-blowingly phenomenal. We are extremely honoured to have been invited onto the awesome Sonisphere line up and cannot wait to play alongside musicians and bands we have long been fans of ourselves!"
Weekend tickets for Sonisphere 2014 are on sale now priced at £170. The highly popular deposit scheme is available until 1st April, meaning fans have less than a month to reserve their tickets for an initial payment of just £50. Check the Sonisphere website for further details. All Campsites open Thursday.
For further information please visit www.sonisphere.co.uk
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Orange County's Santa Ana, California (CA) is ranked as the fourth most densely populated city in the nation with nearly 330,000 residents. In spite of recent trends that show crime rates are improving in the city, it still has significant issues with drug abuse. This is why it's important to have a Santa Ana Alcohol and Heroin Rehab treatment center for your residents to use for recovery.
Based on 2013 information provided by Trust for America's Health, the state reported 10.6 drug-related deaths for every 100,000 people within the state to rank #36 in the nation. What those stats don't reflect is the fact as many 40,000 emergency room visits per year have been related to drug overdoses in recent years (Justice Policy Statement: Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety report for 2008). With important conflicts in reported data, it becomes increasingly important for residents to be aware that quality Santa Ana alcohol and heroin rehab is available in all areas of the state, as well as the rest of the nation.
Addiction to alcohol and drugs like heroin, meth and cocaine is actually a life-threatening disease. For local residents, the availability of professional Santa Ana alcohol and heroin rehab is often limited due to population density. A far better solution would be for alcohol and heroin addicts in Santa Ana to seek addiction treatment away from their home territory. After all, home is where their addiction took hold. The chance to get away from the people and places that facilitated the addiction is an important part of creating an environment where recovery in the only focus.
Addiction treatment is a two-step process. The first step involves the all-important detox process where addicts are medically treated for their physical dependence on substances. After that comes rehab treatment where intensive counseling and group therapy are used to help addicts come to grips with their disease. They also learn about the importance of resisting the temptation to use through the use of support groups and the ability to avoid triggers.
As an addict living in Santa Ana, California, you hopefully understand the importance of finding an addiction treatment center that offers you the best chance for recovery. After all, you can't do it all on your own. If you're ready to fight and willing to travel, the right solution for your recovery is only one phone call away. Call Beaches Recovery today at 904.615.6361 and get find out how you can overcome your addiction.


She will feel like a rock princess when she puts on these cool leggings! Made of shiny metallic fabric that is soft and stretchy. Nylon-Elastane. Machine wash. Lay flat to dry. Handmade. This garment can dull or scratch with repeated wearing. Made in the USA.


I learned to accept the major changes in my home town! The food mall galore stands where I once played miniature golf! The humongous blue slide where we slid down for kicks is gone too ! It is invisible now! Instead my mind now views the Chinese sushi restaurant where I sit with my kids ! Maybe the place where wild animals once gathered! Gathering years before us! Underneath lies the multilayered changing earth; holding lots of fossils and maybe our cherished lizard people!
Anyway , I was admiring the empty Topanga Blvd! Remnant of my cherished youthful days! The '60s and '70s are no more but memory time !
Math computer science music… stress-less….
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Discussion in 'iOS 7' started by sam733, Oct 11, 2013.
Im a new iphone user, I updated my iphone5 with all recent updates from ios7.
I recently changed my passcode and I forgot.
I do remember the numbers used as passcode but I forgot the sequence.
my disabled phone gave an option to enter code after 6 hours, after a couple of wrong tries again its disabled.
can I restore from that point ??
and if I do will I loose all data on my phone ??
First time it gets disabled after about 5 or so wrong passcode attempts it's usually for a minute or so, second time is for 5 minutes, then 15 the next time, and after that it grows more and more each time getting into hours if not even days.


Janine Pineo Photo | A lady hummingbird perches atop a cucumber trellis.
From the bees drifting purposefully from bloom to bloom to the crickets that chirp away to the frogs that sing in the night, rarely is my garden quiet.
There are only two things that startle me: a snake that might slither under the black plastic mulch and the ensuing susurration as it escapes or the fierce flight of a hummingbird as they dart merrily about the flowers, their hum a few decibels above that of the bees.
I adore hummers. They arrive in the yard every spring and woe is upon us if we don't already have a fuschia hanging by the back door. Why? Because our hummers will hover outside the back door, eyeballing the space where the fuschia always hangs.
Talk about Pavlov's dog. It is unnerving.
I was out picking beans the other day when I heard an approaching hum. It whooshed by my head and I saw a lady hummer attacking the red sage planted at the corner of the vegetable garden.
I straightened up and watched her hover, the flower from which she was sipping quivering slightly.
Before I knew what was happening, I heard another hum and a second lady hummingbird swooped by and attempted to sup from the same clump of red sage.
To be honest, there was enough red sage nectar to go around. Spike after spike of flowers was in bloom, an impressive display if I do say so myself.
But neither lady hummingbird felt the same.
I barely had blinked before the two of them chased each other in a loop or several before the oddest thing occurred.
The two of them flew straight before me and stopped not a foot from my face. They paid me no mind, but faced each other, their wings naught but a blur.
I have no idea what exactly they were communicating to each other in this faceoff. What I do know is that I could have lifted both hands and grabbed each one, so close were they.
The faceoff included a tiny bit of darting toward each other — in front of my face — and in my defense I was startled.
With that, they chased each other up across the sunflowers and into the trees.
I remained in place, stunned by the fierce little hummingbirds who were arguing over the choicest blooms. And I wished I could have filmed the encounter, which lasted fewer than 10 seconds.
A couple of days later, I was back in the garden and heard a hum approach. I glanced up and saw a lone lady hummer gently land atop the cucumber trellis.
She sat there, surveying her domain for the longest time.
She then looped about, disappearing into the garden.
I put away my camera and went back to picking vegetables.


An alert – "Sophos Firewall OS is available now" will appear on the product UI with the link to SF-OS. Alternatively, you can find the same under Upgrade Firmware options on the Cyberoam Customer Portal. Please refer to our Cyberoam to SF-OS Migration Guide for step-wise details.


Eric Redmond has developed the Ruby support for developing Maven 2 mojos.
Great! We have all this support for other languages and we can't even run unit tests in maven2. Surefire is so broken that I gave up on maven2. The maven team needs a lesson in release engineering because i am baffled how at 2.0.1 the product is so buggy. Mind you that they were aware that surefire is not even alpha quality when they released maven 2.0.
When maven was released not all the plugins where fully functional, that way people can try maven and the plugins, that will lead to their release. It's a chicken and egg problem.


TechnicBRICKs: Supercar Deluxe 2 building instructions are now available!
Supercar Deluxe 2 building instructions are now available!
Paul Boratko (Crowkillers) has been working hard in collaboration with Jurgen Krooshoop and Eric Albretch (Blakbird), to produce digital building instructions for his Supercar Deluxe 2.
It has been a long wait, but the instructions are finally ready and you can buy them at Paul's website or through eBay, for the small amount of 10 bucks.
For a 163 pages building instructions, I'd say it is well worth the money! Also you can download from the same place, the BrickStore XML file with the corresponding partlist, that helps you finding the required parts to build this model, on BrickLink.
But get ready... something tell us that Paul's Vampire GT2 building instructions, are also being cooked.


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ROBERT SAXTON: SONG WITHOUT WORDS
MS Short Title	 ROBERT SAXTON: SONG WITHOUT WORDS
Text	 ROBERT SAXTON: SONG WITHOUT WORDS FOR CLARINET AND PIANO, FULL SCORE WORKING AUTOGRAPH WITH SKETCHES
Description	 MS in English on paper, London and Oxford, 2004, 11 pp., 30x42 cm, single column, (26x39 cm), ruled for up to 22 staves, including 8 pp. with extensive sketches, drafts and tone-rows for the work, autograph
Provenance	 1. Robert Saxton, England (2008-2010); 2. The Heslington Foundation, New York (2010); 3. Sotheby's 1.12.2010:110.
Commentary	 Robert Saxton (b. 1953), British composer. Played violin and started to compose at the age of 6. He has been Head of composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and thereafter Head of Composition and Contemporary Music at London's Royal Academy of Music. He is now (2010) Professor of Composition of Worcester College, Oxford, and has recently added the opera "The wandering Jew" to his oeuvre of about 75 compositions.
Place of origin	 London and Oxford