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Tilda is an Adelaide-based actor with some very impressive credits already. Aged just 21 she is well recognised as an incredible performer on both stage and screen. She came in for some updated headshots and we had a really fun shoot in the studio and also working in natural light. Tilly is really lovely and has a very strong presence - confident and relaxed. Interestingly (like many actors) she is less comfortable in front of the stills camera than she'd like to be. We talked about why so many actors find headshots so confronting (maybe I will keep that discussion for another blog post) and I made the session as relaxed and easy as I could, despite the fact that we had a very tight schedule with a lot going on that day.
We had the wonderful Marion Lee doing Tilly's hair and makeup and as usual kept it very very natural. Tilly brought in a fantastic range of tops and dresses for us to choose from, but with such a tight schedule we didn't get to exploit the full range. As with all of my shoots I try to get as much range as possible, and we usually shoot a white background as well. Tilly preferred the grey background as soon as we shot against it, so this time I stuck with that for the studio shots, and then we worked in the back studio where we have beautiful natural light from the roller door. It was fun for me to use a new background we have in the studio (a set of blue doors I've had hinged together and put on wheels), which I think looks beautiful against Tilly's skin tone. We also used a cream-coloured background in the back studio. For a quick session we managed to get a good range of shots from the session, and Tilly is really happy with the images.
I was pleased to have one of the images selected by the Headshot Crew as 'Headshot of the Week', and I hope that Tilly's U.S-based agent is pleased with her new headshots!


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Home UFC News Nate Diaz Calls Conor McGregor's Accomplishment 'Artificial'
Nate Diaz Calls Conor McGregor's Accomplishment 'Artificial'
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Nate Diaz believes McGregor's lightweight title shot was gifted to him by the UFC.
This past weekend at UFC 205, featherweight champion Conor McGregor made history when he defeated lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez to become the promotion's first simultaneous multi-division champ.
Diaz and McGregor met inside the octagon twice this year. Diaz was able to submit McGregor in their first meeting at UFC 196, but dropped a decision to the Irishman the second time around in August at UFC 202.
After winning the rematch, McGregor immediately got a shot at the lightweight title. In an interview with ESPN, Diaz says the title fight turned out as he thought it would, and believes the belt was essentially 'handed' to McGregor.
"I think it is a little bit artificial. It was handed over," Diaz said. "It was good timing for him. He did everything right and they handed it to him … He went into the fight like I expected he would. Especially against that guy. I expected that fight would go exactly like it went."
Fans have been calling for a rubber match between the two ever since the bell sounded to end their second fight. As far as Diaz is concerned, the UFC is doing their best to keep him out of the mix and isn't even sure they want him in the same building as McGregor.
"The UFC didn't even want to give me tickets to this fight," Diaz said. "I was up in the club box and after the fight everyone is turned around looking at me. I'm like, 'it's not my call they're hiding me out up here' I think they gave Nick Jonas my seat.
"It might have been in his contract, 'Don't let Nate Diaz in here because that might start something'."
Diaz says he is still interested in a third fight with McGregor, but isn't about to beg anybody for it. Both fights between the two were record-setting events, ranking as two of the top three events in the companies history.
You'd think with the two of them generating that sort of cash the UFC would be quick to make the rubber match, but Diaz believes he knows what all the hesitation about.
"The UFC knows that is a bad idea for him," Diaz said. "I know what happened in the fight with me and him the last time and he knows what happened and people know what happened."
It wasn't all bad, though. Diaz did have some praise for McGregor and his accomplishments at UFC 205, but feels like calling him the greatest of all time is unwarranted.
"Congratulations to Conor, great job, got the two belts," Diaz said. "Me and him know what happened in the last couple of fights and the greatest of all time stuff, that needs to come to and end. I don't remember any of the greatest of all time getting worked over like the last couple fights."
McGregor's coach has already dropped the seed that he would like to see McGregor and Diaz fight one more time.
Only time will tell if they actually do.
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The Shakhty constituency (No.154) is a Russian legislative constituency in Rostov Oblast. The constituency covers most of coal-mining Eastern Donbass.

Members elected

Election results

1993

|-
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Ivan Bespalov
|align=left|Independent
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|29.15%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Ruben Badalov
|align=left|Independent
| -
|27.60%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
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| 100%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="4" |Source:
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|}

1995

|-
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Vladimir Katalnikov
|align=left|Independent
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|32.64%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Vitaly Linnik
|align=left|Our Home – Russia
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|15.77%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Ivan Bespalov (incumbent)
|align=left|Communist Party
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|14.66%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Oleg Boyarkin
|align=left|Independent
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|8.00%
|-
|style="background-color:#2C299A"|
|align=left|Vladimir Kalinko
|align=left|Congress of Russian Communities
|
|5.54%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Viktor Tkachev
|align=left|Liberal Democratic Party
|
|3.25%
|-
|style="background-color:#D50000"|
|align=left|Vyacheslav Gushchin
|align=left|Communists and Working Russia - for the Soviet Union
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|2.53%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Sergey Shatsky
|align=left|Independent
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|2.52%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Nikolay Shevchenko
|align=left|Independent
|
|2.21%
|-
|style="background-color:#2998D5"|
|align=left|Viktor Demyanchenko
|align=left|Russian All-People's Movement
|
|1.99%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Yevgeny Dulimov
|align=left|Education — Future of Russia
|
|1.94%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Aleksandr Aleksandrov
|align=left|Independent
|
|1.56%
|-
|style="background-color:#000000"|
|colspan=2 |against all
|
|5.13%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
|
| 100%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="4" |Source:
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|}

1999

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! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Vladimir Katalnikov (incumbent)
|align=left|Independent
|
|36.61%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Mikhail Fetisov
|align=left|Independent
|
|22.00%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Vladimir Protsenko
|align=left|Communist Party
|
|16.56%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Sergey Khoroshilov
|align=left|Independent
|
|8.32%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Anatoly Sapronov
|align=left|Independent
|
|2.23%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Anatoly Osovsky
|align=left|Independent
|
|1.43%
|-
|style="background-color:#020266"|
|align=left|Aleksandr Yukhanayev
|align=left|Russian Socialist Party
|
|1.29%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Vladimir Sitnikov
|align=left|Independent
|
|0.91%
|-
|style="background-color:#000000"|
|colspan=2 |against all
|
|8.80%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
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| 100%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="4" |Source:
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|}

2003

|-
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Vladimir Katalnikov (incumbent)
|align=left|Independent
|
|44.66%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Nikolay Kozitsyn
|align=left|Independent
|
|12.21%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Viktor Anpilov
|align=left|Independent
|
|9.85%
|-
|style="background-color:#C21022"|
|align=left|Vitaly Chernyshov
|align=left|Russian Pensioners' Party-Party of Social Justice
|
|7.77%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Igor Malikov
|align=left|Independent
|
|3.72%
|-
|style="background-color:#D50000"|
|align=left|Yury Udovichenko
|align=left|Russian Communist Workers Party-Russian Party of Communists
|
|3.40%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Dmitry Usoltsev
|align=left|Independent
|
|1.12%
|-
|style="background-color:#164C8C"|
|align=left|Vadim Petriyenko
|align=left|United Russian Party Rus'
|
|1.07%
|-
|style="background-color:#000000"|
|colspan=2 |against all
|
|14.13%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
|
| 100%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="4" |Source:
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|}

2016

|-
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:leftt;vertical-align:top;" |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%
|-
| style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Maksim Shchablykin
|align=left|United Russia
|
|61.92%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Gennady Shcherbakov
|align=left|Communist Party
|
|11.64%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Mikhail Sorokin
|align=left|Liberal Democratic Party
|
|10.66%
|-
| style="background-color: " |
|align=left|Nikolay Maslinnikov
|align=left|A Just Russia
|
|5.38%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Georgy Khugayev
|align=left|Communists of Russia
|
|2.60%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Aleksandr Tishchenko
|align=left|Rodina
|
|1.75%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Sergey Sarabyev
|align=left|Patriots of Russia
|
|1.36%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Alfred Minin
|align=left|The Greens
|
|1.06%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Sergey Anipko
|align=left|Civic Platform
|
|0.96%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
|
| 100%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="4" |Source:
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|}

2021

|-
! colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%
|-
| style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Yekaterina Stenyakina
|align=left|United Russia
|
|48.17%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Sergey Shapovalov
|align=left|Communist Party
|
|19.70%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Yury Mezinov
|align=left|A Just Russia — For Truth
|
|8.59%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Aleksandr Kuleshov
|align=left|New People
|
|5.15%
|-
|style="background-color: "|
|align=left|Konstantin Koshlyakov
|align=left|Party of Pensioners
|
|4.58%
|-
|style="background-color:"|
|align=left|Ilya Ptushkin
|align=left|Liberal Democratic Party
|
|4.55%
|-
|style="background-color: " |
|align=left|Vladimir Kalinin
|align=left|Yabloko
|
|3.45%
|-
|style="background-color: "|
|align=left|Vladimir Bashmakov
|align=left|Russian Party of Freedom and Justice
|
|3.34%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
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| 100%
|-
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="4" |Source:
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Notes

References

Russian legislative constituencies
Politics of Rostov Oblast

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Nov. 30, 2020 11:42AM EST
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Tanzanian Artist Ommy Dimpoz Releases 'Dede' & Energetic Music Video
Tanzanian artist Ommy Dimpoz has dropped his latest track 'Dede' featuring DJ Tira, Dladla Mshunqisi and Prince Bulo in addition to an energetic music video.
Tanzanian artist Ommy Dimpoz has dropped his latest track "Dede" featuring South African musicians DJ Tira, gqom artist Dladla Mshunqisi and Prince Bulo. The vibrant track is an interesting mixture of a contemporary Tanzanian soundscape and a strong South African dance music flavour. The track is the official follow-up to several other bangers the artist has released in the past including his debut studio number titled "Nai Nai" and featuring Alikiba, "Mama" featuring Christian Bella as well as "Me N You" featuring Tanzanian songstress, Vanessa Mdee among several others.
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The music video for "Dede" is as vibrant and upbeat as the track itself with ebullient backdrops and energetic choreography at the fore. It will certainly have you wanting to get onto the dance floor and bust out a few moves. Streetwear meets luxurious fashion sensibilities in the seamless visuals with a particularly striking scene of pantsula dancers clad in eclectic outfits. Pantsula dance is one of South Africa's most popular dance genres and "originates in the Black townships of Johannesburg dating back to the 1950s," according to OkayAfrica's Sabelo Mkhabela.
This past September, Ommy Dimpoz signed a major deal with Sony Music Entertainment Africa with Managing Director of the record label, Sean Watson, saying in a press release, "It's a proud moment having an artist of Ommy's calibre make the decision to partner with us at Sony." Watson also went on to add that, "We're excited about joining forces with him to bring his amazing music to the ears of as many fans as we can."
We're certainly keeping an eye out on this artist and what promises to be an explosive music career.
Watch the music video for "Dede" below:
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Artwork: Barthélémy Toguo Lockdown Selfportrait 10, 2020. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Goes to Paris in 2021
The longstanding celebration of African art will be hosted by Parisian hot spot Christie's for the first time ever.
In admittedly unideal circumstances, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will be touching French soil in 2021. The internationally celebrated art fair devoted to contemporary art from Africa and the African diaspora will be hosted in Paris, France from January 20 - 23. With COVID-19 still having its way around the globe, finding new ways to connect is what it's all about and 1-54 is certainly taking the innovative steps to keep African art alive and well.
In partnership with Christie's, the in-person exhibits will take place at the auction house's city HQ at Avenue Matignon, while 20 international exhibitors will be featured online at Christies.com. And the fun doesn't stop there as the collaboration has brought in new ways to admire the talent from participating galleries from across Africa and Europe. The fair's multi-disciplinary program of talks, screenings, performances, workshops, and readings are set to excite and entice revelers.
Artwork: Delphine Desane Deep Sorrow, 2020. Courtesy Luce Gallery
The tech dependant program, curated by Le 18, a multi-disciplinary art space in Marrakech medina, will see events take place during the Parisian run fair, followed by more throughout February.
This year's 1-54 online will be accessible to global visitors virtually, following the success of the 2019's fair in New York City and London in 2020. In the wake of COVID-19 related regulations and public guidelines, 1-54 in collaboration with Christie's Paris is in compliance with all national regulations, strict sanitary measures, and security.
Artwork: Cristiano Mongovo Murmurantes Acrilico Sobre Tela 190x200cm 2019
1-54 founding director Touria El Glaoui commented, "Whilst we're sad not to be able to go ahead with the fourth edition of 1-54 Marrakech in February as hoped, we are incredibly excited to have the opportunity to be in Paris this January with our first-ever fair on French soil thanks to our dedicated partners Christie's. 1-54's vision has always been to promote vibrant and dynamic contemporary art from a diverse set of African perspectives and bring it to new audiences, and what better way of doing so than to launch an edition somewhere completely new. Thanks to the special Season of African Culture in France, 2021 is already set to be a great year for African art in the country so we are excited to be playing our part and look forward, all being well, to welcoming our French friends to Christie's and many more from around the world to our online fair in January."
Julien Pradels, General Director of Christie's France, said, "Christie's is delighted to announce our second collaboration with 1-54, the Contemporary African Art Fair, following a successful edition in London this October. Paris, with its strong links to the continent, is a perfect place for such a project and the additional context of the delayed Saison Africa 2020 makes this partnership all the more special. We hope this collaboration will prove a meaningful platform for the vibrant African art scene and we are confident that collectors will be as enthusiastic to see the works presented, as we are."
Artwork: Kwesi Botchway Metamorphose in July, 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery 1957
Here's a list of participating galleries to be on the lookout for:
31 PROJECT (Paris, France)
50 Golborne (London, United Kingdom)
Dominique Fiat (Paris, France)
Galerie 127 (Marrakech, Morocco)
Galerie Anne de Villepoix (Paris, France)
Galerie Cécile Fakhoury (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire/ Dakar, Senegal)
Galerie Eric Dupont (Paris, France)
Galerie Lelong & Co. (Paris, France / New York, USA)
Galerie Nathalie Obadia (Paris, France / Brussels, Belgium)
Galleria Continua (Beijing, China / Havana, Cuba / Les Moulins, France / San Gimignano, Italy / Rome, Italy)
Gallery 1957 (Accra, Ghana / London, United Kingdom)
Loft Art Gallery (Casablanca, Morocco)
Luce Gallery (Turin, Italy)
MAGNIN-A (Paris, France)
Nil Gallery (Paris, France)
POLARTICS (Lagos, Nigeria)
SEPTIEME Gallery (Paris, France)
This is Not a White Cube (Luanda, Angola) THK Gallery (Cape Town, South Africa) Wilde (Geneva, Switzerland)
For more info visit 1-54
Listen to Sibusile Xaba's New Jazz Single 'Umdali'
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    <item>@string/item_5</item>
    <item>@string/item_6</item>

This string array is used to display data in RecyclerView. I want to display a textview alongside with item_4, Is it possible?  How to make it?

A: From Activity Pass this list to RecyclerView adapter
try {
      String[] array = getApplicationContext().getResources().getStringArray(R.array.my_array);
      List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
      list = Arrays.asList(array);

      //pass this list to RecyclerView adapter

    }catch (Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}

A: In your onBindViewHolder method just put a check for the element you want to display differently and do what you want to do with it.

A: Some solutions:
1.- You can concat a string to the 4th item when you check the position in the onBindViewHolder.
2.- You can create a layout and inflate it on onCreateViewHolder which has two textViews one for the items and one for the text that will go next to it. When you detect that you need to show the second textview change the content and the visibility of the textview.
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/items"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textViewNextToItemOfChoice"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:visibility="gone" />
</LinearLayout>

Then on code you just change the visibility of textview "textViewNextToItemOfChoice" and the content of it.
I think you should make an object (You own model) instead of using just an array of string to populate the list. In that way you can create an object with 2 Strings and in the adapter when you check if it has both string you  show them.

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Our restaurant offers Italian dishes. Our fragrant and colorful dishes are based mainly on the Mediterranean diet. The products are fresh and each flavor stands out with power. Our chef brings to life dishes that are both traditional and sought after.
For the first time, we can not recommend too much: The antipasti, that we serve as an appetizer or appetizer, but many love as a dish.
The main dish of Italian cuisine: pasta, served with local products: "spaghetti con verdure", "Taglioni with truffles" or even "penne al pesto".
A hearty and poetic brusch with ciabatta bread.
As for the desserts, it is difficult not to succumb to tiramisu or Panettone way French toast, accompanied by a scoop of ice cream, or babas al limoncello.
And for the end? Good coffee, story to close, with panache, this meal neat and more than successful.
Here, people mix and discuss, naturally. The boss will welcome you with open arms. You will have a good time. Enjoy and revitalize around beautiful plates.
If you come on weekends, remember to book your table.


Known as the 'Roof of Africa' due to its elevation, Ethiopia offers some diverse sights – from churches carved out of stone to stunning, lush mountain views, and wildlife such as the rare Ethiopian wolf. Uncover some of the best sides of the country (and where you can find them) in this Ethiopia travel guide.
The Simien range consists of several large plateaux divided by large river valleys and is one of Africa's largest mountain ranges. Three of Ethiopia's endemic large mammals are resident in the Simiens; the gelada monkey, the Walia ibex and the rare Ethiopian wolf.
A small and lowly town surrounded by dry hills, Axum is the reputed home of the Queen of Sheba, the Ark of the Covenant and the magnificent stele.
Lalibela, the 'New Jerusalem', was built by King Lalibela 'with the help of angels' in the 12th century, and is a world heritage site comprising 11 incredible rock-hewn churches.
This large town is on the southern shore of Lake Tana and has palm-lined avenues and pretty lakeside vistas. Nearby is the Blue Nile Falls and some impressive island monasteries, accessed by boat.
Arba Minch is situated by Lake Chamo and Abaya, the most southerly of Ethiopia's Rift Valley lakes. It is the base to explore Chencha, home to the Dorze people (famed for their beehive shaped houses and their weaving skills) and Nech Sar Park.
The northern historical circuit is the country's most visited region, and encompasses Axum, Lalibela, Gondar and Bahar Dar, which can easily be combined into an inspiring one-week itinerary. The most famous site on the northern route is Lalibela, the 'new Jerusalem', which was built by King Lalibela 'with the help of angels' in the 12th century. Also in the north, although less visited, are the rock-hewn churches of Tigray, accessed from Mekelle.
Ethiopia has two highland national parks – the Simien mountains in the north is a region of jagged peaks and incredible mountain views, and is known for its endemic walia ibex (mountain goat) and gelada mountain monkeys. Meanwhile, the wild alpine scenery of the Bale Massif National Park in the south-east is the favoured habitat of Ethiopian wolves and is the best place in Ethiopia to spot endemic birds.
South-west of Arba Minch is the Omo valley, home to a diverse array of ancient tribal cultures, the most well known being the Mursi, Karo, Benna and Hamer tribes. This area is best explored by road with a driver-guide in a 4x4 vehicle. Stop en route to explore local villages, markets and museums, and visit the colourful market day at Key Afar.
This 40 million year old valley runs from Syria to Mozambique and hosts a diverse mix of scenery and lakes. Journey south of Addis and you reach a cluster of lakes perfect for birdwatching – Shala, Abiata and Langano. Swim in Langano, or spend a couple of nights in a lakeside lodge, ideal for a spot of relaxation.
Ehtiopia celebrates a number of Christian orthodox festivals – from the Timkat festival in Gondar, to Meskel in Addia Ababa and Hidar Tsion in Axum, each of these festivals provide a jubilant atmosphere and a chance to gain an insight into the country's fascinating culture.
See Ethiopia come alive in this image and video gallery, showing off some of the best areas that you can visit and explore.
Discover the temperatures and rainfall you can expect when visiting the main areas of Ethiopia, along with the best time to travel.


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Cote de Pablo (Santiago de Chile, 1979. november 12.–) chilei származású amerikai színésznő. Legismertebb alakítása az NCIS című televíziós sorozatban Ziva David.
Egy kislány gyermeke van.

Élete
Cote de Pablo 1979. november 12-én született a chilei Santiagóban Francisco de Pablo és María Olga Fernández gyermekeként. Tízévesen elköltözött Miamiba, miután anyja állást vállalt egy spanyol nyelvű tévécsatornánál. Először az Arvida Middle School-ba iratkozott be Miami-ban, majd később, mikor Pittsburgh-be költözött, a Carnegie Mellon University-ben tanult tovább. 2000-ben lediplomázott, majd színházi színészetet tanult.

Színészi pályafutása
2000-ben Cote feltűnt különböző színházi előadásokban, mint például: Indiscretions, The Fantasticks, The House of Bernarda Alba. 2004-ben vezette a Control TV show-t, a születési nevén (María José de Pablo), az Enternainment Tonight házigazdájával, Carlos Ponce-val. Ez volt az első TV-s szereplése. 2001-ben Cote feltűnt a New York City Public Theater színpadján, egy Shakespeare drámában, és később még más tévés szerepekben. Szerepelt a Latina-ban, a rövid életű The Education of Max Bickford-ban, és a The Jury-ban.

NCIS
2005-ben, a 3. évadtól csatlakozott az NCIS szereplőgárdájához mint Ziva David, izraeli Moszad összekötő tiszt. De Pablo úgy írta le a karakterét, hogy valaki aki "teljesen különbözik a többi szereplőtől", mert "férfiak között volt egész életében, férfiak parancsoltak neki. Nem fél a férfiaktól." 2013-ban, a 11. évad 2. részét követően kiszállt a sorozatból.

Filmográfia
 2009. The Last Rites of Ransom Pride - (Bruja)
 2005-2013. NCIS - (Ziva David)
 2004. The Jury - (Marguerite Cisneros)
 2002. ToCA Race Driver - (Melanie Sanchez - hang)
 1994. Control

Jegyzetek

További információk

 Cote de Pablo a TV.com oldalain
 Cote de Pablo a CBS oldalán

Amerikai színészek
1979-ben született személyek
Élő személyek
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An interesting combination of naan and pizza.
To make the tomato spread, heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add garlic, tomatoes, salt, garam masala powder, red chilli powder, tomato sauce and kasuri methi. Mix well and cook till thick.
To make the paneer topping, heat oil in another non-stick pan. Add onion and sauté till golden. Reduce the heat and add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder.
Mix well and add tomato puree, ginger-garlic paste, both the capsicums and tomato. Mix well and cook for a minute. Add paneer and kasuri methi, mix well and remove from heat.
Mix all the ingredients of the yogurt chutney and set aside. Brush the naans with one teaspoon oil. Spread some tomato spread, covering well till the edges.
Sprinkle some pizza cheese and spread paneer topping. Sprinkle some cheese again. Place the naan in the heated Grill Pan for fifteen minutes or till the edges of the naan turn brown.
Remove, cut into rectangular pieces and serve hot with yogurt chutney.


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Even Firefighters Need Heroes
Greg Stinnett
Zach Adam #10, Cedric Bailey #4, Gerryl Bennett #2, Antonio Cabrera #22, Zach Cambier #13, Cejay Ceniza #29, Christian Clapp #11, Brice Clements #85, Chris Cunningham #99, Travis Cunningham #90, Nchong Enokenwa #0, Donald Eredia #81, Darius Gantt #18, Derrick Garrett #44, Jerrell Garrett #55, Collin Garrod #8, Jason Gathing #25, Trey Gilleo #69, Joe Haas #7, Ryan Heise #72, Tremayne Jackson #5, Cody Johnson #1, Nick Kelesis #78, Mathew Kravetz #53, Jefferson Lippitt #0, Steve McNair #75, Markeyce Moore #45, Joe Ortega #3, Eric Peeples #20, Waylon Philpot #43, Harrison Porter #9, Sean Reilly #14, Keenan Sanders #12, Joshua Simms #77, Jerry Sulek #95, Derrick Turner #52, Jace Turner #87, Martin Urriola #50, Lionel Vincent #24, Stephen White #20, Remond Willis #41 and Alexander Zendejas #58
The men in the picture here turned an idea into a reality. They are police and corrections officers from various bureaus, many of whom did not know each other prior to this team being created. They have formed a bond that will last a lifetime.
They paved the way for our Department to reincarnate a long-lost tradition. While doing so, they afforded themselves an opportunity to once again play a sport they love. The benefactors of this team were many.
The Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (LEAF) received monies to further its mission of supporting the children of our fallen officers.
The Children's Heart Foundation received a much-needed donation to further its mission of funding congenital heart defect research.
Our families and our community were able to gather to watch Las Vegas's first responders play what is arguably this nation's favorite sport.
The student–athletes of Bonanza High School's football program directly benefited from a monetary donation that will further advance the youth program and help purchase equipment. Equally important was the opportunity they had to interact with police and corrections officers on a level they otherwise would never have had. I can tell you it was a benefit to us as much as it was to them.
On the day of the game, I asked the student–athletes, all of whom volunteered to help, what we could do for them. The only thing they asked from us was to watch them play their homecoming game. It was a humbling request and one that we are excited to honor.
Our community will directly benefit as well. A coach who volunteered his time to make this team and game a success found an interest in our profession and is currently in the testing process to become a police officer. I will go further into detail in a future article as it's an incredible story.
I have always believed, and I have told anyone who will listen, that if you can make a positive impact on just one person's life, you have had a great career. These men do that daily as cops and corrections officers. I just wanted to remind you all.
Well done, gents!
I would like to introduce you to the men who made this happen: the 2022 LVMPD/LVPPA football team.


The quality of service and hospitality at Hotel Gasthof Zum Ochsen Ehingen has been identified as outstanding based on consistently high customer review ratings.
Hotel Gasthof Zum Ochsen Ehingen has achieved a score of 79 / 100 based on 15 customer reviews and has therefore qualified to receive an Outstanding Service Award from Go Hotels.
Set on a pedestrian street in a quaint white home dating from 1630, this cozy guesthouse with a restaurant is 4 minutes' walk from Ehingen-Donau train station, 1.3 km from Schmiech river and 10 km from Golfclub Donau-Riss.
The bright, streamlined rooms and the suite come with free Wi-Fi, satellite TV and en suite bathrooms; some units are golf-themed. Upgraded rooms add pull-out sofas, while the suite offers additional living space. There is no air-conditioning.
Free amenities include a breakfast buffet and parking. There's also a polished eatery offering regional fare and a seasonal beer garden, plus occasional cooking classes.


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Mapei Sport es un centro de medicina deportiva con sede en Castellanza (Varese, Lombardía, Italia) dedicado a la aplicación de la ciencia en el deporte. Sus actividades incluyen la investigación y la divulgación.

Fue fundado en 1996 por Giorgio Squinzi, presidente de Mapei, para que se encargara de la preparación de sus corredores del equipo Mapei. Tras la desaparición de la escuadra al finalizar la temporada 2002, el centro siguió operativo. Desde entonces ha tenido entre sus clientes a deportistas de distintas disciplinas, y cuenta con el certificado ISO 9001:2008 de calidad.

El doctor Aldo Sassi fue el principal responsable de la institución desde su creación en 1996 hasta su fallecimiento en diciembre de 2010.

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Redback wrote: My first Boxer, previous to this were F650GS single, K100RS and K100, loved all of them, rode around Europe for 6mths on my K100 naked.
Going through some old bike pics and found one of my K100. Great bike. My first BM.
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I've still got one .
Wow, the European models had a right hand side stand . That actually looks really nice Baz. I wouldn't mind one instead of the RS.
Mine was a good winter bike as ya got a real hot blast from the radiator. no good in a city in summer, Ya legs roasted.
Ive seen a few pics of them turned into GS style and they dont look bad. Well some dont others look pretty average.
Ive got my sons Husky 510 here with a blown motor and was thinking about putting another motor in it but I reckon with a lil bit of work the front end could be made to fit a K100 but ya would have to just about get it given to ya to make it worth while.
Nothing too radical. But id ride this. I like what they have done with the front guard, Ill have to have a look at mine and see if I can come up with some thing similar.


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Here is my code that opens the container of my pop up:
//open page
$('.single-page').on('click', function() {
  var selectedProject = $(this),
  toggle = !selectedProject.hasClass('is-full-width');
  if (toggle) toggleProject($(this), $('.page-container'), toggle);
});

A: $('#popup').show().scrollTop(0);

$('#popup').animate({ scrollTop: (0) }, 'slow');

refere link : https://www.w3schools.com/jquery/css_scrolltop.asp
I think it is scroll issue when toggle(open/close) second time it opens with previous scrolled position
FIX :  scroll to top postion on toggle each time is one option


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SEARCHING FOR THE DETAILS AND MISSING THE BIGGER PICTURE
The minor parties are not publically speaking about what lies behind the bigger picture of the Governments narratives. WHY NOT???
UN NEWS 2022…The Green Party welcomes the next steps towards implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Aotearoa, and calls on the Government to get on with the mahi of upholding Tangata Whenua rights.
"Implementing UNDRIP has been a long time coming, especially as Aotearoa was one of the last countries to support it, even though Māori helped write it, so let's just get on with the mahi and do what Māori have consistently said for decades," says Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, spokesperson for Māori Development.
"Thousands were involved in the consultations for Matike Mai; these voices form the foundations of the whare that we need to build together here in Aotearoa.
"These practical steps to uphold Tangata Whenua rights through the implementation of UNDRIP are important, and the feedback clearly shows this requires a restoration of tino rangatiratanga. This should form the basis of our journey towards constitutional transformation.
PLEASE CLICK IN THE IMAGE ABOVE THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO MY RUMBLE VIDEO ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.
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ARDERN AND HER POLITICAL CRONIES (34)
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The implementation of a co-governance structure between Crown (Govt) and Iwi prioritises the Water Working Group for the Ha...
And Stakeholder Capitalism is likely to fail again. Klaus Schwab founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Foru...
Climate Alarmism
AUSTRALIAN OPPOSITION HAS MORE BACKBONE THAT NZ POLITICAL CRONIES IN THE TOILET BOWL OF WELLINGTON
CLIMATE CHANGE: Australian Summit held a meeting on 29th March 2022 as to a matte...
Thought you might find this Web Page:- https://wakeupnz.org/blog/searching-for-the-details-and-missing-the-bigger-picture/ interesting.


I bought this yesterday because of Khloe K. No doubt she's my fav Kardashian. I just love her honesty and how she doesn't give a hoot about anything. I like people who don't take themselves too serious because that's the kind of person I am.
In the mag, she talks about how she's being constantly compared to her sisters, the rumors of her having a different father, her marriage, etc. Aside that, the mag is full of good stories and goodies. I mean take a glance at the cover!!
Least I forget! COSMOPOLITAN is holding a Blog's Award 2013 and you (Bloggers) can enter or you can nominate someone whom you think deserves it. There're a lot of categories which includes Best Craft Blog, Best Travel Blog, Best Vlog, Best New Beauty Blog, Next's Best Newcomer, etc. I've even entered and and you can do so too. There's no harm in trying lovelies..
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I've got the badge on my blog so please click on it to vote for me. I'm pretty new to this so I'm gunning for Newcomer 🙂 Lemme know if you want me to vote for you as well please.
I love the exaggeration of this gown on the model.
Kim K has been getting a lot of criticism for feeble reason lately and its really sad to read it sometimes. I mean the lady is pregnant. People should really give her a break!! Anywhos I think she looks fabulous for someone who is preggo!
Everybody meet the Ghanaian Actress Joselyn Dumas. She has a mad hips..hehe!!
Check her out in this video of Lynxxx's Fine Lady.
Hope you enjoyed this post lovelies. Till then, stay bless!


CVS Pharmacy is requiring all employees to submit their weight, body fat, cholesterol and other vitals if they use the company's health plan. If they refuse to submit the information, they will be charged an additional $50 per month for their insurance. On one hand, with rising health insurance costs, I can understand why they want this, but on the other hand, it's very scary and brings up many privacy issues. Employees that agree to have a health screening will see no change in their insurance costs, but refusing the screenings will cost them. By the way, paying $50 a month more for insurance works to $600 per year.
The employees are being asked to provide this information by May 1, 2014 or risk paying more for the company health plan if they refuse. Needless to say, privacy advocates are up in arms over this policy and believe information like weight and body fat is personal information that does not have to be shared. What are they going to do with that information?
Once this information is obtained, you know it is going into a giant database, which means that information could get into the wrong hands and that is what everyone is reeling about and some fear this will lead to the company firing sick workers.
Patient Privacy Rights founder Dr. Deborah Peel said, "The approach they're taking is based on the assumption that somehow these people need a whip, they need to be penalized in order to make themselves healthy." Peel added that "It's technology-enhanced discrimination on steroids."
The information will be obtained through health screenings that CVS says are voluntary, but if you don't want to pay an additional $600 a year for insurance, you really have no choice. CVS also says the company will never see the results and their goal is to help employees take more responsibility for improving their health and managing health costs.
One of the big questions I have is what happens to an employee whose health screening revealed they were at high risk of having a heart attack or stroke? They could be fired, according to some advocates and that is scary.
Just because someone's cholesterol is high, does not automatically mean their health is in danger...a lot of that has more to do with genetics than anything else. I personally would pay the $50 a month and tell them to shove their health screening. I don't want my personal information in some database that could cost me my present job, or keep me from getting a new job. It just feels very wrong. This will be a raging debate for sure.


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Three to Tango (1999)

reviewed by
Ian Waldron-Mantgani

 Three to Tango     1/2

Rated on a 4-star scale
Screening venue: Odeon (Liverpool City Centre)
Released in the UK by Warner Bros. on June 30, 2000; certificate 12; 98
minutes; country of origin USA; aspect ratio 1.85:1

Directed by Damon Santostefano; produced by Bobby Newmyer, Jeffrey Silver,
Bettina Sofia Viviano.
Written by Aline Brosh McKenna, Rodney Vaccaro.
Photographed by Walt Lloyd; edited by Stephen Semel.

CAST.....
Matthew Perry..... Oskar Novak
Neve Campbell..... Amy Post
Dylan McDermott..... Charles Newman
Oliver Platt..... Peter Steinberg
Cylk Cozart..... Kevin Cartwright
John C. McGinley..... Strauss
Bob Babalan..... Decker
Deborah Rush..... Lenore

I've had slightly over a week to consider "Three to Tango", and the
realisation hits me that it must not be called useless. This is a movie that
will satisfy the curiosity of anyone wondering what it's like to be stuck in
the cold next to a drunken alien at a bus stop for an hour and a half, who
laughs at his own bad jokes despite the fact they don't have logical
progression or punch lines.

I myself have never fantasised about that particular experience, and
therefore found the movie an ordeal. The plot has nothing to do with aliens,
but might as well have done, so strange are the actions of its humans.
Matthew Perry stars as Oskar Novak, an architect asked by a millionaire
client (Dylan McDermott) to make sure his mistress (Neve Campbell) doesn't
get up to any mischief when out of sight. McDermott feels safe in this
because he thinks that Perry is gay.

What we have here is yet another example of what James Blish called the Idiot
Plot -- a story that would be over in a second if anybody in it had an
inkling of brainpower. Dialogue tortuously contrives to avoid stumbling on
the obvious truth that Perry ain't homosexual. McDermott and Campbell
inexplicably laugh him off when he tries to clear matters up. And then later
Perry gives a newspaper interview about the difficulties of being a gay
professional -- why??

Much of the humour in "Three to Tango" is based around misunderstandings.
Aside from the central dilemma, there are countless scenes where people
mistake innocent suggestions for sexual propositions, such as when a
secretary overhears Perry and his business associate (Oliver Platt) tell each
other "We're partners, and proud of it!", or Perry when idly asks a guy at a
party "What are you doing later?" Ho, ho, ho. This sort of thing could have
been made funny in the 1930s, when there was more of a naivete to cinema, but
now that trends of filmmaking and acting edge so much closer to realism,
onscreen stupidity is rarely amusing and often embarrassing.

Nothing in "Three to Tango" makes sense. It's weird. Perry gets home to find
Platt dancing around his apartment, sniffing his fingers and displaying a
spiky hairdo. "What are you doing?" Perry asks. Platt's answer: "I was
bored!"  Previously, we opened on shot of them walking down a street chanting
animal noises, to psyche themselves up for work. The most inane moment comes
when Perry runs through town, chickens are thrown at him from offscreen, by
no one, for no reason. He stops, looks at the camera, and carries on running.
What was going on in the mind of the director when he ordered those chickens
thrown? Did he really think it would have us rolling in the ailes?

I will resist making a cheap crack about the main actors being television
stars, because they've done good work in movies before, and there's just no
opportunity for them to breathe life into this indefensible material. One
more oddity to wonder about, though: where does the title come from? There
are either two or five main characters, depending on how you look at it, but
not three. I can picture the story conferences, where savvy executives no
doubt realised that if they were going to greenlight a project in which
nothing made sense, it couldn't do any more harm to name it after an
unrelated song.

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present, India and the US share an extensive and expanding cultural, strategic,
military, and economic relationship which is in the phase of
implementing confidence building measures (CBM) to overcome the legacy
of trust deficit – brought about by adversarial US foreign
policies and multiple instances of technology denial – which have
plagued the relationship over several decades. Unrealistic expectations after
the conclusion of the 2008 U.S.–India Civil Nuclear Agreement (which underestimated
negative public opinion regarding the long-term viability of nuclear power
generation and civil-society endorsement for contractual guarantees on
safeguards and liability) has given way to pragmatic realism and refocus on
areas of cooperation which enjoy favorable political and electoral consensus.
recent developments include the rapid growth of India's economy, closer ties
between the Indian and American industries especially in the Information and
communications technology (ICT), engineering and medical sectors, an informal
alliance to manage an increasingly assertive China, robust
cooperation on counter-terrorism, the deterioration of U.S.-Pakistan relations, easing of export controls over
dual-use goods & technologies (99% of licenses applied for are now
approved), and reversal of long-standing American opposition to India's
strategic program.
Income creation in the USA through knowledge-based employment by Asian
Indians has outpaced every other ethnic group according to U.S. Census data.
Indian American households are the most prosperous in the USA with a median
revenue of US$100,000, followed by Chinese Americans at US$65000. The average
household revenue in the USA is US$50000.
February 2017, Indian ambassador to the U.S. Navtej Sarna
hosted a reception for the National Governors Association (NGA), which was attended by
the Governors of 25 states and senior representatives of 3 more states. This
was the first time such an event has occurred. Explaining the reason for the
gathering, Virginia Governor and NGA Chair Terry McAuliffe
stated that "India is America's greatest strategic partner". He
further added, "We clearly understand the strategic importance of India,
of India-US relations. As we grow our 21st century economy, India has been so
instrumental in helping us build our technology, medical professions. We
recognize a country that has been such a close strategic ally of the US. That's
why we the Governors are here tonight." McAuliffe, who has visited India
15 times, also urged other Governors to visit the country with trade
delegations to take advantage of opportunities.
Furthermore,
the current President Donald Trump has also been very vocal in the support of
India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also made various trips to
America during his tenure. His drive to encourage US investment in India with
projects like "Make in India" have proven to attract more attention towards
India, along with more foreign investment.
India's relationship with USA is likely to
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Q: Cannot remove a specific diacritical mark I'm trying to remove all diacritical marks from a string during a validation (for more background, see below). In order to do that, I'm using the following code:
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My problem is this doesn't work for the character "ø" , which stays as is. After looking the character class "InCombiningDiacriticalMarks" up, I found this question: What built-in regex character classes are supported Java
This lead me to the official unicode list of everything considered a diacritical mark, here: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0300.pdf , and the code point 0338 seems to match "ø" pretty well.
Am I missing something, or is the character class "InCombiningDiacriticalMarks" not fully supported in java?

As to WHY I need this, some background:
I'm sending data containing scandinavian characters to the outside, and when they send the data back, they have the funny habit of removing or even replacing diacritical marks (e.g. ø becomes ö). I tried to make them do it right, but just won't, and I have no way of forcing them to.
So in order to compare the data to verify what was sent is what we get back, I have to remove all diacritical marks to avoid a ton of false positives.

A: So just like Jesper mentioned, the problem is that the character "ø" is NOT an "o" with a diacritical mark, but is considered a full-fledged character that can itself take diacritical marks, like the "ø̈" in "Grø̈nland" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98).
As a result, the only way to programmatically convert "ø" to "o" (which is what I needed) is to explicitly replace "ø" with "o". The method mentionned above therefore becomes:
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Originally Posted by AmericanPride
I respectfully disagree on this point. Saddam Hussein ruthlessly suppressed everyone and his government included a large number of high ranking Shias. The absence of sectarian conflict is what enabled the Hussein government to function. This false narrative is part of the current problem in formulating an effective response and it's part of the cause of Iraq's instability in the first place since the US administration actively institutionalized sectarian differences in the post-Hussein political system. Sustainable democratic governance is not created through active division of the population.
AP, you could be right. However, I think that history has demonstrated in Iraq, Syria, and even places like Kosovo that, in places where there are traditional sectarian differences that have been suppressed via extreme cohesion, once that suppressive force is released those old hatreds surface with a vengeance. Until they are properly addressed, there will be no peace.
However, I will argue against your ideas that sustainable democratic governance is not created through active division of the population. I believe that democracy is easier to achieve where there are bonds that hold the target population together. The idea of power sharing is easier to accept where there is not already a strong distrust. There is trust among homogenous groups. I believe that democracy is actually easier to achieve in a homogenous population than in a sectarian one. I believe the research on the matter will back me up. Again, see http://warontherocks.com/2014/05/dem...obayashi-maru/.
AmericanPride
Originally Posted by TheCurmudgeon
That's true to an extent. But "traditional sectarian differences" implies that they not inherent and that they are mutable. The escalation and descalation of conflict goes through phases over time and across generations; some time periods better or worse than others. Each of those countries you cited have long periods of both, and in the eras of peaceful co-existence normalcy consisted of mixed neighborhoods and marriages, and significant cross-cultural polination. Ethnicity is a specific frame not always correctly selected and accurately applied, and sometimes, like the recent conflict in Iraq, it takes on a life of its own after some instigatation. This is actually true in nearly all instances of intensifying inter-ethnic conflict, including cases of genocide. Once one group decides to seize power for itself (or is placed into power by an external force), the situation compels all other groups to act accordingly. Identifying division is an act of alienation in itself, and institutionalizing it in the political system invariably leads to conflict since someone is always the out-group. This is what the United States did in Iraq by attempting legitimize in law the religious differences of the population. It's a structural problem, not a cultural one.
"Those old hatreds" did not "surface with a vengeance" in Syria, Iraq, and Kosovo until instigated by intervention. In the case of Iraq, it was the failure of the Bush administration to replace the Hussein regime with an effective government - instead, the CPA dismantled government entirely starting with the security forces and administration. And we held on to the narrative of Baathists = Sunnis = repressive minority to justify their legal alienation in the new political system. And in Syria, it was the instigation of armed groups through US allies while the US itself worked diligently to destablize the Assad regime, obstructing Syria's ability to actually keep its civil society together.
There's a reason why the West has generally abolished laws distinguishing rights and priveleges on the basis of race or religion.
The "bonds" do not necessarily have to be cultural or ethnic. This is a narrative imposed on the majority on the minority to justify the exclusion of the minority from the political process. Those in power do not want to share and deliberately create filters through which to distribute power - this often comes down to ethnicity, religion, race, and so on. The power of a democratic society is not created by its homogenieity but through its plurality in which all groups (or alliance of groups) have similar levels of power and access to power. This is why successful power sharing agreements distribute power rather than separate those seeking it.
Maliki's refusal to share power is invitation by other groups to contest it. The problem is complicated because the most empowered opponents have been so radicalized by the trauma of the War in Iraq, the Arab Spring, and the War in Syria, that the two sides are light years apart in their political positions. Our policy in Iraq and Syria has more or less propelled Al Qaeda from a marginal terrorist threat to one of the most robust movements in the Middle East in decades. It was not sectarian differences that created this problem, but the many years of violence and instability by our failure to create a stable government in Iraq in 2003.
Our policy in Iraq and Syria has more or less propelled Al Qaeda from a marginal terrorist threat to one of the most robust movements in the Middle East in decades. It was not sectarian differences that created this problem, but the many years of violence and instability by our failure to create a stable government in Iraq in 2003.
I disagree in general, but this comment I find odd. The key players now, ISIS, are not AQ. They have deliberately separated themselves from that organization, which probably had it height of power in 2006 and has been on the decline ever since. I am not sure our policy (other than our occupation of traditional Islamic lands) has done much to alter that groups opinion of us.
We might have been able to create a stable government in Iraq, but it would not have been democratic. The odds against that were 1725 to 1, and estimates were that it would've taken 50 years of active support. I think it was a pipe dream that we could recreate the middle east in our own likeness. Worse, it was not even a well thought out pipe dream. It was stupidity on the highest level. A massive waste of blood and treasure. The best thing we did was leave that country. It is folly now to think that we are going to save it.
We destroyed Iraq. Humpty-Dumpty cannot be put back together again. Perhaps we only accelerated what would have happened eventually. I cannot say. But I think that better tactics in targeting or a more effective aerial bombing campaign is not going to fix the political realities on the ground.
1. I don't think the statistical evidence supports the theory that "airpower alone" is a practical strategy; now if we're looking at producing specific political outcomes then I suppose that, in theory, under some conditions airpower alone could be successful. I'm not aware of any examples of this, however.
2. Is ISIS a 'system' or a 'network'? Does the distinction matter? In a system, you destroy a component or sub-component in order to produce failure in the system as a whole. In a network, if you destroy a component or sub-component, the rest of the network still operates. And there is an argument to be made that any organic organization is not a system, but a network.
3. The problem with ISIS is that it represents a fundamental contradiction in American foreign policy in the Middle East and the difficulty is in deciding which component of our policy should be discarded.
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1-Your right on this point. Which is why Warden points out in the PPT that the Peace plan comes first then the War Plan then decide if you need an Air plan or an Army,Navy,Marine plan, etc. However the overthrow of Guatamala in 1954 was accomplished by Airpower and Airpower alone after the Army plan failed, but of course that never happened since it was a CIA Air Force that was used.;)
2-It is a system and it does matter. Simply attacking a personnel Network(Ring #4 IMO) is not going to get you the results you want, especially in War. This is a point that is often overlooked about Warden's rings, he has always maintained that you need to do something to ALL of the rings as close to Parallel as possible depending on your available resources. Attacking in Parallel hellps with the fact that war is the most unpredictable and dangerous activity that man engages in so it is best not to take chances.
3-I pretty much agree with this one, so has Warden, you can hear part of that in the radio interview when he talks about Left over Wilsonian thinking.Which is reference to President Wilson's "we will make the world safe for democracy speech"
Again Warden Has Been saying.....
You are correct that I am not familiar with his earlier works. They may sway my opinion, but I doubt it.
The reason we are not "Winning" is because we are incapable of achieving the political objective. See http://warontherocks.com/2014/05/dem...obayashi-maru/. You cannot kill or bomb your way out of an insurgency. It is a political beast from start to finish. Military types don't like to think that all problems cannot be solved with high explosives, so they deride this fact, but they cannot change it.
The prescription he offers is not going to "Win" anything but a longer war. That is the reality. Too many people want simple explanations to complex problems. That has been our problem since 2001. I am sorry, but reality is knocking on the door. It is not a pretty reality. It is not one that can be solved by air power. It is just a dark, ugly reality that humans are the way they are.
The good Colonel seems to forget Clausewitz' maxim that war is merely political policy conducted by other means. Bombing is not going to achieve the political policy objective of a democratic Iraq secure within its traditional borders. We screwed the pooch on that in 2003-4.
There are two ways this plays out. Either 1) we replace the dictator we overthrew with a dictator who is capable of viciously suppressing sectarian differences, or 2) the state of Iraq ceases to be. That is the political reality that we have been fighting against for over ten years. Better targeting or thinking of the enemy as a system are merely better tactics. Tactics alone cannot achieve strategic objectives. They certainly cannot achieve the desired political objectives
Pretty much the same thing for some time. If you listen to the radio interview he brings these same points up during that interview. Also if you look at panel #2 of the PPT I posted he explains that Military force does not work against Religious,Cultural or Politcal belief systems. So the Military should not be tasked to do something for which Military cannot accomplish. I know you are busy but look at the PPT and listen to the actual inteview if you get the chance.
I would add that we the USA cannot kill our way out of an insurgency but the COIN case involvoing the Tamil Tigers shows that it can be accomplished by the Home team.
You cannot kill or bomb your way out of an insurgency. It is a political beast from start to finish. Military types don't like to think that all problems cannot be solved with high explosives, so they deride this fact, but they cannot change it.
My experience in my country has been quite contrary to your statement that - Military types don't like to think that all problems cannot be solved with high explosives,
Actually, it is the politicians who think that military actions alone can solve insurgencies while they dither over trying to find a political solution and then dither away endlessly.
Even in the Second Iraq War, the Plan envisioned the tactical aspect but only to the point of how to win the military aspect and not how to disengage once the military action was over and occupy to implement the political plan.
Events thereafter indicate a series of 'spit and paste' jobs which lacked any political vision, resulting in the chaos that ensued and still ensuing.
The issue is that it is incumbent to 'think through' the Plan and coalesce the political objectives with the military plan, and also how the political objectives will take over from the military once the military action is over, in a seamless manner.
In most cases, I think the military does it part of the Plan well, but then the politicians seem to lose their way since they cannot think beyond the immediate.
That leaves the military holding the can, with the hapless politicians hoping that 'something' is conjured so as to exit the mess with as much of 'saving face', as is possible.
Here, in this dilemma of the politicians, 'whiz kids' amongst the military keep alive this false hope with gung ho ideas and schemes.
It is totally an incorrect surmise that gung ho military actions can replace political solutions. It fact, military action without political actions, is the sure shot elixir to lose whatever is gained.
I could go on and indicate how Indian UN contingent do better than most in war ravaged countries, including Somalia which was a horror to many. But then that would not be on topic.
Originally Posted by slapout9
The LTTE case is unique and one has to understand why it cannot be done in Iraq.
The animosity of the Buddhist majority towards the Tamil is historical and they don't honestly recognise that Tamils belong to Sri Lanka. Therefore, there is no love lost if the Tamils exist or they are wiped out.
The animosity is more intense because the Tamils flourished under the British since they learnt English and were in positions of influence that were open to the 'natives'.
On the other hand, the majority Buddhist Sri Lankans looked upon the British as interlopers who came to subjugate them. They boycotted the British and did not learn English and so were left out in the blue whereas the Tamils (who in the first place the Buddhists did not feel belonged to Sri Lanka or Ceylon then) were ruling the roost, after the British.
One of the thing the Sri Lanka Govt did was abolish English and adopted Singhalese Only (the majority Buddhist's language) so that the Tamils did not have the advantage. Then more restrictions were placed. This cause the Tamil heartburn and the LTTE was born.
Therefore, given the equation, wiping out the Tamils ruthlessly and without a care for Human Rights, was not taken to be a crime, and instead applauded.
This cannot be replicated in Iraq.
The Muslim world is not that small a demographic size as the Tamils in the island of Ceylon.
The Muslims are a huge number around the world and increasing.
Any Sri Lankan replicating will have serious repercussions and no country is ready for that, because even now, the chaos that the Muslim fundamentalists are capable of doing and are doing, is more than what can be chewed!
I looked at the slide set. It was not terribly helpful. Full of platitudes like "short is good, long is bad"; "If you can't do it quickly, maybe you should not do it at all"; "get out at the right time and place" (my stock broker tells me the same thing); "you must have clear, concise, measurable national objectives". I don't think any of our plans to date were designed to violate these rules. In fact, I would say that the early days of Iraq were all about "short is good, long is bad", which is why there was no plan for Phase IV because there was not supposed to be a Phase IV. We had "clear, concise, and measurable national objectives" back in 2004, but no one bothered to check if they were achievable.
Prime Directives Not Platitudes
Curmudgy,
I think they are more guiding precepts or prime directives based upon his experiences. But from the Link to the article you posted at War On The Rocks you must be a Star Trek fan. so here is an episode on the Prime Directive.......could be about our involvement in Iraq and the long term fight between the Sunni and Shia or anybody else for that matter. As they say Art imitates life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLHH-mE94Pk
Slap,
I fully appreciate the Prime Directive, I just think it is not possible as described in the Star Trek series. We cannot pretend we do not already have contact with other parts of the world. I doubt there is anywhere on the planet where you could go and show the people a picture of the White House or the Pentagon and not have then understand what those building represent. That is why those ideas will not work in our world.
On the other hand, I believe we need to let others find their own way. That is a painful concept for many. the thought of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians dying to allow political reform to take its natural course bothers many. Take for example UNICEF. It is a great idea to help innocent children survive childhood deceases and starvation but what do you do when you suddenly have more adults than the system can bear. War of course. But UNICEF will never admit that they are the cause of conflict in Africa. It is a funny thing playing God with entire societies. That does not stop people from feeling that it is their duty to do it.
I am a serious skeptic when it comes to human nature. I would like to believe that some day we could reach the apex that is represented in Star Trek. I just don't know how many people will die to allow that to become a reality.
Elijah Craig and Porter go so well together, but I really gotta quit posting after my fourth Boilermaker ...
I loved this, not I have a new toy to play with "the prime directive," you'll regret ever sharing this with me. :D
I listened to the interview, read the article, and looked over the brief you provided on Col Warden's proposed strategy for dealing with ISIS. At the end of all that, I'll admit he is a more measured than I thought, but he still offers little that is helpful or new.
He starts out in the radio with a lot of ifs, if we can do this, and if we can do, then we would be put ISIS in the hurt locker. He said ISIS was surrounded and if we could get Iran, Turkey, and Syria to cooperate with us and attack them they would be very vulnerable. That argument is based on the premise we could persuade Iran, Turkey, and Syria to fight with us, and that the President would be willing to pursue this when we're in a proxy war with Iran, and we're certainly no friend of Assad, and I doubt we have any more influence over Turkey now than we did in 2002/3 when we requested their assistance in dealing with Iraq.
He then states that is an easy situation to deal with using air power, which made me wonder if he had a temporary moment of insanity. The insurgents are exposed now because they're not being targeted from the air, so they can afford to be exposed. If we start targeting them, it will be a "see me now, now you don't" as they blend into the civilian population.
In his brief the chart states air power can achieve strategic objectives directly, IF they're strategically conceived. I didn't hear anything that resembled a strategically conceived objective until the end of the interview when the interview pulled it out of him. His view is we want a stable Iraq (think about that objective and his proposal to conduct an air campaign and get Iran, Turkey, and Syria to target ISIS) without a strong Sunni extremist center.
Nothing he proposed would lead to that end state, it would further destabilize the region, and provide a lot of propaganda value to ISIS for recruiting if we side with the Shia against the Sunni (at least doing so openly).
He didn't explain how ISIS was a system and what that meant and how to target it. ISIS isn't a system, it is a network that thrives in an ecosystem.
I gave it an honest read and still don't buy what he is trying to sell.
Originally Posted by Steve Blair
There are some valuable parts to Warden's stuff, but his biggest shortcoming is that he sees airpower as capable of doing EVERYTHING on its own and being applicable in every situation...even when it's not. Airpower is his hammer, and every situation is a nail...
I concur. Air Power is important within the purview of applying a "Parallel Warfare" strategy to a functioning Nation State with a hostile military establishment. It also plays a vital role in CAS. But ISIS is an amorphous entity prosecuting an "unconventional war" that requires counter unconventional warfare methods along the lines of Internal Defense, COIN, etc. I don't think conventional force, even if it does follow COIN doctrine, should be applied to an unconventional warfare situation. Vietnam proves this out, as do the efforts of the Armed Forces in Iraq, which have been wasted along with many lives of brave men and women. The VC today would be called "Terrorists," not "Freedom Fighters." The terms "terrorist, guerrilla, and irregular" are somewhat interchangeable. I make this point only to say that Unconventional Warfare is more suited to Special Forces, and possibly "Light Fighters" conducting "snatch & grab" ops of Tier One personalities for interrogation supported by good, reliable intelligence collection and information constituting "ACTIONABLE INTEL"; PSYOPS, to include "special effects" and perhaps some VOA involvement; and some unspeakable Black Ops. The GWOT should be prosecuted by covert means with very minimal press coverage. Air Power cannot accomplish these things. This is the only way to root ISIS out and destroy it. The prerequisite however, is a friendly pro-American government in Iraq and a well trained Iraqi Army of mixed ethnic and religious backgrounds willing to defend their country in a common cause.
Link to Warden interviewon Strategic Compressio or Winning Fast. Ends with some advice to the President!
http://www.westernjournalism.com/ret...now-cant-wait/
The 'Five Ring' advocates forgot interdiction
Hat tip to WoTR for this article, so from near the start as a taster and the author is a USAF veteran:
World War II decisively disproved many elements of Douhet's theories, at least in Europe, where strategic airpower was critical to victory, but not independently decisive. Since then, the most zealous airpower advocates have latched onto each new promise of airpower-centric victory, from nuclear weapons to the combination of stealth and precision. In the process, we lost sight of some of the most effective air efforts undertaken to neutralize enemy forces on the battlefield and render an adversary's goals impossible to achieve militarily. Somehow, we relegated interdiction to the back benches. The most pernicious of the prevailing airpower theories is Col. John Warden's "five rings," which returned to the vision of a decisive strike against enemy leadership through airpower, with the expectation that the target country would quickly fold. This theory, tied closely to an unambiguously decisive air campaign in Desert Storm, remains deeply ingrained in the Air Force — a beguiling mirage that seems to have been proven in Iraq in 2003, discounting the twin facts that the air campaign did not succeed in either decapitating the government or causing its collapse. Twenty-four years later, we remain mesmerized by the prospect of quick victory against any opponent without actual regard to the limits of military force, much less the limits of airpower. This theoretical framework has handicapped the next generation of airpower strategy development and blinded the Air Force to airpower applications that are effective, but not quick, easy, or subject to the beguiling lure of advanced technology. Extended interdiction campaigns are proven, war-winning efforts that have been given short shrift in the face of a misty vision of landing a decisive blow. The effectiveness of airpower in battle is a result of interlocking, coordinated efforts that deliver mutually supportive effects as part of an integrated campaign.....
Link: http://warontherocks.com/2015/09/the...interdiction/?
Originally Posted by davidbfpo
This article may not qualify as plagerism but it is pretty darn close!
Read "The Air Campaign" planning for combat. Chapter 6: Air Interdiction!