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Serena blasts 24 aces, reaches Wimbledon final
HOWARD FENDRICH
Jul 6, 2012 at 2:00 AM
WIMBLEDON, England — Serena Williams wins with so much more than serving, of course.
Her groundstrokes are as intimidating as they come. Superb speed and anticipation fuel her court-covering defense. Her returns are more than solid, too.
When that serve is on-target, though, it sure is something special, quite possibly the greatest in the history of women's tennis. Lashing a tournament-record 24 aces at up to 120 mph, and doing plenty of other things well, too, four-time Wimbledon champion Williams overpowered No. 2-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-3, 7-6 (6) Thursday to reach her seventh final at the All England Club.
"Isn't that something?" said Williams' father, Richard, after watching his daughter win on Centre Court. "She was really trying, you know? Maybe she was trying to impress the neighbors back home."
Williams won 20 of 24 service point in the first set, including 17 in a row during one stretch. She didn't double-fault once, a real accomplishment, given how often she went for corners and lines. She finished with a 45-14 edge in total winners. And this performance didn't come against a slouch: Azarenka won the Australian Open in January as part of a 26-0 start to this season, was playing in her third semifinal in the past five major tournaments, and would have returned to No. 1 in the rankings if she'd managed to beat Williams.
That was not about to happen.
Not on this afternoon.
Not the way Williams is playing, five weeks after a stunning exit at the French Open, her only first-round loss in 48 Grand Slam appearances.
"I've been working so hard," the sixth-seeded American said, "and I really, I really wanted it."
She's now one win away from a fifth Wimbledon championship, adding to those in 2002-03 and 2009-10, and 14th Grand Slam singles trophy overall — but first in two years. For her, that's a long gap. Less than a week after her 2010 title, Williams cut her feet on glass at a restaurant, leading to a series of health problems, including being hospitalized for clots in her lungs, then the removal of a pocket of blood under the skin on her stomach.
"Serena is blessed to be here," Dad said.
On Saturday, the 30-year-old Williams will try to become the first woman at least that age to win a major tournament since Martina Navratilova, who was 33 when she won Wimbledon in 1990. Williams' opponent will be No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who reached her first Grand Slam final at age 23 by playing steady as can be during a 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 8 Angelique Kerber of Germany.
"After a couple of games, I just relaxed a little bit," said Radwanska, who made only six unforced errors, one in the second set. "I was really focusing on every point."
The hardest part of her day probably came during the postmatch news conference, which was cut short after Radwanska was overcome by a coughing fit. She appeared to be OK.
Never before even a semifinalist at any Grand Slam tournament, Radwanska is the first Polish woman to make it to a major title match since Jadwiga Jedrzejowska lost three finals in the 1930s.
"I don't really have anything to lose, so just going to try my best," said Radwanska, the junior champion at Wimbledon in 2005, and the French Open in 2006.
Radwanska, whose younger sister Ursula is ranked 54th, will rise to No. 1 for the first time if she wins Saturday.
"If she will play like today," Kerber said, "I think she has a good chance."
Williams won their two previous encounters in straight sets, but they haven't played each other since a quarterfinal four years ago at Wimbledon.
"She's going to get every ball back," Williams said, "so I've got to look forward to that."
It'll be a substantial contrast in styles: Williams' out-and-out power against Radwanska's precision.
"I have every reason to believe she'll win," Richard Williams said about his daughter.
There's no doubt who is favored, especially if Williams keeps serving the way she has been.
The 24 aces that eluded the considerable wing span of the 6-foot Azarenka broke the tournament record of 23 in a match that Williams herself set last week in a three-set, third-round victory over 25th-seeded Zheng Jie. That, in turn, eclipsed the old Wimbledon mark of 20 aces held by — guess who? — Williams.
She's also up to 81 aces through six matches, eight shy of the tournament record she set in 2010.


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Mark Read, a veteran with more than 30 years in the commercial real estate industry, will serve as the managing partner for Kidder Mathews' San Diego office. Mark was formerly a broker and then senior managing director for CBRE, where he managed more than 220 employees and 100 sales professionals across multiple service lines. Most recently, Mark was an executive managing director for Voit Real Estate Services, where he was responsible for the company's Orange County, Inland Empire and Los Angeles offices.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Read managed the San Diego North (Carlsbad) office for CBRE and had countywide responsibility for the industrial specialists. A twenty nine year veteran, Mr. Read has had a long history with CB Richard Ellis, having managed the Company's Jacksonville, Florida office for six years and serving as the statewide marketing director for industrial properties in Florida.
Prior to moving to Florida, Mr. Read spent nine years as an industrial salesman and later, sales manager in the Rancho Bernardo office of Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Services. While in sales, Mr. Read was a consistent top producer, recognized in the Rancho Bernardo "Top Five" every year and was the Koll Company "Broker of The Year" for San Diego County in 1985. In 1993, Mr. Read received national recognition with the J. Frank Mahoney Leadership Award from CB Commercial for his work in Jacksonville. In 1997, Mr. Read received the Mahoney Award again, this time for his work in San Diego. In 1998, Mr. Read and his San Diego County Management team were recognized by the San Diego Business Journal with a "TEIM" award for Total Excellence In Management. In 1999 and 2000, Mark received the James J. Didion Award from CB Richard Ellis. This award is given to managers who have distinguished themselves through exceptional market leadership.
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Just as the city has its best weather in spring and fall, hotels in Seoul tend to have their high season prices during these periods as well. From April through early June and again from September through November you'll find the highest prices. The warm and wet months of July and August can offer small discounts, but only December through February (outside of the holiday period) is considered low season for Seoul hotels and hostels.
Seoul is truly a massive city, and it has things in nearly every price range available. It's definitely cheaper than Tokyo, but more expensive than most of the larger cities in China. Bargains can be found in Seoul hotels and hostels, and extreme luxury is also available.
Most of the main attractions are well within reach of nearly any budget so at least once you arrive you can see all the major sights without having to go hungry.
Food and drink can also be found to meet nearly any budget, with an abundance of lower-priced options that are generally aimed at the local workforce. If you go to a place with an English-language menu you'll often be paying a higher price for it, but still there are cheaper options available even for those who don't speak Korean.


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World premiere of the Mercedes-Benz Concept EQV.
An insight into the electric future.
"Mercedes-Benz Vans is consistently advancing the electrification of its product portfolio. With the Concept EQV, we are now taking the next step. The concept offers all of the brand-typical attributes familiar from this segment which Mercedes-Benz customers have come to know, appreciate and also expect. As a family companion, a leisure-time adventurer or a shuttle vehicle with lounge ambience, the combination of these characteristics with a battery-electric drive mean the Concept EQV is a concept car with a future. And so we're particularly excited that we will soon be able to offer a series-production model on the basis of this concept," explains Wilfried Porth, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG; Human Resources and Director of Labor Relations, Mercedes-Benz Vans.
A range of up to 400 kilometres.
sufficient energy for a range of around 100 kilometres.
As a member of the EQ family, the Concept EQV also benefits from the comprehensive scope of the technology brand's electromobility ecosystem. This starts with comprehensive advice and a range of services, right up to the charging infrastructure and even a modified navigation system which takes into account the charge level of the battery.
EQ design idiom makes for an unmistakable appearance.
Elegant, technoid cockpit with warm accents.
The age of electromobility does not just shape the bodywork of the EQ concept vehicle. In the interior, too, the cool aesthetics of the exterior continue. In the elegantly technoid cockpit, the focus is on uncomplicated and intuitive operation. The basis of the interaction between man and machine is formed by the MBUX infotainment system (Mercedes-Benz User Experience) which unites a self-learning voice control system with innovative connectivity features.
EQ – the electromobile ecosystem.
The EQ product and technology brand stands for a comprehensive electromobile ecosystem of products, services, technologies and innovations. The spectrum ranges from electric vehicles to wallboxes and even as far as charging services and charging infrastructure. Meanwhile, the name EQ stands for "Electric Intelligence" and is derived from the Mercedes-Benz brand values "Emotion and Intelligence". The Concept EQV will expand the model range by a premium MPV for up to eight occupants.


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"So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth" Acts 1:6-8
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at a Likud rally in Beit Shemesh on Tuesday night, saying that his earlier statements in favor of annexing the settlement communities in the West Bank were still in effect but implementation of any plan would need to wait, at least, until after the elections scheduled for 2 March. "When we win, we will continue making history," Netanyahu said. "When we win, we will extend sovereignty over all the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria."
Iran Convicts Journalists for 'Spreading False News'
The clerical regime which rules Iran has convicted editors of three news outlets, including the semi-official ISNA, of "defamation and spreading false news". Sherif Mansour, Middle East and North Africa program coordinator for NGO The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issued a statement saying "If the Iranian government has a credible case against the editors…they should try them openly and publicly. Closed-door trials of journalists cannot be considered fair or impartial." He added that the Iranian judiciary had "a history of holding opaque judicial proceedings that lack credibility."
Israel and the US Improve Military Ties
Israeli Israel's Defense Minister Naftali Bennet was at the Pentagon Tuesday to meet with his US counterpart, Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark Esper. The meetings reportedly focused on continued cooperation between the two countries as well as the threat from Iran. Also on Tuesday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin received officers from the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines who are visiting Israel with the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA).
IDF Strikes Terror Targets in Gaza
Israel's Air Force struck several targets in the Gaza Strip affiliated with the Islamist terror militia Hamas Tuesday evening. The strikes were in retaliation for a barrage of rockets fired into Israel earlier in the evening as well as a large increase in the number of balloon-born explosive and/or incendiary devices sent over the border into Israel from the Strip in recent weeks.
Israel Among World's Most Expensive Countries
CEOWORLD magazine published a list ranking countries around the world on cost of living, with Israel ranking a worrying 8th place. Countries where it is less expensive for citizens to pay their bills include Singapore, Hong Kong, France and the US. The rankings are based on five major metrics: cost of living, rent, groceries, eating out and purchasing power.
A Return to the Rabin Doctrine of Defensible Borders
Dan Diker, JCPA
The U.S. peace plan offers a return to the security-first approach of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and, specifically, the concept of defensible borders. The U.S. peace plan means Israel is being asked to take unprecedented risks by living next to a sovereign Palestinian state in a Middle East plagued by radical regimes and failed states. That is why defensible borders are critical to guarantee Israel's security.
Turkey-Egypt rising tensions over regional dominance
Ever since the Muslim Brotherhood was toppled in Cairo by General-turned-President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Turkey's ruler, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has evidently cooled his country's relations with Egypt, to the extent that put the two nations on a course of bitter rivalry, for supremacy among Muslim nations in the Eastern Mediterranean. Are those two regional powers on a collision course? A panel of experts weighs in.
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Looking at your photos can be a befuddling experience. Am I looking at film sets or at real-life impressions mimicking movie scenes? The photographs are ambiguous and intriguing. And you have woven in textual quotes, increasing the levels of possible reading.
By taking photographs on film sets I created a first layer of uncertainty about whether you're looking at fact or fiction. I started using this method with Lotus and continued along the same lines with The Fourth Wall, but I wanted to explore it more deeply. For example, by using texts, often lifted from newspaper stories, predicting something which would happen later in the photographs. Narratives are triggered by the images in combination with the suggestive connections of the newspaper quotes. Sometimes the links are so particular you couldn't possibly guess. One clear example is the piece from the newspaper article about the school girl who went to Mumbai to look for her idol Salman Khan. Of course, she meets an evil man who steals her money and she is left alone in this anonymous megalopolis. This story was a perfect fit to a photograph I had taken of Khan's double, three months before reading the article. Only Indians or Bollywood-experts will recognize Khan in the picture. That image and quote have a clear link. Then there is the story of the boy Sohail who was very curious whether there is life after death. The boy committed suicide after seeing a character dying in a TV show and miraculously returning to life in the next episode. The boy believed he would come back to life as well. In the images following that quote you'll see a boy who's looking at scenes from a distance. Overall, it's free association. One of the essential ideas of the work is the subconscious power that fiction can have over reality.
The Fourth Wall is a fairly well-known concept in theories of theatre and film. Does your title refer to that? And is it suggestive in that the readers of your book are invited to think of who makes up the fourth wall in this case?
I don't like titles that immediately give a away a key or explanation. Usually the fourth wall is thought of as being the imaginative wall in between actors and their audience. In the case of my book, it's open to a multitude of interpretations, but I have taken it as a clear reference to the theoretical concept. If you know what it means it should tell you that my subjects are very well aware of the fact that they have been photographed. It is important to know, otherwise much of the magic disappears.
Is it necessary for the audience to be familiar with Bollywood culture?
No, I don't think so. Except perhaps in recognizing a movie star like Salman Khan. What is significant though, is that movie culture has such a dominant and positive presence in India, that almost anyone is willing to act in front of a camera, no matter if it's a film or photo camera, they often don't even know the difference. I know of no other place in the world where the presence of cameras is so greatly appreciated. It's easy to ask a complete stranger: 'Look, I want to photograph that scene… everything is set up, do you want to act?'. Most of them are wildly enthusiastic about it. That's the most exciting part.
Shortly after you finished your dummy, you made an edition of 1000 of The Fourth Wall, financed through crowd-funding. The most striking difference between dummy and final book is the newsprint used for the latter. The photos in the book aren't as vivid and sharp as in the dummy.
At an early stage in the design process, Christof Nüssli (from Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem) proposed to use standard 45-gram newsprint. I thought it to be a radical proposal at first, but it pertains to the subject of the book and to the quotes I have drawn from newspapers. Also, it binds the photographs together rather than leaving them as standalone pieces. Nowadays it's possible to use inks without water for newsprint, so the images are somewhat sharper than usual. One should always consider good printing quality for a photobook, but I don't think it's of the utmost importance. In an exhibition it should be perfect though, whether as print or lightbox.
We couldn't make a dummy using newsprint, as offset requires a print run of at least a thousand. We needed a temporary solution for the dummy, hence the heavier paper. But the lay-out and editing hasn't changed much in the final book.
The book has a disposal feel about it now?
Yes, it's a lot thinner than the dummy, which still is a sort of coffee-table book. Like I said, it fits the concept of my project, and also I wanted to do something different from what is always expected, which of course shouldn't be the ultimate reason to make such a choice. In India everything is wrapped in newspaper, almost everything is of a disposable quality. The nice thing about the book is that it's really in the spirit of how I experienced things in India.
Have you showed the book to the people you photographed in Mumbai?
Not yet, but I'm going back to India soon to make new work for the Europalia Festival (B). I'm going to give copies to any of them I can trace. I have shown the book to some Indian people already and they all react very positively and say they've never seen a representation of India like this before. They even see things that I wasn't aware of in the first place. As soon as you learn about the cultural connotations the story gets so many extra layers. The most interesting part of working in series and making photobooks is that it enables you to weave many story lines together. You can use texts and other materials, push a reader in a certain direction. You can't perceive it in one viewing. It's another way of seeing.


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Q: Get custom HTTP Header with Javascript I need to get the text of a custom HTTP Header with Javascript, the header I need is not the User Agent, I already have that covered with this code:
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What I need is to get the content (like: Custom Header Text) of a custom header called (for example): CustomHeader.
The Header is sent by the browser when accessing a website (and showing it to the user) with the Javascript code on the website, so I guess I would have no problem with the same-origin policy, since it's only a website with a Javascript code on it (with script tags).
Is it possible? If so, how can I get the content of that header with Javascript?
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Chevy Got Dangerously Close to Dethroning the Tesla Model 3
by Brock Holloway on February 27, 2021
Chevrolet recently made headlines for outselling Ford in the full-size pickup truck category last year. Now it seems the bowtie brand aims to steal the throne from Tesla by producing the best electric vehicle. As a result, the Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus is no longer the most affordable yet stylish EV. And if Chevy keeps it up, that might not be the only Tesla model to get knocked down a few pegs.
The 2021 Chevy Bolt tied with the Tesla Model 3 in Consumer Reports' rankings
Join us today at 5pm ET to meet the new, All-Electric #BoltEUV and redesigned #BoltEV presented by #Chevy MyWay. You'll hear from the experts about battery technology, EV infrastructure and more. https://t.co/KdgoI2MQF8 pic.twitter.com/eoytViRsIF
— Chevy Electric (@ChevyElectric) February 15, 2021
Consumer Reports recently published a vehicle rating report in which the 2021 Chevy Bolt tied with the 2021 Tesla Model 3. Both EVs earned an overall score of 78 from CR. But the Model 3 earned a higher road test score of 82 than the Chevy Bolt's 76. Chevrolet first began production of the Bolt in 2016 for the 2017 model year. That means it's been around as long as the Model 3.
In January 2020, Kelley Blue Book (KBB) published a report suggesting U.S. consumers paid roughly $38,000 for a new car on average. The Chevy Bolt and Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus fall right in line with what most Americans can afford. Adding to that, battery electric vehicles like the Bolt appeal to a broader market than many of Tesla's EVs.
Chevy Bolt vs. Tesla Model 3
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Trying to find reasonable comparisons between the economy-minded Chevy Bolt and the semi-luxury Tesla Model 3 is like looking for similarities between copper and gold. Nevertheless, the Chevy Bolt does offer some creature comforts the Tesla Model 3 lacks. For example, the Bolt includes Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration. Tesla uses only its proprietary software.
Like the Model 3, the Bolt also has a minimalistic interior. But that's where the similarities end. Whereas the Bolt's interior is composed of low-grade plastics, the Model 3's interior is every bit luxurious. Though more minimalistic than its luxury counterparts, the Tesla Model 3's interior is good-looking, posh, and noticeably distinct from its competitors.
With everything in the car controlled via its 15-inch touchscreen, there are no buttons or knobs on the dash. Everything from adjusting the mirrors to turning on the windshield wipers is operated this way. On top of that, the screen has top-notch graphics. The Chevy Bolt, on the other hand, has physical controls below its 10.2-inch touchscreen.
Nonetheless, huge surprises are in store when comparing the Chevy Bolt's and Tesla Model 3's overall driving performance. The Bolt's optional electric motor produces 200 hp and 266 lb-ft of torque; the Model 3 Standard Range Plus produces 450 hp and 472 lb-ft of torque. The Bolt can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds, while the Model 3 gets a 5.3-second split. The Bolt has an EPA-estimated range of 259 miles, compared to the Model 3's EPA-estimated 263 miles.
But the biggest shock is that the 2021 Chevy Bolt costs only about $2,000 less than the Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus. According to Chevrolet, the 2021 Bolt Premier costs $42,695. The Tesla Model 3 Long Range's price is $46,990.
GM aspires to introduce 30 electric vehicles by 2025
Can a battery platform change the world? We think so. Find out how our Ultium battery platform will help us bring #EVerybodyIn to our all-electric future: https://t.co/2MkQH1cNcZ #NationalBatteryDay pic.twitter.com/B5CStK3wRK
— General Motors (@GM) February 18, 2021
A quote from a recent New York Times article lays it out perfectly: "A new president took office this month determined to fight climate change. Wall Street investors think Tesla is worth more than General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Ford put together. And China, the world's biggest car market, recently ordered that most new cars be powered by electricity in just 15 years." The writing has been on the wall for some time, but it appears to have been written in invisible ink.
The number of tech startups–turned–EV crusaders that have popped up over the years shows that stubbornness rather than blindness prevented GM (and Ford) from acting sooner. This is quite surprising, considering GM was the first American automaker to mass-produce and lease an electric car. It was called the General Motors EV1 and was in production between 1996 and 1999. Maybe GM got nervous about Y2K.
This is meant to point out that if any major North American automaker is equipped to challenge Tesla, GM would be the one. The second-generation EV1 already had a range of 100 to 140 miles per charge. Today, the Chevy Bolt has nearly the same range as the Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus. And with GM's aggressive plan to introduce 30 EVs by 2025, there's no doubt Chevy is headed in the right direction.
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NSFW: R-Pattz goes nude, shoots himself in hand and pees in car in full-on movie trailer
By MovieFIX| 9 years ago
Warning: This trailer is not safe for work viewing.
Robert Pattinson does everything he shouldn't as the ultimate bad boy in the newly released trailer for Cosmopolis. You know, like shooting himself in the hand, urinating in the back of a car and having lots of raunchy sex.
Yes, R-Pattz fans, you do get to see him lying down naked from the waist up, with a pretty-much-nude woman pointing a gun at his chest. Sheesh, what would Bella think?
Based on Don DeLillo's novel of the same name, Cosmopolis follows millionaire Eric Parker (Pattinson) on a 24-hour jaunt in Manhattan. It's the latest twisted tale from David Cronenberg, the famed director who currently has Keira Knightley getting spanked in erotic drama A Dangerous Method, out next week.
Pattinson is certainly making a move away from his Twilight image, even with the final film in the series coming out in November.
Before that, we'll see him in Bel Ami, out May 24, as a womanising social climber in 19th-century Paris who sleeps with three famous actresses in the trailer alone.


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"It's like an infrastructure tool for us now, our Swiss army knife for just about any and every challenging sequence we face," Thomas added.
This summer, Gradient FX completed work on the hit romantic comedy, Friends with Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake.
And with the ubiquity of smart phones and cell phones in our lives, it's impossible to make a film today without replacing cell phone screens. In Friends with Benefits, so much of the interaction between characters is smart phone use – calling and texting constantly. And in a romantic comedy, it's all part of the chemistry, mood and timing that needs to be maintained in a realistic way.
Seamless workflow becomes increasingly important to shops like Gradient FX; when time is of the essence and you have artists working on impossible deadlines, the last thing you need is integration issues between applications. Thomas added, "In our workflow, Mocha is often the 'in between step.' We do a lot of our work in Nuke, so our ability to export seamlessly from Mocha to Nuke is critical. Mocha makes smooth work of this. Feature film post production is heavily pipelined, and teamwork is so important, so you also need tools that work perfectly in synch with each other.
Gradient FX was also involved in the post production of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2, Captain America, Dream House and The Change Up.


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A collaborative study by researchers from 16 international sites has shed light on the mysterious underlying biology of Fuchs corneal dystrophy with the identification of 3 new causative gene regions.
After analyzing genomic data from 2,075 Fuchs patients and 3,342 healthy subjects, the team found associations between the disorder and novel variants in the genes KANK4, LAMC1 and ATP1B1. The findings, published in Nature Communications, also confirm the link of a previously suspected fourth locus at the gene TCF4.
"The identification of these genes paves the way for the development of a test to identify individuals who are at risk of getting Fuchs dystrophy, and also for the development of drugs to slow disease progression or to potentially delay or prevent it from occurring," said George A. McKie, DVM, PhD, director of the National Eye Institute's cornea research program, which helped fund the study.
The authors also discovered that LAMC1 variants confer a significantly elevated risk of Fuchs dystrophy among women, while TCF4 variants confer a greater risk in men, challenging the prior definition of Fuchs as an autosomal dominant disorder.
Fuchs patients show accelerated corneal endothelium cell death, resulting in progressively worsening edema in the central or stromal layer of the cornea. There are no current therapies other than palliative symptom management. Advanced disease typically necessitates a corneal transplant.
According to one of the study's lead authors, Sudha K. Iyengar, PhD, of Case Western Reserve University, together the 4 loci predict the risk of an individual developing Fuchs dystrophy with an accuracy of about 78%.
"Considering that there is currently no clinical screening tool other than family history, this is a significant advance for development of molecular diagnostic tests," said Dr. Iyengar.
Future research from the group will investigate how these genes contribute to the functioning of corneal endothelium cells.


"The Person from Porlock was an unwelcome visitor to Samuel Taylor Coleridge during his composition of the poem Kubla Khan in 1797. Coleridge claimed to have perceived the entire course of the poem in a dream (possibly an opium-induced haze), but was interrupted by this visitor fromPorlock (a village in the South West of England, near Exmoor) while in the process of writing it. Kubla Khan, only 54 lines long, was never completed. Thus "Person from Porlock", "Man from Porlock", or just "Porlock" are literary allusions to unwanted intruders who disrupt inspired creativity."
I hope this "Person from Porlock" (PFP) will be a continuing character. He can be so many things, the devil, a trickster character, a disrupter, a creativity killer, a personification of procrastination and probably a bunch of other things, but judging from the amount of difficulty I had in coming up with a pleasing design for the man himself, this may be the first and last we see of him!
I was going for a Disney-like style and I wanted the young, long-haired man (Coleridge) to be frightened even horrified by PFP , which I think I successfully achieved, but I intended to suggest Coleridge's face was illuminated by looking at PFP's face, but amid all my attempts to generate a design for PFP and then my hurry to finish the inking, I didn't do the illumination - the way the final piece was staged, it wouldn't have made sense anyway - we need to see the shoulders and back of PFP's head to indicate where that glow might be coming from.
My problem was that I couldn't come up with a body type that worked. Who is this PFP? Is he young or old, stooped or huge and fat or muscular? I wonder if I'm the first to ask that question!
1) Initial composition. I could imagine a high angle looking down on Colerige, but it all felt too tight.
2) Working out a design for Colerige. I only did 2 drawings as I didn't want to spend too long on this piece, and then I spent hours working on PFP!
3, 4, and another that was erased out) Trying to work out a good design and pose for PFP. Notice he's holding a mask away from his face with his right hand. I like this idea and may go with it if I ever do more.
5) Actually a compilation of 3 drawings, a background, Coleridge and PFP's hand holding up the envelope. Nice high angle behind PFP, reused the drawing of Colerige from page 2.
6) The final inked result.
I gotta say, I'm not too pleased with this one - don't care for the inking, I liked the rough lines better than the final, I wanted to show more of PFP (like in page 1) but it's done and out there now and as we all know, one reason for doing this blog is just to do the stuff and put it out there and shove out my attempts at perfection.
Illumination? Design of Mr. P? Composition?
Who cares about all of those trifling details when the drawing is so damned good?!!
Coleridge is fantastic. His body language, his hands, his diminished size -- all perfect and all we need to know.
It IS funny. You were all preoccupied with the mysterious visitor, but you nailed the emotions of the guy looking at him. Maybe that was better. Maybe you were right to leave the visitor to our imaginations and instead concentrate on the reaction he causes.
That -- excellently drawn -- reaction tells us LOADS about the visitor.
I knew the PFP had to have his face unseen - it's that classic (Hitchcock) thing of leaving something unseen which it turn makes that thing much more threatening/scary or whatever.
And that makes me remember someone talking about how they preferred radio shows over TV shows because as he said "The pictures were better!"
That must have been a very old someone.


There certainly has not been enough good movies about cows. And surely I could find a few better ways to milk this photo. But whether it's the bovine mutilation spectacular we all have been waiting for, or perhaps a post-modernist updating of "Heidi", somethings got to be done with this. I mean, where else can you milk eight heifers in a single sitting?
If you want to order one, or just get a price quote you can here.


I saw one of these devices at a ghost hunting event and I really lit up and wanted to get it! It was very hard to obtain and unfortunately, you can not purchase it anymore.
I ordered the PX from Chris Fleming's store: Ghost Equipment Store and I was so excited to get it!
It is recommended that you do use the best lithium batteries you can get and they will only last for about an hour and you will need to change them again.
The maker, Bill Chappell said that this device does take a lot of battery power because of the processor that is within it.
The PX has a 2048 word vocabulary and how it works is that in theory, it is thought that spirits can manipulate the electro-magnetic fields (EMFs) and utilize the words and emit them from the PX.
I have had the PX for less than a year and I really do love it!
You can tell when it needs batteries however because it will start to just ramble on and on and won't stop and with words that make no sense. Usually after an hour or so of using it, I find this happens.
There are several modes but I tend to keep it on the first, Dictionary mode. I have not had it respond with exactly what I am looking for, to say a name or directly responding to questions a whole lot but much of what it says has been in correlation to the location I am at.
Upon first using it, it was very quiet and then eventually, if you give it some time, it will start. There are some words that are hard to make out and certain ones are normally directed at myself. It is my theory that it would take some time for the spirits to realize it can utilize this piece of equipment to be able to communicate to us. The whole idea and premise of it, is just wild!
Can you imagine being a spirit or ghost and wandering around do-to-do and being used to the idea that no one can hear you or see you? Then all of a sudden, someone comes along and sits down with this odd looking black box and they are talking directly to you and not only that, but you can somehow figure out that WOW you can alter or use the electro-magnetic fields and actually make use of this dictionary in this device and actually communicate and they can really hear you? Hear words you choose? I would think it would take a bit for the spirits to get use to being able to do this.
So is it hocum? I don't think so. I think spirits are pretty quick to pick up on how things work and perhaps it is all natural for them to utilize their thoughts and pick up on ours? The words I have had come forth from the PX really are amazing and as you read on with the next few investigations, you will see how the PX has really been able to produce words that fit and not just random blather.
I will be talking more about the PX as I began to use it last fall and at certain locations and investigations.
There is a new part to the PX coming out soon that will be an add-on to this device so that you can see and read the words that are being said! The PX has a digital voice so it can be hard to determine what it says at times. Or if you are not paying attention, the word or syllable will be said so fast, you will miss it.
You definitely want to have a recorder on at the same time.
Another cool feature of the PX is that it can replay the last 400 words said. The drawback is that if you turn this off, those 400 words are gone. So what I have started to do is to make a recording of nothing but those words being replayed so I can listen to them later.
I have taken the PX with me to different locations. Sometimes on ghost tours, ghost hunts, and sometimes just leaving it out on Halloween night to see/hear what I might get! I'll be sharing those results in future blog posts so be sure and check back for more about this very interesting device!
Looking forward to the new equipment coming out as there are some amazing things on the horizon as those brilliant engineers continue to perfect these devices!


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*Note: Modular Mean is a work in progress you can expect it to be broken in important ways. It should not be used in production, or maybe at all.*

A boilerplate for MEAN stack projects that uses a modular style to encapsulate related code and tests in the same directories.

## Quickstart

In the terminal, do:

    git clone git@github.com:likesalmon/modular-mean.git
    cd modular-mean/
    npm install
    npm start

## Development Quickstart

    git clone git@github.com:likesalmon/modular-mean.git
    cd modular-mean/
    npm install
    npm start
    npm run dev

## Detailed Startup Instructions for Centos7

Install the latest Git:

    yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
    yum install gettext-devel openssl-devel perl-CPAN perl-devel zlib-devel
    # see https://github.com/git/git/releases for the latest source code
    wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/v2.1.2.tar.gz -O git.tar.gz
    tar -zxf git.tar.gz
    cd git-*
    make configure
    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
    sudo make install
    git config --global user.name "Your Name"
    git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

Install Curl:

    yum install curl-devel

Install Ruby and Compass:

    yum install ruby
    yum install gcc g++ make automake autoconf curl-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel httpd-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel sqlite-devel
    yum install ruby-rdoc ruby-devel
    yum install rubygems
    gem install json_pure
    gem install compass

Configure firewalld:

    systemctl start firewalld
    sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http
    sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https
    sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Install Nginx:

    yum install epel-release
    yum install nginx
    # start Nginx
    systemctl start nginx.service
    # configure Nginx to start boot
    systemctl start nginx.service

Configure Nginx:

    # add this line to /etc/nginx/nginx.conf in the http block just below include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
    include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;

    cd /etc/nginx
    mkdir sites-available sites-enabled
    cd sites-available
    vim default

    # paste the following into /etc/nginx/sites-available/default, where example.com and APP_PRIVATE_IP_ADDRESS:port are the IP address or domain name of your server, :port is the port the node app runs on

    server {
        listen 80;

        server_name example.com;

        location / {
            proxy_pass http://APP_PRIVATE_IP_ADDRESS:8080;
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        }
    }

    # enable the default site:

    ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
    systemctl restart nginx.service

Create a user:

    useradd -mrU myuser

*Note: The following should be run as myuser*

Install NodeJS locally via nvm:

    # see https://github.com/creationix/nvm for the latest release
    curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.1/install.sh | bash
    nvm ls-remote
    nvm install v0.10.38

Install the global dependenices:

    npm install -g express protractor karma-cli browserify gulp

And finally, build and start the app:

    git clone git@github.com:likesalmon/modular-mean.git
    cd modular-mean/
    npm install
    npm start

Bonus: Systemd Setup

    # create a service file in /etc/systemd/system/myapp.service with the following contents:
    [Service]
    ExecStart=[node binary] /home/myuser/[main file]
    Restart=always
    StandardOutput=syslog
    StandardError=syslog
    SyslogIdentifier=node-sample
    User=myuser
    Group=myuser
    Environment=NODE_ENV=production

    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target

## Goals

* Shallow directory structure.
* 4 space tabs in JS and HTML for legibility.
* Consistent and helpful naming of files and folders. It should be easy to tell at a glance what a file is for and what part of the app it belongs to.
* Browserify all the things: working on server-side code should feel just like working on font-end code and vice-versa.
* Test all the things: tests should be easy to make and easy to run.
* Scalability: the directory structure should be able to grow large-ish without resorting to different structures.

## Directory Structure

The basic idea is to mirror the directory structure in the front-end and the backend.

The api/ directory holds the Node/Express backend. API routes and initialization are handled by the app.js file in the root directory. Each sub-directory of api/ is named in lowecase using hyphens (ex. my-module/).

The client/ directory holds the AngularJS code. It is very similar in structure to api/ but the directories in here are named using SnakeCase.

The public/ directory is where Gulp builds the AngularJS code from client/ after it's been processed. The nested SnakeCase-named folders in public/ only contain view.html files. All .js files are combined into a single file called bundle.js that lives in the root of public/.

```
modular-mean
|- api
    |- my-module
        |- test
    |- my-other-module
        |- test
|- client
    |- MyModule
        |- test
    |- MyOtherModule
        |- test
    |- sass
    |- images
    |- helpers
|- public
    |- css
    |- images
    |- MyModule
    |- MyOtherModule
```

## Naming things

Consistency and legibility is the goal.

### Directory naming conventions

* Angular modules should be named in SnakeCase.
* Node modules should be hyphenated

### File naming conventions

It should be very easy to tell what a file is for and what module it belongs to. They should have unique and descriptive names, without straying to far from conventions. Try not to be clever. The "ModuleName.nameOfUse.js" convention works well for :

* Node file names should reflect the module they belong to and their place in the MVC structure:

        my-module/
        |- my-module.js
        |- my-module.controller.js
        |- my-module.model.js

* Angular script file names should reveal their use in four-letter abbreviations. Files should be named using SnakeCase, with a suffix that indicates their use:

        MyModule/
        |- MyModuleController.js
        |- MyModuleService.js
        |- MyModuleDirective.js

* Angular views should identify the module they belong to and the name of the route:

        MyModuleMyPage.html

## Thanks to these other great projects:

Gulp config and Browserify usage was inspired by [Frickle](https://github.com/Hyra/Frickle).

These two blog posts by Ben Lewis of QuickLeft were integral in understanding testing with Browserify:
* [Setting Up A JS App With Gulp and Browserify](https://quickleft.com/blog/setting-up-a-clientside-javascript-project-with-gulp-and-browserify/)
* [AngularJS Unit Testing – For Real, Though](https://quickleft.com/blog/angularjs-unit-testing-for-real-though/)

Then there was this talk by [Ben Clinkinbeard at ng-conf](http://benclinkinbeard.com/talks/2014/ng-conf/#/) that used a more straight-forward syntax.

[This article](https://www.airpair.com/angularjs/posts/top-10-mistakes-angularjs-developers-make) by Mark Meyer introduced me to the concept of modular front-end code. Then [this talk at ng-conf](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG-ARy0oqjI) by John Papa about Angular style sealed the deal. The [angular-seed](https://github.com/angular/angular-seed) project has been an important resource in this regard as well.

Ben Clinkinbeard outlines a dead-simple way of organizing Browserify-ed Angular code in the [slides from his ng-conf talk](http://benclinkinbeard.com/talks/2014/ng-conf/#/). Bastian Krol elaborates on these concepts in [this blog post](https://blog.codecentric.de/en/2014/08/angularjs-browserify/).

This article inspired the [client-side authentication](http://arthur.gonigberg.com/2013/06/29/angularjs-role-based-auth/) I'm using.


Todo Cloud 3.0.2 (OSX Maverick) | Issues with Account : Appigo Inc.
Every time I relaunch Todo Cloud for Mac 3.0.2 after having it closed, I'm asked to enter again my user name and password. It looks like my credentials are not stored. Is this a bug or did I miss some setting?
I am not seeing that behaviour at all, so assume there must be some localised reason your credentials are not being saved.
After reading your reply, I uninstalled Todo and installed it again. Looks like this fixed the problem. Maybe this happened because I had Todo Pro installed before (there were some old folders left under /private/var and ˜/Library).


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Expanding Free Trade With Israel: A Step in the Wrong Direction for Canada
Posted on July 31, 2015 | Tyler Levitan | Written on July 31, 2015
CIFTA
Independent Jewish Voices
Canadian Foreign Policy
Huffington Post Canada
On July 21, the Conservative government announced an "expansion" and "modernization" of Canada's free-trade agreement with Israel. This development didn't make it into any headlines in Canadian media, and it eluded the attention of the official opposition. But if we, as Canadians, wish to play a positive role in the international community, this development cannot be overlooked.
It has become common knowledge that since 1967, Israel has maintained a military occupation over lands it captured in a war with its Arab neighbours. We are all familiar, too, with the fact that Israel has been establishing Jewish-only settlements on prime real estate within these occupied territories, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. For nearly 50 years Israel has openly flouted international law as it continues to build new settlements and expand its existing ones, displacing more Palestinians and appropriating more lands and resources in the process.
Canada's official policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict recognizes the application of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the lands Israel has occupied since 1967, and states, "The settlements also constitute a serious obstacle to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace." So these settlements, according to Canada, are not only war crimes, but are a "serious obstacle" to ending one of the longest-running conflicts in the world.
In close to 50 years of this illegal behaviour--and in violation of our official policy--Canada has never leveled sanctions against Israel. In fact, as Israel has continued to gobble up Palestinians' lands and resources, we've been rewarding Israel, rather than reprimanding her. In 1997, while Israel was violating its obligations under the Oslo Accords by exponentially expanding its illegal settlement enterprise, Canada established its first-ever bilateral trade agreement--the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA).
Under CIFTA, Canada has been importing goods produced and manufactured in Israel's illegal settlements, free of tariffs. Nearly 20 years after CIFTA's signing, you would think that this practice would be reversed, if anything, since Israel's current Prime Minister has made it clear that he refuses to establish a Palestinian state, and will never relinquish land Israel has settled illegally within occupied Palestinian territory.
Not only has this practise continued without hindrance, it has not even been discussed in the political arena. The European Union, meanwhile, has had measures in place for well over a decade to ensure that illegal settlement products do not enjoy tariff-free status under its free trade agreement with Israel. It's no surprise, really, since the EU recognizes the settlements as being illegal under international law.
It gets worse. Canadian consumers are not given the real freedom of choosing to avoid products from Israel's illegal settlements, since they are mislabelled as being "Made in Israel." This violates the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, which in Section 7 (c) prohibits false and misleading representations on prepackaged products, which includes the product's origin.
The UK, Belgium and Denmark each have national guidelines on labeling goods from Israel's illegal settlements, and the EU committed to establishing these guidelines years ago. After being pressured by John Kerry to delay implementing these proposed guidelines until after the most recent "peace talks," which of course failed in the face of Israel's refusal to freeze expansion of its illegal settlements during the duration of the talks, the EU is about to begin labeling illegal settlement products.
The complete lack of discussion on this issue in the Canadian political arena is not because those segments of Canadian civil society that support Palestinian human rights have not tried to initiate dialogue. The United Church of Canada sent a letter to John Baird on February 28, 2013, urging the Canadian government to, at the very least, "introduce guidelines for retailers that would encourage them to label goods from the settlements differently from products made in Israel." A page encouraging Canadians to take action is set up on the Church's website, directed to Minister of Trade Ed Fast and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rob Nicholson.
While many supporters of Palestinian human rights acknowledge that labeling goods from these illegal settlements is not nearly enough, as the United Church indicates, it is the very least we would expect Canada to do. Of course, Israel is to blame for its illegal settlements, and cannot be disconnected from them, since successive Israeli governments are fully responsible for establishing them and creating the conditions for them to expand and multiply. Logically, sanctioning Israel would be the appropriate measure to take.
But in a Canada in which our current government has expressed undying loyalty to Netanyahu's regime, and where the opposition parties appear unwilling to publicly shame the government for its appalling disregard for the human rights of Palestinians, we cannot realistically expect the enactment of state sanctions against Israel any time soon.
If the NDP wants to prove to Canadians that it is indeed the government in waiting, and that it's visibly different from the Conservatives, then we should all expect it to commit to taking action on this issue. Will the NDP, at the very least, commit to reforming CIFTA to exclude tariff-free imports of illegal Israeli settlement products? Will the NDP, at the very least, promise to label products originating from the illegal Israeli settlements so that Canadian consumers will no longer be deceived?
If the NDP cannot even make these bare-minimum commitments, which have already been embraced by most of our allies in the Western World, then we can expect that they will not differ from the Conservative government in their complicity with Israel's illegal behaviour. So far they have been silent on the expanded and modernized CIFTA. It remains to be seen whether this silence will continue until the upcoming federal election.
This article was originally published as a blog in Huffington Post Canada.
Tyler Levitan is the Campaigns Coordinator for Independent Jewish Voices - Canada, a national human rights orgainzation that promotes a just peace in Israel and Palestine based on the application of international law and respect for the human rights of all parties.
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Hasegawa Peacebuilding Academy
長谷川平和構築研究所
GPAJ
2016 (Journal)
A paradigm shift called for in Japan's role in UN peace operations (22/11/2016)
Posted By admin on 2016-11-29
At a meeting with members of the Diet of Japan, former UN Special Representative Sukehiro Hasegawa suggested a shift in emphasis in the activities of Japan Self-Defense Forces from operational to capacity building training in UN peace operations.
In his presentation to members of the Diet of Japan, Professor Hasegawa explained first the findings of the special investigation carried out by General Patrick Commaert and the Panel of Experts as well as Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide. He then suggested that Japan can best do to help African countries by expanding the training activities Japan had started already in peacekeeping leadership training, capacity building in logistics, and enhancement in communication facilities. Hasegawa suggested that in South Sudan Japan actively engage in the Joint Operations Centre (JOC), joint planning and preparation for POC with a view to entrusting African UN peacekeeping troops to carry out actual kaketsuke-keigo operations.
Members of the Diet of Japan who participated in the discussion of the security situation in South Sudan are:
Mr. Takahiro Yokomichi (the Democratic Party) Chairman of the Parliamentary Group for World Federation of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives, Former President of the House of Representatives
Mr. Ichiro Aisawa (the Liberal Democratic Party of JAPAN) President of Japan-AU Parliamentary Friendship League and President of Parliamentary League for the UNHCR, a member of the House of Representatives, Former State Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mr. Seiji Osaka (the Democratic Party) A member of the House of Representatives, Former Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Mr. Yoshihisa Inoue (KOMEITO) Secretary-General of KOMEITO, a member of the House of Representatives
Mr. Masahiko Shibayama (the Liberal Democratic Party of JAPAN) Special Adviser to the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a member of the House of Representatives
Takahiro Yokomichi
Ichiro Aisawa
Yoshihisa Inoue
Seiji Osaka
Sukehiro Hasegawa
Masahiko Shibayama
The special investigation team led by General Patrick Commaert found that the UNMISS Peacekeeping Force did not operate under a unified command, resulting in multiple and sometimes conflicting orders to the four troop contingents from China, Ethiopia, Nepal and India, and ultimately underusing the more than 1,800 infantry troops at UN House. On the civilian side, despite strong efforts from the UNMISS Joint Operations Centre (JOC), there was poor integrated coordination efforts for mission-wide operations before and during the crisis. The culture of reporting and acting in silos that had developed throughout the UNMISS mission inhibited effective coordinated action during a period in which swift, joint action was essential. The JOC and the Security Information Operations Centre (SIOC) were not co-located, as required by UN policy, contributing to a fragmented security response (www.un.org/ Executive Summary on the Special Investigation, 1 November 2016).
The evidence gathered by the Panel of Experts suggested that the most severe security threats to TGNU and to the implementation of the Agreement are not external but internal to South Sudan, and primarily result from the actions and policies of the two major parties to the Agreement: the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLM/A) in Government, led by the President, Salva Kiir, and SPLM/A in Opposition, led by Riek Machar (S/2016/793 of 19 September 2016).
In the Secretary-General`s report to the Security Council, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ellen Margrethe Løj informed that the security situation continued to be volatile in Juba and its environs since the outbreak of violence in July. The overall security situation continue to deteriorate, most significantly in Greater Equatorias, where Government forces pursued members of SPLM/A in Opposition. SPLA reportedly fought armed opposition groups in Greater Equatoria and Western Bahr el-Ghazal regions. Many of those events involved significant casualties and the targeting of civilians. Insecurity increased also in northern Unity, Upper Nile and eastern Jonglei, where SPLA and SPLA in Opposition forces clashed often as a result of shifting alliances among local commanders. The increasingly heinous acts of violence against civilians in the Equatorias have exacerbated the relations between ethnic communities throughout the country. The rise in ethnic rhetoric and hate speech in October risks increasing incitement and polarization and further compounding the insecurity in the country. (S/2016/950 of 10 November 2016 paragraph 11)
(Source: www.globalsecurity.org)
United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng briefed the press in Juba a few weeks ago on the outcome of his visit to South Sudan. He found renewed violence on a daily basis, and any hope of reconciliation is elusive. Hinting the possibility of mass killings of civilians, he found the possibility for the political conflict to become "an outright ethnic war." He said, "I must emphasize that genocide is a process. It does not happen overnight. And because it is a process and one that takes time to prepare, it can be prevented. Action can and must be taken now to address some of the factors that could provide fertile ground for genocide. What surfaced over and over in my discussions this week was the presence of long-standing anger, combined with misconceptions and preconceived notions. These need to be addressed if there is to be a chance of peace." (United Nations Press Release, 11 November 2016)
Having taking note of the developments in South Sudan and the announcement made by the Government of Japan to be engaged in kaketsuke-keigo operations as well as the Japanese public reaction to them, former SRSG Hasegawa proposed a new way of contributing to UN peace operations by making a paradigm shift. Such a paradigm shift should enable the understanding that African countries are interested and willing to carry out the kaketsuke-keigo. The Jieitai can and should help them undertake efficiently and effectively kaketsuke-keigo operations. He thought the Japan Self-Defense Forces (Jieitai) personnel should continue to be engaged in constructing and repairing infrastructure facilities such as roads, bridges and public buildings, but should provide more training to African national and local personnel in operating machinery and equipment. Bearing in mind that African peacekeeping troops are willing to undertake kaketsuke-keigo operaitons if they are directed by their commanders, the Jieitai should take an active role in organizing preparation and training of kaketsuke-keigo operations for African peacekeeping troops. The jieitai personnel should also play an active role in JOC operations.
In Hasegawa's view, the Government of Japan should maintain its Jieitai personnel in South Sudan bearing in mind that the United Nations welcomed with appreciation the decision made on 15 November 2016 by the GOJ to authorize the kaketsuke-keigo and understood the rescue operation was meant to protect and save civilians in general. The Jieitai should also have active consultation with the Regional Protection Force established by the Security Council of the United Nations on 12 August 2016. Taking into account the nature of conflicts in South Sudan is primarily internal as found by the Panel of Experts, Japan should press for a political solution to the current conflict through the Security Council and UNMISS. The leaders of AU, IGAD and g7+. This should enable the leaders of African countries and those conflict prone countries to find their own solution that is sustainable.
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Cornell University is a small school with a big name. Cornell University's Law School works hard to keep up its reputation for producing quality lawyers. The law school places a big emphasis on cultivating a diverse student body, from work background and race to hometown. This "great and unique" law school stands out due to its smaller size since there are less than 200 students in each year's class, which means sections consist of about 30-35 students, and "you get a real sense of community being here." Every Wednesday, the school has a student/faculty coffee hour called "The Weekly Perk," where all of the students and professors "can mingle and have some coffee and cookies." The Deans also host a monthly breakfast for the leaders of the student organizations "so they can hear concerns and suggestions from the students themselves." In case it is not clear from all of the food-based collaboration, the "eager to help" administration "works hard to provide as many opportunities as they can, including public interest grants for summer work." Students who want to be involved in the Cornell community have plenty of opportunities, and "faculty take a genuine interest in student's ideas and research goals."
Much of the high tuition at Cornell goes to maintaining the excellence in the faculty. The "rock star" professors here are "amazing" and "truly want every student to succeed and excel." Some say "the ability to take classes with some of the leading professionals and thinkers in a particular area is one of the best aspects of a Cornell Law education." "They are like legal celebrities." Others say that it is "the ease with which graduates can land a big law job in NYC." "Our career services department made the process both painless and simple, and most students had their summer employment locked down by the beginning of Fall 2011," according to one student. The rest of Cornell Law School also "runs like a well-oiled machine." "I have had the opportunity to see my legal writing published in national magazines, and I have been given chances to do things I never thought I could achieve, through the guidance of the staff and faculty at Cornell," says one student.
Students are required to take thirteen credits per semester, leaving many wishing for "more mandatory pass/fail one credit classes," since many students are left "scrambling for that extra credit" in the second semester. Still, the focus on the practical experience is what firms are looking for in this economy, and "the clinical classes give students a chance to apply what they've learned to real world problems." "It's refreshing to have theory classes taught by individuals who also have real-world experience in the field," says one student. "For example, my Public International Law professor helped to draft the new constitution for Kenya and [has a working relationship] with Kofi Annan." One huge benefit of the school's size includes the opportunities to schedule a directed reading or supervised writing. With a directed reading, if a student is interested in taking a course in something that is not currently offered, that student can contact the professor and set up a directed reading or supervised writing to receive credit and study a particular topic.
Though students frequently admit, "Ithaca is a lovely place," they are also keenly aware that "there aren't the same type of part-time externship opportunities that one would find in New York City, Washington, D.C., or even the smaller cities." Luckily, networking opportunities and reputation can help compensate, and "just having 'Cornell' on your résumé can open certain doors."
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With construction completed in December 2013, the new wing of Cornell Law School opened in time to host spring 2014 classes. The library is particularly "state-of-the-art." The campus is "beautiful," and students often remark, "We attend school in a castle." This castle is "a very insular community," and many law students don't venture far off of the hill. The student body is understandably "extremely close." "I know the names of the majority of my fellow students in my class year," says one; however, the small population can "create a bubble of stress that can sometimes be hard to overcome."
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L'album a recueilli dans l'ensemble de très bonnes critiques musicales, obtenant un score de , sur la base de 36 critiques collectées, sur Metacritic.

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This 3 bed/1.5 bath rowhouse in the Rosemont neighborhood of 21216 is selling at a discount because the out-of-state owner is set to lose it to creditors. This property would work well as either a rental or a flip, and retail comps are easy to find in the immediate area (providing appraisal comps for a cash-out refi). Needs reno.
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AJ Maddah Says Blur Replacement May Be Announced This Week
Written by Greg Moskovitch on November 26, 2013
UPDATE: Blur replacements have finally been announced – full details here!
Big Day Out promoter AJ Maddah has said that event organisers may announce a replacement for UK Britpop ensemble Blur, who unceremoniously cancelled their appearance as co-headliners at BDO 2014 on Sunday via Facebook, some time this week, during a radio interview yesterday.
"We're massively disappointed, obviously," said Maddah of the cancellation. "We're also massively disappointed by their conduct, because I guess we all passed out at some point on Saturday night and everything was fine and then woke up on Sunday to get a rude surprise via Facebook."
UPDATE: Blur replacement to be announced this Friday — full details here!
Maddah had previously stated on Twitter that the band's cancellation came as news to him and the rest of the Big Day Out organisation, saying, "Am trying to find out [what's happened] myself. Far as I know BDO gave into every demand within the possibility of curfews & public safety."
Maddah reiterated those sentiments to Raf Epstein on 774 ABC radio yesterday, telling the host, "We said 'yes' to this band probably from the personal bias of everyone in our organisation loving them so much. We said 'yes' to every reasonable demand…"
Maddah expanded on Blur's demands, which the promoter alluded to on Twitter, including a request to swap with Arcade Fire, saying, "We said 'yes' to them having their own stage, we said 'yes' to every production request, we said 'yes' to every travel request, we said 'yes' to everything."
Maddah also explained to Epstein that Blur's Big Day Out cancellation is not the first time the UK indie legends have pulled such a stunt, saying:
"We found out today that they did exactly the same thing when they canceled their Asian tour last year, with pretty much the same language and those promoters also found out via Facebook, and they were a bit bewildered about what the band was going on about.
"So I'm not sure that we're an isolated incident."
An Australian expat living in Asia informed Maddah via Twitter of the incident in Asia, wherein, as FasterLouder reports, Blur was booked to headline this year's Tokyo Rocks festival, subsequently cancelling six weeks out from the festival date citing "management problems."
The band's cancellation, however, does not spell the end for Big Day Out, as many people on social media have been speculating, with Maddah telling Epstein that plans for 2015 are already being made and that Blur's "replacement or replacements" is expected to be announced imminently.
"If anything, it's galvanised us to work even harder and put on a better show," said Maddah. "At the moment we're reaching out to a large number of really great and worthy replacements, we will have them replaced, hopefully, within a matter of days and we'll make an announcement."
For disappointed punters looking to refund their tickets, Maddah said, "We're hoping to announce our replacements this week, replacement or replacements, and at that point if anyone's not satisfied they will be able to get an immediate refund." Readers can listen to the full interview, below.
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UPDATE: According to a new report by The Age, there have so far been only "87 requests" for refunds, since the news of Blur's cancellation broke, with Maddah saying, "people will be pleased with the replacement artist(s)".
The search for a replacement artist or artists is reportedly being centred on the US and the UK, because, as Maddah says, "there are few Australian artists left that have the requisite draw to be on top of a festival bills" and having an already rostered act step up to the plate is "not an option."
"It won't be cheap," Maddah told Fairfax, confirming that the first portion of Blur's performance fee had already been paid prior to their cancellation and indicating that the cost of finding a replacement act will outweigh any costs incurred from refunding tickets.
However, Maddah's confidence in the event refuses to wane, with the promoter saying Blur's dropping out "will not put the event or any of the stakeholders in any difficulty," largely due to the backing of its US co-owners C3, the organisers of Lollapalooza.
Maddah revealed that despite the incommunicative attitude of the band, he had received "a very considered apology from one of their representatives regretting the band's cancellation via Facebook and acknowledging our efforts."
However, the apology included "no adequate explanation" for the band's cancellation.
Listen: AJ Maddah speaks to Raf Epstein on 774 ABC Radio
@cfimages What was the excuse for the cancellation?
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@iamnotshouting They said "circumstances beyond our control" and said the promoter did it. The promoters found out from FB.
— craig ferguson (@cfimages) November 25, 2013
@niceguyollie @AdamZammit Only band can tell you that. Or maybe their Asian promoters last year who also found out via similar fb message
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So, yesterday we returned from our long Easter weekend in southern Kentucky; Russellville, KY to be exact. We met up with Tarren's younger sister and her family from South Carolina and this place was just about in the middle. Tarren's dad researched and chose this vacation rental house here. It was built in 1811 and was pretty cool. It more than accommodated all of 12 of us. There were even beds to spare. We didn't break many of the antique items in the house. They were repairable a least. Everyone had a blast. Liesel got to meet three of her cousins for the first time. She loved them of course and learned so much from them over the weekend. Here are some pictures of the fun. It did rain the whole time but we still managed to have fun. This first picture is from when we made a pit stop in Metropolis, IL. And, no, Liesel did not get that Nerf gun in her Easter basket. It was just in the picture and belongs to someone else.
Poor Zaine is so out numbered! You and Tarren need to fix that. ;o) T&E girl's have grown sooo much!!! Sounds like a fun weekend!