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Opinion: Why vote Labour?
Daniel Grondin, Election2015, Politics, WhyVote
I am here today to tell you why you should vote Labour in the 2015 general election. I'll begin by talking about the economy:
In 2010, David Cameron and the Conservatives promised that they would balance the books, repairing the damage done by the 2008 financial crisis. 5 years on and the books aren't balanced. In fact, the deficit is up to £75 billion. As a result of their incompetence, wages are down, taxes are up, VAT is up, the building of houses is at its lowest since the 1920's, families are £1,100 worse of a year and the working person is £1,600 worse off a year. All of this proves that the Tories strict austerity measures do not work and that David Cameron and the Conservatives have let our country down!
The Conservatives have countered this by saying that if Labour takes away the austerity measures, they will make the money back by increasing VAT. I, for one, believe this to be hypocritical. Go all the way back to 1979. Conservative shadow Chancellor Geoffrey How said "We have absolutely no intention of doubling VAT". 2 months later, VAT rose from 8% to 15%. Jump forward to 1992. Chancellor Norman Lemont said "I have no need, no proposals and no plans to either raise or extend the scope of VAT". 11 months later, VAT is added to gas and electricity. Now go to the start of the current term in 2010. David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne said "We've said it already. There are no plans to increase VAT. Our plans don't involve rising taxes on ordinary people" and "We don't have any plans to raise VAT." Just weeks later, Chancellor George Osborne raises VAT from 17.5% to 20%. Are they really in a position to talk? In fact, David Cameron has a record of U-turns. He said that he would not cut pensioners winter fuel allowance. He then did. He said carrying a knife in public would result in jail time. He then scrapped it. He said that he would not cut child benefits. Then he did. He said that he would not cut front-line services. Then he did. The list goes on.
Labour have instead promised to: Ban exploitive zero-hour contracts, double paid paternity (from 20 days to 40 days), reform the banks, fix the energy market, cap rail fares, raise the minimum wage from £6.50 an hour to £8 an hour, cut business rates for small businesses, lower the tax for low and middle incomes and raise it for the rich (scrapping the Tories millionaires tax break) and invest heavily in housing, building 200,000 affordable homes a year.
Moving onto the NHS. Under Cameron's government, 2 million people have had to wait 4 or more hours in A&E, 20 million have had to wait more than a week to see a GP and 4 million are on waiting lists for operations (the highest in 6 years).
Labour will employ 3,000 additional midwives, 5,000 additional home care workers, 8,000 additional doctors and 20,000 additional nurses, guarantee a GP appointment within 48 hours, guarantee cancer tests and results within a week and invest £2.5 billion into the service overall.
Finally onto education. The coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats promised to scrap university fees altogether. Month later, they tripled it from £3,000 and £9,000. They then promised that this was the end and that they would, from then on, completely support Britain's education system. By January 2015, the Conservatives again broke their promise, revealing that they would take £3 billion of the education's budget, in the process closing down free schools and opening private ones.
Labour will reduce university fees to £6,000, make sure that every young person out of a job or school is in training for work and that all young people that are unemployed for a year are given a job or apprenticeship.
Now I can't tell you who to vote for, but take into account the facts that I've just given you and I'm sure you'll see which party is better for our country: Labour: A better plan, a better future.
By: Daniel Grondin
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When arcade games began making their way to home consoles in the early 1980's I was stoked! Granted the game-play of the Atari 2600 wasn't quite the same as that big cabinet at the arcade, but there was something pretty cool about playing Asteroids, Missile Command and Berzerk in my living room - any time I wanted.
As much as I have always loved the Atari 2600 joystick controller, it didn't deliver the same robust experience as an arcade joystick. It was time to change that and turn my beloved Atari consoles into rugged arcade-strength game machines!
The guts of functional joysticks became the foundation for building high quality arcade controllers that are durable enough to stand up to the punishment of a really good game!. My buddy Rob was an avid gamer and had the electronics knowhow to get these projects going. With his invaluable help we built arcade-quality joysticks for an array of Atari consoles... including the Jaguar.
These brutally solid joysticks have survived and are still regularly played later!
The Atari 2600, 7800, 400/800 Computers and Colecovision all shared the same joystick port and thus used the same controllers. The 7800 veered a little bit from that standard with the addition of a 2nd fire button.
It became clear that the guts of an Atari 7800 joystick would be the foundation for the rugged arcade stick I sought. By using the cable from a 7800 joystick, we maintained that 2nd button for the 7800 games that use it and compatibility with all the other consoles sharing that style joystick.
Despite the large array of buttons contained on each controller, it seemed worthy to transplant them onto a rugged joystick chassis and bid farewell to those awful Atari 5200 controllers.
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Judge rules against 'Stand Your Ground' defense in cop shooting
Published time: 8 Mar, 2014 04:16
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A judge has ruled after a two-day hearing that a man charged with shooting a sheriff's deputy in Escambia County, Florida will not be permitted to use the state's Stand Your Ground law in an attempt to dismiss those charges.
Keenan Finkelstein, now 24, had sought to use the law to convince a jury that he was justified in shooting police Sergeant Shedrick Johnson in the leg near a home in West Florida on March 20, 2013.
Just before the shooting, a robbery victim had called the police to report that someone from a house nearby had stolen marijuana and a gun from his own residence. Police were looking for Jonathan Chappell, also 24, but as they converged on the home, only Finkelstein came out from the garage.
Sgt. Johnson came out from behind a tree and announced he was a police officer. At that point, police say, Finkelstein raised a gun and fired at Johnson, hitting the deputy in the leg.
In a two-day hearing this week, Finkelstein's attorney argued that Johnson had not identified himself and Finkelstein had no choice but to act in self defense. Johnson survived the shooting.
Most US states have adopted at least some form of the law. In a general sense, it permits citizens to use deadly force in an event where doing so is necessary to prevent themselves from experiencing great bodily harm, sexual assault, or imminent death. Florida's version of the law, which has been the subject of great controversy since the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case, allows residents to use deadly force without first attempting to get out of harm's way.
Florida Circuit Judge Terry Terrell denied Finkelstein's motion on Friday, ruling that because he was aware the robbery had occurred, he had reasonable notice that police might arrive at the house searching for Chappell.
Judge Terrell went on to cite a stipulation in the Stand Your Ground law which makes it clear that Florida residents are not legally authorized to use deadly force in fear of bodily harm if they can reasonably assume that the other individual is a police officer.
Lawmakers across the US often debate whether to repeal, change, or otherwise update Stand Your Ground and similar laws.
Florida, a traditionally conservative state, has been a hotbed of disagreement over the issue, with protesters taking over the state's House at one point last year, demanding that the legislation be repealed entirely.
Last month, a key Florida legislative subcommittee voted to expand a National Rifle Association-supported bill that expanded the self defense regulation in the state. The "threatened use of force" bill proposes to authorize citizens to use deadly force if they feel there is even a threat of force.
Finkelstein is expected to stand trial beginning in early April.
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My 5 year old son has been on at me for weeks now that he wanted to go to the beach . We love going on days out to the beach and he had really enjoyed himself at Deganwy beach in North Wales when we went in the early summer. It was his first time going to the beach and I think he thought it was the best thing ever, he waded into the sea, fully clothed and had a whale of a time. Nothing I could tell him could convince him otherwise and he was adamant that it was always warm at the beach.
Today, we decided to show him what we meant by beaches being cold in the winter. Let's face it, the beach in the UK is only ever nice when it is a hot day, it is usually windy and cold and not really anything any sane family would consider doing the first weekend after New Year! Regardless, we wrapped up warm with hats and coats and set off for Southport .
Took us a while to get there, thanks Sat Nav, and it wasn't without a bout of travel sickness from him... but we persevered as we were only a mile away from out destination by that point, and wasn't much longer to listen to the 'Are we there yet?' incessant line of questioning from the back seat!
The beach was deserted, apart from a couple of teenagers who were trying to ride their bikes on the sand, and my son was really excited to arrive there. He was most impressed with the number of shells we could find and then came the question every parent dreads on a day out 'Can we go home now?' Errrr why? We've only just got here! 'It's too cold!'. Well there you go then, lesson learnt, my boy!
We brought home around 20 big shells, with the plan of doing some artycrafty stuff with them and they were stinking already when we took them into the house. I filled the sink with hot water and started to wash them and soon discovered the reason for the smell... one of the shells still had it's former, probably quite recently deceased, resident still inside it. OMG it stank to high heaven and the kitchen filled with the pungent odour of rotting fish. Heaving, I managed to scoop the offending invertebrate into a kitchen towel and ferried it out to the bin, retching!
I love my Tassimo machine!
Bless his heart . It does get mighty cold on the beach in the winter.
It still sounds like a great day for the most part. I hope he remembers this and I know you will for a long time. And laugh about it later.
I love the beach but I leave in a mountain area of my country. Besides this, in this period of year we have snow and cold weather and the beach is empty.
OMG bringing home a rotting sea thingy? Oh dear. But days at the beach are just magical aren't they, all that wind and all that noise. I love it even when it's cold and yes, why do children insist on going in even when it's absolutely freezing? Mind you, I've been in the sea at Cornwall when it's been raining and it was delightfully warm.
Ah, the sunset must have made it all worth it!!!


no big dill: I went to the circus yesterday.
I went to the circus yesterday.
the cutest tight rope walker.
Her tutu was too too big.
It fell down mid rope.
are the days I will miss.
It passes like a blur.
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Cherish the memories, and be glad you caught it on camera!
I agree with you. The fun make believe days seem to leave too soon.
Sweet photo and memories. May they last longer than you think!
You captured it perfectly on film!


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India-Gambia relations
India and The Gambia share a friendly relation and share many common ideals in the domain of foreign policy such as adherence to multilateralism, common position of decolonisation, and eliminating the North-South divide. Both countries also share the membership of the Non-Aligned Movement. Gambia and India have also witnessed growing trade relations in recent years. Bilateral trade between the two countries stood at over US$ 62 billion for 2017-18.
Gambia's relation with India began in 1965 and have continued to expand. The recent visit of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind to The Gambia has further strengthened the relations between the two countries. The Indian President in his address to the National Assembly of Gambia on 31 July 2019 highlighted the significance of India-Gambia relations and mentioned that India-Gambia relations are not only confined within bilateral ambit but also in the international fora and the United Nations. The two countries need each other to realise the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. He said India and The Gambia shared long standing bond, while congratulating Gambian President Adama Barrow for fostering greater democracy, stability and nation building. He reiterated that India remains committed to partner with The Gambia in its progress and prosperity, adding that they look forward to continue friendship and ever going partnership with mutual trust and confidence.
India is committed to supporting The Gambia's development plans in the areas of education, solar energy, industries, democracy and capacity building training. India has, in keeping with The Gambian priorities, extended support for its social and economic progress – from capacity building, financial assistance to implementing infrastructure projects. India has provided concessional lines of credit worth US$ 78.5 million to support programs of rural development, agriculture, drinking water, healthcare and setting up physical infrastructure of The Gambia.
Another line of credit of US$ 92 million has been extended. During his visit, Indian President Kovind mentioned that India will stand by The Gambia in its realisation of set targeted goals in Gambia's three years development blueprint; the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2021. Specific areas of cooperation to extend assistance with half a million dollars in support of school development and other industrial projects have been identified. India has also been assisting The Gambia in fostering enterprise and entrepreneurship.
The National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) of India has established a Vocational Training Centre in The Gambia to provide skill training in fields such as plumbing, welding, electrical work, the construction industry, carpentry, draftsman-ship, survey, plastic technology, ICT, agro and food processing, and gemstones cutting and polishing. An Incubation Center at the Gambian Technical Training Institute has also been established with Indian assistance.
The India-UN project for Flood and Disaster Management has launched projects to assist the Gambia to provide an impetus for South-South cooperation. The initiatives Using Drones and Early Warning Systems for Pre- and Post-Floods Disaster Management in the Gambia Drones established an end-to-end flood warning system by introducing state of the art technology and building national networks and capacities to rapidly identify risks and damages. According to Mamadou Tangara, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, the project shows the "highly practical and impactful nature of South-South partnerships". These projects were formulated by the government of The Gambia in line with their national priorities and benefitting from UNESCO's technical and administrative support and generous funding by the Government of India.
India and the Gambia have also cooperated in the healthcare sector. Indian medicines, vaccines and healthcare expertise are providing affordable health choices to people in The Gambia. During his visit, Indian President Ram Nath Kovind mentioned that the Gambia had ratified the Instrument of Accession to the International Solar Alliance and that this will open up new opportunities of collaboration between the two countries on solar energy and help The Gambia in climate change.
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The Zurich-based company Starmind has developed a programme based on artificial intelligence for the US advertising agency J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT). It is designed to help the agency's 12,000 employees locate the right expert within the company.
JWT is one of the world's oldest advertising agencies. Headquartered in New York, it has a global presence. To help its employees network, JWT contracted the Zurich-based company Starmind to develop a programme. Pangaea is the outcome.
Pangaea is a solution based on artificial intelligence. If a JWT employee has a question, Pangaea can forward it to the right expert in the organisation for an answer.
The system, which connects 12,000 people in JWT's global network, continues to develop while in use. If one employee has a better answer to a question than another, any similar requests will be forwarded to this person in future.
"Pangaea is named after the supercontinent that once existed before the continents broke apart and became what we know them to be today. The solution is our way of bringing the world back together," explained JWT CEO Tamara Ingram in a statement published on startupticker.
Starmind was founded in Zurich in 2010. The company develops different solutions based on artificial intelligence to improve communication in the workplace.


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Hantec Group Unveils A Global Rebranding Campaign
DigitalCFO Newsroom | 19 August 2022
Hantec Group showcases all-new global brand identity, Marking a dynamic new growth phase built on foundation of 3-decade heritage.
Hantec Group today unveiled a global rebranding campaign and renewed growth strategy to direct the Group's next phase of dynamic development. The Group also announced that a new branch company will be established in Santiago, Chile in South America on 1 October 2022, marking another milestone in the Group's global journey. The rebranding exercise includes a new corporate identity which will be adopted across the Hantec financial, as well as IT, culture & art, and lifestyle consultancy businesses in 19 markets worldwide.
"Aligning with Hantec Group's global development and mindset, we have redesigned our corporate logo which we have used for 32 years. The new identity retains the signature Red as the dominant colour," said Freddy Lau Hoi-kit, chief executive officer of Hantec Group. "Red is bold, impactful but warm, and has always been a core part of the Hantec personality. New visual elements of angles and rounded corners give our brand a dynamic and confident new look."
The combination of a bold design with its legacy DNA represents an updating of the Hantec identity to resonate with new audiences globally. While the 67.5° dynamic angle symbolises Hantec's forward-thinking and drive to power ahead in the ever-changing marketplace, it also signifies a commitment to 'doing the right thing the right way'. As Hantec challenges the status quo to create opportunities, it carefully weighs all influencing factors, and utilises its knowledge to arrive at informed business decisions.
The Group was founded in Hong Kong in 1990 as a finance house, and has since grown into a global presence now operating in 19 cities. "In addition to our development in South America, our next phase of growth will also focus on Southeast Asian markets, with a pipeline of business developments in Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines under the Hantec Financial brand. Subsequent to the rebranding campaign launch, a series of sponsorship and marketing initiatives will be unveiled in Hong Kong and globally," Mr Lau added.
The Group looks forward to pressing ahead with its dynamic cross-sector growth journey into its next development phase.
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Blog November 28, 2018
Why telecommuting could be choking your business
Working from home. It's got to be a good thing, right? Everyone knows that it's hugely valued by employees. It gives them flexibility to work around other commitments. It reduces their stress levels. No frustrating commute to work and fewer interruptions when they've got an important deadline. Work/life balance is better which means they're less likely to be off sick. Surely that's a win-win?
It's true that it's become the norm, particularly in the tech sector. A 2016 study involving 8,000 global employees and employers by Vodafone found that three-quarters of companies worldwide have adopted flexible working policies and 61% believe that it increased company profits. Compared to a decade ago, the number of remote workers has increased by 115%.
So far, so good! Yet, there's also new evidence that remote working may not be so great for growing businesses. In a new survey released this month, The Global Work Connectivity Study, two-thirds of remote workers said they were disengaged and more likely to quit.
This doesn't surprise me and adds to my feeling that businesses with too many remote workers can really struggle to grow. Here's why.
Telecommuting can erode trust
Trust is just as important in professional relationships as it is in personal ones. It's at the heart of all our interactions. Companies that build a strong sense of trust have a clear vision and the agility to respond fast to unpredictable events. It's also vital for staff to feel that they're trusted – it improves morale and reduces decision times.
If you know your remote workers are at the top of their game and you trust them, then great. However, all too often, this isn't the case. There can be questions about how people are spending their time. For even the most motivated staff, the temptations and distractions of working in their own home can prove too great. The resulting lack of trust becomes corrosive and leads to resentment among those who do and don't work from home.
Remote working is too isolated
Ultimately, human beings are social animals. We rely on face-to-face interaction to make us feel included and give us a sense of shared purpose.
There's also the fun that comes from getting to know people. The effortless 'banter' of chatting to your colleagues, understanding who they really are and forming social bonds. 'Water-cooler' conversations that build friendship and common ground should not be under-valued.
All of this is lost when you work from home. Communication becomes much harder. There's really no substitute for eye contact and body language. It's amazing how much can be miscommunicated when you're not in the same room as someone else. Conference calls become painful, emails aggressive and confrontational. It's easy for communications to get twisted or misconstrued. Small misunderstandings snowball into bigger issues and leave staff feeling frustrated, upset and demotivated.
The isolation of working from home can also be depressing. Going days without any human contact can be incredibly lonely, having a damaging effect on both mental and physical health. A recent report by the Campaign to End Loneliness has said that social isolation costs UK employers £2.5 billion a year in productivity losses, absenteeism and turnover.
The desire to work from home is often driven by the inconvenience and stress of long commutes. No-one likes them. According to Best Companies, the tipping point is a 45 minutes journey. Any more that that and staff engagement starts to drop. To my mind, the solution is to not hire staff with long commutes in the first place. We had this approach when I was Managing Director of Peer 1 in Southampton and, in five years, it didn't impact the quality of staff we hired. Staff retention was also high.
Changing culture is more difficult with remote workers
In my work as a scale-up coach, I'm often looking at ways to decode and improve the culture of my clients. This can be essential to organisational growth and development. It becomes much, much more difficult when there's a high percentage of remote workers in the company.
That's because it's hard to build a community when everyone's so spread out. Businesses with great cultures often have special rituals which instil a sense of shared purpose and experience (more about this in my next blog). These spark behaviours that make the work and company more successful. It's much more difficult to embed these in the daily experience of the organisation when people aren't physically there.
At Peer 1, we wanted to build a culture that energised staff and attracted the best talent available. To do this, we built an office that was designed around interaction and fun. A giant helter-skelter slide dominated the space which also included an indoor garden, cinema, pool table and even a pub! Our staff were allowed to work from home but, surprise surprise, most of them didn't as they loved coming into work!
Remote working holds back innovation
In 2013, the Chief Executive of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, decided to ban employees from home-working. She felt people were more inventive when they came together and far more likely to collaborate. Her decision stemmed from her first few months at Yahoo, when she spent a couple of hours each day in the cafe, talking to any member of staff who fancied a chat. Some employees told her they weren't able to move forward with new ideas as their colleagues weren't on site.
Within a few months of introducing the ban, Yahoo's senior director of real estate and workplace, Julie Ford-Tempesta, reported 'The workplace has become a catalyst for energy and buzz. Employee engagement is up, product launches have increased significantly, and agile teams are thriving'. Interesting stuff.
Collaboration is hugely important to creativity. Whilst there are plenty of technical solutions that are supposed to make this easier for remote workers, there's no substitute for a face-to-face meeting to brainstorm ideas. This is, to my mind, the best way to encourage innovative thinking. Teleconferences are a poor alternative.
Remote working makes it harder to build teams
It's much, much harder to build effective, successful teams when staff work from home. To form strong bonds, the members of a good team need to know each other's strengths and weaknesses. Understanding of differences is really important but is less likely to happen without physical contact. Empathy occurs much less naturally when people aren't looking each other in the eye.
Teams formed from remote workers can be disjointed, meaning team members worry about voicing concerns or are more likely to take offence to well-meant criticism. They can easily feel unsupported if projects go wrong and it can be harder to manage them effectively.
So what's my feeling from all of this? It's that if you're trying to change and grow your business, your staff need to be in the office.
That doesn't mean I don't agree with flexibility – quite the opposite. It's important to build a culture where staff are trusted to manage their own time and get on with their jobs. If this means the odd day working from home, then great. But when they spend the majority of their time at home, it can make it far more difficult to build a shared sense of purpose. And that is vital for business expansion.
Written by expert business coach Dom Monkhouse — founder of Foundry Media. Find out more about his work here.
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Erdogan: all-powerful and alone
29 Jun 2018|David Gardner
He has finally done it. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, who has won 12 electoral contests in a row since first coming to power with his neo-Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002, would now seem to be lord of all he surveys.
Last Sunday, faced with his first real challenge at the ballot box by an energised opposition that had banded together to block his path to one-man rule, he won decisive victories: re-elected as president under a new regime modelled more on Russia than on France or the US, and with a parliamentary majority he secured by allying with the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
Under the new presidential regime, the job of prime minister, in which Erdogan served three terms before being first elected president in 2014, is abolished. He will dominate not just the executive, appointing all ministers and chairing cabinet, but the judiciary and the legislature—even though the vitality of these elections and the reinvigorated opposition suggest that parliament will not easily turn into a rubber stamp and that this diverse country will not simply roll over.
Turkey remains a nation split down the middle. On one side are the conservative masses of Turkey's Anatolian heartland to whom Erdogan and the AKP have given voice, marginalised as pious backwoodsmen by the Kemalist elites who ran the country as their inalienable inheritance from Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire almost a century ago. His followers know it was Erdogan who included them for the first time and gave them new schools and hospitals, new roads and airports, and above all, dignity and identity. In his victory speech Erdogan vowed that he would make those who were once left out into 'first class citizens'.
The opposition, led by the centre-left and secular Republican People's Party (CHP), the party of Atatürk, took the Aegean coast and the big cities, while the left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) won heavily in the predominantly Kurdish southeast and east.
Erdogan's almost revivalist constituency held firm, giving him thumping majorities of over 70% in cities of the interior like Kayseri, Konya and Sivas—his so-called 'Black Turks' thumbing their noses at coastal and metropolitan clusters of privileged 'White Turks'. The president did what he does best: he polarised the country, the tactic he employs to turbocharge his followers.
Over the past three years, since he briefly lost the AKP's parliamentary majority in the first of two general elections in 2015, this neo-Islamist has turned to the ultranationalist right to swell his following. After a 30-year-old conflict reignited with the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in mid-2015, the government fanned the flames as Erdogan launched a three-pronged attack on Kurdish rebels and insurgents—in southeast Turkey, across the border in Syria and, in the run-up to this election, inside Iraq—harvesting more than enough MHP votes to make up for AKP losses.
Just as Turkey is split, there have always been two sides to Erdogan. There's the natural politician, richly gifted and sometimes reformist, a towering figure and an almost elemental electoral force. Then there's the wilful and petulant would-be sultan, stalked by paranoia and hubris in his vast faux-Ottoman palace which would fit Versailles, the White House and the Kremlin. This is the man who has always said that a parliamentary system is too weak to bring Turkey to the greatness which is the birthright of Turks and which he alone incarnates.
In the past five years, as Erdogan set his course for his Vladimir Putin–style presidency unfettered by checks and balances, it is the second half of this split personality he has most shown the world, as he treats Turks and Turkey as his patriarchal property, brooking no dissent and tolerating no other power centre, even inside an AKP he has purged of potential rivals and packed with sycophants.
It was in 2013 that Erdogan's halo slipped. Until then he looked a plausible standard-bearer of an ostensibly modern Islamism marketed as a Muslim analogue to European Christian democracy. In mid-2013, secular and liberal Turks went into the streets of Turkey's cities to demand an end to the government's pious intrusions into the personal and public space of a very diverse society, and by year end Erdogan's most valued allies within the system—followers of the shadowy Islamist movement of Fethullah Gülen—exposed massive corruption in his inner circle.
Those graft probes by erstwhile allies burrowed into the police and the judiciary flicked the AKP's conspiracy-theory switch, and lit the country with an efflorescence of Erdoganist rage. The abortive coup of July 2016 that the government blames on Gülenists infiltrated in the military confirmed Erdogan in his thinking: there could be no surrender of any power whatsoever.
The government carried out vast purges, sweeping up dissidents and opponents as well as real or alleged Gülenists. It has jailed more than 50,000 and fired another 130,000: generals and police, judges and prosecutors, teachers and academics, civil servants and journalists. Dozens of leaders, MPs and mayors from HDP are in jail. Its control of the streets and media is total. These elections were to make de jure what is de facto, to legitimise powers Erdogan has already seized.
In his supreme moment of triumph, nonetheless, Erdogan's unfettered power will not necessarily help him weather the storms ahead: a vulnerable, indebted and overheated economy with rising inflation and a falling currency; poisonous relations with Turkey's traditional allies in the EU and NATO; and perilous military incursions into the neighbouring maelstroms of Syria and Iraq. When heading into storms of such ferocity, even the mightiest presidents need lightning rods—such as prime ministers—and Erdogan, by his will and choice, is alone.
David Gardner is international affairs editor at the Financial Times based in Beirut. Image courtesy President of Russia.
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Thanks to its location in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Angel Island has by far the best scenic views of any park in the Bay Area. The Mount Livermore hike is the best way to see these views. What makes this hike especially engaging is the way the views gradually open up as the trail winds its way around the island: first there are views of Ayala Cove, then the narrow Raccoon Strait, then of the bigger expanse of water between Angel Island and San Francisco, and finally views of the entire bay to the east.
The only way to get to the island is by ferry or water taxi. Ferries leave from Tiburon every hour between 10 am and 5 pm in summer. There's also ferry service from San Francisco, but there are fewer departures and the round-trip ride is about an hour longer. Either way, the ride to the lushly-wooded north side of the island is one of the scenic highlights of a visit to Angel Island.
Many visitors to the island just hike an out-and-back on the North Ridge Trail, which is the most direct route to the peak; this is a mistake since most of the really good views are on the longer Sunset Trail.
The hike takes about two hours at a brisk pace; allow at least three to be safe. The entire loop is quite popular and on a nice weekend you'll see a group of hikers about every 2 or 3 minutes.
Here's the Tiburon ferry location and the San Francisco ferry location in Google Maps.
From the ferry dock, follow the paved road through the busy Ayala Cove area. The road passes a marina, rental stands and snack bar, then the popular beach and the visitors center, which is in a historic and slightly shabby-looking house. Follow the road as it climbs out of the cove area. At a T intersection with the perimeter road, look for the singletrack trail slightly to your left.
The trail climbs through attractive oak woods that are typical of the peninsula. Crowd noise and music from Ayala Cove drift up to the trail for quite a while as it gradually switchbacks up the hill. There are a few views of Ayala Cove through the trees, then the trail rounds a corner, the noise falls away, and there's a nice view of the wooded Tiburon Peninsula and the Marin Headlands.
As the trail climbs and gradually winds its way around the island, the oak forest gives way to open scrub and the views open up dramatically. The Golden Gate Bridge, then the city of San Francisco come into view. As the trail levels out the East Bay comes into view.
A short spur trail climbs through oak woods to the peak. The peak itself has a 360 degree view; there's a small clearing at the top with a little antenna.
Take the North Ridge Trail back to Ayala Cove. There are a lot fewer scenic views on the way down. As the trail descends, the woods get progressively lusher, culminating in a dark ravine covered with bay laurel.


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Pregnant woman guilty of manslaughter
A Galway woman who is eight months pregnant will be sentenced on Wednesday for the manslaughter of a neighbour whom she stabbed…
Mon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
A Galway woman who is eight months pregnant will be sentenced on Wednesday for the manslaughter of a neighbour whom she stabbed to death two years ago in a drunken row over a puppy.
Una Black (26) of Walter Macken Flats, Mervue, Galway, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the manslaughter of 42 year-old John Malone at the flats on December 3rd, 2006.
Mr Justice Paul Carney heard that the deceased had been looking after a puppy for the defendant and had become annoyed that she had not been to his flat for a week to assist in looking after it.
Mr Malone told Black that he had sold the dog so she went to his flat to retrieve it. The pair struggled and Black armed herself with a knife. She returned to get her dog a second time and they fought again. During that struggle Mr Malone was fatally stabbed by the defendant.
Detective Garda Tony Reidy told Aileen Donnelly SC, prosecuting, that Mr Malone received a single fatal stab wound to the upper chest at around 5.30am. Black called the emergency services and said a man was lying on the ground following a fight between two men.
Black later admitted to gardai that she had inflicted the fatal wound during a row but said she did not know how it had happened and did not intend to kill Mr Malone. She had been drinking alcohol and taking antidepressants on the night and morning in question.
Mr Malone was found face down in a pool of blood by medics and was taken to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 6.43am. He had suffered a punctured lung but no defensive wounds.
Gardai went to Black's flat where she lived with her boyfriend, Thomas Donohue, and the two were arrested and questioned.
She initially told gardai that Mr Malone had pulled out a knife but later agreed that it was she who had taken a knife to the scene during a second attempt to get the dog. She said she knew he would come at her and she wanted him to keep away and scare him.
They struggled again and she stabbed him. She told gardai she couldn't understand how it had happened.
Defence counsel, Diarmaid McGuinness SC said Black deeply regretted her actions. He read a letter from her in which she said she was truly sorry and ashamed and, "wished to God she could take it back".
She is expecting her first child and said it hurt her that the baby would be taken from her after 18 months.
A medical report detailed a history of depression, psychiatric disorder, alcoholism and incidents of self harm.
Mr McGuinness told Mr Justice Carney that Black had believed for medical reasons that she was unable to have children and was deeply attached to her puppy. She had fled the country before her trial date as she could not face it while pregnant.
Mr Justice Carney remanded her in custody until Wednesday morning when he will impose sentence.
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Profit Hunter EA: a Smart Martin
Category: Trading advisors
Many traders, especially the beginners, get tired of manual trading and start using robots. Of course, advertising plays a significant role in choosing the algorithm. Often, system and EA vendors hide information about their product until the customer buys it. Profit Hunter EA is no exception, so in our review we will try to find out whether this robot is efficient or you should better search for its counterparts.
The developers call it "a smart Martin", which should alert a user per se. Do such "Martins" even exist? In order to understand how it works, let's look at its story and then at the EA itself.
Profit Hunter EA and its built-in trading mechanism
A variation of the "martingale" technique used in the EA is actually not unique, but rather one of the modifications of the old strategy of "Avalanche", with the only difference: instead of aggressive opening orders in both directions, all losing positions gained in the course of work are locked in the entire volume after the last series of orders. Thus, the risk of siphoning the deposit because of a false signal is reduced.
For immediate decision on the opening of the first order in a series, the Profit Hunter EA uses the fractal technology in its basic version. Other modifications use moving averages with different periods.
When configuring, you should pay attention to the following parameters in the main window:
Level - level used to set the stop-loss, take-profit and to determine the points for the series of orders;
Lock - number of orders, after which a counter position will be opened for the entire volume.
The Profit Hunter EA is recommended for use on GBP/USD pair on the 1-hour timeframe. Among other parameters, we should underline money management rules, which suggest there is a minimum deposit of $3,000 to start trading with recommended 0.1 lot. The result of testing on the author parameters is presented in the figure below:
Summary: Profit Hunter EA and its pros and cons
According to the results of the work done, it can be argued that the algorithm has the following advantages:
maximum number of series of orders and their values are determined by the user;
initial entry points are correctly defined with high probability;
notification of new orders received on email.
The disadvantage of the algorithm is, in our opinion, a totally useless stop-loss, which is set at the opening of the first order, and then just pulls back with opening the new countertrend deals. Under this option, it would have been logical to use a trailing stop, but the developers didn't feel the need to use such an important tool for managing the positions. This creates an extra load on the data channel, which under conditions of high volatility during important news can lead to malfunction.


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Liberal education has been the foundation of the University of Lethbridge since our inception in 1967; it fuels the imagination and drives innovation. You gain skills such as big-picture thinking, adaptability, problem solving, effective communication and information literacy, so you will be able to navigate a rapidly changing labour market. It also encourages you to be an active citizen in your community and sets you on the path to be a lifelong learner.
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Nearly 9,000 students from across Alberta and around the world call uLethbridge home. Steps from the Rocky Mountains, Lethbridge has a population of 100,000 and is one of Canada's fastest growing and youngest cities; it is an eclectic urban centre surrounded by natural beauty. In addition to our main campus, uLethbridge offers select programs on our Calgary Campus, located in downtown Calgary.
We are ranked first in the Medical/Science Grants category and second in the Student Satisfaction Rankings of Experiential Learning Opportunities category (primarily undergraduate classification) in Maclean's University Rankings, 2022. uLethbridge faculty and staff work together to support your academic, professional, and personal development. You will find a wide range of academic and student services, as well as numerous clubs, events, and activities that enhance student life. Learn to think about issues from all angles and in company with the world's brightest minds and most accomplished researchers to bring new light to society's most perplexing questions. You will also have extraordinary opportunities to take your learning beyond the classroom and discover the world. Your classes will be small, your professors will know your name and you'll receive the support you need to succeed.
At uLethbridge, students play a key role in the discoveries you learn about in the classroom. By participating in the investigative journey, your learning goes beyond the theoretical to the practical. With facilities for pursuing original research and creative activities, we conduct research in all disciplines. You will work alongside leading scholars recognized for their teaching excellence, scientific inquiry, creativity and community citizenship. uLethbridge research facilities include the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy, and the Water Institute for Sustainable Environments.
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They always say it's "meant to be" when they hear our love story. I guess they are right. But the best description would be a "match-made-in-heaven". Here I am writing my love story from the past nine years up to the present, the day I said "yes" until the time I said "I do and I will."
I met this boy when I was in Kindergarten. We always tease him "Lance Ambulance." Never in my life I imagined that I will marry him someday.
Years passed and we meet again but this time it was different. The age gap didn't matter. I was older in age but he was older when it comes to maturity. I always think that it's God's plan that we will be together.Who would think that we would be neighbors and his house would be directly opposite from mine? We are almost opposite in most ways, me- an introvert and him the extrovert, he was friendly and I'm the shy type so I never thought that a love story so great will start from two almost different individuals.
February 1, 2003, a date to remember....it's our anniversary. The start of "us".
We had our dates, inside and outside our homes. We had our getaways. Being in a relationship is the best feeling in the world. You are loved and you love someone. You have a best friend at the same time a lover. You can call someone in the wee hours of the morning just to talk. You have a running partner, a partner in the hoops and you have a driver where you want to go. But being in a nine-year relationship is tough. Adjustments, misunderstandings, quarrels, jealousy and time were hard to conquer. There were times that we almost gave up. It was tougher because we feel that we are near yet so far. We sometimes have to lie to our families when we had our misunderstandings. Our families and friends were also affected during those trying times. But with the grace of our Lord we made it through.
2012 --- another unexpected year. The year we turned 25. A quarter of a century changes my perspective of things. In the past, I never daydreamed of weddings, having a family but I realized when you get older, it changes. I thought of weddings, walking in the aisle, wearing the white dress. February 1, 2012, we celebrated our 9th year anniversary. We have talks about marriage but we always agree that we have to save up first. 10 days after.... our families talk about our future career-wise. It was God's way of telling us "what are you waiting for?" This huge jump in our career lives made us think that what are we still waiting. We talked to our parents and our families that it was time to settle down.
More than a month after...March 20, 2012 ---- a month long preparation for the wedding! It was tough! Tougher than you think it is. Invitations, food, flowers, decorations, the Pastor and the Judge, the marriage license, sound system, bands, everything has to be organized in a span of ONE MONTH! (You would think why just a one-month preparation?His dad will arrive from abroad and it's the only month the whole family will be complete.) The never-ending support of our families and friends gave us the courage and determination to make this event successful.


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Bill Peregrin Memorial Award "Depot by the River"
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Mijello Co., LTD Merchandise Award #2 "Up Beat Blues"
Combined Merchandise Award #1 "Feathers in the Wind"
Janet Hilford Memorial Award "Tropical Paradise"
San Diego Watercolor Society Reciprocal Award "Fishing Village, China"
Combined Merchandise Award #2 "On The Road Again"
Juror's Award "Bird Number 2"
Third Place "Fishing in Baja"
California Watercolor Association Reciprocal Award "Yes, Dear!"
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Ben and Mary Rabe Award "Shop in the Rain"
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Ian's talk about his newly released historical novel That Untravelled World was fantastic. 20 keen historians and writers gathered over wine and cheese to hear about Ian's approach to writing this novel and to learn some tricks of the trade. Ian also read an excerpt from the novel that focused on Perth Zoo and South Perth in the 1910's.
Fore more information and to purchase the novel, visit UWA Publishing's website. Copies will be available for loan through South Perth and Manning Library in the near future.
Check out the details of our upcoming author talk by Ian Reid!
Ian's new historical fiction novel That Untravelled World focuses on elements of South Perth's local history, such as the Perth Zoo and the Canning Bridge Camps.
On the eve you will have the chance to see some of the smashing digital photographs from the South Perth Local History Collection – selected especially to resonate with the local themes that appear in Ian's novel.