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When President Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 the US economy was doing well and the stock market was booming. Those good times for investors are being echoed now during...
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As he stood on the Senate floor at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Rep. Jerry Nadler declared that he and his colleagues "will now attempt to tell you the story" behind their...
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo's response to the Empire State's big Medicaid deficit, as laid out in his budget presentation on Tuesday, was a disappointing mix of delay, deflection and delegation. In...
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Report: Hornets offered Kemba Walker $160 million – about $61 million less than projected super-max
By Dan FeldmanJun 28, 2019, 11:40 AM EDT
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Kemba Walker is eligible to re-sign with the Hornets on a five-year super-max contract that projects to be worth $221 million.
Instead, he sounds increasingly likely to join the Celtics.
Stephen A. Smith on ESPNews:
My sources tell me that Kemba Walker has informed the Charlotte Hornets and Michael Jordan he does not want to be there. He was offered a five-year deal. It wasn't the super-max deal he was qualified for. It was somewhere in the ballpark of 160-plus million.
Adrian Wojnarowski on ESPN:
Kemba Walker is poised to commit to the Boston Celtics on Sunday night when free agency opens. He has essentially left Charlotte in his rearview mirror. They were too far apart on a contract.
This still feels like Walker trying to pressure the Hornets into offering more money. The rhetoric sounds just a little too strong.
Walker's max with the Celtics projects to be about $141 million over four years. So, he'd be leaving about $19 million on the table. However, that's a shorter deal, so he'd have a chance to recoup some of that money in four years.
Will Charlotte buckle and offer Walker more? I'd be shocked if he gets the full super-max, but I wouldn't be surprised if he extracts enough money to stay. There's plenty of room for compromise in the $61 million difference between the super-max and the offer.
But the Hornets are correct to tread lightly. Though it'd be difficult to lose the greatest player in franchise history and someone who has embraced the Charlotte community, this is not some great era the Hornets would be ending. They've only sometimes made the playoffs and never won a series with Walker in his prime. They have extremely limited avenues to upgrade around him, especially because Jordan refuses to pay the luxury tax. It will get even harder as Walker – a 29-year-old small guard – ages.
The risk is lower for Boston, which would have to pay him less and already has a solid supporting cast assembled. Plug Walker in for Kyrie Irving, and the Celtics should keep humming – maybe with lower championship odds, but with improved chemistry that should help over the long regular season.

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A point of sale (POS) is the final checkpoint for your customer.
Money and products or services are exchanged, and the customer goes on their way. It's important to have the right tools to ensure your point of sale is effective, efficient, and simple for both you and your customers.
Here are five important point-of-sale tools that your business can benefit from.
When exchanging money, you should expect your point of sale system to be of a certain caliber. The software should be simple to operate, efficient, and most of all secure. Any electronic transfer of funds always carries a risk, as the information makes its way through internet channels to its destination.
There are hundreds of options when it comes to your POS system, each with its own security features and payment options. Some of the top-rated POS systems include Square POS, Lightspeed, and Shopify. Square POS is one of the most widely used and trusted brands, but Lightspeed and Shopify are close behind. Each brand has excellent security features and a top-notch customer service department.
Whether you're running a small business or a large corporation, the right POS software can ensure security during sales, and create a long-lasting bond of trust between you and your customer base.
To go along with your POS system, you'll want a good invoice generator that can help you create an invoice which clearly spells out the customer's purchase. Detailed and concise, your invoice will be the reference your customers turn to when they need company contact information or details of their transaction.
An invoice can be as simple as a receipt printed immediately following the sale, and should include the company's name, address, phone number, details of the sale including prices and quantities, as well as your company logo.
A simple receipt printer can be used to generate invoices, and are relatively easy to acquire at any office supply store, such as Office Max. Alternatively, you can choose emailed receipts as part of your company's "going green" initiative, but be sure to always offer your customers the choice of a paper receipt.
A company with excellent customer service engages in survey distribution to its patrons. This is the most effective way for your customers to spell out their wants and needs from your brand, as well as feedback on your performance.
At your POS, you can generate surveys or links to surveys on the bottom of a receipt or invoice. You can offer incentives such as a coupon or monetary sweepstakes as incentives for your customers to participate.
Be sure to have your staff trained to point out the survey and the opportunity for incentives to each customer. Often something at the bottom of a receipt can be overlooked and therefore forgotten, so its best to give the customer a gentle reminder when the need arises.
The single most important POS tool at your disposal is your customer service staff. Even with the best technology on the market, poor performance from staff can cause a transaction to fall short of its true potential.
Be sure to train your staff to be courteous and polite, and to work for the customer, not against them. Should conflicts arrive, your staff should be able to navigate the issue efficiently, defusing the situation and bringing about an agreement.
Forbes magazine describes a common mistake business make when training customer service staff: "A costly and common mistake is to is to think of customer service training as essentially 'trade school' or 'tactical training'". Customer service does involve technical aspects, but its function is much more widespread than simply credit card returns and customer appeasement.
People want to feel like people during their shopping experience. Making the experience more comfortable and genuine helps generate customer loyalty and ensures your customer service ranking remains high. You'll find new customers and returning customers alike satisfied with their visit if your staff are well-trained and courteous.
Nothing is more frustrating than a downed credit card system at the height of your sales day. Your POS system may be the latest and greatest, but if your internet connection is falling behind, you'll want to upgrade it to match your sales.
Customers aren't likely to return to a place of business whose internet is always down or glitchy. Shop around your area for the best internet package, and be sure you have enough bandwidth to run all of your transactions throughout the day.
If your place of business offers free WiFi to its customers, make sure your internet package can handle the extra load. You may even have to purchase a separate connection for the store's WiFi service. Keep everything running smoothly so the cash flow doesn't stop and your customers stay happy.
The point of sale is where you and your customers make the connection. The exchange of money for a product or service garners a certain level of trust between buyer and seller, and it is up to the seller to uphold this reputation.
By providing a quick and efficient POS experience, you're letting your customers know that their time is valuable to you; and your company is willing to have systems in place to help the process along in as painless a way as possible. That is excellent customer service.
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The developments come after the US reportedly urged its allies in November to abandon the use of Huawei due to security concerns. Earlier, FBI Director Christopher Wray claimed that Huawei might provide the Chinese government with the capacity to carry out "undetected espionage".
President Donald Trump may sign a decree banning US companies from using equipment made by Chinese hi-tech giants Huawei and ZTE already in January, Reuters cited sources familiar with the situation as saying on Thursday.
In particular, the executive order would instruct the Commerce Department to block US companies from buying Huawei and ZTE equipment that "pose significant national security risks."
The names of the two companies will most likely be omitted in the order but, Commerce Department officials "would interpret it as authorization to limit the spread of equipment" made by Huawei and ZTE.
The document will refer to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which allows the president to regulate trade in response to a national emergency that threatens the US. The text of the order, which has been under consideration for more than eight months, has yet to be finalised.
The developments come shortly after UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson expressed serious concerns over the involvement of Huawei in Britain's 5G network, suggesting that Beijing sometimes acted "in a malign way".
"We've got to look at what partners such as Australia and the US are doing in order to ensure that they have the maximum security of that 5G network", Williamson pointed out.
His remarks followed a report by the Wall Street Journal that the US had been urging its allies, including Germany, Italy and Japan, to abandon the use of Huawei due to security concerns.
Earlier, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray suggested that Huawei might provide the capacity for the Chinese government to carry out "undetected espionage".
Huawei, for its part, pledged that it would continue building competitiveness in creating 5G networks despite the crisis of confidence from the West and allegations that the tech company had been linked to the Chinese government.


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News>Bob Moses
Bob Moses Share New Track "Enough To Believe"
Grammy-winning duo Bob Moses is sharing the new song "Enough To Believe" from their forthcoming album Battle Lines due September 14th on Domino, listen to the track below.
"Enough To Believe" follows "Heaven Only Knows", which KCRW hails as "classic songwriting with slinky guitar work and an EDM beat," and the lead single "Back Down" that Earmilk explains, "displays the genius fusion of alternative and trance that Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance create together. They manage to have this extravagant sound filled with emotion, yet are able to keep control and keep it cool." Bob Moses also recently shared a special acoustic performance of "Back Down"—watch here.
Battle Linesfollows the band's acclaimed debut album, Days Gone By, which features their worldwide hit "Tearing Me Up." The duo recorded the new albumin Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon, after writing and testing out new material on the road. Inspired by their time playing raves and rock clubs all over the globe since the release of Days Gone By, Battle Lines takes a harder look at the world in which they find themselves.
"This record is about the battles and struggles we all live through," says the pair—Vancouver-bred, Los Angeles-based Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance—of the new album. "Battles within ourselves, battles with and within our society, battles between each other, with our loved ones, battles between ideologies. It's also about struggling to identify where those battles lines start and end, and what within us and within our environments cause these struggles, and ultimately cause our suffering. It's also about the struggle to reconcile with those things, somehow."
Battle Lines is available to pre-order now on CD and limited edition colored double LP, as well as digital download, from Domino. All pre-orders from Domino include an instant download of "Back Down" and "Heaven Only Knows."
1. Heaven Only Knows
2. Battle Lines
3. Back Down
4. Eye For An Eye
5. The Only Thing We Know
6. Nothing But You
7. Enough To Believe
8. Listen To Me
9. Selling Me Sympathy
10. Don't Hold Back
11. Fallen From Your Arms
The band will tour North America this fall, with the tour kicking off September 21 in Sacramento and further stops in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Austin, Los Angeles, and a headline slot at CRSSD Festival in San Diego. Tickets are on sale now, visit bobmosesmusic.com for more information.
September 15 - Ensenada, Mexico - Guadalupe Valley Wine, Food & Music Festival
September 21 - Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
September 22 - Oakland, CA Fox Theater
September 24 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
September 25 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
September 26 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
September 27 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
September 28 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Metro
September 29 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
September 30 - San Diego, CA - CRSSD Festival
October 2 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
October 3 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
October 4 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
October 5 - Las Vegas, NV - Encore Beach Club
October 6 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
October 7 - Montreal, QC -Corona Theatre
October 9 - Boston, MA - Paradise
October 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
October 11 - Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
October 12 - New York, NY - Brooklyn Steel
October 15 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
October 16 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
October 17 - New Orleans, L - Republic
October 18 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
October 19 - Austin, TX - Emo's
October 20 - Dallas, TX - Trees
October 23 - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
October 24 - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
October 25 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
November 1 - Guadalajara, Mexico - C3 Stage
November 2 - Mexico City, Mexico - Auditorio Blackberry
November 3 - Monterrey, Mexico - KNOX
November 16 - Los Angeles, CA - The Palladium
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Lecturer in Economic and Social History (Economic & Social History)
Associate (Institute of Health & Wellbeing)
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Ferguson, A. H. (2015) Ignored disease or diagnostic dustbin? Sudden infant death syndrome in the British context. Social History of Medicine, 28(3), pp. 487-508. (doi:10.1093/shm/hkv003) (PMID:26217070) (PMCID:PMC4513887)
Ferguson, A. H. (2015) The role of history in debates regarding the boundaries of medical confidentiality and privacy. Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, 3(1-2), pp. 65-81. (doi:10.7590/221354015X14319325750070) (PMID:26877972) (PMCID:PMC4751619)
Philip, J. M. D. and Ferguson, A. H. (2015) Introducing ethical frameworks into classroom discussions of scientific ethics. School Science Review, 96(356), pp. 95-98.
Ferguson, A. H. and Maehle, A.-H. (2015) Medical confidentiality and privacy: past present and future. Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, pp. 1-3.
Ferguson, A.H. (2013) Should a Doctor Tell?: The Evolution of Medical Confidentiality in Britain. Series: Medical law and ethics. Ashgate: Farnham, Surrey. ISBN 9780754679608
Ferguson, A.H. (2013) Medical confidentiality in the military. In: Gross, M.L. and Carrick, D. (eds.) Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century. Series: Military and defence ethics. Ashgate: Farnham, pp. 209-224. ISBN 9781409438984
Ferguson, A.H. (2012) The evolution of confidentiality in the United Kingdom and the West. Virtual Mentor, 14(9), pp. 738-742.
Ferguson, A.H. (2011) Exploring the myth of a Scottish privilege: a comparison of the early development of the law on medical confidentiality in Scotland and England. In: Gordon, E., Freeman, M. and Maglen, K. (eds.) Medicine, Law and Public Policy in Scotland 1840-1980. Dundee University Press: Dundee, UK, pp. 125-140. ISBN 9781845860516
Ferguson, A.H. (2009) Speaking out about staying silent: an historical examination of medico-legal debates over the boundaries of medical confidentiality. In: Goold, I. and Kelly, C. (eds.) Lawyers' Medicine: The Legislature, the Courts and Medical Practice, 1760-2000. Hart Publishing: Oxford, pp. 99-124. ISBN 9781841138497
Ferguson, A.H. (2006) The lasting legacy of a bigamous duchess: the benchmark precedent for medical confidentiality. Social History of Medicine, 19(1), pp. 37-53. (doi:10.1093/shm/hkj002) (PMID:17153159)
Ferguson, A.H. , Weaver, L.T. and Nicolson, M. (2006) The Glasgow Corporation milk depot 1904-1910 and its role in infant welfare. Social History of Medicine, 19(3), pp. 443-460. (doi:10.1093/shm/hkl041)
Ferguson, A.H. (2005) Should a doctor tell? Medical confidentiality in interwar England and Scotland. CHMD Work in Progress Seminar, Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease, Durham University, 28 February.
Ferguson, A.H. (2004) The cost of keeping quiet. Were patient's secrets up for auction in the historical medical marketplace? In: Economic History Society Annual Conference, London, 2-4 April 2004, pp. 1-5.
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Help your parents to remain involved in your school life, especially in course planning with the guidance counselor or other academic advisor. Have them attend any and all Parent and Teacher Conferences with you.
With your guidance counselor or other academic advisor, schedule a four-year college preparatory plan of classes.
Insist on taking challenging classes, for example, honors.
Be sure to join a volunteer organization and become involved in community service. A big part of scholarship consideration and college entrance applications is community service. Check with the Tribal Office for any volunteer work they might have such as helping with the Cultural Center or the Annual Pow Wow.
You should consider attending summer enrichment programs which strengthen you in academics or the arts.
Ask your parents to remain involved in your school life, especially in course planning with the guidance counselor or other academic advisor. Have them attend any and all Parent and Teacher Conferences with you.
You need to stay on track with your four-year college preparatory plan of classes and continue to take challenging classes. Colleges are impressed by students who challenged themselves academically rather than those who got an easy "A."
You should start researching possible colleges to attend and become familiar with their entry requirements. Guidance counselors have research material. Contact the colleges and have them send you a package.
You should take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) if offered at the high school. Placing as a finalist or semifinalist in this National Merit Scholar competition will opens many scholarships offers and invitations from universities.
Look up dates for the ACT test and take the ACT test in the second half of your junior year with plans to retake it at least one more time the next year before applying to colleges.
Start making a list of teachers, advisors or supervisors who you might ask to write recommendation letters for college and scholarship applications.
You should continue participating in community service and in summer enrichment programs. Check with the Tribal Office for any volunteer work they might have such as helping with the Cultural Center or the Annual Pow Wow.
With your parent(s), discuss college financial aid with your guidance counselor.
Most important for receiving good financial aid from the college of your choice is filling the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) early, now available after October 1st using parent's/guardian's previous year income tax information or after January 1st if you want to use a parent's/guardian's current year's tax filings. Each College has its FAFSA deadline usually between February and March. Even if there is no deadline, the sooner the FAFSA is filed, the better since a school's financial aid funds are sometimes alloted as students apply. The FAFSA is necessary for any financial aid. DO NOT MISS filing this very important application if you want any kind of financial assistance for college!
Ask your parents to remain involved in your final year in high school, especially in course planning with the guidance counselor, looking for scholarships available, and the college search. Have them attend any and all Parent and Teacher Conferences with you.
You should continue participating in community service. Check with the Tribal Office for any volunteer work they might have such as helping with the Cultural Center or the Annual Pow Wow.
With your parent, consult guidance counselor on scholarships opportunities available through the school, colleges, or private organizations. You should have a clear plan on how to fulfill scholarship application requirements.
Apply for scholarships from private organizations. Parents and guidance counselors can help you search for them. Check the Tribe�s website for any you qualify for.
Fulfill college scholarship requirements such as necessary letters of recommendation, personal essays, and/or portfolios. Don�t forget to thank teachers and supervisors who write recommendation letters.
Be sure to take the ACT test during the first semester. If the ACT test is taken more than once, send the best scores to the colleges you are interested in.
You should take the SAT subject test only if you choice of colleges requires it. The ACT test is accepted by most universities even the Ivy League.
In November, do not miss the deadline if applying for a college�s Early Decision acceptance into college.
Be sure to ask the college(s) of your choice for an application and check the deadlines for applying. DO NOT MISS the deadlines. Many colleges have their applications and information online.
Fulfill any application requirements such as sending test scores, letters of recommendation, personal essays, and/or portfolios.
With hard work and commitment, you can realize your dreams to attend college. It just involves staying focused during your high school years on not just graduating but on setting up the foundation for which you will continue onto higher education. I cannot stress enough how important it is for your parents to be involved in this process.


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These Are The Top 5 Reasons People Send Nudes, Survey Finds
We know you've done it before. Question is, why?
Sophia Ann Marren
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I will preach this until the day I'm in the ground, nudes are an essential.
They are just as essential as toilet paper is right now and they have more power than just being a photo that's hidden on your iPhone. Nudes aren't just a way to turn on the guy/girl you've been hanging out with, but they can elicit a feeling of confidence and pure sexuality.
Being able to look at one's body and think, "Wow, look at what we're working with," holds such a powerful stance that's untouchable, literally. According to a survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of the lingerie brand, Thistle and Spire, 2,000 sexually active Americans were asked why they send nude photos. Here are the top five reasons why respondents say they send nude photos.
1. I'm trying to keep my romance alive (37%)
There is absolutely no shame in trying new things to help keep the romance alive, it keeps things exciting, fresh, and hot. Plus it's fun to send your s.o. photos when you're not together and can't do anything about it. Well technically you could... need I say more?
2. I want to surprise my partner (36%)
Photos they aren't expecting are my absolute favorite (when there's consent, of course). I don't care if you're next to your grandma or hanging with the boys, there is something so f****** hot about getting a surprise photo from someone you're into/with. Unless it's a random dick pic from a one date wonder that thinks it's cute to use the eggplant emoji.
3. My partner asked (32%)
We're humans, we like getting what we want. We like being able to see what's ours and getting turned on by the fact that we get to be with that person. Pro Tip: Text your S.O. saying "let me see all of you" either randomly or while you're sexting. Be sure to praise them and virtually bow down to the photo or no more nudes for you.
4. It makes me feel sexy and/or confident (29%)
HELL. YES. Taking nude photos shouldn't only be about showing your S.O., especially if you're single (like me), taking nudes is a great way to say "I love you" to your body and to show off the skin you're in. Buy that sexy lingerie for yourself, try out different angles, and most importantly, turn yourself on with the body you were given. Own that shit.
5. To get myself/my partner off (25%)
Pleasure yourself by staring at that photo of you and think "OK I'd f**me", and that goes out to all people, single or not. Turn yourself on and/or show your s.o. that you're a sexual demon and they'll have to keep up. Sending nudes to your s.o. is also a staple for happy ending sexting and who knows, nudes could open up so many doors and that leads you both into finding other sexual things you both like, believe me.
Not going to lie but after writing this, I want to send a nude. Will I? Yes. Candace, we know you will too. To conclude this sexualness, don't be afraid to test the waters, with yourself and/or your s.o. Take a few racy photos and then do what you feel comfortable with. Don't feel pressured to send nudes just to get attention or to spice up a relationship that's going downhill, do it for the right reasons, and in the end, both parties will be satisfied, literally.
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Choreographing Permanent War
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar (Posted Oct 14, 2008)
Imperialism, WarIran, Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, United States, VietnamCommentary
Notwithstanding the renewed public concern about the economy in the wake of the implosion of the global financial architecture, the so-called "war on terror" remains at the forefront of the American presidential election campaign as it heads into its final stretch. Despite continuing popular opposition to Washington's blatant empire-building policies both within the US and around the world, both Messrs. Obama and McCain are reiterating their commitment to good, old-fashioned American-style war making. Indeed, how to take forward the Project for a New American Century will almost certainly be the preeminent issue facing the new occupant of the White House come January.
Yet who would have guessed that in the lead-up to the 2008 presidential election, Washington's political establishment and the corporate media alike would relegate Iraq to the third most important front of the "war on terror"? Meanwhile, Afghanistan, having been thrust back into the spotlight about a year ago, is now supposedly ripe for a peace settlement between "moderate" Taliban and the Washington-backed Karzai regime. Therefore, remarkably, it is the indispensable ally of the outgoing Bush regime, Pakistan, that has emerged as "terrorism central."
The well-scripted shift in the geography of the "war on terror" is a reflection of many related factors. The insurgency in Afghanistan has intensified steadily since 2006, while in the same period the need to decrease public scrutiny of the continuing disaster that is post-Saddam Iraq has become ever more acute. More generally, there appears to be bipartisan consensus that Afghanistan & Co. will not be "abandoned" as they were after the Soviet pullout in 1988, whereas the Iraqi adventure cannot possibly be salvaged as a "good war" by the Democrats, let alone the Republicans.
That Washington has eyed a long-term presence in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the central Asian region more generally following the end of the cold war is hardly debatable. The neocons were always likely to privilege the immediate treasures in Iraq, but sooner or later, the original front of the "war on terror" was bound to be rediscovered. What was not as clear was the fact that ground would be so systematically prepared for war on the Federally Adminstered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, which is now supposedly the home base of a rejuvenated al-Qaeda.
How this reorganization of al-Qaeda has taken place — and where the Taliban fit into the mix — is of course the question that the corporate media refuses to ask and the political establishment chooses to ignore. The narrative as it has played out in the mainstream in recent times has posited a well-meaning pro-American administration in Kabul (read: puppet regime) being thwarted by the machinations of Pakistan's notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Karzai himself has repeatedly asserted that the ISI has been undermining the "war on terror" effort in the nebulous Pak-Afghan border region by reorganizing the "Taliban" on the Pakistani side of this border, namely in FATA.
But this does not tally with the blank check issued by the Bush administration to the Pakistani military regime that was headed by General Pervez Musharraf, which only recently gave way to elected government after almost 9 years in power. In other words, if, since the beginning of the "war on terror," the Pakistani military has been assisting al-Qaeda and the Taliban rather than hunting them down, the United States cannot claim to have been kept in the dark. Washington knew what was going on the whole time. Indeed, the American strategy in Afghanistan was to chase the remnants of the Taliban regime after its collapse into the FATA areas and then simply turn a blind eye to what happened subsequently. Meanwhile within Afghanistan the "nation-building" exercise relied on a policy of coopting warlords and Taliban deserters into establishing a working relationship with the Karzai government.
The completely farcical nature of the American "war on terror" in Afghanistan is captured best by the recent "peace overtures" made by Karzai towards the "moderate" Taliban, a policy backed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and General Mike Mullen. The ever suspicious Saudis are said to be behind the peace initiative, and the suggestion is that Mullah Omar and his band of followers have severed their links with "extremist" Taliban and the poisonous al-Qaeda who continue to launch attacks on Afghan soil from their sanctuaries in FATA.
The TV-consuming public is supposed to take at face value this newest trifurcation: the "moderate" Taliban, "extremist" Taliban, and al-Qaeda. Not that the original bifurcation between the Taliban and al-Qaeda was ever very clear. Before the latest public relations spin, the Bush administration based its entire engagement in Afghanistan around the notion that al-Qaeda (read: foreigners) was the enemy and the Taliban (read: homegrown Pakhtuns) could be coopted or even ignored.
Thus, Washington actually facilitated the retreat of Taliban affiliated with the Pakistani military into FATA on the condition that an odd al-Qaeda bigwig was caught or killed every few weeks to appease the audience back home. As it turns out, it is now said, the "extremist" Taliban and al-Qaeda are both alive and well. But, in the neocon narrative, this is not recognized as an abject failure that should put the whole enterprise in question but spun as "evidence" that Washington must expand its war.
Holy War
It is by now a well-known fact that "jihad" was explicitly cultivated by the ISI with the support of the CIA throughout the original Afghan war. The policy was considered a success insofar as Afghanistan became the Soviet Vietnam. When the Geneva Accords were signed in 1988, Washington decided that enough was enough and promptly turned its attention elsewhere, leaving the ISI and the warring remnants of the Afghan mujahideen to fight for the scraps. After 9/11 and the start of the "war on terror" Hollywood popularized the liberal imperial notion that Washington did not live up to its commitment to the Afghan people through movies like Charlie Wilson's War but predictably chose to ignore the fact that the ISI continued to be a major player in the brutal internecine conflict that followed the Soviet pullout.
In fact, Pakistan's security establishment had developed delusions of grandeur vis-à-vis Afghanistan long before the Afghan war of the 1980s. When the British left the subcontinent in 1947, it left ethnic Pakhtuns divided between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an historical anomaly that has always been considered a potential threat to the territorial integrity of Pakistan by the security establishment. Various means have been employed to negate this perceived threat; Islamabad actually started to use "jihadis" as a strategic policy tool before the start of the Afghan war in 1978. As early as 1973, the ISI was supporting individuals such as Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Burhannudin Rabbani (both of whom apparently figure heavily in the Saudi-sponsored peace deal between the Taliban and the Karzai government and still retain close ties to the ISI) so as to undermine the nationalist regime of King Daud. This systematic policy was simply reinforced when the CIA decided to launch a covert war against the Soviets.
Washington was also clearly in the know about Islamabad's machinations after the fall of the communist Najibullah regime in 1992 and was not at all opposed to the ISI-backed Taliban coming to power in 1996. Even after the Clinton administration's relations with the Taliban soured, the Pakistani state continued to eulogize jihadis and supported them openly against India (which responded by playing its own cynical games). Insofar as there was "pressure" on Pakistan to discontinue its long-established strategic games, it was symbolic rather than substantive.
The massive image-building exercise that the corporate media undertook after Pakistan became a "frontline state" of the "war on terror" was built around the completely oxymoronic depiction of Pervez Musharraf as a liberal military man committed to democracy. It was conveniently forgotten that Musharraf launched the Kargil war against India shortly before he took over in a coup in 1999 by asking the military's favored jihadi disciples to infiltrate "enemy lines." While Musharraf was subsequently asked to reign in jihadis on the eastern border with India, there was no similar demand made on the Afghan front. And so when Washington feigns ignorance at the "double-game" waged by the ISI since the beginning of the "war on terror," it seeks only to camouflage its criminal complicity in allowing the rehabilitation of the very "enemy" that it purported to destroy. The holy war assembly line is intact and flourishing and only the CIA, ISI and other spymasters are fully aware of exactly what the objective of the "war on terror" really is.
Democracy in Name
Much has been made of the notion that the Bush administration helped usher democracy into Pakistan after yet another prolonged period of dictatorship. In actual fact, the Bush administration has impeded democratization throughout the past 8 years and only parted with Musharraf when it was no longer possible to prop him up. The Democratic Party's presidential campaign has highlighted the need to overhaul the aid portfolio and increase non-military assistance to Pakistan, yet Barack Obama continues to spout a hawkish position vis-à-vis air strikes on Pakistani territory whilst remaining silent about the country's sacked Chief Justice (presumably because he has championed the case of those who are "disappered" into Pakistan's equivalent of Guantanamo).
The American military clearly maintains a special relationship with its Pakistani counterpart, and there is little doubt that the latter has been American imperialism's most dependable client army in the third world since the end of the Second World War. There is no question of this relationship being fundamentally overhauled given Washington's inordinate concern with establishing its military dominance in the region, and the Pakistani military's perennial desire to reinforce its political, economic and strategic dominance within its own country. It is telling that the man who is now head of the Pakistani army and has been touted as pro-American, General Parvez Kiyani, was previously head of the ISI.
Meanwhile the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government is now coming in for heavy fire for not making any significant departure from the Musharraf regime's policy vis-à-vis the 'war on terror'. In actual fact the PPP has almost no control over the military and is almost clueless about goings-on in FATA. Despite predictable rhetoric about reinforcing the democratic process in Pakistan, Washington has repeatedly proven that 'democracy' is a secondary concern to the choreographing of permanent war in the region. The PPP is to blame for refusing to take on the nexus of imperialism and the army — Prime Minister Gilani and other high-ups in the civilian government have been quick to defend the ISI against accusations of complicity with the Taliban — but politics and politicians have always suffered Washington's systematic patronage of the military. On this occasion, too, the Americans only allowed politicians back into a power-sharing arrangement with the military on the condition that the "war on terror" imperative be recognized and the military effort be allowed to continue unimpeded.
The new president Asif Zardari — widower of Benazir Bhutto — has been vociferous in his proclamations that this is Pakistan's war. But the fact of the matter is that the majority of Pakistan's 170 million people does not see this as Pakistan's war and instead recognizes it to be a blatantly imperial adventure, in which cynical strategic interests rather than the interests of the people of the region dictate alignments. It would appear as if Zardari and his PPP are simply hoping that Washington wants a democratic and moderate Pakistan, while ignoring how the American and Pakistani militaries are running this war, doing deals with the "enemy" along the way, and in the process further radicalizing an already deeply fractured region.
Perhaps what is most startling about the elected government's posture is its open support of American air strikes within Pakistani territory. Such a policy serves only to confirm the point of view that it is scarcely more sovereign a regime than that of Pervez Musharraf. In any case, it has been decisively proven over the past 7 years that "surgical strikes" lead to enormous civilian casualties and only increase the legitimacy of insurgents, whether or not the latter are genuinely anti-imperialist or pro-people.
Now that the American and Pakistani militaries have managed to shift the epicenter of the war to FATA, it is Pakistani society that is starting to feel the fallouts. Suicide attacks in big cities have increased manifold, and it would not be wrong to suggest that Pakistan has become a time bomb waiting to explode. As the ISI continues to patronize militancy even while the military conducts "surgical strikes" against militant strongholds to appease international observers, jihad is fast becoming a Frankenstein that is spiraling out of control. Many jihadis are completely convinced of the righteousness of their cause and would never accept that they are party to a bloody game being waged by spymasters. As public opinion is radicalized by the excesses of American imperialism, militancy has become more widespread, more and more jihadi groups sprouting up to wage war against the American 'infidels' and their Pakistani clients. It is clear that many of these groups are autonomous of the forces that may have patronized them in the past.
Yet all of the protagonists are linked together by the massive underground heroin and guns economy that has proliferated over the past 30 years. The CIA's incredibly cynical history of using drug money to perpetuate war in Central America should not be forgotten when trying to uncover exactly what is happening in FATA and the contiguous territory on the Afghan side of the border. Similarly the ISI has maintained its strategic commitment to jihad at least partially by taking advantage of the multi-billion dollar drug trade. As for the jihadis, there is enough evidence to suggest that their preferred version of Islam does not preclude trading in drugs and arms.
What Difference Does It Really Make?
Many within the United States are excited about the prospect of an African-American president, and rightfully so. The history of the United States is very rarely written by the native peoples and slaves that literally built American capitalism from scratch, and it would indeed be a symbolic change if a black man won the White House. But, if Barack Obama's pronouncements and the Democratic Party's policy commitments are anything to go by, an Obama victory in November will be only symbolic.
In fact, if Obama is serious about bombing Pakistan into the stone ages, things could get a whole lot worse. In such a scenario, reaction within Pakistan would become even more widespread and further fuel militancy, and, as suggested above, there is little indication that the contradictory posture of supporting Pakistan's military would cease either. In short, while some may argue that the neocon war machine would be stopped in its tracks by a Democratic victory, the feeling from the frontline in Afghanistan and Pakistan is quite different.
With the shift in US rhetoric and bombings to the Pakistani side of the border, a host of right-wing zealots within Pakistan have started pointing out that Washington's plan all along was to deprive Pakistan of its nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, hawks in thinktank and political circles in the US have reinforced this concern by continually harping on about the danger of Pakistan's nukes falling into "extremist" hands. Such rightist rhetoric has been propagated by media in both countries to the effect of convincing many working people that the "war on terror" is a civilizational war. Ultimately this narrative of history serves the purposes of both the supposed antagonists.
Serious observers of course recognize that the "war on terror," like all imperialist wars, has nothing to do with Islam per se, even if Muslim societies are suffering the brunt of the military assault. In actual fact, the United States aims to evolve a long-term military presence in the region at least partially to deter the Chinese from making any claims to regional hegemony. Then there are the Central Asian states that remain close to Russia, but in which the US has clearly made inroads in recent times. Most notably American troops were given bases by Uzbekistan and the US is slowly but surely making inroads into Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan.
The Central Asian states are not just strategically important for the United States — they are also home to enormous untapped oil and gas reserves in and around the Caspian Sea. Till now the US has only managed to ink one pipeline project from Baku (in Azerbaijan) to Ceyhan (in Turkey) via Tblisi (in Georgia). If and when Afghanistan and the turbulent Pakistani province of Balochistan become secure, a new route would also open up for the Caspian resources to be transported to warm water ports.
However, it is not alone in wanting these resources, China in particular offering stiff competition. The Chinese are the major investors in the new, state-of-the-art Gwadar port city being built on the southwestern tip of Balochistan, and they do enjoy a long-term relationship with Pakistan. To what extent China, Russia, and even Iran and India are involved in the strategic games taking place in Afghanistan and Pakistan is impossible to ascertain. What is clear is that the Afghan and now the Pakistani people are caught in the middle of a "new Great Game" which is threatening to turn the region into a theatre of permanent war.
Rather than offering relief, the new entrant to the White House come January is likely to simply exacerbate the mayhem. The unfolding financial meltdown has made clear that American-style capitalist imperialism is in a state of permanent freefall. Ominously, empires in decline tend to become even more reactionary than at the pinnacle of their powers. This means death and destruction for many years to come. It is a tragedy of history that such devastation is necessary before it becomes clear that the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan is no more a just war than the war in Iraq. Because only when working people living in the "belly of the beast" force an end to the imperial adventure in Afghanistan and Pakistan will it be possible for the region to see peace.
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar is a political activist associated with the People's Rights Movement (PRM), a confederation of working-class struggles. He also teaches colonial history and political economy at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
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Philly Reduced Its Public Parking Supply and More Spaces Opened Up
By Angie Schmitt
Even as Philly has shed public parking spaces, the occupancy rate has declined. Chart: Philadelphia Planning Commission via Plan Philly
If you remove a bunch of parking from the center of a city, you'll get carmageddon, financial ruin, and the complete unraveling of society as we know it — right? That's what you tend to hear at public meetings when a proposal that would reduce parking comes up, but as this real-life example from Philadelphia shows, there's really nothing to fear.
Jon Geeting at Plan Philly reports that the city has steadily reduced the supply of parking in public lots while adding more buildings, but the public parking spots that remain aren't in higher demand:
The Center City development boom reduced the number of public parking spaces by 7.2 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to the Planning Commission's 2015 update to the Center City Parking Inventory.
The inventory, which the Commission updates every five years, found that about 3,623 off-street public parking spaces disappeared during this period as several lots and garages were replaced by high-rise buildings. A "public" space in this sense is one than anyone can rent, as opposed to a private space that's exclusive to building tenants or employees.
One might guess that losing more than 3,600 parking spaces in a five year span would drive up occupancy rates in the remaining lots and garages, but on the whole this hasn't been the case. Counterintuitively, parking occupancy actually declined by 1.7 percent during this period, from 75.6 percent down to 73.9 percent. Parking occupancy peaked at 77.7 percent in 2005, so this is part of a 10-year decline.
Part of what's happening, Geeting explains, is that people are driving less in central Philly thanks to former mayor Mike Nutter's initiatives to improve transit, biking, and walking. Some public parking lots are also getting "replaced" by private spaces attached to the new buildings. But the very elimination of public parking spaces is probably playing a role too:
The idea that building more parking capacity will only increase the number of cars in a neighborhood, or conversely, that removing parking spaces can reduce the number of cars often gets short shrift at neighborhood zoning meetings, but the evidence here suggests this is basically how things work.
When parking lots go away, parking conditions tighten, driving becomes more unpleasant, and some people respond to this by ditching their cars. Rather than enduring permanent traffic jam conditions, neighborhoods simply level down to a new equilibrium with fewer parking spaces, fewer cars, and higher "alternative" mode share as parking gets tighter.
Elsewhere on the Network today: The Transport Politic maps the American transit expansions that will start service or begin construction this year. Streets.mn reports that four suburbs in the Twin Cities that lack transit are beginning an experiment in suburb-to-suburb express bus service. And Bike Walk Lee says it's past time for Florida to toughen its laws against dangerous driving.
The More People Live and Work in Central Philly, the Less Parking They Use
By Angie Schmitt | Jun 29, 2016
Here's a great example of a "virtuous cycle" in action: Center City Philadelphia has seen the number of parking spaces decline recently as population and jobs continue to rise at a healthy clip. You might expect one result to be a downtown parking crunch, but that's not the case at all, reports Jim Saksa at Plan Philly: If everyone drove to […]
New Philly Mayor: Politicos Can No Longer Park on the City Hall Sidewalk
By Angie Schmitt | Jan 7, 2016
The Jim Kenney administration is off to a promising start in Philadelphia. One of the mayor's first acts in office was to end the thoroughly obnoxious practice of letting government honchos park on the sidewalk "apron" around City Hall — a public space. There was a Tumblr dedicated to chronicling this highly visible abuse of government privilege. And ending the […]
How Philadelphia Fixed Parking Craters Using Tax Policy
By Angie Schmitt | Oct 30, 2017
Using tax incentives and a dash of zoning, Philadelphia set off a virtuous cycle, reducing dependence on cars.
Parking Madness: Tulsa vs. Philly [Updated]
By Angie Schmitt | Mar 22, 2013
Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown, continues today with two formidable contenders. In one corner we have Tulsa: Oklahoma's second largest city, birthplace of the teen sensation Hanson (mmmBOP!), home to nearly 400,000 people. In the other corner, Philadelphia: cradle of democracy, birthplace of the Fresh Prince, and […]
Visionary Transpo Bureaucrats, Part 4: Jay Primus and Rina Cutler
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This is the fourth part in Streetsblog's series profiling 11 officials who are bringing American cities and towns into the 21st century when it comes to transportation and planning policy. Read the earlier profiles in part one, part two, and part three. Jay Primus Manager, SFMTA's SFPark program In your average city, parking policy is pretty rigid: […]
Will Philadelphia Go Backward on Parking Requirements and Housing Affordability?
By Angie Schmitt | Jul 14, 2017
In many American cities, free on-street parking remains more abundant than affordable housing. Despite the housing crunch spreading to more urban areas, the politics of parking threatens to keep it that way.


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U graduate Kallie Bracken reflects on coding as an art form
Kallie Bracken, a recent graduate who double majored in computer science and mathematics with a job at Microsoft waiting for her after graduation, is self-assured and confident in her academic and professional pursuits. But it wasn't always like this. For a number of years, Bracken switched from biology to chemistry to math, unsure of what she wanted to study, before she finally chose a combination of computer science and math.
Originally on the pre-medicine track with the goal of becoming an oncologist, Bracken switched among biology, chemistry and math majors during her first few years of college because she was unsure of what science she wanted to study.
During her first year at the U, Bracken worked in a lab at the Huntsman Cancer Institute studying leukemia.
"I had a good experience and worked under a good PI with real tasks to perform, but I realized that the everyday life of an oncologist wasn't what I wanted," said Bracken, who described the realization as the first of many that eventually led her to computer science.
From that point on, Bracken said her journey to discovering and falling in love with computer science was serendipitous.
"The decisions I made in college led me down a path that I never would have thought of taking on my own, and it's been the best path possible. The overarching theme guiding my academic career has been to do what you love at the time and see where it takes you," said Bracken.
One of the final pushes towards computer science was when Bracken's cousin wanted Bracken to go on service trip in Nicaragua with her. Her time there made her realize that she didn't need to become a physician to help others.
"I realized that I don't need to follow a certain, set path or have a specific certification to help people. I can use my skills and be a force in the world without looking at what I 'should be.' It's not a certain career or line on your resume that makes you a good citizen; it's who you are and the experiences you search for as you go. The best way I can effect change is to be in touch with my skills and make myself the strongest tool I can be," said Bracken.
One day while taking a math class, Bracken started comparing organic chemistry with her math class and realized just how different she felt about each subject.
"With o-chem, I just wanted to get through the class and I didn't enjoy the process. But with math, I always wanted to know the answer; solving problems brought me a sense of satisfaction and empowerment that nothing else ever had."
When Bracken sat down and asked herself what she really enjoyed, she said math was the first thing that came to mind, but it wasn't applied enough. That's when, from the urging of a friend majoring in computer science, she tried a computer science class out and found the perfect major.
"Coding fulfills what I enjoy most: I get to solve problems, gain a bird eye's view of a situation, put pieces of a puzzle together and engage my artistic side. It can be intimidating at first, but now I see it as a tool for my craft. For example, when you write, you don't think about the letters and the lines; you think about what ideas you want to communicate. I can do the same with code."
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After two terrible outings against the New York Yankees, Red Sox Nation had already hit the panic button on newly acquired ace David Price. And to be perfectly honest, it was completely warranted. Heading into Thursday night's matchup, David Price had the highest ERA in the American League among starters who've pitched a minimum of 30 innings at 6.75.
As you can see, his leg and glove are higher up, which generates more power and velocity. This windup on the right will give Price more finish on his fastball, which in return will generate more swings-and-misses on his secondary pitches. If you get the chance, listen to former Red Sox ace Roger Clemens talk about Price's struggles and his adjustments in the past couple of games. It was truly incredible and must-watch/listen stuff from last night.
Price finished the day pitching 6.2 innings, while allowing one earned run and striking out 12. While Price has struggled mightily at points this season, it appears as if his strikeout numbers have been there all season. In 48 innings, Price leads the American League with 65 strikeouts. To date, he is on pace for 301 strikeouts this season.
Offensively, the Red Sox were able to make reigning American League Cy Young award winner Dallas Keuchel look like an amateur. In six innings, Keuchel allowed eight earned runs and ten hits, which has become a common theme for this juggernaut offense, as this is the first time in Fenway Park history the Red Sox have scored 8+ runs and recorded 12+ hits in six consecutive home games. The Red Sox are also the first team to hit the 200-run mark, and are tied with the Chicago Cubs for most runs scored per game, with 5.9. Additionally, Boston's 207 runs scored is 41 more runs than the second-place team in the American League, the Texas Rangers, at 166.
Xander Bogaerts launched a home run off of Keuchel in the first inning to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead at the time. To date, Bogaerts has three home runs and looks to be adding power to his already-impressive game.
As of late, Mookie Betts has been one of the more surprising players to have struggled in this early season. However, Betts launched a massive three-run home run in the sixth inning, giving Boston a 8-1 lead at the time, that sealed the deal for the Red Sox.
Jackie Bradley Jr. singled in the second inning to bring in Christian Vazquez, giving the Red Sox a 3-1 lead at the time. This also extended JBJ's hit-streak to a MLB-leading 18 games.
Next up, the Red Sox send knuckleballer Steven Wright to the mound. Check back in here for a full-game preview of tonight's matchup.


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Q: Android: How to change font family of AlertDialog message and buttons I am showing an AlertDialog on a button click which will have positive and negative buttons which are the default buttons of AlertDialog with a message.
I want to change the font family of those buttons & message, how can I change it?
Below is my code:
AlertDialog.Builder altDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
altDialog.setMessage(Constants.WARNING_STEPS);
altDialog.setTitle(Constants.WARNING);
altDialog.setCancelable(true);

altDialog.setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
  @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

});

altDialog.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

    }
});

altDialog.show();

A: The key point here is the address of the textviews and buttons in android.R.id file which is android.R.id.button1 and  android.R.id.button2 and android.R.id.button3 and also   android.R.id.message
       AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this)
                    .setMessage("آیا مایل به خروج از حساب کاربری هستید؟")
                    .setCancelable(true)
                    .setPositiveButton("بله", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        @Override
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                          ...

                        }

                    })
                    .setNegativeButton("خیر", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                        @Override
                        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

                           ...
                        }

                    }).show();

            TextView textView = (TextView) dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.message);
            textView.setTypeface(FontHelper.getIranSansTypeface(MainActivity.this));

            Button btn1 = (Button) dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.button1);
            btn1.setTypeface(FontHelper.getIranSansTypeface(MainActivity.this));

            Button btn2 = (Button) dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.button2);
            btn2.setTypeface(FontHelper.getIranSansTypeface(MainActivity.this));

A: In order to achieve this, you need two things:

*

*To create the AlertDialog via alertbuilder. Example from the official Android Documentation (http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html):
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
builder.setMessage(R.string.dialog_fire_missiles)
       .setPositiveButton(R.string.fire, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
           public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
               // FIRE ZE MISSILES!
           }
       })
       .setNegativeButton(R.string.cancel, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
           public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
               // User cancelled the dialog
           }
       });
// Create the AlertDialog object and return it
return builder.create();

*

*Set the Typeface of the TextView in your Alert Dialog as follows:
AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
TextView textView = (TextView)  dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.message);
Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/coolFont");
textView.setTypeface(face);
dialog.show();

A: AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).setMessage("Hello world").show();
TextView textView = (TextView) dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.message);
Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/yourFONT");
textView.setTypeface(face);


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Q: Page automatically refreshing on AngularJS for some reason In my app, the page periodically refreshes itself whenever I click a link that loads a different partial via the $routeprovider. Then, in addition to refreshing, it takes me back to the default partial (i.e., I'd have to click the link again in order to get where I wanted to go). I'm not using any methods that refresh the page at all; why might this be happening?
Also, interestingly enough, this doesn't happen when I click any non-$routeprovider links. The following is my routeProvider:
.config(['$routeProvider', '$locationProvider',
    function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {
        $routeProvider.
            when('/', {
                templateUrl: "index.html"
            }).
            when('/profile/:id', {
                templateUrl: "profile.html",
                controller: 'UsersController as profiledUser'
            }).
            when('/gift/:id', {
                templateUrl: "gift.html",
                controller: 'GiftsController as profiledGift'
            }).
            when('/users-form', {
                templateUrl: "users-form.html",
                controller: 'UsersController as newUser'
            }).
            when('/login-form', {
                templateUrl: "login-form.html",
                controller: 'UsersController as loginUser'
            }).
            when('/gifts-form', {
                templateUrl: "gift-form.html",
                controller: 'GiftsController as newGift'
            }).
            when('/about', {
                templateUrl: "about.html"
            }).
            otherwise({
                redirectTo: '/'
            });

Here's an example of one of the links, which links to the currently logged in user's profile, when inspected in Chrome's dev tool:
Profile

Here's that same link in the code, where it's part of a navbar:

Profile

To reiterate, clicking any of the above links occasionally both redirects to .otherwise and refreshes the page. I have not been able to reliably reproduce this behavior, as it seems to happen randomly; strangely enough, it happens even if I remove the .otherwise route from the config.

A: It looks like you are trying to do 2 things at once with the click on the  tag but only 1 is happening:

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*The default action, which is in the href and says "load UsersController + profile view" and

*set template=1 in the current context

Even if template=1 has occurred, once you switch to the UsersController you no longer have access to this setting.
Try something like this:
Profile

plus
.when('/profile/:id/:template', {
  controller: 'UsersController as profiledUser',
  templateUrl: 'profile.html'
})

Or, use $rootScope or some other global context for the template=1 so it's always available to any controller+view as long as you've dependency injected it.