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US-North Korea summit agreement is most revealing for what it leaves out
Posted on June 13, 2018 by particularkev
North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump were all smiles today, but a meaningful agreement is still a long way off.
AAP/Kevin Lim/The Straits Times/SPH
Benjamin Habib, La Trobe University
In my preview of the historic US-DPRK summit in Singapore, I asked where Trump and Kim might find lowest common denominator points of agreement to potentially unlock a confidence-building pathway.
That this summit has even taken place at all could be seen as an achievement, given where US-DPRK relations were in 2017. We should therefore be unsurprised that despite Trump's hype in the lead-up to the event, the common denominators of agreement amounted to promises of a new relationship and little else of substance.
However, it is not so much what is in the joint statement as much as what has been left out that is the big story.
To tease this out, let's consider the four specific points of agreement articulated in the joint statement released by US President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un at the conclusion of today's summit.
As the shaky US-North Korea summit is set to begin, the parties must search for common interest
A new relationship?
In the first article of the agreement, the two parties committed to establishing a "new US-DPRK relations." What might a new relationship between the two countries look like?
The leader-to-leader summit between the two countries was unprecedented and potentially could represent a tentative first step on the road to rapprochement. Symbolism is the obvious place to begin, given the low base the relationship between these two countries is starting from.
If we jump to article four, both parties have committed to the process of recovering the remains of UN forces prisoners of war and soldiers missing-in-action from the Korean War, along with the immediate repatriation of the remains of those already identified.
In a similar way to the family reunion program articulated in the inter-Korean Panmunjom Agreement, the repatriation of POW/MIA remains is a relatively easy confidence-building measure on which to base a longer-term pathway of more substantive measures. It is also of great importance as a mark of respect to the families of those military personnel who can find closure with the return of their deceased loved ones.
The second article refers to joint efforts "to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula." As I've argued previously, a settlement to formally conclude the Korean War could be potential common interest around which to develop an engagement pathway.
Prior to the summit, Trump hinted that the "signing of a document" to close hostilities was a possibility. The closest the joint statement comes to this is a passage in the second paragraph, which reads:
President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK.
It is not immediately clear from the text what these security guarantees might be, but it certainly falls short of any kind of non-aggression pact or peace treaty. Such an outcome was always unlikely at this summit and would be the product of a longer negotiating process should it come to pass.
The end of 'complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearisation'?
The joint statement gets interesting in article three, in which "the DPRK commits to work toward the complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula."
The wording around "complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula" reflects the North Korean interpretation of the concept, which has been well-documented in the lead-up to the summit.
Tellingly, there is no mention of "complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearisation" (CVID) in the statement text, which is a clear departure from long-standing US policy.
There are a couple of ways this could be interpreted. On the one hand, it is possible that Trump lived up to the pre-summit fears of some domestic critics and gave away too much for too little in the negotiation. From this perspective, the master negotiator Trump was played by Kim into signing off on the North Korean position, through which Kim gets international legitimacy and domestic prestige from attending the summit without having to make any concessions.
On the other hand, Trump's omission of CVID could be a calibrated strategy accompanied by a clearly articulated and wide-ranging engagement strategy, scaffolded around a formal peace treaty. If so, it could prove to be the circuit-breaker that opens the pathway toward the aforementioned "new US-DPRK relations" and the collective management of North Korea as a nuclear power.
Either way, this will become clearer if and when follow-up negotiations take place. Either way, there are factions of the international political spectrum who will be unhappy with the outcome.
It is significant that article three pays homage to the Panmunjom Agreement, which may be the key to understanding how the US-South Korea-DPRK engagement triangle may unfold.
The Panmunjom Agreement, for all its ambiguity, does have an articulation of economic and security confidence-building measures, based on a shared vision for a permanent Korean Peninsula peace regime.
If we assume a calibrated strategy in deferring to the Panmunjom Agreement, the US-DPRK joint statement may indicate the bulk of the heavy lifting with regard to confidence-building measures will be handled as an inter-Korean affair, with Trump's apparent non-aggression promise providing space for engagement initiatives to evolve.
My take-home message from the omission of CVID from the joint statement is confirmation that North Korea under Kim Jong-un is never going to willingly denuclearise.
In "working toward complete denuclearisation," North Korea may agree to a nuclear weapons and ballistic missile testing moratorium, decommission obsolete nuclear facilities, or even promise to freeze production of new nuclear weapons, without ever having to compromise its nuclear weapons capability.
If a US-North Korea summit does happen, we'll have Moon Jae-in to thank for it
We should not be surprised if one or both parties back-pedals from the joint statement at some stage. Seasoned North Korea watchers will be expecting North Korea to backtrack from the joint statement to extract concessions, or add new conditions to their continued commitment to the "new US-DPRK relations," as we have seen several times previously.
We are also likely to see Trump sustain considerable political heat domestically for his perceived capitulation on CVID and for omitting human rights from the discussion, as well as from the Japanese government for selling out their security interests.
This pressure may be sufficient to prompt a recalibration of the US interpretation of the joint statement. Backpedalling from either side will change the position of the other and blow the whole engagement process out of the water.
The final paragraph of the joint statement commits US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with an as yet unidentified high level North Korean official. It will be at these meetings and beyond where the "new US-DPRK relations" will start to take shape.
Benjamin Habib, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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The chaturanga board set out for play.
When people say that chess was invented in India in the sixth century, they are not exactly talking about the game we play today, with its powerful queens and striding bishops. The chess invented in India, called chaturanga, while recognisable as a kind of chess, had some differences from the modern game.
Chaturanga means "four limbs", or "four parts", a poetic reference to the four divisions of the army as used in India in ancient times: the infantry, the chariots, the cavalry and the elephants. Add to these the raja and his vizier, and you have the six different types of piece from the game of chaturanga.
The many other kinds of chess in the world were descended from chaturanga. In the seventh century, the Persians adopted the game and called it chatrang. They in turn passed it on to the Arabs, who called it shatranj. Shatranj was passed on to Europeans from the tenth century onwards, and at the end of the fifteenth century it became the chess of today.
In an easterly direction, the game was passed to China where it underwent a metamorphosis as xiang qi, the most popularly played version of chess in the world today. Other eastern versions of chess, like the shogi of Japan, the mak-ruk of Thailand and the sittuyin of Burma, all took elements of chaturanga. In India itself a four-player version was created, called chaturaji.
There are some variations in the way chaturanga was played. One version will be discussed first, and the variations described later.
Chaturanga is played on a board of eight squares by eight, the squares being of uniform colour. Some are marked with a cross, but this has no bearing on the game.
There are two players, one known as white and the other black.
Each player has sixteen pieces of his own colour: 1 raja, 1 vizier, 2 elephants, 2 horses, 2 chariots and 8 pawns. At the start of the game, they are laid out on the board as in the diagram.
White makes the first turn, then black plays, turns alternating thereafter until the game is over.
A turn consists of moving one of the player's own pieces from one square to another, according to that piece's abilities, removing (capturing) an enemy piece if it occupies the destination square.
If the raja is threatened with capture, he must move to a safe square, another piece must move to protect him, or the aggressor must be captured so as to remove the threat.
A raja may never move into a square that is threatened by an enemy piece. Neither may a piece protecting the king move so as to expose him to capture.
If a pawn reaches the far row, it immediately becomes a vizier.
A player has won the game if he threatens to capture his opponent's raja, and the opponent can do nothing to prevent this.
A player also wins if, at the end of his turn, he has two or more pieces left but the opponent has only a raja.
A player wins if his opponent has no legal move.
The variations in chaturanga all involve the movement of the elephant piece. The move described above is the one that was adopted by the Persians, passed to the Arabs and used by the mediaeval Europeans, changing only to the modern bishop's move at the end of the fifteenth century.
Another move was passed eastwards and used in Thai and Burmese chess. It was also adopted as the move of the "silver generals" in shogi, the Japanese chess. This move allows the elephant to travel one step diagonally, or one step directly forwards, and is said to represent the four legs and the trunk of the animal.
Finally, a third variation allowed the elephant to move exactly two steps in an orthogonal direction, i.e. directly forwards, backwards or sideways, jumping over a piece in the way. This is slightly more powerful than the two-step diagonal move, as each elephant can visit 16 squares on the board instead of eight. But the most powerful move, is the one adopted by Thai and Burmese chess players, which while slower and lacking a jump, allows each elephant to make its way to any square on the board.


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Q: Object fails to render after updating unrelated Poolable objects The code is relatively self explanatory. I am making a little action game. The game renders Poolable blob enemies on the screen, they render just fine, attack my player, die after a certain amount of hits. For some reason, uncommenting the "updateEffects()" method causes the blob enemies to stop rendering after being hit once.
public void render() {
Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 1);
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
tilesRavis.setView(cam);
tilesRavis.render();
sbatch = (SpriteBatch) tilesRavis.getBatch();

sbatch.begin();

playerbar.update(world.getp1().currentHP, world.getp1().maxHP);
manabar.update(world.getp1().currentMP, world.getp1().maxMP);
drawBars();
sbatch.end();

drawNewPlayer(world.getp1());
//  updateEffects();

drawDemBlobs();

cam.position.set(world.getp1().getPosition().x, world.getp1().getPosition().y, 0);
cam.update();
guicam.update();
}

//carries out animation
private void drawBlob(Blob blob){
    TextureRegion temp2 = GameAssets.gooSprite.move.getKeyFrame(blob.getEnemyTime(), true);
    switch (blob.getBlobState()){
    case Patrol:
        temp2 = GameAssets.gooSprite.move.getKeyFrame(blob.getEnemyTime(), true);
        break;
    case Pursue:
        temp2 = GameAssets.gooSprite.move.getKeyFrame(blob.getEnemyTime(), true);
        break;
    case AtkDraw:
        temp2 = GameAssets.gooSprite.move.getKeyFrame(blob.getEnemyTime(), true);
        break;
    case AtkWindow:
        temp2 = GameAssets.gooSprite.move.getKeyFrame(blob.getEnemyTime(), true);
        break;
    case AtkRecovery:
        temp2 = GameAssets.gooSprite.move.getKeyFrame(blob.getEnemyTime(), true);
        break;

    }
    Batch batch = tilesRavis.getBatch();
    batch.begin();
    batch.draw(temp2, blob.getPosition().x, blob.getPosition().y, 1, 1);
    batch.end();
}

public void drawDemBlobs(){
    for(int i = 0; i < world.getaBlob().size; i++){
        Blob blob = world.getaBlob().get(i);
        drawBlob(blob);

        if(blob.isEffectHit()){
            spawnEffect(blob.getPosition(), GameAssets.gooHit, 1, 500); //create effect
            blob.setEffectHit(false);
        }
    }
}

private void updateEffects(){
for(int b = 0;  b < effectArray.size; b++){
    Effect effect = effectArray.get(b);
            if(effect.getLife().hasCompleted()){
                effectArray.removeIndex(b);
                effectPool.free(effect);
            }
        }
}

public void drawEffect(Effect effect){
    TextureRegion temp = new TextureRegion();
    temp = effect.animation.getKeyFrame(effect.getStateTime(), false);
    Batch batch = tilesRavis.getBatch();
    batch.begin();
    batch.draw(temp, effect.getPosition().x, effect.getPosition().y, effect.size, effect.size);
    batch.end();

}

public void spawnEffect(Vector2 position, Animation animation, float size, long life){
    Effect effect = effectPool.obtain();
    effect.init(position, animation, size, life);
    effectArray.add(effect);

}

Drawing the effect (a little blob blood splash) seems to have no, uh, effect, on whether the blob stops rendering or not.

A: You call removeIndex(b) while going over the array from the start, which will cause bad things to happen.
Change your for loop in the updateEffects method to the following:
for(int b = effectArray.size - 1;  b >= 0; b--){
 // stuff
}

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Q: use require in the ts file to import json file dynamically Can require be used in a typescript file in the web app to import a json file locally?
export function getData(id: string): string {
    const ids: string = id + 'something';
    const data = require(`./config/${ids}.json`);

    return JSON.stringify(data);
}

A: If you want a JSON string from a file at a relative address in the same origin as your web app, you can use this function:
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export async function getJsonById(id: string):Promise<string> {
  const url = `./output/config/${id}something.json`;
  const json = (await fetch(url)).text(); // this is a string (JSON is a string)
  return json;
  // alternatively: to parse the JSON into a native JS data type
  // return JSON.parse(json);
}

// use:
const json = await getJsonById('id');


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In every mobile app project i have done in the past 8 years, i have found that i always want/ need to tweak the app after its built. The smart thing to do, is to catch some of those tweaks, feature, and design changes before a single line of code is written. The best way to do this is to build a rapid prototype.
Put simply building a rapid prototype or mock up of the application makes you think through all the aspect of the app, the flow, how many screens it has, how many button assets, does it handle device rotation , and a million other details.
Old School app prototyping was done with pen and paper, sometimes called wireframing.
Ninja graphic designers do it in Photoshop/ Illustrator. Some like to use Keynote, and then load it on Keynote on iPad or iPhone.
However, now there is a new generation of tools. Sites like Fluidui.com and Balsamiq.com are revolutionizing mobile app prototyping. So let me tell you about this tool i learned to use in my Mobile Interface Design course: FluidUI, is an awesome rapid mobile app prototyping tool. It is Free to try and $30 per month for the minimum package after the trial.
0. It is 100% web browser based. The website has a click / drag-drop tools for making an iPhone, iPad, Web, or android design. Meaning it is accessible and available to everyone.
1. It comes with a library of "native" interface components and widgets that are commonly available in Apple apps. Its really easy to drag those components into a "view" (page), and arrange them how you want (resizing, adding table cells, changing color, border, border radius and other options are all available).
3. The best part is Test Driving your Fluid project. When you click on the green "play icon" in your project, Fluid assembles /builds your project into an HTML 5 website with all the assets and linking that you set. This site can be linked to, it comes with a QR code leading to it, and it can even be saved as a Safari Webclip icon on your iPhone home screen.
Thanks for sharing your views. There are various New iPhone Apps which are making a place in market. These iPhone apps are really awesome to use.
I use a powerful iphone mockup tool called creately for designing and prototyping iphone apps. There are many examples in the diagram community to get started drawing mockups as well. Real-time collaboration makes it easier to work with the team.
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Makachua is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.

Demographics

The village was affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. According to the 2011 census of India, Makachua has 17 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 45.24%.

References

Villages in Great Nicobar tehsil

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Old Tricks, New Targets: Russia's Involvement in the 2016 Elections and the US Response
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By: Emily Kangas, Columnist
While the United States' 2016 presidential election can be described as anything but ordinary, perhaps one of the most controversial aspects was Russia's alleged involvement in the election process.[i] This month, new evidence of Russian meddling emerged, with recent reports accusing Russia of coordinating a campaign of "botnets," human "trolls", and vast networks of social media accounts to magnify the distribution of "fake news" portraying Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton as an untrustworthy criminal.[ii] Previously, law enforcement and politicians also claimed that Guccifer 2.0, the online persona responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and posting stolen material on WikiLeaks, was created by state-sponsored Russian hacking groups. Following the DNC's investigation into the hack, which concluded that Russia was involved, the perpetrators released another slew of emails, resulting in the resignation of Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.).[iii] Even at the state level, the hackers who targeted voter registration systems in Arizona and Illinois over the summer are suspected to be Russian.[iv] Increased prevalence of social media as well as developments in cyber capabilities have allowed Russia to meddle in U.S. elections in ways previously not possible; thus, Washington must unify around a strategy to safeguard our democratic process.
Russia has a long history of inserting itself in foreign elections and America's election was by no means the only one tinged with Russian influence in 2016.[v] In the Soviet era, involvement in elections was a common "active measure" to sow distrust in the American system, utilizing a state-to-people approach to influence voters from within the state rather than the political apparatus itself.[vi] But Russian involvement in democratic processes predates even the Cold War. The Soviet Union supported socialist candidates Konstantin Pats and Johan Laidoner in Estonia's 1934 election to defeat the right-wing Vaps Movement.[vii] During the Cold War, the Soviet Union propped up socialist and communist candidates to fulfill ideological objectives. Even post-Soviet Russia continued this tactic, the most blatant example being Ukraine's 2004 election. Despite Putin's "president-select" Victor Yanukovich of the Party of Regions losing to Independent, and pro-West, candidate Viktor Yushchenko,[viii] Russia planted anti-American conspiracy theories, distributed anti-Yushchenko material, undermined Yushchenko's financial support, and even paid extreme nationalists to carry out acts of terror in Yushchenko's name.[ix] In 2014, Russian hackers allegedly crashed Ukraine's central election commission website just prior to the post-revolution presidential election.[x] This year, in addition to the US elections, Moldova elected a pro-Russian presidential candidate in part due to Russian involvement.[xi] Igor Dodon of the Socialist Party won the presidency running on a platform advocating to end Moldova's alignment with the European Union in favor of joining a Russia centered bloc.[xii] Moldova is of strategic importance to Russia as the contested Transdneister region is home to ethnic Russians and thousands of Russian peacekeeping troops. However, in this election, Russian influence was demonstrated via publicity stunts and economic policy rather than "botnets."[xiii]
Ultimately, Putin's objective is to weaken the public trust in liberal democratic systems and to shape governments friendly to Russia's interests.[xiv] While today's geopolitical climate is not dominated by the Cold War ideological division, motivations on both sides are framed by increasingly tense Russia-US relations. Election intervention was Russia's "standard mode during the Cold War," according to Foreign Policy Research Institute fellow Clint Watts, because Russia benefits regardless of the outcome. If Russia's favored candidate wins, its ability to guide the relationship with that country increases. However, if its favored candidate loses, Russia has likely inflicted enough damage to the institutions or the electorate's public trust to reduce the opposition's power.[xv] Troublingly, the advent of new technology and social media only increases Russia's capability to achieve these objectives not just against periphery states but against great powers, including the United States.[xvi]
Inaction and opaque information sharing between the intelligence community and policy makers is dividing Washington at a critical time. On October 7, the Obama administration officially accused Russia of election interference, to include the DNC hack, but offered no formal recommendation for a response.[xvii] In fact, the day prior, Obama's counterterrorism and homeland security advisor Lisa Monaco questioned whether it was in America's national security interest to act.[xviii] This lack of public action does not sit well with Congress. On November 29, seven Democratic senators, six of whom serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote a letter to the White House accusing the administration of hiding information about Russia's involvement and requesting that the information be declassified. Additionally, Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, called for an investigation, with backing from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.[xix] Regardless of whether the White House is keeping information from Congress, these arguments and accusations only serve to further Putin's objective of disrupting the American democratic system even after the ballots are counted.
Promoting the liberal democratic system has served as the cornerstone of American foreign policy for the past century. Russian intrusions represent a tremendous threat to the democratic system at the core of the United States' identity.[xx] Russia meets its objectives should allegations of malicious meddling crack American trust in the democratic system among its citizens, politicians, and among foreign observers in this, the supposed beacon of democracy. Undermining Western liberal democracy serves Putin's objective of increasing Russia's prestige or at least weakening the US relative to Russia. Thus, it is essential that the US response match the greater threat. That is not to suggest we adopt a "tit-for-tat" approach, one cyber attack for another. Rather, citizens and policymakers must see the forest through the trees and unify their message both internally and to our foreign allies. As imperfect as the democratic system may be at times, US policymakers and civil society must commit to defending it, or risk damaging the nation's fundamental character and its most powerful foreign policy tool.
[i] Ellen Nakashima, "U.S. government officially accuses Russia of hacking campaign to interfere with elections," The Washington Post, October 7, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-government-officially-accuses-russia-of-hacking-campaign-to-influence-elections/2016/10/07/4e0b9654-8cbf-11e6-875e-2c1bfe943b66_story.html?utm_term=.ae3ab83f7cd3.
[ii] Craig Timberg, "Russian propaganda effort helped spread 'fake news' during election, experts say," The Washington Post, November 24, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-propaganda-effort-helped-spread-fake-news-during-election-experts-say/2016/11/24/793903b6-8a40-4ca9-b712-716af66098fe_story.html?utm_term=.16ebfe49f165.
[iii] Ellen Nakashima, "U.S. government officially accuses Russia of hacking campaign to interfere with elections."
[iv] Ellen Nakashima, "Russian Hackers targeted Arizona election system," The Washington Post, August 29, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-is-investigating-foreign-hacks-of-state-election-systems/2016/08/29/6e758ff4-6e00-11e6-8365-b19e428a975e_story.html?tid=a_inl.
[v] Andrew Weisburd, Clint Watts, JM Berger, "Trolling for Trump: How Russia is trying to destroy our democracy," War on the Rocks, November 6, 2016. http://warontherocks.com/2016/11/trolling-for-trump-how-russia-is-trying-to-destroy-our-democracy/.
[vi] Andrew Weisburd et al., "Trolling for Trump: How Russia is trying to destroy our democracy"
[vii] Jaak Valge, "Involvement and Loss of Democracy, Estonia 1934," Journal of Contemporary History 464 (October 2011), 788- 808.
[viii] Stephen Shulman and Stephen Bloom, "The legitimacy of foreign intervention in elections: The Ukrainian response," Review of International Studies (2012), 491.
[ix] Taras Kuzio, "Russian Policy toward Ukraine during Elections," Demokratizatsiya (Winter 2005), 134.
[x] Ellen Nakashima, "U.S. government officially accuses Russia of hacking campaign to interfere with elections."
[xi] Boryana Dzhambazova, Kit Gillet, and Rick Lyman, "Pro-Russia Candidate Appears Likely to Win Bulgarian Presidency," The New York Times, November 13, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/world/europe/pro-russia-candidate-appears-likely-to-win-bulgarian-presidency.html.
[xii] "Pro-Russia Candidate Claims Victory in Moldova's Presidential Vote," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, November 13, 2016. http://www.rferl.org/a/moldovana-face-critical-choice-in-presidential-run-off/28112323.html.
[xiii] Andrew Higgins, "Pro-Russian Candidate Leads Moldova Presidential Vote but Faces Runoff," The New York Times, October, 2016. http://nytimes.com/2016/10/31/world/europe/moldova-presidential-election-igododon.html?_r=0.
[xiv] Paul Musgrave, "If you're even asking if Russia hacked the election, Russia got what it wanted," The Washington Post, November 28, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/11/28/whether-or-not-russians-hacked-the-election-they-messed-with-our-democracy/?utm_term=.86a3911c780f .
[xv] Ibid.
[xvi] Craig Timberg, "Russian propaganda effort helped spread 'fake news' during election, experts say."
[xvii] Ellen Nakashima, "U.S. government officially accuses Russia of hacking campaign to interfere with elections."
[xviii] Ibid.
[xix] Kaveh Waddel, "Is the White House Hiding Secrets About Russia's Role in the Elections," The Atlantic, November 30, 2016. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/senators-probe-for-details-on-russian-involvement-in-election/509249/.
[xx] Craig Timberg, "Russian propaganda effort helped spread 'fake news' during election, experts say."
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Spain 2020 | INDUSTRY | INTERVIEW
José Vicente de los Mozos holds a degree in aeronautical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, has a master's in techniques of production from CESEM of Madrid, and an executive program from Stanford University. A holder of numerous awards and recognitions, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Valladolid in 2016. He currently has significant responsibility and influence in the automotive sector worldwide, as the President of ANFAC.
The automobile sector is in a transition process due to the increase in demand for electric cars. What strategy is ANFAC following to ensure that this transition is as smooth as possible?
The automotive industry is committed to the decarbonization objectives of the EU, which is why we are continuously working to ensure that the transition to zero emission vehicles is as orderly and efficient as possible. It is essential that the consumer understands that the purchase of a new vehicle is a safe bet for the future. We need to establish a framework that gives them confidence in their purchase. We need these messages of confidence to come through a government plan to encourage the renewal of the car fleet. We also need the standardization of transportation policies throughout the country. It is also a priority to carry out industrial reforms that promote the competitiveness of factories in Spain.
The change of regulation at the national and European level is affecting the sector. ANFAC recently petitioned the government to reduce VAT on electric cars. What is ANFAC's relationship with the government, and what other measures should be taken to improve the efficiency of the sector in the medium to long term?
ANFAC is committed to the development of the automotive industry in Spain. We have worked and will continue to work alongside the government to achieve an orderly transition to the transportation modes of the future. We have an easy relationship with all the ministries. The Ministry of Industry and its minister, Reyes Maroto, have been a high-level partner with whom we hope to progress further. Stability in the administration is fundamental for investment security. The help of the administration is essential in terms of incorporating new technologies and supporting R&D in production processes. We need to focus on both Spanish factories that are strong and segments where investment should increase. Any innovation that can be developed in the automobile sector can be applied to other sectors and small businesses. Furthermore, it is necessary for concrete measures to be carried out by the administration. Those measures include subsidies and reduced taxes for alternative vehicles, as well as a unified tax scheme for all autonomous communities that take into account environmental criteria and decarbonization goals. These reforms will promote the renewal of the vehicle fleet. It is also important to design a national strategy for the implementation and development of recharging infrastructure. These infrastructures can be slow, for public parking, or fast, for example, on intercity roads.
One of the main challenges today is the fall in production. Spanish factories registered a 5.5% drop in production between January and April 2019. What factors contributed to this fall?
There is uncertainty, not only in Spain but also throughout Europe, regarding the future of the automotive industry. It is undergoing change because of the international trade environment, where protectionism is on the rise. Protectionism is happening alongside particular economic crises, as what happened in Turkey in 2018. Spain is seeing a cut in its production, though it is not alone. Markets in Europe are reducing their production and their orders in recent months, which is the cause for a reduction in orders sent to Spanish factories.
What are the main objectives and priorities of ANFAC for 2020?
It is necessary to define a common roadmap for decarbonization. We need a strategy with real solutions, including plans to help alternative vehicles, taxation with environmental criteria, and reduced taxes for alternative vehicles. We must follow the examples of other EU countries passing legislation across their entire territory that adopt important accompanying measures for the development of their automotive sectors.


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July 28, 2017 December 21, 2022 / filmoblivion
The opening to the hit show "Friends" was not filmed in New York, but rather in Burbank, California. The fountain seen in the show is located on "Park Blvd" at the Warner Bros. Ranch, a small property that sits off-site from the main Warner Bros. Studios lot. The ranch is unfortunately not open to public visitation. However, plans are in place to relocate the fountain to the Embassy Court of the main Warner Bros studio lot.
LOCATION: 411 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505 (closed to public), soon to be relocated to main Warner Bros studio lot
What is open to the public is a recreation of the "Central Perk" cafe, which can be found on the Warner Bros. Studio Tour over at the main lot.
LOCATION: 4000 Warner Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505
Some autographed scripts can also be found on display on the Warner Brothers Studio Tour.
Friends, TV Locations
Cafe, Central Perk, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Fountain, Friends, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, TV Locations, Warner Bros Ranch, Warner Bros. Studios
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Well Control Group – Leading the world in Well Control Training! On April 20th, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) began and attracted global media attention. Following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, a sea-floor oil gusher flowed for 87 days, until it was capped four devastating months later. Investigations explored the causes of the explosion and the U.S. government's September 2011 report pointed to defective cement on the well, faulting mostly BP, but also rig operator Transocean and contractor Halliburton. This oil spill released an estimated 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the ocean.
The environmental clean-up from Mocondo continues today and a special task team is still assigned in the Gulf of Mexico to monitor the presence of oil in the water. In light of these events we ask, how can equipment failure be prevented? And, if equipment failure can't be prevented, how can it be properly maintained to mitigate risks in the future?
Well control is a global oil and gas issue and it's paramount in the minds of industry because of blowout's like Macondo. Pressing questions focus on finding the answers to "ZERO" incidence on site, which means eliminating the risks associated with drilling for oil. Operators must control their wells and above all, understand the hazards in advance that may create a blowout.
The oil well is the area of the oil rig where natural gases pass from underground, through the borehole and the blowout preventer (BOP), and then into the oil rig to production. If the well is not controlled properly problems arise. Consequences of poor well maintenance include kicks, blowouts, and catastrophe. A kick is the result of uneven pressure in the rock wall surrounding the borehole. If the uneven pressure presented during a kick isn't controlled it will lead to a blowout. A blowout is where oil, gas, or saltwater sprays uncontrollably into the atmosphere. The live spray of oil during a blowout will ignite if there is a spark present, resulting explosions, critical emergencies and potential fatality.
Javed's mind was focused on inventing revolutionary well control methods that monitor, control, and predict secondary kicks while experiencing the primary kick during drilling and further into inventing a fire proof snubbing stack for a well cap that is always installed underground. A revolutionary thinker and game changer, Javed's expertise and commitment was sought after in Canada and was brought to Alberta, to improve the well control landscape in new and sustainable ways.
Establishing his company, Well Control Group Javed Shah quickly became a world leading expert residing in Alberta. Not only inventing new methodologies for well control, Javed designed training curriculums that were leading edge and provided answers to the most pressing questions that the well control industry faces. Javed was not only concerned with how to control a well but how to mitigate risk and reduce hazards.
With over twenty years in Well Control, Javed expanded his vision from on land projects of Alberta to the Offshore of Eastern Canada. Well Control Group's vision is to be a one-stop shop for well control training for the local and international oil and gas industry. With both disciplines being covered and offerings on both sides of Canada, Well Control Group quickly became a world renowned training facility for start of the art well control training.
With a parallel commitment to operations and safety Javed enlisted the support of the new Operations Manager, Scott Glynn of Newfoundland to provide training and answer the toughest questions about well control. Assembling a team of well control experts and teachers Scott and Javed have succeeded at developing custom designed well control training that combines patented regulations that adhere to changing procedures and the ever changing challenges within the discipline of well control. Scott says, "we have developed a curriculum of instruction from a team of well control experts that have a collective sixty years of safety expertise in the oil and gas industry". Well Control Group's newest strategic location is in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland. This location allows local and international offshore oil and gas workers access to innovative well control training for the offshore.
Scott Glynn adds, "We provide case studies of well control issues and solutions that they have encountered in their careers to answer student questions thoroughly. The course is designed in a show, tell, and do format to facilitate adult learning, and then broken down into a theory module to allow the instructor to demonstrate proper well control maintenance techniques and into a simulation module in order to let students apply prevention techniques observed during instructor demonstration. Well Control Group is collaborating with regulatory bodies such as the International Association of Drilling Consultants (IADC), the International Well Control Forum (IWFC), and Mud Controls to approve testing.
Javed and Scott want their training to instill a proactive state of mind in their students that will allow them to prevent catastrophe when presented with well control issues in the field. They want the local and international oil and gas community to be able to prevent incidents like the Macondo disaster from ever happening again.
Well Control Group's curriculum is state of the art, blending industry expertise with an innovative training delivery that enables oil rig workers to successfully control well abnormalities in real-time. Developing solutions, safety instruction, and changing industry standards are components of the training that Shaw and Glynn have added. These additions combined with in-class demonstration and application have increased the baseline passing rate for well control training from fifty percent to a whopping ninety-nine percent.
Shaw and Glynn are clearly changing the game for well control training by providing students with a comprehensive understanding of well control operations and the associated risks of improper well control maintenance. The course is part of a proactive approach to safety that is changing the understanding of well control operations for the oil and gas industry. Visionary!
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import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import org.openide.util.lookup.ServiceProvider;
import org.openide.util.lookup.ServiceProviders;
import se.trixon.toolbox.core.ToolProvider;
import se.trixon.toolbox.core.base.ToolController;
import se.trixon.toolbox.core.base.ToolTopComponent;
import se.trixon.almond.nbp.news.NewsProvider;

/**
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@ServiceProviders(value = {
    @ServiceProvider(service = ToolProvider.class),
    @ServiceProvider(service = NewsProvider.class)}
)
public class IdiotController extends ToolController {

    public static final String LOG_TAG = "Idiot";

    public IdiotController() {
    }

    public IdiotController(ToolTopComponent toolTopComponent) {
        super(toolTopComponent);
    }

    @Override
    public ResourceBundle getNewsBundle() {
        return ResourceBundle.getBundle(getPackageAsPath() + "news");
    }
}


Maryland Piedmont in May. Last updated: 5/20/2007.
Above and below four: Least Bittern in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/20/2007). I can hardly begin to say how excited Frode and I were to study and photograph this wonderful and famously reclusive bird.
Below two: A migrant Mourning Warbler in northern Howard Co., Maryland (5/20/2007).
Below: A Cerulean Warbler in Carroll Co., Maryland (5/20/2007). Not too bad a shot for dawn in the rain!
Below two: A Willow Flycatcher in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/20/2007).
Below: A Louisiana Waterthrush in northern Howard Co., Maryland (5/20/2007).
Below: A female Black-and-white Warbler in northern Howard Co., Maryland (5/20/2007).
Below: A Spotted Sandpiper forages along a pond edge in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/20/2007).
Below: An American Coot feeds on tiny invertebrates on a Frederick Co. pond (5/20/2007).
Below: A male Baltimore Oriole excitedly guards his domain in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/20/2007).
Below: A Yellow-throated Warbler at the Mouth of the Monacacy, Frederick Co., Maryland (5/20/2007). Yellow-throated Warblers nesting in this area are of the White-lored or Sycamore race, Dendroica dominica albilora.
Below: A Northern Rough-winged Swallow near its nesting cavity on a bank of the Patapsco River, Howard Co., Maryland (5/20/2007).
Below: A Prothonotary Warbler on territory at the Mouth of the Monocacy, Frederick Co., Maryland (5/20/2007).
Below: I was lucky enough to have my camera ready when this Black Rat Snake leaped from the woods and latched unto Frode's face.
I'm kidding, of course. Snakes are our friends.


GIMP Forums / Community / GimpForums.com / YouTube Channel Created!
In late April I created a YouTube channel for videos made by GimpForums.com (GF !?). In near future I am going to upload some simple GIMP video tutorials.
Feel free to express yourself and create your own.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice, I'm looking forward to learn something new from your video tutorials!
Glad to hear that someone is interested.
How do we upload our own tutorials to the channel?
Great idea. I am also interested to learn new things.
Looking forward to some videos! Keep us updated.
I will. I'm going to do an announcement message for this at the top of the site when there will be video tutorials uploaded.
What happened to the channel, there is no activity nor any videos uploaded, did you give up on this?
Not at all. Just slowly thinking on some ideas. We will need to make a contest "top-rated video tut" to help our YouTube channel fill.
Oh alright, I thought you'd given up on the channel since it was so empty, I guess I was wrong, try and get that channel sorted out as soon as you can, it's really good way of bringing traffic to your forum.
I can do some tuts for you if you want? but it will cost you a few quid.
The forum needs the adverts, through youtube. I will make on if you want?


Sign up for txConnect (monitor grades and attendance for your student(s)) - you must have a letter with a Portal ID from the school in order to set this up – we are unable to set this up for you or to assist with lost user ids or passwords. To set up your account, go to the txConnect page using the link in the "Links" page. Click on the "click here" under "New User?".
1. Choose a username and password that fits the rules listed on the screen. Enter your email address. Click NEXT.
2. Choose a hint question and answer. This is used for password reset if you forget your password. Click NEXT.
3. Enter the portal ID (case sensitive) from your letter and your child's birthday. Click Add. Repeat this for each student you need to add until all students are listed. Click FINISH when you are through.
Be sure to remember what your password. Clifton ISD is unable to reset your password on this account or make any changes to it.


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ERM Advanced Telematics eCyber can be installed cars during the manufacturing process or in the aftermarket stage.
Israel-based international automotive technology provider ERM Advanced Telematics has completed development of an integrated hardware-software product that protects vehicles against ransomware and other cyberattacks. The solution, called eCyber, is suited for both OEMs and the aftermarket. The eCyber technology, for which ERM has already registered a patent in Israel, is due to be available in the last quarter of 2018 for all of the company's customers and partners in 68 countries worldwide.
ERM's eCyber's uniqueness is that it can be installed in a vehicle by authorized parties, such as vehicle importers and fleet managers in the aftermarket stage - after the vehicle left the factory, as well as by the OEM itself during the manufacturing process.
Ransomware attacks are emerging as some of the most serious cyber risks with which connected cars must withstand. During a ransomware attack on a connected car, hackers remotely connect to the car, damage or lock it, and demand that the owner pay them ransom to resume its proper operation.
Cyber risks faced by individual vehicles and fleets are attracting increasing attention in the automotive industry. According to a study by KPMG on cyber security of vehicle fleets, the average connected car has more than 150 million lines of software code. The study predicts that, by 2022, North American users of connected cars will use an average of 21 gigabytes of data per month. Additionally, the 2017 KPMG Management Survey found that 85% of automotive industry managers said that their organizations would boost investment on cyber protection over the next three years, more than any other industry included in the survey. Furthermore, according to the Irdeto Global Connected Car Survey, published in late 2017, consumers' concern about the cyber security of connected cars is liable to discourage them from buying one. 85% of respondents said that they believe that a connected car is liable to be a target for a cyber-attack.
ERM Advanced Telematics founder and CEO Meir Hayman said, "ERM is working closely with the automotive industry, vehicle importers and fleet managers to improve fleets, to make them more efficient, and to protect the driver and passengers, as well as the vehicle itself. This work gives the company an in-depth understanding of all the elements regarding the protection of the vehicle and its occupants as well as cyber defense. In the technological aspect, the advantage of eCyber solution lies in its integrated hardware and software all-in one compact box, which can be adapted to any vehicle and to almost any external interface. In the business aspect, the fact that eCyber can be installed either on the production line or at any time during the vehicle's life cycle - including in the aftermarket, practically increases the total available market to which the company can offer this patent-protected technology. ERM's broad worldwide deployment will help customers utilize eCyber to protect themselves against ransomware and other cyber risks."


Buy GelPro® Adelle 20\" x 32\" Anti-Fatigue Kitchen Mat in Blue from $49.99 at Bed Bath & Beyond. The GelPro Adelle Anti-Fatigue Kitchen Mat will make a stylish and supportive addition to your kitchen. This mat provides soothing relief to your legs, back, and feet, and it features a charming floral pattern filled with blue and grey hues.The GelPro Adelle Anti-Fatigue Kitchen Mat will make a stylish and supportive addition to your kitchen. This mat provides soothing relief to your legs, back, and feet, and it features a charming floral pattern filled with blue and grey hues.


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Syria: Over 90 people killed outside Damascus
The White Helmets
Bombardments by the Syrian regime and its allies are said to have killed more than 90 people since Sunday in a rebel-held area outside Damascus.
War monitoring group The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 20 children are among the dead in Eastern Ghouta, a pocket of towns and farms under government siege since 2013.
Hundreds are reported injured in the air strikes thought to be preparing the way for a ground offensive.
But Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister of Syria's ally Russia, blamed what he called "armed provocations" by Nusra militants, formerly linked to al Qaeda, for current conditions in eastern Ghouta.
The United Nations says nearly 400,000 people live in what is the last remaining opposition held enclave near the Syrian capital and that the humanitarian situation of civilians there is "spiraling out of control."
Syria war: Bombardment of Ghouta persists, scores killed
Syrian conflict: Civilians in Idlib left with few options as government attack looms
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Hack the Ville is a 4-week long web design institute, launched in partnership between Digital NEST and Hack the Hood, that taught NESTers valuable job skills such as client management, communications, and project management while they created websites for local businesses.
Each NESTer worked on one website and learned the entire workflow process for creating websites, how to make graphics on Photoshop and Illustrator, and the basics of Search Engine Optimization and Analytics. All the NESTers who participated are enthusiastic about learning more about coding and we are excited to provide more advanced programming.
We'd like to thank our client management intern, Alex Chavez, for all the help he's given us and everyone at Hack the Hood for providing such a great framework for teaching.
We will not be accepting any more new website clients until the summertime. Right now, we are working on creating a program for maintaining and improving the websites we already built.


Yesterday, I managed to check number four off of that list.
However, for a while there, I wasn't sure I was even going to be able to get into the country.
Two weeks ago, a friend instructed me to make sure to withdraw American money before leaving for Zimbabwe. The country is literally strapped for cash. People sleep outside the banks here, waiting desperately until the next time the bank has access to more money. People may have money in their accounts, but the bank doesn't have money to give them.
The reason? For several years, the country ran a trade deficit, importing more than twice of what it exports. The result is that there's just not enough physical money to go around.
To solve this problem, last year Cairo's African Export-Import Bank, provided $200 million so that Zimbabwe could print $200 million worth of its own bond notes, which are equivalent to US dollars.
The government also limited the amount of money one can take out of the country to $1000.
Note: I got this information from a 2016 article from The Atlantic. Several locals, on the other hand, seem to think that Mugabe quite literally had $8 billion hidden under his mattress.
One thing President Mnangangwa has promised to do to help remedy this situation is bring money back into the country. According to an article in the Gazette, many wealthy individuals and corporations have externalized $3 billion to other countries over the last three years. He's given them from December 1, 2017 to February of next year to return that money. After that, people will face legal consequences.
Why am I telling you this? BECAUSE I'M AN IDIOT AND I FORGOT TO WITHDRAW MONEY IN UGANDA, SO I CAME HERE WITH NO MONEY AND NO CERTAINTY THAT I'D BE ABLE TO PAY FOR MY ENTRY VISA, LET ALONE SURVIVE FOR 9 DAYS!
The realization hit me as soon as I walked into the airport in Uganda. My first thought was to ask for the nearest ATM. Apparently the airport in Entebbe doesn't have ATMs.
Whatever, I'll just take money out in Ethiopia while I wait for my connecting flight.
ATMs only give out local currency, and for some reason, there was no currency exchange place in sight.
So I boarded my flight to Victoria Falls uncertain as to how I was going to pay for my entry Visa, since the e-mail I got from my hostel explicityly said that they only accept cash payments for Visas at the airport.
I anticipated being stuck at the airport for at least a day. Of course, my bungee reservation was for the next day, so I figured I wouldn't be able to make it on time.
Miraculously, the Visa desk had a card machine and I was able to pay by credit card. Hallelujah!
Next problem: Get American dollars. I didn't want to pay for EVERYTHING by credit card for the next week.
I had thankfully e-mailed my hostel from Ethiopia and told them of my situation, and they had sent a taxi to the airport to pick me up.
At the hostel, the guy at the desk informed me that since I had gotten the Kaza Visa (thank you Liz from Zambezi Safari & Tours!), I'd be able to walk over to Zambia after my bungee jump and take out some American money. Hallelujah!
Had I gotten the normal Visa like most bungee jumpers, I would have had to pay another $50 to enter Zambia.
The Victoria Falls Bridge is right at the Zambia-Zimbabwe border, so I could literally get my passport stamped, walk across the border to the nearest hotel, and take out money.
With that settled, I was ready for my jump!
I had purchased what they call the "Big Air Experience." That means that I was booked for bungee jumping, the gorge swing, and the zipline.
Now I have gone skydiving in Toronto, paragliding in Korea, and ziplining in both Canada and Nicaragua; but I can say without a doubt, that bungee jumping is the most terrifying thing I have ever done.
With skydiving, the fear is only anticipatory. Once you take that leap out of the plane, all of your fears disappear. You don't feel the rush of a bajillion butterflies fluttering in your stomach; it's just a blissful freefall.
And with paragliding, sure, your life flashes before your eyes as you run for everything you're worth towards the edge of the cliff to take that leap, but once your feet leave the ground, your gaze rises to the clouds, and those fears once again disappear.
With bungee jumping, however, I felt like the ratio of crippling fear to joyful adrenaline rush was reversed.
There were so many different emotions going through me in these shots.
You step into the harness, and some dude hopefully clips all the right clips and secures all of the straps properly. You're just watching his every move, thinking, "What does that do? What is that connecting to? Are you sure that goes there? Did you tie that tightly enough?
Then you step through the gate to the platform area and more clips are clipped and more straps are secured.
You then have to waddle over to the edge of the platform, with your feet tied tightly together, and stand with your toes hanging over the edge and your eyes looking straight at the horizon.
Your jump master counts down from five WAAAAY faster than you'd like, and you're expected to jump as far out as possible with your arms stretched outwards. You're supposed to jump outwards because if you just fall straight down, you're likely to tangle and spin.
First off, that Dead Man's Walk to the edge of the platform with your feet tied together was brutal. I half expected myself to lose my balance and just tumble over the edge. I held on to those handles as tightly as possible.
Now, once my mind processed what was happening as the ground came rushing towards me, those three seconds of freefalling were actually the best part of the whole ride. Those butterflies were screaming in my stomach, and I laughed hysterically the entire way down.
Then I bounced back up and began to spin, and I had no idea what was up and what was down anymore. It was really dizzying and completely disorienting. I'm pretty sure if the rope had snapped at this point, I wouldn't have noticed until it was too late because my head was spinning at a speed of 200 km/hour. To be honest, it was actually kinda fun.
BUT THEN IT STOPPED BEING FUN AGAIN!
As I hung in the air and I noticed for the first time just how shallow the water was directly below me, I couldn't help but feel like the towels were slipping off from around my ankles. Now, sure, there was a harness around my ankles that was holding me safely in place; and sure, it was probably just all in my head; but holy crap, that was when it really stopped being fun.
I had so many action movies flash through my head. But these weren't the ones where the hero grabs somebody's hand or wrist just in time and saves them from falling to their death; no it was the scenes where the hero just can't hold on. It was the scenes where their fingers are slipping. It was the scenes where the rope snaps just a second too soon. With every bounce, I felt like the towels were slipping further and further down my ankles. I wanted those guys to pull me up IMMEDIATELY!
They started pulling me up, and soon enough, there was a sitting in a harness in mid-air, waiting to grab me. I'm pretty sure I told him to not let me go. I'm also pretty sure he knew that already.
There was a platform directly underneath the bridge. We were pulled up to the platform, and then I was clipped onto a cable that extended all the way to the end of the bridge so I could walk safely back to the surface…AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!
This time, I was to do the gorge swing.
I'd met a Zimbabwean girl in Ngong, Kenya, and she had said that, as a huge thrill seeker, she loved the gorge swing much more than the bungee jump; so I was curious to see what this experience had in store.
Once again, harnesses, straps, and clips were involved.
Once again, the countdown was far quicker than I was comfortable with.
This time, though, I was instructed to just step off the edge and let gravity do the rest.
I somehow managed to screw that up.
Rather than falling straight down like a pencil, I felt my body start to lean forwards as I plummeted. Not sure how this would affect my fall, I started kicking my feet like an idiot in a desperate attempt to straighten myself out.
Once again, the butterflies screamed in my stomach like there was a Slayer concert going on inside there.
This time, though, I, too, screamed. Oh, how I did scream. I don't know if you've ever screamed so loud and intensely that you actually wondered if it was even you making that noise, but I sure have. It's a bizarre and terrifying feeling.
Once the rope tightened and I became a human pendulum, though, everything became right in the world again–except for the fact that the harness was crushing me in a very uncomortable and sensitive area. I'll leave it at that.
Nonetheless, what a view. I could've hung there all day.
Last up was the zipline. That was a piece of cake.
Once back at the hotel, I had just enough time to order lunch before my safari group arrived.
I had signed up for a rhino game drive, since the rhino had eluded me on my Tanzanian safaris. The guy at the desk at my hotel had told me that this tour specifically goes to a certain area known for rhinos. However this turned out to be another regular safari through Zambezi National Park. If I didn't see rhinos, I was going to be pissed.
The guide asked us which animals we were hoping to see. The two couples in my group were desperate to see lions before leaving Africa, but I made it clear that I wanted to see a blasted rhino.
As you can see, there was certainly plenty of natural beauty to behold, but no signs of rhinos.
Our guide pointed out rhino poop, but I wanted to see a freakin' rhino, not his excrement!
Thankfully, my fellow tour mates were two retired couples from the UK. They made the tour a lot of fun. I have to say, I hope that when I grow up, I become an old Englishman. They just have the best sense of humour. It was like going on a safari with John Cleese and company.
I perked up when we stopped for a snack break. Our driver got out of the vehicle and popped a grill out from under the hood. He then pulled out a delicious plate of deviled eggs, perogies, sausages, and skeweres of something called kudu.
To top it all off, our guide also offered us a cooler of wine and beers! I had three glasses of wine and a beer. Needless to say, we were all in great spirits after our snack break, despite not having seen either a lion or a rhino.
AND THEN WE SAW A RHINO!
Everybody was just tipsy enough that we couldn't keep our mouths shut. They were all happy for me. Our guide had to shut us up before we scared the momma and baby rhino away.
And with that, the sun went down, and our safari was over. But I saw a rhino! Two, even!


The omnivisual being is meant to help us understand why we have the concept of seeing over and above the concept of being – why we distinguish the two.
It may be obvious at this point what my answer is going to be. —For if an omnivisual being has no essential need to distinguish seeing from being, then the reason why we need to do so must have something to do with the fact that we are not omnivisual.
In other words, the fact that we do not see everything must be what explains why we need the concept of seeing. More precisely, it explains why we need to distinguish something's being the case from our seeing it to be the case.
Note. Likewise, the more general distinction between "mind" and "world" may originate in the fact that we do not know everything, i.e., that we are not omniscient. I will consider this generalization later.
This is the basic answer that I will defend. Before spelling it out fully, it may be useful to address one lingering issue. This will also help us later.
I suggested that an omnivisual being would have no essential need to distinguish seeing from being. As with the case of pain, however, this claim is good only "in the first instance," for we can easily think of more intricate contexts in which an omnivisual being might have a genuine use for the distinction, after all.
and to grasp the conditions under which they can "see" what he "always sees" – e.g., their eyes need to be open, and they must be facing the right way, etc.
So their presence compels him to distinguish the seeing of a tree (say) from the being of the tree, a distinction he might not otherwise have drawn. Having made the distinction, he can now appreciate that, unlike other mortals, he sees everything – a thought he might not otherwise have entertained.
The point of this example should not be overstated. It simply describes a case where an omnivisual being may have a genuine need to distinguish seeing from being – where, in saying this, I am relying for the moment on our "pre-theoretic" grasp of the distinction. I have yet to clarify the nature of the distinction – in case this was not clear.
Let's consider a second example of an omnivisual being who is accustomed to wielding the distinction.
Imagine discovering one day that your powers of vision are "gradually expanding" (more science fiction) until you find yourself eventually to have become omnivisual.
The entire process takes the whole day, say. In this case, you might well realize – in "real time" – that you had become omnivisual. At the end of the day, you would be able to think, "Holy cow, I see everything" – but, of course, only because, having previously been normal, you were already familiar with the distinction between seeing and being.
These examples show that an omnivisual being is not barred outright from grasping and wielding the distinction between seeing and being. But they also suggest that some "stage-setting" is required for this to happen. The distinction has to be learnt, or otherwise acquired, in some way or other. In the first-example, it was post-acquired; in the second, pre-acquired. Either way, the distinction is not handed out for free, not even to a superhero.
Notice that similar remarks apply to the familiar case of (bodily) pain. We noted previously that, for most people, the feeling of pain is simply the pain – no distinction is ordinarily here drawn.
But why then do people often speak of (say) "feeling" a pain in their back?
Why do they speak as if the feeling was an act that was directed upon an object called pain – only to subsequently deny that any such distinction was really being made? —What explains the act-object language if no corresponding distinction was intended?
The answer, I think, is that most people are simply confused about the phenomenon of pain, vacillating between a Wittgensteinian view, on which pain is just a feeling, and an act-object model, according as it suits their purposes.
Thus, in many cases of pain, e.g., stubbing one's toe, there is no obvious need to distinguish the being of the pain from the feeling. So the Wittgensteinian view is here very natural. But then we also understand – for example – that other people sometimes don't know about our pains, and vice versa. (My guess is that this has to be learnt – it is probably not obvious to a child.) A case like this encourages us to distinguish the being of the pain (in my toe) and the feeling of it (on your part), and an act-object model has now begun to creep in.
So while we mostly begin with the Wittgensteinian view, it is possible to "graduate" to the act-object model by appreciating that there are situations in which the being of a pain can meaningfully be prised apart from the feeling. And, once you have the distinction, nothing stops you from applying it to your own case and saying (e.g.) that you feel a pain in your back – i.e., even as you might ordinarily deny that the pain was anything more than your feeling of it.
Indeed our tacit acknowledgement of the act-object model is also what allows us to say such things as, "We always feel our own bodily pains," which thought might not even be possible if we really made no distinction between the being of a pain and its feeling.
Considerably more may be said about this process of "cleaving" the being of a pain apart from its feeling. Philosophers remain greatly torn over the phenomenon of pain and there are numerous issues to untangle. For the moment, we must get back to the phenomenon of seeing. The essential thing we need here is the initial point, viz., that an omnivisual being would have no immediate need – i.e., absent the sort of "learning opportunities" described above – to distinguish seeing from being. He would be unaccustomed to the distinction, just as an untutored boy would be unused to the act-object conception of pain.
This is the essential thing because it points the way forward. We are now ready to investigate the following proposal: the reason why we need the concept of seeing, over and above the concept of being – why we are compelled to distinguish the two – has something to do with the fact that we are not omnivisual beings.


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Puerto Rico's bankruptcy isn't just the largest municipal filing in the history of the United States, it's the latest example of big government's failed promises. The island is around $123 billion in bond debt and unfunded pension payments—more than six times what the city of Detroit owed when it filed bankruptcy in 2013. That's around $34,000 in debt for every Puerto Rican resident.
For decades, Puerto Rican lawmakers chose to borrow money instead of spending responsibly and balancing their budget. The island issued bonds to pay for everything, including day-to-day operations.
The result of fifty years of runaway borrowing and spending is a complex web of over $70 billion in bonds issued by various government agencies. As the debt spun out of control, Puerto Rico even began issuing bonds to pay back bonds they had issued in the past.
Puerto Rico's teacher and public employee pensions are also in crisis. The funds are facing a $50 billion shortfall. Time after time, lawmakers have failed to make the necessary payments into the pensions.
In 2013, the island attempted to get the ballooning pension debt under control by raising the retirement age and increasing employee contributions. Since then, the government was supposed to put over $350 million into the pension funds. As of 2016, they had contributed $22.7 million.
Puerto Rico's economy is in shambles, the result of decades of misguided corporate welfare programs from the local and federal governments. Almost half of Puerto Ricans live below the poverty line. Problems have only gotten worse as the island has raised taxes to try to manage the debt crisis. The official unemployment rate is 12 percent, but six in ten Puerto Ricans are either out of work or have given up looking for a job.
Puerto Ricans are leaving the island in droves. Over the past decade, Puerto Rico has lost ten percent of its population—around 440,000 people. In 2015 alone, the island lost 65,000 residents. More than 200 Puerto Ricans move to the mainland every day in search of better lives.
"Puerto Ricans living on the island have a lower median household income and a higher child poverty rate than Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin living on the U.S. mainland," LIBRE President Daniel Garza wrote in the Orlando Sentinel. The median income in Puerto Rico is $18,000, around half the median income for Puerto Ricans living in the states.
The "brain drain" is especially bad for high-skilled workers. The island is losing around a doctor a day as many leave for better jobs on the mainland. Those who stay say they can't recruit health care workers to fill open positions, leaving long lines at hospitals and doctors' offices.
Puerto Rico's bankruptcy should be a wakeup call for legislators around the country, many of whom are dealing with growing debt and pension crises of their own. "Government-owned public corporations and tax subsidies for few selected businesses have been part of the economic development model for Puerto Rico since the 1940s," Garza wrote.


The Red Devils saved their scoring for the second half, as Rancocas Valley overpowered Bordentown 3-1 in a field hockey match Friday. After finding themselves in a 1-0 deficit, the Red Devils dominated the rest of the game, with two goals from Alyssa Maggs and a solo shot from Kaitlyn Bowker. Nina Vickers shutdown the Scotties in the second half. She tallied five saves in goal. Morgan Kato scored the Scotties' lone goal, with an assist from Cali McCormick.
Cinnaminson 4, Delran 1: Maura Tumelty scored twice and assisted on another goal to lead the Pirates to their third win on the year (3-1). Carly Barnes and Alexis Ochman also scored in the win. Mia Lanzilotta knocked in the Bears' single goal.
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Burlington Township 4, Northern Burlington 1: Vanessa DiDonato ushered the Falcons to victory with a pair of goals scored and an assist. Emma Lavin and Macie Werynski each contributed a goal in the win. Olivia Okerson scored for the Greyhounds.
Moorestown Friends 5, Lindenwold 0: Kendall Connolly led the Foxes with two goals, while Shelby Deibler engineered a shutout with three save in goal.
Florence 3, Riverside 1: The Flashes were victorious in a BCSL Freedom League match.


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Les élections législatives françaises de 1818 se déroulent en  . Dans la Corrèze, trois députés sont à élire dans le cadre de de trois circonscriptions.

Contexte
Les électeurs doivent élire les députés de la deuxième législature de la Chambre des députés.

Mode de scrutin
En vertu de l'ordonnance du 13 juillet 1815, les députés sont élus au suffrage censitaire indirect. En premier lieu, les collèges d'arrondissement, composés de l'ensemble des électeurs, désignent les candidats potentiels. En second lieu, le collège départemental, composé des électeurs les plus riches, élit les députés, en veillant à choisir au moins la moitié des députés parmi les candidats retenus au scrutin du premier degré.

L'ordonnance du 13 juillet 1815 abaisse les limites d'âge prévues par les articles 38 et 41 de la Charte. Sont ainsi électeurs tous les citoyens d'au moins 21 ans et payant 300 francs d'impôts directs. Sont éligibles tous les citoyens âgés d'au moins 25 ans et payant au moins 1 000 francs d'impôts directs.

Le corps électoral ne comporte que . Les 3/5 des députés ont été élus le 25 septembre mais seuls les plus riches ont élu les 2/5 des députés restants lors du second tour le 4 octobre.

Résultats

Élus

Tour unique du 20 octobre 1818
De nouvelles élections ont lieu afin d'élire les députés de la deuxième législature.

Références

Voir aussi

Corrèze
législatives, 1818


National concern about cyberbullying has prompted state policymakers to follow North Carolina's lead by drafting laws prohibiting the practice. So far, five states have proposed laws designed to prohibit electronic harassment. The regulations are designed to protect youngsters from the damaging consequences of cyberbullying. Several teen suicides have been linked to online harassment.
North Carolina adopted legislation in 2009 that made cyberbullying a misdemeanor; youths under 18 still face criminal charges if they are caught harassing others. Lawmakers say that the new regulations are in response to changing technology and media usage by upcoming generations of kids. A legislator from another state said he wanted to stop the masses of bullies who seem to be terrorizing other children through social media.
The National Conference of State Legislatures reports that 48 states have anti-bullying laws on the books. The new legislation is designed to update those rules for the Internet. Specific provisions added to existing rules would, proponents hope, prevent electronic intimidation. Some of the proposals could carry federal punishment that leads to a prison sentence.
Some legal experts worry that the laws might threaten the constitutional right to free speech. This has led some states to limit cyberbullying prohibitions to acts committed while using school-owned computers.
Other opponents of the measures argue that the prohibitions are too vague to make a difference. The issue should not be addressed from a legal standpoint, they say, but rather from a societal perspective. Using the courts to make the issue disciplinary is inappropriate, they claim.
The debate over this issue is sure to continue as policymakers attempt both to protect students and to preserve their rights. Uncertainty remains about whether regulations should address off-campus bullying, and controversy also exists related to school reporting responsibilities.