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Z Is For Zora
Zora Neale Hurston may best be remembered for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), which was produced by Oprah and aired on television a few years ago. Other works by Ms. Hurston include Tell My Horse (1938) a travelogue and study of Caribbean voodoo, Moses, Man of The Mountains (1939) her autobiography Dust Tracks On The Road (1942) and Seraph On The Suwanee (1948). Of these, Their Eyes Were Watching God received the greatest recognition.
Zora's early upbringing is shrouded in mystery. Some accounts state that she was born in 1901, but this has not been verified. Zora was the daughter of a Baptist preacher, but she received very little formal education until she reached the age of 26. Zora studied voodoo practices in Haiti and Jamaica and this most likely influenced her interest in folklore. She became an author, folklorist and anthropologist.
In 1925 at the peak of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora traveled to New York where she published stories in literary magazines. This brought her to the attention of such literary giants as Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman. They produced a magazine together called Fire, which featured a lot of young, black Renaissance writers.
Despite her association with these prominent African American writers, Zora provoked the ire of African Americans by her refusal to address racism in her writings and in her public denouncement of desegregation in schools. She is quoted as saying that black children didn't have to attend white schools in order to learn. Later, when she campaigned in support of a GOP presidential candidate, the outcry against her increased.
Financial difficulties confronted Zora later in life and she went back to working as a domestic, a job she had done before becoming a writer. She died of a stroke in a welfare home in St. Lucie County, Florida. In 1975 there was a resurgence of Zora's work largely due to the efforts of new writers like Alice Walker, Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou. In 2001, Every Tongue Got To Confess, a collection of folktales from the Gulf States was published posthumously.
Despite all the controversy that surrounded Zora's personal and public life, she left behind a cultural legacy of which lovers of African American literature can be justifiably proud.


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The Peaceful Change initiative works to break cycles of violent conflict and build the institutions and relationships that support long-term peace.
A world in which societies undergoing major change manage conflict without violence through inclusion, dialogue and collaboration.
Our work must make a real difference to the lives of people and communities affected by violent conflict. To the communities, partners, national institutions and donors we work with we commit to work in accordance with the following values:
Integrity: We only undertake work that is based on in-depth analysis and that we feel we have the expertise and capacity to deliver. We communicate openly about our work and how we spend money in order to be accountable to all partners.
Resilience: We work during all stages of conflict. At the height of violence, we find conflict-sensitive ways to tackle drivers of insecurity and conflict and contribute to making communities feel safer. Partnerships strengthen our resilience.
Compassion: We believe in the importance of listening, trying to understand and think from someone else's perspective, and engaging with different views even if we do not agree with them. We respect the dignity of every person and the potential they have to transform conflict.
Inclusivity: We act independently and impartially and work to bring as broad as possible a range of relevant stakeholders together to develop better conflict management mechanisms. We work to include hard-to-reach actors in peacebuilding conversations.
Innovation: We work to learn, to constantly improve our methodologies and to develop creative approaches to peacebuilding. We share our learning in the hope that it helps others promote peaceful change and provide a platform for peacebuilders to realise their ideas.
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Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day-Lewis Eye Reunion on 1950s Fashion Drama
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Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson may be assembling a big screen reunion, this time in the world of fashion.
Although no deal is set, sources tell Variety that Day-Lewis is in talks to reunite with Anderson, who directed his Oscar-winning performance in "There Will Be Blood."
Anderson's reps declined to comment.
Sources say that Day-Lewis, who hasn't made a film since "Lincoln" in 2012, has been loosely attached to the project for some time. Anderson is still working on a script while meeting young actresses of Eastern European descent to cast supporting roles.
Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures is producing and financing the untitled project. The film will be set in 1950s New York and revolve around the fashion industry, although the plot is under wraps.
Annapurna most recently worked with PTA on "The Master" and "Inherent Vice."
Day-Lewis, who won his third Academy Award for his performance in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," has kept a low-profile the past decade. Prior to "Lincoln," the thesp took a three-year break after Rob Marshall's "Nine" in 2009. He filmed PTA's "There Will Be Blood" before that in 2007.
Anderson most recently directed music videos for Radiohead and Joanna Newsom as well as the documentary "Junun," which shows the collaboration between Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and composer Shye Ben Tzur. Greenwood is also the composer of Anderson's last three films.
No studio is currently attached to the project.
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-paul-thomas-anderson-fashion-movie-1201768423/


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Overview of the Legal Issues around Aadhaar
Anviti Chaturvedi - June 10, 2017
Yesterday, the Supreme Court delivered its first verdict in a series of legal challenges that have been made against the Aadhaar project.[1] In the present matter, the court was examining whether a provision of the Finance Act, 2017 that made Aadhaar mandatory for filing of income tax returns and applying for Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards was constitutionally valid. The court has upheld the validity of this provision, subject to a few qualifications. Below, we discuss the background of the Aadhaar project, why the courts have stepped in to examine its legality, and some aspects of the recent judgement.
What is Aadhaar about, and how is it being used?
Earlier, various identity proofs were required for access to governments benefits, subsidies and services, such as a ration card, driving license or voter id. However, as these proofs could be easily duplicated or forged, there was leakage of benefits and subsidies to ineligible beneficiaries. The Aadhaar project was initiated in 2009 to address these problems. It was envisaged as a biometric-based unique identity number that could help identify eligible persons. It was thought to be a more reliable identity proof, because it sought to authenticate a person's identity based on their unique biometrics, like fingerprints and iris scans.1
In 2016, Parliament enacted the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 to provide legislative backing to the project. This Act allowed Aadhaar to be used for authentication purposes by the central and state government, as well as by private bodies and persons.[2]
Under its provisions, government has been issuing various notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for government projects, such as LPG subsidies and Mid-Day Meal scheme.[3] In addition, in 2017, Parliament passed the Finance Act to amend the Income Tax Act, 1961, and made Aadhaar mandatory for filing of income tax returns, and applying for PAN.[4]
What is the information collected under Aadhaar?
To obtain an Aadhaar number, a person is required to submit their : (i) biometric information (photograph, 10 fingerprints, scans of both irises), and (ii) demographic information (name, date of birth, gender, residential address) to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).[5] The Aadhaar number, the demographic and biometric information (called identity information) is together stored in the Central Identities Data Repository. In addition, every time a person's identity is authenticated using Aadhaar, information related to the authentication request is recorded as well.
How is this information protected?
While India does not have a comprehensive law on privacy and data security, the Aadhaar Act, 2016 has some protections. For example, it prohibits UIDAI and its officers from sharing a person's identity information and authentication records with anyone. It also forbids a person authenticating another person's identity from collecting or using their information without their consent. Other protections include prohibitions against publicly displaying a person's Aadhaar number and sharing of a person's fingerprints and iris scans with anyone. Note that there are penalties prescribed for violation of these provisions as well.[6]
However, the Act permits information be disclosed in the interest of national security and on the order of a court.[7]
The UIDAI authority has been made responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Aadhaar database, and for laying down the security protocols for its protection.[8]
Why did the courts step in?
Even as Aadhaar is being rolled out, with about 111 crore of the 125 crore population already on the database, there are several important constitutional and legal questions around the unique identity project.[9][10] While yesterday's judgement addresses one of these issues, other questions remain unresolved. A description of the key legal questions is provided below.
Privacy: It has been argued that the collection of identity data without adequate safeguards interferes with the fundamental right to privacy protected under Article 21 of the Constitution. Article 21 guarantees right to life and personal liberty. In August 2015, a three judge bench of the Supreme Court passed an order stating that a larger bench must be formed to decide the questions of: (i) whether right to privacy is a fundamental right, and (ii) whether Aadhaar violates this right.[11] However, the court has not set up a larger bench to hear these petitions till June 2017.[12]
Mandatory vs voluntary: Another question before the court is whether Aadhaar can be made mandatory for those government benefits and services, that citizens are entitled to under law. In 2015, the Supreme Court passed some interim orders stating that: (i) Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory for providing citizens with benefits and entitlements, and (ii) it can only be used for seven schemes including PDS distribution of foodgrains and kerosene, LPG distribution scheme, MGNREGA wage payments, and Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana.11
Subsequently, Parliament enacted the Aadhaar Act, 2016, and the government has been issuing notifications under it to make Aadhaar mandatory for various schemes.3 In light of this, more petitions have been filed challenging these notifications.[13] Judgements on these petitions are awaited as well.
Linking Aadhaar with PAN: In 2017, after Parliament made Aadhaar mandatory for filing of tax returns and applying for PAN under the Income Tax Act, 1961, fresh petitions were filed in the Supreme Court. The new provision stated that if a person failed to link their PAN with the Aadhaar number by a date notified by the central government, their PAN will be invalidated. The government said this will decrease the problem of multiple PAN cards obtained under fictitious names and consequent tax fraud and tax evasion, because Aadhaar will ensure proper identification.1,[14] However, the petitioners argued that this may interfere with a person's fundamental rights, such as their right to practice any profession, trade or business and right to equality. It is this question that has been addressed in the new judgement.1
Money Bill: The fourth question is related to the manner in which the Aadhaar Act, 2016 was passed by Parliament. The Act was passed as a Money Bill. A Money Bill only needs to be passed by Lok Sabha, while Rajya Sabha may make non-binding recommendations on it. In case of the Aadhaar Act, Rajya Sabha made some recommendations that were rejected by Lok Sabha. It has been argued before the courts that the Aadhaar Act does not qualify as a Money Bill because it contains provisions unrelated to government taxation and expenditure.13,[15]
What has the judgement held?
The Supreme Court has held that the new provision of the Income Tax Act that makes Aadhaar mandatory for income tax assessees is not in violation of the fundamental right to equality, or the fundamental right to practice one's profession or trade. The petitioners had argued that the new provision discriminates between individual and non-individual assessees (e.g. companies or firms), because it only seeks to address tax fraud by individuals. They had also contended that Aadhaar could not address the problem of tax fraud through duplicate PANs because there was evidence to show that people had multiple Aadhaar numbers as well. The court rejected these arguments (as well as arguments related to freedom to carry on business), stating that Aadhaar is perceived as the best method of eliminating duplicate PANs, and therefore there is reasonable rationale behind linking the PAN database with Aadhaar.1
The court decided not to examine questions related to human dignity and privacy, on the ground that issues affecting Article 21 will be examined by a larger bench to be set up by the court. However, it granted relief to people, who have not enrolled for Aadhaar, by stating that their PAN cards cannot be invalidated till the time when the matter is finally decided by such a bench.
This, in effect, means that the debate around constitutionality and legality of the Aadhaar project will remain ongoing till a judgement is finally pronounced on whether Aadhaar is in violation of right to privacy under Article 21.
[1] Binoy Viswam vs Union of India, Supreme Court, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 247 of 2017, http://www.sci.gov.in/pdf/jud/wc24717_Sign.pdf.
[2] Sections 7, 8 and 57, Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.
[3] Unstarred Question No. 4126, Lok Sabha, March 27, 2017; Unstarred Question No. 1209, Lok Sabha, February 9, 2017; S.O. 371 (E), Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, February 8, 2017, http://dfpd.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/Magazine/Document/1_211_1_aadhaar-notification.pdf; S.O. 369 (E), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, February 8, 2017, http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2017/174076.pdf.
[4] The Finance Bill, 2017, http://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/the-finance-bill-2017-4681/.
[5] Regulations 3 and 4, Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016.
[6] Sections 28-47, Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.
[7] Section 33, Section 23, Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.
[8] Section 23, Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.
[9] "UIDAI achieves 111 crore mark on Aadhaar generation; Unique identity covers over 99 percent adult residents of India", Press Information Bureau, January 27, 2017.
[10] Justice K. Puttaswamy (Retd) and Another vs Union of India and Others, Supreme Court, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 494 of 2012; Jairam Ramesh vs Union of India, Writ Petition (Civil) 231 of 2016; S.G. Vombatkere and Another vs Union of India and Others, Supreme Court, Writ Petition (Civil) 797/ 2016; "Aadhaar: What are the pending cases before the Supreme Court", Indian Express, May 31, 2017, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/aadhaar-what-are-the-pending-cases-before-the-supreme-court/.
[11] Justice K. Puttaswamy (Retd) and Another vs Union of India and Others, Supreme Court, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 494 of 2012, September 23, 2013, August 11, 2015, October 15, 2015.
[12] "The Aadhaar/ PAN Judgement", Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy Blog, https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/the-aadhaarpan-judgment/.
[13] "Aadhaar: What are the pending cases before the Supreme Court", Indian Express, May 31, 2017, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/aadhaar-what-are-the-pending-cases-before-the-supreme-court/.
[14] Uncorrected Lok Sabha Debates, March 22, 2017, Pg. 240, http://164.100.47.193/newdebate/16/11/22032017/Fullday.pdf.
Uttarakhand Assembly concludes 2-day session; 13 Bills introduced and passed
Tanvi Vipra - Dec 6, 2022
The Uttarakhand Assembly concluded a two-day session on November 30, 2022. The session was scheduled to be held over five days. In this post we look at the legislative business that was carried out in the Assembly, and the state of state legislatures.
13 Bills were introduced and passed within two days
As per the Session Agenda, a total of 19 Bills were listed for introduction in the span of two days. 13 of these were listed to be discussed and passed on the second day. These included the Uttarakhand Protection of Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2022, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (Amendment), Bill, 2022, and the Uttarakhand Anti-Littering and Anti-Spitting (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
The Assembly had proposed to discuss and pass each Bill (barring two) within five minutes (see Figure 1). Two Bills were allocated 20 minutes each for discussion and passing - the Haridwar Universities Bill, 2022, and the Public Service (Horizontal Reservation for Women) Bill, 2022. As per news reports, the Assembly passed all 13 Bills within these two days (this excludes the Appropriation Bills). This raises the question on the amount of scrutiny that these Bills were subject to, and the quality of such laws when the legislature intends to pass them within mere minutes.
Figure 1: Excerpt of Uttarakhand Assembly's November 2022 Session Agenda
Law making requires deliberation, scrutiny
Our law-making institutions have several tools at their disposal to ensure that before a law is passed, it has been examined thoroughly on various aspects such as constitutionality, clarity, financial and technical capacity of the state to implement provisions, among others. The Ministry/Department piloting a Bill could share a draft of the Bill for public feedback (pre-legislative scrutiny). While Bills get introduced, members may raise issues on constitutionality of the proposed law. Once introduced, Bills could be sent to legislative committees for greater scrutiny. This allows legislators to deliberate upon individual provisions in depth, understand if there may be constitutional challenges or other issues with any provision. This also allows experts and affected stakeholders to weigh in on the provisions, highlight issues, and help strengthen the law.
However, when Bills are introduced and passed within mere minutes, it barely gives legislators the time to go through the provisions and mull over implications, issues, or ways to improve the law for affected parties. It also raises the question of what the intention of the legislature is when passing laws in a hurry without any discussion. Often, such poorly thought laws are also challenged in Courts.
For instance, the Uttarakhand Assembly passed the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in this session (five minutes had been allocated for the discussion and passing of the Bill). The 2022 Bill amends the 2018 Act which prohibits forceful religious conversions, and provides that conversion through allurement or marriage will be unlawful. The Bill has provisions such as requiring an additional notice to be sent to the District Magistrate (DM) for a conversion, and that reconversion to one's immediate previous religion will not be considered a conversion. Some of these provisions seem similar to other laws that were passed by states and have been struck down by or have been challenged in Courts. For example, the Madhya Pradesh High Court while examining the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2021 noted that providing a notice to the DM for a conversion of religion violates the right to privacy as the right includes the right to remain silent. It extends that understanding to the right to decide on one's faith. The Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2006 exempted people who reconvert to their original religion from giving a public notice of such conversion. The Himachal Pradesh High Court had struck down this provision as discriminatory and violative of the right to equality. The Court also noted that the right to change one's belief cannot be taken away for maintaining public order.
Uttarakhand MLAs may not have had an opportunity to think about how issues flagged by Courts may be addressed in a law that regulates religious conversions.
Most other state Assemblies also pass Bills without adequate scrutiny
In 2021 44% states passed Bills on the day it was introduced or on the next day. Between January 2018 and September 2022, the Gujarat Assembly introduced 92 Bills (excluding Appropriation Bills). 91 of these were passed in the same day as their introduction. In the 2022 Monsoon Session, the Goa Assembly passed 28 Bills in the span of two days. This is in addition to discussion and voting on budgetary allocation to various government departments.
Figure 2: Time taken by state legislatures to pass Bills in 2021
Note: The chart above does not include Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. A Bill is considered passed within a day if it was passed on the day of introduction or on the next day. For states with bicameral legislatures, bills have to be passed in both Houses. This has been taken into account in the above chart for five states having Legislative Councils, except Bihar (information was not available for Council).
Sources: Assembly websites, E-Gazette of various states and Right to Information requests; PRS.
Occasionally, the time actually spent deliberating upon a Bill is lesser than the allocated time. This may be due to disruptions in the House. The Himachal Pradesh Assembly provides data on the time actually spent discussing Bills. For example, in the August 2022 Session, it spent an average of 12 minutes to discuss and pass 10 Bills. However, the Uttarakhand Assembly allocated only five minutes to discuss each Bill in its November 2022 Session. This indicates the lack of intent of certain state legislatures to improve their functioning.
In the case of Parliament, a significant portion of scrutiny is also carried out by the Department Related Standing Committees, even when Parliament is not in session. In the 14th Lok Sabha (LS), 60% of the Bills introduced were sent to Committees for detailed examination, and in the 15th LS, 71% were sent. These figures have reduced recently – in the 16th LS 27% of the Bills were sent to Committees, and so far in the 17th LS, 13% have been sent. However, across states, sending Bills to Committees for detailed examination is often the exception than the norm. In 2021, less than 10% of the Bills were sent to Committees. None of the Bills passed by the Uttarakhand Assembly had been examined by a committee. States that are an exception here include Kerala which has 14 subject Committees, and Bills are regularly sent to these for examination. However, these Committees are headed by their respective Ministers, which reduces the scope of independent scrutiny that may be undertaken.


Here is a task for you, who to believe, Presidenta Laura Chinchilla? or the Brazilian contractor, OAS? One says there is an agreement, the other no for OAS to get US$45.9 million dollars to walk away from the San José – San Ramón road project.
At the of April, Presidenta Laura Chinchilla bowed to public pressure to cancel the controversial road constructions project announced by her government weeks earlier.
In a television address to Costa Ricans, the Presidenta said the cancellation of the contract would not cost Costa Rica anything (Presidenta Promises The Breaking Of the Concession Contract Will Not Cost The Country "One Colon) .
Chinchilla did allow that the company should be compensate to the tune of US$30 million dollar for out of pocket expenses.
A letter of cancellation was set to OAS. At the time the public was lead to believe that was the end of the deal. However, the company actually had 30 days to respond. And respond it it.
On Friday, OAS, notified the Chinchilla government what it wants US$33.9 million dollars as indemnification for investments it made to obtain the concession contract AND another US$11 million dollars for Autopistas de Valle, the company that was to have operated the concession.
The kicker here is that OAS says the Chinchilla government had agreed to pay the US$45.9 million to terminate the contract, a deal the OAS says was reached verbally.
The ministro de Planificación and vicepresidente de la Junta Directiva del Consejo Nacional de Concesiones, Roberto Gallardo, assures that the government will be asking OAS all documentation, technical and financial to support the amount requested, before passing judgement and determining whether to pay it.
The request by OAS was made in writing to Casa Presidencal on Thursday, detailing its expenses incurred in the process.


Precisely four decades since the original release of the 1971 LP Histoire De Melody Nelson, Serge Gainsbourg's most celebrated composer, arranger and composer Jean-Claude Vannier now returns to the same artistic territory that has since come to represent his most iconic period and continually inspire almost five generations of experimental rock luminaries. Respected throughout France as a long running singer-songwriter and experimental composer in his own right it has taken this inclusive forty year period for his music to travel beyond his central European fanbase thanks to a growing community of vinyl archeologists and French pop and conceptual rock enthusiasts who have come to clearly recognise the recurring production credits to JCV as a seal of quality and approval while taking gambles on Parisian picture sleeve pop.
Recorded partly in Paris and partly in the UK (not unlike the classic Gainsbourg LPs) the album Roses Rouge Sang (Blood Red Roses) hears JCV taking care of vocal duties in his own unique style combining the macabre and the optimistic with ingenious world play and expert poetic use of the French language. Flourishing from initial rehearsal sessions for the first-ever live performance of Histoire De Melody Nelson (which was eventually staged by Finders Keepers at the Barbican Theatre in London in 2006) Roses Rouge Sang captures the authentic line-up just weeks after their initial reunion.
With Roses Rouge Sang JCV combines a lifetime of experience working with some of the best orchestras and pop rhythm sections in throughout the world with a return to his roots and his initial, radical ideas on how contemporary music could combine the two.


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Q: why $\int_{s_1}\cdots\int_{s_n} f = \int_{s_1}\cdots\int_{s_n} f_1 \cdots f_n$ yields $f = f_1 \dots f_n$ When I am reading Kai Lai Chung's Elementary Probability Theory. In Page 145, Chapter 5.5:
If $S_1, S_2, \cdots,S_n$ are reasonable Borel sets. and
$$\int_{S_1}\cdots\int_{S_n}f_1(u_1)\cdots f_n(u_n)\text{d}u_1\cdots \text{d}u_n=\int_{S_1}\cdots\int_{S_n}f(u_1 \cdots u_n)\text{d}u_1\cdots \text{d}u_n$$
where $f$ is joint density function. and $f_1 ,\cdots,f_n$ are marginal densities.
then he said the above expression yields:
$$f(u_1 \cdots u_n) = f_1(u_1)\cdots f_n(u_n)$$
I don't know why this is true. If $f \not= f_1\cdots f_n$ on some points. the above integral is also equal on any reasonable Borel Sets.
Please help me . thanks very much.

A: For the measure $\mu$ defined by
\begin{align*}
\mu(S_{1}\times\cdots\times S_{n})&=\int_{S_{1}\times\cdots\times S_{n}}f(u_{1},...,u_{n})du_{1}\cdots du_{n}\\
&=\int_{S_{1}\times\cdots\times S_{n}}f(u_{1})\cdots f(u_{n})du_{1}\cdots du_{n},
\end{align*}
then by Radon-Nikodym Theorem, we have
\begin{align*}
\dfrac{d\mu}{d u}=f(u_{1},...,u_{n})=f(u_{1})\cdots f(u_{n}),~~~~\text{a.s.}
\end{align*}
where $u=(u_{1},...,u_{n})$.

A: If two probability measures on a product space coincide on measurable rectangles they coincide everywhere. Let $\mu$ be the measure with density $f(x_1,x_2,...,x_n)$ and $\nu$ be the one with density $f_1(x_1)f_2(x_2)...f_n(x_n)$. Then the hypothesis says these two probability measures coincide on measurable rectangle. Hence $\mu =\nu$ and their densities coincide too.

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7:00 pm – 8:00 pmFresh Air
Remembering Sam Phillips
This year marks the centennial of the birth of Sam Phillips, the record producer who discovered Elvis and produced his first records. Fresh Air listens back to an interview with Phillips, who founded Sun Records in Memphis and also launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Charlie Rich. see more
Colombia Reaches Deal to End 52-Year War with FARC Guerrilla Group
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (C) holds a copy with the final text of the peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas, on his way to the National Congress in Bogota on August 25, 2016. (Ivan Valencia/AFP/Getty Images))
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos announced a peace accord Wednesday with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), ending a 52-year war with the guerrilla group. The war claimed more than 220,000 lives and displaced millions before a ceasefire was reached in June. Under the agreement, which some critics denounce as too lenient, FARC members would serve no prison time if they confess to their crimes. The treaty must be ratified by a public vote on October 2. We discuss the history of the conflict and the implications of the peace deal.
Daniel Restrepo, senior fellow, Center for American Progress; former special assistant to President Obama; former senior director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council
Cynthia Arnson, director, Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; author, "In the Wake of War:
Democratization and Internal Armed Conflict"
David Tolbert, president, International Center for Transitional Justice


Rustenburg – The Economic Freedom Fighters does not need the votes of xenophobic people, party leader Julius Malema said on Sunday.
"If you are not going to vote for EFF because we say you must love Africans you can keep your vote," Malema told supporters at the North West launch of the EFF's elections manifesto in Lethobong, Rustenburg.
"We do not want a vote of people who are xenophobic. We do not want votes of people who suffer from self-hate. Africa is one, without the unity of Africa we will be exploited forever by Europe, by America, and now by China," he said.
Malema urged EFF supporters not to attack foreign nationals. "Let us love one another, let us unite as Africans, because the unity of Africans is a threat to white people. It is white people who thrive on division because their principle is divide and rule. Stop self-hate. Love Africans the way you love yourself."
Malema said Africa was "not a continent, but a country", adding that borders were "imposed" on Africans. "These borders were not designed by us, they were imposed on us by the boers," he claimed.
According to reports, there has been a recent spate of attacks on foreign nationals in, among others, KwaZulu-Natal, where more than 150 foreigners living in an informal settlement in Clare Estate in Durban had to flee the area after they were allegedly attacked by a group of men.


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Q: How to reference event handlers that are not in code-behind, but are in another object? I can set the DataContext to any object, then have the properties of that object binded to my controls.
I want to do the same thing with event handlers. I have a class of event handlers that I want the xaml to use. However, the xaml looks for event handlers in the code behind.
    <Button Click="OnSearch"/>

I get warnings that tells me that OnSearch does not exist in the code behind class.

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*I want OnSearch to be in another object. How can I do that?

*What if I want the xaml to look for the event handler in the data context object?

I'm new to WPF and I'm trying to learn. I tried Binding on the event handlers but that obviously did not work!

A: I think for this purpose yuo should use Commands and not Events.
You need define YourRoutedEvent that derives from RoutedCommand
And bind it to the command of your Button control. In your YourRoutedEvent you can implement whatever complex logic you want to behave in different way during different states of your application, which is what you want probabbly, that's why asking about dynamic event binding.
Here is a sample link that dimonstrates command binding technique:
Command binding
Regards.


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Leprosy was said to be first recognized in the ancient civilizations of China, Egypt and India, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, was officially eliminated at the national level in China by 1982, meaning prevalence is lower than 1 in 100,000. There are 3,510 active cases today. Though leprosy has been brought under control in general, the situation in some areas is worsening, according to China's Ministry of Health. In the past, leprosy sufferers were ostracized by their communities as the disease was incurable, disfiguring and wrongly thought to be highly infectious.

Epidemiology

Numbers
500,000 cases of leprosy were registered in China between 1950 and 2002. Most of these sufferers have been cured but approximately 6,000 active cases remain today and about 2,000 new cases are detected and registered every year. Many more cases are not registered, partly through ignorance, but also because of the stigma associated with the disease.  The number of cases reported has varied over time, with the number of cases declining between 1985 and 1993 but staying flat between 1994 and 2001.

There are estimates that show that there are 200,000 people in China today who have recovered from the disease but more than half (110,000) are disabled due to the disease, with conditions ranging from blindness to disfigurement. Although these former leprosy sufferers were cured in the last 50 years, many of them still suffer serious pain and difficulties because of these disabilities/deformities and the stigma. This social stigma has become the main problem in leprosy diagnosis and treatment, today.

Areas affected
Mostly, cases of infection remain in impoverished parts in the southwestern provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and Tibet in the west and Hunan in the South. Other provinces/municipalities affected on a smaller scale, are Anhui, Qinghai, Chongqing, Guangdong and Shaanxi.

Transmission and pathology
Contrary to popular belief, leprosy ranks lowly in terms of infectiousness and is not congenital. It is passed via respiratory droplets among people in close and prolonged contact. The transmission rate is low and 95 percent of people are naturally immune to it. Caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, leprosy affects the skin, mucous membranes, peripheral nerves and eyes. As nerve damage is permanent, even those who have recovered can not feel pain. Minor cuts and abrasions on fingers and toes often turn into gaping, inflamed ulcers because of unsanitary living conditions. These open sores overrun the digits, which slowly shrink and many sufferers end up with stumps. Some have legs amputated.

Treatment
In China, dapsone was used from 1946 to treat leprosy, but treatment of the disease took a leap in 1982 with the introduction of a largely successful multidrug therapy (MDT) using dapsone, rifampicin and clofazimine. Today, therapy takes six months to a year. MDT treatment has been made available by the WHO free of charge to all patients worldwide since 1995, and provides a simple yet highly effective cure for all types of leprosy. If diagnosed and treated early, the disease leaves no traces. But in some places in China, stigma still surrounds the disease and victims do not seek treatment until it is too late.

Stigma

In current day China, leprosy is strongly associated with poverty and stigma remains a significant barrier to effective treatment.

See also
Health in China
Leprosy
Leper colony

References

External links

Leprosy and the Buddhist Tradition — eRENLAIMAGAZINE
Feature: Lone good samaritan opens up China's lost leprosy village Xinhua. 26 January 2008.

Health in China
China

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With the advancements in the sport of kayak fishing and the need to have the competitive edge, more anglers are starting to discover technology that bass boat anglers have relied on for decades. One of them specifically is side imaging technology that a lot of new depth finder units are coming standard with. Currently this option is only $100-$200 dollars more compared to a unit with 2D sonar and down imaging…but is it really worth the extra investment?
Kayak fishing already puts us at a disadvantage since we just don't cover as much water as a regular bass boat. Side scan opens up an easy way for us to view more water that would normally take us hours to figure out with standard sonar and down imaging.
Viewing a rock pile or a brush pile is much simpler now with side imaging as it gives you a detailed image of the bottom composition of the lake. If you are lucky enough to go over the same structure with your sonar or downscan imaging you may get an idea of what it is…but without knowing how large it is, what kind of shape it is, and if there are other forms of similar structure in close proximity to it. One quick sweep of your side imaging will give you all of those answers quickly.
Yes you can do the same thing from your sonar or downscan imaging…but only if you are sitting on top of the target you want to mark. If I see a piece of structure off in the distance I can drop a waypoint mark directly on structure without having to paddle over to it.
Being able to locate a ball of shad or fish off in the distance is a huge plus. Kayaks are stealthy as it is but not having to paddle over an area to potentially spook a bedding fish or school of baitfish is another huge advantage.
All offer their own unique options but sidescan comes standard with all three of the models above for a very budget friendly price. I personally have the Humminbird Helix 7 SI/GPS and will be using it for the 2017 season.
Hope this info helps and gives you the competitive edge that you may have been missing from your kayak!
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L'amour sonne à Noël () est un téléfilm américain réalisé par Jake Helgren et diffusé en 2019.

Synopsis
Corey travaille dans le magasin d'antiquités de sa mère et prépare un défilé de Noël en l'honneur de son défunt père. Quand un homme appelé Ryder visite son magasin, elle se demande si elle aurait dû quitter sa petite ville pour poursuivre son rêve d'être metteuse en scène pour le théâtre.

Fiche technique
 Titre original :
 Réalisation : Jake Helgren
 Scénario : Jake Helgren
 Durée : 82 min
 Pays : États-Unis

Distribution
Ashley Newbrough : Corey Calvin
Kyle Dean Massey : Ryder Donnelly
Lindsey Gort : Jillian Winters
John DeLuca : Davey Wallace
Stepfanie Kramer : Dorothy Calvin
Ashley Fink : Mindy
Spencer Squire : Cole
Alice Hunter : Deanna
Courtney Hope : Victoria
Kathleen Kinmont : Gayle Donnelly
Matt McCoy : Gary Donnelly
Autumn Federici : Sasha
Gerard Flores : Francisco
Mandalynn Carlson : Katie
Brian Dare : Mickey
Samuel Engelen : Colby
Matt Morrison : Père Noël
Piper Helgren : Delilah

Liens externes

Téléfilm américain des années 2010
Téléfilm diffusé en 2019
Téléfilm de Noël


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MDM Motorsports Enters Five ARCA Teams for PapaNicholas Coffee 150 at Gateway This Friday
MDM Motorsports has entered five ARCA Racing Series teams for the PapaNicholas Coffee 150 this Friday night, June 22 at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois.
Series championship points leader Sheldon Creed, second place Zane Smith, and rookies Chase Purdy, Harrison Burton and Anthony Alfredo will all wheel Toyotas for the hottest team in the series this weekend.
Creed has entered once again in his United Rentals, A.M Ortega, RTL Toyota No. 28 led by crew chief Jeff Stankiewicz. The team has one win this season but has been the most consistent team in the series thus far and enjoys a 55-point advantage over his teammate Smith.
This will be the first time to Gateway for Creed, so he's spending the week preparing for battle.
"My prep for this week has been watching some video and making some mental notes about the track and how I will need to approach it. I feel like I adapt to new places quickly, which always helps. I'm looking forward to getting down to business there on Friday."
Smith has three wins so far this season. His La Paz Margarita Mix, Icon Vehicle Dynamics, Speed Vegas Motorsports Toyota No. 41 led by crew chief Mardy Lindley has been stout on shorter tracks, but this will also be the first visit for Zane. He is preparing much the same way as Creed is.
"Homework is definitely what is going to help me this weekend," he confirmed. "I'll be watching film and leaning on some guys that have been there before. I feel like I do better at tracks I've never been to before, so I'm pretty pumped up to go racing this weekend."
Purdy put his Bama Buggies, Polaris Toyota No. 8 in the top five last weekend at Madison, and he's intrigued by what could be possible in his first visit to Gateway.
"It looks like a really cool track from what I've seen," Purdy stated. "I'm definitely looking forward to
going there. It's a unique type of driver's track for sure. Our team has been fast all season and with last week's top five I feel like we're ready to start challenging for wins."
Burton rejoins the team to drive the Dex Imaging, Safelite, Mobile 1 No. 12 Toyota. He won at Pocono in his first Superspeedway start the last time he raced the car, so he's fired up to get back in the driver's seat this weekend.
"I'm definitely looking forward to this one Gateway is one of the best tracks on my schedule. The last time I was in the series we won, so I'm excited to go for back to back wins and I know my guys are too. I always enjoy racing for this team and this weekend will no different."
Alfredo slides over from the NASCAR K&N Pro East Series, where he's already gotten a win in his rookie season in MDM's No. 40. He'll race the same number in his ARCA debut, and he's mighty anxious to take this next step on the racing ladder. "I'm totally excited for this weekend," he said with his trademark smile. Gateway looks like an awesome track, especially with the repave. I know some of these ARCA drivers are hard to beat, including my teammates, but I'm confident that with the team I'm with I can have a strong run in my debut. It's the biggest track I will have raced on so far, which is also something I'm looking forward to. I want to thank everyone who has helped me make it possible, including my marketing partners, family, and supporters."
The PapaNicholas Coffee 150 is scheduled to get underway at 8 pm Central time this Friday evening, June 22. The race will be televised on Fox Sports 2.


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At Least One Dead As Tornadoes Hit Plains — See the Jaw-Dropping Photos of the Storm
A tornado rips through a residential area after touching down south of Wynnewood, Oklahoma on May 09, 2016. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes swept across portions of the Plains on Monday, killing an Oklahoma man at the start of what is expected to be a period of unsettled weather in the nation's midsection.
An emergency management director said a man believed to be in his upper 70s died when a tornado hit a home near Wynnewood, south of Oklahoma City. The storm was considered so violent that forecasters declared a "tornado emergency" for communities in the twister's path.
"You are in a life-threatening situation," forecasters declared while warning the communities of Roff, population 725, and Hickory, population 71. "Flying debris will be deadly to those caught without shelter."
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The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, had warned that a "substantial tornado risk" could develop in portions of the Southern Plains and Ozarks late Monday, and that other storms could produce twisters as far north as Nebraska and Iowa.
The bad weather should settle in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys on Tuesday, forecasters said, while another storm system should bring bad weather to the area from north Texas to near St. Louis on Wednesday.
Monday's series of violent thunderstorms dropped tornadoes near Oklahoma City and in the rolling hills south of the city, destroying some homes and barns. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol closed Interstate 35 near Wynnewood for 15 minutes Monday so the storm could pass, temporarily shutting down the primary route between Oklahoma City and Dallas.
Garvin County Emergency Management Director Bud Ramming said early Monday evening that the fatality was the only known injury reported to his office.
Television images showed homes destroyed, multiple overturned vehicles and trees torn limb to limb. A roof lay near a hay barn after the first tornado reports.
Meteorologists said twisters with wind speeds above 111 mph were possible from eastern Oklahoma to central Arkansas. Hail 2 inches or more in diameter is possible from eastern Texas to southeastern Kansas.
About 41 million people from Houston to Sioux City, Iowa, were at risk for some type of stormy weather.
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Gordon Brown , né en 1930 à Leeds (Angleterre), est un joueur et entraîneur de rugby à XIII anglais évoluant au poste de demi d'ouverture ou de centre dans les années 1950 et 1960. Il a effectué la majeure partie de sa carrière à Leeds avant de la conclure à Keighley. Avec Leeds, il remporte la Challenge Cup en 1957. Il est célèbre pour être le meilleur marqueur d'essais de la première édition de la Coupe du monde remportée en 1954 avec la Grande-Bretagne.

Biographie

Inscrit en tant que réserviste, il est sélectionné dans la sélection de Grande-Bretagne pour la première édition de la Coupe du monde en 1954 à la suite du renoncement de Willie Horne de Barrow. Bien qu'il opère au centre à Leeds, il évolue au poste de demi d'ouverture lors de cette compétition. Il prend part à toutes les rencontres de la Grande-Bretagne. Il inscrit des essais à chacune des rencontres, deux contre l'Australie en match d'ouverture, un contre la France, un contre la Nouvelle-Zélande et prend une part active dans le succès en finale contre de nouveau la France en inscrivant deux essais. Il finit le tournoi meilleur marqueur d'essais de la compétition et auréolé d'un titre de Coupe du monde.

Palmarès

 Collectif :
 Vainqueur de la Coupe du monde : 1954 (Grande-Bretagne).
 Vainqueur de la Challenge Cup : 1957 (Leeds).
 Individuel :
 Meilleur marqueur d'essais de la Coupe du monde : 1954 (Grande-Bretagne).

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Joueur anglais de rugby à XIII
Entraîneur anglais de rugby à XIII
Naissance en 1930


With spring hopefully right around the corner, it's time to start thinking about a mild weather wardrobe. Retailers are already hauling out spring clothing, so even though it still may be too soon to wear any of it, you can have your spring items on hand in case a warm-weather day strikes.
What can you expect for spring? Think bright colors, somewhat comfortable clothes, and unique twists on what would otherwise be fairly standard clothing items. One thing is for sure — there is nothing boring about spring's fashion trends. Here are 6 trends you can expect to see in 2014.
"Maybe Lady Gaga was onto something by calling her album Artpop, because it's now a major color scheme of the Spring 2014 season. Chanel's collection offered splashes of bright color, while Marc Jacobs' pieces were rich, dramatic, and arguably regal," writes Huffington Post. Picture contemporary art mixed with something that an artist might paint — those are the types of bold color patterns you can expect to see, says Bal Harbour Shops.
You will find a metallic sheen to many clothing items and accessories this spring, which will provide an extra pop to an everyday look. Check out Lanvin's collection, which includes space-looking uniforms in silver tones, Huffington Post writes. Haider Ackermann's line has embellished sheer skirts with metallic fabric, as well as bright metallic suits. "Just ask yourself this: 'Would I wear it on Electric Circus?' If so, then it's a spring hit," Huffington Post says.
No, that doesn't mean sweatpants and baggy T-shirts. However, a few designers did decide to take a more athletic approach to some of their clothing. Gucci focused on mesh overlays, and Tommy Hilfiger is bringing you "gymwear straight out of the Hamptons," according to Huffington Post. Hoping for just a hint of athleticism in your pants? Look for trousers with an athletic stripe. If you want to take that athletic stripe to the next level, look for a pair that has stripes running along the inseam instead. Glamour recommends looking for a streamlined silhouette in white, paired with a casual non-button-down top.
As comfy as it is cute, this easy-to-wear, billowy pant is a huge hit for spring 2014, Glamour writes. If you're on the shorter side, look for a pair that's leaner on the flare. It also doesn't hurt to look for a higher waisted trouser — it elongates your frame.
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Q: write.table columns do not align with blanks I have a mostly blank data frame that can be read using the input below:
structure(list(var1 = c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L
), var2 = c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA), var3 = c(NA,
NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA), var4 = c(NA, NA, NA, NA,
NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA), var5 = c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,
NA, NA, NA), var6 = c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA),
    var7 = c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L), var8 = c(NA,
    NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA), var9 = c(NA, NA, NA,
    NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA), var10 = c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,
    NA, NA, NA, NA, NA)), .Names = c("var1", "var2", "var3",
"var4", "var5", "var6", "var7", "var8", "var9", "var10"), row.names = c(NA,
10L), class = "data.frame")

I would like to write this to a TXT file where it looks like everything is formatted properly and can be easily opened in Excel (I know about write.xlsx and while it solves this problem I want the file to be in txt format).
write.table(df3, file="test.txt", quote = FALSE, na = " \t", row.names = FALSE)

I tried this but the values do not align properly: for example, the values that should be under var7 show up on var6 intead. Also, while Excel manages to read the columns as being separate, the header row which contains the variable names gets read as one long vector. What gives?

A: Use write.table(df3, file="test.txt", quote = FALSE, sep = "\t", na="", row.names = FALSE) Note  that sep = "\t" is used instead of na = " \t" and set na="".

A: If I write:
write.table(df3, file="test.txt", quote = FALSE, sep="\t", row.names = FALSE, na="")

Then it works. I followed Jilber's advice about using sep="\t" and also doing the this for the na option, as otherwise the NAs would show up in the file.


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Obama/UN Announce Global Police Force To Fight Extremism In U.S.
The Crazz Files October 21, 2015
On Wednesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced at the United Nations that her office would be working in several American cities to form what she called the Strong Cities Network (SCN), a law enforcement initiative that would encompass the globe.
This amounts to nothing less than the overriding of American laws, up to and including the United States Constitution, in favor of United Nations laws that would henceforth be implemented in the United States itself – without any consultation of Congress at all.
The United Nations is a sharia-compliant world body, and Obama, speaking there just days ago, insisted that "violent extremism" is not exclusive to Islam (which it is). Obama is redefining jihad terror to include everyone but the jihadists. So will the UN, driven largely by the sharia-enforcing Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the pro-Islamic post-American President Obama, use a "global police force" to crush counter-jihad forces?
After all, with Obama knowingly aiding al-Qaeda forces in Syria, how likely is it that he will use his "global police force" against actual Islamic jihadists? I suspect that instead, this global police force will be used to impose the blasphemy laws under the sharia (Islamic law), and to silence all criticism of Islam for the President who proclaimed that "the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam."
What is a global police force doing in our cities? This is exactly the abdication of American sovereignty that I warned about in my book, The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America. The Obama Department of Justice made it clear that it was exactly that when it distributed a press release last week announcing the "Launch of Strong Cities Network to Strengthen Community Resilience Against Violent Extremism." In that press release, the DoJ complained that "while many cities and local authorities are developing innovative responses to address this challenge, no systematic efforts are in place to share experiences, pool resources and build a community of cities to inspire local action on a global scale."
So if the local and municipal effort to counter the euphemistic and disingenuous "violent extremism" is inadequate and hasn't developed "systematic efforts are in place to share experiences, pool resources and build a community of cities to inspire local action on a global scale," the feds – and the UN – have to step in. Thus the groundwork is being laid for federal and international interference down to the local level. "The Strong Cities Network," Lynch declared, "will serve as a vital tool to strengthen capacity-building and improve collaboration" – i.e., local dependence on federal and international authorities.
Lynch made the global (that is, United Nations) involvement clear when she added: "As we continue to counter a range of domestic and global terror threats, this innovative platform will enable cities to learn from one another, to develop best practices and to build social cohesion and community resilience here at home and around the world."
This internationalist character was brought to the fore by the fact that the Strong Cities Network was launched on September 29 not at the White House or the Department of Homeland Security, or at the FBI headquarters or anywhere else that might be fitting for a national project, but at the United Nations.
Even more ominously, the DoJ press release says that the Strong Cities Network "will strengthen strategic planning and practices to address violent extremism in all its forms by fostering collaboration among cities, municipalities and other sub-national authorities." Sub-national and international: the press release then quotes Governing Mayor Stian Berger Røsland of Oslo, Norway, a participant in the Strong Cities Network, saying: "To counter violent extremism we need determined action at all levels of governance. To succeed, we must coordinate our efforts and cooperate across borders. The Strong Cities Network will enable cities across the globe pool our resources, knowledge and best practices together and thus leave us standing stronger in the fight against one of the greatest threats to modern society."
But what is that greatest threat, exactly? Remember, the DoJ presser says that the SCN will "address violent extremism in all its forms." It also says that it will aid initiatives that are working toward "building social cohesion and resilience to violent extremism." "Building social cohesion" is a euphemism for keeping peace between non-Muslim and Muslim communities – mostly by making sure that non-Muslims don't complain too loudly about, much less work against, rapidly expanding Muslim populations and the Islamization of their communities.
The DoJ presser noted that at the launch of the Strong Cities Network, "welcoming remarks" would be offered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein and Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City. The involvement of New York City's Marxist internationalist mayor is yet another warning sign.
Assert American sovereignty and individual rights. Contact your representatives now. Exhort them to oppose SCN now. Exhort them to keep America free – while it still is.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/02/obama-administration-and-un-announce-global-police-force-to-fight-extremism-in-u-s/
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Designer of the Year judges announced
Judges have been announced for the Interior Design Society's Designer of the Year Awards. The Designer of the Year Awards recognizes outstanding achievement among IDS members in 30 categories of interior design. 26 out of the 30 categories focus on residential interior design, while the remaining focus on charity work and industry awards. This year's new category is New Construction. Winners will be recognized at the 2019 ART + IDS Conference in Palm Springs, CA on Saturday, May 4th. The judges come from an array of backgrounds and experiences. The esteemed judges are as follows ... READ MORE
Are you someone who tries to do everything in one shot?
Are you one of those people who is trying to do it all, all the time? You're listening to podcasts, and you're doing training, and you're thinking, I need to be on Facebook. I need to be on LinkedIn. I need to be on Pinterest. You're trying to be everywhere all the time and what happens is you tend to get burned out. You're listening to all these business owners who are doing it all, and it seems like they're doing it all at the same time, and that they did it overnight, and you're trying to do it all as well. Well, I'm here to tell you that sometimes you have to roll things out slowly. READ MORE
5 bedroom design tips that are right on the 'MARQ'
As we shared in an earlier post, Hooker Furniture recently launched MARQ – Modern. Aspirational. Refined. Quality. – a line of upscale, customizable modern upholstery exclusively for the interior design community. In addition to upholstery, the collection also includes customizable upholstered beds, premium mattresses and adjustable bed bases, providing both stylish and luxuriously comfortable products to create relaxing environments in your clients' bedroom spaces. READ MORE
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Donna Hoffman of Interiors by Donna Hoffman
From the time I was a small child, I began pushing things around in my parents' home. Basically, it was accessories because that was all I could move, but sometimes I'd hear a stern voice say, "Donna! I liked that where it was please." (ooops ... my first unhappy client!). But it wasn't until a few decades later and while on a different career path that my husband Steve looked at something I'd designed and said, "For the millionth time: You should be designing for a living." He HAD said it million times; but on that one day, it was as if I'd heard it for the first time. SO, I took off at 98 mph to back to school to study design (Temple & Parsons), closed down another business and opened IDH. We've been busy ever since and are now in our 12th year. READ MORE
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If it hasn't happened yet, it probably will: a prospect seeks your advice on furnishings, then goes online to buy them. If there's one thing interior design professionals hate, it's sharing their insights and ideas with people who end up taking their business elsewhere. But, as you think about that, think about this: What if those people are doing you a favor by "shopping" you? What if they're teaching you a very valuable lesson and giving you some frank feedback? What "shoppers" are telling you is that you're not selling them. READ MORE
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Locate the mission statement of your company or of a company you frequent regularly (such as Target, Starbucks, etc.) What is the central focus of the company's mission statement? What insights about the company did you get from its mission statement? How does the mission statement address the eight components of an effective mission statement (i.e., customer-market, product-service, geographic domain, technology, concern for survival, philosophy. self-concept, and concern for public image)?
Locate the mission statement of your company or of a company you frequent regularly (such as Target, Starbucks, etc.) What is the central focus of the company's mission statement? What insights about the company did you get from its mission statement? How does the mission statement address the eight components of an effective mission statement (i.e., customer-market, product-service, geographic domain, technology, concern for survival, philosophy. self-concept, and concern for public image)? Respond to two other students' posts about their analysis of a mission statement.


Setting up a small business is a relatively difficult process. You have so much to bear in mind at all times and so much to learn along the way! You'll find yourself focusing on things that you may have never engaged with before – from product development to overseeing manufacturing processes and curating effective marketing campaigns. But one thing that small business owners tend to particularly struggle with when operating a company is understanding data. This is a rather elusive subject, but it is an extremely important one, as managing data properly, securely, and dealing with confidential data legally are all things that you are going to have to do consistently for as long as your business is in operation. So, let's take a moment to get to understand the subject a little better!
Let's start with the basics – what exactly is data? Well, "data" is pretty much just another way of saying "information". It is any fact, figure, word, number, measurement, or observation that your business takes. Nowadays, this information tends to be put into computer systems rather than in paper files. So, you are likely to store your business' data on a computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
It is perhaps most important that you store your data correctly. This will help to ensure that your business complies with data protection law. This is law put in place to protect the individuals whose data you possess. Think of just how much data you take on a daily basis. If you operate online, your customers are likely to give you there full name and address for postage details, they are likely to give you an email address to create an account for them or to join your mailing list, they will type in their bank details in order for you to make a payment. If this information were to get into the wrong hands, they could potentially face identity theft and theft from their bank accounts. You are also likely to hold a lot of employee data. Again, you will have their address, their email address to contact them, their bank details to pay them, a copy of their passport to prove their right to work. Again, you need to protect this data to prevent any harm from coming unto them. There are various different ways to store data, but it is generally best to consult Cloud Computing Solutions to see what will best suit your business' individual needs.
If you are struggling to deal with data, you could always hire a data management employee. Advertise the position and conduct interviews to find the best person for the role! They will take a whole lot of responsibility from your shoulders.
As you can see, there's a whole lot to bear in mind when it comes to data, its storage, and its management. But hopefully, the above information will help to keep you and your business on the right track!


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Waving and Shouting
Kinect is MS' biggest launch since 360, but its confidence can't hide the challenges it faces.
Article by	Rob Fahey, Contributing Editor
Published as part of our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz's widely-read weekly newsletter, the GamesIndustry.biz Editorial, is a weekly dissection of an issue weighing on the minds of the people at the top of the games business. It appears on Eurogamer after it goes out to GI.biz newsletter subscribers.
Launching a new product is always a nail-biting experience for any company. Nobody but a fool ever has complete confidence in their own internal projections, in their market research and their extrapolated pre-order numbers. The only genuine test of a product's success - be it a console, a peripheral or a game - is success itself, the commercial democratic system in which every consumer can vote by opening their wallet.
Even if we acknowledge that every product launch is fraught, however, there's no question that Kinect's launch is more nerve-wracking than most. It's a product adorned with question marks that just won't go away - the most pertinent of which, "does it work?", is a vastly more complex issue than a simple "yes" or "no", and may fuel damaging confusion among consumers for months to come.
Reviews of Kinect have started to roll in, most of them guardedly positive. Arguably more importantly for a product aimed at a mass-market audience of people unlikely to skim reviews on IGN, GameSpot or Eurogamer during their coffee breaks, the mainstream press has taken a keen interest and generated plenty of coverage. The first hurdle, at least, is being cleared - awareness of the product is growing, even outside gaming circles.
The rest of the hurdles will be tougher, and even Microsoft's well-timed announcement that it was bullishly upgrading its sales forecasts can't deflect attention from that fact. Regardless of how impressive the technical wizardry which underpins Kinect is, this was always going to be a tough sell - a device designed to convince mass-market gamers to engage with the resolutely hardcore Xbox brand, and to do so at a premium price point.
The Xbox 360 has been a remarkable success story - it's worth noting, after all, how crazy you would have sounded 10 years ago if you'd said that Microsoft would be beating Sony on console installed base within a decade. However, it has also unquestionably been a rather localised success story. The console's appeal has primarily been in North America and the UK, and its greatest success has been in selling strongly to the existing audience of core gamers, who have embraced the platform wholeheartedly.
The problems arising from that situation are well-documented - in particular, the drubbing which both Sony and Microsoft have received from Nintendo in the installed base rankings. Less frequently mentioned are the substantial advantages, such as the high attach rate and the powerful word of mouth, which come with having the hardcore audience on board. Microsoft has proved very adept at leveraging those advantages - in its software line-up, in its marketing and most of all in the focus it has given to its online service.
When it comes to Kinect, however, those advantages evaporate. Kinect is a product which is partially designed as a profitable bolt-on to the Xbox business, but primarily aimed at expanding the console's reach. In attaining that goal, the core gamer reputation of the Xbox brand arguably becomes a risk factor rather than a benefit. Where Nintendo's long history of family-friendly titles made it a comfortable choice for consumers buying into the Wii or the DS, the Xbox' carefully cultivated image may well convince similar consumers that this platform "isn't for them" - especially given the financial outlay they're being asked to make to get on board.
Good marketing and solid word of mouth can, with time, alleviate that problem - although whether it can do it without some negative impact on the existing brand image is another question entirely. This, however, is where we run into the question I alluded to a few paragraphs ago - the surprisingly complex "does it work" question.
The answer to that question, it seems, is a very qualified "yes". The technology is great, and as Microsoft has demonstrated umpteen times at various preview events, in an ideal situation Kinect does a hugely impressive job of the things it's designed for. The devil's in the detail, though, and it's the qualifiers on that "yes" which are going to be a major problem for Kinect in the coming months.
Some of those qualifiers have been addressed many times before, by many other commentators - such as the inability of the system to detect fine movements (like individual fingers) and its lack of an inherent ability to cope with games being played in either a standing or a sitting position. Those problems are only really problems if one assumes that, like PlayStation Move, the system is designed as a refinement of certain functions of a traditional game controller.
If one treats Kinect as a totally different sensor, complementing rather than replacing the Xbox 360 joypad, then the difficulties (mostly) disappear. You can't play Gears of War with Kinect; you can't play Dance Central with a joypad. That's fair enough, and as long as there's a steady flow of good-quality Kinect-specific software, it's not necessarily a weak point. Hybrid control games, which use Kinect as a sensor while primarily being controlled by a joypad, will also help to alleviate any serious concerns in this regard.
Other qualifiers are much more serious. The elephant in the room is that, well, most people can't fit an elephant into their room - and a great many people don't have space for Kinect in their rooms either.
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Rob Fahey is a former editor of GamesIndustry.biz who spent several years living in Japan and probably still has a mint condition Dreamcast Samba de Amigo set.


New Year 2019 is on the way and everyone is falling in the joy of the New Year. People have several ways to express their feelings about New Year in which Happy New Year Poetry 2019 are one of them. Here are happy new year Hindi Shayari for all of you.
Here is wishing you a healthy, happy and rewarding 2019 with new year Shayari.
Fool Khilenge Gulshan mein Tab Khubsurati Nazar Aayegi Beete Saal ki Khatti Meethi Yaade Hi Bas Sang Rah Jayengi Aao Jashan Manate Hai Nye Saal Ka Saath Milkar,, Nye Saal ki Pahli Subah hi Khushiyaan Jo Anginat Layegi.. Wish you a very happy new year 2019 to my all frnds!
Aap se milne ka maan kar raha h Maan ko samjaya to dil kh raha h Dil ko bataya to ankhe ro padi Unhe chup kr diya to saanse bol padi Happy New year 2019 my dear!
kyu ki is dil ko dar hai……..
kahi tu dur na ho jaye milane ke baad hamari mehafil se..
First of all wish you a very Happy New Year 2019 and have a nice long holiday weekend. Celebrate it with your friends and family with your traditions and enjoy every moment. We know you need some Happy new year quotes and sayings to wish your loved ones and pay some regards and greeting with special worlds, therefore we came here with some bundles of happy new year sayings and quotes wishes for you.
You can use this quotes for a Happy new year in your Facebook timeline as an Fb cover to wish everybody who came to your profile. Also, you can use it as a new year status on WhatsApp and FB too. Some Quotes for this event are also given below, you can use the combination of the above photo with any new year quote/saying according to your personality and choice. These quotes are for your boss or sir, and also for your friends and family. So choose best wisely.
Years come and go but this year I especially wish for you a double dose of health and happiness topped with loads of good fortune. Happy New Year.
You might have a bad day, a bad week or a bad month but don't let that ruin you, as there are 365 days a year. Happy New Year.
Resolution relates with New Year just like the relation of day and night. Making resolutions is the most interested thing during the New Year.
"In the past Year I may have disturbed you, Irritate you and, annoyed you, I just want to tell you that I plan to continue!" "Happy New Year – 2019". This is all.
I don't really have a New Year's resolution to go on a diet or anything like that. I am who I am, and I don't want to be somebody else.
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