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China Appears To Be Winning The Coronavirus War, And Other Countries Are Studying How The Chinese Did It
March 11th, 2020 by financetwitter
As countries around the world scramble to contain the spread of the highly infectious Covid-19 coronavirus, China appears to have successfully contained the pathogen. With official figures showing that the crisis, which first started in Wuhan, China, may have stabilized, other countries have started taking a look at how the Chinese did it.
The first proof that China is indeed winning the war against the virus was the President Xi Jinping's visit to Wuhan on Tuesday (March 10) – the first time since the outbreak began in Dec 2019. Obviously, the president would be advised against taking unnecessary risks, even if it was for publicity stunt. After all, there was no need for such a political stunt in a nation like China.
The second sign that the Coronavirus cases have indeed declined was the closure of the last of a dozen temporary hospitals in Wuhan such as converted sports centre and factories. Even before the President Xi's visit to Wuhan, about 11 of 16 temporary hospitals that had been converted from public facilities including stadiums and schools were closed by Sunday.
Then there was Shanghai Disney who said it's shopping and entertainment Disneytown zone would be reopened. Another sign that the worst is over in China was an order issued by Hubei Airport Group to all airports in the province to get back to work by Thursday. Some schools have also reopened as the Chinese economy is on track to get back to business.
Beijing reported only 19 new Coronavirus infections on Tuesday, down from 40 a day earlier. Even though 19,000 people are still getting treatment for the virus, it was a huge improvement as compared to as high as 58,000 on Feb 24. As of today (March 11), China has a total 80,785 Coronavirus case and 3,158 deaths, while 61,503 have recovered.
However, the virus has spread across the planet, infecting almost 114,000 people globally and taking at least 4,000 lives. Despite initial criticism over the Chinese handling of the outbreak, amusingly, the world is taking a second look at how Beijing managed to win the war. When China locked down some 50 million people in more than a dozen cities, many slammed the draconian approach.
On Monday (March 9), amusingly, Italy did the same – locking down the entire country of 60.5 million populations. While Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told his entire nation to "stay at home", the government also imposed some restrictions, including suspension of weddings and even funerals. The country has now 10,149 confirmed cases and 631 deaths from the virus.
As the third-largest economy in the Euro zone, but with massive debt, economists and analysts are debating whether Italy could afford a Wuhan-style full shutdown for a long period of time. People have already started complaining and struggling with the new ways of life. JPMorgan expects Italy's economy to slide 7.5% in the first quarter from the previous quarter.
Indeed, Beijing could easily lock down an entire city of Wuhan (11 million people), or even a dozen more thereafter, because the iron-fisted approach can only be executed in a country controlled by the China's Communist Party. To ensure people were really restricted and did not cheat, Beijing deployed enforcers to actually guard the gates of residential compounds.
In fact, between January and February, the Chinese had confined 507.5 million people either in full or partial lockdown covering 20 provinces. That half a billion people population is about the size of the European Union. Imagine all the 27 member countries in Europe put on lockdown like China. It was more than the populations of the U.S. (327.2 million) and Russia (144.5 million) combined.
In addition, the Chinese government leveraged on state-run mobile carriers to track down anyone who disobeyed the lock-down order. Such measure which breaches privacy will definitely invite condemnations from human rights activists if being carried out in the Western countries. But in China, nobody would dare to question the authorities of the uniformed law enforcement officers.
China's big three telecom providers – China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom – have been working hand in glove with authorities by sharing location data on users with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. That information would later pass to the National Health Commission and other response team involved in the containment of the Coronavirus.
Desperate times calls for desperate measures. What is regarded as draconian tactics in the U.S. and Europe has proven to be the working solution in China. And unlike China who has a very high tolerance for economic pain, Italy does not have deep pocket to use the same tactics. As of February 2020, China possesses the world's biggest foreign reserves – US$3.107 trillion.
In the United States, at least 32 people have died of the virus nationwide with confirmed Coronavirus cases reaches 1,016 people. While there was mounting evidence that strict control measures pay off in China, the responsibility for combating the infectious disease largely falls on individual state governments in America, each of which has its own laws governing quarantines.
However, as the virus spread across the U.S., the authorities have warned that mandatory preventive measures may be necessary. When push comes to shove, Trump administration might toy with the idea of a lock-down like the one implemented in Italy. But such option would be definitely met with strong opposition as it is amount to martial law.
Still, the U.S. authorities can use a more acceptable word like "containment" instead of "lockdown". On Tuesday, the New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that schools, places of worship and other large gathering spots within a one-mile zone of the city of New Rochelle will close for 14 days. National Guard troops will be called to help deliver food.
Digital surveillance in the U.S. would require subpoenas, a legal obstacle to accessing personal tracking data. Inspired by China's success, some Asian governments like South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore have tapped credit-card transactions, ride-sharing data, mobile phone signals and surveillance cameras to monitor people under self-quarantine.
The Singapore government has threatened to slap Coronavirus patients with thousands of dollars in fines – or even jail time – if they lie about their travel history. Last month, a Chinese man was charged for giving false information about his movements and whereabouts. For violating self-quarantine, the immigration officers have even withdrawn the permanent resident status of a foreigner.
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Comment by Paul Wolfobitch on March 12, 2020 at 4:31 am
"suspension of weddings and even funerals"
I don't know about weddings but suspension of funerals won't work in Malaysia.
We had, and may yet yet again have a zombie politician who has been long long past his used-by date who never stops returning from the graveyard.
He was politically dead a while but another politician raised him from the dead, rebranding him a "changed" and "forgiven" entity.
From there (and maybe beyond), the toxic creature went on to destroy all in his path – since destruction to everything and everyone was, and still is, his wan and only ability.
Comment by Joe Fernandez on March 12, 2020 at 4:52 am
Corona virus, covid-19, can be eliminated if the whole world imposes 24 hour curfew for 14 days.
The global focus should be on eliminating the virus so scare, panic and disorder subsides.
Isolation, quarantine and lockdowns will take a much longer time to help eliminate the virus.
Estimates vary but the most pessimistic projections see the virus being around for up to two years.
Even the most optimistic assessments do not see the virus scare ending before Christmas 2020.
Read further here . . .
https://fernzthegreat.wordpress.com/2020/03/10/corona-virus-can-be-eliminated-if-the-whole-world-imposes-24-hour-curfew-for-14-days/
Otherwise, the virus may be around at least until Christmas 2020, perhaps for another two years.
This is based on flawed premises.
China will not be free of the Corona virus until the world is free of it.
Comment by David on March 12, 2020 at 4:57 am
Meanwhile in Malaysia – our effort to fight this virus has become incompetent!
The way i see it, with the last Health Minister, we were at least transparent – we get to know how the patient got infected, the basic info about his/her prior movement etc.
Now we have very limited info instead.
We must set a baseline of covid19 virus reporting – this will be helpful for the public to fight fake news.
At least Singapore has been consistent about this, their daily update has been informative so far (https://www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19)
Comment by balasingam on March 12, 2020 at 1:29 pm
very simple, make sure clean your self every day with water soak with neam leaf and tumeric powder.
both are highly contains of virus and bacteria killing properties.
Comment by Paul Wolfobitch on March 12, 2020 at 2:19 pm
Does your rant get anyone bothering to give it some kind of peer review – even if it is recycled stuff?
Since it is highly unlikely you are a doctor of any sort, and since you are not likely to be in any medical field, and since it is even more unlikely you are an epidemiologist – or even an amateur statistician (of sort).
Sorry, reading your rather unhinged drift is like having to finish a coffee forced to listen to a rather loud and noisy back alley kopitiam soapbox plantation "orator" waiting for someone to pay attention…
Or pay for a cup of teh tarik…
"… water soak with neam leaf and tumeric powder"
Would it not be easier to just jump into a pot of curry, it's got more than just turmeric?
Wait for curry to cool, of course.
Stay in it for fourteen days each time you forgot to do the subcontinental two-hands in prayer greeting when you meet someone coming round to curry favour, shakes hands with you.
Have a pot of cha handy too, considering the gravy tea of the matter and how long you may have to do quarantine.
OM… Hari Hari…!
Comment by Vinitha on March 18, 2020 at 12:19 pm
I don't think China will get complete success in Corona.
"complete success in Corona"
Which country has "complete success" with cholera, typhoid, TB, malaria, SARs, camel urine disease, Mahathir venom, etc etc …?
You can also include Malaysia's unique disease, its patent stupidity.
Whatever you want to say about China, China is winning even before it totally wiped out the coronavirus!
China is making still faster bucks, the masks will be coming off in tons as the mask comes off China's salivating mouth, think profit, think vast profit – even though the kind country will be giving plenty of masks free.
Still… even in calamity there is plenty of room -and plenty of machines to make a pretty penny..!
Good lordy Lord, that country is indeed blessed, Haleluyah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZYVaokFBzc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQxvDiA7ZTM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYyxAbHNDkE
Comment by Vinitha on March 26, 2020 at 4:21 pm
Hope to get the Quick Medicine for CoronaVirus.
Comment by Bruce D. Olson on April 4, 2020 at 12:55 pm
HOW YOU CAN GET RID OF THE CARONAVIRUS-19 USE THE STRONGEST SOAP YOU CAN FIND AND PUT IT IN THE SPACESHUTTLE AND LAUNCH IT INTO OUTERSPACE AND MAKE IT RAIN SOAP!

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And my tank treads do not roll!
Here is what you have to buy in the supermarket: two toilet rolls, three bread rolls and a roll of tape.
Very few people know how to roll out dough; it's quite difficult.
Yesterday, somebody rolled a drunk in this neighbourhood.
Do you like bread rolls for breakfast?
He likes white bread rolls.
Her black hair is in a bun.
We ate some buns with cheese and ham because we were hungry.
The lady with the big bun is plump and cheerful.
They are not eat meat, they are eating bun.


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Re-posting an email from 11/6/2019:
Subject: 23 PA wins – Wes Benedict & Chuck Moulton comments
In addition to celebrating and taking some credit for the 23 wins in Pennsylvania, I wanted to provide some background to make sure Libertarians don't learn the wrong lessons from the PA success.
That's because I'm a big fan of winning "winnable" races, and I'm also for running for offices you're unlikely to win so you can promote libertarian policies.
Pennsylvania has a unique situation where the deadline for Republicans and Democrats to file for the primary ballot is in March. Sometimes, mostly in small races, no R or D files. The primary happens in May. If no R or D files, and if no write-in candidate gets at least 10 votes in the primary, that leaves an opportunity for Libertarians. Once primary election results are posted in June, third party and independent candidates can see which races have no R, D, or successful write-in candidates, and have until August 1 to file. Often, if a Libertarian files for one of those races, the Libertarian is the only candidate on the ballot and usually wins the general election.
That's how we got 23 Libertarians to win partisan races on November 5, 2019. Several additional Libertarians likely won via write-in campaigns as well.
I don't know of any other state that has this situation like Pennsylvania where the deadline for Libertarians to file is after the deadline for D's and R's so that it's easy to run unopposed.
Additionally, Pennsylvania has lots of government and many more elected offices (all partisan, I think) than most states. In Texas, for example, you can live outside of any city limits or municipal area, called the "unincorporated area" of a county. While you are subject to the county government, if you're in an unincorporated area, there's not an additional city or town government, and therefore, not a local council to position to run for. Pennsylvania, on the other hand, has a municipal government for all of its land, often called boroughs and townships in the more rural areas. Offices in these rural, low-population areas are the ones Libertarians often get to run for unopposed.
I'm proud of the 23 Pennsylvania Libertarians who won uncontested races on November 5, 2019, and I hope we're able to win even more in the future. We sent over 3,000 letters to registered Libertarian in PA to recruit those 23 winning candidates.
Chuck Moulton suggested the project to me. Please see his positive comments about my efforts further down below. (I asked him to write up something positive about me to help me get support for more projects in the future. I'm very thankful he wrote up something so nice.) A colleague of mine, Arthur DiBianca, helped with a lot of the database work. I also did a lot of database work, wrote the letter, and prepared the mail merges in PDF format, and followed up with leads with detailed filing instructions. PA Vice Chair Jenn Moore organized or personally did most of the printing and mailing of the letters, including paying for most of the postage. The Libertarian Booster PAC did not spend funds on this effort. I did spend my time on it.
Here's the letter I wrote https://tinyurl.com/y3f6waa9
I'll be recruiting candidates in Texas for the 2020 elections. I want Texans to realize that what works in Pennsylvania won't work in Texas due to the different election laws. It's not because Texas Libertarians are too radical, too lazy, or that Texas voters are different.
I'm pretty sure Libertarians in Pennsylvania have won more partisan elections than Libertarians in all other 49 states combined. Texas Libertarians have never won and served in a partisan office. Texas Libertarians won a couple obscure elections unopposed, for something called "weigher," but the position was eliminated before the candidates actually served.
I'm not exaggerating when I say I could get 100 Libertarians elected to partisan offices in Pennsylvania more easily than I could get one Libertarian elected to a partisan office in Texas.
Texas Libertarians do win non-partisan races like city councils. Five Libertarians currently serve in non-partisan offices in Texas. All are in small cities or small districts in larger cities. Most Texans don't live in small cities or places with small districts so most Texans don't have small non-partisan races to run for. I once ran for an at-large position for Austin City Council and got 35%, but that was an anomaly. Most Libertarians, including myself, are unlikely to run in a big city like Austin and win, or even get 35% of the vote.
The vast majority of Libertarians in Texas live in medium or big cities. What are they to do?
They could help people in small towns run for winnable races, but even that has limitations. Most people that win local races in small towns win by personally meeting with voters and organizations. They spend less than $1,000. Lots of out of town money and volunteers is just as likely to raise red flags and turn off voters as it is to help someone win. Plus, many Texans aren't willing to drive a long way, daily, to help someone in a small town.
Big City Texans could send all of their donations to the LP Pennsylvania or donate to me or my PAC for my efforts in other states. But, something tells me that's not likely to be a big hit.
What I want to see Big City Texans do is run for partisan offices even knowing that they probably won't win, and they should do it to promote Libertarian policies.
Taking it a step further, I wish Libertarians running for unwinnable partisan races would be honest with themselves about their chances of winning. I've seen so many Libertarians run for partisan offices, sometimes even getting higher percentages than the average Libertarian, but lose, and then report how surprised and disappointed they are. We can debate the merits of admitting to the public we know we're going to lose, but I wish we could at least be honest with ourselves most of the time. Over the years, when I've admitted Libertarians would almost certainly lose an election, I often get a lot of irate feedback from a few Libertarians. Yet I often wonder whether Libertarians might actually get higher vote percentages and be even more effective if we proclaimed proudly and publicly "Yes, I'm going to lose, but here's why you should vote for me anyway."
I've personally recruited several hundred Libertarian candidates and have probably communicated with well over a thousand. I'm pretty sure I've had well over a hundred tell me something along the lines of "I'm not like other candidates. I'm serious and I'm going to win." It's rare for me to bluntly say "I don't think you're going to win." More likely, I'll hint at it. "Great. Libertarians have never won a race for U.S. Congress. You'll certainly be a hero when you win."
I encourage Libertarians to run for office, but I don't want to con them into thinking they can win something that practically everybody knows they won't win.
Candidates who are accurate and honest with themselves about their chances of winning tend to be the ones who stick around the Libertarian Party after election day. Candidates who know they're running for unwinnable offices are often better about getting a good Libertarian message out. Losing a race but changing some hearts and minds does more than losing with a weak message.
More comments from Chuck below. –Wes Benedict
===Comments from Chuck Moulton===
I have been aware for over a decade that a quirk in the Pennsylvania election law (Libertarian filing deadline months after the Republican and Democrat filing deadline) could be exploited to elect a lot of partisan Libertarians to local office. Despite sharing my plan frequently with anyone who I thought could help, no one stepped forward... consigning it as a solo dream limited my my own time constraints. Several election cycles I shared a list of openings at county meetings resulting in a few elected officials (if someone at the meeting happened to live in a municipality I highlighted), but it remained largely a missed opportunity.
Then Wes Benedict answered my call. He was excited by my plan, bringing both enthusiasm and a suite of useful skills to the project. Wes wrote a captivating recruitment letter and mail merged the list of opportunities with the list of registered voters (over 3,000 letters sent). Whereas some of the other organizers had limited time to respond to the many voicemails left by prospects inquiring about the letter (my phone was ringing off the hook for weeks!!), Wes was available 9 am - 9 pm by phone and email to answer questions, vet candidates, and walk them through the process in more detail.
After that he got each candidate his or her paperwork as a printable PDF pre-filled in with all the information we had. He helped stack candidates from the same district on nomination papers and get them in touch with each other to coordinate petitioning. Then he followed up with people and lined up alternative candidates when anyone dropped out. Wes even contacted the board of elections in multiple counties to get appropriate forms, double check procedures, and get signature requirements for each office. On top of all of that, he personally looked up petition signers in the database to verify candidates' signature validity rates!
Without the help of Wes, Art, and the Booster PAC, the great success we achieved electing Libertarians in Pennsylvania 2019 would not have been possible. I hope he helps again in 2021 and we can start earlier to expand our reach to every county instead of less than 1/5 of the state. Wes is a huge asset to libertarianism. I hope through generous donations he is able to continue devoting his time to this great cause.
-Chuck Moulton
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Angela hated having her photo taken. Will dated her for sixteen months, and didn't capture a single image. He'd tried taken them when she slept, and even then she'd turn at the last moment, leaving only a blurred shadow on the camera. Even her online profile photo was a caricature she'd drawn herself on rainy Tuesday afternoon.
Will stared out of the window, watching the last of the mourners depart, and for the first time since he'd met her, he found himself wishing he had just one photograph.
A pile of mementos lay on the table, assembled by her friends and family to celebrate the life cut short by a drug-encrusted driver. Will glanced at the assorted books and knick knacks, unsure what to do with them. He appreciated the gesture, but they'd hardly bring Angela back.
Agent Smith clambered up onto the table; the fuzzy Calico sent the pile of books sliding onto the floor in his quest to stick his head into Will's mug. Will grabbed the cat and pulled him onto his lap. Agent Smith looked up at him, that same questing expression on his face.
"Sorry, old man, she's not coming back. Just you and me now."
He scratched the cat's head. Agent Smith stood up on Will's chest and rubbed his head against Will's chin.
"I just wish I had one photo, you know? It sounds stupid...but I'm scared I'll forget what she looks like. Sorry...looked like."
Agent Smith mewed his support. He leapt down from Will's lap and skidded across the pile of fallen books. The largest, a huge tome compiled by Angela's wizened old aunt, fell open. Its heavy cover thudded against the carpet. A Polaroid flapped loose, and skated towards Will. He picked it up, and held it to the waning light.
A young woman filled the centre of the frame, one hand held up to block the camera. The palm covered her face but it was Angela - it had to be. Will recognised her top, and the choppy brown hairstyle. Her aunt must have sneaked in a photo while rampaging around a family event with that dratted Polaroid camera of hers.
Will smiled, and tears pricked his eyes. He still couldn't see her face, but he had a photo. He couldn't forget her now.
A flicker of movement caught his eye. He peered more closely at the photo, watching as the hand covering the face lowered out of the shot. Angela stared out at him. Will yelped and dropped the photo. Agent Smith ambled across the floor and sniffed it. Angela waved, and the cat yowled, streaking across the room to hide behind the sofa.
Will picked up the photo by its corners, careful not to touch the window containing Angela. She didn't return his smile - an unfamiliar scowl adorned her face.
"Hiya, love." Will felt stupid talking to a photo, but he also felt like he needed to say something.
Angela crossed her arms over her chest and the scowl deepened.
"Sorry, love, I don't know what to do."
Angela moved towards him, a glare in her eyes and a snarl on her lips, and Will stifled the urge to flinch. She reached the flimsy barrier of the Polaroid and hammered her fists against an invisible shield. The photo flapped from Will's fingers, swinging back and forth from the weight of her fury.
Will slipped the Polaroid back into the book and slammed it shut. The heavy cover didn't move, and Will risked a sigh of relief. He pushed the book under the sofa and left the room, followed by Agent Smith. He led the cat into the kitchen, and leaned back against the counter. The remains of the buffet lay on foil platters, covered in clingfilm, and Will crumpled into a heap in front of the washing machine.
He tried to think of his Angela as he remembered her, laughing at old movies and skipping through fresh snow. When he closed his eyes, all he could see was Angela's glare. He'd never seen that side of Angela before, possessed by anger, but he couldn't shake an old feeling, one he'd often wondered about whenever Angela refused to have her photo taken.
After all, the camera never lied.
Tweet I'm quite a fan of the Brain Pickings blog, and last week they featured this animated video about the science of productivity, from AsapSCIENCE.
Split big tasks into smaller tasks to make them more manageable.
Given I have to divide my time between PhD work, study for a teacher training qualification, preparatory work I need for teaching, writing, and having a life, I thought I might share my top three tips for being productive.
I make two types of lists. The first is the things I need to do - I split this list into two columns, listing what needs to be done against when I'm going to do it, and I list things according to when they need to be done (naturally the things due for Tuesday will be higher up the list than those due on Thursday). I can cross things off as I've done them which gives me a natural sense of achievement as I end up with more crossed out tasks than uncrossed out tasks.
If something doesn't actually have a deadline, I find that I'll procrastinate and find all sorts of reasons not to work on it...so I set myself a deadline to ensure that I will. I also do more work the less time I have in which to do it because I'm very much aware of the clock ticking. Even self-imposed deadlines get me working faster.
I have the attention span of a particularly hyperactive spaniel so I find my attention wanders very easily, no matter how engrossing the task at hand may be. The only way for me to get through it is to promise myself a break. Rather than making myself sit and focus on something for several hours, I work for an hour or so, take a break, then come back to whatever I was doing. Even when I'm writing something like a blog post, there are usually mini breaks, during which I check Twitter or read other blogs. It breaks up my work and gives me something to come back to.
What about you? What do you do to remain productive?


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OSA Publishing > Optics Express > Volume 21 > Issue 4 > Page 4560
High power operation of cladding pumped holmium-doped silica fibre lasers
Alexander Hemming, Shayne Bennetts, Nikita Simakov, Alan Davidson, John Haub, and Adrian Carter
Alexander Hemming,1, * Shayne Bennetts,1, 2 Nikita Simakov,1 Alan Davidson,1 John Haub,1 and Adrian Carter3
1Electro-Optic Technology Group, Electronic Warfare and Radar Division, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Edinburgh, SA 5111, Australia
2Currently at Department of Quantum Science, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
3Nufern Inc., 7 Airport Park Road, East Granby, Connecticut, USA
*Corresponding author: alexander.hemming@dsto.defence.gov.au
A Hemming
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A Davidson
J Haub
A Carter
Issue 4,
Alexander Hemming, Shayne Bennetts, Nikita Simakov, Alan Davidson, John Haub, and Adrian Carter, "High power operation of cladding pumped holmium-doped silica fibre lasers," Opt. Express 21, 4560-4566 (2013)
Laser efficiency
Laser sources
Pulsed fiber lasers
Infrared and far-infrared lasers (140.3070)
Lasers (140.3460)
Lasers, fiber (140.3510)
Original Manuscript: November 22, 2012
Revised Manuscript: January 24, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: February 1, 2013
We report the highest power operation of a resonantly cladding-pumped, holmium-doped silica fibre laser. The cladding pumped all-glass fibre utilises a fluorine doped glass layer to provide low loss cladding guidance of the 1.95 µm pump radiation. The operation of both single mode and large-mode area fibre lasers was demonstrated, with up to 140 W of output power achieved. A slope efficiency of 59% versus launched pump power was demonstrated. The free running emission was measured to be 2.12-2.15 µm demonstrating the potential of this architecture to address the long wavelength operation of silica based fibre lasers with high efficiency.
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Augere, B.
Bennetts, S.
Broeng, J.
Budni, P. A.
Bugge, F.
Cariou, J.-P.
Carmody, N.
Carter, A. L. G.
Chavez-Pirson, A.
Chicklis, E. P.
Creeden, D.
Davidson, A.
Davies, P.
Dvoyrin, V. V.
Eichhorn, M.
Erbert, G.
Fabian, H.
Faye, D.
Frith, G.
Gerard, B.
Grzesik, U.
Haken, U.
Haub, J.
Heitmann, W.
Hemming, A.
Hildenbrand, A.
Hughes, M.
Humbach, O.
Jackson, S. D.
Jiang, M.
Ketteridge, P. A.
Kieleck, C.
King, T.
Kosolapov, A. F.
Kurkov, A. S.
Lallier, E.
Lancaster, D. G.
Lyngsø, J. K.
MacChesney, J.
Marakulin, A. V.
Maruyama, H.
McCarthy, J. C.
Medvedkov, O. I.
Minashina, L. A.
Moulton, P. F.
Nagel, S.
Olausson, C. B.
Peyghambarian, N.
Pollak, T. M.
Rines, G. A.
Sabella, A.
Samson, B.
Schunemann, P. G.
Setzler, S. D.
Shirakawa, A.
Sholokhov, E. M.
Simakov, N.
Slobodtchikov, E. V.
Tang, Y.
Tsvetkov, V. B.
Ueda, K.
Valla, M.
Walker, K.
Wall, K. F.
Wu, J.
Xu, L.
Yang, Y.
Yao, Z.
Young, Y. E.
Yu, J.
Zawilski, K.
Zong, J.
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Fig. 1 Fluorine-doped glass clad holmium-doped silica fibre.
Fig. 2 Schematic of experimental laser layout.
Fig. 3 Output power from single (red) and double (blue) end pumped SM holmium fibre lasers.
Fig. 4 Spectra of double-end pumped SM holmium fibre laser.
Fig. 5 Output power of the double-end pumped LMA fibre laser.
Fig. 6 (a) Spectra of the double-end pumped LMA holmium fibre laser. (b) Near field beam profile at 25 W (top) and 140 W (bottom).
Table 1 Description of the Fibres under Investigation
Description of the Fibres under Investigation
Fibre Parameter
Fibre #1, (SM)
Fibre #2, (LMA)
Core Diameter 18 µm 40 µm
Core NA 0.08 0.08
Inner Cladding Diameter 114 µm 250 µm
Inner cladding NA 0.22 0.22
Second Cladding Diameter 144 µm 320 µm
Fibre Outer Diameter 180 µm 400 µm
Coating diameter 250 µm 550 µm
V-number @ 2.1 µm 2.35 4.75


The IF singer kicks of the 30billion tour with Canada,USA.
Davido,multiple award-winning Nigerian singer will kick off the North American leg of the tour in New York City's Playstation Theatre.
This follows the huge success of the tour's European leg which saw Davido perform to a number of sold-out crowds in countries such as Belgium, Germany, Ukraine, Spain, Finland, Denmark and Norway.
The U.S tour dates will see the Sony Music artist hit a number of cities including Washington D.C, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Portland, Colorado and Oakland.


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The ancient returns of small-cap shares have passed these of mid-cap and large-cap shares over very long time classes. the extra go back skilled by way of small-cap traders has happened regardless of inherent risks within the asset category. the surplus go back on hand from small-cap shares might help huge foundations, endowments, and different comparable institutional traders triumph over the drag of inflation and the drain of annual spending.
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An Encyclopedia of Truth
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints", known as "Mormonism" (with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah — a state that is now 70% Mormon), was an offshoot of the original religion officially founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844). Smith claimed to have had a personal visit from God the Father at the age of 15, who introduced him to Christ. Jesus then told him not to join any church because they were all wrong and all the Christian church's doctrines "were an abomination" (Joseph Smith — History 19, Pearl of Great Price). After Smith's assassination in 1844, Joseph Smith, III took his place, but one of the "12 Apostles", Brigham Young, refused to accept Joseph Smith, III as the true next Prophet and crowned himself "The Prophet" instead. A division took place, with Joseph Smith, III and his followers going one way, creating the "Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" keeping with the original teachings and traditions, and power-hungry Brigham Young taking his followers and newly formed "Mormon Church" to Utah, where there is now a major University named after him, and the number of Mormons exceed one million. The Mormon Church currently claims about 11 million baptized members worldwide (5.2 million U.S., ranking it 5th among the largest 25 U.S. denominations), up from about 2.5 million in 1970. 1970. Over the last decade, nearly 300,000 individuals over the age of eight have joined the Mormon Church every year. Membership is expected to grow to over 23 million over the next two decades. It is growing fastest in Latin America and Asia. Official publications include Church News, a weekly 16-page newspaper, and the Ensign, a monthly magazine. The original church carried on by Joseph Smith, III is still in existence as the "Reorganized Chuch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints". It has been led by direct descendants of Joseph Smith, Jr and continues and prospers to this day. They are headquartered in Independence, Missouri, where they believe Jesus will appear upon his Second Coming. Although they are misunderstood to be Mormons, they are not. They do not believe in or practice the traditions brought in by Brigham Young, such as polygamy, sacred undergarments, temple rituals, etc. Many people are not even aware of their existence, being far outnumbered by their Mormon offspring.
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Excellent retort. The outstanding work being performed by Mr. Stone as well as you, is certainly being rewarded by the ire of the PTB and their paid minions. Congrats on staying in the beingness of a stalwart man of truth and honor.
Hello James, I am [Peter Bridge of Perth, WA and run Hesperian Press with my wife Sang Hee.] I knew Joe Vialls years ago. I also knew M's mate who dreamed up the wacko correlation of Vialls and the Israeli ben Menashe [sp?]. No matter what I said it did no good. An old mate of mine, John Doohan, an old veteran [in his 80s] and civil libertarian, lives in Perth and he is probably the only man alive who knew both. He is absolutely scathing of the lunatic claims. M and co may have had a win on their Port Arthur investigation but what I have seen of his later works has hit the bin. There are a few of these demented old pigs who can no longer kick arse, as they may have done in the old police days, writing up their pet theories to attempt to reclaim their lost authority. One here in Perth has written a few books which immediately class him as an illiterate thug. It is a characteristic that when gently queried on their claims that they go ballistic.
I wanted to send a little to Jim but the whole business confused me and so would appreciate your advice. Give my regards to old Korea. I spent some time there in the 70s and 80s, and relations live in Seoul and Taejon.
Thank you Peter for your very informative feedback. Far from gently querying, I am calling MacGregor out. He can go ballistic all he wants, the facts are the facts. I will send you an email so that we may keep in touch.
The Rebel's server won't load the story. Good! I've been following Jim since he was on Makow's site. He really is the real deal.
Thanks for this James, as far as I can see the rebel piece is not getting a whole lot of attention, perhaps the counter is delayed? But there is a lack of posts below it as well.
No doubt this was done in response to my latest report about the Jews.
Always there for you Jim.
This is BRILLIANT! I still had very small doubts in my mind regarding Jim, because of articles like the one written by Adachi. But this, and Jim's article "I would much rather live in a civilized society", has completely and utterly washed away any and all doubts I had. The Elitist's lies, from whereever they come, will always eventually be washed away by the pure waters of truth.
I have a video from youtube where Jim was explaining how to make a portable stove with a large "number 10" can, a coat-hanger and a can opener. Jim looks nothing like either you or Joe Vallis. The Elite are, from my dynamic ideas of truth and lies, dancing on a void. It's not even thin air anymore.
Kyle, thanks for reminding me of that video. I think I will post it along with a few words about how Jim designed it.
What has happened to Jim Stone's site? Today the link to his forum seems to be missing, and I am in the habit of checking in there every day or so. Are you able to post here the forum address? I am afraid I never wrote it down. Or shed any light on what is going on?
The forum has been so badly attacked that it is no longer exactly a star feature.
Enjoyed hearing the sound of your voice in the interview. Great btw. What do you make of the "hurricane" in the Philippines?


Adobe has issued a security update for its Flash Player software that fixes at least two critical vulnerabilities in the widely-used program. At long last, this latest version also includes an auto-updating mechanism designed to streamline the deployment of Flash security fixes across multiple browsers.
If it seems like you just updated Flash to fix security holes, it's not your imagination. This is the third security update for Flash in the last six weeks. Flash Player v. 11.2 addresses a couple of flaws in Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.63 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, and Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.7 and earlier versions for Android 3.x and 2.x. Adobe warns that these vulnerabilities could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
My previous posts on Flash updates have been accompanied by lengthy instructions about how to update the program. That's in part because Adobe has traditionally deployed two separate installers for Windows based systems: One for Flash on Internet Explorer, and another for non-IE browsers. With the release of Flash Player 11.2, Adobe is introducing a new background update mechanism for Windows users that promises to take some of the pain out of updating.
The new Adobe Flash Player background updater updates all instances of a release version of Adobe Flash Player for all Web browsers on a computer. Previously, users had to perform separate updates for each Web browser running on their system.
Want to learn which version of Flash you have on your system? Visit this link. Updates are available via the Adobe Flash Player Download Center. Google's Chrome browser usually auto-installs Flash updates, often before Adobe even publicizes them. But this is the second time Chrome has fallen behind on that front: My installation of Chrome still shows version 11,1,102,63.
Sadly, Adobe's fancy new updater doesn't go beyond Flash itself. If you have Adobe Air installed (that means you, Tweetdeck users), Air will need to be updated as well to accommodate these Flash fixes. For more on how to do that, see these instructions.
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If I use multiple browsers, does Chrome automatically fix all of them when it patches Flash?
No. Chrome only updates itself and its own Flash plug-in. If you run other browsers on Windows, you'll need to download and install the updater for IE as well as that for the other non-IE browsers you use besides Chrome. At the most, you'll have to download 2 files.
If you're running Windows 7, installing the 64 bit version automatically installs the 32 bit version of Flash.
…oh, and if you're running OS X (Mac), Chrome just updates itself, similar to Windows.
You'll still need to run the Flash updater for Safari, Firefox, Opera, etc.
The auto update feature doesn't work for Mac users though.
At least after installing this update, you should have to worry less about updating from now on(providing it works); and he's right about Chrome.
Personally I've had troubles with the latest versions of Chrome for Vista x64, so I switched to Dragon from Comodo. Turns out they have a better privacy EULA on that version of Chrome, so I'm glad I made the switch!
It gets even better. Chrome gets a display window from Adobe telling me that it will auto-update itself, yet the version check indicates it is out-of-date. oh well, time to fire up Safari.
I don't know, but something seems out of whack here. I still had to run the Flash updater for both my IE browser and non-IE browsers (Firefox and Safari).
Having said that, my RockMelt browser is still showing Flash version 11,1,102,63, even after running the updater.
Google Chrome had a new update today, which apparently incorporated the newest Flash update. But you're right, for once it appears Chrome lagged behind.
And then when one looks under the "Advanced" tab of the Flash Player Windows Control Panel applet, two separate entries are shown.
When I updated to this version, it , in deed, updated the rest of the flash versions automatically. I reserve judgement until the next update – however.
So far the video tests okay, including IE x64.
Adobe AIR's release is Version 3.2.0.2070 for desktop and SDK, and Version 3.2.0.2080 for Mobile.
Adobe still tries to give me 10.3.183.18 from the download center on my 3 XP's here. I got the correct version here.
Wonder when they will fix their own site.
in my Firefox 3.6.28 !!!.
XP-Pro SP3 …. 32-BIT here.
(it's in the middle section of the web page).
3) Run my AV on it .
do not install updates automatically.
Flash Player 11.2.202.228 installed fine!!
6) Tested my FF with some YouTube videos.
Hope this helps…I know, it's a pain….
That's weird, I don't remember having to uninstall a previous version of Flash for quite a while – even on my XP machines. Maybe you had a really old previous version?
I updated three computers with Windows 7, two are Professional and one is Premium. I use software restriction policy on the Professional versions and Flash in IE9 will not run with SRP on. IE 9 locks up and has to be ended through task manager. Turn off SRP and everything is fine. Never had problem before, this flash update will not run with SRP. anybody else having problems?
I haven't updated my XP Media Center yet but my guess is that the update needs to be run as an admin…or run as option in LUA with SRP. I'm betting the new flash auto update feature won't work in a SRP enabled account either. Shucks!!
Well, at least it has a "download and notify me instead" selection.
Likewise, Flash Player 11.2 is hanging IE9 here with Software Restriction Policy enabled. I gave Adobe a bug report on it. I remember one previous occasion where they ran afoul of SRP, so here's hoping they do fix it.
My wild guess: their new update-checking process is trying to execute a filetype controlled by SRP, from a Temp directory in the user's profile somewhere.
When attempting to update via browsers other than Google Chrome, I entered this caveat from Adobe: "Note: Flash Player does not support 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Vista. Flash Player 11 now includes support for Windows 7 64-bit." This means that many PC users won't be able to update to this new version of Flash, no?!?
I run Win7 64 bit OS but I run 32 bit browsers so I use 32 bit flash. I think this new version will support 64 bit browsers on 64 bit Win 7. FireFox doesn't offer a 64 bit browser that I'm aware of. Not sure of the other vendors except IE which offers 64 bit.
My installation of 11.2.202.228 appears to have succeeded. The control panel on my XP-SP3 still shows 11.1.102.63 Active X installed. If I delete this program, will I have flash on my IE from the 11.2 installation? Anybody know?
The bigger problem is that all these updates don't play well with the various sites that use flash. Ever since the last security update the play button on youtube videos disappeared when running the latest version of firefox. It's not a problem in IE.
IMO everyone is rushing out security updates so fast that compatibility is going straight out the window. The primary reason these days that I'm more secure is because everything is broken so I can't use it.
All three of my browsers, IE9, FireFox, and Dragon(Chrome) work well with Vista x64 Home Premium. I haven't tried the latest with XP, but will soon. All videos test nominal so far.
I'll update and carry on, as always.
Auto-update mechanism? It actually installs a service called "Adobe Flash Player Update Service" (listed under Services of Computer Management) that runs every hour on the hour (according to the system event logs) even if you've told Flash Player to NEVER check for updates!!! Grrrrr… I had to kill it (set the service to "Disabled"), so it shouldn't be able to willy-nilly start itself anymore. Stupid Adobe, I really don't appreciate services starting/stopping when I've told the software to turn off that functionality. I highly manage my systems and stay abreast of security news/updates, thus all auto update type functions are disabled (except daily AV definition file updates). Instead, I prefer to evaluate things myself before deciding to install an update.
Disabling the service doesn't disable the auto updater since the latter runs via Windows Task Scheduler. You need to disable it in there too.
Thanks! That's some sneaky crap Adobe is pulling! I found the scheduled task under the administrator account that was used to install Flash Player. It wasn't listed though under the limited user account I use for day-to-day stuff (Windows XP Pro). Regardless, setting the service to disabled and using the limited user account stopped any auto-update activity. I still disabled the scheduled task under the administrator account! Grrr…..
I didn't merely disable the Adobe updater in Task Scheduler, I deleted it AND the Google Updater (both of which had previously been disabled in startup programs and services). Thanks for the heads-up….
This type of default setting in multiple-layered structure among vendors is partly understandable — they're trying to protect their business reputations and market positions by NOT becoming the latest publicly-outed malware-vector-du-jour — but this behavior is really beginning to chap my backside something fierce!
Don't you LOVE THIS behavior?
More often than not, if it's not spyware and/or a browser toolbar install, proprietary "freeware" wants to shove another service down your throat to eat up memory and possibly spy on you even more.
This is especially true for some people who survived through Windows 98 and the blue screens, never forget those days of the POS OS.
If you use the Vista 64-bit operating system, you can't get this Flash update, or any future Flash update, because Adobe has dropped all Flash support for that operating system. That's right, if you use a 32-bit browser on a Vista x64 computer, no Flash update is available. When you attempt to update Flash on a Vista x64 computer, using a 32-bit browser, Adobe's web site displays the error message "Flash Player does not support 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Vista." (I use the 32-bit versions of IE9 and Firefox.) Vista isn't that old, and it's irresponsible for Adobe to halt Flash security updates on the 64-bit version of that operating system.
So does that mean that since I run Vista64 that if I'm using Flash I have a "security concern" due to not using the patched update?
Huh? It installed and tested fine on Vista Home Premium x64 for me?!
RESIST THE LIZARD OVERLORDS! THEY ARE VERMIN!
The trial runs began a LONG time ago!
We're way past that process.
Now we're in the portion of the game where they will try and BRAINWASH us into accepting these things because not everyone BROADCASTS themselves on and offline, so RFID tracking will NEED to be EVERYWHERE, eventually.
tracking methods! Let's not forget the LIQUIDS at their disposal which can be sprayed on you and/or your devices/clothing and TRACKED, similar to STASI methods of tracking their livestock (humans).
Visit David Icke's and Prison Planet's discussion forums and VC's discussion forums and READ the threads about RFID and electronic tagging, PARTICIPATE in discussions. SHARE what you know with others!
These TRACKING technologies, on and off the net are being THROWN at us by the MEDIA, just as cigarettes and alcohol have and continue to be, though the former less than they used to. The effort to get you to join FACEBOOK and TWITTER, for example, is EVERYWHERE.
Maybe, you think, you'll join FACEBOOK or TWITTER with an innocent reason, in part perhaps because your family, friends, business parters, college ties want or need you. Then it'll start with one photo of yourself or you in a group, then another, then another, and pretty soon you are telling STRANGERS as far away as NIGERIA with scammers reading and archiving your PERSONAL LIFE and many of these CRIMINALS have the MEANS and MOTIVES to use it how they please.
One family was astonished to discover a photo of theirs was being used in an ADVERTISEMENT (on one of those BILLBOARDS you pass by on the road) in ANOTHER COUNTRY! There are other stories. I've witnessed people posting their photo in social networking sites, only to have others who dis/like them COPY the photo and use it for THEIR photo! It's a complete mess.
The whole GAME stretches much farther than the simple RFID device(s), but how far are you willing to READ about these types of instrusive technologies? If you've heard, Wikileaks exposed corporations selling SPYWARE in software and hardware form to GOVERNMENTS!
You have to wonder, "Will my anti-malware program actually DISCOVER government controlled malware? Or has it been WHITELISTED? or obscured to the point where it cannot be detected? Does it carve a nest for itself in your hardware devices' FIRMWARE, what about your BIOS?
Has your graphics card been poisoned, too?" No anti virus programs scan your FIRMWARE on your devices, especially not your ROUTERS which often contain commercially rubber stamped approval of BACKDOORS for certain organizations which hackers may be exploiting right now! Search on the web for CISCO routers and BACKDOORS. That is one of many examples.
Privacy is DEAD. You've just never seen the tombstone.
Adobe *IS* still updating Flash for Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard. The latest version of Flash for that is 10,3,183,18, which was released on March 20, 2012. This is in contrast to Apple, which has not updated Java (or issued any other security updates) for Leopard since early July 2011.
Some of the important programs that I use regularly are incompatible with newer versions of Mac OSX, or require costly upgrades, thus I'm still using Leopard.
This might simply be a coincidence, but after updating Flash, my MLB-TV last evening had the video frequently and repeatedly freeze while the audio continued to play. Using Firefox (11.0) on Windows Vista (32-bit) with NexDef Plugin (4.2.21.MLB_10_25) & Flash player (WIN 11.2.202.228).
"THEY" downvote because "THEY" don't want YOU to know the TRUTH, "THEY" are IN ON THE GAME!
Does anybody know if the Google toolbar uncheck persists through the auto-update?
Adobe has, for me, been one big PITA. Nothing but trouble with conflicts and hassles.
Flash was updated today to 11.2.202.233. I don't see anything on the Adobe Security Bulletins site @ http://www.adobe.com/support/security/#flashplayer so changes in this version may be purely cosmetic.
Now here it is a couple weeks further down the road, and Chrome has STILL not updated its internal Flash Player to 11.2.202.233, even though that is the current Chrome version listed on the Adobe Web site. I downloaded and ran the standalone installer, but the Chrome version number did not change.
The Flash player in Google Chrome is embedded and updates automatically in the background without user intervention. You cannot update it manually because it isn't a plugin.
The version you mentioned is the plugin for browsers such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera etc., not GC.


When you think "global warming", who's the first person you think of?
Maybe Al Gore? Well, you know what - before he made 'An Inconvenient Truth', there was this guy - Australia's Tim Flannery.
Tim is an explorer, biologist, conservationist, and author of 'The Weather Makers.' That book came out in 2005, and it really put climate change on the map. If you were in politics at the time, you might call it a game-changer.
Flannery laid out what is now widely accepted: climate change is real, we're responsible for it, and we need to act NOW to prevent disaster. And people started to listen... politicians, celebrities, and businesses. Our own David Suzuki called it "one of the most important books of the young century.
And Tim's still beating the drum. He's got a new book, called 'Now or Never: A Sustainable Future for Australia?' And that's not all. In December, in Denmark, the UN is holding a big conference on global warming. Tim is the chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council and is pushing for a new climate change deal, before it's too late.


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Bad Boys, Happy Home
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Sometimes all it takes is a good fistfight to find true love! Akamatsu has problems at home, while Seven doesn't even have a home. When these two strangers meet, fighting soothes their troubled souls, opening up room for something more. High school bad boy Akamatsu allows Seven, a homeless guy living in a nearby park, to crash at his place for a few months. But one day Seven up and kisses him! Things get awkward after that until one night when their relationship takes an unexpected turn.
Bad Boys, Happy Home may be SHOOWA's first English-language release, but she's also been published internationally in both French and Korean. You can find out more about her on her Twitter page, @shoowa. Although this is Hiromasa Okujima's first professional foray into boys' love, he's created many shonen and seinen manga. Some of his hobbies include martial arts and collecting secondhand clothing. You can find out more about him on his Twitter page, @HiromasaOkujima.


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Manohar rues lack of leadership in BCCI
Former BCCI President Shashank Manohar rued that there was no one in the BCCI to take on N Srinivasan who is facing the heat over the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal.
"The Board lacks leaders to take on Srinivasan who is shamelessly and stubbornly sticking to his chair. Nothing has moved in the last one year. The outbreak of the scandal happened in May 2013 and we are currently in April 2014," he said. Manohar wants someone in the cricket administration to get up and raise the issue at the Emergent Working Committee meeting which has been convened on April 20 at the Board's headquarters here.
"In BCCI, the powers (related to Board functioning) are vested with the Working Committee and the General Body, and not with the President," Manohar said.
Asked whether there was a need to change the Board's Constitution in the wake of Srinivasan's stubbornness, Manohar said "no".
"You need 3/4th majority to remove someone and that means 24 out of 31 votes. When (former IPL Chairman) Lalit Modi was removed (and banned for life in 2010) all he needed (to escape the ban) was eight votes which he did not have," he stated.
Manohar, Srinivasan's immediate predecessor, refused to lay the blame on the cash-rich IPL for BCCI's current woes. "Just because of one minus point (spot-fixing scandal) you cannot blame the tournament which has a lot of plus points. It has enabled BCCI to pay former players and grant more money to the state associations for infrastructure developments," he maintained.
The BCCI called an emergent working committee meeting in Mumbai on Sunday, April 20, to decide its future course of action following the Supreme Court's order that forced N Srinivasan to step aside as the cricket board's President. The meeting was called after several state associations wrote to the BCCI Interim President (administration) Shivlal Yadav, demanding a discussion on the ongoing issues.
"Right now we've called the meeting to discuss the Supreme Court orders and its findings. This is the sole agenda of the meeting," Yadav said.
Asked whether the working committee will also decide on Srinivasan's representation to the ICC and the conflict of interest issue, he said: "If any other issues come up (during the meeting), we will discuss that."
The apex court yesterday said that Srinivasan couldn't work in any capacity within the BCCI as he has been named in a report on the IPL spot-fixing scandal along with 12 other individuals. The court also asked the BCCI about how it will conduct a probe into the IPL spot-fixing and betting issue. It, however, allowed Sundar Raman to continue as the IPL Chief Operating Officer.


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Trump Announces Rapid Withdrawal from Syria
He's declaring victory and bugging out.
That's not meant to be derogatory. I don't know how I feel about this. As a former hawk chastened by our recent winless record, I'm still grappling to figure out my feelings about foreign intervention.
I'm not sure why we're doing this now in particular.
Planning is underway for a "full" and "rapid" withdrawal of US troops from Syria, a US defense official told CNN Wednesday.
The decision, which would be a reversal from previously stated US policy, was made by President Donald Trump, who has long signaled his desire to get out of Syria, the official added.
On Wednesday morning, the President tweeted, "we have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency."
Even though the US will continue to maintain troops in Iraq with the capability of launching strikes into Syria, a US withdrawal of ground forces would fulfill a major goal of Syria, Iran and Russia and risks diminishing US influence in the region.
Putting troops in harm's way in order to "maintain influence" is a neocon/liberal interventionist idea whose time has gone. This is why McCain wanted our troops in very nearly literally every brushfire war in the world -- because we had to "maintain influence."
That's stupid. US troops lives should not be little weights one places on an influence scale.
Our troops should be introduced into combat to fulfill military objectives, not to serve as chips in diplomacy baccarat.
You cannot send men to be killed or have their balls blown off for such intangible, vague, stupid paper-pusher concepts as "maintain influence." They should only be put at risk for definite, well-defined goals.
The US has about 2,000 troops on the ground in the country, where they are primarily training local forces to combat ISIS. The US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have had some recent success against the terror group and are on the cusp of capturing the last major town held by ISIS east of the Euphrates.
Well, maybe we'll still be around to crush ISIS there.
They estimate that 2000 ISIS fighters remain in that last redoubt, but others put the number at 30,000 (though that's for all of Syria).
MORE: All U.S. State Department personnel are being evacuated from Syria within 24 hours - official pic.twitter.com/XOnbuEzarZ
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This year as we enter the Lenten season as a stewardship parish, let us focus on giving and kindness. The idea of "paying it forward" is simply performing acts of kindness with no intention of receiving anything in return. In the spirit of the Gospel mandate "Give to others, and God will give to you. Indeed, you will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands--all that you can hold. The measure you use for others is the one that God will use for you." Let us make the attempt to respond to a person's kindness to us by being kind in turn to someone else. Whatever you choose to do – a simple act of kindness, forgiveness, consideration – should be done solely out of the goodness of your heart with no thought of repayment. Every Sunday during Lent, we invite you to post "paying it forward" acts on the board in the back of both churches.


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Couldn't connect to host, Elasticsearch down?

Anyone can help me please?

A: You need to instal and run Elasticsearch server on your computer/server. It's not installed by Elastica.
How to install: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup.html

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Only few of the pertinent and relevant excerpts for the interest, from the renowned Indian author and researcher Sarmila Bose's book, "Dead Reckoning: Memories of 1971 Bangladesh War", would be sufficient for the readers to evaluate reality and the intentions of such propaganda. For example a most common and propagated myth is that over 3 million Bengalis were killed during the military operations.
"By the time I reached my unit, my world had been turned topsy-turvy the writing clearly on the wall.
These are just few of the examples out of a large number of impartial and unbiased analyses about the myths created by the Indians and the Awami League which are enough to reflect the intentions and minds of the enemies of Pakistan.


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The earliest I can expect any of this, then, is late March to mid-April.  That's almost a six-month delay for some of the New York Times, and seven months for some of the Wall Street Journal.  Not happy.  My customer service rep was very nice, sympathetic, apologetic, and willing to pass my complaints along, but I'm pessimistic about it doing much good.  If any of the rest of you would like to call them to chime in on this, perhaps it could help the situation.  Maybe.
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Since 1991, there have been two major phases in Russian history, corresponding roughly to the decades of the 1990s and the 2000s. Under President Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999), Russia attempted a rapid transition to a market economy and liberal democracy. Economic "shock therapy," the transition from a planned and centralized economy to a privatized market economy in one leap, proved to be traumatic for most of the population of the Russian Federation. On the positive side, these initial years of post-Soviet Russia saw the creation of a new system of laws, a dramatic rise in political participation, the birth of new human rights institutions at the national level, and the establishment of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Yet, the political transition, liked the economic one, proved to be very turbulent, perhaps inevitably in a situation where a country with Russia's authoritarian past attempts to introduce a multi-party democracy. The country's political culture seemed a poor fit for its new democratic constitution.
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Suncor Sweetens Deal For Canadian Oil Sands
By Andy Tully - Jan 20, 2016, 3:37 PM CST
Just two weeks ago, Suncor Energy Inc. insisted it wouldn't sweeten its offer in a hostile takeover bid for Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. That was then. Suncor confirms that the hostile bid has become a friendly deal between the two Canadian companies now that it has raised its offer.
Originally, Suncor had offered 0.25 of each of its own shares in exchange for a share in Canadian Oil Sands, an offer that Canadian Oil Sands said was too low. On Monday, Suncor said it had raised the offer by three points, to 0.28 of a Suncor share for each share of Canadian Oil Sands, for a total of US$2.92 billion, or C$4.24 billion.
Ryan Kubik, the CEO of Canadian Oil Sands, said early this month that his investors agree that the offer was too low, but Suncor CEO, Steve Williams, has said all along that Canadian Oil Sands Investors liked the offer, especially since the company's shares could lose up to 40 percent of their value, or a total of US$3.1 billion, unless the deal goes through.
Related: Is This The Bottom? Balance In Oil Markets Closer Than Many Think
As a result, Williams said, Suncor has no intention of increasing its offer to buy 67 percent of the shares in Canadian Oil Sands. "Let me be clear and frank," Williams said in a conference call on Jan. 5. "We believe our offer is full and fair and we have no plans" to increase the offer for Canadian Oil Sands.
Suncor's real target in the proposed merger has been to raise its holding in its bitumen mining joint venture with Syncrude Canada Ltd. from its current 12 percent to 49 percent, which would make Suncor the largest shareholder in Syncrude. Canadian Oil Sands now holds that title, but the depressed oil market over the past 19 months has harmed both Syncrude and Canadian Oil Sands.
Related: Will OPEC Be Forced To Call An Emergency Meeting Soon?
Suncor's offer for Canadian Oil Sands became a hostile bid in October when Kubik insisted that, despite its current financial bind, Canadian Oil Sands would fare better if it remained independent. Williams countered that the price of oil was bound to stay low for a long time, hurting Canadian Oil Sands investors.
The Suncor offer expired Jan. 8, with Williams evidently still adamant that he wouldn't sweeten his offer. But the two sides resumed negotiations recently and reached an agreement based on Suncor's improved offer.
The two companies issued a joint statement on Monday saying the deal had the support of both their boards. In the statement, Williams said, "We believe this transaction delivers excellent value to COS [Canadian Oil Sands] shareholders while maintaining Suncor's commitment to capital discipline."
Related: Volatility In Oil Markets Hits A 7 Year High
Also contributing to the statement was Canadian entrepreneur Seymour Schulich, who owns about 5.2 percent of Canadian Oil Sands stock. Schulich originally opposed a merger, supporting Kubik's argument that Suncor's offer was too low and that Canadian Oil Sands would be better off as an independent company.
Now, however, Schulich said he supports a merger. "I will be tendering my shares and, consistent with the Canadian Oil Sands board's recommendation, I encourage my fellow shareholders to tender their shares," he said.
Under the new terms of the deal, investors holding at least 51 percent of Canadian Oil Sands' shares must approve the merger. Under Suncor's previous offer, a super-majority of two-thirds of Canadian Oil Sands' shares was required for approval. This time, Suncor's offer expires on Feb. 5.
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