So you've decided to study law. But what law degree, at which university, is the right one for you? We've done some research on your behalf, and spoken to current law students from all major law schools in New South Wales. We've got the low-down on their stand-out features, how subjects are taught and examined, what students loved about their degrees and what could have been better. This article compares and contrasts law degrees in NSW so you can decide which one fits you best.
2013 ATAR cut-off: 96.90 and above (varies according to combined degree chosen).
The Macquarie law degree is done as a combined degree with one of the following other bachelor degrees: Arts, Arts (Media), Arts (Psychology), Social Science, Education, International Studies, Commerce, Commerce (Professional Accounting), Applied Finance, Business Administration, Science, Environment Engineering; or IT.
Teaching format: Most subjects have 1 x two-hour lecture and 1 x tutorial per week (though this can vary according to the course convenor's [i.e. the person from the university who organises the subject] preferences).
Assessment: Assessment requirements vary across subjects. The majority of subjects have a mark for participation during tutorials (10%), a mid-semester assignment (10-15%), and a final exam or essay that makes up the bulk of the subject mark.
15 compulsory units (45 credit points) made up of: Foundations of Law; Criminal Justice and Procedure; Law, Lawyers and Society; Contracts; Jurisprudence; Torts; Constitutional Law and Administration I & II; Property in Law and Equity I & II; International Law; Business Organisations; Remedies; Litigation; Professional and Community Engagement.
9 elective units (27 credit points) chosen from: International Human Rights Law; Law of International Organisations; International Trade & Finance, European Law & Institutions; Jessup International Law Moot; Conflict of Laws; Law of the Sea; War Law; International Dispute Settlement; Environmental Law; International Environmental Law; Climate Change & Energy Law; Issues in International Heritage & Conservation Law; Local Government & Planning Law; Consumer & Competition Law; Foundations of Commercial Law; Modern Corporate Governance; Taxation; Intellectual Property Law; Information Technology Law; Family Law; Succession; Health Law & Ethics; Advanced Torts; Labour Law; Law & Religion; Human Rights and Moral Dilemmas; Media Law; Discrimination and the Law; Dispute Management & Resolution; Indigenous Peoples & the Law; Access to Justice Placement Program; Politics and the Constitution; Advanced Administrative Law; and Advanced Legal Research Project.
Exchange opportunities: Law students may undergo exchanges to a number of international universities that offer legal studies programs.
Degree structure: 5 years full-time in conjunction with a second undergraduate degree.
Degree Overview: Having just celebrated its 40th anniversary, the Law Faculty of Macquarie University is one of the longer standing law schools in New South Wales and its reputation continues to grow. Particularly in recent years, the faculty has attracted some of Australia's most respected academics in the field.
Reflecting on her time as a law student at Macquarie, fifth year student Hannah identifies passionate and accomplished lecturers and tutors as the greatest contributors to her enjoyment of her degree.
One unique feature of the Macquarie University law degree is the Participation and Community Engagement (PACE) program, which integrates compulsory practical, in-field units into the study program. Students are encouraged to participate in a range of professional activities, such as internships in commercial law firms, research projects under the supervision of academic lawyers, or volunteer with a legal not-for-profit organisation that provides access to lawyers and justice for disadvantaged members of the community. There are also opportunities for students to gain work experience through the Macquarie Law Centre, positioning them nicely for future employment.
The Macquarie University Law Society (MULS) offers a lively co-curricular and social program, with activities such as competitions that cater to more academically-minded students, as well as law balls and social events for those students who need to blow off some steam after too much time spent in the library.
The UNSW law degree is done as a combined degree with one of the following other bachelor degrees: Arts, Art Theory, Commerce, Computer Science, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Economics, Engineering, International Studies, Media, Planning, Science, Advanced Maths, Advanced Science, Social Work, or Social Research and Policy.
Teaching format: All subjects have 2 x two-hour seminars per week, on either a Monday and Thursday, or Tuesday and Friday.
Assessment: Assessment requirements vary across subjects. The majority of subjects involve a mark for participation during seminars (10-20%), one mid-semester assignment (30%-40%) and one end of semester open-book exam (40%-60%).
19 compulsory units (102 credit points) made up of: Introducing Law & Justice; Torts; Principles of Public Law; Criminal Justice; Principles of Private Law; Defining Crime; Contracts; Administrative Law; Equity & Trusts; Lawyers, Ethics & Justice; Land Law; Resolving Civil Disputes; Federal Constitutional Law; Business Associations; Court Process, Evidence & Proof; Law & Practice in a Global Context; Law & Social Theory/Legal Theory/Theories of Law & Justice.
Exchange opportunities: Law students may undergo exchanges to a number of international universities that offer legal studies programs. The competitiveness of the exchange opportunity depends on the popularity of the student's desired overseas university, with some exchange destinations being in particularly high demand. Students also have the opportunity to attend winter and summer schools at overseas universities.
Degree Overview: The Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales has traditionally been regarded as one of Sydney's most prestigious law degrees. Its popularity is reflected in the high entrance requirement, the only law degree other than the University of Sydney's with an ATAR cut-off over 99.
The University of New South Wales is also notable for its legal research, advocacy and education centres, which provide opportunities for clinical legal education and valuable practical internships that will assist students in their search for future employment. Included in the list of Centres is the reputed Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), the Australian Human Rights Institute, the Centre for International Finance and Regulation, and the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, among others.
The Sydney University law degree is done as a combined degree with one of the following other bachelor degrees: Arts; Arts (Media and Communications); International and Global Studies; Commerce; Economics; Engineering; Information Technology; Political, Economic and Social Sciences and; Science.
Teaching format: Either 2 x 2 hour lecture + 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week; or 2 x 2 hour interactive seminars per week (depending on subject).
Assessment: Assessment requirements vary across subjects. The majority of subjects in the first, second, and third years are assessed by a mid-semester assignment (essay or problem-based question) (usually 30%), a final exam that is usually open-book depending on the persuasion of the person organising the course (usually 60%) and a tutorial participation mark (10%). Fourth and fifth year subjects often take the same format, but some are assessed by open-book exams only, with no written assignments.
16 compulsory units (96 credit points) made up of: Foundations of Law; Legal Research 1-2; Torts; Contracts; Civil and Criminal Procedure; Criminal Law; Public International Law; Public Law; Torts and Contracts 2; Administrative Law; Federal and Constitutional Law; Introduction to Property and Commercial Law; The Legal Profession; Corporations Law; Equity; Evidence and; Real Property.
Exchange opportunities: Law exchanges are available to students in their fifth year of a combined degree, to countries including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Finland, Israel, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States. Positions are limited and therefore highly competitive. Students also have the opportunity to attend Winter and Summer schools at overseas universities.
As a faculty steeped in tradition, this degree has a more academic focus than some of its counter parts at universities that place a greater emphasis on practical skills. For example, while there is a dynamic mooting competition (i.e. mock-trials) organized by the student-run Sydney University Law Society (SULS), there are no formal mooting requirements encompassed within the degree's core subjects. Problem-based questions requiring students to apply their academic knowledge in a practical way is, however, the most common form of assessment in this degree, with academic essays reserved for particular subjects such as International Law and the Federal Constitution.
The Sydney University Law Faculty also provides ample opportunities for students to participate in overseas study. As well as its exchange programs, the faculty offers summer and winter school subjects across China, Japan and South East Asia, an international law subject on location in the Himalayas, and pathways for high-performing students to study at Oxford.
If undertaken as a combined degree, the Bachelor of Law can be combined with: Business, Engineering, Communication, Science, Information Technology, or International Studies.
Teaching format: Most subjects have 1 x 2 hour lecture + 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week. Some subjects have 2 x 1-2 hour seminars per week, or 1 x 3 hour seminar per week.
Assessment: Assessment requirements vary across subjects. All subjects have a mid-semester exam or assignment (usually worth 40%) and a final exam that is usually open-book (usually worth 50%). Most subjects also have a mark for participation during tutorials (usually 10%). Very occasionally, a subject will consist entirely of take-home assessments (either assignments or take-home exams due within a few days of their release).
17 compulsory units (102 credit points) made up of: Perspectives on Law; Legal Method and Research; Criminal Law; Torts; Contracts; Australian Constitutional Law; Real Property; Commercial Law; Equity and Trusts; Corporate Law; Administrative Law; Evidence and Criminal Procedure; Civil Litigation; and Ethics and Professional Conduct.
Exchange opportunities: UTS has around 70 partnerships with international universities spread across Europe, Asia, North, Central and South America, many of which offer law exchanges.
Degree Structure: 4 years full-time as a stand-alone degree; 5 years full-time in conjunction with a second bachelor degree.
Degree overview: The University of Technology, Sydney has gained a reputation for degrees geared towards practical training and industry experience, and its law degree is no exception. With core subjects such as Civil Litigation that incorporate skills-based assessment such as negotiations, and a unique practical legal training program, UTS law students are well equipped with important professional skills by the time they graduate.
All law graduates in NSW are required to undergo a practical legal training course before they can be admitted to practice - but UTS is one of the few universities in Australia to offer an accredited Practical Legal Training (PLT) program that is integrated within the bachelor degree. The PLT program offers UTS students an alternative to undergoing study at the College of Law as most students do upon graduation. Places are limited within the UTS program, and students must pass certain academic subjects to qualify, in addition to completing a practical experience work placement of 16 weeks.
Students who decide not to undergo the PLT program in their final year of study instead have a choice of elective units. This option provides for students who are considering a career in academia rather than legal practice, or who would prefer to gain more specialised knowledge in a particular area of the law through focused subjects.
2013 ATAR cut-off: 90.00 and above (varies according to combined degree choice).
Teaching format: All subjects have 1 x 3 hour seminar per week.
Assessment structure: Most subjects have a mark for participation during seminars (10%), one mid-semester assignment (usually 30-35%), and a final exam that is usually open-book (usually 50-60%).
18 compulsory Units (108 credit points made up of the following subjects): Introduction to Law; Torts Law; Law Foundation; Criminal Law; Contracts; Property Law; Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics; Constitutional Law; Commercial Law; Equity, Trusts and Remedies 1; Equity, Trusts and Remedies 2; Law of Associations; Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure; Revenue Law; Criminal Procedure and Evidence; and Administrative Law.
Exchange opportunities: UWS offers student exchanges to 80 different universities around the world, though not all exchange locations are appropriate for law students. However, there may be wider exchange opportunities available through the other degree in a law combined degree program.
Degree overview: The Bachelor of Laws at the University of Western Sydney can be distinguished by its significant practical focus and a teaching style that prioritizes smaller class sizes and interactive learning. Deviating from the traditional university teaching format of large lectures and smaller tutorial groups, most law subjects at UWS are taught with a single, three-hour long seminar. With around 20 to 30 students in each seminar, there is ample opportunity for students to ask questions and seek individual guidance.
Can be combined with: Arts, Commerce.
Compulsory units (132 credit points made up of the following): Legal Research and Writing; Legal Process; Legal History; Criminal Law A&B; Contemporary Legal Issues; Principles of Contract Law A&B; Principles of Torts A&B; Property Law A&B; Principles of Equity and the Law of Trusts; Advocacy; Administrative Law A&B; Evidence A&B; Constitutional Law A&B; Corporations and Partnerships; Commercial Practice and Ethics; Civil Procedure A&B; Remedies; International and Comparative Law; Legal Philosophy; and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Elective units (42 credit points chosen from the following, [subject to seasonal change]): Health law; Mining and Petroleum Law; Trade Practices Law; Employee Relations Law; Family Law; Intellectual Property Law; Human Rights Law; Indigenous Law; Insolvency; Succession; Bioethics and the Law; Corporations and Partnerships; Occupational Safety and Health Law; Environmental Law; Construction and Building Contract law; Entertainment Law; Introduction to Canon Law; Law and Religion; Law of Corporate Finance; Personal Taxation Law; Law in Context (Externships); Law Review; Advanced Research Project; Directed Research Project.
Exchange opportunities: USA, Europe, Asia.
Degree Overview: The Bachelor of Laws at the University of Notre Dame is unique for its acceptance of undergraduate students into a stand-alone law degree, without the requirement of most other Sydney law schools that students undergo a combined degree. The degree places emphasis on ethics, practical legal applications, professional skills and the concepts of duty, social justice and service to others. As a Catholic institution, students university-wide are required to undergo core Notre Dame units in Philosophy, Ethics and Theology.
Our friends at Notre Dame must either be very busy studying or taking advantage of student discounts at local eateries, because they didn't get back to us before this article went live! Watch this space for info straight from the horse's mouth about what law students at Notre Dame like best about their degree… and in the meantime, check out the degree profile here.
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Sydney University's law school building.
A high-rise law faculty, right in the city centre.
Everyone loves a pun. Thanks Randy Glasbergen.
The Supreme Court of New South Wales...a sight you might need to get used to.


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Blackout For Pakistani TV Channel Amid Tug-Of-War With Military
Frud Bezhan
PAKISTAN -- Pakistani Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Qamar Javed Bajwa arrives to attend the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, March 23, 201
Pakistani media outlets and journalists often face consequences for refusing to toe the line of the country's all-powerful military.
The Pakistani military and its notorious intelligence services have long been accused of stifling the independent media and silencing opposition through intimidation, censorship, and even assassination.
Now observers say Pakistan's popular Geo TV is being punished for its tug-of-war with the military. Geo TV, part of Pakistan's largest commercial media group, Jang, was taken off the air in many parts of the country on April 1, with media watchdogs and journalists claiming foul play.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PERMA) and the Islamabad government have insisted they were not behind the suspension of the channel. Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said he launched an investigation on April 3, but the perpetrators have still not been found or named.
With no claim of responsibility, many suspect the military, which has an oversized role in domestic and foreign affairs in the South Asian country.
"There's no doubt that the military is behind the blackout," says Ayesha Siddiqa, a Pakistani military analyst and author.
Last month, Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa held an off-the-record briefing with a group of journalists in Rawalpindi that was widely reported. Bajwa described Geo TV as "subversive" and warned the channel that it would face consequences for crossing "red lines" by challenging the military, several reporters with knowledge about what was discussed during the briefing told RFE/RL. The military has rejected this account of events.
"The military doesn't want any channel to report about anything that is against [its] interests, certainly not in its ongoing political battle," says Siddiqa. "Geo TV is one of the few Pakistani media outlets that are ready to provide an alternative perspective."
The Pakistani military did not respond to a request for comment.
Geo TV and the military have been at odds since 2014, when Geo TV anchor and journalist Hamid Mir was shot in the port city of Karachi. Mir accused the military's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency of ordering the assassination attempt. Geo TV publicly backed Mir's claims, while the military denied any involvement.
Recently, Geo TV has refused to follow the military's line on the corruption case against ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is embroiled in an ongoing war of words with the military. The Supreme Court in July 2017 disqualified Sharif from office due to corruption charges, which he has refuted. Sharif blamed "hidden hands" for his ousting, an apparent reference to the military.
Allies of the three-time prime minister, who was toppled in a military coup in 1999, have called the case a political vendetta and suggested the military might be behind it.
Pakistani journalists say Geo TV has been of the few outlets in Pakistan that has reported independently on the corruption case and given the side of the Sharif family.
"The establishment wants to scuttle any dissent covered by the media, especially to prevent the voice of Nawaz Sharif from reaching the public," says Marvi Sirmed, an Islamabad-based journalist and human rights activist. "It is important ahead of elections in order to get the public opinion manipulated through other, more obedient media outlets."
Geo TV anchors and senior journalists have also taken a stance against the rolling back of the 18th amendment, which in 2010 decentralized power in Pakistan and brought about a parliamentary system, reversing many changes made by military rulers to the constitution over the last few decades.
"This is not just about Nawaz Sharif, but also about dissent over rolling back the 18th amendment, too," says Sirmed, who claims the military wants to roll back the constitutional amendment "because it is affecting the establishment's ability to manipulate policy" and its "control on resources."
Bajwa, in his off-the-record briefing with journalists, was quoted widely as saying that the 18th amendment was "more dangerous than Sheikh Mujibur Rehman's six points."
Rehman was the founding father of Bangladesh, which gained independence from Pakistan after a devastating war in 1971. His six points were a demand for greater autonomy five years before the Bengali war of independence erupted.
The Pakistani military has said Bajwa's comments were taken out of context and that the military was not opposed to the 18th amendment.
'Too Frightened'
Geo TV's suspension has outraged many Pakistani journalists and media activists who have called it a blatant suppression of press freedom.
Pakistani columnist and analyst Imtiaz Alam has called the suspension of Geo TV an example of "blatant suppression of freedom of press and freedom of expression and people's right to know."
"Time and again it has been proven that a ban is counterproductive, whether it [is] on a party, person, or on media," Pakistani journalist Mazhar Abbas tweeted on April 1. "Yet we have a habit of repeating the same mistakes time and again..."
A statement on Geo TV's website says that "Pakistan's constitution and law[s] guarantee the fundamental right of access to information to the citizens of Pakistan."
"The arbitrary suspension of Geo TV on cable TV is a direct assault on Pakistan's constitutionally guaranteed right to access information," says Steven Butler, the Asia program coordinator at the Committee To Protect Journalists. "It's outrageous that authorities are either unable to find or too frightened to name those powerful enough to orchestrate the blocking of news distribution."

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Notre Dame cathedral is pictured in Paris. Notre Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution, because the Paris landmark was too deeply damaged by this year's fire.
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Notre Dame cathedral is pictured in Paris.
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Parts of a destroyed ribbed vault and scaffolding are pictured at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris. The chief architect of France's historic monuments says that three months after the April 15 fire that devastated Notre Dame Cathedral the site is still being secured.
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Rubble lies below the Pieta sculpture and a cross inside the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits in Paris.
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One of the iconic stained glass windows of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
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import sys
import os
import numpy
import math

timeChunkSize = 0.0

resultDir = os.environ.get('RESULTS')
if resultDir == None :
    print ("WARNING! $RESULTS not set! Attempt to write results will fail!\n")

fileInfo = sys.argv[1]
resultsPlace = resultDir+"/"+fileInfo+"/"

if not os.path.exists(resultsPlace):
    print ("WARNING! The results directory requested does not exist! Perhaps there is some typo...\n")
    exit()

resultsTable = []
inTopResults = []
outTopResults = []
inBotResults = []
outBotResults = []
topFlowResults = []
botFlowResults = []
lines = []
words = []

#Firstly, get rid of any files which could cause trouble and crash things
fileName = resultsPlace+"mainResults.p"
try:
    os.remove(fileName)
except OSError:
    pass

fileName = resultsPlace+"regressionData.dat"
try:
    os.remove(fileName)
except OSError:
    pass

fileName = resultsPlace+"mathFormatData.dat"
try:
    os.remove(fileName)
except OSError:
    pass

fileName = resultsPlace+"topFlowData.dat"
try:
    os.remove(fileName)
except OSError:
    pass

fileName = resultsPlace+"botFlowData.dat"
try:
    os.remove(fileName)
except OSError:
    pass

fileName = resultsPlace+"inTopData.dat"
try:
    os.remove(fileName)
except OSError:
    pass

fileName = resultsPlace+"outBotData.dat"
try:
    os.remove(fileName)
except OSError:
    pass

fileName = resultsPlace+"inBotData.dat"
try:
    os.remove(fileName)
except OSError:
    pass

fileName = resultsPlace+"outTopData.dat"
try:
    os.remove(fileName)
except OSError:
    pass

directoryList = os.listdir(resultsPlace)

g = open(resultsPlace+"regressionData.dat", 'w')

for i in directoryList:

    sites = []
    times = []
    steps = []
    types = []
    typesTimeAverage = []
    currentDir = resultsPlace+i
    print("Considering file "+currentDir+"\n")

    #execfile(currentDir+"/traj.tr")

    with open(currentDir + "/settings", 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
    words = (lines[0]).split()
    botConc = float(words[2])
    words = (lines[1]).split()
    topConc = float(words[2])
    words = (lines[2]).split()
    fullRate = float(words[2])
    words = (lines[3]).split()
    sysSize = int(words[2])+4
    words = (lines[4]).split()
    timeInterval = float(words[2])
    """
    currentList = os.listdir(currentDir+"/outTop")
    totalTime = 0.0
    totalCounts = 0
    totalSquareSum = 0.0
    totalRateSum = 0.0
    totalRateSum = 0.0
    totalSquareSum = 0.0
    totalRateTopSum = 0.0
    totalTopSquareSum = 0.0
    totalRateBotSum = 0.0
    totalBotSquareSum = 0.0
    totalRateInTopSum = 0.0
    totalRateOutTopSum = 0.0
    totalRateInBotSum = 0.0
    totalRateOutBotSum = 0.0
    totalInTopSquareSum = 0.0
    totalOutTopSquareSum = 0.0
    totalInBotSquareSum = 0.0
    totalOutBotSquareSum = 0.0
    for passNum in range(0, len(currentList)):

        with open(currentDir +"/outTop/outTop"+str(passNum)+".dat", 'r') as f:
            lines = f.readlines()
            words = (lines[-1]).split()
            timeStep = float(words[-1])
            totalTime += timeStep
            outTop = int(words[-2])

        with open(currentDir +"/inTop/inTop"+str(passNum)+".dat", 'r') as f:
            lines = f.readlines()
            words = (lines[-1]).split()
            inTop = int(words[-2])

        with open(currentDir +"/outBot/outBot"+str(passNum)+".dat", 'r') as f:
            lines = f.readlines()
            words = (lines[-1]).split()
            outBot = int(words[-2])

        with open(currentDir +"/inBot/inBot"+str(passNum)+".dat", 'r') as f:
            lines = f.readlines()
            words = (lines[-1]).split()
            inBot = int(words[-2])

        if timeStep != 0.0:
            rate = float(inBot + outTop - inTop - outBot)/(2.0*timeStep)
            rateTop = float(outTop-inTop)/timeStep
            rateBot = float(inBot-outBot)/timeStep
            rateInTop = float(inTop)/timeStep
            rateOutTop = float(outTop)/timeStep
            rateInBot = float(inBot)/timeStep
            rateOutBot = float(outBot)/timeStep
        else:
            rate = 0.0
            rateTop = 0.0
            rateBot = 0.0

        totalRateSum += rate
        totalSquareSum += rate*rate
        totalRateTopSum += rateTop
        totalTopSquareSum += rateTop*rateTop
        totalRateBotSum += rateBot
        totalBotSquareSum += rateBot*rateBot
        totalRateInTopSum += rateInTop
        totalRateOutTopSum += rateOutTop
        totalRateInBotSum += rateInBot
        totalRateOutBotSum += rateOutBot
        totalInTopSquareSum += rateInTop*rateInTop
        totalOutTopSquareSum += rateOutTop*rateOutTop
        totalInBotSquareSum += rateInBot*rateInBot
        totalOutBotSquareSum += rateOutBot*rateOutBot

    flowMean = totalRateSum/len(currentList)
    flowErr = numpy.sqrt((totalSquareSum - totalRateSum*totalRateSum/len(currentList))/(len(currentList)-1))
    flowTopMean = totalRateTopSum/len(currentList)
    flowTopErr = numpy.sqrt((totalTopSquareSum - totalRateTopSum*totalRateTopSum/len(currentList))/(len(currentList)-1))
    flowBotMean = totalRateBotSum/len(currentList)
    flowBotErr = numpy.sqrt((totalBotSquareSum - totalRateBotSum*totalRateBotSum/len(currentList))/(len(currentList)-1))
    flowInBotMean = totalRateInBotSum/len(currentList)
    flowInBotErr = numpy.sqrt((totalInBotSquareSum - totalRateInBotSum*totalRateInBotSum/len(currentList))/(len(currentList)-1))
    flowOutBotMean = totalRateOutBotSum/len(currentList)
    flowOutBotErr = numpy.sqrt((totalOutBotSquareSum - totalRateOutBotSum*totalRateOutBotSum/len(currentList))/(len(currentList)-1))
    flowInTopMean = totalRateInTopSum/len(currentList)
    flowInTopErr = numpy.sqrt((totalInTopSquareSum - totalRateInTopSum*totalRateInTopSum/len(currentList))/(len(currentList)-1))
    flowOutTopMean = totalRateOutTopSum/len(currentList)
    flowOutTopErr = numpy.sqrt((totalOutTopSquareSum - totalRateOutTopSum*totalRateOutTopSum/len(currentList))/(len(currentList)-1))

    if not (math.isnan(flowMean) or math.isnan(flowErr)):
        resultsTable.append([(botConc, topConc), (flowMean, flowErr), fullRate])

    if not(math.isnan(flowInTopMean) or math.isnan(flowInTopErr)):
        inTopResults.append(str((botConc-topConc)/float(sysSize-4))+" "+str(flowInTopMean)+" "+str(flowInTopErr)+"\n")

    if not(math.isnan(flowInBotMean) or math.isnan(flowInBotErr)):
        inBotResults.append(str((botConc-topConc)/float(sysSize-4))+" "+str(flowInBotMean)+" "+str(flowInBotErr)+"\n")

    if not(math.isnan(flowOutTopMean) or math.isnan(flowOutTopErr)):
        outTopResults.append(str((botConc-topConc)/float(sysSize-4))+" "+str(flowOutTopMean)+" "+str(flowOutTopErr)+"\n")

    if not(math.isnan(flowOutBotMean) or math.isnan(flowOutBotErr)):
        outBotResults.append(str((botConc-topConc)/float(sysSize-4))+" "+str(flowOutBotMean)+" "+str(flowOutBotErr)+"\n")

    if not(math.isnan(flowTopMean) or math.isnan(flowTopErr)):
        topFlowResults.append(str((botConc-topConc)/float(sysSize-4))+" "+str(flowTopMean)+" "+str(flowTopErr)+"\n")

    if not(math.isnan(flowBotMean) or math.isnan(flowBotErr)):
        botFlowResults.append(str((botConc-topConc)/float(sysSize-4))+" "+str(flowBotMean)+" "+str(flowBotErr)+"\n")
    """
    typeHistory = []
    finalTime = 0.0
    initialTime = 0.0
    typeFile = open(currentDir+"/typeStats.dat", "w")
    typeChangeTable = []
    for index in range(0, sysSize):
        typeChangeTable.append([])
    with open(currentDir + "/trajRecord.tr", 'r') as f:
        for line in f:
            words = line.split()
            typeChangeTable[int(words[2])].append((0.5*(float(words[0])+float(words[1])), words[3]))
            finalTime = float(words[1])
    print("Finished reading from file.\n")
    with open(currentDir + "/trajRecord.tr", 'r') as f:
        line = f.readline()
        words = line.split()
        initialTime = float(words[0])

    numTimeChunks = sysSize
    timeChunkSize = (finalTime-initialTime)/float(sysSize)
    for siteIndex in range(2, sysSize-2):
        changes = typeChangeTable[siteIndex]
        chunkStart = 0
        chunkEnd = 0
        currentLength = len(changes)
        for timeChunkIndex in range (1, numTimeChunks-1):
            while chunkStart+1<currentLength and changes[chunkStart+1][0] < timeChunkIndex*timeChunkSize+initialTime:
                chunkStart += 1
            while chunkEnd+1<currentLength and changes[chunkEnd+1][0] < (timeChunkIndex+1)*timeChunkSize+initialTime:
                chunkEnd += 1
            #print("chunkStart = "+str(chunkStart)+"; chunkEnd = "+str(chunkEnd)+"\n")
            tempTotal = 0.0
            overallTotal = 0.0
            if chunkStart == chunkEnd:
                if changes[chunkStart][1] == "O":
                    tempTotal += timeChunkSize
                overallTotal += timeChunkSize
            else:
                if changes[chunkStart][1] == "O":
                    tempTotal += changes[chunkStart+1][0] - (timeChunkIndex*timeChunkSize+initialTime)
                overallTotal += changes[chunkStart+1][0] - (timeChunkIndex*timeChunkSize+initialTime)
                for timeIndex in range(chunkStart+1, chunkEnd):
                    if changes[timeIndex][1] == "O":
                        tempTotal += changes[timeIndex+1][0] - changes[timeIndex][0]
                        #print("O "+str(changes[timeIndex+1][0] - changes[timeIndex][0]))
                    #else:
                        #print("V "+str(changes[timeIndex+1][0] - changes[timeIndex][0]))
                    overallTotal += changes[timeIndex+1][0] - changes[timeIndex][0]
                        #print("O")
                    #else:
                        #print("V")
                if changes[chunkEnd][1] == "O":
                    tempTotal += (timeChunkIndex+1)*timeChunkSize+initialTime - changes[chunkEnd][0]
                overallTotal += (timeChunkIndex+1)*timeChunkSize+initialTime - changes[chunkEnd][0]
            typeFile.write(str(tempTotal/overallTotal)+" ")
        typeFile.write("\n")
    typeFile.close()

    #print(str(diffConc)+" "+topInRate+" "+topInErr+" "+topOutRate+" "+topOutErr+" "+botInRate+" "+botInErr+" "+botOutRate+" "+botOutErr)
#    if not (math.isnan(flowMean) or math.isnan(flowMean)):
#        g.write(str(botConc)+" "+str(topConc)+" "+str(flowMean)+" "+str(flowErr)+"\n")
g.write("\n")
g.close()
#pickle.dump(resultsTable, open(resultsPlace+"mainResults.p", "wb"))

"""
flow = []
flowErr = []
gradient = []

with open(resultsPlace+"mathFormatData.dat", 'w') as f:
    for i in resultsTable:
        f.write(str((i[0][0]-i[0][1])/float(sysSize))+" "+str(i[1][0])+" "+str(i[1][1])+"\n")

with open(resultsPlace+"topFlowData.dat", 'w') as f:
    for i in topFlowResults:
        f.write(i)

with open(resultsPlace+"botFlowData.dat", 'w') as f:
    for i in botFlowResults:
        f.write(i)

with open(resultsPlace+"inTopData.dat", 'w') as f:
    for i in inTopResults:
        f.write(i)

with open(resultsPlace+"outTopData.dat", 'w') as f:
    for i in outTopResults:
        f.write(i)

with open(resultsPlace+"inBotData.dat", 'w') as f:
    for i in inBotResults:
        f.write(i)

with open(resultsPlace+"outBotData.dat", 'w') as f:
    for i in outBotResults:
        f.write(i)

for i in resultsTable:
    flow.append(i[1][0])
    flowErr.append(i[1][1])
    gradient.append((i[0][0]-i[0][1])/float(sysSize-4))
    #print(str(gradient[-1])+" "+str(flow[-1])+" "+str(flowErr[-1]))

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import statsmodels.formula.api as sm

y_list = gradient
x_list = flow
y_err = flowErr

# put x and y into a pandas DataFrame, and the weights into a Series
ws = pd.DataFrame({
    'x': x_list,
    'y': y_list
})
weights = pd.Series(y_err)

wls_fit = sm.wls('x ~ y', data=ws, weights=1.0 / ((weights)**2)).fit()
ols_fit = sm.ols('x ~ y', data=ws).fit()

# show the fit summary by calling wls_fit.summary()
# wls fit r-squared is 0.754
# ols fit r-squared is 0.701

with open(resultsPlace+"regressionData.dat", 'a') as f:
    f.writelines([str(wls_fit.summary())+"\n", str(wls_fit.params[0])+" "+str(wls_fit.bse[0])+"\n", str(wls_fit.params[1])+" "+str(wls_fit.bse[1])+"\n"])

# This stuff works, but is far too slow =(
    for siteIndex in range(2, sysSize-2):
        changeTimes = []
        timeOccupation = []
        previousType = "V"
        for steps in typeChangeTable[siteIndex]:
            changeTimes.append(steps[0])
            if previousType == "O":
                timeOccupation.append(1.0)
            else:
                timeOccupation.append(0.0)
            changeTimes.append(steps[1])
            previousType = steps[2]
            if previousType == "O":
                timeOccupation.append(1.0)
            else:
                timeOccupation.append(0.0)
        print("Finished calculating weightings for site "+str(siteIndex)+".\n")
        typeChangeTable[siteIndex] = []
        # So at this point, we have a load of times and what their weightings should be multiplied by.
        # Therefore at this point, we should find the times relevant to a particular time chunk, copy these into a separate list
        # which is shifted to bring things back to zero at the start of the relvant timeChunk, then feed that list to pPU.weightingsFinder.
        chunkStart = 0
        chunkEnd = 0
        for timeChunkIndex in range (1, numTimeChunks-1):
            while changeTimes[chunkStart+1] < timeChunkIndex*timeChunkSize:
                chunkStart += 1
            while changeTimes[chunkEnd] < (timeChunkIndex+1)*timeChunkSize:
                chunkEnd += 1
            tempTimeList = []
            tempOccupancies = []
            for timeIndex in range(chunkStart, chunkEnd+1):
                tempTimeList.append(changeTimes[timeIndex]-(timeChunkIndex-1)*timeChunkSize)
                tempOccupancies.append(timeOccupation[timeIndex])
            weightings = pPU.weightingsFinder(tempTimeList, timeChunkSize)
            tempTotal = 0.0
            chunkWeights = weightings[1]
            for weight in chunkWeights[1]:
                tempTotal += tempOccupancies[weight[0]]*weight[1]
            typeFile.write(str(tempTotal*float(sysSize)/finalTime)+" ")"""

#    weightings = pPU.weightingsFinder(times, timeChunkSize)
#    numTypes = len(types[1])
#    typeStats = []
#
#    with open(currentDir+"/types.dat", "w") as kindFile:
#        for typeList in types:
#            #print(typeList)
#            for kind in range(0, len(typeList)):
#                #print(str(kind))
#                kindFile.write(typeList[kind])
#            kindFile.write("\n")
#
#    for typeIndex in range(0, numTypes):
#        typeHistory = []
#        for chunkWeights in weightings:
#            tempTotal = 0.0
#            for weight in chunkWeights[1]:
#                temp = types[weight[0]]
#                if temp[typeIndex] == "O":
#                    tempTotal += weight[1]
#            typeHistory.append([chunkWeights[0], tempTotal/timeChunkSize])
#        typeStats.append(typeHistory)
#
#    with open(currentDir+"/typeStats.dat", "w") as typeFile:
#        for typeHistory in typeStats:
#            for chunk in typeHistory:
#                typeFile.write(str(chunk[1])+" ")
#            typeFile.write("\n")

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Info: Here's the intro for Staying with Aunt Katie. I can't stress enough that this is just the intro — so depending on your reading speed will probably be over in five minutes or so. It stops right before where I plan on putting the tutorial.
he game uses regular maps for now but I plan on eventually switching over to how Cohabitation is, with an image representing each room and tags to click on. Needing roughly four images for each room (daytime, daytime with Katie in it, nighttime, and nighttime with Katie in it) is time consuming due to having to render them. Hopefully, by the time I upload the first real version of the game, they'll be done.


A couple of days ago I woke up in the middle of the night craving cheesecake, which is weird because I have no idea where the craving came from. I hadn't been talking about it and I don't recall seeing anything about cheesecake anywhere. When you think about it, it's really strange how you can just start caving something out of the blue and how you just aren't satisfied until you get that one thing that you want.
Instead of going out to buy a whole cheesecake (as I have shamelessly done in the past) I decided to make one. Now, when I decided to make cheesecake my intentions were to make a whole cheesecake but somewhere in the process, my cheesecake turned into crustless cheesecake cups.
I've never really been a fan of "crust" of any kind (pie, cheesecake, etc) so I thought to myself, "why add something you don't like and aren't going to eat to a recipe just because it's 'supposed' to part of it", so, I nixed the crust. Then, I whipped up a filling and decided to bake it in individual ramekins. I definitely overfilled the ramekins so the cheesecake didn't set properly. So back to the drawing board I went. The last time, I decided to make the same filling but nix the egg and just eat the filling on its own without baking it. Honestly, the filling by itself was exactly what I wanted. I spooned it into the ramekins, topped it with some crushed graham crackers and sliced mangos. I think from now on, this will be my "cheesecake" recipe when I want a quick and fast version. The recipe is so easy to make and you can really make it any flavor that you want. All you have to do is to puree some fruit and add it to the mixture. I can't want to experiment with different flavors.
If you're looking for something quick and easy, try out the recipe below.
Combine all ingredients using a mixer. Spoon into ramekins and enjoy.
Notes: Add in 1/4 cup of fruit puree to the mixture to make a flavored cheesecake. Depending on the consistency of the puree mixture, increase the amount of cream cheese in this recipe to maintain the thickness of the mixture.


The issues of plastic waste arise owing to the global increase in plastic demand, which has surpassed the plastic recycling rate. Microalgae have become a sustainable feedstock to produce biodegradable thermoplastic starch because of their high yield, high photosynthetic efficiency, ease of cultivation and eco-friendliness. This research was conducted to determine the efficiency of different methods for starch extraction and recovery. Starch was extracted through ultrasonication, bead-beating and physicochemical methods and then separated, dried and analysed with a Megazyme total starch analysis kit. Of these tested methods, the physicochemical method (90 °C, 30 min) was the most efficient method for starch extraction, where the starch increment was 323.05% ± 32.03% relative to the control. However, the bead-beating method was the most efficient method when starch recovery was conducted on Chlorella salina cells, exhibiting the highest increment (96.60% ± 2.73%). Therefore, the physicochemical and bead-beating methods were the viable methods for enhancing the efficiency of starch extraction and recovery, respectively.
Physicochemical method (90 °C, 30 min) was the most efficient method for starch extraction.
The author (Wong, P.Y.) is grateful to his supervisor (Dr. Lee Chee Keong) for his encouragement, advice and patient guidance throughout the whole research project. The authors would like to thank the School of Industrial Technology, USM for allowing her to use the available facilities and equipment in the laboratory throughout the study. The author (Lee, C.K.) would like to express his greatest gratitude to USM for giving him a USM Research Universiti grant (1001/PTEKIND/811273).


New releases shake up the DVD, CD, and Fiction lists; however, the Nonfiction chart remains relatively unchanged.
Barry Manilow, 15 Minutes: Fame...Can You Take It?
Oscar contender, True Grit, tops the DVD chart, and while nothing seems able to dethrone Adele, the same can't be said for Charlaine Harris, who tumbles several spots on the Fiction list. In Nonfiction, Ann Coulter looks to oust David McCullough from first place.
What are your plans for Father's Day? What CDs, DVDs, or audiobooks do you recommend for dads?
The third season of True Blood joins the DVD list. Meanwhile, Adele and Gaga hold strong to CDs' top seeds and the sequel to Shanghai Girls debuts at fiction's top spot.
Midwest Tape is exhibiting at ALA in New Orleans, and this year, we're all about harmony. We want to show you not only all we can do to provide you the best in library services and media, but also how we can work seamlessly with your library to ensure easy ordering, shelving, and circulating.
Happy libraries mean happy patrons, and we're ready to let the good times roll—or as they say in N'awlins: Laissez les bons temps rouler!
June is Audiobook Month! The Audio Publishers Association has planned the "Get Caught Listening" campaign, a social media blitz promoted by popular authors like James Patterson, David Baldacci, and Meg Cabot.1 The aim of the campaign is to make consumers (such as library patrons) more aware of the wealth of great titles that are available on audiobook.
In honor of Audiobook Month and to get caught up in the Get Caught Listening spirit, let's take a look at what's going on in the world of audiobooks.
A few weeks ago, we discussed ways in which you and your patrons can use audiobooks to enhance a summer vacation. Now that summer is upon us, it's the perfect time to promote your audiobook collection. We've put together a collection of great summer listens for kids. In addition, summer is blockbuster season for movies; check out our June Audiobook Buyer's Guide for audiobook tie-ins for some of this summer's most anticipated films.
The Audie competition is "the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment."2 The awards are handed out each year in May, with this year's ceremony taking place on May 24. The big winner was Life, the autobiography of Rolling Stones lead guitarist Keith Richards, which took the award for Audiobook of the Year as well as Best Biography/Memoir. For a full list of this year's winners and nominees, click here, and to shop our collection of winners, click here.
The books Oprah has chosen have sold more than 22 million copies in the past ten years, and that number only includes the special editions branded with her logo.4 Although Oprah's daytime talk show has come to an end, she has promised to continue her book club with a show dedicated to books and authors on her new network, OWN.5 It remains to be seen if the effect will be as substantial without the daily talk show promoting books. For a list of Oprah book club selections available on audio from Midwest Tape, click here.
As this article from Library Journal points out, acquiring audiobooks can be a challenge for libraries due to vendor exclusives, different publication dates for audiobooks vs. print editions, and any number of other factors. The rise of digital editions has only compounded this problem. However, Midwest Tape is here to help. It's true that other vendors do offer some library edition titles that we don't have access to, but such is the case with all vendors. However, we do have the widest array and the broadest depth of titles out of any library vendor, and we offer the most flexible standing order plans and competitively price our titles. Plus, we now offer library exclusive audiobooks from Dreamscape Media.
Does your library have any events or promotions planned for Audiobook Month or for the summer in general? What titles are your patrons clamoring for right now? Let us have your thoughts in the comments section below.


...every white tiger in the U.S. is not only the result of repeated inbreeding of genetically defective animals but, even worse, is a hybrid or crossbred animal.
This photo illustrates the facial deformities that typically accompany the white gene. You never see these "throw-away" cats on display in zoos.
It is those offspring which have been disseminated throughout the U.S. One of the individuals who owned the litter of five brothers and sisters representing the American crossbred white tiger bloodline has continued to inbreed his tigers for over the past twenty-five years even though his neonate mortality rate has often exceeded eighty per cent and his tigers are severely defective and unfit. By pure chance and against overwhelming odds, when the two separate bloodlines, the Indian and American, were crossed for the first and only time at the Cincinnati Zoo, the offspring were fairly thrifty and of normal birth weight.
This was the normal course of natural selection and evolution of the tiger until a young white tiger male was captured in 1951, raised and then inbred to one of his daughters by a Maharajah in India who had captured him. Then, in the early 1970's, the recessive genetic mutation for the white color was present in both the male Siberian tiger and the female Bengal tiger that were exhibited and bred at the small zoo in South Dakota resulting in the origin of the American white tiger bloodline.
To quote from Dr. Ron Tilson, Conservation Director of the Minnesota Zoo, "The white tiger controversy among zoos is a small part ethics and a large part economics. The tiger Species Survival Plan has condemned breeding white tigers because of their mixed ancestry, most have been hybridized with other subspecies and are of unknown lineage, and because they serve no conservation purpose. Owners of white tigers say they are popular exhibit animals and increase zoo attendance and revenues as well. The same rationalization can be applied to the selective propagation of white lions, king cheetahs and other phenotypically aberrant animals."
"However, there is an unspoken issue that shames the very integrity of zoos, their alleged conservation programs and their message to the visiting public. To produce white tigers or any other phenotypic curiosity, directors of zoos and other facilities must continuously inbreed father to daughter and father to granddaughter and so on. At issue is a contradiction of fundamental genetic principles upon which all Species Survival Plans for endangered species in captivity are based. White tigers are an aberration artificially bred and proliferated by some zoos, private breeders and a few circuses who do so for economic rather than conservation reasons."
Dr. Tilson made these comments before I informed him that all the white tigers in the U.S. are crossbred or hybrid animals, part Siberian and part Bengal. So, in conclusion, every white tiger in the U.S. is not only the result of repeated inbreeding of genetically defective animals but, even worse, is a hybrid or crossbred animal. Thus, anyone involved in breeding and/or exhibiting white tigers is doing a great disservice to honest conservation and preservation efforts to save the five remaining and endangered subspecies of tigers barely clinging to survival in their rapidly diminishing natural habitats.
The genealogical misrepresentation, repeated inbreeding, exhibition and sale, for $60,000 each, of white tigers by the Cincinnati Zoo initiated the greatest conservation deception of the American public in history. That deception continues through today. In my view, exhibiting and breeding white tigers is the very antithesis of conservation, is dishonest and unethical and is tantamount to catering to the public's desire to see genetic aberrations rather than educating the public regarding the incredible process of natural selection, how the unbelievable diversity of life has evolved on our planet throughout the past 50 million years and the crucial need for us to preserve natural habitats and stop the destruction of our global ecosystem if we desire to save any threatened or endangered species from extinction.
Dr. Laughlin is widely recognized internationally for his expertise in the care and management of zoological animals, especially zoological cats and elephants. He has an international consulting practice limited to zoological animals and when he completed his research into the accurate genealogy of the white tiger he had well over 250 tigers in his practice alone.


the UK 5-piece's fifth studio album sees a tonal shift to something much more euphoric, introducing a pop-ier sound to their widescreen, anthemic style.
including the explosive original album, this includes a wealth of alternate versions for nigh on every track.
the incomparable, multi-talented singer/composer moves beyond the singer-songwriter soundworld to create a dark, explosive, & cinematic opus.
'Old Souls' sees the band tug at the heartstrings of classic rock with gut-busting heft (a la springsteen & the hold steady), slicing up their sound into 12 pieces of emotionally-driven songwriting.
From acoustic power surge 'Saved', through the caustic wit of 'Everybody's Dancing & I Want To Die' & the frankness of 'Caro Padre' – where chief songwriter James Veck-Gilodi opens up for the first time about his estranged father – his autobiographical lyrics leave no stone unturned.


text:
package com.fh.entity.system;

import java.util.List;
/**
 *
* 类名称:Menu.java
* 类描述:
* @author FH
* 作者单位:
* 联系方式:
* 创建时间:2014年6月28日
* @version 1.0
 */
public class Menu {

	private String MENU_ID;
	private String MENU_NAME;
	private String MENU_URL;
	private String PARENT_ID;
	private String MENU_ORDER;
	private String MENU_ICON;
	private String MENU_TYPE;
	private String target;

	private Menu parentMenu;
	private List<Menu> subMenu;

	private boolean hasMenu = false;

	public String getMENU_ID() {
		return MENU_ID;
	}
	public void setMENU_ID(String mENU_ID) {
		MENU_ID = mENU_ID;
	}
	public String getMENU_NAME() {
		return MENU_NAME;
	}
	public void setMENU_NAME(String mENU_NAME) {
		MENU_NAME = mENU_NAME;
	}
	public String getMENU_URL() {
		return MENU_URL;
	}
	public void setMENU_URL(String mENU_URL) {
		MENU_URL = mENU_URL;
	}
	public String getPARENT_ID() {
		return PARENT_ID;
	}
	public void setPARENT_ID(String pARENT_ID) {
		PARENT_ID = pARENT_ID;
	}
	public String getMENU_ORDER() {
		return MENU_ORDER;
	}
	public void setMENU_ORDER(String mENU_ORDER) {
		MENU_ORDER = mENU_ORDER;
	}
	public Menu getParentMenu() {
		return parentMenu;
	}
	public void setParentMenu(Menu parentMenu) {
		this.parentMenu = parentMenu;
	}
	public List<Menu> getSubMenu() {
		return subMenu;
	}
	public void setSubMenu(List<Menu> subMenu) {
		this.subMenu = subMenu;
	}
	public boolean isHasMenu() {
		return hasMenu;
	}
	public void setHasMenu(boolean hasMenu) {
		this.hasMenu = hasMenu;
	}
	public String getTarget() {
		return target;
	}
	public void setTarget(String target) {
		this.target = target;
	}
	public String getMENU_ICON() {
		return MENU_ICON;
	}
	public void setMENU_ICON(String mENU_ICON) {
		MENU_ICON = mENU_ICON;
	}
	public String getMENU_TYPE() {
		return MENU_TYPE;
	}
	public void setMENU_TYPE(String mENU_TYPE) {
		MENU_TYPE = mENU_TYPE;
	}
}


In 2015, First Solar also entered into a strategic alliance with Caterpillar to market and sell Cat-branded solar panels, manufactured by First Solar, through its worldwide Cat dealer network.
Under the five-year agreement, Zorlu will become a major distributor of First Solar's modules in Turkey, Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia, Turkmenistan, the Ukraine and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In addition to selling PV modules in these markets, Zorlu Solar will undertake its own project development activity and will power its successful projects with First Solar technology.
"First Solar's leading-edge technology has made it an important contributor to the growth of Turkey's solar energy industry. As a major distributor of these high-performance modules, we hope to be able to further expand First Solar's footprint in markets that Zorlu has active interests in," said Sinan AK, CEO, Zorlu Energy.
"We see this agreement as an enabler of our growth strategy in the region. By leveraging Zorlu's commercial strength in these countries we expect to gain access to module sales opportunities in emerging markets, some of which we have not previously targeted," said Stefan Degener, Head of Business Development for Europe, Turkey, and Africa, First Solar.
As part of the agreement, First Solar will transition its existing Business Development resources in Turkey to Zorlu Solar and will close its office in Istanbul. First Solar established a presence in Turkey in 2014.


text:
Cleveland Sues Itself to Push Through Stadium Scam
Outside Source
The ongoing battle to determine if Cleveland will fork over $70 million to the Cleveland Cavaliers to put a nice spit polish on Quicken Loans Arena took a strange turn on Monday, with the city announcing that it plans to sue… itself.
On May 23, members of the Greater Cleveland Congregations, a coalition of nondenominational community activist organizations, along with a slew of unions and progressive groups, presented a petition containing more than 20,000 signatures to the City Council, which would trigger a public referendum to determine whether an admissions tax would be diverted to pay for the arena renovations. When the coalition arrived at City Hall with the petition in tow, the City Council president, Kevin Kelley, refused to accept it into the public record and later found himself subject to the wrath of a (rightly) angered public at at a series of council meetings.
In response, lawyers representing the coalition filed a taxpayer demand letter stating that the City Council acted in violation of the state constitution by refusing to certify the petition.


text:
Ring In 2020 In Gatlinburg
Where do you plan to be on December 31 to ring in 2020? For some, staying at home to watch the Times Square ball drop on TV is the way to go, while others don't even stay awake long enough to see midnight. But if you're the type that likes to get out and celebrate on New Year's Eve, we have just the ticket for you.
That night, the city of Gatlinburg will ring in the new year at the iconic Space Needle attraction for its 32nd Annual New Year's Eve Ball Drop and Fireworks Show. Since 1987, this family-friendly celebration has been one of the largest organized New Year's Eve events in the nation, and this year's end-of-year spectacular is one you won't want to miss.
The evening will include a live performance by the Journey tribute band Departure in addition to other downtown activities, all leading up to a midnight fireworks display and ball drop at the stroke of midnight. Attendees will be gathered around the base of the 400-foot-tall Space Needle, located at the intersection of Parkway and Historic Nature Trail in downtown Gatlinburg.
Since this event usually draws tens of thousands of spectators, attendees are encouraged to arrive early enough in the evening to find parking and a good spot to observe the festivities. We can assist in that regard. Our Gatlinburg parking lots downtown are located up and down the Parkway, including several lots just within a block or two of the Space Needle. Get here early enough to secure your spot, and then you can enjoy downtown's restaurants and shops while you're waiting for the countdown to a new decade.
In addition to this downtown event, you'll find several other New Year's Eve celebrations taking place in Gatlinburg that night, including a countdown pre-party at Ole Red and a ball-drop viewing party at the Gatlinburg Skylift Park. Also, Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and the Park Vista Hotel will be hosting their own separate New Year's Eve parties, featuring hors d'oeuvres, live entertainment and more.
If your New Year's Eve plans happen to take you to Pigeon Forge, you can party into the night there at The Island. Headlining that event will be country recording artist Tyler Rich, and they'll be having a fireworks show of their own when the clock strikes midnight. This free event kicks off at 10 p.m.


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é uma série de anime japonesa produzida pela Nippon Animation. Estreou na Fuji Television entre 2 de janeiro até 28 de dezembro de 1977. Foi baseado no romance autobiográfico Rascal, A Memoir of a Better Era escrito por Thomas Sterling North.

Enredo

A história se passa no ano de 1914 em Breisford em Wisconsin, perto do lago Koshgonong. Em um dia de primavera, o pequeno Sterling encontra na floresta um bebê guaxinim cuja mãe tinha sido morta por um caçador; ele decide cuidar do bichinho e dá a ele o nome de Rascal. O menino e o guaxinim se tornam amigos inseparáveis desde aquele dia, embora Sterling logo percebe, depois de uma série de pequenos desastres que Rascal provoca nos jardins dos vizinhos, a convivência entre as pessoas e os animais selvagens às vezes pode ser muito difícil.

Assim começa o último ano da infância inesquecível de Sterling, repleta de pequenas e grandes aventuras com seus melhores amigos Rascal, Oscar e Alice entre os animais que tanto ama, mas marcado pela morte de sua mãe e do pai, a sua ruína financeira perde quase todos os seus bens para pagar dívidas após a destruição de duas fazendas, devido a uma tempestade.

E é precisamente neste evento que faz com que a separação de pai e filho levar a uma mudança drástica na vida do menino: Sterling vai ter que ir morar na casa de sua irmã em Milwaukee para continuar os seus estudos e, portanto, ser forçado a fazer Rascal agora um adulto, retornar para casa na vida natural da floresta.

Banda sonora
A série usa dois temas musicais para o tema de abertura e o tema de encerramento. O tema de abertura é chamado de , e o tema de encerramento é chamado de , ambas as canções foram performadas pela vocalista japonesa Kumiko Oosugi. O tema de abertura foi usado mais tarde como o principal tema para o jogo de fliperama de 1981 que chamou-se Frogger.

Importação de guaxinins do Japão

No Japão, até 1500 guaxinins foram importados como animais de estimação todos os anos após o sucesso de Rascal Raccoon (1977). Em 2004, os descendentes de animais descartados ou que escaparam atualmente habitam 42 das 47 prefeituras.

Jogo eletrónico
 Araiguma Rascal: Raccoon Rascal, é um jogo de quebra-cabeças, que foi desenvolvido pela J-Force e publicado pela Masaya em 25 de Março de 1994 para a Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Séries de anime
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New Team in Taiwan
ShelterBox is continuing to send aid to Taiwan as the country recovers from its worst typhoon in half a century.
Typhoon Morakot struck the country at the start of August, bringing with it record amounts of rainfall which triggered widespread landslides. ShelterBox responded to the disaster immediately and had the first ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) on the ground just days after the typhoon struck.
An initial consignment of 100 ShelterBoxes was sent to Taiwan with another consignment of 224 ShelterBoxes arriving at the weekend. These were met by the first response team of Dave Ray (UK), Phil Duloy (UK), Yi Shun Lai (USA) and Mike Greenslade (UK). Mike has now returned to the UK to be replaced by SRT member Keith Robins (AU) while the rest of the team are due to return shortly.
A second response team, consisting of Raul Fernandez (UK), Graham Henderson (UK) and Alan Monroe (USA) touched down in Taipei this morning and will be carrying on where the first tem left off. They will be joined by SRT member Sharon O'Keefe (UK) who is flying out for her first deployment.
ShelterBox Founder & CEO Tom Henderson said: 'This is the first time ShelterBox has operated in Taiwan and the returning team have done a fantastic job in establishing the groundwork for us to build on, which I'm positive the second team will do.
'The support we've received from Rotarians and World Vision in Taiwan has been essential in helping us get ShelterBoxes to the people who need them most, as quickly as possible.'
The boxes are being distributed in the southern, mountainous regions of the country that were hit particularly badly. It has been extremely challenging terrain and conditions for the teams to overcome.
Phil Duloy, who is on his first deployment, said: 'Keith (Robins) and I will be heading to the remote mountainous regions of Pingtung County, to three villages called Wu Tai, Da-Shehr and Taoyen in an aboriginal township region called Sundimen where there are still people in need of our emergency shelter.
'We attempted to visit them last week in four-wheel drive vehicles but the roads were utterly demolished by landslides – these are very steep mountains.'
Phil added that landslides are still occurring on a daily basis while the river's boundaries in Taimali, a city in Taitung, spread from 100 ft to more than half a mile wide. Taimali is on a coastal plain about a mile from the mountains and it was the water flowing down from the mountains, with incredible momentum, which caused so much destruction.
One recipient of a ShelterBox, Li Wu Dao Yi, a man in his early thirties with two small children from Jiedah village in the Jinfong region of Taitung County, has praised the efforts of ShelterBox and is delighted by the privacy the tent will give his family.
He said: 'Thank you, when my wife comes back she is going to be so happy that we will now have some space for ourselves.'
Li Wu Dao Yi and his family have been staying in a crowded school since the typhoon hit two weeks ago.
Phil Duloy said: 'He and his fellow villagers were very grateful, shaking the hands of Kieth and myself many times and bowing frequently – very moving for me on my first deployment.'
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Tags: Emergency Aid, Morakot, ShelterBox, Taiwan, Typhoon
ShelterBox Response Team meets Philippines' President
SRT members Lizzy Treglown and Denise Ho meet Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
A further 118 ShelterBoxes have arrived in the Philippines as ShelterBox continues to help people rebuild their lives after Typhoon Morakot.
An initial 224 ShelterBoxes arrived in the country in the immediate aftermath of the typhoon. They were sent to provide emergency shelter for close to 2,000 people who lost their homes when a 1km section of the 5km Bucao Dike collapsed.
The initial ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) members Peter Pearce (AU) and Ross Mackenzie (NZ) were joined by Lizzy Treglown (UK) and Denise Ho (USA) last week. With the help of the local government, the Philippine Army, the police, the Red Cross, local Rotarians and local students the team set up the first ShelterBox camp.
After identifying the need for more ShelterBoxes, the team requested a further consignment be sent. They specifically requested eight 'Classroom in a Box' boxes as many schools were also destroyed when the dike collapsed. The 110 ShelterBoxes and 8 Classrooms in a Box arrived in the Philippines at the weekend.
The ShelterBoxes were packed and shipped from ShelterBox HQ in Helston, Cornwall, UK with Tony Treglown, Lizzy Treglown's father, joining the team of volunteers to help pack the boxes that were met by his daughter in the Philippines.
On Monday, August 24 SRT members Lizzy Treglown and Denise Ho met Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who was visiting the affected area where ShelterBox tents have been set up.
Lizzy said: 'We met the president briefly this morning and talked with her about ShelterBox. The local government have been a great help, the locals have cleared a large area of land for us, they've brought earth to fill in holes and raise some of the land for the tents.'
SRT member Ross Mackenzie has now returned to New Zealand but SRT member Hans Van Dyk (AU) has joined up with the rest of the team.
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Tags: Philippines, ShelterBox
ShelterBox Photographer Mark Pearson to speak in Copenhagen
Mark Pearson is a Scottish photographer who works in natural disasters and conflict environments for the UK based disaster relief charity ShelterBox www.shelterbox.org www.shelterbox.dk .
Mark has endured malaria, landslides, and rebel gunfire to photograph the disaster relief efforts. Mark's photos demonstrate the "reality" of humaitarian aid work and illustrate the problems and obstacles that need to be overcome to get the aid to the victims. They also demonstrate the similarities between a manmade disaster in Southern Lebanon and the destruction in an earthquake in Pakistan.
His work has been published by National Geographic, Newsweek, BBC, SKY, ITV , Channel 4, CNN, Rotary International and numerous other media organizations.
Destroyed town of east Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. Photo by Mark Pearson
Mark is taking a short break in Copenhagen before heading out to the next disaster for ShelterBox , wherever that might be. He has kindly agreed to show us some of his material and answer questions relation to his work with ShelterBox and the help given to victims of disasters-
The event will be held at La Oficina www.laoficina.dk Suomisvej 4, 1927 Frederiksberg from 18:30 – 20:00 on Tuesday 25th August. All are welcome. Free entrance (donations to ShelterBox are always welcome.)
ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity, and a global Rotary club project, which exists to provide humanitarian aid worldwide in the form of shelter, warmth and dignity for people displaced by natural and other disasters.
An initiative of Rotarian Tom Henderson, a former Royal Navy search and rescue diver, ShelterBox started in 2000 as a project of the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard, Cornwall. ShelterBox, now the largest Rotary Club project in the world, has raised over £25 million and responded to over 80 major disasters including the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma) and has operated in 57 countries.
Each ShelterBox contains a 10-person tent, blankets, water purification and cooking equipment, basic tools, a stove and other essential equipment. Every box is individually numbered and can be tracked by donors. Each box costs (UK: £490) - including the cost of all materials, packing, storage, transport worldwide and distribution to the needy. Best value is achieved by working closely with leading suppliers, all items being obtained at below trade price. Assuming six month's use, this equates to shelter and warmth for less than 30 pence per person per day.
All aid delivery is undertaken by international volunteer ShelterBox Response Team members who have carried out extensive training with ShelterBox. By working with local Rotary clubs in the countries where disasters have occurred, ShelterBox is often able to get aid where it is needed faster than any other organisation.
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First tents up in Taiwan
The first ShelterBox disaster relief tents went up today in Da Wu,
Taitung County, south-east Taiwan.
The boxes cleared customs on Monday, August 17 and were driven overnight
to the typhoon hit region. Eight families from the nearby village of
Taniya received the aid after their homes were destroyed in a mudslide
on Saturday, August 8.
ShelterBox Response Team members Mike Greenslade (UK) and Phil Duloy
(UK) trained volunteers from the village to erect the tents with the
help of local Rotarians and World Vision representatives.
Mike Greenslade said: 'A suitable site was found in the grounds of the
old elementary School in Da Wu, with the old basketball court providing
extra protection from the elements and shade from the sun. The existence
of fresh running water and sanitation made the location ideal.'
Taniya resident and aid recipient, Mr Fu San Pan, aged 50, escaped with
his wife, three children and grandson when Typhoon Morakot struck the
village.
Mr Pan said: 'Around 1pm there was big rain, then a river came, we left
immediately, then the mountainside came down and our house was
over-run.'
Mr Pan and his family have only the clothes they were wearing,
everything else buried in tons of mud and rocks. His work as a lorry
driver has also been affected as many of the roads are blocked.
Mr Pan added: 'Hopefully the government will help build us build a new
house. We have no money.'
Meanwhile in the Central Mountain Range district of Chaiyi, SRT members
David Ray (UK) and newly arrived, Taiwanese born, Yi Shun Lai (US)
continued with assessing the need in the area. However, their work has
been hampered by damaged roads and frequent landslides, with many
villages still cut off. In spite of this, ShelterBoxes will be
distributed in the area on Wednesday, August 19.
So far the official death toll after Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan is 126,
though Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said last week more than 500
people could have lost their lives.
ShelterBoxes delivered and more en route
International disaster relief organization and global Rotary club project, ShelterBox, have escalated their aid effort after the trail of destruction left by Typhoon Morakot.
The typhoon struck south-east Asia last week and thousands are still reeling from the devastation. ShelterBox was one of the first international aid organizations in the Philippines and Taiwan with ShelterBox Response Teams (SRT) on the ground in both countries just days after the typhoon struck.
ShelterBoxes, with emergency shelter provision for up to 1,000, each containing a ten-man disaster relief tent, water purification and cooking equipment, basic tools and other essential equipment, arrived in Taipei, Taiwan at the weekend. They were met by SRT members Dave Ray (UK), Mike Greenslade (UK) and Phil Duloy (UK) who have been in the field since the middle of last week.
After an initial meeting with World Vision, who are helping to coordinate relief efforts in Taiwan, the response team travelled to the southern counties of the country, some of the worst hit areas, to assess the situation.
SRT member Mike Greenslade said: 'Communication routes have been severely affected with road and rail links cut in many places, making travel difficult.
'We've seen firsthand the havoc wreaked by mudslides and floods triggered by Typhoon Morakot. The flood waters have brought with them tonnes of mud, boulders and trees ripped from the mountainside. This has destroyed riverside houses, taken down bridges and cut communication lines.'
Mike added the people in need of emergency shelter have been moved to safe areas, away from the possibility of more flooding and mudslides. The response team are now working closely with the local government to distribute boxes to vulnerable homeless families.
As the aid effort to Taiwan picks up pace, ShelterBox are preparing to send more ShelterBoxes and response teams to the region.
ShelterBox General Manager Lasse Petersen said: 'We were the first UK aid agency to respond to Typhoon Morakot and sent 224 ShelterBoxes to the Philippines and 100 ShelterBoxes to Taiwan last week.
'After an uncertain week it now seems the need for emergency aid is becoming much clearer with the Taiwanese government now appealing for international aid. ShelterBox has now committed a consignment for a further ten tonnes of boxes which will provide emergency shelter for up to 2,000 people and are currently en route.'
ShelterBox are using all of their resources and volunteers from around the globe in order to deliver the much needed aid as quickly as possible and in the best possible way. SRT member Yi Shun (USA), who has family in Taiwan and speaks Taiwanese, will soon be joining up with the team in the field.
She said: 'This has been such a rapid response from ShelterBox and a real testament to the work they do and how quickly they do it. My home country gets hit by a typhoon and immediately ShelterBox is there.'
Working at the same time in the Philippines, SRT members Peter Pearce (AU), Ross Mackenzie (NZ), Lizzy Treglown (UK) and Denise Ho (USA) are providing emergency shelter to close to 2,000 people whose homes were decimated by flood waters when a 1km section of the Bucao Dike collapsed.
Speaking from Manila, Peter Pearce said: 'We are one of the first organisations on the scene and the ones offering assistance to those people who happen to live in an area where wild weather is attacking them. The need for shelter here is huge and the 224 ShelterBoxes will help people to start to rebuild their lives after this disaster.'
Global response to Typhoon Morakot
ShelterBox's response to Typhoon Morakot is continuing to pick up pace with south-east Asia still reeling from the typhoon's destruction.
Two ShelterBox Response Teams (SRT) are already on the ground in the Philippines and Taiwan. SRT members Peter Pearce (AU) and Ross Mackenzie (NZ) are in the Philippines and will soon be joined by SRT members Lizzy Treglown (UK) and Denise Ho (USA).
ShelterBox Operations Coordinator Jess Stanton has praised the fact the team is made up of SRT members from around the world.
'We'll soon have SRT members from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA out in the field working together to deliver emergency relief. We're using all of our global resources and volunteers from all over the world in order to deliver the much needed aid as quickly as possible and in the best possible way,' she said.
The team in the Philippines are providing emergency shelter to close to 2,000 people whose homes were decimated after a 1km section of the 5km Bucao Dike collapsed. The evacuated families are currently in a temporary evacuation centre with up to 100 people sharing each room. 224 ShelterBoxes will shortly arrive in the Philippines, providing desperately needed emergency shelter.
Speaking from Manila, Peter Pearce said: 'We are one of the first organisations on the scene and the ones offering assistance to those people who happen to live in an area where wild weather is attacking them. The need for shelter here is huge.'
North of the Philippines, and SRT members Dave Ray (UK), Mike Greenslade (UK) and Phil Duloy (UK) are assessing the situation in Taiwan. They've travelled from Taipei to the remote mountainous regions in the south of the country where sources say hundreds of people remain stranded after Typhoon Morakot brought the worst flooding Taiwan's experienced in decades.
Mike Greenslade said: 'World Vision and Rotary have been extremely valuable in helping us coordinate of our aid effort. This is the first time ShelterBox has operated in Taiwan and people have been amazed by the quality of our disaster relief tents.
'We're looking to direct our efforts to areas where there is massive overcrowding so we can ease the pressure there but it could take many weeks, if not months, for these people to return to their homes.'
100 ShelterBoxes have been sent to Taiwan and will be met by the ShelterBox Response Team on Monday. SRT member Yi Shun (USA), who has family in Taiwan, will also be joining up with the team.
She said: 'This is such a rapid response and a real testament to the work ShelterBox does and how quickly they do it. My home country gets hit by a typhoon and ShelterBox is immediately there.'
Typhoon Morakot
ShelterBox, international disaster relief organisation and global
Rotary club project, is responding to Typhoon Morakot after tens of thousands of people have been left stranded in the storm's wake. During the past several days, the storm has passed over the Philippines, Taiwan and mainland China, leaving a trail of destruction.
High winds, flooding and mudslides have left thousands in need of emergency shelter. In Taiwan, 50,000 people are stranded and flooding has submerged many homes. In China nearly 1 million people have been evacuated in the Fujian Province while 13,000 people have been displaced in the Zambales Province in the Philippines with authorities describing the situation as a calamity. Typhoon Morakot has brought with it a record amount of rainfall with close to 2.5 metres falling on Taiwan.
ShelterBox is providing emergency disaster relief on all three fronts. ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) members Peter Pearce (AU) and Ross Mackenzie (NZ) are already on the ground in the Philippines, SRT members Greg Rogers (UK) and Philip Duloy (UK) will arrive in Taipei, Taiwan today and SRT member Tony Zhang (CH) is assessing the situation in China.
ShelterBox Founder Tom Henderson said: 'This is a textbook ShelterBox operation. We've been watching this for a few days and monitoring the situation. We now have teams in place on all three fronts that will be providing emergency disaster relief as quickly as possible. With each ShelterBox containing a 10-person tent, blankets, water purification and cooking equipment, basic tools, a stove and other essential equipment, we not only provide people with emergency shelter provision but also the tools to start rebuilding their lives.'
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Additional aid sent ot Pakistan
An extra 400 ShelterBoxes have been sent to Pakistan to further assist the people who have fled the fighting between the army and militants in the north of the country.
The latest consignment of boxes are in addition to the boxes sent to the region in May and June to help the estimated 2.4 million people displaced by the fighting. They will provide emergency shelter for up to 4,000 people. ShelterBox Response Team leader Mark Pearson (UK) will meet the boxes and oversee their distribution.
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35 HTC codenames leak, let the speculation begin!
Oh, my, not a good day for HTC! A list of 35 smartphone codenames has leaked, revealing some of the plans of the Taiwanese manufacturer for the year. Well, actually, not that much information can be extracted from this list, seeing that it's just a bunch of unfamiliar names, but still there are some important things to note here.
Probably most important is the fact that we see the M7 here - the rumored flagship of the manufacturer for 2013. By the looks of it, there will be many variants of this handset, which indicates that there may be different storage spaces, carrier versions and so on.
Some of the names found on the list are ones of already launched or cancelled phones. For example, the Deluxe is the recently-announced Butterfly. On the other hand, the HTC Primominiu is rumored to be a successor to the HTC One V. Many of the models on the list, however, are completely unfamiliar, so it's safe to say that HTC plans quite a lot of surprises for us in 2013.
Do you have any ideas what some of these models may be? Check out the full list below!
Bring back the "Hero" name!
htc makes good phones but I don't know why not selling as samsung or apple ?
I personally love HTC phones and have owned several for Verizon. I opted for the Galaxy S3 in December over the DNA because of the limited memory and no options for memory expansion and the sealed battery. HTC's problems are not phone quality. They have a tendency to shoot themselves in the foot. They will put out a great phone, but invariably I will say "It is a great phone, EXCEPT for...." Another issue: their products are fragmented (the DNA sold on verizon only. The J butterfly, which has an SD slot and which I would have purchased, sold in Japan only). Moreover, they deal in too many exclusives. Exclusive to AT&T. Exclusive to Verizon. It just has not worked for them. In contrast, samsung's Galaxy S3 is far less fragmented. And Apple has one phone.
For me It's sense and average battery life...sense is stalled now...no improvements...whereas...samsung is constantly improving upon TW...I really like multi-window support...It's really useful on devices like Note2. May be onexl will be my first and last HTC device.
They don't really have a unified flagship line. If they sold the same single phone on all the carriers and advertised it like samsung and apple, they'd probably have more success.
It looks like they're going to sell the M7 on quite a few carriers, given there are 8 versions of it listed.
It did sound like it was going to be released worldwide.
Just thinking the same thing. I wonder if any of these will have a battery with 2020+ worth of juice??
I see Quattro near the bottom, wasn't that the HTC tablet that was leaked way back when?
Perhaps HTC is trying to get back into tablets?
They flooding the market with too many phone with the same look. Sorry HTC but both of you and LG is going down this year. Nexus 4 will be a little bit of help but not to sustain the whole LG.
I doubt HTC will go down this year, HTC Butterfly has been selling like crazy. So far it's sold out at all retailers in Taiwan. HTC stock also went back up.
Don't know that I care to speculate on what any one name means, but hoping one is the Titan/Titan II replacement (formerly Zenith). Also with the J added to some, hoping a WP8 handset is destined for Japan, as we are yet to receive any Windows Phone 8 here.
EVITA is the codename for HTC One X AT&T, don't know what's the UTL suffix is for though.
Jan 2014 for me. Never again will I sign a 2 year contract.
Live n learn, 18 months was bad enough!