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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Steve Poikonen, Karl Grossman January 7th, 2021
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Welcome back to Gorilla Radio's Home Edition recorded on this date, January 4th/5th, 2021.
Today, Magistrate of the Crown, Vanessa Baraitser stunned Assange case followers, delivering a finding refuting American demands for the WikiLeaks publisher's extradition to that country to face espionage charges. Despite the ruling, Julian Assange is still held in London's Belmarsh Prison. Outside the court, Assange's partner, Stella Moris told reporters now is not the time to celebrate saying, "I had hoped that today would be the day that Julian would come home…Today is not that day, but that day will come soon."
Steve Poikonen is a columnist, broadcaster, and host of the 'Slow News Day' podcast available on Patreon.com. Steve's also an organizer with Action4Assange, and co-host of the #FreeAssange Vigil. He and a retinue of activist have returned to Washington, D.C. to make again as public as possible in the American Capitol the miscarriage of justice being perpetrated in England against Julian Assange and all he represents.
Steve Poikonen in the first half.
And; A hundred years old is great for a bottle of fine cognac; okay for a stately home; and fairly good for a collector's piece of furniture but when it comes to nuclear reactors like romantic interests, you're probably best to keep them under ninety, and certainly less than a century old. It seems something that needn't be said but tell that to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who're currently toying with the idea of extending the operating licenses of atomic power plants from the previously stretched 80 to 100 years.
Karl Grossman is professor of journalism at State University of New York/College at Old Westbury, and author of, 'The Wrong Stuff: The Space's Program's Nuclear Threat to Our Planet', and 'Cover Up: What You Are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power. He's also an associate of the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), whose articles too appear at CounterPunch.org, where I found his latest, 'Inviting Nuclear Disaster'.
Karl Grossman and the NRC playing doorman to an atomic apocalypse in the second half.
And; sad news to relay: CFUV Radio broadcaster and host of Plant Powered Radio, Janine Bandcroft will no longer maintain the Left Coast Events Bulletin, heard here weekly since 2002. But, you can still catch her show, Plant Powered Radio every Tuesday at 11am pacific time right here at CFUV.ca.
But first up, Steve Poikonen from Washington, D.C. and staying on the Assange case.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: https://cfuv.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, http://www.pacificfreepress.com. Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.ca/
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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Steve Poikonen January 4, 2021
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Welcome back to Gorilla Radio's Home Edition recorded on this date, January 4th, 2021.
Today, Magistrate of the Crown, Vanessa Baraitser stunned Assange case followers, delivering a finding refuting American demands for the WikiLeaks publisher's extradition to that country to face espionage charges.
Despite the ruling, Julian Assange is still held in London's Belmarsh Prison. Outside the court, Assange's partner, Stella Moris told reporters now is not the time to celebrate saying, "I had hoped that today would be the day that Julian would come home…Today is not that day, but that day will come soon."
Steve Poikonen is a columnist, broadcaster, and host of the 'Slow News Day' podcast available on Patreon.com. Steve's also an organizer with Action4Assange, and co-host of the #FreeAssange Vigil. He and a retinue of activist have returned to Washington, D.C. to make again as public as possible in the American Capitol the miscarriage of justice being perpetrated in England against Julian Assange and all he represents.
Today, Steve Poikonen from Washington, D.C., staying on the Assange case.
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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Steve Poikonen July 26, 2020
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Welcome back to Gorilla Radio's continuing efforts, NOT broadcast live from CFUV Radio in the basement of the Student Union Building at the University of Victoria, but emanating live-to-tape via Skype from our home-based … studios on this date, July 26th, 2020.
Almost a year and a half after being seized from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, WikiLeaks founding publisher, Julian Assange is still in Belmarsh Prison. He's awaiting the next phase in the protracted extradition process the United States has initiated with Britain.
Steve Poikonen is host of Slow News Day, the Patreon.com available online current events program covering "stories that you won't find on establishment, or the majority of "lefty" or "independent" channels". Steve's also co-host of the #FreeAssange Vigil and organizer with Action4Assange.
Today, Steve Poikonen and back to Washington for the World's foremost political prisoner, Julian Assange.
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Q: Run function when the scroll up is less then 275 from the top I have the current fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/inkedraskal/8958g8hj/
with the current js:
var lastScrollTop = 0;
    $(window).scroll(function () {
            var scroll = $(window).scrollTop();
            var isUp = (scroll < lastScrollTop);
            console.log(isUp);
            if (scroll >= 275) {
                $('body').addClass('moving-down');
                //$suvNavIcons.fadeOut();
            } else if(isUp is less then 275 from the top){
                $('body').removeClass('moving-down');
            }

            lastScrollTop = scroll;
        });

I can't do an else for the scroll because I am running another function that needs the body class, so I am only looking to remove the class if the "isUp" is less then 275 from the top.
Any one have any thoughts?

A: It is a little unclear what you intend but I think this is what you are looking for.
You only want the action to happen when scrolling up. And you only want the class removed at scroll positions greater than 275.
jQuery( document ).ready(function($) {
var lastScrollTop = 0;
$(window).scroll(function () {
        var scroll = $(window).scrollTop();
        var isUp = scroll<lastScrollTop;
        console.log(isUp)
        if (isUp){
            if (scroll <= 275) {
                console.log('hi')
            $('body').addClass('moving-down');
            //$suvNavIcons.fadeOut();
            }else{
                $('body').removeClass('moving-down');
            }
        }

        lastScrollTop = scroll;
    });

});

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Fireplaces offer cool, dark and sometimes damp conditions. An infrequently used or decorative fireplace will usually have poor ventilation on top of that, and these conditions are perfect for breeding mold. Mold infestations in your fireplace may be out of sight, but even so, they can spread to other areas of the house and therefore must be removed. Thankfully, the brick and stone that fireplaces are made of are tough materials, so you can employ the strongest cleansers to remove any moldy infestations from the dark corners of your fireplace.
An unused fireplace can provided fertile ground for mold growth.
Mix a solution of 1/8 to 1/4 cup of household bleach per qt. of water in a pail. Do not exceed more than 1/4 cup. Fill a spray bottle with this solution, using a funnel.
Crouch in your fireplace and saturate the mold-infested area with your cleansing solution. Allow this to stand for three to five minutes for stonework and a full five minutes for more porous brickwork.
Scrub the infested area with a stiff-bristle plastic brush. A long-handled brush may be necessary for a hard to reach area inside the chimney.
Rinse the area with a clean rag and a pail of clean water. Dunk and ring the rag regularly since the fireplace will probably be dirty with either soot or dust on top of having a mold problem.
Inspect your handiwork, and if any mold remains repeat the procedure.


Sorry for the non-haiku post, but I want to let you know that my novel, Sleepwalking in Paradise, has just been released by Numina Press.
San Francisco in the 1990s. High tech startups, IPOs, stock option millionaires.
Once the cradle of the Beat Generation, the Haight Ashbury, the Aquarian Revolution, Gay Liberation, Bike Messenger Chic, San Francisco finds itself fighting for its own soul, a struggle reflected in the life of Tommy Delacroix, an alternative journalist turned corporate copywriter who has traded in the Good Fight for the Good Life of the dot-com boom: a German sedan, surging stock options, and an ambitious fiancée. But then Blind Johnny Ray stumbles out of his past, spouting wild tales about a glowing messiah who heals the homeless in the park. Hard to believe, except that Blind Johnny isn't blind any more.
So begins Sleepwalking in Paradise, a San Francisco novel about Old Money, the New Economy, and the Second Coming. As Tommy chases down the impossible answer, he will stake out a singing messiah, bribe a nurse to hack into medical records, and come face-to-face with a sleepwalking power broker who holds the keys to Paradise. In the end, Tommy realizes that the true answer was within himself all along. His fiancée, on the other hand, is still waiting for a good explanation.
I hope you check it out and enjoy it! Be sure to let me know either way.
PS: We will now return to our daily scheduled haiku posts!
Thanks! It's an exciting moment. I hope you check it out.
Wow, how exciting Andy–Congrats! As a writer myself, I know how thrilling it is to finish a piece and put it out into the world. Your synopsis grabbed me–will definitely check out your book. Best of luck!


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I became an activist to stop female genital mutilation last year after reading a shocking survey from a secondary school in Rania, a town in Sulaimaniyah province. Every single one of the girls in the school reported that their genitals had been cut.
Female genital mutilation is an epidemic in northern Iraq, particularly in remote and rural areas. In villages, it is a common practice frequently carried out in unsanitary conditions by women without medical training. They slice the clitoris of a young girl, spreading ashes on the cut to numb the pain.
Through my work with Wadi, an international rights organisation campaigning against the practice in Iraqi Kurdistan, I have travelled to 84 towns and villages to raise awareness about the harmful effects of female genital mutilation.
Wadi estimates that more than 60 per cent of women in Iraqi Kurdistan have been circumcised. The highest rates are in Grmyan, a mostly rural region that runs along the Iranian border.
The practice pre-dates Islam yet is defended as a cultural and religious tradition, a type of Islamic ritual.
But I believe that female genital mutilation is the same as any other type of physical violence against women, and that it leaves lifelong psychological scars.
I visit the villages three times a week to raise awareness about the practice, and constantly hear horror stories from the women I meet.
One 30-year-old woman told me that, at the age of eight, she and her nine friends were lured to a house from where they were told they would be taken clothes shopping.
The woman said the girls were instead grabbed by other women from the village, their mouths stuffed with cloths so their screams could not be heard. She said they were taken to an elderly lady who, her hands shaking, cut them with a dirty razor.
The woman who recounted the story said she refuses to circumcise her girls, but convincing others to stop the practice is not easy.
While younger women are vocal in their opposition to female circumcision, older ones have told us we are spreading immorality and defaming Islam.
Women are circumcised in the name of Islam, even though the practice is not sanctioned by the religion. Village lore says that food prepared by women who are not circumcised is not Halal because they have not followed Islam.
A documentary we show to women in villages includes two mullahs who state that the practice is not Islamic; and a doctor who speaks of the health problems it can cause.
Once taboo to discuss, female genital mutilation is increasingly aired publicly after the local press began covering the issue. In addition to Wadi's work on the ground in villages, a television advertising campaign has also helped raise awareness.
But lawmakers have been hesitant to debate the issue in parliament, stalling legislation that would make female circumcision a crime.
Under the proposed law, those found guilty of carrying out the practice would face between five months to 15 years in prison. The parents of the victim could also face prosecution.
Foreign organisations such as Wadi are taking the lead against female circumcision, but it is difficult to persuade a majority-Muslim community to stop a practice seen as a religious ritual.
It is important for the parliament to pass legislation punishing those who circumcise women. The proposed law has not moved forward, even though 14,000 people signed a letter supporting a ban on the custom.
The government could also push religious leaders and the ministries of health and education to raise awareness.
Mobilising public opinion against female genital mutilation will have an even bigger impact than legislation. Unless the public's mindset about the issue changes, a new law will achieve little.
Azeez Mahmoud, an IWPR-trained journalist, helps Wadi's mobile teams educate women about female genital mutilation. She is based in Sulaimaniyah.
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Cisco Gets Serious About SMB Communications
April 14, 2009 By Lonnie Lazar
Cisco Systems, the enterprise networking giant, is making an active play for the small and medium sized business (SMB) market with several products that could soon cement the company's status as the premier high-tech bellwether in the United States.
With the introduction of truly plug-and-play, WiFi-enabled routers, cordless phones, desksets and a new, multi-port FXO/FXS IP telephony gateway, Cisco is making affordable, full-featured, enterprise-grade telephony solutions available like never before.
Not long ago, if a business wanted to leverage Cisco technology in its communications planning, that meant budgeting $500 – $600 per station for desktop telephones and thousands of dollars more for the company's proprietary CallManager PBX operating system.
Now, any small business can get Cisco-grade deskset hardware for about $300 in the SPA525G, a five-line IP phone that connects to the network via Power over Ethernet or wirelessly over 802.11g.
The revolutionary aspect of this offering from Cisco, though, is its VoIP support for SIP through open source PBX solutions such as Asterisk, through hosted PBX services such as Vocalocity, and even through hybrid call management solutions such as Fonality.
The SPA525G has a hi-res 3.2 inch QVGA color screen with multimedia support for MP3s, digital photos, and RSS feeds, as well as Bluetooth and a high-audio-quality speakerphone. Set-up and configuration are a snap with an easy-to-understand web-based GUI and one-button, secure, WiFi protected network registration. The phone supports all the standard and many advanced business features such as caller ID, call forwarding, call transfer, 3-way conferencing, call history, phonebook, and MP3 ring tones.
Even a year and a half ago such an offering from Cisco would have been unthinkable.
Another versatile handset option for the SMB office is Cisco's WIP310 cordless phone, a WiFi enabled VoIP device that's easy to configure and capable of push-button WiFi protected registration to the home or small office network.
Configuration with a familiar, browser-based GUI makes the WIP310 easy to set-up via direct connection to any workstation on a company's network and when it's ready to deploy, Cisco's WRP400 wireless router and 4 port ethernet switch automatically recognizes the device and registers it to the network securely.
Leveraging Cisco's acquisition of small business and consumer-grade companies such as Linksys and Sipura Technologies over the past several years , the WRP400 Wireless-G Broadband Router is a central hub for Wireless-G and Wireless-B connections. It comes with four 10/100 ports for wired connections and two phone jacks for VoIP functionality, offering SMB clients functionality rivaling that provided to Cisco's enterprise customers — at a fraction of the cost.
The WRP400 has been out for about a year and so is not technically a new product, but a recent firmware update enabled support for IPTV and multimedia streaming services (currently quite popular in EU markets according to Cisco sales reports), as well as fail-safe 3G connectivity using supported 3G adapters from major service providers through a built-in USB port in the face of the router. On-board USB connectivity also raises the possibility of future support for external storage devices, network printers and more.
The soon-to-be released SPA8800 is a 4FXO/4FXS telephony gateway that completes Cisco's lineup of small form factor devices that bring enterprise-like continuity to SMB communications infrastructure.
The newest iteration of SIP-supported technology pioneered by Sipura's legendary SPA-series gateways, the SPA8800 will give SMBs the power to interconnect existing landlines to VoIP enabled on-premise PBXs such as Asterisk systems, as well as to high-quality hosted solutions such as Vocalocity and even to cloud-based open-source DIY solutions.
SMB units have long made do with phones made by one or even several manufacturers, deployed on networks managed with hardware made by another, served by systems designed and maintained by still different vendors.
Cisco, on the other hand, built its name and reputation on delivering integrated telecommunications and networking services and hardware to the enterprise market — and it now looks serious about offering similar interoperability to a client base in which it previously seemed uninterested.
Two great things about Cisco's initial forays into this new market arena are that its SMB products appear to uphold the quality standards set by the company's enterprise offerings, and that the hardware — unlike Cisco's enterprise-grade gear — is built to support the open standards service offerings upon which SMB concerns depend for viability.
This article has been updated since its original publication to correct a misstatement regarding the USB port functionality of the WRP400.
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Continuing the Salesforce.com series from my previous blog post, I would like to give a small intro into the latest online salesforce App, "Do.com". So what is DO.com? Well to start off DO.com is an evolving collaboration tool. It is written in HTML5 and Ruby on Rails via Salesforce.com's Heroku platform. DO.com helps your team manage projects/ tasks.
But wait; is it just another project management tool for professionals that cost a lot of money? No, the application is fully free (for now!) and can be customized to fit the needs of any business. Do.com offers an open API for developers, and has received input from some of Salesforce's brightest team members.
So let's explore what DO.com does!
What can I do with Do.com?
· Have full mobility for your team, though Do.com is accessible as a Web app through all browsers; it's also available as an Google Android app, iOS mobile app for iPhone and iPad .
· Have your favorite calendar tool be it outlook, iCal or Google calendar in sync with DO Calendar.
What are possible real world applications?
There is a lot of potential in this, and will be more productive as time passes by. One of the best features that I personally like is the integration with salesforce.com Accounts, Leads and Contacts. But more on that later!
In my next blog, I will walk you through the DO.com features using a sample project. Come back soon!


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Q: Migration of OCUnit to XCTest leads to linker error I've tried to migrate our OCUnit to XCTest. So I have 100% compilable project but I see next linker error:
Error:Undefined symbol '_OBJC_CLASS_$_XCTestCase' referenced from:...

My "Framework Search Paths" looks like this:
$(SDKROOT)/Developer/Library/Frameworks     (non-recursive)
$(inherited)                                (non-recursive)
$(DEVELOPER_FRAMEWORKS_DIR)                 (non-recursive)

I'm not familiar what else to do to satisfy linker

A: I am seeing the exact same error messages in Xcode 6.1 after migrating with
Pull Down Menu → Edit → Refactor → Convert to XCTest.
I got 2 solutions:

Solution 1 (recreate test project)

*

*Backup all source files in your test project.

*In Project Navigator, select the project.
This shows the project settings.

*In the project settings, click Show project and targets list.

*Select the test target, and press delete to delete it.

*In Project Navigator, select the test target, and press delete to delete it.

*In Test Navigator, click the + button on the bottom left, and choose New Test Target.

*Add your original source files back into the new test target.

*Now test your project as usual.

Solution 2 (hackishly modify test project)

*

*In Project Navigator, select the project.
This shows the project settings.

*In the project settings, select the test target (not the main target), then select Build Phases.

*In Link Binary With Libraries, click the + button.
This shows the list of frameworks, but there is no XCTest.

*Choose a framework that you don't use at all, say, Twitter.framework, and click Add.

*Open your project file (something.pbxproj) in a text editor, and replace all occurrences of Twitter.framework with XCTest.framework.
Note: the pbxproj file is inside the .xcodeproj folder. In Finder, you have to right click on the .xcodeproj and select Show Package Contents.

*Go back to Link Binary With Libraries in Xcode, and check that XCTest.framework is added.

*

*If not, try restarting Xcode.

*If it is added but is red, just ignore it. Xcode can't find the framework, but the linker can.

*Now test your project as usual.


You can allow your members to sign in to your community using their LinkedIn account.
To start the process, go to AdminCP -> System -> Login & Registration, click Create New to setup a new login method and choose LinkedIn. You will now be prompted to fill in some details which you'll need to acquire by creating an "application" with LinkedIn.
1. Go to the LinkedIn Developers page and sign in with your LinkedIn account.
2. Click Create App and fill in the form.
3. You will now see your application details. Click on the Auth tab, and then under the OAuth 2.0 settings section, you will see a field labelled Redirect URLs. Click the pencil icon to edit this setting, and add the value shown in your AdminCP. You must click Update at the bottom to save this.
4. Back in your AdminCP, fill in the form, using the Client ID and Client Secret that are shown on the LinkedIn application details screen.


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A$AP Ferg, Still Striving | Top 5 Songs
Posted by brent80 on 31 Aug 2017 30 Aug 2017
East coast rapper A$AP Ferg comes back strong with his third studio album, 'Still Striving.' One word: bangers.
Cutting right to the chase, A$AP Ferg didn't have the most success with his sophomore album, Always Strive and Prosper. Despite an awesome title and some solid moments ("Hungry Ham!"), folks did not partake of the album. Maybe it was because it was more experimental and at times, more pop-oriented than his grimy debut, Trap Lord. Regardless, it's clear from the promo campaign of Still Striving that Ferg was returning hard. Here are the Top 5 Top 6 songs from Still Striving.
No. 1: "East Coast Remix"
"East Coast Remix" is arguably, best song from the album. Providing the east coast support is Busta Rhymes, A$AP Rocky, Dave East, and French Montana. Busta Rhymes has the verse to beat. Rick Ross represents the south, while Snoop Dogg, representing the west coast, gives Busta a run for his money.
No. 2: "Trap and a Dream"
Still Striving gets off to a fast start with "Trap and a Dream," featuring Meek Mill. One word: banger. The trap is alive and well, with malicious production comprising of trap percussion, sub bass, and hellish synths. A$AP Ferg is on autopilot from the jump, and the same can be said of a fully 'turnt up' Meek Mill.
No. 3: "Nasty (Who Dat)"
Migos joins Ferg on "Nasty (Who Dat)." Like "Plain Jane," it's more impactful in the album setting. The hook is still 'take it or leave it,' but it's definitely catchy nonetheless. Sans Offset, Takeoff and Quavo get the prize for the best verse – no offense Ferg.
No. 4: "Plain Jane"
"Plain Jane" stands out stronger within the context of the album. Maybe it's the familiarity and brevity of the single that makes it shine bright. It doesn't hurt that it's the first solo track from a star-studded Still Striving.
No. 5: "Rubberband Man"
After a mighty opening salvo ("Trap and a Dream"), A$AP Ferg keeps things charged up to the nth degree. He enlists Cam'ron on the fierce "Rubberband Man." The M.O. is the same: Biting rhymes, slick AF production, and unrelenting toughness.
Bonus: "Olympian"
Completing a badass trio ("Trap and a Dream" and "Rubberband Man"), "Olympian" trades Cam'ron in favor of Dave East. Given the grit of Dave East and Ferg, Still Striving keeps east coast rap going strong. Nothing brand-new results, but Ferg comparing himself to an Olympian is pretty sweet on the killer hook.
Ultimately, Still Striving is a strong third album from A$AP Ferg. Some folks weren't onboard with Always Strive and Prosper. Those who didn't like that album will love the straightforward, all-in banger-status of Still Striving. No, Ferg doesn't cover new ground, but throughout this album, it feels as if he's in his lane.
Gems: "Trap and a Dream," "Rubberband Man," "Olympian," "Plain Jane," "Nasty (Who Dat)," and "East Coast Remix"
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Air Power / China / Pakistan
China-Pakistan's JF-17 fighter turns out to be failure
March 6, 2021 - by [email protected] - Leave a Comment
While attempting to retaliate against India's airstrike on a Pakistani terrorist group in February 2019, the JF-17 had performed poorly against IAF Mirage-2000.
Pakistan's JF-17 "Thunder" which was touted as a low-cost, light-weight, all-weather multi-role fighter with a Chinese airframe, has turned into a liability for Islamabad, owing to its high operations and maintenance cost as compared to the modern weaponry systems.
In 1999, Pakistan and China had signed an agreement to jointly develop and produce the JF-17 "Thunder" and share the development cost. Pakistan believed that the fighter would match the standards of Su-30MKI, Mig-29, and Mirage-2000. It was meant to be "equipped with Western avionics and powered by the Russian Klimov RD 93 aero-engine".
However, a Pentapostagma report states that the aircraft's capability is judged by the avionics, weapons, and engine equipping it and the JF-17 fails to hit the mark in most areas.
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Massive screw-ups of JF-17
While attempting to retaliate against India's airstrike on a Pakistani terrorist group on February 27, 2019, the JF-17 had performed poorly against IAF Mirage-2000 and SU-30s.
"In the Air Defence role, it indigenous Link-17 data link is not only unreliable; it does not have sufficient data transfer rate and can never be integrated with the F-16 fighter's Link-16 to give the aircraft true interoperability capability. The 'Thunder' does not have even an effective BVR or Airborne Interception radar," said Pentapostagma.
Touted to be the "next best Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter after the F-16," its extremely low endurance, poor accuracy, and low weapon carrying capability were amply demonstrated in February 2019, when all its Range Extension Kit (REK) bombs failed to hit the target in the face of effective jamming and attacks by Indian fighters, it said.
Poor mechanism
The critical parts of the JF-17 avionics, KLJ-7 Al radar, and Weapon Mission Management Computer, both face several problems. While the KLJ-7 radar shows poor performance and faces several operational and maintenance problems, the WMMC has limited capacity, with a high rate of failure of various modules, including the Main Computer module.
According to Pentapostagma, "Malfunction of the WMMC has caused Launch Zones of Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missiles to shrink during combat exercises. Due to its unreliability, PAC is now attempting to indigenize the WMMCs. The weapon load that the aircraft can carry is also not remarkable. Its integral 23 mm Gun initially experienced gun stoppages in the air and now has problems with the 23 mm round bursting."
"Other than the Chinese SD-10 BVR, REK, and C-802AK anti-ship missile, the aircraft carries the normal weapon load of a MiG-21. Efforts to integrate the aircraft with other Chinese weapons are in progress, but with limited success. "
The root cause of the JF-17's poor performance is the use of a single Russian RD-93 engine, which is known for its poor functions. Other problems of the fighter jet include "Nose Landing Gear shimmies while taxing and a number of aircraft experience nose wheel vibrations". Besides, the ventral trails were also found cracked indicating poor metallurgy or design.
Pakistan now opts for China's J-10C fighter
According to Pentapostagma, Pakistan is now eyeing China's J-10 fighter, which is cheaper at its purported price of USD 25 million each. However, the depreciation of the Pak Rupee at almost 30% will make the purchase of aircraft an expensive affair for Islamabad.
As the Pakistan government struggles to shore up its financial situation, any new customers of the JF-17 will find it difficult to get the material and spares support that Islamabad needs to procure from China.
"Even if China is able to supply these spares, it will do so at exorbitant prices which escalate every year, as it does with Pakistan. Pakistan has expended more than USD 3 billion on acquiring these 3.5 generation fighters," the Pentapostagma stated.
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Kendrick Lamar has been announced as the producer for the soundtrack to the upcoming Marvel film, Black Panther.
The collaboration marks the first time that a Marvel movie will have multiple original recordings created specifically for it, and also will be the first time that the rapper – who released the critically acclaimed DAMN last year – has soundtracked a movie.
To coincide with the announcement, Lamar has unveiled a stunning new collaboration with R&B sensation, SZA, titled All The Stars. The track is separate from the Black Panther soundtrack, and can be heard below.


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Peso closes at P57.00 vs US dollar
Pacquiao eyes boxing return with Saudi exhibition fight
By Tiziana Celine Piatos
THE Philippine peso closed at a record low of P57.00 Tuesday against the US dollar at the Philippine Dealing System, Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) said.
According to BAP, the local currency opened slightly weaker at P56.888.
The Philippine peso also hit an intraday high of P56.86 before losing steam to touch an intraday low of P57 to a dollar.
Tuesday's weighted average exchange rate was P56.95, slightly weaker than Monday's P56.941.
Volume reached $812.19 million on Tuesday, lower than the $976.45 million in the previous session.
The US dollar's value continued to appreciate against most regional counterparts after Federal Reserve officials maintained their hawkish stance.
In a press conference also on Tuesday, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) explained how a weaker peso against its US counterpart influences inflation and the purchasing power of Filipinos.
Although the purchasing power of the peso is not calculated using the value of the US dollar, National Statistician and PSA Chief Claire Dennis Mapa said the inflationary influence could harm the local currency's purchasing value.
"Strong dollar versus the peso has an impact on the items in the consumer price index," explained Mapa.
He pointed out that imported goods like petroleum, which are purchased with dollars, may impact local pump costs and, consequently, inflation.
According to Mapa, a stronger US dollar would affect the purchasing power of the peso "only if the strong dollar will have an impact on our headline inflation."
For his part, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. chief economist Michael Ricafort said that the peso depreciated against the US dollar by a total of P6.001 or 11.8 percent compared to the P50.999 rate in end-2021.
Even if the PSA said that the inflation rate in the country eased to 6.3 percent from 6.4 percent in July, Ricafort said the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC's) decision to "slightly" cut oil production by -100,000 barrels per day in October 2022 affected the trade rate.


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Another tag ladies and gents...I guess today is tag day just like any other day..haha. Anyway, JK wants to know his friends' take on the following questions. Let's see if I can answer these questions. Btw JK, these are tough ones. But you knew that, didn't you? LOL...thanks for wanting my answers...I'll try to be as honest as possible.
1> What does true love mean to you? –True Love is accepting the person no matter what.
2> How do you know you're really in love? – When I can't imagine life without the person...but I got over the last 3 times because I had a purpose in life.
4> Have you ever fallen out of true love because you were mad at the moment? – No.
5> Do you feel love & physical attraction are the same thing? -No...but attraction, be it physical or otherwise, can be developed into true love. True love though should go beyond the 'physical' attraction.
6> If your true love became ill or disfigured would you continue to love them the same way? – Yes. I'm married so I vowed the 'through sickness or health' litany.
7> Should anyone else be able to tell you who to love or not love? – No.
8> Do you believe people that ended up divorced were ever truly in love? – Yes.
9> Would you give up something you want for someone you love? – Yes.
10> If you truly love someone do you feel it should be unconditional? –On both sides...haha.


Clarke calls it quits as he takes on the design of greener pastures.
Melbourne City Councillor, Peter Clarke, has called it a day and has given notice of his intention to quit the Council having served just over one and a half terms. Peter Clarke has accepted a generous offer from his good friend and Premier of Victoria, Ted Baillieu, to head up the Urban Renewal Authority. A position that comes with twice his salary as a Councillor, his own office, secretary and plenty of opportunity for international travel. Why would you hang around a powerless and non influential City Council when you can enjoy the trappings and benefits of a plum position that has little accountability or oversight?
Clarke's pending resignation, which takes effect in three weeks time, will cause grief for the City Council and the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC). The VEC must contact all candidates within 14 days of the vacancy occurring to ascertain who is willing and able to continue be elected in a count back of the 2008 City of Melbourne Council ballot. They then have a further 14 days in which to determine the winner and results of the election.
This sounds fine and in theory should be a straight forward exercise given that all the preference votes were transcribed and recorded electronically, but it is not as straight forward as some might think. It is unclear if in fact the VEC has designed, developed and tested its software to process the count back as required under Schedule 3A of the Local Government Act .
The method of calculating the results of a count back are messy in deed.
Analysis of the provision of Schedule 3A has highlighted a number of discrepancies in the way the Count back is to be counted. With votes being redistributed at an overall higher value then should be. Some votes will be counted twice in the process of determining who is elected.
The problem lies in the drafting of the rules and the formula used to determine the transfer value of ballot papers deemed to have contributed to the quota that elected Peter Clarke back in 2008. How ever drafted the rules should be sacked and never allowed to get near the legislative drafting computer again. The main problem being the interpretation of clause 12. Another problematic clause is clause 10 (3) and the definition of "necessary".
It will be interesting to see what changes the VEC will try and implement to facilitate an electronic count and if those changes are in fact necessary or just desirable. Of course if it can be established that the changes implemented were not necessary in order to conduct a computerised count then they cannot be adopted without causing a jurisdictional error – which could lead to possible challenges in the courts.
Preliminary Analysis indicates that there are two main contenders for the vacancy that will be created. First is Dr Jackie Watts, who was second on Peter Clarke ticket, the other possible contender is a second Green's candidate – Rohan Leppert.
We will wait with baited breath to see just how open and transparent the recount process is and if Candidates will have the same rights to appoint scrutineers to oversee the recount process. A scrutineer can only do their job if they are given access to the detailed information records and transfers of the votes. Thankfully copies of the preference data-files were published back in 2008 so it should be possible to independently verify the results of the count back election before hand.
It depends on how much the Victorian Election Commission will charge the City of Melbourne for the recount. This is another issue that is worth watching more closely.
Given that the VEC is the only organisation that can conduct the count they can overcharge the City of Melbourne, as they did when the rate payers were slugged $200,000 to develop the counting software in the first place back in 2002.
Thanks to a poorly negotiated contract by Alison Lyons, the City of Melbourne retained no IP rights or value for its investment. It was just money transferred from the General Rate Revenue to the VEC developers pockets.
John So, Melbourne's beleaguered Lord Mayor has called it a day.
John So has come under pressure lately for his lack of performance, poor financial management and policy vacuum.
With the 2008 Grand Final over and Hawthorn basking in glory whilst Geelong is left scarping with their tail between their legs next seasons talent scouts are planning and plotting who will run where in the November Municipal Elections.
Last week Jeff Kennett, Victorious president of the Hawthorn Football club, put to rest any suggestion that he was running for Melbourne's Lord Mayor leaving an open position for his wife Felicity Kennett to seek the Lord Mayor's gold chains and robes.
The Herald-sun add to the list of would be hopefuls by suggesting that Robert Doyle, former State opposition Leader, is also considering his position and possible nomination as the parties seek to renew the old.
There has even been a suggestion that former Councillor and Deputy Lord Mayor for one year Peter McMullin may seek to recontest the Lord Mayor's seat. Peter McMullin made an unsuccessful bid to win the keys to the Lord Mayor's Limo in 2001 and has since been hiding out in Geelong where he did a stint as Victoria's Second City Mayor.
If the rumors are true then Peter McMullin, having lost pre-selection for Corrangamite in 2007, may switch leagues again and return to the Melbourne City playing field .
Meanwhile J0hn So is yet to announce if he will or if he won't be running for a third term. Pressure is on for John to stand aside and if he does decide to run he will not fare as well as he did back in 2004.
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John So has used his numbers to force the City of Melbourne into holding it's election next year by postal vote.
The 2004 postal vote Election cost the City of Melbourne in excess of 1.2 Million dollars and critics of John So's proposal question the integrity of the postal voting system with allegation that the system is wide open to abuse and fraud.
Under the current provisions of the Local Government Act the City Council must determine if the election is be to held by postal or attendance voting.
The Local Government Act should be changed to allow for a combination of attendance and postal voting with Postal votes automatic being issued to those who do not resident within the city and the option of attendance voting available to inner city residents.
John So sat in the council chamber stoned faced and refused to outline on what basis he decided to overturn the committee recommendation amidst calls of Shame Shame Shame from the public gallery.
A backlash is building against Lord Mayor John So among a coalition of inner-city resident groups that have vowed to campaign against him.
The pledge from 33 resident groups followed a decision by Cr So last night to use his numbers on the Melbourne City Council to dump a push for attendance voting at council elections – a system that might have hurt his chances of re-election.
To cries of "Shame! Shame!" from the public galleries, the Lord Mayor used his vote to back postal voting.
Postal voting favours cashed-up candidates like Cr So, a wealthy restaurateur who has spent more than $300,000 on his two successful mayoral campaigns in 2001 and 2004.
Candidates need money to spend on expensive mail-outs. Postal voting also encourages the expensive practice of setting up large teams of dummy candidates – as Cr So did in 2004.
The Lord Mayor refused to speak on the issue last night.
Since 1996, Melbourne City Council has conducted elections by post.
Resident groups pledged to campaign against the Lord Mayor.
"If John So wants to continue the (current) system, the voters of the electorate will need to take their campaign for change out to the full electorate and any other areas of influence," said Melbourne Business Council chairman Peter Nicoll.
Cr So sat stone-faced while councillors poured scorn on him.
Liberal Party councillor Fiona Snedden accused him of not having the courage to tell the council chamber why he preferred postal voting.
"In three months of debate (on this) I have not heard you speak once about why you prefer postal voting. Tell us why!" she yelled.
Victoria's 79 councils will go to the polls on Saturday, November 29, 2008, the first time all councils will vote on the same day. Most will use postal voting.
Reports coming in from scrutineers and candidates indicates that the Victorian Electoral Commission is once again proposing to use a computerised counting system for the Mooney Valley City Council By-election scheduled to be counted this weekend.
Under dispute is the need to conduct a computerised count for the election of a single member when a manual count would be quicker and require less resources and more important would be more open and transparent.
The use of a computerised count in a single member constituency can not be justified. The time and resources required to undertake a computerised count is much more then it would be if the election was manually counted. Any time saved is only at the expense the public scrutiny by cutting corners reducing the overall quality of the count.
Computerised counting was not used to count the results of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (Lower-house) election in November.
The Victorian Electoral Commissions conduct of the Victorian Legislative Council (Upper-house) election in November 2006 demonstrates that VEC's computerised counting system has some major problems. Information obtained under FOI indicates that the software used by the Victorian Electoral Commission has not been fully certified and that there is insufficient checks and balances in the system to ensure that the results of the computerised count are accurate and correct.
The Victorian Local Government Act Schedule 3, Part 3 subclause 10 (c) (ii) requires that the VEC undertake a preliminary sort of ballot papers into parcels based on the allocated first preference vote.
The VEC claim that they are exempt from this provision of the act where the election is conducted by post and a computerised counting system is used.
The election is expected to take 24 data-entry operators two hours to count., That's 48 man hours. A manual count would take four people approximately 4-5 hours to count a net savings of 28 man hours. So where is the benefit of a computerised count, and at what costs,. A computerised count is virtually impossible to effectively scrutinise.
The tally of the 2006 Victorian Legislative Council also required that the Victorian Electoral Commission presort ballot papers into parcels based on the first preference allocation.
This is an important part of the scrutiny of the ballot. Without this provision scrutineers are limited in their ability to undertake a proper scrutiny of the counting of the election. Ballot paper preferences are keyed in a random fashion and scrutineers are unable to focus on a particular candidates preferences.
There is further concern that the Electoral Commission refuses to provide copies of the recorded preference data file for independent analysis and review, further denying the opportunities and ability to undertake a proper scrutiny of the count.
This is akin to the con-mans game of three shells and a pea where the returning officer declares the results of the game by lifting up one shell showing that the pea is not there but refuses to show what's underneath the other two shells.
The Victorian Electoral Commission is more interested in playing with its latest toy then it is about public accountability and the maintenance of open and transparent electoral system.
Given the experience of recent past events the VEC management of the electronic count can not be trusted.
The fact that the VEC is prepared to misrepresent the facts in respect to the legislative requirements in order to cut corners is further evidence for a major review of the functions and operation of the Victorian Electoral Commission.
In reading the Victorian Local Government Election regulations clause 110 (4) states "Before calculating the result, the returning officer must reconcile the electronic record of ballot papers with the total number of ballot-papers received".
This is something that was clearly missing from the November 2006 Victorian State Election.
The total number of ballot papers recorded in the final Western Metropolitan count had up to 470 ballot papers missing from the previous count.
There is little to wonder as to why the VEC does not want to publish the polling place details of the 2006 Legislative Council results as it prevents public review and independent analysis of the dodgy electronic election count.
Hopefully these errors in administration will not occur in the NSW State Election count and that copies of preference data-files and polling place results are readily available prior to the declaration of the poll.