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Bill Redefining Consent In Sexual Assaults Moves Forward In State Legislature
One of the results following the national attention on Missoula regarding sexual assaults in recent years, is the effort to legally redefine the concept of 'consent', and that has led to Senate Bill 29, now moving through the state legislature.
Missoula Woman Arrested For DUI After Hitting Pedestrian
A 49 year-old Missoula woman was arrested last night after allegedly driving drunk and striking a juvenile pedestrian . The child suffered non life-threatening injuries.
UM Law School To Host National Symposium On Campus Sexual Assault
The Alexander Blewitt III School of Law at the University of Montana will be hosting the 2016 Browning Symposium this Friday, September 30, with the topic 'Sexual Assaults; Conflicts Between Campus and Courts.
AG Fox Launches Task Force Addressing Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Evidence
Attorney General Tim Fox announced on Thursday that his office has formed a task force to examine the issue of unsubmitted sexual-assault evidence kits in Montana.
DOJ On University of Montana Campus This Week To Question Students
Officials with the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education have been on the University of Montana campus this week talking privately with students about how they are perceiving changes and improvements regarding the issue of sexual assaults.
Missoula Police Investigate Fatal Shooting
Missoula police investigate the shooting death of an unidentified man who died en route to a local hospital.
Sexual Assault Investigations Complicated By Transient Nature of Some Victims - Suspects
Reports of several recent sexual assaults have been under investigation by Missoula authorities, some involving homeless or transient individuals, but few arrests have been made.
Full Press Conference With DOJ -UM Police And Sexual Assaults
On Friday, the Department of Justice confirmed that the UM Police Department had fully implemented its agreement to improve response to reports of sexual assault.
Department of Justice Says UM Police Department Has Fully Implemented Agreement on Respons…
U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter announced on Friday that the University of Montana Police Department has fully implemented the agreement to improve its response to reports of sexual assault.
University of Montana - Jon Krakauer Back In Court
University of Montana officials are headed back to the Montana Supreme Court over confidential student records of former quarterback Jordan Johnson involving sexual assaults.


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Since the Trump administration has taken charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, there has been a 150% increase in arrests of non-criminal undocumented immigrants. It's an increase that we have reported on (and protested) at length on our blog and through our law firm's involvement in the legal community.
In contrast, Obama-era guidelines allowed non-criminal arrests to occur only if the agent's supervisor found that the arrest served an "important federal interest." Now, agents seemingly are seemingly required to arrest any undocumented immigrants they encounter—regardless of context or criminal record.
This policy is what led to the arrest of Oscar Miller, who was arrested when he was about to pick up his newborn son following the baby's surgery. Prior to the February memo, agents were able to use their best judgment regarding people with sick children. The policy has led to dozens of similar arrests, such as the detainment of three restaurant workers who were simply doing their job when ICE agents showed up for breakfast and spotted them. One man voluntarily showed up for a routine check-in at an ICE office and was arrested.
David Bier, an expert on immigration policy, commented that the memo explains ICE's behavior over the last several months. It's worth noting that Albence's memo came the day after Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly indicated that agents should show discretion regarding who they arrest—specifically, he said agents may "initiate enforcement actions," but may not necessarily do so.
The softer language of Kelly's statement implies that Albence's memo oversteps the intent publicly stated by his direct superior.
John Sandweg, former acting director of ICE, said about the recent rash of arrests, "My concern is that what you end up doing is siphoning away resources that should go to public safety threats." Our blog has previously commented along similar lines, noting that when you commit thousands of agents to arrest harmless undocumented immigrants throughout their day, it's easier for public safety threats to slip through the cracks.
Sarah Saldana, the most recent former director of ICE, commented that policy oversteps are corrected by the White House and its appointed officials. If that's what this memo is, then Secretary John Kelly would be the one to stop the ongoing arrests of innocent people. She also believes that the Trump administration is unlikely to do anything to change current immigration practices.
Proponents of tougher immigration policies seem to be operating under the assumption that if you break the immigration law, you "deserve" to be arrested and deported. In many cases, "tough on illegal immigration"-supporters equate immigration violations with criminal charges like DUI, assault, or other serious crimes.
Under our current law, an immigration violation is a civil violation, not a criminal violation. ICE exists to enforce immigration law, but widespread arrest of those with civil violations will simply drive people further underground, tear families apart, and take away hope for millions of undocumented immigrants. The real answer is to reform our immigration laws. We call on the President and Congress to take action to protect the most vulnerable people in our country.


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USTR request for comment and public hearing re IPR protection
07/01/2013 /in Issues, News, The Latest News & Events /by Herb Cochran
Procedures and deadlines for submitting comment and public hearing
USTR (U.S. Trade Representative's Office) is hereby requesting written submissions from the public concerning foreign countries' acts, policies, or practices that are relevant to deciding whether a particular trading partner should be identified as a priority foreign country under Section 182 of the Trade Act or placed on the Priority Watch List or Watch List. Interested parties, including foreign governments, wishing to testify at the public hearing must follow the procedures set out below for filing a notice of intent to testify. The deadlines for these procedures are set out below.
DATES: The schedule for the 2013 Special 301 review is set forth below.
Friday, February 8, 2013–For interested parties, except for foreign governments: Submit written comments, requests to testify at the Special 301 Public Hearing, and hearing statements.
Friday, February 15, 2013--For foreign governments: Submit written comments, requests to testify at the Special 301 Public Hearing, and hearing statements.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013–Special 301 Committee Public Hearing for interested parties, including representatives of foreign governments, will be held at the offices of USTR, 1724 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20508. Any change in the date or location of the hearing will be announced on http://www.ustr.gov.
On or about April 30, 2013--In accordance with statutory requirements, USTR will publish the 2013 Special 301 Report.
ADDRESSES: All written comments, requests to testify, and hearing statements should be sent electronically via http://www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2012-0022. Submissions should contain the term ''2013 Special 301 Review'' in the ''Type comment'' field on http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula Karol Pinha, Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation, Office of the United States Trade Representative, at (202) 395-5419. Further information about Special 301 can be found at http://www.ustr.gov.
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Vietnam Tech Exports Overtaking Garments Eases Trade Gap
11/11/2012 /in The Latest News & Events /by AmCham Vietnam
Vietnam's cost advantage has drawn investments from U.S. and South Korean technology companies, whose exports have overtaken garments and provided a bright spot for a government struggling to revive economic growth.
Intel Corp. (INTC), Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) and Jabil Circuit Inc. (JBL) are among a growing roster of companies setting up or expanding in Vietnam, spurring exports amid a global slowdown that has damped demand for goods from other Asian nations. Shipments of mobile phones and other electronics from Vietnam surged 91 percent in the first 10 months of the year to $16 billion, making them the biggest source of export revenue.
Vietnam's shipments of electrical machinery, a category that includes modems, telephones and wiring sets, to the U.S. climbed 58 percent in the first eight months of the year, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission. By comparison, China's sales to the U.S. in the category rose 11 percent, Malaysia's grew 4 percent, Thailand's slid 5 percent and Indonesia's fell 16 percent in the period, the data showed.
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Conference on Revised Labour Code and Trade Union Law, Sep 24, 2012
A conference entitled "Introduction of the Labour Code and Trade Union Law: Opportunities and Challenges" was held in Hanoi on September 24 by the National Assembly's Social Committee, Ministry of Labour, Invalids & Social Affairs (MOLISA), Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Vietnam to give social partners and the public an insight into the significant changes created by the amended laws.
According to National Assembly's Social Affairs Committee chairwoman Truong Thi Mai, the new Labour Code and Trade Union Law, that come into effect in May and January 2013, respectively, were adapted to the new reality of the labour market and industrial relations.
Deputy MOLISA Minister Pham Minh Huan said: "The 2012 Labour Code is a leap forward in simplifying red tapes and an important tool to improve state management in labour issues."
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AMTAC Urges U.S. to Reconsider Vietnam's Participation In TPP
The American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) has sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk urging the Obama Administration to reconsider participation by Vietnam in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) currently being negotiated by the United States, Vietnam and eight other countries — including Canada, which officially joined the partnership last week — located around the Pacific Rim, with Mexico poised to join possibly later this month. The letter calls into question "Vietnam's ability and willingness to serve as a reputable trading partner worthy of the preferences envisioned in any TPP."
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Weekly Update Oct 8: Trade Finance, Compensation Trends, Consumer Trends
Tu, Oct 9 Legal & VBF Liaison Committee Meeting
We, Oct 10 Morning Briefing: Vietnam Compensation Trends 2012
We, Oct 10 U.S. Ex-Im Bank Trade Financing (Bankers' Session)
We, Oct 10 U.S. Ex-Im Bank Trade Financing (General Session)
Th, Oct 11 Members Lunch: Vietnam Consumer Trends 2012
Fr, Oct 12 U.S. Ex-Im Bank Trade Financing for Vietnam (Can Tho)
Tu, Oct 16 Lunch: Managing Upstream Risks: Vietnamese Legal Perspective
We, Oct 24 ASEAN Food Security & Agriculture Trade Environment
We, Oct 24 AmCham Palooza Party
Th-Su, Oct 24-28 Hi-Tech Agro and Food Industry Fair HCM City
AmCham's International Coastal Cleanup in the News
Vietnam's Economic Development Outlook Update, Oct 3, 2012 (ADB)
Stalled Vietnam seaport underscores economic woes, mismanagement (SOEs)
No tax payment grace period on imports for re-export, companies expect hard times
Nov 11-17 Infrastructure Trade Mission: HCM City, Hanoi, Jakarta
Sa, Dec 8 AmCham's Governors' Ball • Christmas in San Francisco
Tu Dec 11 Annual General Meeting and Members' Networking Night
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TPP Apparel Coalition Continues to Press Negotiators for Flexibility
Following the 14th round of negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Trans-Pacific Partnership Apparel Coalition urges negotiators to abandon out of date apparel trade rules in favor of a 21st Century approach to promote and sustain apparel value chains that employ millions of American workers. TPP negotiators wrapped up the 14th round of negotiations Saturday in Leesburg, VA. Representatives of the TPP Apparel Coalition were on hand in Leesburg to meet with negotiators and other stakeholders.
"A TPP agreement that preserves rigid and outdated apparel rules would almost certainly prevent U.S. agriculture exporters from gaining access to lucrative Asian markets, undermine the overall value of the TPP for American families, and deny many American industries the job creating growth that would otherwise result from a successful TPP,"said Sandy Kennedy, president of the Retail Industry Leaders Association.
The TPP is a prospective regional free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States, Australia, Chile, Peru, Singapore, New Zealand, Brunei, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Canada and Mexico are expected to join the TPP negotiations next month.
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Weekly Update Sep 17: Consumer Product Testing, Customs Training, Outsourcing FDI, Cloud Computing
Tu, Sep 18 New U.S. Consumer Product Testing Rules: Exporters Be Aware
We-Th Sep 19-20 Training Workshop on New Customs Procedures
Th, Sep 20 Software, Labs, Business Process Outsourcing FDI in HCM City
Fr, Sep 21 Secure Cloud Computing
Fr-Su, Sep 21-23 AmCham Networking Weekend
We, Sep 26 AmCham Palooza Party
Th, Oct 4 Members Night and Meet the U.S. Consulate General
Th, Oct 11 Members Lunch: 2012 Vietnam Consumer Trends
Macroeconomic stability must be focus for Vietnam: CIEM
Inflation feared to return later in 2012
Nov 11-17 Infrastructure Trade Mission to Indonesia and Vietnam
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Infrastructure Trade Mission to Indonesia and Vietnam
Mission Objective
The purpose of this mission is to inform U.S. firms about opportunities in Southeast Asia's rapidly expanding market and to position U.S. companies to seize export opportunities. We at the Department of Commerce have tailored this mission to fit the needs of representatives from leading U.S. companies providing state-of-the-art market services and technologies to sectors critical to infrastructure development.
This particular mission will visit Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Jakarta. During each of these stops, participants will receive market briefings and meet with key government decision makers and prospective private sector partners during customized, one-on-one meetings.
Within Indonesia and Vietnam, the trade mission will focus on the following infrastructure sectors: Energy, Aviation, Environmental Technology, and Architecture, Construction and Engineering. While all of these sectors have shown recent development, there remains a vast array of opportunities to meet the high demand of the local governments, businesses, and individuals.
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Weekly Update Aug 20: How to Successfully Penetrate the US Market, Members Night
We, Aug 22 Morning Briefing: How to Successfully Penetrate the US Market
Th, Aug 30 U.S.-ASEAN Business Summit • Digital Economy
Mo, Sep 3 Vietnam's National Foundation Day (observed)
Th, Sep 6 Dr. Le Dang Doanh: Revitalizing the Vietnamese Miracle
Th, Sep 6 Food Industry Summit, Jakarta, Indonesia
Sa, Sep 8 AmCham Scholarship Information Session
Welcome to new AmCham companies • Jan ~ Aug 2012
FDI into Vietnam continues to plunge in first seven months – down 67%
Viet Nam may run out of funds for pensions
Apparel firms lower export outlook
Why I'm leaving China … for India, Vietnam, and ASEAN
"South China Sea" • U.S. Department of State Press Release
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Weekly Update Aug 6: CEO Roundtable, Legal Committee, Planning & Budgeting, Members Night
Transforming Universities through Data Analytics and Systems to Drive Innovation
Tu, Aug 7 Morning Briefing: Vietnam CEO Roundtable Talk (By Invitation)
Tu, Aug 7 Legal & VBF Liaison Committee
Welcome to new AmCham companies • Jan ~ Jun 2012
ADB wants ODA disbursement accelerated
FDI in apparel production declines
FDI machine needs reworking
Vietnam surpassed China as the leading producer of Nike footwear two years ago
Vietnam the next upcoming market: consumer spending to increase 42% by 2016
FDI into Vietnam continues its plunge during first seven months – down 67%
Industrial Parks See Falling Investment in first half of 2012: FDI down 59%
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01/01/2013 /by AmCham Vietnam
AmCham Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City is an independent association of American and international businesses. With about 500 companies, and more than 1,000 representatives, our membership of manufacturing and sales, transportation and logistics, professional and business services, and travel and tourism firms is unified by a common objective to promote trade and investment between Vietnam and the United States. After reviewing our web site, the benefits and services offered to members and associates, as well as business visitors to Vietnam, please review our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions, and if you have additional questions, please click this link to send us an email with your question(s).
Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) is Vietnam's economic and business hub, the largest and fastest growing city, with more than two-thirds of Vietnam's international flight arrivals and departures, 80 percent of container shipments, 75 percent of consumption of steel products, and together with neighboring provinces in Southern Key Economic Region, account for nearly 40 percent of Vietnam's Gross Domestic Product. The city center is 60 km (37 miles) from the East Sea, with a population of about 5.6 million, or 6.7 million including the suburban and rural areas. The "greater metropolitan area," which consists of Hồ Chí Minh City metro area, Thủ Dầu Một, Di An, Bien Hoa and surrounding towns, is 9 million people. By 2020, the population of the "Greater HCM City Metropolitan Area," also known as the "Southern Key Economic Region" is projected to reach 20 million.
Ho Chi Minh City 2011 • Video Tour Fast-paced overview of Ho Chi Minh City as of Dec 2011. Many changes have taken place in recent years. Vietnamese, with English subtitles. Source: People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City. Used with permission.
We are an active member of the Asia-Pacific Council of AmChams, representing 10,000 businesses, 50,000 executives, and millions of employees in the region. APCAC members manage over US$ 400 billion in trade and about US$ 300 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Asia/Pacific region.
Since 1996, AmCham Vietnam in HCM City has been a Member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which represents 3,000,000 businesses, 2,800 state and local chambers, 830 business associations, and 102 American Chambers of Commerce in 82 economies.
AmCham Vietnam offers regular events, committees that cooperate with government authorities to create a better business environment, and Corporate Social Responsibility Group to strengthen the community through programs that focus on education and healthcare.
AmCham Vietnam also offers members opportunities to meet visiting U.S. companies setting up operations, and participate in investment promotion missions to key cities and trade development missions to major trade exhibitions in the USA. Click here for more information on AmCham benefits and services.
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2007 Report of the Board of Governors Slides
Purpose and Background AmCham Vietnam is a not-for-profit, non-governmental, and non-political voluntary membership association of American businesses in Vietnam. In addition, AmCham welcomes international firms whose business relations with the United States and/or U.S. firms are such that membership would help achieve our objectives, which are:
• Promote the development of trade and investment between the United States and Vietnam.
• Provide a forum where American businesses in Vietnam can identify and discuss common interests regarding commercial activities in Vietnam
• Work with organizations in Vietnam on matters of mutual interest
• Maintain relations with chambers of commerce in the United States and other chambers of commerce or commercial organizations
AmCham Vietnam was founded as an informal association in March 1994, just one month after President Clinton lifted the trade embargo in February 1994. AmCham Vietnam is a national organization, with two Chapters, one in Ho Chi Minh City, and another in Hanoi. AmCham Vietnam's charter was approved by the Board of Governors in 1998 and AmCham was officially licensed by the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on September 19, 1998 under the provisions of The Degree of the Government Promulgating the Regulations on the Establishment of Foreign Business Association in Vietnam, Decree No. 8/1998/ND-CP, 22 Jan 98.
AmCham Companies and Membership Directory An online Membership Directory of HCM City Chapter members will be available on this website in the coming days. This directory presents information about all AmCham companies, as well as listing associated company representative(s). Each company is listed, along with address, tel/fax, a link to the member's website, a description of their business, as well as a summary of their activities in Vietnam. A printed Membership Directory is published annually in February or March, soon after TET (Lunar New Year).
Monthly Events and Special Events Members and guests can confirm AmCham Vietnam events online using the event list. As soon as events are scheduled and confirmed, an information flyer and registration form is uploaded to the AmCham website. Events include committee meetings, and general membership lunches, morning briefings, and business networking nights. These regular events frequently feature speakers with important business or government program experience. Average attendance is approximately 70 to 80 members and guests.
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About AmCham Vietnam
About the American Chamber of Commerce Vietnam
AmCham Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City is an independent association of American and international businesses.
With about 500 companies, and more than 1,500 representatives, our membership of manufacturing and sales, transportation and logistics, professional and business services, and travel and tourism firms is unified by a common objective to promote trade and investment between Vietnam and the United States. After reviewing our web site, the benefits and services offered to members and associates, as well as business visitors to Vietnam, please review our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions, and if you have additional questions, please click this link to send us an email with your question(s).
Purpose and Background
AmCham Vietnam is a not-for-profit, non-governmental, and non-political voluntary membership association of American businesses in Vietnam. In addition, AmCham welcomes international firms whose business relations with the United States and/or U.S. firms are such that membership would help achieve our objectives, which are:
Promote the development of trade and investment between the United States and Vietnam.
Provide a forum where American businesses in Vietnam can identify and discuss common interests regarding commercial activities in Vietnam
Work with organizations in Vietnam on matters of mutual interest
Maintain relations with chambers of commerce in the United States and other chambers of commerce or commercial organizations
AmCham Vietnam was founded as an informal association in March 1994, just one month after President Clinton lifted the trade embargo in February 1994. AmCham Vietnam is a national organization, with two sepparate and independent offices, one in Ho Chi Minh City, and another in Hanoi, that focus on local events and activities, but cooperate on "national" issues and events. AmCham Vietnam's charter was approved by the Board of Governors in 1998 and AmCham was officially licensed by the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on September 19, 1998 under the provisions of The Degree of the Government Promulgating the Regulations on the Establishment of Foreign Business Association in Vietnam, Decree No. 8/1998/ND-CP, 22 Jan 98.
AmCham Companies and Membership Directory
An online Membership Directory of HCM City Chapter members will be available on this website in the coming days. This directory presents information about all AmCham companies, as well as listing associated company representative(s). Each company is listed, along with address, tel/fax, a link to the member's website, a description of their business, as well as a summary of their activities in Vietnam. A printed Membership Directory is published annually in February or March, soon after TET (Lunar New Year).
Monthly Events and Special Events
Members and guests can confirm AmCham Vietnam events online using the event list. As soon as events are scheduled and confirmed, an information flyer and registration form is uploaded to the AmCham website. Events include committee meetings, and general membership lunches, morning briefings, and business networking nights. These regular events frequently feature speakers with important business or government program experience. Average attendance is approximately 70 to 80 members and guests.
Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)
Ho Chi Minh City 2011 • Video Tour
Fast-paced overview of Ho Chi Minh City as of Dec 2011. Many changes have taken place in recent years. Vietnamese, with English subtitles. Source: People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City. Used with permission.
We are a member of the Asia-Pacific Council of AmChams
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Summary of Issues and Advocacy (all)
AmCham's objective is to promote trade and investment between Vietnam and the United States, in particular by working to improve business conditions. One of the key activities of AmCham, as provided for by the DECREE OF THE GOVERNMENT Promulgating the Regulations on the Establishment of Foreign Business Associations in Vietnam, Decree No. 08/1998/ND-CP, dated 22 January 1998, is:
" … to represent the Association in putting forth proposals and measures to Vietnamese state managment authorities for the puprose of protecting the lawful rights and business of member businesses and contributing to the creation of a healthy business environment."
AmCham Position Papers, Proposals to Vietnamese and U.S. Authorities, and Background Information
Aug 16 VBF Consultation Meeting on Draft Decree on IT, Decree v3.8, Comments
Feb 10 AmCham Submission to USTR: Intellectual Property Rights in Vietnam
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Q: How to give file permissions to an external hard drive? Sorry if this is a redundant question, but I'm a complete beginner to Linux.  I have a new external hard drive that someone gave me and I reformatted it to ext4, to use for backing up files before I replace my ubuntu with lubuntu.  But permission is denied on any files I try to transfer to the drive.  Is this because of permissions on the files themselves or on the drive? If it's the drive, how do you open permissions so anything can be transferred to it?  And does this mean that when I connect the external drive to the new OS later, that I won't be able to access any of the files because I'll be a new user and not the owner anymore?  Now I'm concerned about losing access anytime I transfer files.

A: To find the mounted folder of your drive, go into the file manager, select the drive on the left side panel and once you are inside the folder of your drive, press Ctrl + L and copy the path of the mounted directory.
Now open up a terminal (Windows-Key + T) and enter sudo chown [username]:[username] -R [copied path of the mounted directory]. An example would be:
sudo chown cubedev:cubedev -R /media/cubedev/ebf6d6c1-a9f9-4012-80d3-abcd26c2192c

A: Every time you mount it you need to run this
sudo chown -R (username) /dev/(devicename)

Where username is your username and devicename is the device file like sda10.

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Wa `alaykum As-Salamu waRahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. In this fatwa: If the swimmer thought that it wasn't probable that water would reach his throat from the mouth, nose and ears then there is no harm in swimming during daytime in Ramadan because doing so doesn't invalidate his fast. Answering your question, the General Iftaa' Department in Jordan, states the following: If the swimmer thought that it wasn't probable that water would reach his throat from the mouth, nose and ears…
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Wa `alaykum As-Salamu waRahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
In this fatwa:
If the swimmer thought that it wasn't probable that water would reach his throat from the mouth, nose and ears then there is no harm in swimming during daytime in Ramadan because doing so doesn't invalidate his fast.
Answering your question, the General Iftaa' Department in Jordan, states the following:
However, jurists are of the view that this act is disliked.
It was narrated in the book "Al-Musannaf" that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was seen pouring water over his head while fasting, either because of thirst or because of heat. (Sahih al-Albani)
Al-Imam An-Nawawi said: "It is permissible for a fasting person to dip himself in water, and there is no disagreement among our fellow scholars about this opinion."
However, if water reaches his throat then he is obliged not to eat or drink until it is called for Maghrib prayer of that day, and he must make up for it after Ramadan.
Moreover, if he thought that it is probable that water would reach his throat then it isn't permissible for him to invalidate his fast by swimming.
However, if he did swim, and water reached his throat, then his fast is invalidated and he is obliged to make up for that day after Ramadan and offer repentance.
Al-Imam al-Ramli stated: "If he knows that water usually reaches his throat when he engages in swimming and that he can't avoid it, then it is prohibited for him to swim and his fasting is definitely invalidated."
Almighty Allah knows best.
Editor's note: This fatwa is from Ask the Scholar's archive and was originally published at an earlier date.
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I draw with ink and paint with diluted acrylic paint on architectural polyester film. My love of drawing becomes particularly apparent in my smaller formats. These include filigree pen drawings of impressions of nature against white spaces and brightly colored striations. In some cases, these drawings become figural upon closer inspection to reveal such scenes as climbing children.
My larger formats typically hint at urban architecture or natural landscapes. Some of them are free-hanging and illuminated from behind using LED light strips and other light sources, thereby enhancing the brightness of the colors. Ink layers of varying thicknesses, partially in neon colors, bring about an iridescent quality where images of real architecture are combined with a colorful interpretation of nature through the overlay of special polyester films.
My artistic inspiration is drawn both from my travels and my direct environment. For me, drawing and painting are moments of quiet and introspection. This allows me to analyze and interpret the Zeitgeist, focusing on contrasting themes such as urban life vs. nature, environmental protection vs. pollution, or organic vs. synthetic. Other prominent themes of mine include childhood, free play and the experience of nature—inspired by my own childhood memories and my observation of my three children playing and interacting. I feel that children's simple, spontaneous play in a natural setting is increasingly being lost in contemporary America as more and more emphasis is put on school work and organized activities.
I am the founder of the artist collective THE LINE MIAMI. www.the-line.miami
THE LINE MIAMI is an artist collective aiming to connect artists for collaborative exhibitions, site-specific projects, and installations all over the globe. It shall also encourage creative exchange and skill development among the participants. The focus lies on contemporary, diverse and non-traditional drawing in combination with other media.
What sets me apart from others:
My interest in working in large formats, use of polyester foil as a medium and integration of light. This all very unconventional. Furthermore, to work in collaboration and connection with others.
What moment in your career do you look back most fondly on?
Constantly learning and being open to new adventures. Being able to live in America has greatly expanded my horizon. I am very fortunate of doing something I absolutely love.
Being able to live a life without a 9-5 job situation, and to spend time in different places over the year (Miami, Colorado and Europe), to follow my own interests and reflect about the current Zeitgeist through my art. Achieving as an artist and being a mother of three. My children often inspire my artworks and they are somehow indispensable for my practice.
It is very rewarding to be in professional, well curated and well-organized exhibitions. One of these exhibitions has taken place last June at the Kunsthalle Ravensburg, Germany. The large warehouse exhibition space was awesome and my suspended, backlit works showed beautifully there.
There are these moments of showing my works and having people engage with them. To benefit of connections and new opportunities. I had public exhibitions in galleries and fairs in Miami, Florida, in Germany and had museum appearances at the Baker Museum, Naples, FL, the Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL, the Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, and the Art and Culture Center Hollywood, FL.
In June 2019, I will be showing at the Kunstverein Ahlen, Germany which I am very much looking forward to.
Furthermore, my new endeavor with the artist collective THE LINE MIAMI is exciting to me and I am anticipating future projects and new adventures collaborating with other artists.
During the Art Basel week in December THE LINE MIAMI will exhibit in collaboration with SHIM (http://www.shhhim.com), (a Brooklyn based gallery), at Aqua Art fair. Shown will be works of artists who took part in our THE LINE DRAWING PROJECT. I'm very excited about this opportunity.
Website: www.joana-fischer.com
Email: info@joana-fischer.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanafischerartist/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoanaFischerArt/
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Magazine Monday: Uncanny Magazine, Issues One and Two
Uncanny Magazine is a new bimonthly internet publication edited by Lynn M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. The editors have explained their mission this way:
We chose the name Uncanny because we wanted a publication that has the feel of a contemporary magazine with a history — one that evolved from a fantastic pulp. Uncanny will bring the excitement and possibilities of the past, and the sensibilities and experimentation that the best of the present offers. . . . It's our goal that Uncanny's pages will be filled with gorgeous prose, exciting ideas, provocative essays, and contributors from every possible background.
Issue One opens with "If You Were a Tiger, I'd Have to Wear White" by Maria Dahvana Headley, in which the animal stars of movies and television have personalities, hopes, wishes and complaints much like human movie stars. A young journalist has been sent to Jungleland, where the aging animals live in genteel poverty, to interview Leo, the lion who starred in the opening sequence of every Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film since the 1920s. The journalist wants to know about those rumors of a romance between Leo and Greta Garbo. It is through his eyes that we see all of the animals in a state of terrible decline:
The leopards were using heroin and even the ostriches, traditionally abstemious, were drunk. A cancerous camel strutted the perimeter, spitting tobacco juice. The residents were lonely in their various sections of the park, all of them stretched on old recliners in their terrycloth robes, drinking forlornly from bottles and bent tin dishes.
Headley mashes up animal behavior with human behavior to give us a picture of a world of animals as tragic as the world of any declining star. The images she paints are so vivid that I could see the weeds growing up between the cracks of the cement around the pool. Headley talks in her interview in this issue about the facts behind the fiction, making this story seem almost entirely possible.
Ken Liu's "Presence" starts from the premise that there is a technology — a "telepresence machine" — that allows one to travel halfway across the world to see and touch another person without moving a step. Told in the second person, the story relates how "you" use this technology to care for your dying mother from half a world away. "These robots are built for the guilty, for those too far away and with too many excuses," Liu tells you. It's a commentary on how Americans treat their aged relatives; I found it frightening from both the perspective of the mother and of the son.
"Late Nights at the Cape and Cane" by Max Gladstone is a romp about supervillains and their fraught relationship with superheros. It plays off the fact that the supervillains never win, no matter how good their costumes or special effects. Doc Sinister can't stand the fact that he never wins, and he's getting good and drunk to prove it. But the first person narrator of the tale, Stella (who apparently isn't even nominally human), has to tell Doc how the rules work, and what is risked by one who breaks the rules — by, say, a supervillain who wins for once. It's one of the best stories about superheroes and supervillains I've read.
The first person narrator of "Celia and the Conservation of Entropy" by Amelia Beamer has invented a time machine that she figures she can use to win the school science fair as well as to rescue her dead grandfather's lost novel. She has to struggle with ancient technology once she gets back to her grandfather's basement all those years ago — dual 5-1/4 inch floppy drives! — but that's not the biggest problem. Nor is the fact that her relativity coordinator still needs some work, so that she winds up returning to the present in a location far from where she wants to be. No, the real problem is that she can never transport the novel from the past into her present. Which means she has nothing to show at the science fair. Life can be tough when you're a teenager. Beamer captures the teenage tone convincingly, and her way of dealing with paradoxes created by time travel makes for an enjoyable read.
In "Migration," Kat Howard gives us a fantasy about a phoenix who is tired of her immortality. She has carried 13 souls into final death and been resurrected 13 times, but few deaths require a phoenix; she has lived for over a thousand years. There are rituals and procedures she must follow to ensure that she will not be resurrected again, but most importantly, she requires another phoenix. This story requires several readings to sort out one phoenix from another, as it alternates between the tale of Lara, told in the third person, and an unnamed, ungendered first person narrator. It's a tricky way to tell a story, and isn't entirely successful. Howard's elegant, poetic use of language, though, makes this story worth reading and rereading until the reader gets it sorted out.
Christopher Barzak reworks an early Peter Pan tale, one not so familiar to us as the one about the Darling children, in "The Boy Who Grew Up." The first-person narrator is a teenage boy who has run away from home, at least for the night; he's been fighting with his father. He goes to Kensington Gardens, where he always goes when he's angry. This time, though, he doesn't merely have memories of his mother's tale of fairies disguised as flowers. Instead, he meets up with Peter Pan, who is admiring his own statue when they first encounter one another. The narrator is a child of the twenty-first century, and he doesn't easily buy into the idea that this is really Peter Pan he's dealing with. Instead, he sees Peter as a nut who has weird ideas about fairies and about children being born from birds' eggs. The narrator has reason to be so far from fancy. His parents' breakup has hit him hard, especially because of the things he heard his mother say when she didn't know he was listening — hurtful things about his father, but worse, hurtful things about him. Barzak skillfully uses the sexual ambiguity of Peter Pan (who has almost always been played by a young woman in theatrical productions) to tell his story of a teenager confronting his own sexuality.
"Her Fingers Like Whips, Her Eyes Like Razors" by the late Jay Lake begins as the narrator tells us of her Mother, who is old and impatient, and who eats her children. The narrator is the Doorkeeper, maintaining the Doors between day and night and listening to the stories told by humans. Then the viewpoint shifts to the third person, and we're with Addison, who has just had a chemo port implant for the therapy she will have to endure, following the partial thoracectomy that removed her tumor. She is hiking far from her home in Laramie, Wyoming, an ocean away, when she comes across the Doors and their Keeper, just as her grandfather told her she would. The two women have a meeting that could change the fate of the world, and certainly changes theirs. It's a story about cancer, but much more than that, it's a story about being human, about being mortal. It is also a reminder of what we lost when Lake died so young.
"The Kissing Song" is a poem by Neil Gaiman that I suspect would actually work better set to music than it does on the page. "The New Ways" by Amal El-Mohtar is full of fantastic imagery about space and the sea. "The Whalemaid, Singing" by Sonya Taaffe is a whale's song rendered in words, with the same eerie beauty that whalesong has. The latter two poems are available on the magazine's podcast, to which I have not listened — though these poems make me want to.
The nonfiction in this issue is well-written and informative. Sarah Kuhn writes about cosplaying (that is, costume play) at the San Diego Comic-Con; but that is an excuse for writing about the shabby treatment of women in the geek community. It's an angry and defiant piece in which the essayist finds joy in her geekishness despite the sexism she has to battle almost constantly. A long roundtable discussion about WorldCon discusses how this convention differs from smaller, local conventions, and how rewarding it can be to attend and volunteer at a WorldCon. It's a lengthy, informative discussion that also considers ways in which the convention can be improved. Tansy Rayner Roberts writes about romance and sex in science fiction, positing that the disdain with which such subjects were once treated in the SF reading community is changing, not just to resignation but to intense interest. Christopher J. Garcia is the author of "The Short List: The Ten Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Shorts on the Web," reviewing short films that I had never guessed were out there; Garcia convinced me that I should devote an afternoon to watching these ten films sometime soon.
Interviews with Maria Davhana Headley, Beth Meacham (Jay Lake's editor at Tor Books) and Christopher Barzak round out this issue. They have much depth and interest to them. I particularly enjoyed Headley's discussion of the real history that lies behind her story.
Issue Two is equally packed with stories, poetry and nonfiction. The first story, "Folding Beijing" by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu, is a strange and exciting tale of a Beijing so crowded with people that it has been divided into two parts which exchange places above ground every twenty-four hours First Space is where the wealthiest live; it has the smallest population, the most time awake, and the most beautiful and uncrowded space in which to live. Second and Third Space share the 24 hours following First Space's 24 hours. Second Space's residents are awake and about between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.. Third Space is where the poor live; its principal industry is sorting trash. Its inhabitants are allotted the time between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. to do their living, a mere eight hours out of every 48. Lao Dao, a resident of Third Space, has undertaken an illegal trip to First Space to deliver a message in a desperate gambit to earn enough money to send his child to a good kindergarten. The set-up is marvelously imaginative and carefully described so that a public works project to rotate the city actually sounds plausible. I had not fully realized that income inequality was an issue in China, just as it is in this country — perhaps even more so — and I was fascinated at this "solution" to the problem it presents. I am delighted that science fiction readers are becoming more open to translated works; this story is especially one that I am glad to have had the opportunity to read. Liu also translated for an interview with Jingfang that gives further insight into the politics from which this story arose.
"The Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History" by Sam J. Miller is a fictional accounting of the Stonewall Uprising in New York that marks the beginning of the gay rights movement on June 28, 1969. It happens on the same day that Judy Garland's body is returned to the United States from London, where she had died of "an incautious overdosage" of barbiturates. Craig Perry, a university administration employee, heads for the Stonewall, a gay bar, that night to drink away his sadness, but he feels something in the air; "Sadness is a better spark than rage." Ben Lazzarra, an NYPD beat cop, also heads there to dance away his fear and shame. So far, we're in the realm of history. But then we are told that the Stonewall Uprising was "the first public demonstration of the supernatural phenomenon that would later be called by names as diverse as collective pyrokinesis, group magic, communal energy, polykinesis, multipsionics, liberation flame and hellfire." It's a great idea, the notion that enough anger can turn into literal fire when concentrated over time in a big enough population, and Miller writes it well.
"Pockets" by Amal El-Mohtar is a lovely story about women finding things in their pockets that they never put there. It happens to Nadia first; she finds a piece of fudge in a jacket pocket, and she hates fudge. How could it have gotten there? Then it's a lipstick, then an antique map of Syria, then an old, worn coin. The objects she finds become increasingly odd, and, after one particular item comes from her pockets, she decides to wear pockets no longer. A friend confronts her about this decision, and Nadia is able to demonstrate fairly conclusively that something strange is going on here. The friend happens to be a scientist, and she promptly conducts tests to figure out what's going on. Gradually, this tale turns into one about the nature of stories. For when we write stories, we invent something out of nothing, do we not? I loved this story, which is expertly plotted, with characters who feel real, all based on a wonderfully weird idea.
In "Anyone with a Care for Their Image," Richard Bowes writes from the first-person perspective of a man who programs automata to fulfill his social obligations. This is commonly done, for most people spend their energies blogging and reading the blogs of others instead of attending parties or other gatherings. When things go horribly wrong, the narrator still cannot stop thinking of how his experiences will amuse his blog audience instead of the peril he is actually in. This short tale attempts to do too much in too little space, so that the reader does not get a sufficient look at the world in which the narrator lives.
"Love Letters to Things Lost and Gained" by Sunny Moraine is a letter by a woman to her artificial limb — a prosthetic more advanced than those available today, but still something foreign to the narrator, who does not like the limb, but needs it. Her therapist tells her that the new limb will be double the strength of the arm she lost, trying to make the limb more attractive to her reluctant patient who is learning to feel things again through her new fingers. And, as time goes on, she does become more attuned to the prosthetic, even in ways that seem a bit perverse. Although the technology in this story is advanced, I suspect that the feelings the narrator suffers through are quite real — especially as Moraine refers to herself as "they" in her biographical note at the end of the story.
Ann Leckie's "The Nalendar" is a fantasy about a tiny god who adopts Umri as she is departing for a voyage upstream on the Nalendar River. More specifically, she is looking for a boat going in the opposite direction from that boarded by Rilhat Imk, who has been pestering her to become his mistress. The god is in the shape of a skink, and offers her a small bit of help in finding the right boat in return for a prayer and carriage onto the boat. In this cosmology, gods become bigger the more prayers they gather, and smaller as their believers fall off. This particular god has offended the river, which is why he needed Umri's help onto the boat. He's looking for treasure, and he'll need Umri's help to find it. This playful story is a delight from beginning to end, and strikes me as being about as different from Leckie's acclaimed novels as it is possible to be. This woman has range! She is interviewed later in the magazine, and talks about the influence fairy tales and myths have had on her, especially in the telling of "The Nalendar."
"After the Moon Princess Leaves," a poem by Isabel Yap, is essentially about the loss of a child, though it has a fantastical gloss. Mari Ness's "After the Dance" reminds me of several fairy tales, but has a science fictional twist that makes the poem especially piquant. Rose Lemberg's "archival testimony fragments / minersong" sets out the musings of metal that used to be a living ship, interspersed with directions by a corporation to its miner employees on how to recognize pieces of the ship. It is an unearthly poem that finds the cadence of corporate speech and manipulates it to make it into something much more.
The nonfiction is again enlightening. In "The Politics of Comfort," Jim Hines writes about whether politics belong in Hugo Award acceptance speeches. Erica McGillivray expands on Sarah Kuhn's essay in the last issue about the treatment of women at conventions in "The Future's Been Here Since 1939: Female Fans, Cosplay and Conventions." She gives historical context to the problems women face at conventions today. In "Age of the Geek, Baby," Michi Trota writes about how odd it is that the geek and nerd subcultures, which are supposed to be based on the shared experiences of being social outcasts, are actually not very supportive of marginalized people. Keidra Chaney discusses "The Evolution of Nerd Rock," starting with They Might Be Giants in their 1990 album, Flood, moving into "[t]he early 2000's nerdcore hip-hop trend," and continuing through "wizard rock," which started with a group called Harry and the Potters in 2002. I had no idea that "geeky" music existed, and I'm now eager to listen to the music discussed in this article.
Uncanny got its start through a Kickstarter to which I contributed. On the basis of the first two issues, it looks like I made a good investment.
January 26th, 2015. Terry Weyna | Amal El-Mohtar, Ann Leckie, Christopher Barzak, Hao Jingfang, Jay Lake, Jim C. Hines, Kat Howard, Ken Liu, Maria Dahvana Headley, Max Gladstone, Neil Gaiman, Richard Bowes, Sam J. Miller, Sarah Kuhn | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
TERRY WEYNA, on our staff since December 2010, would rather be reading than doing almost anything else. She reads all day long as an insurance coverage attorney, and in all her spare time as a reviewer, critic and writer. Terry lives in Northern California with her husband, professor emeritus and writer Fred White, two rambunctious cats, and an enormous library.
Marion Deeds / January 26, 2015
This looks like a good magazine. Thanks, Terry, for introducing it to us!


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Carol al III-lea de Savoia (10 octombrie 1486 – 17 august 1553), numit adesea Carol cel Bun, a fost Duce de Savoia din 1504 până în 1553, deși mare parte din teritoriile sale au fost conduse de Franța între 1536 și până la moartea sa.

Biografie

A fost fiul cel mic al Prințului Filip de Savoia și a celei de-a doua soții, Claudine de Brosse. Nașii săi au fost Ducele Louis de Savoia și Anne a Ciprului. Fiind fiul cel mic al liniei minore a Casei de Savoia, nu era de așteptat să acceadă la tron. A fost botezat după Ducele care domnea în acel moment, Carol I, vărul său primar.

Totuși, când avea zece ani, tatăl său și-a succedat pe neașteptate nepotul Carol al II-lea, care a murit la vârsta de 6 ani; a devenit Duce de Savoia sub numele de  Filip al II-lea. Ca șef al Casei de Savoia el a primit de asemenea titlurile pretinse al familiei: rege al Ciprului, Ierusalimului și Armeniei. Totuși, tatăl lui Carol nu era moștenitor general al ducelui decedat, era doar moștenitorul pe linie masculină. Ierusalim, Cipru și celelalte titluri pretinse s-au dus în principiu la sora lui Carol al II-lea, Iolanda Louise. Tatăl lui Carol nu a fost gata să renunțe la acestea, și și-a căsătorit în 1496 fiul, Filibert, cu Yolanda, pentru a-și asigura succesiunea.

În 1497, fratele vitreg al lui Carol,  Filibert, a succedat tatălui lor ca Duce de Savoia. Filibert a murit în 1504 fără copii și Carol i-a succedat la vârsta de 18 ani.

Căsătorie și copii

La 8 aprilie 1521, la Villefranche-sur-Mer, Carol al III-lea s-a căsătorit cu Beatrice a Portugaliei, a doua fiică a lui Manuel I al Portugaliei (1469–1521) și a celei de-a doua soții, Maria de Aragon (1482–1517). Cuplul a avut nouă copii:

Adrian John Amadeus, Prinț de Piemont (19 noiembrie 1522 - 10 ianuarie 1523).
Louis, Prinț de Piemont (4 decembrie 1523 - 25 noiembrie 1536, Madrid).
Emmanuel Filibert (8 iulie 1528 - 30 august 1580); singurul copil care a supraviețuit și mai târziu Duce de Savoia.
Caterina (25 noiembrie 1529 - mai 1536).
Maria (12 ianuarie 1530 - 1531).
Isabella (mai 1532 – 24 septembrie 1533).
Emmanuel (n./d. mai 1533).
Emmanuel (n./d. mai 1534).
Giovanni Maria (3 decembrie 1537 – 8 ianuarie 1538).

Nașteri în 1486
Decese în 1553
Duci de Savoia
Prinți de Savoia
Casa de Savoia

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