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China: Fire in Urumqi, Protests Everywhere—What Is Really Happening
11/29/2022 Ruth Ingram
A tragic fire has been the catalyst for mass protests in China and demands for the government to step down.
by Ruth Ingram
A photo of the Urumqi fire with the cynical caption: "If you live in a high-rise apartment, you should master the art of escape." All photos from WeChat and other social media.
"We're on the 16th floor and running out of oxygen. Our kids can't breathe and are dying too. Come quickly!"
Advice on social media starts to come from every quarter. Someone on the first floor is worried they can't contact anyone in the apartment. "I don't know what's going on." Another: "They have no way to open the door. Can you try to break down the door?" "Hurry up, save the people on the 16th floor."
A message goes up from officials on the ground to the desperate woman trying to save her children. She should dampen all the towels in the house, lie on the floor, and wait.
The last words of the occupant of flat 1601 before she and her children were overcome by smoke and died.
This family and others cooped up in the flats from the 15th to the 21st floor in the cultural center of the city, would wait for three hours while a fire engine came from 900 meters away. The truck was prevented from entering the housing community by chaotically parked cars, immobilized during the more than three-month COVID lockdown, and its jets of water failed to reach the flames.
Qemernisa Abdurahman and her three children were trapped by a door wired up from the outside and never made it out. They, together with more than forty others over five floors were burned to death.
Uyghur activist Abdweli Ayup posted a photo of a family that died in the Urumqi fire. He urged people not to forget their names. "This is Qemernisa Abdurahman with her children," he says. "all of whom died."
The fatal fire in a residential tower block on November 24th in Urumqi, capital of the Uyghur region and seat of unprecedented clampdowns and persecutions since 2016, has been the spark for a wave of protests across China. Fury, bottled up during months of lockdowns where people have been locked into their homes, forbidden from going to work, deprived of vital medical supplies and hospital treatment, has finally spilled over onto the streets in angry, frustrated demonstrations. Officials immediately denied the COVID lockdown was to blame for the deaths, and now lay the fault at the feet of residents who they said hadn't known how to leave their flats in an emergency.
No one believes the official account. Angry mobs have been rampaging through the streets of Urumqi gathering in the main square of the city to demand an end to the COVID lockdowns that have seen entire areas sealed off for more than three months. People have been dragged off the streets after positive COVID tests and taken to huge aircraft-hangar sized buildings where social media pictures show them on mattresses lining the floors waiting for up to two weeks until a negative test will set them free.
Different methods to lock people into their Urumqi homes from the outside, making escape impossible. The caption (top left) cynically reads: "There is no problem of wire binding in the community. Doors of the buildings and units are not closed."
City residents, cowed by six years of terror and the shadow of 24/7 surveillance, knowing full well the consequences of civil disobedience, shouted slogans and demanded their freedom as armed police and hazmat-suited officials flooded into the city.
Social media sprang into action across the whole country and soon "Middle Urumqi Road" in Shanghai became a focus for candle-lit vigils, roughly hewn signs of solidarity and flowers, all of which were scooped up by police within minutes of appearing. Officials were quick by Sunday night to remove the road sign itself.
Candles lit for the Urumqi fire victims in Shanghai under the sign for Middle Urumqi Street.
Protests and marches took place in Beijing, Chengdu, Wuhan, and Guangzhou with protesters in Shanghai calling for the removal of the Communist Party, for Xi Jinping to stand down and for "freedom!" Students across the nation, risking their academic futures, gathered giving speeches and chanting against the government. The country's elite Tsinghua University students braved disciplinary action or worse by congregating and demanding an end to lockdowns.
BBC journalist Edward Lawrence was taken away in handcuffs while covering the Shanghai events and Reuters reported a student admitting that the Xinjiang accident had "pushed people too far."
A CCP anti-Taiwan propaganda poster where a girl urges "Little brother PLA [the Chinese Army]! Go quickly to liberate our little friends in Taiwan who are facing hardship" was posted on social media by protesters reworked to show the girl holding a picture of the Urumqi fire.
Twitter and Instagram have been awash with photographs and videos and users of the usually circumspect and heavily censored WeChat site, China's major officially permitted social media forum, have devised a bevy of signals and tricks to voice their protests without incriminating themselves. Friends have been posting blank sheets of paper, a powerful symbol of censorship, messages containing allusions to extremely hot weather or thunderstorms and those who simply write "好好好好好好好," "good, good, good, good, good."
Blank sheets are held up and posted in protest in social media.
Renderings of the Chinese national anthem have been heard to ring out from the crowds urging people to "stand up, stand up, stand up those who refuse to be slaves!"
Officials in Urumqi have been quick to announce, not guilt for the fire deaths, but instead the results of a revised "scientific study" of the dangers of COVID-19 and the promise that from Monday transport would begin to run and shops would start to open.
The morning after the Urumqi fire that sparked the protests.
Rahima Mahmut, U.K. director of the World Uyghur Congress and an exiled Uyghur herself, who also spoke to the BBC, said the protests in Urumqi and in other parts of the Uyghur region were the results of "multiple tortures" including "starvation, extreme cold and the inhuman measures of the lockdown policy" as well as the ongoing atrocities in the "concentration camps."
She had estimated that more than forty people had died in the fire, and not ten as quoted by the local government, but officials had notified the local population that all those spreading a different narrative of events would "face consequences."
Uyghur protests in Istanbul.
Asked whether COVID restrictions had hampered rescue attempts, her research from a variety of social media feeds showed that exit from apartments was impossible. "People were locked inside unable to escape," she said, hence the high numbers of casualties.
She said that protesters had been mainly Han Chinese due to the "terror" under which Uyghurs had lived for the past few years and the fear that they might be branded as "separatists" or "terrorists" and taken to one of the camps and "locked up for years." "Uyghurs just don't have this kind of leverage to be able to go out and protest," she said.
Protests in solidarity from Uyghurs and supporters in Paris.
She was glad to see the protests on the streets "finally breaking out after three months of lockdown. People are suffering, businesses are suffering, people are facing starvation, they cannot go out to find food and have to rely on food being delivered to their door and people running out of money," she said. "Chinese people finally saw that if they don't stand up and go out and protest, they will face a similar situation to the Uyghurs."
A candlelit vigil outside the Chinese Embassy in London.
Many Chinese were attempting to leave the region, she said. Special certificates had to be bought under the table for "many thousands of yuan" just to get out of the region. "You can see their desperation," she said, but lamented that her own people had no such route. "I feel very nervous and so terribly sad and helpless because there is no way that my people can escape too."
Protesters in Sydney, from the Campaign for Uyghurs' Instagram feed.
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Ruth Ingram
Ruth Ingram is a researcher who has written extensively for the Central Asia-Caucasus publication, Institute of War and Peace Reporting, the Guardian Weekly newspaper, The Diplomat, and other publications.
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The Australian National University suffered a data breach because of the type of data it held, a security professional from privileged account management solution provider Thycotic claims.
Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and advisory chief information security officer, also said that it was unwise to indulge in premature attribution of the attack before a detailed investigation was carried out.
"If you require lots of sensitive data from applicants, employees and contractors and this data is valuable, then you need to ensure the right security controls are in place and de-risk the data to make it more difficult for cyber criminals to get access," he said
"Cyber criminals will first recon the enrolment process to identify what type of data is required and, if it is valuable, then they will go after the data.
"However, we must learn that calling all data breaches sophisticated and rushing to attribution before a detailed investigation has been completed is not a good policy."
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The personal details of staff, students and visitors over the past 19 years were said to have been exposed.
Commenting on the value of the information accessed and what was driving such attacks, Carson said: "The value here could be many things, but identity theft and IP theft are most likely the top targets here."
As to what organisations like the ANU should be doing to protect private information, he said they must evaluate the data they require and minimise it as much as possible.
"Then [they should] de-risk the data into multiple data vaults to ensure several security controls are in place to protect the data.
"In addition to de-risking, strong encryption and privileged access security should be a top priority to make it difficult for even advanced cyber criminals to gain access."
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No KHL plans for Jesse Puljujarvi… probably… maybe
June 5, 2019, 12:00 PM | baggedmilk
Early this morning, a Finnish hockey site kicked a hornet's nest when they reported that Jesse Puljujarvi could be signing with Jokerit Helsinki of the KHL with an announcement coming as early as today. As it turns out, the team did reveal a couple of new players (Antti Niemi and Sami Lepisto) but Puljujarvi's name was not among them, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it couldn't happen in the future. So what's going on? Let's break it down together.
Looking at the reports and tweets that were coming out this morning, my first cynical thought was to wonder if using Jesse Puljujarvi's name is just an easy way to draw in clicks. We all know that he's struggled in his time as an Oiler and that he's in line for a new contract this summer, which paves an easy path to the idea of him leaving for greener pastures. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Puljujarvi wouldn't ever want to leave Edmonton, I could certainly understand why he might want a fresh start somewhere else, but I also don't see any reason why he couldn't get that here since we have a new coach and GM in town. Would it really be that tough a sell to tell the kid that Holland and Tippett are going to give him a clean slate to succeed when Chiarelli and McLitchcock would not? It's possible.
From the release that started it all:
The club has been acquiring Jesse Puljujärvi from Edmonton Oilers. Jokerit will hold a press conference today at 11:00 am, where the club will publish two major player contracts, Antti Niemi and, most likely, Jesse Puljujärvi. Antti Niemi's contract with Jokers is known to be two years old and Jesse Puljujärvi's contract would be one year long.
First of all, there were a couple of issues with this premise with the biggest being that Jesse is still under contract with the Oilers and wouldn't be able to sign anywhere else for another few weeks. Second, his agent told TSN's Darren Dreger that Jesse is in Edmonton rehabbing and training for next season with the NHL being his first choice. Again, those two points don't necessarily mean that Puljujarvi will be back with the Oilers come October, there is certainly plenty of smoke surrounding a potential exit, but it does lead us to believe that he'd rather be playing in the big dance rather than in the KHL. Will that be here in Edmonton? Who knows — we'll have to wait and see.
League sources have recently suggested trade remains a strong option as well. https://t.co/VbnLLnOLm2
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) June 5, 2019
Sportsnet's Mark Spector also revealed chunks of his conversation with Puljujarvi's agent, adding fuel to the fire that a trade could be in the cards while also leaving the door open for reconciliation.
Agent also said that perhaps a new coach and new GM could mean a fresh start for Puljujarvi in EDM. My bet? He will be dangled this summer. We'll see if there are any takers.
— Mark Spector (@SportsnetSpec) June 5, 2019
Clear as mud, right? Yeah, I thought so too. Of course, and I've said this before, a player's agent is literally supposed to do what's best for his client and that includes lying to the media if need be. If he says that Puljujarvi wants to play in the NHL then I would tend to believe him, but I also wouldn't bet the farm on it either. Put it this way, would you be happy if the guy that takes a percentage of your paycheque would be unwilling to tell half-truths and whole lies to a reporter that's calling for confirmation on a rumour? Of course not. That's why I have a hard time buying completely into what agents say when it comes to their client's future plans. For all we know, Lehto could be using the media to leverage a bigger contract for his boy. Maybe he's using this rumour as a chance to gauge interest from the rest of the league? Maybe it's all bullshit?
Anyone that reads this website and follows the Edmonton Oilers knows that the start of Jesse Puljujarvi's NHL career has not started the way we would have hoped. After getting drafted 4th overall, I think many of us expected Jesse to step into the NHL and contribute right away, something that hasn't happened all that much in the 139 NHL games he's played. Now, from where I blog, I would also put some (read: a lot) of the blame on the organization after crowbarring him into the league long before he was ready. So, to me, complaining too much about a 21-year-old not being ready for primetime is kinda like cracking an egg into your mouth and wondering why it's not scrambled eggs. For me, this lack of success is on the organization for mismanaging his career and also on Puljujarvi for not finding ways to work his way out of it. Not every player is going to develop at the same rate, and I think that we all could work on remembering that a little bit before we get set to pull the chute on such a young guy.
That all said, I also wouldn't be surprised to see Puljujarvi rocking a different jersey next season. With the way things have been handled so far, I could understand how either the player or team would want to move on. At the end of the day, the Oilers need to win more hockey games and if Jesse Puljujarvi can be a part of making that happen either as a player or trade chip, then that's what needs to happen. At this point, I don't think anyone reading this cares more about any specific player not named Connor McDavid or Leon Draisaitl than they do about actually making a playoff run. All we know for sure is that Jesse Puljujarvi did not sign in the KHL today and, if you take his agent at his word, that doesn't appear to be in the immediate plans… probably… maybe. I guess we'll see.
PULJUJARVI'S NHL CAREER SO FAR
2016-17 Edmonton Oilers NHL 28 1 7 8 10 5
2016-17 Bakersfield Condors AHL 39 12 16 28 10 -2
2017-18 Bakersfield Condors AHL 10 1 4 5 4 -2
2017-18 Edmonton Oilers NHL 65 12 8 20 14 -1
2018-19 Edmonton Oilers NHL 46 4 5 9 16 -14
2018-19 Bakersfield Condors AHL 4 2 2 4 7 2
NHL Totals 139 17 20 37 40
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ziyan94 1 month ago
TRASH IT! 9
CHEERS 10
Puljujarvi will have to earn his playing time but he will do well here once the roster gets better.
He was flying in the preseason last year so we know he has the talent
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Spydyr 1 month ago
Preseason games especially early preseason games have very little in common with regular season games. It is not a yardstick I would use to measure a player by.
OilTastic 1 month ago
And look no further than Ty Rattie, a guy who tore up juniors, did well in the AHL, and in pre-season as well, only to be exposed as a guy who can't score in the NHL when it gets real !
Kneedroptalbot 1 month ago
And in the mean-time Ken Hitchcock rolls out the Identity (slug) Line for another game. How are we suppose to develop good young players like Cagguila and Pulijujarvi when Hitchcock keeps dressing up and rolling out Brodziak/Lucic/Kassian. Sheeesh what an outfit!!
sintaxi 1 month ago
That line existed for a short time when Hitchcock first joined the team. Hitchcock put that line together because he knew those players and having a line of known players was useful when getting to know the other players. Hitchcock specifically addressed this in his post game interviews.
The only thing we are sure of with Jesse at this point in time is that the Oilers have totally pooched his development.
Bob Nicholson 1 month ago
And we've sold a lot of burgers!
TKB2677 1 month ago
I agree with you. I think the Oilers did not develop JP properly but I also don't think he did his part either.
I keep hearing rumbling from multiple media guys that he wasn't too keen on being in the AHL. He stayed in Edmonton this year to rehab. Apparently that's a big deal. Why? He's been in the league for 3 years, it didn't go well. Language is still an issue for him. Why after year 1 didn't he stay in Edmonton to train with the team people and be in an English environment? After it went crappy a second year and language was still an issue, you'd think being in Edmonton all offseason was an automatic. It wasn't. Why?
I am not letting the Oilers off the hook, they played a massive role in this but I also look at the player. A team can suggest you do a certain things but it's up to the player to do them. So I see blame on both sides.
Hemmercules 1 month ago
This is what I believe as well. Both partys can share the blame, the Oilers more of it for sure though.
Once you draft a player and sign them to an entry level contract, you dictate what happens to that player. Seems like JP and his agent may have been making demands when he hadn't even cracked the NHL lineup yet and the team obliged. Maybe Chia was just that stupid and actually thought he was ready or just wanted to develop him in the NHL instead? They should have immediately sent him to the AHL and hired him an English tutor in Bakersfield if he didn't have one already. They were blinded by some little stretch he had in a world tournament and thought he was ready for the big time at 18. First round picks go straight to the NHL on the Oilers and that needs to change. Let's hope Holland fixes their development process.
I think the fact that the only Finnish GM in the NHL passed on him shows he knew there was red flags with JP. Early in his draft year, JP was the ranked higher than Laine. Laine had a big second half that put him ever so slightly ahead of JP but there were still some talk that JP could potentially go ahead of Laine. When Columbus passed on JP, it was a complete shock at the draft because I think every media guy and draft person had JP going at worse at 3. Brian Burke who was with the Flames at the time has said it repeatedly they would have taken JP at #3 and they had a trade all worked out with the Oilers but as soon as JP fell, it was off the table.
So again, I think the Oilers did not do right on JP but Columbus knew something to pass on him so clearly there was something up with him where they thought that even if he was "Developed correctly" he wasn't worth a #3.
Glencontrolurstik 1 month ago
It was his hip issues, a genetic growing bone disorder that is quite rare & re-occurring through life if not treated. Apparently it's treated through surgery and recovery rates are high. This issue may have been why #1 Columbus passed, as they obviously are after instant results based on trade deadline deals. #2 partly why he hasn't performed to expectations… I am one guy that thinks he'll be the most improved player on this team & maybe even the conference… I think he'll show he was worth a 3rd round pick, because of a successful surgery.
Not 3rd round, meant 3rd overall… edit, shmedit…
RJ 1 month ago
It doesn't need to be some conspiracy theory on why CBJ selected Dubois:
they've had a need for a #1C for a long time. Dubois looks like he'll be that guy for them. It's as simple as selecting a player based on need/position.
OILERSORDEATH 1 month ago
Maybe you are sure of that , but we all forget hes only 20 and with the right guidance and coaching, plus some confidence I think he will proof all you wrong. Hes need to be held accountable as well. It's not all on how the Oilers handled him ffs.
Right now JP is not an NHLer. I do agree with you that with proper guidance and coaching, he can be an NHLer. What I question is even if the Oilers would have had him in the AHL for multiple years, I am nut sure he would be anything more than a 3rd liner.
OilerForLife 1 month ago
Yes, they shouldn't have burnt the 1st year of his entry level deal, this is the classic example of why the majority players should be overripe. Now him accepting a one year qualifying offer, is the only thing separating him from going to another league. Temporary or permanently losing a highly drafted player is unacceptable. Having said that I think they should convince him of signing the offer and proving he can play in this league, under new coaching. He may take longer that most to adjust to the NHL game and rink size, but he's still worth a look see, because his trade value is diminished, and they have nothing to lose a this point.
hammer313 1 month ago
Just wonder if there is a trade with Toronto in there somewhere? Kapanen, perhaps. No way Toronto can afford Marner, Kapanen and Johnsson.
jesse says yep 1 month ago
TRASH IT! 15
JP +1st for Kapanen and a 2nd?
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I would LOVE to see a straight up trade of Jesse for Kapanen! The perfect trade for both teams!!
Randaman 1 month ago
Toronto will laugh and hang up the phone. Kapanen is a way better prospect in my eyes.
Beer_League_Ringer 1 month ago
He still needs to be moved. Leafs can't keep all their great young F talent. (Kudos to them for having the "problem" in the first place)
Hemi 1 month ago
I hate to give the laffs any Kudos but yes, a nice problem in comparison.
@Randaman….you missed the point. it was suggested that the Leafs wouldn't be able to afford to re-sign all the players they need to re-sign, so a Jesse for Kapanen trade would give the Leafs some cap relief. i wasn't suggesting that a Jesse for Kapanen trade was fair value. sheesh !
Obviously Nazem Kadri is the player to target who would make a fantastic line mate for Nuge. Toronto wont want to give him up but they are very low on options.
Kadri/Nuge/Kassian… wow, now that's a great 2nd or 3rd (eventually) line.
Odanada 1 month ago
I would like to see Jesse play a more physical style that utilizes his size and strength. Too many times I've seen him forechecking and have a guy lined up perfectly for a crushing hit and just wave his stick as he skates by.
Can you teach this pup some new tricks?
Why not get the Looch to mentor him in hitting and maybe they'll find their scoring game together.
2 birds, one stone. Think Holland and Tippet could work that miracle?
I agree, and I think Tippet maybe be the coach that can make that happen.
Towers-of-dub 1 month ago
fire tippett
Ken Holland 1 month ago
This may be one of the most talented players that Tippet has ever had a chance to coach.
The issue is JP is not very bright. Knowing he was going to be drafted in the NHL, he should have learned english at 16.
He is 21 now, does he understand english?
Looch should be in press box until he's traded or the Oilers get a compliance buy-out. He's done.
Viperx 1 month ago
Bust! Get rid of him
Ditto buddy… Ditto. Viperx is the biggest bust here
Moneyball 1 month ago
Puljujarvi should have been traded 2 years ago when all the signs were pointing towards him being at best a third liner. The Oilers could have got a real haul out of dealing him, now I would be happy for an aging Dman outside his prime or a backup goalie. It think PJ is a quite a ways away from being an impact player or for that matter an NHL player but its time to trade him now while there is still a modicum of value for essentially a #3 draft pick. Maybe a later first round pick or an early second round pick would be reasonable too.
Dr.Drai29 1 month ago
If he doesn't go to the KHL toss this chump into the bin.
Nice, I actually laughed out loud on that one. Toss him in the bin. In true Oilers fashion, develop him in a strange way for a few years and toss him for whatever ya can get.
Beer 1 month ago
I liked the kid at first, but there is something wrong with his wireing.
CactusJr 1 month ago
Jesse, if an Oiler in 19-20, will get 20-20-40 next season
CMG30 1 month ago
There is a lot of blame to go around regarding the JP situation. Most of it I lay at the feet of the previous regime. However, what's done is done. Going forward what is the best thing to do?
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe JP will need to clear waivers going forward. So basically he's with the big boys if the club doesn't move him over the summer and playing limited minutes in the NHL is clearly not the best place for him to be. So where else can he go? I wouldn't shed a tear if he decided to play a couple seasons over in Europe. Again, I may be wrong, but Edmonton should retain his NHL rights in this situation but it would give JP some time to develop before rolling the dice on a return to Edmonton to revive his NHL career.
It's beyond ridiculous what they have done with this kid to have him be waiver eligible at this age and point in his career. I wonder if Holland tests the waters and eventually risks it and sends him down if there is no interest. Loaning him to the KHL would be ideal at this point.
He'll get claimed if we try to put him down.
So what. With what we have seen, I'm willing to risk it. Better yet, package him with Benning for Kapanen and a third
@Randaman….so what you say? you'd rather we try to send Jesse down and have him get claimed and we get absolutely nothing for the former 4th overall pick? more great Oiler asset management there !! no wonder we continue to suck year after year….
Every NHL team would put in a claim for Puljujarvi if he is put on waivers.
If there is an option to send him to Finland to play, I think they should do it. He needs times to play in a lesser league and hope he can improve. He's not ready.
I more think he will end up being part of a trade package. I think his value is not much. You could get some other teams failed prospect. I am not even sure he's worth a 2nd right now. I could maybe see him plus the 8 to a team to move up in the draft a few spots.
islandjet 1 month ago
I sure would like to see the Jets get him as they have the depth to keep him on the Moose and let him learn the NHL game before promoting him and playing him on the 3/4th line. The big question is what would the Jets reasonably have to give up to get Pully?
The Whispererer 1 month ago
You must have missed some of the above comments. The issue is that Jesse would have to clear waivers to be sent down to the AHL; last time i checked the Moose were an AHL team.
Total Points 1 month ago
He should play in Europe next year to get his confidence back. I don't think he needs to clear waivers if he signs a contract in Europe, Oilers still retain his rights and he comes back when he is ready.
Spaceman Spiff 1 month ago
As soon as I heard "Puljujarvi's maybe going to sign with Jokerit," my first thought was "Jari Kurri to the rescue."
Yes, it's those three words everyone loves to hate: Old Boys Club. Only, this time, maybe it'll have some tangible use.
I mean, think about it. Jesse's KHL rights aren't even with Jokerit, are they? So why Jokerit then?
Again … I think it's gotta be Kurri. He isn't only Jokerit's GM – he recently bought the team. He has all the pull in the world to pull this off and, recent purges aside, plenty of connections in Edmonton.
And I don't think this is a poach-job. I'm wondering if Kurri didn't call up Holland (or maybe W.Gretzky) and say, "Hey, Jesse can't go down to the AHL now, mid-season, without clearing waivers, so how about this? How about we bring him over here for a year, play him a ton, let him get his groove back and he goes back to you in either spring or fall 2020 a better player?"
Or heck … maybe Holland called Kurri and pitched the idea to him.
Does that sound crazy?
He'd need a two-way contract to pull that off, I doubt him and his agent would agree to that.
Lots of players excelled under Hitch.
Drai, McDavid, Nuge, Chiasson, Nurse.. all had career years.
JP hasnt even learned english yet. Laine and Tkchuck have had the exact development plan as JP.
Sometimes it is the players fault.
@Ken Holland….but Oiler fans never blame the player, it's always the organization's fault whenever a high pick doesn't pan out. see Nail Yakupov….
Shameless Plugger 1 month ago
The NHL isn't a developmental league.
In Chia I Trust 1 month ago
There is no way he signs with he Oilers. His entry contract is over and management's rights are more limited than you think. He'd want $9 mill for 3 years and isn't worth it and the Oilers can't afford it. This is his chance to show what he's got (remember it's a Finnish team in the KHL). He is gone, for now. The Oilers will still have his rights. Does nobody see what's happening with the Swedish buildup. Nylander will be here – part of the price will be the 8th and Benning.
All Ice 1 month ago
Right, so we can't afford 3 mil for Jesse (which isn't what he'll get by the way) but we can afford Nylander and his 6.9 mil? Think it through…
Nylander at 1 million per goal.
7 mil a year for a career high 35 points(5×5).
Do we really need another player with Lucic type production without the hits?
Do not buy into the Toronto Hype. This guy is extremely overated.
OilCan2 1 month ago
The car is going to crash if you keeping looking ONLY in the rearview mirror. I would offer him $4M over three years. The team then has control and his best years are ahead of him. The repair job on his wheels is most likely going to work out fine and his fresh start will be a new coach and GM.
Kelly Youngblood 1 month ago
What about those JP to Carolina rumour, for Julien Gauthier ? I could see JP flourishing with all those highly skilled Finns. Gauthier at 6'4, 224 lbs and plays RW was 21st overall in the same draft. 27 goals in Charlotte last year. Could be a good move for both sides. I'd take a chance on Gauthier over Olli Juolevi if I had the choice between the two.
OriginalPouzar 1 month ago
So, Puljujarvi is a bust but Benson is a top prospect, yet Benson is older than Puljujarvi (as are Marody, Jones, Bear, Lagesson, Joe G.). Yamamoto is only a couple of months younger than Jesse.
We all love Benson and his potential and, sure, his arrows are pointing much better than Jesse's, but I would posit, if Jesse got the entire year in the AHL (and didn't have hip issues), we'd be excited for Jesse's potential as well.
I agree with you that it doesn't seem fair but there is a big time difference between a guy drafted 4th overall vs a guy drafted in the second round. Guys drafted in the second round are expected to take longer to be something. I fully agree that the Oilers did not develop JP properly at all. Typically when any team drafts a player in the top 5, a 1st overall is usually in the NHL right away. For the rest, maybe they don't make the NHL right after being drafted but they are typically expected to take very little development time before they make it because they are that good and that close. Maybe they aren't a dominate player but they should be a full time NHLer real quick and doing something. But in the case of JP, it's pretty clear he wasn't even close to being ready which maybe indicates he shouldn't have been take with the #4.
So while I agree that the Oilers screwed up big time with his development, after 3 years, he's not even an full time NHLer yet. So that is a big time problem and I don't think it's all on the team. After 3 years, even if he wasn't developed properly, a 4th overall should be able to be a bottom 6 NHLer and he's not.
Redbird62 1 month ago
Jonathan Huberdeau drafted 3rd in 2011 – Played 2 more years of junior, made the NHL in his 3rd season with a Florida team with very few high skilled forwards. Jonathan Drouin – drafted 3rd in 2013 played another year of Junior then 2 years with 3rd line minutes. Dylan Strome was taken 3rd in 2015, and played 2 more years in Junior and most of his 3rd year in Tuscon. Arizona gave up on him early in his 4th season and he proceeded to score 51 points in 58 games with the Blackhawks. There are many more examples of players drafted in the 3-6 range who are not ready to be NHL 1st or 2nd line players right after the draft or even in the first few years.
The Oilers made some mistakes with Jesse's development, but it is still too soon to say he is a bust. His second season was actually NHL caliber, but he had some rough patches last year due to confidence issues, perhaps injuries and maybe even deployment. This last problem extends to all Oiler forwards, but Jesse played on 81 different line combinations last season, with only 3 more than 50 minutes but just barely. Some of the data is effected by shift changes on the fly, but he had 45 combinations for more than 1 minute. That's hard for any player to adapt to but doubly hard for a young player trying to find his game.
Heschultzhescores 1 month ago
Jesse was a poor pick from the get go. Zero hockey IQ, and has never excelled on the small ice. How our scouts picked him still amazes me. Duped again.
The scouts must have missed his poor pre-draft performance on the small ice because he never played on the small ice prior to the draft.
That was just a pure made up statement to propagate a narrative.
The point is, why take a chance on a guy who has never excelled on the small ice? Many skilled players disappear when the game gets too tough for them on the small ice. It's a different game, that needs to be factored into the draft. So no, it's not a made up narrative
Ovechkin, Malkin, Kovalchuk, Backstrom, Barkov, Sedin, Sedin, Lindholm, Petterson, Laine – a list of several of the European born players drafted in the NHL top 5 who had virtually no small ice experience prior to their draft other than maybe 7 games in a WJCU20 or WJCU18 tournament held in North America – just like Puljuvarvi. I guess you wouldn't have picked any of them on that basis either.
Every major draft ranking had Jesse at number 3 and one even had him at 2. Did Jarmo have special knowledge on Jesse or did he he pick Dubois, who was ranked very closely behind Jesse, but was a center. Hindsight is pretty easy, but virtually every other GM in Chiarelli's position would probably have taken Jesse at number 4 not that they will tell you that now. I hope Holland and Tippett don't give up on him too soon. He is only 20.
Correction – he turned 21 this past month.
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Despite claims by Chinese hawks that the live-fire military exercise is aimed at Taiwan and that the aircraft carrier 'Liaoning' could be involved, there is every indication that the drills are little more than a routine artillery exercise.
The Chinese military will hold live-fire exercises in the Taiwan Strait today (Wednesday) as President Tsai Ing-wen is on her first state visit to Africa. The announced maneuvers have sparked a frenzy of reporting — and hyperbole — in international media, which as always are on the lookout for high drama.
Chinese authorities have revealed very little about the nature of the exercise since the announcement. A statement by the Fujian maritime safety administration only indicated that the maneuvers are to commence at 8am and end at midnight. The drills will take place in waters off Quanzhou, Fujian Province, across from Taiwan.
In it, Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO), is paraphrased responding to a question by a journalist (very likely staged) that China is "firmly against Taiwan independence" and that "We would like to reaffirm that we have strong determination, confidence and capability to destroy any type of 'Taiwan independence' scheme in order to safeguard the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity." The vagueness of the generic answer is very telling, leaving itself open to interpretation and seeming to support the view, provided in the form of a leading question by the reporter, that the exercises are indeed conducted to send a warning to Taiwan and to deter Taiwanese independence.
A day earlier, TAO director Liu Jieyi said the live-fire drills were "an action to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our motherland." As indeed is very single military exercise held by any military on the face of the planet.
As always, comments by TAO officials leave much to interpretation. And when the media over-interpret what was said by painting an atmosphere of crisis, Chinese officials will certainly not do anything to disabuse them of such views. And why would they, if the media are inadvertently doing propaganda on Beijing's behalf, in the process contributing to pressure on Taiwan (and in this case, taking attention away from President Tsai's state visit to Africa)?
After the TAO officials came the Chinese military commentators.
Whether Song (retired) and Lü (civilian) speak on behalf of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) or have special channels to the decision-making apparatus is highly questionable. Much of what they provide is speculation and ultra-nationalist hyperventilation, as the Global Times is wont to publish. More worrying is the fact that such commentators are taken seriously by international media, or are seen as spokespersons for the CCP and the PLA.
Meanwhile, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) is not panicking, nor is the Taiwanese public, or the stock market. On Monday, MND described the PLA drills as a "routine artillery drill" and reassured the public that it had the situation under control. It also described the exercise as a form of psychological warfare.
For its part, Taiwan's National Security Bureau said the scale of the military exercise was "roughly the level involving a battalion," and was to take place at the Shishi target area, which has existed since 2007.
Contrary to what some media have reported, this is not the first live-fire military exercise to be held in the Taiwan Strait. In September 2015 — when the "Beijing-friendly" Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang (KMT) was in office — the PLA held a three-day live-fire drill during which ground forces in Fujian Province conducted regular artillery firings in an area about 14 nautical miles off Weitou. That exercise overlapped with the last day of the annual live-fire Han Kuang exercises in Taiwan.
Other live-fire exercises by the PLA near the Taiwan Strait have been held in recent years. In July 2012, the PLA Navy (PLAN) conducted a five-day live-ammunition naval exercise in waters off Zhoushan and Taizhou, Zhejiang Province. If hawkish commentators wanted to do so, they could also depict such maneuvers as aiming to deter Taiwan independence forces.
At this writing, the official PLA website has yet to publish any pictures of the ongoing exercises and has no article on the subject.
Taiwan certainly cannot afford to take PLA exercises lightly, and continues to pay close attention to them. But overreacting, or getting carried away in the media frenzy, would be a terrible mistake.


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Q: Show that $\lvert \cos (1)\lvert $ + $\lvert \cos (2)\lvert $ + $\lvert \cos (3)\lvert \geq \frac{3}{2}$ Show that $\lvert \cos (1)\lvert $ + $\lvert \cos (2)\lvert $ + $\lvert \cos (3)\lvert \geq \frac{3}{2}$.
I've been trying to figure out an analytic way of showing this is true for a while now, but I can't seem to come up with anything. I have tried using things like the Triangle Inequality, and screwing around with the identity $\cos x = \frac{e^{ix}+e^{-ix}}{2}$, but the bounds it seems to provide are too low. Any ideas/advice would be greatly appreciated!

A: There is the inequality $|\cos(x)| \ge |1-\frac{2}{\pi}x|$ for all $x \in [0, \pi]$.
Plugging in values, we obtain:
$$|\cos(1)|+|\cos(2)|+|\cos(3)| \ge \frac{8}{\pi}-1\ge \frac{3}{2}$$

A: We have:$$\begin{eqnarray*}|\cos 1|+|\cos 2|+|\cos 3|&=&\cos 1+\cos(\pi-2)+\cos(\pi-3)\\&=&\cos 1+2\cos\frac{1}{2}\cos\frac{2\pi-5}{2}\\&\geq&\cos 1+2\cos\frac{1}{2}\cos\frac{2}{3}\end{eqnarray*}$$
and since $\cos x\geq 1-\frac{x^2}{2}$ for any $x\in[0,1]$ we have:
$$|\cos 1|+|\cos 2|+|\cos 3|\geq\frac{1}{2}+2\cdot \frac{7}{8}\cdot\frac{7}{9}>\frac{9}{5}.$$

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Q: Batch insert or update through Doctrine DBAL Query Builder How can i do batch insert or update functionality through Doctrine DBAL Query  Builder.

$qb = $queryBuilder->values(
        array(
            "name" => 'test'
            "email" => 'test@gmail.com'
        )
    )
    ->insert('test')
    ->execute();

Will it supports like this

$qb = $queryBuilder->values(
            array(
                "name" => array('test', 'test2')
                "email" => array('test@gmail.com','test2@gmail.com')
            )
        )
        ->insert('test')
        ->execute();

A: There is an unmerged pullrequest from some time ago, that adds this. You can try to duplicate some of this functionality in your code.
In other words - no, it's not possible to do bulk insert using DBAL.


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Jana had two touchdowns, one receiving and one on a kick return, in the Tigers' 34-21 win over Episcopal this past Saturday.
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Crossing the border from Thailand into Myanmar (Burma) was always going to feel like something of an adventure. The reality was an easy and generally swift process, with no real problems at all. We got to the Mai Sai bridge in the morning which we highly recommend as in the afternoon the queues can be quite lengthy.
Leaving Thailand was just a case of getting our passports stamped. Then we dwelled a little reading the customs notices. Why can't you take more than TWO decks of cards into the country? Anyway, we then worried if our e-visas would be accepted at this entry point to Myanmar as the whole system is still quite new. Getting the e-visas was easy. Just follow the instructions on the government website, pay your money and wait for your application to be accepted. With your e-visa printed out, just head for the border. The bridge from Mai Sai to Tachileik adds an extra dimension to the crossing rather than just going through some anonymous hangar-like structure.
a bit wary of our luggage being left outside the door. The second office was the only real stumbling block in the process. The man behind the desk had to fill in the immigration log book but it was blatantly clear that he hadn't a clue about what he was supposed to be doing. We ended up talking him through the process by looking at previous entries! Once Trish's details had been entered, someone else came into the room and he knew what he was doing. The big question is, who was the first guy? Was it bring-your-not-so-bright-brother-to-work day, or was he a trainee unsupervised on day one on the job?!
owner sorted us out. If you need to stay the night in Tachileik I would recommend going there. We have no idea what the rooms are like but if they help non-customers the way they helped us, the service for paying customers must be incredible.
We were put into a shared taxi and the driver was told where we were going. A note was scribbled on a piece of paper to hand over at the bus station. Our seats on a bus had been secured. There was no bus station though, just an office where the bus company sell tickets and from where the bus departs. We got there about an hour before departure so left our bags and went over the road for a coffee. The Moringa Cafe is an amazing place and they served the best iced mocha we have had for years! Then, like good little travellers, we went back to the bus "station" as asked, half an hour before departure. There we sat and waited, and waited, and waited... Well, if you've ever travelled in Asia, you know what it's like! Eventually we got on the bus and left about an hour behind schedule.
the world go by out of the window was great. I think we were as much of an attraction to those riding shotgun in the back of pick-ups as they were to us! Before long though, the heavens opened. It's been some time since we have witnessed rain like that. So much for it being the dry season!! Despite the monsoon, it was an uneventful ride, but if you do it in better weather the views would surely take your breath away. It was still pouring down when we got to Keng Tung, but that's a story for another day.
Glad to be of help! Look forward to hearing about your travels.


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Jock William Gaynor (September 14, 1929 – April 2, 1998) was an American television actor and producer. He was known for playing the role of Deputy Marshal Heck Martin in the first season of the American western television series, Outlaws.

Life and career
Gaynor was born in Queens, New York, the son of Louise and Ira a police officer. He was introduced to public performance by playing the piano as a child. Gaynor served in the United States Air Force from October 25, 1950 to February 25, 1954. He also worked as an artist, professional baseball player and stage designer, working on plays, stock companies and television programs. Gaynor began his acting career in 1960, joining the cast of western television series Outlaws for its first season as Deputy Marshal Heck Martin.  He was not liked by other cast members, his character did not appeal to the viewers, and he only appeared in nine episodes before being replaced by Wynn Pearce.

Gaynor continued appearing in television programs, with his credits including Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Rawhide, Mission: Impossible, Batman, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Invaders, Iron Horse, Coronet Blue and Colt .45. His only film credit was starring in the 1974 film The Deathhead Virgin. Gaynor also played the recurring role of Dr. William Scott in the television soap opera The Doctors. He retired in 1986, his last television credit being in Knight Rider.

Death
Gaynor died in April 1998 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 68.

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ICAP releases earnings statement
News July 13, 2016 —by Valentina Kirilova 0
Interdealer broker ICAP plc (LON:IAP) announces today its trading statement for the period from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016. It will be delivered to shareholders attending ICAP's Annual General Meeting today.
Michael Spencer, ICAP
Michael Spencer, Group Chief Executive Officer of ICAP, said:
I expect 2016/17 to be an exciting and challenging year for ICAP as we transition to become NEX Group plc, the leading venue for electronic transactions in OTC products and post trade services. Our industry position, built around market-leading products and services developed over many years, provides us with an outstanding opportunity to deliver long-term profitable growth. We have made a good start to the year and remain cautiously confident looking ahead despite a more uncertain macroeconomic outlook for the UK and the global economy since the Brexit vote in the UK on 23 June. The referendum result was a tremendous shock to global financial markets but our platforms demonstrated resilience. We handled more than $200 billion of FX volume on 24 June on our EBS platform demonstrating deep and reliable liquidity throughout a period of extreme volatility.
Prior to the UK referendum, we were looking towards a long and slow journey on the road to more normal market conditions following the decision by the Fed to raise interest rates back in December. This journey looks more uncertain now although the subsequent decline in sterling in the FX markets does provide us with a significant windfall benefit," Spencer added.
Group revenue from continuing operations for the quarter increased by 2%* on a constant currency basis and increased by 7%* on a reported basis compared with the same period last year. Overall market conditions have been mixed as the malaise in global financial markets, low interest rates and bank deleveraging persists. Trading activity levels saw a spike around the time of the referendum.
Revenue decreased by 2% on a constant currency basis and increased 3% on a reported basis during the first quarter compared to the same period last year. On the BrokerTec platform, average daily volume decreased in US Treasuries by 17% to $142 billion, in US repo by 7% to $202 billion and in European repo by 2% to €175 billion. Average daily volume on EBS decreased by 15% to $83 billion for the first quarter as volatility remained low. Revenue did not decrease in line with volume as a result of changes to the product mix and the effect of the volume-based tiered tariff structure.
EBS Direct, the disclosed, relationship-based liquidity service, continued to expand with more than 400 customers on the platform and average daily volume increased to $21 billion (Q1 2015/16 $17 billion) for the period. Interest in forwards and swaps on EBS Direct has seen steady growth in both average daily volume and the number of liquidity consumers trading. BrokerTec Direct, the recently launched relationship-based liquidity service in the US Treasury market, continues to onboard new customers.
In June, ICAP announced that the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), China's official inter-bank market trading platform and infrastructure provider, has chosen EBS BrokerTec to deliver the underlying technology for fixed income and FX electronic execution services in mainland China. The deal, valued at $65 million over a three-year period, will see ICAP expand into China, a key growth market for the business, with EBS BrokerTec establishing a local office and development centre in Shanghai.
Post Trade Risk and Information
Revenue increased 6%* on a constant currency basis and 12%* on a reported basis during the first quarter compared to the same period last year. The continuing demand for risk mitigation products was a key driver of growth in the period, particularly at TriOptima. During the quarter, triReduce extended its customer base by completing the first successful compression cycle for cleared euro interest rate swaps at Eurex Clearing and expanded its product range by adding an inflation product for compression. The repository reconciliation offering from triResolve, which aligns the records of the reporting parties with those of the global trade repositories, continues to grow and the user base during the period reached more than 1,700 parties. The division's performance also benefited from the performance of Reset in which the core business saw improvement in its US dollar revenue, following the significant impact in the prior year of low short dated interest rate volatility and the ECB's quantitative easing programme.
As announced in April 2016, ICAP acquired ENSO, a leading provider of data analytics for hedge funds and prime brokers. Enso is now fully consolidated and reported as part of the Post Trade Risk and Information division.
Discontinuing operations
IGBB
Revenue was flat on a constant currency basis and increased by 2% on a reported basis during the first quarter compared to the same period last year. Trading activity continued to be impacted by ongoing structural and cyclical factors. This was, however, partly offset by increased activity following the result of the UK referendum in late June. Good progress was made with the continued roll out of Global Broking's e-Commerce solutions and hybrid footprint, including an increase in the number of customers using TrueQuote, a portal for the buyside. The marginal decline in revenue on a constant currency basis for Global Broking was partly offset by an increase in revenue from the related information business.
Transaction with Tullett Prebon
In November 2015, ICAP announced that it had entered into a transaction which will, when completed, involve the disposal of its global hybrid voice broking and information business, including its associated technology and broking platforms, certain of its joint ventures and associates (IGBB), to Tullett Prebon. In June, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), announced that unless the companies were able to offer undertakings which addressed the CMA's competition concerns in relation to the broking of oil products, the anticipated acquisition would be referred for an in-depth phase 2 investigation. In response, ICAP and Tullett Prebon announced that they are working together to sell ICAP's voice/hybrid EMEA oil broking business within the appropriate timeframe. The proposed transaction remains on track to complete later this year.
In addition, ICAP no longer intends to retain a 19.9% interest in TP ICAP plc after completion of the transaction and has agreed with Tullett Prebon that, subject to the requisite approvals (including the approval of ICAP shareholders), these shares will be issued directly to ICAP shareholders such that they will hold approximately 56% of TP ICAP's enlarged share capital on completion. A revised circular will be sent to ICAP shareholders in due course.
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Pro-Russian Rebels Elect Leadership in Eastern Ukraine
Ukraine President Poroshenko calls vote 'a farce'; U.S., EU denounce elections as illegitimate, but Russia has said it would recognize results.
Natalia Zinets, Alessandra Prentice Nov 02, 2014 9:38 PM
Pro-Russian militants stand guard at a polling station in Novoazovsk, in the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region on November 2, 2014.AFP
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REUTERS - Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called "a farce."
Mining electrician-turned-rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko won over 81 percent of the vote, according to the exit polls of an election that has worsened a standoff between Russia and the West.
The United States and European Union have already denounced it as illegitimate, but Russia has said it would recognise the result, deepening a crisis that began with the popular overthrow of a Moscow-backed president in February.
Poroshenko said the vote was "a farce, [conducted] under the barrels of tanks and machineguns."
"I hope Russia will not recognise the so-called elections because they are a clear violation of the Sept. 5 Minsk protocol, which was also signed by Russia's representative," he said, referring to an international peace agreement meant to end months of fighting between the separatists and Ukrainian troops.
In Donetsk, eastern Ukraine's former industrial capital and the separatists' political and military stronghold, Soviet music blared out of speakers in front of a central voting station carrying the separatist's red black and blue flag.
Across the region suffering from years of neglect and months of conflict, Russian speakers wary of the new pro-European government in Kiev stood in freezing temperatures to cast their vote, some near the remains of shrapnel from mortar bombings.
"We are citizens of Donetsk, and we don't want to live under the Kiev government that has turned its back on us," said Sergei Kovalenko, 58, a private security guard who came to vote with his wife at a polling station set up at an elementary school.
People brought truck loads of carrots, potatoes and cabbages to polling stations where they were sold off for pennies to those waiting in line.
Some of the heaviest artillery shelling of the past few weeks could be heard hours before voting was to begin. Rebels said more artillery was heard in a northern district of Donetsk during the vote.
Ukraine's military said three of its soldiers had been killed in the past 24 hours, two of them by an explosion at a check point near the city of Mariupol, which is under Ukrainian control.
Although sporadically broken, the Sept 5. truce has allowed a semblance of normality to return to Donetsk following violence that has killed more than 4,000 people.
Kiev says the Minsk agreements, signed by rebel leaders and envoys from Kiev, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), arrange for elections held under Ukrainian law that would appoint purely local officials.
But the rebels' plan to elect leaders and institutions in a breakaway territory in the regions of Donetsk and neighbouring Luhansk violates that agreement, Kiev says.
Consolidating power
Early last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would recognise the vote. On Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin the election was illegitimate and would not be recognised by Europe.
Zakharchenko, the current rebel prime minister whose campaign advertisements are plastered across Donetsk, was almost certain to win the vote for the leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.
Using colourful language in a heavy local accent, Zakharchenko, 38, has compared the region's coal deposits to the oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates and has promised pensioners a stipend that will allow them to go on safari in Australia.
Wearing a dark suit rather than his usual military fatigues, Zakharchenko dropped his vote into a ballot box at a polling station at a local school: "For justice, happiness, peace and prosperity".
His opponents, two lesser known separatist figures, have rarely appeared in public. Public bulletins of the three candidates made no mention of the policies they endorse, but rather just listed biographical information.
"He doesn't eat, he doesn't sleep. He works only for us 150 percent of the time," said Lyudmila Kovalenko, who works at a school. She said the rebel leadership had fixed the windows of the school after it was hit by a mortar.
Zakharchenko's election as rebel leader will mean little by way of change for the region which is increasingly dependent on Russia for support financially and politically.
"For the rebels themselves"
Rebels say the election will legitimise the separatist leadership and consolidate power in the midst of a humanitarian crisis which will only be worsened by the oncoming winter.
They have brought in observers from Europe and the Russian-backed regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which broke from the former Soviet republic of Georgia around the break up of the Soviet Union, as Donetsk and Luhansk did from Ukraine.
An exit poll monitor, Natalia Samostrokova, 35, said that by noon Zakharchenko was winning with some "90 percent of the vote and then some" as she scanned the results of her survey in a voting station in Makiyivka, east of Donetsk.
Enthusiasm for the rebel cause, which was at its peak in Ukraine's Russian-speaking east following the ouster of Moscow-backed Viktor Yanukovich, waned after violence closed banks and many stores, forcing people out of work.
Voting stations drew a steady stream of people on Sunday, but many Donetsk residents say the vote will change nothing and question its validity given there are no voters lists.
"I don't see why I should vote. It won't change anything, and besides the election isn't for the people of Donetsk. It's for the rebels themselves," said Vitaly, 34.


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The Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime is powered by a MediaTek MT6737T coupled with 1 GB of RAM. The front panel is a 5 inches display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. The internal storage is 8 GB and the battery inside is of a 2600 mAh capacity. The Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime hosts a 8 MP at the back and the front shooter is a 5 MP for sharp selfies.
Samsung officially launched its new smartphone Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime in November 2016. Sporting a Candybar design, it will have a model number SM-G532, G532. The Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime will retail in a variety of colours including Black, Gold, and Pink to give you options to choose according to your style. In terms of durability, well, the handset is made of the Plastic material. So, you be the judge of that. Know that it weighs at 160 grams.
Most important aspect of the smartphone is its display. Take a hard look at the Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime display specifications. It is a 5 inches display offering a 540 x 960 pixels resolution. It uses the PLS display technology. The pixel density of the screen comes out to be 220 ppi. The screen-to-body ratio of the smartphone is at 66.23 %, which is a result of the Regular design and aspect ratio of 1.778:1.
These days when we look for a smartphone to buy, the first thing that we asked is about the details of the camera. So here you go! The Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime comes with a single rear camera which has a resolution of 8 MP with f/2.2 aperture size. Know that there will be LED flash for low light photography support. The selfie camera is of 5 MP resolution with an aperture of f/2.2
Coming to the internals on the Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime, it comes powered by a MediaTek MT6737T processor, which is accompanied by a ARM Mali-T720 MP2 GPU. Talking about the RAM and storage, it comes with a 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage. There is an external storage option available and it supports external storage type of microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC. As far as the biometric security is concerned, it does not come with a fingerprint sensor. We are mostly concerned about the battery life on our phones, the Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime offers a 2600 mAh capacity removable battery. The connectivity features includes two SIM slots with 4G, 3G, and 2G support. Further, it offers Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, and Micro USB v2.0 port. It supports a 3.5 mm audio jack. And it supports latest Wi-Fi standards.
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Discussing the Four Biggest Spoilers From the New 'The Last Jedi' Trailer
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On Monday we got a brand new full length Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, and while my inner fanboy was ecstatic to see new footage from the film with the hopes of being able to realize its plot a bit more, my practical side walked away feeling that it may have spoiled more than a few major moments. We've already broke the trailer down in video form, and on our Star Wars Time Show podcast, so I figured it would't hurt to dedicate a video breakdown of the trailer's most shocking moments, which I consider to be spoilers.
Now, I know full well that the trailer was more than likely edited in a way to make certain scenes appear to happen in order when in reality they don't, as well as making certain dialogue appear to be spoken to characters that it may not be spoken to in the final edit. I totally get that, and Rian Johnson has confirmed that he made sure that the most shocking moments won't be teased at all before the final film releases. With that being said though, I do feel that the way these spoiler moments were woven into the trailer do come off as potential massive reveals, so that's how I approached the video breakdown below.
This goes without saying that this video is laden with spoilers, I mean the whole post is dedicated to The Last Jedi spoilers, so please don't watch unless you've already seen the new trailer. Head on down below to see which trailer scenes I considered to be full of spoilers.
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(CNN) — It's been just over a month since prosecutors charged 50 people, including 33 parents of college-age students, of conspiring to use their wealth to game the college admissions system.
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While the cheaters are still facing their comeuppance, you may be feeling left behind. Don't. What these parents don't realize is that there are far smarter (and more economical) ways of getting their kid ahead — not just in college but in life.
Among the 33 parents indicted as part of the college admissions scandal, the majority of them received their bachelor degrees, and many went to law or business school for higher degrees.
Community Service has become a heavily weighted factor by college admissions officers to distinguish between qualified students in the admissions process. College admissions officers want to see the impact a student has made in his or her community when he or she is not in class.


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Jacksonville City Council member Tommy Hazouri will return home for hospice care
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Tommy Hazouri, a fixture in Jacksonville's political scene the past half century, will be released from the Mayo Clinic on Wednesday and return to his home under hospice care, according to a statement from his office.
"Tommy deeply appreciates all the thoughts, well wishes, and prayers from the Jacksonville community," the statement said. "While his lungs may be failing him, his heart remains full for the people of this city. The Hazouri family asks that you continue respecting their privacy in this difficult time."
Hazouri, 76, was admitted Saturday to Mayo for complications from a lung transplant he received a year ago.
Earlier:City Council President Tommy Hazouri out of 'successful' lung transplant surgery
Back on the job:Tommy Hazouri returns to Jacksonville City Council president role after lung transplant
Hazouri came back from that July 2020 surgery to serve as City Council president for an eventful one-year term through June 30.
His fellow City Council members ended their Tuesday meeting with a prayer for his recovery.
"The city would not be the city it is without this man," City Council member Kevin Carrico said. "All of that service leads to a wonderful career that we want to honor and bless and ask again, Lord, for a miracle, for healing."
Tommy Hazouri: 'I've really been blessed'
Mayor Lenny Curry said in a Tuesday-night tweet he was thinking of Hazouri and praying for him.
"Life is fragile," Curry said. "Keep fighting, Tommy. People care about you."
Hazouri is one of Jacksonville's most well-known officeholders from 33 years in the state Legislature, the Duval County School Board and City Hall.
The Democrat was a state representative from 1974 to 1986, mayor from 1987 to 1991, School Board member from 2004 to 2012 and City Council member since 2015. He has said he viewed his time as council president as a "last hurrah" for his political career and credited the lung transplant with allowing him to fulfill those duties.
He underwent the transplant a few weeks after being sworn in as council president. He relinquished the gavel while recovering from the surgery and returned to City Hall in September.
He said at the time the transplant motivated him to make the most of his time as council president and his push for an "era of enlightenment" on tackling racial disparities in the city.
"To have a new lung is a gift from heaven and I've really been blessed," Hazouri said. "I was given the lung for a reason and it's given me a new lease on life. I don't know how long I would have been here if I didn't have that lung replaced."
During his time as mayor, he won voter support for a half-cent sales tax for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority that resulted in JTA eliminating tolls from several bridges and roads. He also led the charge for regulations that cut odor pollution, enabling Jacksonville to shed its reputation as the "city that stinks."
As a council member, Hazouri was at the forefront of getting the city's human rights ordinance expanded to add protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
He has sometimes had a rocky relationship with Curry, but he was a high-profile advocate for the mayor's pension reform that voters approved by agreeing to a half-cent sales tax after the Better Jacksonville Plan's tax ends in 2030.
As council president, Hazouri supported doubling the local gas tax that will enable the city to undertake several hundred million dollars of work on septic tank phaseouts, citywide park improvements and downtown development enhancements.
City Council member Matt Carlucci said Tuesday during the council meeting that Hazouri "is a great friend to all of us, even when he fusses with us, even when he jokes with us, and he's at a delicate time in his life."
City Council member Brenda Priestly Jackson, who served with Hazouri on the School Board and then again on the council, called him a "friend first and colleague second" in a tweet that said she was praying for "health and healing."
"I affectionately call him 'Hazardous' not Hazouri," she said. "It's an inside joke about the 'good trouble' we make serving together."


Nice review. I hope I get a chance to try one.
great read man. I love the band on this one.
what year is that stick from? looks so smooth and silky.
great write up, ide love to get my hands on some in the near future!
Too many reasonably priced delicious stogies to go chasing one like this IMHO.
although i do prefer the standard opus, the one lost city i had was damn tasty.
Great review and pictures Doc! Keep up the great work!
Great review! Does anyone else's mouth water when looking at the smoothness of the wrapper in the second picture?
Nice write up! I really like these cigars. I picked up three boxes a while back 1 robusto, 2 dlb robustos. I really like them. Pricey for sure but I got some good prices on them. I actually like them more than the regular opus. I think they have more flavor. However it all depends on the mood.