What Should We Know About Traveloka and KL2017?
Well, what is trending in Malaysia right now?
So, what Traveloka is for in KL2017?
1. Gold sponsor of KL2017.
I am sure you guys realized Traveloka is stated on most banners of KL2017. It is one of sponsors! To be exact, one of the proud Gold sponsors for this KL2017. Haaa, to those who wonder what is the difference between Platinum, Gold and Silver sponsor... they are actually categorized by their sponsorship - Gold means RM 3M to RM 7.5M. Wow.
To those who are not familiar with Traveloka or simply have no idea what is Traveloka, let me give you rough idea about it. Traveloka is a platform to get one of the best hotel and flight offers for our travel trips. It is currently getting stronger around Southeast Asia.
2. Official online travel partner for KL2017.
As the official online travel partner for KL 2017, Traveloka offers a lot for visitors to travel and explore our beloved country, Malaysia - not only for foreigners but for us, Malaysians as well. Malaysia is really truly Asia, this is actually our own advantage to fully use Traveloka to plan our next trip around Malaysia.
Honestly, I just enjoyed a good price and experience with Traveloka few days ago. My uncle and aunt were going to perform their Hajj, they need to check in at Tabung Haji Complex Bayan Lepas by 1 am. So basically the rest of us planned to stay a night at a hotel close to the complex. We chose Hotel Seri Malaysia Penang as it is located just 5-6km away and we are frequent guests of Hotel Seri Malaysia, so we are familiar with its standard and style.
To my surprise, the price offered by Traveloka was RM150 for a family room (3 persons) while the hotel itself charged RM 200+ for that specific date. The room rate is usually around RM 160 - RM200 - it depends.
3. Other Traveloka's offers for KL2017.
If you have the chance to watch any live games at Bukit Jalil, why not drop by at Traveloka booth there?
It is said that Traveloka organizes few contests there (like photo-booth and placard contests) and who knows any of us may win the prizes. I have been told that the prizes total worth of RM 200 000! Since I can not be there right now, you guys have one competitor less, hehe.
Anyway, for people who stay far away from Kuala Lumpur (like me), no worries guys. We still have chances to win something from Traveloka! Wohoooo.
Simply click on the link I mentioned earlier and you can access YouTube and Facebook Live for KL2017.
Let's cheer for our national team and our country!
All the best, athletes of Malaysia!
Accommodation is very important thing to plan if we want to spend the night properly and comfortably, but based on the budget as well. I know that there are so many websites showing the best price for any hotel / hostels, but so far I will check booking.com, hostelbookers.com, airbnb.com.
So, what are the criteria I am looking forward for the accommodation?
1. Am I travelling alone?
If I am on my own, I would definitely choose hostel (female dorm) that I can cut cost and have the chance to mingle with random travelers.
Female dorm vs mix dorm?
It is a bit hard to find hostels with female dorm instead of mix room. Some people don't mind sharing room with opposite gender but I am not that person (no matter how open-minded I am).
It is not that I did not consider at all, I had actually... but to think about all consequences, I made up my mind to spend extra money for a room for myself instead of mix room. That's what happened when I solo-traveled to Zakopane, Poland few months ago.
Obviously, it can cost 2-3x the price but I did it for the sake of my safety, inner peace and my faith.
2.1. If not alone, am I travelling with my family?
If I am going with family, Airbnb / a hotel room / a nice hostel room with en suite bathroom will be my preferences.
Toilets - you know, parents they really care about toilets and I don't want to burden them with all necessary attire just to go to the toilets if we shared them with other travelers. My parents are getting used to keep the toilets dry, but sometimes it is hard to take wudu' (ablution without spilling water here and there).
Kitchen - I love the idea of Airbnb when there is a kitchen (if I rent the whole house / apartment) so that my mum can cook. Well... once again, parents are from different generations, they are not familar with Western restaurants and actually they just don't feel good eating in places that are... well, you know why.
Kitchen - some Airbnb owner will provide few food for free.
2.2. If not alone, am I travelling with my friends?
We usually look for Airbnb, so far. Other than that, we will book an entire room for hostels.
3. Refering to point 1 and 2 - check the location.
Again, it also depends with whom I am travelling. Of course, with family I prefer somewhere closer to any bus / train stop or in the city center (although it will be a bit pricey).
If we are travelling by car (road trip), as long as they provide free parking spaces and close to any public transportation stations, it should be okay (trust me, ticking parking spaces will filter out a lot of choices huhu). Any supermarket nearby is a bonus.
Consider Uber to travel around if needed.
Sometimes, I will personally ask friends to recommend any hostels they've tried. So far, I have good experiences with most places I have stayed. Ask them so that you always have low expectations of the places. Check reviews in hostelbookers, hostelworld, airbnb, booking.com, Trip Advisor, Google maps.
For Europe, I will put a limit of Euro 20/person/night when searching around. Usually the accommodation I have been to will be around that price. The cheapest I've got in Europe is around Euro 10-15. This applies to Airbnb as well, okay?
I have never been on a proper trip around Asia yet. So, I am sorry I can't say much.
If you are willing to pay security deposit, feel free to do so. For me, I will avoid that.
The bowl closer to the glass wall is called bidet - check here on how to use it.
6. Before booking a room, always check the main website for that place.
For example, if you found any interesting place to stay, please check its own website. I had few experiences that if you contact the place directly, the price is way cheaper or they are doing some promotions. Well, no harm to check, right? If website is more expensive, you can just return to those booking sites and make reservations. I don't have trouble with all sites i have mentioned earlier.
This idea is similar to booking flight tickets. Of course I will use all the search engines but I will check the websites of the airlines afterwards.
Please feel free to add anything you will consider before booking any rooms.
Done with the tour at about 12pm. Some of the tour mates need to leave for other plans or to catch any flights. After saying goodbye to each other, only about 7 people stayed with Dani to listen to more stories and finally we had lunch together.
Dani brought us here. It is like a food court with varieties of food (at least affordable one for me). Halal Muslim food is located in the first 2 rows and the rest is Chinese food.
The tomyam costs S$ 4 and I bought fruit juice for S$ 2.
Here, I learned that Singaporeans also reserve seats (we called it 'chop meja') like the Malaysians. HAHA. They will put some invaluable items on the table to show that someone is reserving the seat - it can be cards, tissues etc.
It is a bit funny to be the only one who can understand Malay as Dani can share some inside jokes in Malay and I can relate it. She said that Singaporeans learned many trending words from us.
After lunch, I requested Dani to show the nearest MRT station so that I could proceed with my plan which was to see Merlion, Esplanade and Helix Bridge. I was lucky enough that Dani offered to walk with me to those places. Ya Allah, terharunya rasaaaa.
Lion's head with the tail of fish. It was introduced by Singapore Tourism. Why Merlion? We can relate it to the name of Singapore and previous name of it.
Mer - means sea. Singapore was once a fishing village called Temasek.
Lion - comes from the name Singapore = lion city.
Singapore loves feng shui a lot. It means to harmonize everyone with the environment. Merlion is positioned facing Marina Bay Sands with lots of merchants buildings at the back - it is believed that continuous flowing of money between these buildings will keep the economy grow.
Marina Bay is where we can expect most of attractions in Singapore. The same goes to this Esplanade. Although the building honestly looks like a durian, but it is actually the shape of microphone.
I asked Dani if we can go inside. And she said, she was actually planning to take me inside. Not to the concert hall, of course. Just to the observation deck to enjoy the view of Marina Bay from a higher place.
This plant attracted Dani so much. Hehe.
The smallest banknote for Singapore is S$ 2. There was banknote for S$ 1 before. but it was totally changed into coins (with this 8 edges shape).
Done with these two places, it was time for me to go back to my hostel and pick up my backpack to return to Johor Bahru. Dani was really nice to accompany me around Bugis Street to catch few last-minute fridge magnets and even sent me off to Arab Street - where my hostel is located.
Welcome to my cafe :D - haha we found this on our way back.
Bugis street - where you can find all souvenirs at cheaper price. I can see few offers like 24 keychains = S$ 10, 4 T-shirt = S$ 10, 6 fridge magnets = S$ 10. Walk around, I am sure you can get the better offers :) This can be a reference price.
Azan can be heard on the street as well.
Masjid Sultan is not the oldest mosque here (maybe second or third). Located very close to Kampong Glam makes it the famous landmark there. It was once demolished and reconstructed to occupy the increasing number of Muslims. During the war, it became a shelter to people with different religions.
The clean ablution area for women.
The praying area for men.
The mosque is open for visitors (I can compare this to mosques in Malaysia like Putrajaya or any masjid negeri). I had the chance to pray there twice as it is very close to the hostel. Very comfortable and my mum would love this mosque!
In front of Masjid Sultan is this famous restaurant. I was full when I passed it. So, can't say much about the food as I did not try it.
Bussorah street with Masjid Sultan at the back.
It is named after a place in Iraq and now becomes a pedestrian mall. We can see restaurants serving international cuisines here - especially Lebanese, Turkish, Arab food.
It was finally the time to leave Singapore for Johor Bahru. Since I had to catch a bus back to Amanjaya, Ipoh at 11pm... I estimated 3-4hours for the journey to cross the border.
Through out my journey around the city center, I used EZ-link card (that works exactly like our Touch n Go) for all public transportation. I have surveyed few alternatives to go to JB and decided to try the cheaper route (take MRT to Kranji --> then Bus 170 all the way to Larkin Terminal = cost less than S$ 3. But, Dani recommended Causeway Link 2 bus for few reasons - more convenient, faster, more buses. It costs S$ 3.30.
I can see many public houses along the way.
CW2 bus - here in this terminal, we need to queue up before buying tickets and walk straight into the bus. The queue was long enough as it was peak time - people from Singapore were going back to JB.
Alhamdulillah for all kind people I've met through out my journey in Singapore. Even in Larkin Terminal, thank you so much for those people who help me a lot for directions and thank you for the free food.
I would love to go to Singapore again. So, officially my Asia's trip started with this Singapore trip :D Where's next?
This new temple is know as Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. It works as museum as well.
Relic = physical remains of a saint (in this place, it is a tooth).
It is said that Singapore is given this sacred tooth from Myanmar and the temple was built to house the tooth relic. Outside this temple, I've been approached by a Singaporean Chinese uncle and he said it is uncommon to see a Muslim girl with hijab entering a temple.
I've been to all those places, but alhamdulillah seeing them myself makes me more grateful with my own faith, my belief to Allah.
Chinese love continuous flowing water like this.
They also believe crystal as a good source of inner energy.
It was originally founded to help immigrants from China. Well, just imagine you are in a new place, somehow you may need help to settle down there - in terms of places to stay and jobs. Nowadays, other than helping for social welfare, this place also helps Chinese to send items to their family back in China and also to trace the family root.
Before the mountains were cleared for land reclamation, people in Singapore relied on water well as a source of clean water. The clean water was kind of limited, but people back then was clever enough to find underground water. This well was used to provide water around Chinatown and transferred with the help of bullock-drawn carts.
The other wells need to be abolished for development. This one remained there for the sake of history for younger generations.
It is located at Ann Siang Hill Park.
As most of us know, water in Singapore is imported from Malaysia. There is a contract between these two countries but it seems like the agreement will end in 2061. Singapore is now a global water research to find solutions for failed negotiations for 2062 and beyond.
14. Malay is the national language.
Honestly I did not expect this as I thought the national language is Chinese or English.
All four languages are used widely there. Even on any announcements so far that I can remember.
The wall is brought alive via an application called LocoMole. There are steps shown on the wall and we can aim the phone on the wall for more surprises. They can be footnotes and even videos.
16. Telok Ayer and Land Reclamation.
Telok Ayer Street was named after Telok Ayer (Water Bay in English).
On this street, we can see Thian Hock Keng temple - one of the first temple built as the seafarers and immigrants arrived to Singapore. This temple was originally located very close to the coastline (means the water of the sea was just few meters from the temple). After few years later, land reclamation started to begin (that makes Singapore a bit bigger than before).
Land reclamation by British was done by clearing all mountains. So, Singapore does not have any mountains left. For this reason, Lee Kuan Yew wanted all buildings to have nature plan inside. Every meter square of land used for construction, the architect need to make sure the nature is replaced in the buildings (horizontally). When I was there, I can say there are huge trees almost everywhere - very helpful to provide shades.
Chinatown has been declared as heritage sites and cannot be abolished. It is said that Singapore only has 200 years worth-histories so at least with the conserved and preserved Chinatown, it helps to bring back history to Singapore. Otherwise, the only things we can see there are concrete sky-scraping buildings.
In conclusion, I believe I made the right decision of joining this free walking tour. Instead of just taking pictures of buildings with no ideas of what they are, this tour helped to enlighten me the history of Singapore... basically a bit of history about my own country as well. Malaysia and Singapore was together before we separated in 1965.
I am thinking of joining any free walking tour in Malaysia very soon. :) InsyAllah.
Kuli = coolie - a statue at one end of Smith St.
It is more beautiful in real life!
The famous place to have a photo of yourselves in USS.
I went into Sentosa island by bus, direct from JB.
Adrenaline rush, that is the main thing I can think of every time I came across the word 'theme park'. I have been to theme parks in Genting Highlands and Disneyland Paris, so I can say this USS is kind of similar. Maybe the characters are different as I did not see any Mickey Mouse and friends in USS but... you got what I meant.
I was not expecting much, but I was a bit looking forward for the rides. I felt like I really want to scream out loud recently. Just that's not me, not my style even though sometimes my heart is itching to do so.
And now, I have a reason to scream. HAHA.
If you buy the ticket directly from Resort World Sentosa, the price for an adult ticket is S$ 76 which is similar to the one I bought but you will just get the ticket :) But, I am sure there are some agencies out there that have more interesting offers (I just don't have much time to read more).
Trust me, please buy the tickets in advanced / online! Do not waste your time waiting in queue for the tickets at the counter.
Then, check if the date you are going is within the summer break / school holidays or not. If yes, I would highly recommend you to buy the EXPRESS ticket. :D You can save at least 30-60 minutes at every ride compared to normal ticket. If not, you don't have to worry as the waiting time can be just 15 minutes or less. So, choose your date wisely. :) In my case, unfortunately yes, it is summer break sobssss!
2. Crossing the border of Malaysia-Singapore.
It was my first time in Singapore so I have no idea how busy is the immigration and the processes are just... wow, speechless.
To get into Singapore, we need to pass the Malaysia immigration (Johor Bahru Checkpoint) and then Singapore immigration (Woodlands Checkpoint) - this sentence means, once we arrived at JB Checkpoint, we need to drop off from the bus --> pass through the passport control / customs --> queue for the bus to Woodlands Checkpoint. Then, repeat the same thing for that checkpoint.
The queue was not a joke okay?
It maybe be different if you are crossing by car or train. I don't know much.
Haha, I have huge salute for people who stay in JB and work in Singapore. How can these people do all these procedures every single day... both in the morning and evening? Fuhhh.
Battlestar Galactica: Cylon - thrill ride that you will move in different direction in the air.
Transformers The Ride - it is a 3D thrilling indoor battle.
Revenge of the Mummy - indoor roller coaster.
And we waited at least an hour for each of them. T_T.
Another point to note is that most of the thrilling rides require you to go without any loose items like hats, sunglasses etc. For this case, usually just beside the rides there will be lockers that you can store your small bag for free for 45-70 minutes (it depends). So, put everything inside.
You can walk inside with your spectacles, just when it is your turn to ride, they will ask you to put the glasses at the rack provided.
This is the name of the dinosaur in the picture below.
We were on our way leaving Sci-Fi City to Far Far Away zone. Then suddenly this dinosaur appeared. :p We spent some time to listen to the volunteer about this velociraptor.
It is about 2 meters tall.
It has 60 teeth and eat meats.
7. A glimpse of Europe.
USS brought back memories of my life in Czech and I totally love it - with the castle, buildings, cars etc.
Castle in Far Far Away zone.
The walls with brick patterns.
You can expect this view and the huge crowds.
I was really happy to know that USS provide praying room for Muslims. It is a small block of building that has two separate rooms for male and female. For female praying area, it is enough to fit approximately 10 people at one time.
The prayer room for female - with 1 pipe for ablution.
Do you know that we can just walk between the main island of Singapore to Sentosa Island (that has all those parks)?
I chose to walk just because the queue for Sentosa monorail was too long. The estimated time to get to my turn was 60 minutes (as mentioned there).
All in all, it is a nice place to go and experience all these adrenaline rush rides, all these characters. It will be nicer to go on off peak season, I am not sure when... but June, July, December maybe the busiest one.
To go again? Maybe. But not definitely.


Those needing more "opportunities to enjoy their Second Amendment rights" deserve a tax-free holiday, too. Stocking up on guns and ammo is essential because the federal government has plans to invade Texas soon.
I won't label this legislation extreme, because state Sen. Craig Estes believes anyone who fears guns has a mental disorder.
Guns are no threat to our civil society; it's the godless Pre-K classes that pose the ultimate threat to Texas families.
Our legislators are really using their time and energy wisely: Working on laws against gay marriage and protecting clergy from having to perform these ceremonies!
What about homelessness, education, road conditions and mental health in Fort Worth and Texas, to name a few?
Oh — those issues would actually take some real problem-solving.
Remind me how successful these lawmakers have been for "others" when it comes time to vote.
It is the responsibility of our representatives in Austin to listen to all voices, not silence those whose opinions differ from their own.
It appears that state Sen. Konni Burton has proposed legislation regarding our cities and school districts without asking the stakeholders. Surely there is a learning curve for freshman senators!
I have confidence in our mayor and other elected officials and hate to see them being bullied by someone who should be looking out for the needs of the people in her district.


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Q: How to calculate last months as a period and update to chart by javascript I need to update the chart based on time period.
currently chart is updating all values for 3,6,9,12 months from january to December
Now i need to update the chart by

*

*last 3 months - (means current month is december so i need to get the chart for Dec, nov, october)

*last 6 months (Dec, nov, october, september,August,july)

*last 9 months (Dec, nov, october, september,August, july, june, may, april)

*January to this month (get the chart for january to current month)

I am already calculating the current month, but i dont know how to attach to chart.
one more thing i am calling same chart function, thrice, is there a way to make it less code. i tried but i am not able to figure it out.
Any help is Appreciated
JSFIDDLE
http://jsfiddle.net/jygh8obh/22/
Html
<select id="chartType">
<option value="bar">bar chart</option>
<option value="area">area chart</option>
<option value="line">line chart</option>
<option value="spline">spline chart</option>
</select>

<select id="SelectPeriod" >
<option value="3">January to this month</option>
<option value="3">Last 3 months</option>
<option value="6">Last 6 months</option>
<option value="9">Last 9 months</option>
<option value="12">Last 12 months</option>
</select>

Javascript
var data = [
['data4', 'data2', 'data3'],
[90, 120, 300],
[40, 160, 240],
[50, 200, 290],
[120, 160, 230],
[80, 130, 300],
[90, 220, 320],
[90, 120, 300],
[40, 160, 240],
[50, 200, 290],
[120, 160, 230],
[80, 130, 300],
[90, 220, 320]
];

//calculating current month
var currentMonth = new Date().getMonth();
console.log(currentMonth);

//c3 customisation
var chart = c3.generate({
bindto : '#chart',
data : {
    rows : data,
    type : 'bar',
},
axis : {
    x : {
        tick : {
            format : function (d) {
                return formatMonth(d);
            }
        }
    }
}
});

//select chart type
$("#chartType").change(function (evt) {
var chartSelection = $("#chartType").val();
var timePeriod = $("#SelectPeriod").val();
var chart = c3.generate({
    data : {
        rows : data.slice(0, parseInt(timePeriod) + 1),
        type : chartSelection
    },
    axis : {
        x : {
            tick : {
                format : function (d) {
                    return formatMonth(d);
                }
            }
        }
    }
});

});

//select time period
$("#SelectPeriod").change(function (evt) {
var chartSelection = $("#chartType").val();
var timePeriod = $("#SelectPeriod").val();
var chart = c3.generate({
    data : {
        rows : data.slice(0, parseInt(timePeriod) + 1),
        type : chartSelection
    },
    axis : {
        x : {
            tick : {
                format : function (d) {
                    return formatMonth(d);
                }
            }
        }
    }
});
});

//function for months
function formatMonth(d) {
if (!d) {
return "JAN";
}
var months = ["JAN", "FEB", "MAR", "APR", "MAY", "JUN", "JUL", "AUG", "SEP", "OCT", "NOV", "DEC"];
return month = months[d];
}

A: UPDATE 2:
http://jsfiddle.net/jygh8obh/28/
HTML:
<select id="SelectPeriod">
    <option value="-1">January to this month</option>
    <option value="3">Last 3 months</option>
    <option value="6">Last 6 months</option>
    <option value="9">Last 9 months</option>
    <option value="12">Last 12 months</option>
</select>

JQ:
//select time period
$("#SelectPeriod").change(function (evt) {
    var chartSelection = $("#chartType").val();
    var timePeriod = $("#SelectPeriod").val();

    if (timePeriod == -1) timePeriod = currentMonth + 1;

    var end=currentMonth+2;
    var start=end-timePeriod;
    var data2=[];
    data2.push(data[0]);
    data2=data2.concat(data.slice(start, end));
    //alert(start+'/'+end+'='+data2)

    var chart = c3.generate({
        data: {
            rows: data2,
            type: chartSelection
        },
        axis: {
            x: {
                tick: {
                    format: function (d) {
                        return formatMonth(d);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    });
});

//function for months
function formatMonth(d) {
    var timePeriod = $("#SelectPeriod").val();

    if (timePeriod == -1) timePeriod = currentMonth + 1;

    timePeriod--;
    d=currentMonth-timePeriod+d;

    if (!d) {
        return "JAN";
    }
    var months = ["JAN", "FEB", "MAR", "APR", "MAY", "JUN", "JUL", "AUG", "SEP", "OCT", "NOV", "DEC"];
    return month = months[d];
}

A: solution of @dm4web is working good. And your last request solution : add this at the first line
var currentMonth = new Date().getMonth();
$('#SelectPeriod').find('option:first').val(currentMonth +1);

p.s. currentMonth +1 was added because of reference is january. if you want february to month you must use like .val(currentMonth +1)

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Tasked with administering and enforcing the state's anti-discrimination laws, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) has become entangled in aiding an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood in its goal of stigmatizing and silencing any criticism of Islam or Muslims, including those engaged in terrorism. The law that created the PHRC empowers it to 'track incidents of bias that may cause community tension and to educate the general public, law enforcement, educators and government officials in order to prevent discrimination and foster equal opportunity.' Occurrences labeled 'bias incidents' are logged into a monthly 'bias report' that is forwarded to the Pennsylvania State Police, who decide whether to investigate items appearing there. Thus, the PHRC generates a government-sanctioned report card on the level and types of intergroup tensions and possible hate crimes within the commonwealth. In the words of one PHRC official: 'We use the bias report to inform the Legislature about trends and for our community education purposes.' In a better world, this course of action might be considered admirable. But in Harrisburg a system has evolved by which CAIR-PA, the local affiliate of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an organization declared an unindicted co-conspirator in America's most significant terror financing trial, can manipulate data and push the pernicious myth that the U.S. is filled with hateful, anti-Muslim citizens. How does it accomplish this? The PHRC convenes a working group, the Inter-Agency Task Force on Civil Tension, whose purpose is 'to prevent and/or respond to bias-related incidents and the escalation of intergroup tensions' in Pennsylvania. It includes representatives from the FBI, state police, state attorney general's office, and numerous public and private advocacy organizations throughout Pennsylvania. One of these is CAIR-PA. Beginning in 2004, and increasing in tempo from 2006 to the present, CAIR-PA has fed the PHRC items that it claims demonstrate bias against Muslims. These items then end up in the PHRC's bias reports with no apparent reflection on whether they truly constitute bias incidents, actually took place, or ought to appear in a report intended to focus on Pennsylvania.
A post from last week reported that new Congressional legislation contains a report recommending that the Attorney General sever its ties with CAIR as the FBI has already done. A post from 2009 reported on the state of relations between the FBI and CAIR, characterizing them as having no formal contact.


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Mr. Amamiya said that there was "quite a hurdle" for cryptocurrencies to overcome fiat currencies, and pointed out that they are mostly used as a means for investment rather than for actual payment or settlement.
However, it is clear that this trend is changing, as Ripple, a cryptocurrency in the global payments space, has announced high-profile partnerships with financial institutions such as PNC Bank, a Top 10 United States bank with over 8 million customers, and more recently with the largest private foundation in the United States, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Recently, the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina, was vocal about the fact that investor interest in cryptocurrency was waning, and that "cryptocurrency fever was disappearing".
She also acknowledged that initial coin offerings were an effective way to raise funds, but was quick to point out the high percentage of scams in the sector, as well.
Despite these statements from respected figures at central banks, there are other organizations that believe otherwise.
The World Trade Organization, which many consider to be the number one organization in terms of regulating international report, recently released a report that seemed to praise digital assets and their potential.
The report, called "The Future of World Trade: How Digital Technologies Are Transforming Global Commerce", was not ambivalent in its claims, stating explicitly that "blockchain has the potential to profoundly transform the way we trade, who trades, and what is traded".
The report singled out Ripple specifically in terms of its potential with regards to the global payments sector, as well.
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Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom/North-west), the House minority leader, has reiterated the strength of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and dispelled rumours of its waning influence.
He said the party ranks would swell soon with the addition of 20 members from the opposition, APC.
This was disclosed on Thursday at the Expanded Caucus and the 73rd National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the PDP.
The lawmaker downplayed the effect of defections from the party as he held that the PDP still had a significant number of lawmakers as it was winning more seats.
He boasted that "there is no election that will be conducted in the former PDP 28 states that the party will not win. That is a matter of fact.
Touching on the APC senators who are willing to defect, Akpabio said all that is delaying their cross-carpeting is the non-resolution of the leadership crisis in the PDP. Once this is done, they would gladly join, he said.
Akpabio also urged PDP members to emulate the governor of Ekiti state, Dr Ayodele Fayose's constant support for the party and speaking in support of it.
Fayose, chairman of the PDP Governors'forum, expressed bemusement at the rash of defections by PDP members to APC.
Speaking on the same issue, Senator Ike Ekweremadu (Enugu/Enugu-west), the Deputy Senate President, said the defectors have no electoral value and would return to the fold once they have got the pecuniary gains they defected for.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Dayo Adeyeye, while briefing newsmen after the meeting, said the leaders agreed to the expansion of the membership of the national caretaker committee to 13 from six and members would be selected from each of the six geo-political zones of the country.


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Optimism in the Polish construction market has dipped following a slowdown in construction projects, according to research firm PMR.
Its report, titled Construction sector in Poland H2 2016 – Development forecasts for 2016 to 2021, said the confidence index for the Polish construction market stood at 7.7 in September, which was down from 19.9 in 2015.
The index fell in all three segments of the construction market – residential construction, non-residential construction and civil engineering – with the most severe decline coming in non-residential construction.
The index was at its lowest for civil engineering companies, which reported a significant decrease in projects by local authorities.
PMR did report, however, that companies had higher expectations for 2017. It said it expected a spree of "intensive spending" of EU money next year.
It said a record level of expectation for the future was recorded in residential construction, which was driven by a growing number of flats sold by developers, as well as a number of contracts secured for multi-dwelling buildings.
PMR said that contractors intended to take advantage of the slowdown in activity, in order to be prepared for the forthcoming market upturn. It said contractors were taking measures which they believed would give them a competitive edge. These include taking action to obtain new domestic orders, submitting bids in a larger number of tenders and expanding into new markets.
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Gregory de Vink readies for Europe with WC Road Champs victory
January 7, 2019 , 4:52 pm By In the Bunch Staff reporter
Gregory de Vink began preparations for his season in Europe on a high note when he won the Western Cape Road Champs and finished second in the Time-Trial Champs in De Rust at the weekend.
The 20-year-old, who rides locally for Mad Mac p/b häzz, is set to link up with the French-based La Pomme Marseille under-23 outfit after the SA National Road Champs early next month.
"It was definitely a good start to the season for me," De Vink told In the Bunch today.
"I've had a good base build-up for this season. I just need to sharpen up on some efforts and do some proper intensity before nationals.
"I really want to target the [U23] national jersey before I go to Europe. I've got quite a long season coming up in Europe. I'm happy with how my training has gone so far."
Gregory de Vink (pictured) began preparations for his season in Europe on a high note when he won the Western Cape Road Champs and finished second in the Time-Trial Champs at the weekend. Photo: Rob Ward
De Vink, from Somerset West, said the sprint training he put in during the off season had counted in his favour during the 147km WC road race.
"I worked on my sprints a lot through December and that's one thing I lacked last year.
"I definitely showed improvement there and I was happy to leave the race to a sprint finish."
He described the route as somewhat undulating and fast.
"We were on the pedals the whole way and there were no downhill sections where you can ease up.
"The bunch was fairly small, which led to a harder race. There was more attacking and less space to hide."
Among prominent riders who participated were Louis Visser, Gustav Basson, Byron Munton, Rainhardt Marais and Devin Shortt.
De Vink said he was fortunate to cross over to the breakaway group early on in the race.
"All the main riders were in there. We just rolled together until [we had] about 10km to go, which is when there was a bit of cat and mouse."
Three riders – De Vink, Visser and Ivan Venter – then broke away and took it to the line in a sprint finish, which the former subsequently won.
"The road race went perfectly according to plan," De Vink said.
The time-trial route was "tricky to read", but he said he had aimed just to maintain consistent power throughout.
He lost out to Munton by just over a minute in the end. "I was happy with the outcome and well done to Byron. He had a very good time-trial."
Before the national champs next month, De Vink will first take part in the Stellenbosch Cycle Tour on January 20.
WP Road Champs results: Gregory de Vink wins road race
African Road Champs – individual time-trial results
Victorious Stefan de Bod gains valuable experience from SA National Road Champs time-trial
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One of Hopkinsville's most established real estate offices, Coldwell Banker MetroNet, is merging with EXIT One Real Estate to become EXIT One Real Estate MetroNet according to the new owner Aaron Dwyer.
Dwyer and his partner, Wayne Holloway, said it is an exciting investment in the community at a time when the home market in Hopkinsville is seeing incredible growth.
EXIT Southeast Regional Owners Stacy Strobl and Kenny Lynn joined new owners Aaron Dwyer and Wayne Holloway in announcing their new EXIT One Real Estate MetroNet in Hopkinsville, KY. For more information, visit www.hoptown.com.
"We are so excited to be bringing a new energy with tools and cutting edge technology like the EXIT Smart Sign™ and EXIT Mobile Business Card™ that aren't currently available to consumers in this market. This office will be making the process of finding a new home faster and easier," Dwyer said.
Holloway said not only will consumers have an established and growing brand helping them in the buying and selling process but agents will appreciate working with a progressive brand.
"The new name represents for Hopkinsville an established national brand like EXIT investing in the community through our partnership. We are committed to making this experience top in the market. At the same time, it represents continuity with an established office like the MetroNet brand. You'll still see your favorites, Gay Nell Rittenberry and David Sturgess," Holloway said.
Rittenberry said the office merger brings a new energy to the area and more resources for clients.
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Gay Nell Rittenberry will continue as the managing broker of the office while handling residential sales and listings. Sturgess responsibility remains the same in representing commercial sales transaction in the area.
EXIT Southeast Regional Owner Kenny Lynn said this new office is an important part of the EXIT Southeast trajectory.
"My EXIT Southeast partner, Stacy Strobl, and I are committed to helping connect the home community in Kentucky with smart owners like EXIT One Real Estate MetroNet with the ultimate goal of making the home selling and buying experience a good one by utilizing all the latest real estate advantages EXIT provides," Lynn said.
The transition of signage is occurring for the office located at 526 Country Club Dr. in Hopkinsville where office hours remain 9am – 5pm. For more information, visit hoptown.
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EXIT One Real Estate MetroNet is part of the EXIT Southeast group of franchises. EXIT Realty Southeast is the regional office for Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia founded by regional owners Kenny Lynn and Stacy Strobl. The team was named EXIT Realty Corp. International's top regional owners for North America in 2017 as well as top in franchise sales. In 2016, the team was honored with the Leaders' Leader award for regional leadership and "developing a cohesive team of unstoppable professionals," according to EXIT Realty Corp. International Founder/Chairman Steve Morris and again earned #1 in franchise sales.
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T.R.A.C.K.S. (Teaching that Results in Action, Character, Knowledge and Skills) are a time to dive into God's word together, ask questions, and apply the insights to our lives. As Christians, we want to honor Jesus with our lives, and studying the Bible together enables us to learn what God thinks about everyday issues that we all face. No matter how much or little you know, this venue is a great opportunity to learn more.
While the adults are meeting for T.R.A.C.K.S., the children participate in the Studio. This interactive arts class teaches children how to develop artistic skills for God's glory. The artistic focus changes each season and is always a lot of fun!
The 2nd and 4th Wednesday nights from 6:45-8 PM at the church.


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Q: Print specific line number only if match in sed How do you print a (specific) line only if there is a match in sed (Linux stream editor)? Let's say I have line three that I would like to print only if it meets the match criteria; how can I print this?
I am piping a command's output to sed, and would prefer not to use sed's output to pipe to sed again:
| sed -ne ''"$currline"'p' | sed -n '/state/p'`

Also, I was assigning the output to a variable with backticks.

Given inputs A and B, and the search pattern state, the output for A should be the line 3 stateless (note that 3 is part of the data), and for B should be nothing:
Input A              Input B
1 state              1 state
2 statement          2 statement
3 stateless          3 statless
4 stated             4 stated
5 estate             5 estate

A: sed -n '3{/state/p;}' $file

The 3 matches line 3; the actions on line 3 are 'if you find /state/, print'; the -n prevents general printing of lines.
Also, you should avoid backticks; it is better to use the var=$(cmd1 | cmd2) notation than var=`cmd1 | cmd2` notation.

A: As I understand you want to match two criterias, a specific line number an a pattern. You can achieve it in one sed command.
Assuming infile with content:
one
two
three
four
five

And if you want to print the fourth line if it matches ur, use:
sed -ne '4 { /ur/ { p; q } }' infile

That yields:
four

A: With awk :
awk 'NR==3 && /pattern/{print;exit}'

NOTE

*

*pattern is a regex

*exit avoid to parse the whole file

A: sed is an excellent tool for simple substitutions on a single line but for anything else just use awk:
awk 'NR==3 && /state/'

A: This might work for you (GNU sed):
sed '3!d;/state/q;Q' file

or
sed -ne '3!b' -e '/state/p' -e 'q' file


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Shades of Florida
by DougJ | March 31, 2009 10:41 pm | 48 Comments
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So there's certain to be a recanvas (same thing as a recount but they call it a recanvas in NYS) in NY-20. This sort of thing is usually quite orderly in NYS because of the fact that each county has two election commissioners, one Democrat and one Republican. But this one could be so close that things get a little crazy.
Here's where things may get entertaining. The guy who held this seat before getting beat by Kirsten Gillibrand is John Sweeney, who led the famed Brooks Brothers riot in the 2000 election. If things get tough in this recount, Republicans may bring in a lawyer named Tom Spargo, who reportedly helped Sweeney with the Brooks Brother riot and other stuff in Florida. Spargo is also a former judge who got indicted for bribery a few months ago.
If this gets really tight — and it probably won't, this stuff is usually orderly in NYS — we could see a whole cast of NYS crazies come out of the woodwork.
But I'm probably hoping for too much.
Shades of FloridaPost + Comments (48)
Makers and takers
Sometimes Sully's more Randian than Burkean:
The new cultural divide will not be on guns, gays and God. It will be between the makers and the takers, the producers of wealth and the recipients of redistribution. And it will be about tempering the over-reach that the Democrats will be unable to resist.
(A) Why not just call the Democrats "moochers and looters" and be done with it?
(B) If the divide really becomes the rich versus the poor — the top 10% versus everyone else — how can that not benefit Democrats?
(C) Anyone who thinks that Republicans will ever stop using the three G's with at least some success is out of his mind.
Update. Good point from JGabriel in the comments:
Well, the producers of wealth are the people who make things: the workers. And the wealthy are the recipients of redistribution.
How the opposite became such a common assumption that we automatically know Sully is saying the opposite, that the Democrats are the "moochers and losers" is really, when you think about, quite strange. And, yes, I know it's the result of nearly a century of GOP and upper class propaganda, but doesn't make it any less strange.
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Following NY-20
by DougJ | March 31, 2009 9:05 pm | 66 Comments
If you want to follow the results in NY-20, I recommend comparing the incoming county-by-county results from here with the county-by-county results of the 2006 election (in which Gillibrand defeated John Sweeney by 6 points).
Though to some extent it may be possible to get a feel from raw totals, since the results didn't vary by county that much last time. I'll keep you posted via updates.
Update. Tedisco up 52-48 with about 15% reporting.
Update 2. Tedisco up 51-49 with about 20% reporting.
Update 3. Tedisco up 52-48 with about 30% reporting. Tedisco's doing real well in the big county — Saratoga — and I'm not sure why (I don't know the counties there well enough to know if that's specifically where he's from).
Update. Basically tied (Murphy up by a couple hundred votes) with about 45% in .
General update. I don't know the district that well, but it's common in NYS for the more urban districts to come in later than the more rural ones. So Democrats often close fairly strong. No idea if that's the case here. In fact, Delaware, which was the big Republican stronghold hasn't come in much at all yet.
Update. Tedisco back up by 800 votes with a little more than half in.
Update MikeJ writes:
Tedisco lives a few blocks from Saratoga county in Schenectady county. He was however, an assemblyman representing Saratoga Co. for 26 years.
Don't be shocked if Tedisco wins on the strength of his popularity as an State Assemblyman. They loves them some State legislators in upstate NYS.
Update. Close to a flat-footed tie — Murphy by 150 — with about 70% in.
Update. Tedisco back up slightly with a few more precincts in. A lot of what's left is Saratoga which may give Tedisco the advantage. On the other hand, hardly any of Columbia is in and that's where Murphy is strongest.
Update. Tedisco up by a thousand voters with 80% in.
Update. Tedisco up by 1400 with almost 90% in. Saratoga is almost entirely in so what's left is mostly Columbia and Delaware. This will probably be within a 1000 votes one way or the other tonight, which means we won't know til the absentees are counted and everything is recanvased. The big story is that Tedisco's assembly background seems to have helped a lot in Saratoga.
Update. Tedisco by about 120 votes with 22 precincts (out of 610) left, 8 in Columbia and 14 in Saratoga. We won't know anything about who really won for a few weeks. Shailagh Murray is already pushing for a re-vote.
Update. Murphy up by 250 votes with three precincts from Saratoga left to report.
Update.Murphy up by 81 votes with one precinct in Saratoga left.
Update. Murphy up by 65 after tonight.
Following NY-20Post + Comments (66)
Re: special election in NY
To follow up on John's earlier post on the special election in NY-20, my opinion is that Larison is partly but not completely right. He writes:
But if Murphy does win it will mean that an out-of-state transplant made up a 20-point deficit against a fixture of regional politics in less than six weeks, and he will have done it in a district where Republicans enjoy a registration advantage of many tens of thousands (71,000 to be exact, which is approximately 25% of the size of the 2008 turnout).
Most of the make-up in deficit was due to name recognition increasing. That happens in any race like this that pits a well-known local guy, Tedisco, against a newcomer like Murphy. Tedisco was never going to win by 20 points. But Larison is right that it's a Republican district and the Republican candidate is well-known, so Tedisco should be winning pretty comfortably (let's say by 6-12 points).
Larison also writes:
When Gillibrand won in 2006, it could be written off as part of a wave and a reaction against Sweeney's scandals, and when Gillibrand was re-elected and Obama carried the district it could be written off to some extent as part of another wave and a reaction against the financial crisis and recession, but if the Democrats hold the seat for the third time that begins to suggest a pattern. It may mean that the GOP's strongholds in the hinterlands of the Northeast, already disappearing in New Hampshire, are also eroding in upstate New York.
This is mostly right. If Tedisco loses tonight, it means that the Republican party is dead in the northeast. But that may have already been true. They only hold 2 upstate Congressional seats in NYS right now (McHugh and Lee) after holding six seats in 2004. That's out of 12 so it's a huge change.
I would argue, though, that New York State has its own brand of politics. There's still a lot of Rockefeller Republicanism and huge tolerance for taxing and spending among both parties. Unions are big but in state races Republicans do well with unions. NYS is a big state with perceived big cultural differences between upstate and downstate (I'm not sure they're as big as some people think but the perception is there) and a lot of upstaters are Republicans in order to oppose downstate Democrats, not to support George W. Bush and John McCain. Obama won NY-20 by three points despite the huge Republican registration advantage.
All of that said, as a nearly lifelong State Assembly member, Tedisco should have been able to tap into what it is that makes people in NY-20 stay registered as Republicans. But he was handcuffed by a heavy-handed national strategy.
And that's what makes this race significant. Republicans are never going to win in New England but they can be competitive in the Rust Belt. Upstate New York is somewhere between New England and the Rust Belt, geographically and culturally (it's probably a bit closer to the Rust Belt culturally overall). Presumably, there are local Republican officials throughout the Rust Belt who know how to appeal to local voters. But if they're forced to take orders from southerners (like Cantor and Boehner), then they're screwed. I think tonight's race may well be harbinger of that.
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Special Election in NY
by John Cole | March 31, 2009 8:25 pm | 32 Comments
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Not to step on DougJ's toes, but Daniel Larison has some interesting thoughts on the special election between Tedisco and Murphy:
Taken in isolation, this outcome wouldn't matter much. But if Murphy does win it will mean that an out-of-state transplant made up a 20-point deficit against a fixture of regional politics in less than six weeks, and he will have done it in a district where Republicans enjoy a registration advantage of many tens of thousands (71,000 to be exact, which is approximately 25% of the size of the 2008 turnout). When Ogonowski lost a special election for MA-05 in a landslide, there were more than a few Republicans who went wild at how well he had done in a House special election in deep-blue Massachusetts. In that case, Ogonowski's smaller-than-expected margin of defeat was supposed to signal a Republican resurgence in 2008 (which did not happen), which was never very credible, but are we really supposed to believe that a Democratic win in a traditionally Republican district in a special election doesn't say something significant about the political fortunes of the GOP? When Gillibrand won in 2006, it could be written off as part of a wave and a reaction against Sweeney's scandals, and when Gillibrand was re-elected and Obama carried the district it could be written off to some extent as part of another wave and a reaction against the financial crisis and recession, but if the Democrats hold the seat for the third time that begins to suggest a pattern. It may mean that the GOP's strongholds in the hinterlands of the Northeast, already disappearing in New Hampshire, are also eroding in upstate New York.
I would agree that this should probably be seen as bad news for the Republicans at large in NY, but I am not sure I think there is anything to be really learned about the public and Obama from the outcome of this election, whatever it may be. Now I know full well should Tedisco win, the usual suspects will have banner headlines shouting "OBANOMICS REFUTED" and "THE WORM HAS TURNED- GOP BACK IN BUSINESS." That doesn't mean that it is true, nor do I think it means anything really significant should Murphy win. From what I have read (most of which was here and at the Albany Project) leads me to believe that this is just a really attractive Democratic candidate versus a Republican who has run a really, really bad campaign.
Am I wrong to think there is no larger significance to this election? Also, I thought it was weird that Larison frequently referred to Murphy by name but only called Tedisco the "GOP candidate."
At any rate, I'm hoping DougJ can keep us posted on what is going on.
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Tomorrow the PJ Ads come down, so you all can finally stop complaining about that.
I have thrown up the Amazon link below to the left, and I am working on getting into a blogads network and dealing with the impossible feat of activating a google adsense account. Expect things to look a little funny tomorrow until I have the time to get things set up.
Also, this is why I was so happy with PJ media. I hate dealing with this nonsense.
This is a test:
Hrmm.
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Stop Blaming It On The CRA
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More testimony and evidence that the CRA is not to blame for the current crisis:
Amid the ongoing debate over mortgage lending reform, a top federal regulator took a seat before Congress last week and debunked the myth — popular among conservatives — that a law encouraging loans to low-income communities has been largely responsible for the nation's housing crisis.
"I can state very definitively," Sandra Braunstein, director of the Federal Reserve's consumer and community affairs division, said during a House Financial Institutions subcommittee hearing Wednesday, "that from the research we have done, the Community Reinvestment Act is not one of the causes of the current crisis."
As a newly minted Democrat, I honestly have ZERO idea why Republicans are so eager to blame this mess on the CRA when there simply is no evidence to support it. The CRA is not one of those things that was ever on my radar when I was unknowingly spewing wingnut talking points, but right now, anywhere you go in the wingnuttosphere and there is a full-throated and frothing rant about the evil CRA. Here is a vintage effort by Stanley Kurtz (obligatory link to Sadly, No's! comparison of Kurtz to Big Gay Al, which makes me laugh every time I listen to it) which combines the CRA, ACORN, Fannie Mae, Obama, the Chicago Woods Foundation (Boo- AYERS!) and Bill Clinton. The only things missing were gay marriage, Iraqi WMD, and ANWR.
I hate to be this cynical, but other than just trying to avoid any blame for the mess whatsoever, the only reasons I can think of for them continuing to try to pin this current financial crisis on the CRA are pretty ugly and better left unsaid.
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Credit Card Reform
This is surprising:
In a blow to financial firms, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday signed off on legislation that seeks to ban abusive credit-card practices.
While consumer groups and key Democrats lauded the committee's move, the 12-to-11 vote in favor of the controversial bill was very narrow. Thus, the committee's chairman, Sen. Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.), said he would work with lawmakers–both Democratic and Republican–to modify the bill and broaden support before the bill hits the Senate floor.
"My intent is to work things out and move forward. This was going to be difficult–I knew that," Sen. Dodd told reporters after the vote. "This is the first step in a process."
The bill seeks to prohibit card issuers from unfairly raising interest rates. It would prohibit applying rate increases retroactively to existing balances and it seeks to boost consumer disclosures. Additionally, it seeks to limit certain over-the-limit fees and interest charges and creates new requirements for card issuers looking to extend credit to youngsters under the age of 21. The amended bill would also make it easier for gift-card recipients to use the cards.
The bill probably doesn't go far enough to rein in the abuses, so it will be interesting to see what the House does.
Also, "youngsters?"
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Sometimes you get a bad king
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You all know the joke (repeated in "Annie Hall") about the two old ladies at the diner, where one says "The food here is terrible, I can barely eat it" and the other says "I agree, and the portions are so small!" That's exactly how I feel about the New York Times. The paper can be unbearably pretentious, it employs MoDo and Frank Bruni, it botched its WMD reporting terribly, it created the whole Whitewater story out of whole cloth…and it makes me want to cry to think it might disappear!
There have been a couple of really good articles about the head of the Times, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. ("Pinch"), over the past few years, both titled "The Inheritance", one in the New Yorker and one in Vanity Fair. Both quote Gay Talese saying of Pinch that "Sometimes you get a bad king."
As you probably know, there is no record of serious papers in the United States being publicly owned. The Washington Post, New York Times, and, until recently, the Wall Street Journal are or were owned by the Graham, Sulzberger, and Bancroft families respectively. Pinch essentially inherited the paper from his father. And for all the hand-wringing about the inevitable death of newspapers, his poor business decisions are certainly a large part of why the paper is on death's door. Michael Calderone summarizes the Vanity Fair piece pretty well:
Bowden makes his case by talking to those who know Sulzberger and running through a laundry list of past mistakes: buying back $1.8 billion worth of stock (that's now junk); not diversifying enough (unlike the Washington Post buying Kaplan); passing up on investing in Google and Amazon; the $1.1 billion purchase of the New England papers (including the Boston Globe).
Make no mistake: if the newspaper industry were still doing well, some of these decisions would have been good ones. But it seems colossally stupid not to have hedged by investing in other areas rather than doubling down on the newspaper business. I wonder, though, if his doubling down on the newspaper business was really so different from the Big Three doubling down on SUVs or banks doubling down on CDOs and mortgage-backed securities. It's tempting to think that the serious newspapers were doomed because they could exist only as long as the dynasties that ruled them kept producing effective monarchs. But maybe these hereditary monarchs aren't really so different from the monarchs produced by our supposedly more meritocratic executive system.
That said, this quiz (from Arianna) comparing Pinch Sulzberger to George W. Bush is a classic.
You decide: is it W or is it Pinch? [Answers below]
1. Which of these men had a father who was considered stupid but is now thought to be a genius compared to his son?
2. Which of these men is currently on the defensive about his support for an incompetent woman in his office?
3. Which of these men may have to ask for the resignation of a subordinate because of a mounting scandal?
4. Which of these men appointed as his top deputy a loyal member of his father's regime?
5. Which of these two men's favorite TV series was "Star Trek: The Next Generation," and even owned a watch with the inscription "Live Long and Prosper"?
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Defining normal
by DougJ | March 31, 2009 1:13 pm | 173 Comments
I don't find this especially offensive, but it is interesting to hear Michael Barone define normal (via WM):
This is similar but not identical to a point I've often made: that the Republican Party is the party of people who are considered, by themselves and by others, as normal Americans—Northern white Protestants in the 19th century, married white Christians more recently—while the Democratic Party is the party of the out groups who are in some sense seen, by themselves and by others, as not normal—white Southerners and Catholic immigrants in the 19th century, blacks and white seculars more recently. Thus it's natural for the Democrats to be more fissiparous.
The notion that Republicans are good, upstanding God-fearing Amurkins while Democrats are left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers plays an important role in America's official political discourse. It's there when candidates are criticized for not wearing socks and for vacationing in Hawaii. It's there when other, more patriotic candidates invite reporters to barbecues at one of their many houses.
Also, feel free to make up your own jokes about public bathrooms, adult diapers, dildos, and wet-suits here.
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Random historical note
Some of my best friends are from the small West Indian nation of Guyana (although Guyana is on the South American continent, its history and culture are much closer to that of Trinidad than of, say, Brazil) and they emailed me the obituary of Janet Jagan, a woman from Chicago who became president of Guyana and who died a few days ago at the age of 88. It's an interesting story:
Born Janet Rosenberg in 1920, she was a student nurse at Cook County Hospital in Chicago when she met Cheddi Jagan, a dentistry student at Northwestern University and the eldest of 11 children of an Indo-Guyanese family of sugar cane workers. His grandparents had arrived in British Guiana from India as indentured laborers.
They married, despite the fierce opposition of her parents, who were Jewish, and in 1943 they moved to British Guiana, where he established a dental practice and they both became involved in radical politics. In 1950, they founded the People's Progressive Party, and in 1953, in elections under a new Constitution providing greater home rule, Dr. Jagan became chief minister. But the Jagans' Marxist ideas aroused the suspicions of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who sent warships and troops to topple the new government. The Jagans were jailed.
Dr. Jagan returned to power in 1957, and Mrs. Jagan became labor minister.
Again, their politics, along with their admiration for Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba, caused alarm in a foreign capital — this time, Washington. According to long-classified documents, President John F. Kennedy ordered the Central Intelligence Agency in 1961 to destabilize the Jagan government. The C.I.A. covertly financed a campaign of labor unrest, false information and sabotage that led to race riots and, eventually, the ascension of Forbes Burnham, a black, London-educated lawyer and a leader of the People's Progressive Party who had become a rival of the Jagans. He became president and prime minister in 1966.
After her husband died in 1997, she ran for president and won. At campaign rallies, her followers respectfully called her "bhowji," a Hindi term meaning "elder brother's wife." But her government was plagued by street protests and tension with the opposition People's National Congress.
It's a typical story, in a way, for a poor country in the Western hemisphere buffeted by failed Marxist ideas and murderous Euro-American interventions.
On a lighter note, how can it be that no Merchant-Ivory style movie has been made about Janet Jagan yet? This has Oscar written all over it.
Update. From the comments, there is this PBS documentary about that Jagans.
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That Is Depressing
by John Cole | March 31, 2009 8:30 am | 205 Comments
In an odd turn of events, a David Brooks column that I almost completely agree with:
There are many experts who think that the whole restructuring strategy is misbegotten. These experts think that costs are not the real problem. The real problem is the product. The cars are not good enough. The management is insular. The reputation is fatally damaged.
But if you are in the restructuring business, you can't let these stray thoughts get in the way of your restructuring. After all, restructuring is your life. Restructuring is forever. Restructuring is like what dieting is for many of us: You think about it every day. You believe it's about to work. Nothing really changes.
When the economy cratered last fall, the professionals at G.M. went into Super-Duper Restructuring Overdrive. In October, they warned the Bush administration of a possible bankruptcy filing and started restructuring. In December, they came back asking for a loan while they … (wait for it) … restructured.
One thing I do take issue with is that American cars are all bad. I just don't agree with that premise. I had a 1983 Chevy Celebrity that I bought from my grandmother's estate while I was an undergrad, and that car drove every day, reliably, for 24 years. Beyond changing the oil every couple of thousand miles, some new tires and a battery here and there, that car was a gem. It had a great engine, got decent (for the time) gas mileage, started no matter how cold it was, and never once broke down. I loved that car and would own another one in a heartbeat. Sadly, they don't make it anymore.
I'm sure there are people who have had miserable experiences with American cars, and I have no doubt that there was a time period where American cars were inferior. I know my father will go to prison before purchasing another Chrysler ever after an experience with a Chrysler wagon in the 80's, but I think American cars have gotten a bad rap the past decade or so.
Having said that, my mother, sister, and I all drive Subaru wagons, my brother has a Toyota Corolla, and my father drives a Honda Pilot. I guess we just hate America, although my brother-in-law does own a Harley.
One other thing I think about regarding what I believe is the imminent demise of GM. years ago, it was not uncommon in certain regions of WV for there to be only one car dealership, and everyone in the area drove either a Ford pick-up truck or a Chevy pick-up truck, and part of the regional identity was whether or not it was a Ford or Chevy area. You would see hats that said "Ford- Fix or Repair Daily" in Chevy areas, and vice versa. I don't know how much that has changed the past couple of years, but I wonder if it still holds true. Certainly WV can not be the only place that was like this.
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I don't have much of an opinion about Earth Hour, but I have to say that the Big Hollywood reaction to it puts the Red State reaction to shame:
One Billion Turn Out Lights to Highlight Threat from Climate Change. When Lights Return, One Million Infidels Found Killed by Terrorists
OK, so if you were mujahedeen, after Saturday night's display of defiance and retaliation by the Free World against global warming/cooling/something, wouldn't you totally be like:
"Hey, Infidel — Look! Does one cloud look darker to you than the other?"
"Ohmygod — where?!" (Infidel looks up.)
Sound of throat slashing.
"Works every time! Works every time!" the mujahed laughs to himself as he moves on to the next vigilant infidel.
Ever notice how as the threat of global terrorism reaches a crescendo, so apparently does the threat of global climate change?
Am I silly not to have noticed this link between the threat of global terrorism and the threat of global climate change?
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Dayana does Gitmo
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Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza, visited Gitmo last week and here's what she reported:
We arrived in Gitmo on Friday and stared going around the town, everybody knew Crystle and I were coming so the first thing we did was attend a big lunch and then we visited one of the bars they have in the base. We talked about Gitmo and what is was like living there. The next days we had a wonderful time, this truly was a memorable trip! We hung out with the guys from the East Coast and they showed us the boat inside and out, how they work and what they do, we took a ride around the land and it was a loooot of fun!
We also met the Military dogs, and they did a very nice demonstration of their skills. All the guys from the Army were amazing with us.
We visited the Detainees camps and we saw the jails, where they shower, how the recreate themselves with movies, classes of art, books. It was very interesting.
I didn't want to leave, it was such a relaxing place, so calm and beautiful.
That's probably just the honey-and-ginger chicken talking.
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Lou Dobbs Is Giving Me Whiplash
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First, he is mad because Obama "fired" Wagoner.
Then he weeps for the future of capitalism with the government involved like this.
Then he gets mad because Obama doesn't know how to handle this crisis and isn't doing more.
Then he is mad because Obama didn't fire the head of the UAW.
And then he is mad because Obama might require the unions to make concessions.
And then he is mad because the Obama team is not doing enough for the traditional economy (which I guess is the economy outside of the financial markets and not having to do with the auto industry but doesn't involve concessions for blue collar workers).
And that was in one 5 minute portion of the show. No mention that half the things that upset him are at odds with the other things that upset him.
I've come to the conclusion that Lou Dobbs is just barking mad. CNN, it is time to put the crazy uncle out to pasture.
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Working on your own material with a group of very talented musicians might seem nerve-racking. I can't speak for other writers, but I always have apprehension when I bring up a new piece of material.
Yet when you have a group of guys who are not just talented but wanting to hear your stuff and wanting to help you succeed there is something so very satisfying about that.
My goal in the first recording session is to have two songs recorded and completed. If there had been any fear that this wouldn't happen I left those by the wayside after Friday's rehearsal.
We started slowly, listening to the very bare demo and quickly put an arrangement together. Then we tweaked it, wrote out a bass line, put things together, took them apart . . . and then it just seemed to work.
When we finished the arrangement came the harmonies, which just added even more life to the song. Something more than I could ever have hoped.
This all came after visiting the studio, Pus Cavern studios, which is small but comfortable. It looks like the right kind of place for a group of guys working out harmonies in the drummer's living room.
Not that doing this in a living room detracts from the material. One of the best feelings is to have these guys say they like the songs and help me make the arrangements. One of the bad parts of having learned guitar by ear is the fact that I cannot easily write up anything about what we're playing. It takes me awhile to even figure out what chords I've been playing by scrolling through reams of chord charts.
But as I look at the material, my daughter on the couch listening, she started to hear what it was all pointing toward. "I always liked that song when you played it," she told me, remembering my writing it with an acoustic guitar on the living room couch. "But I just listened to the lyrics all the way through and . . . wow, I just never thought about things like that, from how you look at it, dad. Wow."
When you can touch a 16-year-old with your lyrics and music it's a big deal, at least to me. That says the themes are pretty universal.
It also says that the idea of finishing this and closing one door while opening another on my life is the right direction. What an amazing experience to work with such talented people. The songs take this raw form and turn into something so much bigger and livelier.
What an amazing experience . . . and we haven't even hit the studio yet.
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We hear the word diabetes a lot, but do you really know what it is?
JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- We hear the word diabetes a lot, but do you really know what it is?
Those are some of the questions the entire third-grade at Four Oaks Elementary School in Johnston County was asked on Thursday.
It may be surprising, but almost every child in the assembly knew someone with diabetes.
It is the seventh leading cause of death in Johnston County. That's one reason why Johnston Health launched a year-long campaign called Derailing Diabetes.
Along with a presentation about healthy nutrition and lifestyle habits, students were able to see how easy it is to test your blood sugar- even on their very own principal.
Next Tuesday, March 26, is designated Alert Day by the American Diabetes Association.
Students will be encouraged to take home a diabetes risk test to share with family members to educate and encourage awareness and prevention.
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Her mind and emotions are not permanent.
Blaming her for something she did years back is missing to recognize that maybe today, she would respond in radically different ways to the same situation.
They can be highly impermanent!
They can highly vary in intensity as well.
When you describe her being, are you describing what she is today or are you tapping in a story from the past?


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Q: Multiple SSH chaining (tsocks, socksify, proxycommand, etc. ) http://i.stack.imgur.com/YTOvt.png

Goal: you need to reach "Server B" from the Client "directly" with SSH, SCP.

"Server B" is next to "Server A". E.g.: they're on the same subnet, but only "Server A" is reachable from the Internet -> so "Server B" is only indirectly accessible.

I know how to use tsocks:
install tsocks
yum install tsocks

configure it [by default there is no config file..]
vim /etc/tsocks.conf
server = 127.0.0.1
server_port = 4000

create the ssh tunnel
ssh -v -fND localhost:4000 USERNAME@SERVER-A

check that if it's created
ps aux | fgrep -i ssh
USER      8894  0.0  0.0   9780   708 ?        Ss   11:58   0:00 ssh -v -fND localhost:4000 USERNAME@SERVER-A
netstat -tulpn | fgrep -i ssh
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:4000              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      8894/ssh

how to use tsocks
tsocks ssh root@SERVER-B

kill the ssh tunnel
kill `pgrep -f 'D localhost:4000'`

The whole thing is fully OK to me. Fine.

The Question: How can I use multiple ssh tunnels with e.g.: tsocks?
I mean I have to use several ssh tunnels (on different ports of course).
How can I set e.g.: tsocks to "memorize" several ssh tunnels (ports)?

The "/etc/tsocks.conf" file only allows one server, that's ok, because If I ssh tunnel to somewhere I have to go through 127.0.0.1, but I need more ports, because 1 port = 1 ssh tunnel. Several ssh tunnels can't bind to 1 port.
I'm using Fedora 14 for "Desktop PC"

Thank you!

A: tsocks allows multiple SOCKS services, you set it up to use a different SOCKS service (i.e. different ssh -D listening on a different port) for each desired target. man tsocks.conf for more details.
assuming /etc/tsocks.conf containing:
path {
    server = localhost
    server_port = 1081
    reaches = <ip-address-of-server-b>/32
    }
path {
    server = localhost
    server_port = 1082
    reaches = <ip-address-of-server-d>/32
    }

Then you would run
ssh -fND :1081 server-a & sleep 1 ; tsocks ssh server-b
ssh -fND :1082 server-c & sleep 1 ; tsocks ssh server-d


This workshop begins with the communication/personality assessment and then dives deep into how we communicate differently from others. This workshop includes break outs and applications that assist in understanding the concepts thoroughly.
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This training is for those who want to move to the top in the sales arena. Selling is all about style and although you think your in style your sales approach may not be. This training provides keen ways to change a representatives sales approach for each individual sale.
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A smart home typically refers to a structure that touts intelligent elements designed to make life easier, but in our opinion, no feature is smarter than a built-in coffee maker. This stunning, nearly 4,000-square-foot home in Westlake, which just hit the market today, offers caffeine on-call and myriad other impressive add-ons worthy of a resort.
Listed with Jill Fugger at Ebby Halliday for $2,450,000, 1712 Post Oak Pl. is a spacious Mediterranean residence inside and a lush, tropical paradise outside. Multiple entertainment and cooking areas dot the backyard, all equipped with high-grade appliances and electronics and plenty of plush seating. An infinity edge pool, waterfalls, fire pits and exotic tableaux — think Moroccan hanging lanterns and breezy white tapestries — make the outdoors a luxurious oasis.
The front exterior is just as inspiring, with stately landscaping and dramatic lighting that emphasizes the home's grandeur. Beyond the towering front doors are four bedrooms, four bathrooms, multiple living areas and three fireplaces. There's even a screening room, set up with oversize daybeds and cushions for lounging.
The kitchen is in line with the house's open and livable layout, boasting custom cabinets and a built-in wine cooler.
Much like the enviable backyard, the bathrooms make great use of stacked stone, giving the home a natural yet sophisticated touch. It's the custom closets, however, that might truly take your breath away.


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Kyle Busch climbs into his car for a test drive Friday for the upcoming Rolex 24 auto race at Daytona International Speedway.
Kyle Busch bringing his Rowdy show to the Rolex 24 at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Fresh from a holiday trip to the Bahamas, NASCAR's newest two-time champion raced back to the track to open the new year.
Kyle Busch stepped out of his comfort zone at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, pulling on a white helmet adorned with his nickname "Rowdy" and climbing into a Lexus RC-F to test for the upcoming Rolex 24 at Daytona. The prestigious sports car race always features some of the top talent in the world, and Busch just might be this year's main attraction.
Last year's running of the twice-round-the-clock endurance race featured two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso and former CART champion Alex Zanardi, who raced for BMW without his prosthetic legs and relying on a specially built steering wheel to control the car. Alonso and Zanardi stole the spotlight from a stacked field that includes champions from racing series all over the world.
This year, the group includes Busch, who wrapped up his second NASCAR title less than six weeks ago.
He's driving for Aim Vasser Sullivan in the stacked GTD class — at 18 entries that class has the most in the field — and drew the biggest crowds Friday as he prepped for his first stint in the car. Busch had one day of simulator work with Rolex teammate Jack Hawksworth before the test and recognized quickly what he needs to work on to be ready for the Jan. 25 race.
"I've got my NASCAR driving techniques just embedded in my brain and I've got to get rid of those a little bit more and get more accustomed to what this car can take and what the driving techniques are," he said.
Because the Vasser Sullivan team races in a lower class, Busch will not be in contention for the overall victory. He will also be mired in traffic, potentially at night, stuck behind slower cars piloted by drivers with far less experience. Busch brought his regular spotter from NASCAR to assist, but can't realistically gauge the difficulties he may face until race time.
For now, he has to figure out the anti-lock braking system, which is foreign to his regular car.
"I am used to our big, heavy stock cars where you have to start the slow down process way early, and the braking zone is forever and by the time you turn in you've got to be off the brakes, otherwise the inside wheels will lock up," Busch said. "Completely different techniques with these cars. You can just drive the snot out of them, you can just throw it off the corner as far as you feel like you can get in there and stomp the pedal as hard as you think your leg will allow you to do it."
Even out of his element, in a new car and a different series, Busch remained both demanding and exact in how he likes his car to feel. During an early debrief, he "suggested we get a little softer and they said 'We're as soft as we can get,' and I said 'Well, that ain't soft enough.'"
His debut in the Rolex will be closely watched.
Wayne Taylor Racing is the defending race winning team but returned only two members (Renger van der Zande and Kamui Kobayashi) to its four-man roster.
Alonso won't be back amid speculation he will return to the Indianapolis 500 this year and has been replaced by five-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon.


Tooth decay is the most prevalent dental disease in the world. The disease can result in difficulty eating, infection and tooth loss.
Research has already suggested a link between oral health and inflammatory diseases, in particular, heart attacks and strokes.
Researchers have developed computer simulations showing how lasers attack oral bacterial colonies, suggesting that using lasers could lead to better dental health.
Children who require both dental and medical procedures should have them completed under one general anaesthetic whenever possible.