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Daily Archive: 07/10/2015
Punting the Pundits
by TMC
"Punting the Pundits" is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important.
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Paul Krugman: Greece's Economy Is a Lesson for Republicans in the U.S.
Greece is a faraway country with an economy roughly the size of greater Miami, so America has very little direct stake in its ongoing disaster. To the extent that Greece matters to us, it's mainly about geopolitics: By poisoning relations among Europe's democracies, the Greek crisis risks depriving the United States of crucial allies.
But Greece has nonetheless played an outsized role in U.S. political debate, as a symbol of the terrible things that will supposedly happen – any day now – unless we stop helping the less fortunate and printing money to fight unemployment. And Greece does indeed offer important lessons to the rest of us. But they're not the lessons you think, and the people most likely to deliver a Greek-style economic disaster here in America are the very people who love to use Greece as a boogeyman. {..]
The point is that if you really worry that the U.S. might turn into Greece, you should focus your concern on America's right. Because if the right gets its way on economic policy – slashing spending while blocking any offsetting monetary easing – it will, in effect, bring the policies behind the Greek disaster to America.
Dean Baker: Jeb Bush wants us to work more for the collective good. Who's the socialist now?
Former governor Jeb Bush's announcement this week that he thinks people should work more hours puts him in direct opposition to the two leading contenders on the Democratic side – both of whom are pushing proposals that will allow people to work less. This could mean that 2016 will be an election in which work hours play a central role.
Bush's comment came during a speech in which he listed the things that Americans need to do to reach his target of 4.0% annual GDP growth "as far as the eye can see": increase labor force participation, work longer hours, and increase productivity. (It was not the first time that Bush said that he thought people should work more – he previously argued for raising the normal retirement age for Social Security.)
The sight of someone who was raised in privilege and relied on family connections to make his careers in business and politics telling the rest of the American public that they have to work more will make good fodder for Bush's political opponents. But this position is actually held by many people in policy circles in both political parties.
Rep. Alan Grayson: Why Don't Democrats Vote? I'll Tell You Why.
As you may have heard, Democratic turnout dropped off a cliff again last year, just like it did in 2010. I was wondering why, so I asked. I polled Florida non-voters. I found that the main reason why they didn't vote last year was simple: They couldn't see any difference between the candidates. When there is no difference between the candidates, Democrats don't vote, and Democrats lose. [..]
As Gov. Howard Dean has said, if you offer people a choice between a real Republican and a fake Republican, they will choose the real Republican every time. And they did. Getting back to our poll, we focused on people who actually could have voted, not permanent residents, convicted felons whose rights had not been restored or children. We offered the non-voters 12 different reasons to explain why they hadn't voted. Reason #1, the most "popular," was that "people did not like either choice for Governor." Forty-one percent of the Democratic non-voters said that this was the main reason why people didn't vote. [..]
The voters deserve a choice. In fact, they insist on it. Or they simply won't vote.
Dave Johnson: Enormous, Humongous May Trade Deficit Slows Economy
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the May goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $40.9 billion, up a bit from an enormous, humongous $40.7 billion in April.
Our enormous, humongous trade deficit is a measure of how many jobs, factories, companies and industries we are losing to our pro-Wall Street trade policies. A trade deficit drains our economy of wealth, jobs and future economic opportunity. [..]
When you close a factory in the U.S., move the jobs and production to a low-wage, low-democracy country, and bring the same goods back to the U.S. to sell in the same stores this "increases cross-border trade." But since this trade is going in one direction, it also increases our trade deficit, which hurts our economy. Moving the jobs to places where the workers are exploited means that a few investors and executives can pocket the difference in what is paid in wages and environmental protection costs, while impoverishing the workers and communities on all sides of the trade borders.
And to top it off, the U.S. doesn't even make these companies pay their taxes, so we literally get nothing back for the lost jobs and wages.
Isaiah J. Polle: Schumer Takes the Low Road to Fund a Transportation Bill
Key Democrats in the Senate on Thursday worked to ratchet up the pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling for him in a letter to move forward with a long-term transportation bill before federal authorization for the program expires at the end of the month.
But one of the signatories to the letter to McConnell, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), has poisoned the effort by adding to the debate a corporate tax giveaway plan that would leave behind crumbs for these desperately needed transportation investments. He is winning the applause of conservatives like Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and is looking to move a sweeping plan to slash corporate taxes through Congress. From the progressive movement, it should be receiving loud expressions of scorn and an uprising to block it. [..]
The problem is that, as the Schumer-Portman framework makes explicit, that tax would be "a one-time transition toll charge at a rate significantly lower than the statutory corporate rate" of 35 percent. It is, in effect, a reward to multinational corporations for using schemes to shunt the profits from U.S. sales through overseas subsidiaries that are often little more than a post-office box in a low-tax country. Plus, the "transition toll" is a transition to a more permanent lowering of corporate tax rates – at a time when the federal taxes corporations pay as a share of the national economy is already at a historic low.
Musa al-Gharbi: America's biggest terror threat is from the far right
The US should use its monitoring tools on extremists of all stripes
According to a New America Foundation report, right-wing extremists have killed nearly twice as many Americans through domestic terrorism as "jihadists" have since 9/11. However, the same database shows that Muslims constitute a much higher percentage of those indicted on terrorism charges or killed when confronted by authorities. Despite being responsible for only 35 percent of the terrorism casualties, they account for 60 percent of terrorism indictments. The reason for the discrepancy is that right-wing extremists tend not to be monitored or investigated as heavily.
Shortly after President Barack Obama's election – particularly after a groundbreaking 2009 Department of Homeland Security report on the threat of right-wing extremism – Republican lawmakers, along with conservative media and lobbying groups, argued that the White House was politicizing the term "extremism" in order to deploy law enforcement against otherwise lawful dissidents, such as those affiliated with the tea party. [..]
There was no discussion of the threat posed by these ideologues at the recent White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. In fact, law enforcement and national security agencies are generally hesitant to refer to acts committed by right-wing ideologues as terrorism.
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On This Day In History July 10
This is your morning Open Thread. Pour your favorite beverage and review the past and comment on the future.
Find the past "On This Day in History" here.
July 10 is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 174 days remaining until the end of the year.
1925, Scopes Monkey Trial begins,
In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.
The law, which had been passed in March, made it a misdemeanor punishable by fine to "teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." With local businessman George Rappalyea, Scopes had conspired to get charged with this violation, and after his arrest the pair enlisted the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to organize a defense. Hearing of this coordinated attack on Christian fundamentalism, William Jennings Bryan, the three-time Democratic presidential candidate and a fundamentalist hero, volunteered to assist the prosecution. Soon after, the great attorney Clarence Darrow agreed to join the ACLU in the defense, and the stage was set for one of the most famous trials in U.S. history.
On July 10, the Monkey Trial got underway, and within a few days hordes of spectators and reporters had descended on Dayton as preachers set up revival tents along the city's main street to keep the faithful stirred up. Inside the Rhea County Courthouse, the defense suffered early setbacks when Judge John Raulston ruled against their attempt to prove the law unconstitutional and then refused to end his practice of opening each day's proceeding with prayer.
The ACLU had originally intended to oppose the Butler Act on the grounds that it violated the teacher's individual rights and academic freedom, and was therefore unconstitutional. Mainly because of Clarence Darrow, this strategy changed as the trial progressed, and the earliest argument proposed by the defense once the trial had begun was that there was actually no conflict between evolution and the creation account in the Bible (a viewpoint later called theistic evolution). In support of this claim, they brought in eight experts on evolution. Other than Dr. Maynard Metcalf, a zoologist from Johns Hopkins University, the judge would not allow these experts to testify in person. Instead, they were allowed to submit written statements so that their evidence could be used at the appeal. In response to this decision, Darrow made a sarcastic comment to Judge Raulston (as he often did throughout the trial) on how he had been agreeable only on the prosecution's suggestions, for which he apologized the next day, keeping himself from being found in contempt of court.
The presiding judge John T. Raulston was accused of being biased towards the prosecution and frequently clashed with Darrow. At the outset of the trial Raulston quoted Genesis and the Butler Act. He also warned the jury not to judge the merit of the law (which would become the focus of the trial) but on the violation of the act, which he called a 'high misdemeanor'. The jury foreman himself wasn't convinced of the merit of the Act but acted, as did most of the jury, on the instructions of the judge.
By the later stages of the trial, Clarence Darrow had largely abandoned the ACLU's original strategy and attacked the literal interpretation of the Bible as well as Bryan's limited knowledge of other religions and science.
Only when the case went to appeal did the defense return to the original claim that the prosecution was invalid because the law was essentially designed to benefit a particular religious group, which would be unconstitutional.
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A Conversation with President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 12:00 – 1:00 ET
Presidencia de la República Dominicana.
Part of the Crisis Conversations
A Conversation with President Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic
10:30am – 11:30am ET
Webcast Only
AmCham Dominican Republic
Luis Abinader's victory in the Dominican Republic's July presidential election handed him a daunting series of challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled the tourism sector, which accounts for more than 10 percent of the country's economic activity and had seen steady growth. The economy is expected to contract by 6 percent this year. Close to 120,000 Dominicans have contracted the coronavirus, resulting in over 2,000 deaths.
Abinader, however, has important advantages as he begins his four-year term. His party controls both houses of congress, raising hopes for progress on his pro-business, pro-transparency agenda. Despite economic challenges, Dominicans living abroad sent home $5 billion in the first eight months of 2020, an increase over last year. The new president has extensive private sector experience, which he will draw upon as he navigates the COVID-19 economy and post-pandemic recovery.
The Wilson Center's Latin American Program and the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AmChamDR) hosted a conversation with President Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic on Friday, October 30, from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EST. In our discussion, we explored the public health and economic impacts of COVID-19 on the Dominican Republic, and the prospects for economic recovery, including through a resurrection of the critical tourism industry and the new government's plans to promote the Dominican Republic as a "near-shoring" opportunity for U.S. manufacturers exiting China. We also addressed the consequences for the Dominican Republic of Haiti's prolonged political challenges.
This webinar is the second of the Latin American Program's "Crisis Conversations," a new series of dialogues with Latin American leaders about overcoming policy challenges during this pandemic. Our previous conversation was with President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador.
Wilson Center
Luis Abinader, President of the Dominican Republic
"I can tell you right now, today, that COVID is under control in the Dominican Republic [...]. We have doubled the amount of tests or possibility of doing tests and people are no longer going because at this moment, as I said, COVID is under control in the country and it's in a much better circumstance than most of the countries in the region. We have 80% of the COVID beds free, we have 70% of the [ICU] beds free, we have 65% of the ventilators just for COVID free. COVID is almost nonexistent in the tourist areas."
"We need to prioritize the relationship with the United States and we need a special relation with the United States. The relationship has to be of respect and with our government. They know that we share the same values of democracy, the same values of working for transparency and fighting corruption, so this is not something that they have to work with me to try to establish in the Dominican Republic because I am the one that is convinced that we have to fight for democracy in the region and also for good government for transparency and respecting the dignity and independence of the nation."
"The Haitian situation is one of the major problems that the Dominican government has. It creates a lot of problems because there is no stability in Haiti, there have been a lot of crises, people are on the streets, and it is a country that has a lot of fraud. It's the poorest country in the western hemisphere and the government doesn't have the strength to control the situation that is causing that. So the Dominican Republic has to protect the borders [...]. We will be the speaker to the whole Americas, to the whole region, and also to countries like France (who historically have been tied to Haiti) so that we can work on a development plan for Haiti that will also help the Dominican Republic. Our country cannot continue to maintain the cost related to the situation in Haiti."
"I believe that we should continue the Free Trade Agreement that we signed in 2004 but I believe that we should have a more fair balance [...]. What we have to do is have more export-mentality and promotion in our country and we are preparing to [...] launch our project 'pro-export' in the country with a lot of finance from the government and other international organizations to promote exports. I believe that the Free Trade Agreement has been good for our country and I will promote that we continue to be on the Free Trade Agreement."
Luis Abinader
President, Dominican Republic
Cynthia J. Arnson
Distinguished Fellow, Latin American Program
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The man who disparaged the Charlottesville victim is 'amused' by death threats
People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville on Saturday. (Ryan M. Kelly/Daily Progress/AP)
By Andrew deGrandpre
Andrew deGrandpre
Deputy national security editor
The founder of a white-supremacist website who elicited widespread condemnation for his viral blog post mocking a woman's death at Saturday's white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville says he's received death threats since suggesting 32-year-old Heather Heyer was a "drain on society" because she was unmarried and childless.
"You should see the hatred in my email box," Andrew Anglin, who operates the Daily Stormer, told The Washington Post in an email Monday. "… I'll tell you, there is a lot more hatred on their side than ours."
He later added: "I'm not feeling hate. I'm feeling amused."
The Daily Stormer espouses a variety of extreme and sometimes conflicting ideologies, including neo-Nazism and the racist belief that America's growing pluralism has left whites disadvantaged and oppressed. "Their side" is an apparent reference to anti-fascist protesters who clashed with white supremacists throughout the day, a violent riot that turned deadly when a car, driven by 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. of Ohio, according to police, plowed into a group of people demonstrating along a crowded, narrow street.
[Trump denounces KKK, neo-Nazis as he seeks to quell criticism of his response to Charlottesville]
Anglin's blog post was published Sunday after law enforcement officials in Charlottesville identified Heyer as the lone fatality. At least 19 others were injured. In one of the Trump administration's sharpest rebukes of those responsible for inciting such violence, Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared the incident "domestic terrorism."
In his email to The Post, Anglin disputed authorities' conclusions, suggesting instead that Heyer may have suffered a heart attack at the scene. He twice referred to his blog post as a joke, and complained that politicians, the media and others have described the incident as terrorism. "Fake news," Anglin called that characterization. It was just a case of road rage, he said, not an attack on the alt-right's political enemies.
The violence has inflamed a long-simmering debate over race relations in the United States while raising troubling questions about President Trump's initial refusal to disavow the hate groups who descended on Charlottesville for their "Unite the Right" demonstration.
[How the growing anger finally pushed Trump to denounce white supremacists]
Facing withering pressure from throughout the political spectrum, Trump finally did so Monday, declaring the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and other white supremacist groups "repugnant" and pledging to hold anyone accountable who may have committed crimes.
The Post contacted Anglin through an email address listed on his website. His response alleged that "large numbers of people say they're planning to murder me" in retaliation for his missive maligning Heyer. He offered no apology, but instead doubled down in his view that, "Women who don't have children are abandoning their natural duty and breaking the social contract, and they should be ostracized for it."
Anglin did not provide evidence of any alleged threats, and he did not respond to follow-up questions.
On his website, which was subsequently delisted by the Web-hosting service GoDaddy, Anglin wrote profusely about his prediction that "Jews, Blacks and lesbians will be leaving America if Trump gets elected." He has called the Holocaust a hoax, extolled Adolf Hitler and last year described Trump as "the ultimate savior" when the Republican presidential candidate indicated he would restrict immigration from majority-Muslim countries.
[Why GoDaddy's decision to delist a neo-Nazi site is such a big deal]
It's unclear where Anglin is located, though a donation page on his site lists a post office box in Worthington, Ohio, where he attended high school. The Southern Poverty Law Center has assembled a comprehensive case study on Anglin, and suspects he may be living overseas, either in Africa, Eastern Europe or the Philippines.
The 33-year-old is considered a "skilled propagandist" who in his missives for Daily Stormer has taken credit for having encouraged hundreds of thousands of like-minded white nationalists to deliver Trump's election victory in November, said Keegan Hankes, an analyst with the SPLC.
Through his writing ahead of the Charlottesville rally, Anglin also helped cultivate interest in the event and inspire the large crowds of white supremacists and white nationalists that appeared, Hankes said.
"The biggest thing to recognize about Andrew Anglin," he added, "is that even though Daily Stormer is just a website, it has a tremendous impact in the real world."
The advocacy group filed a lawsuit earlier this year accusing him of directing a cyber-mayhem campaign targeting a Jewish family in Montana. David Dinielli, the organization's deputy legal director, told The Post that Anglin commands a "troll army" that specializes in intimidating people via social media primarily.
"The most vile threats one can imagine," Dinielli added. "Emails, texts, Facebook messages." The family was sent images of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. They received phone calls that included only the sound of guns being fired.
"This is not bullying," he said. "This is terrorism."
[Police officers in two states accused of mocking Charlottesville violence]
Anglin appears to have moved his site to the dark Web, a term that describes domains not catalogued by search engines. The dark Web has become a destination for those engaging in all manner of illicit activity.
After Anglin's blog post disparaging Heyer went viral, GoDaddy indicated it had informed Anglin to take his business elsewhere. In a tweet Sunday night, the company said such content violates its terms of service.
"GoDaddy does not condone content that advocates expressions of hate, racism, bigotry," a spokesman, Dan Race, told The Post in a prepared statement. "However, we generally do not take action on complaints that would constitute censorship of content and that represents the exercise of freedom of speech and expression on the Internet.
It continues: "In instances where a site goes beyond the mere exercise of these freedoms, however, and crosses over to promoting, encouraging, or otherwise engaging in violence against any person, we will take action. In our determination, especially given the tragic events in Charlottesville, Dailystormer.com crossed the line and encouraged and promoted violence."
It's unclear why GoDaddy tolerated Daily Stormer's content previously. The company did not respond to questions seeking to understand that.
It appears Anglin had sought — unsuccessfully — to move his site to Google's hosting service Monday.
In his email to The Post, Anglin indicated he was working with an unidentified agent in Mongolia to "reset my server so I can restore from backups." The site is hosted there, he said, "because we've been kicked off of so many hosts."
Speaking to reporters Monday at the White House, Trump denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan as he sought to quell growing criticism about his response to the violence in Charlottesville and Heyer's death. The Justice Department has begun a civil rights investigation into the incident, and Trump has discussed the matter with Sessions and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray.
Trump's initial response to the bedlam in Charlottesville, in which he castigated the hatred exhibited on "many sides," resonated with Anglin, he said in his email. But he also indicated that he recognized the president had come under intensifying scrutiny to condemn the white nationalists who helped get him elected.
"I don't really expect him to hold the line on this one," he said. "There's too much pressure on him."
Elizabeth Dwoskin in Silicon Valley contributed to this report.
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New High Rise Campaign launched
High Rise Fire Safety Campaign launched
Publish Date: Thursday 19 October 2017
Fires in high rise flats are at their lowest in eight years
FIREFIGHTERS have visited more than 1,000 high rise homes to offer reassurance and support following the Grenfell Tower Tragedy.
Fires in high rise flats are at their lowest in eight years with statistics released by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) showing a total of 238 incidents reported over 2016/17 in buildings at least ten storeys high.
This is a reduction of almost a quarter on the previous year and 261 down on 2009/10, or a reduction of 52 per cent.
Dedicated crews have been working tirelessly to ensure residents stay safe at home, checking and installing smoke detectors and providing advice on what to do in the event of an emergency.
And this week saw the launch of a national high rise fire safety campaign, supporting the work of the SFRS to encourage more residents to request a free and dedicated Home Fire Safety Visit and speak to firefighters about their concerns.
Assistant Chief Officer David McGown is the SFRS' Director of Prevention and Protection.
He said: "While the overall reduction in the number of incidents is welcome, we are never complacent.
"This campaign will build on the great work already done by SFRS and our partners, and we will continue to work hand-in-hand to reach those who are most vulnerable, and ensure that they know what to do in the event of an emergency."
In the past year alone, firefighters undertook 70,743 Home Fire Safety Visits which are essential in helping detect risks in the home.
In addition, more than 2,400 operational assurance visits have been carried out at high rise properties.
The SFRS attends at every emergency and has an agreed Standard Operating Procedure in place which sets out how fires in High Rise Premises should be dealt with, utilising appropriate training and equipment, including high reach appliances.
ACO McGown continued: "We routinely carry out operational assurance visits at high rise premises for the purposes of checking facilities and arrangements for firefighting and firefighter safety.
"We stepped up these visits in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and we have specific safety information relating to high rise premises available on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service website.
"Our firefighters will also be putting leaflets with clear safety advice through doors, meeting with residents on the ground to directly answer their questions and new posters will offer safety advice and where to find information on what to do in the event of an emergency.
"This includes tried and tested national advice, should the fire occur in the flat you are in or elsewhere in the building.
"I would encourage residents to speak to us and let us know if they need support – we are here and able to assist."
The campaign will also actively target stakeholders and landlords – ensuring that they know where to find fire safety advice and that it is shared with tenants.
Minister for Community Safety & Legal Affairs Annabelle Ewing said: "Tenants and residents living in high-rise flats in Scotland should feel safe where they live and this high-rise fire safety campaign, reiterates key messages on what to do in the event of a fire and where to go to get fire safety help and advice.
"The campaign supports our work with local authorities, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and others to ensure the highest standards in our building and fire safety regulations and I thank everyone involved for their continued commitment to this."
To book a free home fire safety visit call 0800 0731 999, text 'FIRE' to 80800 or visit www.firescotland.gov.uk where further information on how to stay safe can be found.


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Dear GOP & Dems Providing Cover For Antifa… This Perfectly Explains Their End Game (Video)
28 Aug 2017 Barracuda Brigade
If you do not see the slippery slope, you're not looking closely enough… What we are witnessing is more than a breakdown of law and order. This is anarchist violence supported by lefty politicians and local public officials.
The Republican response to these domestic terrorists should be swift & brutal! "Peace through violence" is blatantly illegal and should be dealt with as such! Where is the MSM?
WZ: If you don't understand what they are about, you better listen: "No Trump, No Wall, No USA at all."
https://twitter.com/EsemicolonR/status/901917394838441984
Yes, not peace, not love, "no USA at all."
That's the aim. When they chant "no fascist USA," they don't mean eliminate the fascists. They mean all of you ARE the fascists because you are not as left as them.
They successfully shut down two rallies, one in San Francisco created by a transgender woman, the other in Berkeley by a Japanese-American man. Both rejected any extremism and any Nazism. Yet they were still forced to shut down and the one in Berkeley had stragglers and random people Antifa thought were Nazis attacked.
The two mayors of the respective cities came out against the peaceful rallies.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee declared victory over a group he branded as inviting hate.
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin had urged counter-protesters to stay away.
The organizer of Sunday's right-wing event was Amber Cummings, a transgender woman and Trump supporter who has repeatedly denounced racism. Cummings said that demonization by mayors in both cities and left-wing extremists made it impossible for people with other views to speak out.
Cummings has said on social media and in media interviews that Marxism is the real evil and that members of the anti-fascist movement are terrorists.
"I'm not safe to walk down the road with an American flag in this country," she told reporters last week.
Saturday's event was organized by a group known as Patriot Prayer. Its leader, Gibson, also repeatedly has disavowed racism.
FOX61 reported that the group told its members: "No extremists will be allowed in. No Nazis, Communist, KKK, Antifa, white supremacist, I.E., or white nationalists. This is an opportunity for moderate Americans to come in with opposing views. We will not allow the extremists to tear apart this country."
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Top Trends, Happenings and Events: Yahoo Philippines Unveils 2014 Year in Review
Did you know that Vice President Jejomar Binay was the Philippines' 'top newsmaker of the year'.... and that the Gilas Pilipinas' participation in the FIBA leads the 'top Philippine sports stories'... and stories about the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus tops 'most in-demand gadgets' list?
More of these top and in demand topics was recently announced by Yahoo Philippines in their 2014 Year in Review (YIR), an annual recap of the top trends, happenings and events, which grabbed the attention of Yahoo users in the Philippines. YIR is based on what users searched for through the year, and an editorial selection of what was most read, recommended and shared on Yahoo in 2014.
Yahoo YIR offers insights into what captured the user's interests across categories like Philippines' Top 10 Newsmakers, Top Sports Stories, and Global Obsessions, among others.
A perfectly coned-shaped volcano, a TV host's bedroom shenanigans and a smartphone were among the top searches by Yahoo Philippines users in 2014. However, the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year topped the most searched list. The intensity and path of Typhoon Ruby brought back nightmarish memories brought by Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) last year. The popular animated movie Frozen, an international beauty pageant and the death of a transgender woman also made it to the list of top searches on Yahoo Philippines in 2014.
Top 10 Searches of the Year:
1. Typhoon Ruby
2. Paolo Bediones scandal
3. iPhone 6
4. Ellen Adarna
5. Jennifer Laude
6. Deniece Cornejo
7. Miss World 2014
8. Philippine Basketball Association
9. Frozen
10. Mayon Volcano
The Yahoo Philippines editorial team identified 10 of the year's biggest newsmakers who dominated the headlines in 2014. On top of this list is Vice President Jejomar Binay. The 2016 presidential hopeful made headlines because of allegations on overpricing construction projects when he was mayor of Makati and the alleged ownership of a sprawling estate in Batangas. Last year's top newsmaker, businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the pork barrel scam, is number two on the list as public interest on her personal and health matters continues. Other newsmakers of the year included former first lady Imelda Marcos, actress Nora Aunor, and Senator Miriam Santiago.
Top Newsmakers in the Philippines:
1. Vice President Jejomar Binay
2. Janet Lim Napoles
3. Imelda Marcos
4. Manny Pacquiao
5. Nora Aunor
6. Jovito Palparan
7. Vhong Navarro
8. Miriam Santiago
9. Delfin Lee
10. Senators Enrile, Estrada, Revilla
Gilas Pilipinas' participation in the FIBA World Cup, in which the national team basketball team won a game against Senegal, a first for the Philippines in 40 years, ensured they led the list of top Philippine sports stories. Manny Pacquiao made it to two top stories – his debut in the Philippine Basketball Association and his undecided match with Mayweather. Nonito Donaire also made it to the list, along with the management issues of the AZKALS, the rising popularity of volleyball, and the new International Premier Tennis League games that were played in Manila.
Top Philippine Sports Stories
1. The rollercoaster ride: Gilas in FIBA Worlds and the Asian Games debacle
2. Practice? We talkin' 'bout practice? The PLDT FIBR All Stars in Manila
3. Two-sport star? Manny Pacquiao debuts as playing coach in the PBA
4. The continued rise of volleyball
5. Controversy rocks the PBA's list of 40 greatest players
6. Azkals Schrock and Cagara abandon team because of Dooley
7. Asian Games debacle
8. End of the road? Donaire knocked out
9. IPTL comes to town
Sports enthusiasts can also check out the top Philippine sports teams and 10 Filipino athletes that stood out in 2014.
As a tech-savvy nation, Filipinos are always up-to-date with the newest gadgets out in the market. Topping the list for most popular gadgets is the iPhone 6. LG also makes the cut with its LG G3 along with other gadgets like the Sony Experia Z3, Nokia Lumia 930 and iPad Air 2.
Top Gadgets in the Philippines
1. Apple iPhone 6
2. LG G3
3. Sony Experia Z3
4. Huawei Ascend Mate 7
5. Nokia Lumia 930
6. Asus Zenfone 5
7. My Phone Agua Rio
8. Cherry Mobile Tegra Note 7
9. Cherry Mobile TV Box
10. Apple iPad Air 2
The world's most-watched sporting event, the FIFA World Cup, was the top Global Obsession as football fans all over the world searched for news on the FIFA finals. Other global favorites included the animated movie Frozen, Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence, KimYe, loom bands and the popular game app, Flappy Bird.
Global Obsessions
1. FIFA Finals
2. iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
4. Jennifer Lawrence
5. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
6. Loom bands
7. Flappy Bird
8. Beyonce and Jay-Z
9. Cleansing
For more of Yahoo Philippines's 2014 Top 10s, please visit https://ph.news.yahoo.com/year-in-review/
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require File.expand_path('../boot', __FILE__)

require 'rails/all'

# Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems
# you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
Bundler.require(*Rails.groups)

module RailsApp
  class Application < Rails::Application
    # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
    # Application configuration should go into files in config/initializers
    # -- all .rb files in that directory are automatically loaded.

    # Set Time.zone default to the specified zone and make Active Record auto-convert to this zone.
    # Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding time zone names. Default is UTC.
    # config.time_zone = 'Central Time (US & Canada)'

    # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
    # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
    # config.i18n.default_locale = :de

    # Do not swallow errors in after_commit/after_rollback callbacks.
    config.active_record.raise_in_transactional_callbacks = true

    config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib)
    config.middleware.use Rack::Access::Capture::Manager do |config|
      config.collector = { adapter: 'Rack::MyCollector',
                           config: { file_path: "#{Rails.root}/log/capture.log" } }
      config.watcher = { adapter: 'Rack::MyWatcher' }
      config.filter = { params: ['params1'] }
    end
  end
end


Last week I said that I was having so much fun with the new Corrugated paper (138317) and my last post is about scrapbooking with it.
This week Ive done a gift bag using the new Gift bag punch board (135862). A matching card using the All Boxed up Stamp Set (138944) finished of my projects. I'm a chipboard junkie and the new Expressions Natural Elements(138395) were one of the first things on my wishlist for this new Annual Catalogue!
I also used the Tags and Labels framelits(138282), Whisper White stitched satin ribbon(138429), WW Bakers twine(124262), Teeny Tiny Sentiments(130042), wooden elements (on the card -retired).
So I hope this gives you some ideas on how to change up your Corrugated Paper!
Love, love, love how you coloured these! I have just got my hands on this cardstock today. Can't wait for some down time to play with it after seeing your scrapbook page and now these lovely creations!
Thanks Paula! Yep cant wait to see what you do with this paper!
Do you have a tutorial for this? I am imagining it difficult with the bulky paper.
no sorry but I just ran my marker down every second corrugation. I cut out the box/bag first and then altered it. Hope that helps?


Detective Abish Taylor left Utah for a reason. But with her husband's passing, it's time to come home. Reconnecting with her family means dealing with her past: the father she abandoned and the community she left behind. Her one escape is serving as the sole police detective in the small town of Pleasant View. But when the quiet Mormon suburb in the Wasatch Mountains is shaken by a macabre death—with the hallmarks of a sacred ritual dating back to the days of Brigham Young— Abbie is called into action.
As she uncovers the dark side of the picturesque neighborhood—infidelity, corruption, and the greed of a global religion—Abbie discovers just how far some powerful leaders of the Church will go to bury their secrets. Especially as the brutal murder unearths a sinister tradition lurking in the religion's not-so-distant past: the ultimate sacrifice for unforgivable sins. With the chief pressuring her to close the case and the community that once sheltered her watching her every move, Abbie must find justice for the dead—before she's silenced for good.


Standard Roses look great in containers by the front door, on the patio, or in borders, lining a drive or as a spectacular centerpiece in a round bed using a group of Standards or a Weeping Standard.
Typical flowering height is around 4 to 5ft/1.2-1.5m for Half-Standards and 6ft/1.8m for Full-Weeping Standards, adding height and a strong focal feature to your garden, allowing you to look, smell, tend and cut your roses without straining your back! In all cases of planting Standard Roses we strongly recommend you use a strong stake and tie fixed on the north side of the stem to support the main stem as wind damage will otherwise occur and may result in the main stem being completely snapped without. We offer a top quality, sturdy pressure treated wooden stake (for long life) with our Standard roses supplied with your order at £3.75 each, details will be given in the checkout area.
Our carefully selected range of Standard Roses are easy to grow and look after and all will repeat flower, full aftercare instructions are provided with your order.
Most of our Standard Roses are Half Standards (150cm), but we do have some Patio Standard varieties which are available as Quarter Standards (120cm), and some Weeping Standards are available as Full Standards (180cm).
PLEASE NOTE: Standard Roses can only be supplied as mail order plants between November and March as Bareroot roses, we also list potted bush roses of the same varieties in this section which can be sent by mail order all year round but these grow completely differently from Standard Roses and should be treated as normal garden bush roses. Some of our Weeping Standards only have a semi-weeping or upright habit, see individual varieties for details.
Potted Standards are available all year round by collection only from our nursery in Holbeach, Lincolnshire PE12 8AG, or from any of the garden shows we attend. Please enquire for specific availability Tel 01406 424089, email mail@styleroses.co.uk.


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    var width = this.width = paper.width;
    var height = this.height = paper.height;
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    this.angle = new PVector();
    this.velocity = new PVector(utils.random(-0.05, 0.05), utils.random(-0.05, 0.05));
    this.amplitude = new PVector(utils.random(20,width / 2), utils.random(20,height / 2));

    this._initBody();
  };

  Oscillator.prototype._initBody = function () {
    var x = Math.sin(this.angle.x) * this.amplitude.x;
    var y = Math.sin(this.angle.y) * this.amplitude.y;

    this.paper.setStart();
    this.line = this.paper.path('M0 0L' + x + ' ' + y);
    this.line.attr({stroke: '#222'});
    this.ball = this.paper.ellipse(x, y, 20, 20);
    this.ball.attr({fill: '#888'});
    this.st = this.paper.setFinish();
    this.st.transform('t' + this.width / 2 + ',' + this.height / 2);
  };

  Oscillator.prototype.update = function () {
    this.angle.add(this.velocity);
    return this;
  };

  Oscillator.prototype.move =function () {
    var x = Math.sin(this.angle.x) * this.amplitude.x;
    var y = Math.sin(this.angle.y) * this.amplitude.y;

    this.line.animate({
      path: 'M0 0L' + x + ' ' + y
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      cx: x,
      cy: y
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Hindu Basics Philosophy & Scripture Personal Practice Saints & Sages August, 1999
The Unifying Power of "Aum"
August 1, 1999832 Leave a comment
BY SWAMI NIRLIPTANANDA
Modern science has impacted mankind in a short span of time. Over-dependence on technology and scientific achievements have made the use of the body and brain less important, creating new problems. One is the vast inner emptiness that strikes at the heart of the individual and affects him psychologically. This mental imbalance is at the root of the world's problems and violence. We are living in a fear-orientated world. Not only do individuals distrust and fear individuals but nations also do the same. The arms race consumes money that could wipe out poverty, yet man has to realize that he has no other enemy but himself. Man has got to learn an important lesson of how to live with himself. There will have to be a convergence between the material and spiritual sciences, a marriage between the head and the heart, in order to experience the grandeur and beauty of the world and the riches it has to offer. For such a convergence, there is no firmer foundation than the sacred sound Aum.
Scientists theorize that this world emerged from sound–the "big bang." Our Hindu rishis many thousands of years earlier said the same thing–Aum is the primal sound from which everything has been created, sustained and transformed. Our Vedas say, "Aum is the imperishable syllable. Aum is the universe, and this is the exposition of Aum. The past, the present and the future, all that is, all that will be, is Aum. Likewise, all else that exists beyond the bounds of time, that too is Aum" (Mandukya Upanishad). This definition of Aum gives the idea that the universe is one indivisible whole. Everything is interdependent. Aum stands both for the psychic and material principles of life. This realization can save our world from the impending danger of dogmatism and materialism oriented by competition and the profit motive. This vision gives members of the Indic religions–Hindus, the Buddhists, the Jains and the Sikhs–a friendlier attitude toward nature and a less aggressive attitude generally. Their common heritage grew from a civilization that is basically tolerant of diverse views and an inclusive approach to the ultimate Goal or God. Their common name for God is Aum or Omkar. Aum represents this wholeness of approach. By meditating on Aum, different levels of our being, as they occur in our existence and are reflected in the universe, become integrated. This integration is necessary for us to experience the harmony of life as it exists in the world.
The effect of the sound of repeating Aum is known to have limitless psycho-therapeutic value, bringing inner peace and liberation from suffering. For millenniums Hindu sages have been repeating It and attaining transcendental states of realization, experiencing the oneness of life. Today we have no other choice if we want to save ourselves from self-destruction.
Begin with concentration to gather the disintegrated personality together. Focus on the transcendental Reality and merge the mind as an arrow with its object. In our Vedas, the Mandukya Upanishad advises: "Take up the great bow found in the Upanishads. Fix in it an arrow sharpened by constant meditation. Then draw the string with a mind absorbed in concentration. Hit, O good-looking one, the target that is the Immutable or Goal."
It is unfortunate that we are living in a violent world where people have become prisoners in their own home. It is important that those who believe in peace and mutual coexistence assert themselves in a positive way. It's time we awake and arise, otherwise the negative attitudes and behavior will continue to hold the world at ransom. The way to do this is to become united. We have to free our world from fear and poverty by sharing our resources and visions. We can do it. At the moment Hindus are not fully aware of this, and they think and live in isolation. The Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs who live in peace do not realize that they form more than one-fourth of the world's population. This vast section cannot be ignored if they are united. Today people in authority notice only those who shout or raise fists. The new millennium will be different. The silent majority is going to assert themselves in a peaceful way. They will be taken notice of because they will stand together. Unity with a strong moral basis is going to prove more powerful than the barrel of a gun. With the modern systems of communication we can establish the spirit of fraternity and friendship among thousands of temples, organizations and important individuals. What is necessary is to coordinate the tiny forces that are already there into a dynamic system to work for the good of humanity.
On the basis of Aum, we already have a formula acceptable to all, which is both creative and dynamic, to unify the collective consciousness of all who believe in peace and mutual co-existence. We of the London Sevashram Sangha are sponsoring a project to this end: "Aum Day 2000 Global Vision." We have contacted people in different countries, and the response has been very positive. Aum day will be filled with our sacred fire rites, chanting of Aum in the way of your tradition, a day of worship and culture either at the temple or just in your home–to bring about an awareness of oneness that will usher in a new era. The emphasis will be to manifest the humanity in man, to make him aware of his position in creation as a responsible being and not to lord over others. Join us to make the sound of Aum vibrate in the universe to bring about peace and harmony on January 1, 2000!
SWAMI NIRLIPTANANDA, 64, is a sannyasin of the Bharat Sevasharam Sangha, Calcutta, India. He hails from Guyana and is in charge of the London branch of the Sangha. For details on Aum day celebrations, email SevashramGlobalV@hotmail.com.
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Parents, teachers, and other influential adults agree that social and emotional learning is essential for children's growth and indeed success today and for their future. Although they agree on the importance, they can run into challenges when attempting to work together to assess and support these skills. The purpose and role of social and emotional learning (SEL) assessments are particularly important because the very act of assessing can help parents and teachers learn how to best scaffold children's learning as they move forward in their development. When educators and parents learn from one another about how social and emotional skills are visible and promoted in their various contexts (home, school, community), they can coordinate and have a bigger impact on children. Specifically in terms of assessment, this can mean that educators can make sure they are assessing the SEL skills that also matter to parents, and that the SEL skills educators are noticing and supporting at school can align with the SEL skills that parents notice and support at home.
How can we help educators and parents to work together to assess and support their children's social and emotional skills?
A deep emotional attachment and sensitivity to their children's social and emotional development. This should not be considered a weakness, if we are informed emotional intelligence advocates, but an asset we should take into consideration.
Knowledge from home observations and experiences to add to the complex richness of understanding their child's social and emotional competencies.
A language used to describe what they are observing with their children's behavior and what they hope for in promoting their children's development. Parents' terminology differs from educators though the goals are the same. Research to support this will be coming out in November so expect more to come on this topic.
A need to understand the strengths of their own child in order to promote and build upon those strengths.
An understanding of what social and emotional skills their child is working on advancing currently paired with actionable, simple steps to promote those skill areas at home.
Whether we require a rubric, an infographic, a checklist, or observational tool, the SEL assessment format we use will also require the context of a caring, supportive relationship between teacher and parent. This helps lower the risk of discussing these sensitive topics and ensures that parent and educator approach the issue on the same team.
Perhaps a place to begin would be an SEL practice from Responsive Classroom used with teachers and students in the first six weeks of school prior to developing learning agreements. What if we also began the school year asking parents – "What are your hopes and dreams for your child for the school year?" Parents might respond with hopes that their child might feel more confident in themselves, or demonstrate kindness to others. These kinds of hopes could be built directly into a flexible social and emotional assessment so that parents, teachers, and students alike could reflect on progress throughout the year.
How can parents contribute to an individual child's social and emotional assessment by offering their insights and observations?
How can the assessment illuminate student strengths and assets as a first step to ensure parents and teachers are building on the best of our students?
How can we utilize current SEL structures like morning meetings, like hopes and dreams, like goal setting and problem-solving to assess for progress and student learning over a school year? Are there structures at home, such as family dinners and chore routines that can also inform our understanding of student's SEL skills?
How can assessment results provide new insights for educators and parents so that they better understand children's social and emotional development, their challenges, and their progress?
How can educators work with parents to come up with strategies to use at school and at home that enhances children's peer relationships and development?
Although teachers and educators often want to work together, there are differences in their experiences, approaches, and ways of talking about social and emotional learning that can make this partnership challenging. The strategies described attempt to open dialogue between educators and parents so they can begin seeing from each other's perspectives, communicating, and aligning their efforts for the greatest impact on the children they both care about.


OnTop measures surface topography - roughness and spatial wavelengths - and is available both as an online/inline device and as an offline device (lab measurements).
The online or inline version of OnTop is meant to be installed directly against a moving but stabilized surface web, for instance against a reel, extracting real-time surface information from the surface web. The device has been installed successfully in paperboard manufacturing machines.
The online/inline device gives roughness average (Ra) values and spatial wavelength spectra in real-time.
The offline version of OnTop is a lab measurement device, giving surface measurement information in 10-20 seconds time for a sample in size A4. The offline device uses the same measurement method and technology as the online/inline device, enabling direct correlation between offline and online measurements.
The offline device gives roughness average (Ra) values and spatial wavelength spectra.


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Q: How should I do to start SmartWatch Extension from the program code? I want to know the method of starting SmartWatch Extension from the program code. For instance, Intent etc.
  I registered the script language for SmartWatch in Google Play the other day.
  It divides into two programs, one is registered as SmartWatch Extension(BitmapCatcher), and another is registered as smart phone application (Luarida).
  The script starts from a smart phone. Here, I want to start BitmapCatcher at the same time as starting the script.
  The way is not understood though it is thought that BitmapCatcher can be started without the screen touch if Intnent is sent to LiveWare.
Please teach the program code in which SmartWatch Extension is started without the screen touch.
(It was recommended to ask Mr. Jerker on this site when I wrote this question in the Smart Extras discussion of a Sony mobile site.)

SmartWatch Extension was not able to be started from other Android applications though it tested referring to your explanation. Please teach again.
  What should I write in "Your.package.name"?
  Moreover, what should I write in "HostAppPackageName"?

  The one that starts by sendBroadcast is BitmapCatcher. This package name is "com.luaridaworks.smartwatch.bitmapcatcher".
  In the test program, it wrote as follows. It continues to the following comment.
package com.luaridaworks.test02;
 import com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware.aef.control.Control;
 import com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware.aef.registration.Registration;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 public class Test02Activity extends Activity {
     /** Called when the activity is first created. */
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        Intent intent = new Intent(Control.Intents.CONTROL_START_REQUEST_INTENT);
        intent.putExtra(Control.Intents.EXTRA_AEA_PACKAGE_NAME, "com.luaridaworks.smartwatch.bitmapcatcher");
        intent.setPackage("com.luaridaworks.smartwatch.bitmapcatcher");
        sendBroadcast(intent, Registration.HOSTAPP_PERMISSION);
     }
 }

Because BitmapCatcher did not start, Intent was rewritten as follows and it tested.
intent = new Intent(Control.Intents.CONTROL_START_REQUEST_INTENT);
intent.putExtra(Control.Intents.EXTRA_AEA_PACKAGE_NAME, "com.luaridaworks.smartwatch.bitmapcatcher");
intent.setPackage("com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware");
sendBroadcast(intent, Registration.HOSTAPP_PERMISSION);

It did not start similarly. Intent was rewritten as follows and tested.
intent = new Intent(Control.Intents.CONTROL_START_REQUEST_INTENT);
intent.putExtra(Control.Intents.EXTRA_AEA_PACKAGE_NAME, "com.luaridaworks.smartwatch.bitmapcatcher");
intent.setPackage("com.luaridaworks.test02");
sendBroadcast(intent, Registration.HOSTAPP_PERMISSION);

It did not start similarly. Intent was rewritten as follows and tested.
intent = new Intent(Control.Intents.CONTROL_START_REQUEST_INTENT);
intent.putExtra(Control.Intents.EXTRA_AEA_PACKAGE_NAME, "com.luaridaworks.test02");
intent.setPackage("com.luaridaworks.smartwatch.bitmapcatcher");
sendBroadcast(intent, Registration.HOSTAPP_PERMISSION);

It did not start similarly. Intent was rewritten as follows and tested.
intent = new Intent(Control.Intents.CONTROL_START_REQUEST_INTENT);
intent.putExtra(Control.Intents.EXTRA_AEA_PACKAGE_NAME, "com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware");
intent.setPackage("com.luaridaworks.smartwatch.bitmapcatcher");
sendBroadcast(intent, Registration.HOSTAPP_PERMISSION);

It did not start similarly. It has not succeeded yet.
Please give the example of the program code named com.luaridaworks.test02 in which "com.luaridaworks.smartwatch.bitmapcatcher" is usually started from the application program.

A: You request to start your extension by sending the START_REQUEST intent, as defined in the SDK utility classes. There is also  a reference of this in chapter 6.1 in the API specification of the SDK.
Intent intent = new Intent(Control.Intents.CONTROL_START_REQUEST_INTENT);
intent.putExtra(Control.Intents.EXTRA_AEA_PACKAGE_NAME, "your.package.name");
intent.setPackage(hostAppPackageName);
sendBroadcast(intent, Registration.HOSTAPP_PERMISSION);

The reference "your.package.name" is the package name that was stored to the extension database, when your extension was registered. If you look at the examples in the SDK, each extension example has a SampleRegistrationInformation with a method getExtensionRegistrationConfiguration. This is where the registration is stored to the database via a ContentProvider. The following line stores your package name.
values.put(Registration.ExtensionColumns.PACKAGE_NAME, mContext.getPackageName());

I think, from looking at your examples, that your package name is "com.luaridaworks.smartwatch.bitmapcatcher"?
The hostAppPackageName is the package name of the SmartWatch host application. Information about this package name is sent with every intent that you receive from the host application. In the SDK samples, we store the host app package name in a global variable to be used later, hence the reference in the code to hostAppPackageName. I talk a bit more about this in this question. If you want to hard code the host app package name, this is it: com.sonyericsson.extras.smartwatch. But I recommend you don't, since it could change in the future.
So, the following (with hard coding) should work for you:
Intent intent = new Intent(Control.Intents.CONTROL_START_REQUEST_INTENT);
intent.putExtra(Control.Intents.EXTRA_AEA_PACKAGE_NAME, "com.luaridaworks.smartwatch.bitmapcatcher");
intent.setPackage("com.sonyericsson.extras.smartwatch");
sendBroadcast(intent, Registration.HOSTAPP_PERMISSION);

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Categories: 4-20 mA, Digital, Output, Type Of Transmitter, Transmitters, ATEX Ex ia, IECEx, Input, RTD, Isolation, Unisolated, Measuring Channels, 1 Measuring channel, Design, Head Mounted.
IPAQ C202 is a digital, easy-to-use temperature transmitter developed specifically for measurements with Pt100 sensors.
Its robust design and high quality gives excellent performance and accuracy also under harsh conditions. With the new runtime counter function you can easily supervise the elapsed operational time between calibrations.
The IPAQ C202 is also available with ATEX and IECEx certificates making it suitable for a wide range of applications.
IPAQ 202 can only be configured with the latest version of ConSoft and USB inteface. Please visit our software page to download the latest versions.


Home automation devices are truly the way of the future and this past Monday, Apple announced some very exciting news about their movement in this arena. Their goal is to make it easier to manage your home through your phone. This means locking doors, turning off lights, closing drapes, the whole nine yards with a simple command to Siri.
This functionality will be available with a feature called HomeKit that's coming in iOS 8. Check out a sneak peak of what this has to offer in the below video. It's amazing to think where the world is heading with these kind of capabilities.


These sterling silver cuff bracelets feature my handmade glass beads on both ends in various colors. They are classy and simple, yet eye catching and timeless in style and design. Perfect to wear by itself, or with layering bracelets.


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Machine Gun è il secondo album in studio del sassofonista tedesco Peter Brötzmann. Fu registrato nel 1968 nel Lila Eule a Brema e fu inizialmente auto-edito, prima di essere pubblicato nel 1971 da Free Music Production. Nel 1990 fu ripubblicata un'edizione deluxe del disco in formato CD sempre da Free Music Production, mentre nel 2007 Atavistic Records, un'etichetta discografica di Chicago, pubblicò The Complete Machine Gun Sessions.

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Edizione originale
Lato A

Lato B

Versione rimasterizzata del 1990

The Complete Machine Gun Sessions

Formazione
 Peter Brötzmann – sassofono tenore, sassofono baritono
 Evan Parker – sassofono tenore
 Willem Breuker – clarinetto basso, sassofono tenore
 Fred Van Hove – pianoforte
 Peter Kowald – contrabbasso
 Buschi Niebergall – contrabbasso
 Sven-Åke Johansson – batteria
 Han Bennink – batteria

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Tickets are on sale now for a brand new musical making it's first tour on Broadway with Mrs Doubtfire The Musical live at the awe-inspiring Stephen Sondheim Theater on Saturday 3rd October 2020. This show brings the classic 1993 Robin Williams film to life for a brand new audience. Fans and theatre-lovers from Manhattan, New York and around will savour this premier event. Just imagine, you could join thousands who have already experienced this outstanding production during its tryout run. Don't miss out! Click the Buy Tickets button below to book tickets to see Mrs Doubtfire The Musical live on Saturday 3rd October 2020 at the Stephen Sondheim Theater.
The team brought together to deliver the Mrs. Doubtfire musical had a huge job to do. Not only did they have to adapt a classic 1993 film for a Broadway stage, but they also had to both honor Robin Williams' role in the film while making something new for fans to enjoy. Director Jerry Zaks was confident that he could more than fulfil these dual needs. First, he expanded the story and worked with Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick to create a show that would capture the imaginations of audiences and deliver on the promise of the heartwarming story. From the minute "Pizza Rolls" plays to the finale, "As long as there is love", the cast creates a story that is both relatable and absurd while also sincere and charming. Rob McClure's portrayal of Mrs. Doubtfire/Daniel Hillard leads the cast in delivering their lines with passion and authenticity that you don't often find in adaptations of Hollywood films. But even with the talent's skills, they couldn't possibly create a more fulfilling experience without the expert writing from Karey Patrick and John O'Farrell. Every line, whether borrowed or modified from the original film, tells us more about these characters than many audiences would have gained by rewatching the movie. When the play reopens at the illustrious Stephen Sondheim Theater, you can trust that your time will be well spent with Mrs. Doubtfire – The Musical.


Missouri Hit With Disgraced Dental Chain; Small Smiles?
I was absolutely shocked and mortified to read the Feb. 16th article on your site. I have been taking my children to this clinic since about that time and have always had great experiences. The staff is friendly and comforting with all of the children I've seen on each of our five visits to date.
I was appalled to see our dentist's name and practice dragged through the mud with no apparent investigation. After my own investigation, I have found that Small Smiles at West Edgewood Dental has absolutely NO affiliation with the Small Smiles/FORBA in other states. Small Smiles in Jefferson City, MO, is a private practice where Dr. Marchack treats each child and parent with the utmost respect. On each visit, we have been welcomed to accompany our children in the exam rooms and have been with them through the entire visit.
During a routine sealant visit, one of my children began telling the Doctor about his toothache, Dr. Marchack looked at it and scheduled him to come back at the end of the day to have the tooth filled and another capped. (We had already been through the antibiotic regiment as a precaution prior to the visit.) I was moved to tears that there our children's dentist would volunteer to stay late on a Friday afternoon just so my child wouldn't have a toothache for another three weeks, until his next scheduled appointment.
I have recommended this clinic to every parent I know, as I am sure you would if you ever went there with your children. I appreciate the magnitude of the allegations regarding the other Small Smiles/FORBA clinics, but some true investigation should be made before you publicly slander another clinic and doctors for merely having a similar name.
I would suggest whoever owns this clinic change its name ASAP. The name Small Smiles and Dental is only going to get worse.
One thing for sure, FORBA is registered to do business in Missouri. The actual name of the clinic is West Edgewood Dental Small Smiles. It used to be named West Edgewood Dental Group.
Over at the Missouri Department for Health and Senior Services showing Cole County it clearly refers to this clinic as 'Small Smiles". Checking the SOS site, it appears the dentist may have been there for a while, so its highly likely this Small Smiles is NOT affiliated with FORBA.
I searched for all dentists in Cole County and 5 popped up. I looked at their names and immediately they appear just like so many of FORBA Small Smiles dentists.
Over at dexknows.com it give another address for West Edgewood Dental Small Smiles, but the phone numbers are the same.
Here is even another phone number (660) 638-3897 I found here. Both area codes are Missouri codes.
I googled my name after talking to my mother about finding something in the paper about doing a health fair. Out of curiosity I googled my name and found this blog. I was very upset and horrified that I was being slandered on this internet site. I did not respond to this blog without consulting an attorney first. He recommended that I just respond to the blog because it is not worth the lawsuit. I am not convinced! I have put a lot of thought of what to say to someone who doesn't know me from Adam. I now realize that we out for the same goal, to help children. I to am angered health care professionals whether it be dentists or physicians who take advantage of children or the helath care system. I even sit on the board of Human and Social Services which helps to investigate people who take advantage of the medicaid system. It is those who do fradulant things that make it hard for those of us who do the right thing to treat the medicaid poulation. I care and that's why I do it, but I do make good money doing it and I am not ashamed of it. It is things like this blog that give Dr's who treat this population a bad name and cause further problems with access to care. I do charity work, I treat some children and parents for free, I do health fairs for free, and my office has a great name in this community. I have worked nine years to have the right to be a dentist. I feel that I am owed an apology for what has been said about myself, my practice, and some of the other associate Dr.'s in this practice.
Coming in from Winter Park Florida, the doc has me a bit confused.
You think telling people the Small Smiles in Jeff City is NOT affiliated with the FORBA Small Smiles is slander? Really?
You feel you deserve an apology for posting a rave review? Ok, sorry.
You didn't even ask it be taken down, reworded or revised, just an apology for making sure people aren't confused.
You clearly wanted people to read your comment, since you could have just sent me an email.
You think sights like this do harm to children, contribute to medicaid fraud and stopping the problem? Really? Not informing people is better? Really? Keeping it a dirty little secret is better? Hide it from the public, is better?
You would be shocked at what this sight has accomplished in getting things changed in these dental mills.
Yes, your office has a great name in the community, it's clear in the post. Had you rather people think your clinic is associated with the low down FORBA clinics?
How's the weather in Florida?
Why didn't you use your name? Small? Really? Had I not known you actually "Binged" Corbin Marchack, I wouldn't have a clue as to which person you were talking about.


If you're looking for a quick but practical make for the autumn, this might just fit the bill. So, why not put your feet up and grab your hook!
And, if you're a knitter, not a crocheter, keep an eye out for this knitted version which I'll be posting soon.


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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of Sept 20, 2021
Martin Aylward
We're fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK. To find out more about Martin, and to view his other contributions to Sangha Live, click here.
Recordings are posted 24 – 36 hours after the live session runs.
Please note that, due to technical issues, there was no session on Monday 20th September.
Bhudda nature, polarisation around vaccines and efforting during meditation
The four flavours of love
Focussing on pleasure in meditation (with chanting)
Today's chant:
AUM Mani Padme Hoong
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Saddha: Unshakeable Confidence
Recorded : January 8, 2023
So many of us feel assailed by doubt, anxiety and insecurity. Unhelpful self-talk, along with the uncertainties of the world, heighten and reinforce thought tendencies. Dharma practice helps us recognize and uproot ingrained patterns, and also to establish trust, confidence and fearlessness. Our first Sunday Sangha of 2023 will inquire into what is deeply trustworthy, and point towards a confidence that is unshakeable — regardless of circumstance or preference, life or death.
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of Sept 6, 2021
We're fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. To find out more about Martin, and view his other recordings on the platform, click here.
Getting Real with Spiritual Bypass
Recorded : November 14, 2021
Spiritual bypassing is a superficial way of glossing over problems in a way that might make us feel better in the short term, but ultimately solves nothing and just leaves the problem to linger on. This session is an opportunity to begin to understand the concept of Spiritual Bypass (as coined by John Welwood in his book "Toward a Psychology of Awakening") and how to practice with it.
Precepts as Orientation
Recorded : March 27, 2022
The 5 precepts often given to lay practitioners are (with positive instructions in parenthesis): I vow not to kill (Love and support all beings)I vow not to steal (generosity)I vow not to misuse sexuality (contentment)I vow not to lie (compassionate truthfulness)I vow not to intoxicate self or other (staying mindful) We can think of precepts…
Practicing with the suffering of the world.
Recorded : October 23, 2016
Worldwide Insight talk from Diana Winston: "Practicing with the Suffering of the World". Guided meditation, Dharma talk and Q&A.
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Caverly Morgan – Week of April 27
We're fortunate that Kaira Jewel Lingo has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week. Links mentioned during these sessions can be found at the bottom of this page. To find out more about Kaira Jewel, and view her other recordings on the platform, click here. Monday, May…
Daily Meditation Recordings, with Zohar Lavie – Week of December 12, 2022
This week's topic is "Interwoven and Free"
The Buddha invited us to investigate our experience moment by moment. One of the key things we uncover as we do this is that separation is an illusion, and that we are deeply interwoven and interconnected with all beings and all things. This week we will disentangle the habitual knots of isolation and ignorance and open to the freedom available as we open our exploration of inter-being.
Wide Dharma, wide path.
Many of us long to experience the Buddhist path in all of our lives, but really only feel its aliveness when we meditate. There's an incompleteness, a gap, when it comes to our everyday activities and our relationships, where we catch only a whiff of the truths of suffering and the Path. But when we…


Ivy + Alex met in San Francisco while working at Levi's. They are both lovers of all things tactile and handmade, so it's no surprise that a lot of their wedding was done on their own. :) They both have a keen eye for some great design + threads – and love that they incorporated denim into their big day! Thanks so much to DNA Wylie for the photos and congrats to Ivy + Alex!
All our decorations were made by us. There were countless nights and weekends with hot glueing, painting, and hammering. Honestly, those nights were probably the best nights leading up to our wedding.
I love the cake topper- where did you find it?
Her dress! I wore that same one for my wedding, and I LOVE that she wore it without the belt. It looks perfect on her!
love this dress! where is it from?
Pray tell, who is the dress designer/what's the style number?
I just bought this dress! David's bridal key hole ivory….. Only 600!
Denim!! what a unique element to use! And love the newspapers!
Gorgeous wedding!! And the newspaper thank you's are amazing. It is such a unique way to show your guest that you appreciate them celebrating with you, as well as giving them a sneak peak at the wedding photos.
Simply got caught in this fantastic wedding. There is something magical to the way bride and groom look at each other that just drawed me to read along.
And so good to know that they had a grand time arranging their wedding!
loving their seating chart and the denim napkins!
LOVE the bride's dress! I also love the denim details. So personal & done well!
i'm really loving their cake toppers and would LOVE to know where they are from!
I love the bridesmaid dress! Where did she find it?
Love the bride's wedding dress! The newspaper thank you is very unique and cool.
A very inspiring DIY wedding.
Beautiful wedding!! Love the newspaper!!
Inspiring wedding! Love the newspaper idea! Love the bride's dress!
Anyone know where this dress is from? Gorgeous!
Really amazing wedding!! Love this newspaper.
I am really impressed by the way you look through your cameras. Stunning images!!


To build a working team, companies hire out of hours and work environment a service of unusual activities in order to create an optimal work environment between the members of their teams and thus, achieve better results and benefits.
During the past years Team-building has spread out in many companies, that watch how these activities help unite their teams, and reinforce capacities such as motivation, collaboration, communication or creativity. In a few hours, and through different activities, a good dynamic team-building can obtain amazing results to improve effectiveness and relationship between the employees of a company.
As we already know, the objective of this working technique is to create a good work team that is united and cohesive, motivated and that develops its full potential.
As we said before, there are many benefits it can provide within a company, so that the productivity of it increases greatly.
-Increase the motivation of the workers.
-Have more ease to break the barriers of creativity and development in relationship with workers.
-Provide fun through the activities and additionally achieve an apprenticeship.
-Spend a day out of the office living unique experiences with your co-workers to get to know you more in a personal aspect, creating links with them stronger than simply a working relationship.
-Promote collaboration between workers through the activities to achieve a common goal. If they succeeded they would be rewarded and would share the "price" together.
-Discover each other's personal skills and additionally the skills as a member of a group.
WHY IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IS TEAM-BUILDING ACTIVITIES?
From Business World Alicante we consider indispensable implementing this method of experimental learning in any field of work.
Because of this, we have organised a team-building working day in collaboration with "Tramuntana Aventuras".
From our experience, we can ensure that is has served us to reinforce the mutual trust between members, improve the work environment and the creativity of the teams, strengthen leadership and the ability to delegate skills, increase the auto-knowledge of and the strengths and weaknesses of the person, improves communication between the different area of work and it helps to know how to face situations of pressure, and conflicts that may emerge.


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Over one third of the views of the video came from social sharing.
The Knorr chefs community on WeChat grew by almost 20%.
Knorr is a B2B brand in China.
Professional chefs are the end user of the product portfolio. As a premium brand in a commoditized category with a wide range of products, the strategic challenge for Knorr was to build a relationship with chefs at a brand level in order to influence sales across the portfolio.
With precision targeting based on their social, search and behavior data, only chefs and their families were reached.
A film was used to tell a story to which chefs could relate, encouraging chefs to follow Knorr in social. The response element of campaign came through a serious of 6 mobile engagements. Each interaction linked chefs and their families together in social with relevant content like taste hometown dishes for homesick chefs, favorite CNY menus and the chance to reunion tickets for the post CNY period.


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Koine Greek Reader
Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers
Edition: November 01, 2007
Imprint: Kregel Academic
Category: Biblical Languages
Author: Rodney Decker
Koine Greek Reader goes where other readers do not by providing graded readings from the New Testament, Septuagint, Apostolic Fathers, and early creeds. Its many features include four helpful vocabulary lists, numerous references to other resources, assorted translation helps, a review of basic grammar and syntax, and an introduction to BDAG. Professors looking for a new textbook will find that Koine Greek Reader integrates the full range of materials needed by intermediate students.
Praise for Koine Greek Reader
"Absolutely the best volume of its kind available today. It incorporates a wealth of valuable information for classroom use or for self-study . . . [and] has been carefully prepared and organized, tested and refined in the classroom over a number of years, and handsomely produced by the publisher. I recommend it enthusiastically!"
—BUIST M. FANNING III
Department Chair and Professor of New Testament
"This tool supplements traditional grammars and provides hands-on exposure to a variety of Koine texts. Particularly helpful are the readings from the Septuagint, the Apostolic Fathers, and the early creeds. . . . An excellent resource for intermediate and advanced college and seminary students."
—MARK L. STRAUSS
Professor of New Testament,
Bethel Seminary, San Diego
"Intermediate students of New Testament Greek will be well served by this fine selection of readings. . . . Anyone willing to go through this material carefully and in sequence will notice a marked increase in proficiency."
Former Professor of New Testament,
Westminster Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
"The Koine Greek Reader is by far the best resource currently available for learning Koine Greek inductively at the intermediate level. I look forward to using it in my own teaching and expect that it will be used widely both as a classroom text and for independent study for years to come."
—MARTIN M. CULY
Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek,
Briercrest College and Seminary
"It is hard to find something to criticize in this wonderful resource. The best recommendation that I can give is that I will be adopting it for my classes as soon as it becomes available!"
—WILLIAM VARNER
Professor of Greek,
The Masters College
"Rodney Decker's Koine Greek Reader is a godsend to serious students and would-be scholars of New Testament Koine Greek who prefer a traditional pedagogical approach. . . . The breadth of resources made available in this reader leads the student directly into the maze and, rather than showing the way through it, develops the essential skills needed to find one's own way through it."
—CARL W. CONRAD
Washington University, St. Louis
Cochair, B-Greek Internet discussion list
"Rodney Decker's Koine Greek Reader is a welcome addition to the growing number of resources available for intermediate level Greek courses. I have used the Koine Greek Reader in a second-year Greek class, and on the basis of my students' enthusiastic response to it and their progress in their study of Greek, I enthusiastically recommend it."
—W. EDWARD GLENNY
Professor of New Testament Studies and Greek,
Northwestern College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Rodney J. Decker (Th.D., Central Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament at Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous journal articles on linguistic, exegetical, and theological topics and a highly respected monograph on the gospel of Mark published in the Studies in Biblical Greek series edited by D. A. Carson.
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The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Volume 2
iVocab Syriac
A Workbook for Intermediate Hebrew
iVocab Biblical Hebrew
iVocab Biblical Greek 2.0: Vocabulary for Six Beginning Grammars
The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts - Two-Volume Set
Understanding Bible Translation
How Biblical Languages Work
The Handy Guide to New Testament Greek
Using Old Testament Hebrew in Preaching
Invitation to Biblical Hebrew
A Reader's Lexicon of the Apostolic Fathers
Invitation to Biblical Hebrew Workbook
Invitation to Biblical Hebrew DVDs
The Handy Guide to Difficult and Irregular Greek Verbs
iVocab Biblical Hebrew: Advanced Vocabulary by Frequency
iVocab Biblical Greek: Advanced Vocabulary by Frequency
A New Reader's Lexicon of the Greek New Testament


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Q: Evaluate line integral $\int_c x\,dx+ y\,dy + z\,dz$, where $C$ is the straight line from $(1,0,0)$ to $(0,1,\pi/2)$
$ \displaystyle \int_c x\,dx+ y\,dy + z\,dz$, where $C$ is the straight line from
  $(1,0,0)$ to $(0,1,\pi/2)$

Parametric form of line will be:
$$x=1 - t, \quad y= t, \quad z= \frac{\pi t} 2$$
The integral becomes
$$\int_0^1 2t -1 + \frac{\pi^2t} 4  \, dt$$
but the final answer given in my book is $\pi^2/8$
which I am not getting by this.
So where am I making the mistake ?

A: Given $x = 1-t, y = t, z = \frac{\pi}{2} t$ then,
\begin{align*} x\, \textrm{dx} + y\, \textrm{dy} + z\, \textrm{dz} &=(1-t)(-1)\,dt + t(1)\, \rm{dt} + \frac{\pi}{2} t \left( \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \, \rm{dt}  \\ \\ & = \left(-1+t+t+ \frac{\pi^2}{4}t\right) \, \rm{dt}  \\ \\ & = \left( t \left( 2+\frac{\pi^2}{4}  \right) - 1 \right) \, \rm{dt} \end{align*}
Okay so that's fine. Now integrate this on $[0,1]$.
\begin{align*} \int_0^1 t \left( 2+\frac{\pi^2}{4}  \right) - 1 \ \rm{dt} & = \left. \frac{1}{2}\left( 2+\frac{\pi^2}{4}  \right) t^2 \right|_{t = 0}^{t=1} - \left. t \vphantom{\frac11} \, \right|_{t = 0}^{t=1} \\ \\ & = \frac{1}{2}\left( 2+\frac{\pi^2}{4}  \right) - 1 \\ \\ & = \frac{\pi^2}{8}\end{align*}