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Huawei Set For Stunning New Victory Over Trump: This Is Why It Will Seriously Hurt Both Sides
Zak Doffman Contributor
I write about security and surveillance.
Despite sending a senior delegation to London, despite describing a decision to allow Huawei into the U.K.'s 5G networks as "nothing short of madness," despite threats to limit intelligence-sharing, it now looks likely that the Trump administration will lose its key U.K. battle with Huawei. But it will come at a heavy price for Huawei.
Yesterday, January 14, in a blatant rebuff to the latest round of U.S. pressure, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC that "the British public deserve to have access to the best possible technology—now if people oppose one brand or another then they have to tell us what's the alternative."
Johnson also said that anything which "is going to prejudice our national security or our ability to cooperate with Five Eyes intelligence partners," needs to be avoided. But, following comments by MI5 head Andrew Parker, the advice Johnson is receiving from his intelligence chiefs is that this is a political not a security decision.
Unsurprisingly, Huawei welcomed the U.K. stance. Company exec, Victor Zhang, issued a statement to say that "we strongly agree with the Prime Minister that 'the British public deserve to have access to the best possible technology'," referencing 15 years of investment and supply into the country. "We are confident that the U.K. will make a decision based upon evidence, as opposed to unsubstantiated allegations."
It had been expected that Johnson would take a harder line than his predecessor, Theresa May, who had decided to allow Huawei into non-core parts of the U.K.'s network. But that now looks unlikely. In an article today, January 15, the Times has reported that the political resistance to Huawei around Johnson is softening, as the commercial realities of excluding Huawei appear to be winning over all but a few of the more hawkish cabinet members.
The U.K. is a totemic battleground in the ongoing fight between Washington and Huawei. It is a cornerstone export market for the Shenzhen tech giant, one in which it has had a foothold for a generation and expected to lead in 5G network sales.
For the U.S., the U.K.'s security expertise when it comes to Huawei and membership of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance means other countries will take notice of any U.K. decision, making it harder for the U.S. to convince governments to toe its line. Trump's officials have said that a real concern is that countries less security-savvy than the U.K. will be more susceptible to China's alleged exploitation of Huawei.
And so to Washington's response. On the day that the U.K. position seemed to shift in China's favour, Reuters reported that the U.S. is nearing its threatened tightening of the supply chain restrictions. As things stand, the U.S. has a limited reach to cut off international suppliers to Huawei, it requires at least 25% of a product to be U.S. made for the sanctions to take effect. Sources have told Reuters that the Commerce Department is looking to reduce this to 10%. The effect of such a move could be devastating to Huawei, which is already reeling under the current sanctions.
Huawei has already warned that the U.S. campaign has set it up for a difficult 2020. Securing victory in its hard-fought battle with Washington over the U.K. will be huge—it's difficult to overstate how much this will mean to Huawei, and you can expect significant PR to follow. But behind the scenes, the U.S. is showing that it has other damaging cards to play—the Trump administration will need to respond, and so that Huawei victory will come at a heavy price.
Zak Doffman
I am the Founder/CEO of Digital Barriers—developing advanced surveillance solutions for defence, national security and counter-terrorism. I write about the intersectio


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Hannah Fischer (* 27. September 1925 in Wien; † 28. September 2016 ebenda) war eine österreichische Pädagogin der frühen Kindheit.

Leben und Wirken
Hannah und ihr Zwillingsbruder Rafael Erwin wurden in eine mittelständische jüdische Familie hineingeboren. Der Vater, Béla Fischer, war Rabbiner, die aus dem Rheinland stammende Mutter, Luise Fischer (geb. Treu), war eine aktive Kommunistin und arbeitete als Journalistin. Die Zwillinge wurden Mitte September 1938, wenige Monate nach dem "Anschluss" Österreichs, ohne die Begleitung Erwachsener nach England in die Emigration geschickt. Nach Aufenthalten in Kinderheimen, Privatunterkünften und einem guten Schulabschluss arbeitete Hannah Fischer für zwei Jahre als Trainee bei Anna Freud im Hampstead-Kinderheim, einer Einrichtung für Kriegskinder und Kriegswaisen. Viele Jahre später bezeichnete sie diese Zeit bei der Tochter von Sigmund Freud als "meine Universität" (zit. n. Wiesinger-Stock 2016, S. 110).

1946 kehrte Hanna Fischer nach Wien zurück. Sie holte die ergänzende Prüfung für die Ausbildung zur Kindergärtnerin nach und arbeitete mehrere Jahre (bis 1957) in einem Kindergarten der Stadt Wien. Zudem studierte sie Pädagogik, Psychologie und Philosophie an der Universität Wien. 1952 wurde sie promoviert. Ihre Dissertation wurde 1960 unter dem Titel Das Ein- und zweijährig Kind im Tagesheim. Ein Beitrag zur Pädagogik der Kleinkinderkrippe veröffentlicht. Mit ihrer psychoanalytisch orientierten Arbeit wollte die Promovendin einen ersten Einblick in das pädagogische Arbeitsgebiet der Kleinkinderkrippe gewähren und als Diskussionsgrundlage dem ständigen Bemühen um die Verbesserung unserer Arbeit dienen... Wenn wir auch in der Krippe niemals die den Kindern entsprechende Familiensituation nachbilden können, müssen wir doch den Mut haben, die unnatürliche Erziehungssituation der Krippe mit Hilfe unserer psychologischen und pädagogischen Kenntnisse so zu gestalten, daß ihre gesunde entwicklung dennoch gewährleistet ist. Unsere Bestrebungen richten sich auf ein großes Ziel: den Kindern, die ein normale funktionierende Familie bereits in so jungen Alter entbehren, die bestmögliche Lebenssphäre zu schaffen, ihnen die Voraussetzungen für ihre gesunde, möglichst allseitige Entwicklung zu bieten.

Im Jahre 1958 wechselte sie als Kinderpsychologin und Erziehungsberaterin an das Zentralkinderheim der Stadt Wien. Ab 1967 unterrichtete Hannah Fischer in der Bildungsanstalt für Kindergärtnerinnen in Wien, der sie ab 1984 als Direktorin vorstand. 1990 ging sie in den Ruhestand.

Auf ihre Initiative hin wurde 1980 in Wien der Anna-Freud-Kindergarten ins Leben gerufen. Außerdem engagierte sich Hannah Fischer u. a. in einem Hilfsprojekt zur Ausbildung von Kindergärtnerinnen für die Westsahara, gab Nachhilfe für Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund und war Ehrenmitglied der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Exilforschung. Und immer wieder veröffentlichte sie pädagogische Fachartikel und Buchbesprechungen in Unsere Kinder.

Werke
 Das Ein- und zweijährig Kind im Tagesheim. Ein Beitrag zur Pädagogik der Kleinkinderkrippe,  Wien 1960
 10 Jahre Anna-Freud-Kindergarten, in: Amt für Jugend und Familie der Stadt Wien (Hrsg.): 10 Jahre Anna-Freud-Kindergarten, Wien 1991, S. 43–50

Quellen
 Amt für Jugend und Familie der Stadt Wien (Hrsg.): 10 Jahre Anna-Freud-Kindergarten, Wien 1991, S. 43–50
 Martin Kranzl-Greinecker: Hannah Fischer ist 90, in: Unsere Kinder 2015, S. 43
 Sandra Wiesinger-Stock: Hannah Fischer – "Das Exil war meine Universität", Wien 2016

Weblinks
 http://www.centropa.org/sites/default/files/person/family_tree/familienstammbaum_fischer_hannah_fuer_centropa.pdf
 http://www.centropa.org/de/biography/hannah-fischer
 http://theodorkramer.at/aktuell/wir-trauern-um-hannah-fischer/
 http://www.oesg.ws/?pid=57
 Archivaufnahmen mit Hannah Fischer im Onlinearchiv der Österreichischen Mediathek

Einzelnachweise

Psychologe
Sachbuchautor (Pädagogik und Psychologie)
Absolvent der Universität Wien
Österreichischer Emigrant zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus
Österreicher
Geboren 1925
Gestorben 2016
Frau

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Q: Swing component to open an existing file and then after viewing file save the file I need a swing component for opening an existing CSV file in notepad or respective available viewer installed on machine and then after viewing give the capability to the user to save the file.
Appreciate your help.
Regards
Paritosh

A: Offer the user a JFileChooser to select the File then call Desktop.edit(File), is the easiest way to achieve that functionality.
Here it would probably load in Excel or OO.

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This small, Navajo Mission Table Lamp is a bit more intense in color, with larger dark highlights, than are the larger shades of this design. One of the real qualities of this lamp, however, is its small size. At 18" tall, it's only 10" wide offering a good amount of light for a small footprint. This lamp takes one 60-watt bulb.


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From Tiggie, with LOve by Nitin Sharma
Name of the book: From Tiggie, With Love
Author: Nitin Sharma
1. Tashu Rana
2. Sohini
3. Yogesh Kumar
She is a doting wife and living a dream life in Los Angeles. Excited about her big opportunity to interview Rehaan Dutt, India's multi billionaire startup icon; she reaches home. She was happy as everything was falling in place, the way she always wanted it to. But She overheard her husband's 'over the drinks' conversation with his friend that broke her heart. She didn't want to confront him and decides to fly all the way to India to know the truth. Find out what happens when ONCE one had to make a choice between 'Truth' and 'Correct'. From Tiggie, With Love is an intense story by Nitin Sharma that will reaffirm your belief and faith in the power of love.
amazon.in | amazon.com
Nitin Sharma, a first generation noted entrepreneur was born in Punjab. After completing his engineering, masters of business administration and creating a mark for himself in the corporate world he decided to rekindle his passion for writing and story-telling and wrote a novel.
From Tiggie, With Love is the first novel of the author. Having a knack for writing he always scribbled short stories for friends ever since he was in school. One fine day after realizing that there was more to life than just writing business plans and strategizing business models he took to full time writing.
He lives in Chandigarh with his family. In his free time he loves to listen to soulful music.
Facebook | Twitter | Website
Go to Book No. 55 >> Hearts & Hots by Ruchi Singh
When I Fell in LOve with LIfe by Geetha Paniker
Name of the book: When I Fell in Love
with Life
Author: GeethaPaniker
1. ChittajitMitra
2. Tushti Bhatia
3. DipanshuRawal
An anthology of writings from a cancer survivor whose therapeutic writing will guide, inspire, and heal your soul. She lays bare all the aspects of private suffering yet points out how she overcame each challenge with grit, determination, and a healthy dose of childish delight and wonder. Profound thoughts narrated in a simple language. Her words and wonderful ability to blend with her surroundings, yet stand out by absorbing the essence of it all; will challenge you to look at life through a rebel's twinkling eye. Journey with this nature-loving, soul-searching, deep-thinking powerhouse. See what it feels like to touch rock bottom and build a solid foundation for a life made on her terms. A truthful story that continues to redefine the norm and gives you a glimpse into the life of a true survivor.
GeethaPaniker is a retired primary school teacher. She has a unique ability to find beauty around when pain rains on her. It is this pain that keeps her grounded and humane. She is a teacher at heart, though she believes God and nature are the best teachers.
Go to Book No. 54 >> From Tiggie, With Love by Nitin Sharma
JUst a Kiss by Denise HUnter
Name of the book: Just a Kiss
Author: Denise Hunter
1. Kathy * Bookworm Nation
2. Carrie Turansky
3. Becky Smith
Riley Callahan's plans to reveal his secret feelings for his best friend are derailed when his life is drastically altered in Afghanistan.
Watching the love of his life fall for his brother was enough to send Riley straight to boot camp. But over a year later, he's officially a marine, and Beau and Paige are no longer an item. When Riley's tour in Afghanistan is up, he intends to confess his feelings to Paige and win his best friend's heart once and for all.
But all that changes when an IED takes the life of a comrade and leaves Riley an amputee. Now he's heading home, injured and troubled. His plans to win Paige are a distant dream. She deserves so much more than the man that's left. All he can do now is put some healthy distance between them. But upon his return he discovers his family has arranged for him to stay with Paige.
Paige is a nurturer at heart and happy to take care of her best buddy. By all appearances Riley is adjusting miraculously well to his disability. But as the days pass, Paige begins to see that the smiles and laughter are just a mask for the pain he's hiding. To make matters worse, her job is in serious jeopardy. The animal shelter that she's poured her heart into has lost its funding, and she has three months to come up with the money needed to save it.
As the weeks wear on, Paige's feelings for Riley begin to shift into uncharted territory. Why is she suddenly noticing his arm muscles and the way his lips curl at the corners? Will she be able to deny her feelings for another Callahan brother? And will Riley let his heart heal so he can let Paige in?
Denise Hunter is the award-winning author of 30 novels, including The Convenient Groom and A December Bride, which have been made into Hallmark movies.
Denise writes heartwarming, small-town romances. Her readers enjoy the vicarious thrill of falling in love and the promise of a happily-ever-after sigh as they savor the final pages of her books.
Denise lives in Indiana with her husband Kevin and their three sons. In 1996, Denise began her first book, a Christian romance novel, writing while her children napped. Two years later it was published, and she's been writing ever since. Her books often contain a strong romantic element, and her husband Kevin says he provides all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too!
Go to Book No. 53 >> When I Fell in Love with Life: Musings of a Cancer Survivor by GeethaPaniker

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	using System.Linq;
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		public List<MigrationFilter> MigrationFilters = new List<MigrationFilter>();

		public MigrationLocator()
		{
			MigrationFilters.Add(new ExcludeExperimentalMigrations());
		}

		public virtual void LookForMigrationsInAssemblyOfType<T>()
		{
			var assembly = typeof (T).Assembly;
			LookForMigrationsInAssembly(assembly);
		}

		public void LookForMigrationsInAssembly(Assembly assembly)
		{
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Hamburger heaven for former administrator at Staten Island's St. Joseph by-the-Sea
By Stephen Hart | shart@siadvance.com
View full sizeBob Alegre and his wife, Cathy, pose by a very enthusiastic Woodie Too restaurant employee who dressed for July 4. (Photo Courtesy of Bob Alegre)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -
PRINCE'S BAY
Bob Alegre's
resume is pretty diverse.
He earned a doctorate from the Chiropractic Institute of New York and served in the U.S. Army medical corps during the Vietnam War. He owned a gas station for 18 years in Brooklyn. He was a South Shore Little League baseball coach. And, most notably, he served for a quarter of a century at St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School – first as boys' basketball coach and then as athletic director.
Unfortunately for Alegre, none of those experiences prepared him for owning a restaurant on the Jersey Shore.
"This is a new learning process for me. It's a different animal," said Alegre while taking a rare break from supervising the hustle and bustle of Woodies Too, a family-oriented restaurant located in the Beach Haven Gardens section of Long Beach Island (LBI).
"I know retail from having owned (Bay Ridge Hess gas station in Brooklyn, from 1972-90). But there's more to do, things like quality control. You have to constantly stay on top of what's needed," he said.
Alegre ventured into the business after he retired as Sea's athletic director following the 2009-10 school year.
"I'm not the type to sit at home and do nothing, and I don't play golf," said Alegre, who had patronized the restaurant for years during trips to LBI. "I had told the previous owner, who had coached briefly at Sea, that if he ever thought about selling to let me know."
Alegre eventually got the call, and bought one of the two Woodie's restaurants the previous owner had on LBI – the other is called Woodie's Drive-In, located eight miles away in the Ship Bottom section of town.
"I wanted to keep the Woodie's name because the place has always been known for having the best hamburgers on the Jersey Shore," said Alegre. He's continued that tradition under his stewardship. "It's because the meat is brought in fresh every morning, it's never frozen."
Officially, the restaurant has 37 different types of hamburgers – everything from a Peanut Butter burger (pretty self-explanatory) to a Maui burger (which comes with grilled and sliced pineapple, sour cream, teriyaki sauce with bacon optional) to an Islander burger (sour cream, barbecue sauce, bacon and cheddar cheese). "Each burger is a half-pound," Alegre noted. "Our cook weighs every patty to make sure it's eight ounces."
LOTS OF CHOICES
One thing that Alegre has stressed since taking over is that Woodie's Too is more than a simple hamburger joint. The menu includes hot dogs, chicken Parmesan, pizza, crab cakes, shrimp, flounder, filet mignon and – his personal favorite – lobster tails. They even had an order of 288 chicken wings once.
"We have seating for 100 inside (with room for another 10 outside, limited because of a township ordinance), but 25 percent of our business is take-out," said Alegre. "Many of the people who are out here are tourists who rent houses for the summer, so they just call up and take the food back home and eat it there."
Speaking of home, Alegre currently splits his residency between Prince's Bay (where he's lived for over 30 years) and a house in Manahawkin, located 10 minutes from the restaurant, which is open from March to November. He lives primarily in New Jersey during that span; his wife, Cathy, the bursar at St. Joseph by-the-Sea, joins him on weekends during the school year before spending more time in Manahawkin during the summer.
The business, itself, is a family affair. Aside from the couple, the restaurant is co-owned by the couple's 36-year-old son, Chris, a Wall Street trader, who pitches in and helps out on weekends. Their other son, Robert, a physical therapist, has two daughters working at Woodies Too – 18-year-old Sarah and 14-year-old Katie. "Although I lose Sarah in August when she leaves for Old Dominion University," said her proud grandfather.
Prince's Bay resident Bob Alegre spends his summers at Woodies Too, a family-oriented restaurant he owns which is located in the Beach Haven Gardens section of Long Beach Island (LBI). (Photo Courtesy of Bob Alegre)
Despite all the assistance, Alegre is at the establishment from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. most days (business hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.). While he's had some health issues (including quadruple bypass heart surgery just over two years ago), he is a constant presence in the kitchen, dining room and even at the cash register. "When I first said yes to this, my wife was worried if I'd be able to do it," he said. "But I feel good. When I need a break, I can go into my office."
Seeing plenty of friendly, familiar faces helps the day pass quicker. "I had 10 Staten Islanders in here just the other day," said Alegre, who is often visited by former players, old coaching rivals, and current and former Sea teachers.
For those concerned about the stereotypical Jersey Shore craziness at the restaurant, "there's a no-nonsense policy here in town when it comes to rowdiness," assured Alegre, whose casual, cozy restaurant often has 1950s and '60s music wafting through the air, along with the smell of burgers on the grill. "We mostly get families and adult couples."


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How Monday's NBA results impact the playoff race in the Eastern and Western Conference
The playoff-like intensity is impossible to ignore as the NBA restart continued with Monday's six-game slate. Boston dealt Portland a setback in a thriller while San Antonio's playoff streak is still in play. What does it all mean for the playoff picture? We've got you covered below.
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By Gilbert McGregor @GMcGregor21
The NBA restart at Walt Disney World continued with a six-game schedule on Monday.
With 12 teams in action, each game had an impact on the standings as teams were still jockeying for playoff positions in both the Eastern and Western Conferences.
How did today's results impact the standings? Below, find a rundown of what has transpired…
San Antonio Spurs 108, Memphis Grizzlies 106
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Two clutch free throws from DeMar DeRozan were the difference as San Antonio earned yet another crucial win by edging Memphis.
DeRozan scored eight of his 14 points in the final frame and added a team-high seven assists as he continues to thrive as a playmaker.
🔥 @DeMar_DeRozan 🔥 pic.twitter.com/eiTgEDvQGZ
- San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) August 2, 2020
Dejounte Murray led the balanced Spurs attack with a 21-point, 10-rebound double-double. Derrick White (16), Lonnie Walker (12), Rudy Gay (12) and Patty Mills (10) were the other Spurs in double figures.
Memphis was led by Ja Morant, who recorded a near triple-double with 25 points, nine assists and nine rebounds. Jaren Jackson Jr. added 21 points, including a clutch triple to tie things at 106 but following DeRozan's freebies, failed to convert on an open look for the win.
Canadian Dillon Brooks finished with 16 points but did so on 7-for-20 shooting as he failed to get going. The Grizzlies are now 0-2 during their time in Orlando and are back in action tomorrow when they face the New Orleans Pelicans in yet another key game.
What it means: Don't count out the Spurs! San Antonio moves into ninth place and now trails eight-seeded Memphis by two games in the standings.
The Spurs are putting their 22-year postseason streak on the line and have claimed the driver's seat to either overtake the No. 8 seed or take part in a play-in situation. There's plenty of basketball left to play, though.
As for Memphis, an 0-2 start isn't ideal, but it is still in eighth place… for now. As mentioned before, the Grizz must quickly regroup as it faces a Pelicans team that is also 0-2 to begin the restart.
There's still an outside shot that Memphis falls out of the playoff picture altogether as things get no easier on its schedule.
Boston Celtics 128, Portland Trail Blazers 124
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It was a tale of two halves.
After a rough opening game, Jayson Tatum looked to get back on track while reverting to a familiar look.
It might have been the haircut, as Tatum looked like his old self from the onset, scoring 21 first-half points on 7-for-12 shooting as the Celtics led by as many as 24 points before taking a 19-point lead into the break.
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- NBA (@NBA) August 2, 2020
In the second half, it was Dame time.
Dame feels the contact and fires from long range... count it, 4-point play! @trailblazers 86 @celtics 94
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The Trail Blazers clawed back, even taking a lead late in the fourth, thanks to 22 second-half points from Damian Lillard, who finished the game with 30 points and 16 assists, tying a career-high. Jusuf Nurkic also added 30 points while Gary Trent Jr. scored 21 points off the bench by going 7-for-11 from deep.
Ultimately, the Celtics were able to prevail, led by a combined 86 points from Tatum (34 points), Jaylen Brown (30 points) and Gordon Hayward (22 points).
What it means: Portland falls to 30-38 with the loss but is still 2.5 games behind Memphis for the No. 8 seed. With the Spurs win, the Blazers stumbled to 10th after they entered the day leading the Spurs by a half-game for the ninth seed.
The third-seeded Celtics are now currently two full games ahead of the Heat in the standings. The two teams are set to meet this week.
Brooklyn Nets 118, Washington Wizards 110
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It's been a rough start for the Wizards, who entered Orlando without their top two scorers and, in turn, have lost each of their first two seeding games.
Not for a lack of effort, though, as head coach Scott Brooks told reporters his team "played about as hard as we can play." It just wasn't enough.
The Nets proved to be too much as Caris LeVert scored a game-high 34 points, Joe Harris added 27 points (while shooting 6-for-7 from deep) and Jarrett Allen recorded a 22-point, 15-rebound double-double.
Vintage 'Vert today | 34 PTS
📼 | @CarisLeVert pic.twitter.com/dGRPDFptCp
- Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) August 2, 2020
Washington was led by double-doubles from big man Thomas Bryant (30 points, 13 rebounds) and guard Troy Brown Jr. (22 points, 10 rebounds).
What it means: With the win, eighth-seeded Brooklyn builds a seven-game lead over Washington in the standings, making a play-in situation appear to be less and less likely in the Eastern Conference with each Wizards loss.
Orlando Magic 132, Sacramento Kings 116
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The Orlando Magic picked up their second win from as many seeding games, finding their range from beyond the arc (18-of-38) en route to a comfortable 132-116 win.
Nikola Vucevic led the charge with 23 points and 11 rebounds, while Aaron Gordon added 22 points, but it was the contributions off the bench that made the difference.
Terrence Ross led them in scoring with 25 points and Markelle Fultz added 14, nine of which came in first quarter, where the Magic raced out to a 44-26 lead. He capped off the period with this buzzer-beating heave from beyond half-court.
Markelle from 3-quarter court! 💦
12 PTS on 5-5 shooting for the @OrlandoMagic guard on @NBATV. #WholeNewGame pic.twitter.com/QDT5iCOvL7
The bad news for the Magic - forward Johnathan Isaac exited the game in a wheelchair early in the fourth quarter which the Magic later announced to be a torn ACL in his left knee. He planted his left leg on a drive to the basket and immediately grabbed his knee as fell to the floor.
Harry Giles III led the Kings with 23 points and eight rebounds - one of seven Kings players to score in double figures on the night.
What it means: The Kings fall to 28-38, missing an opportunity to leapfrog the New Orleans Pelicans. They sit 3.5 games back of the Memphis Grizzlies for the eighth seed, however, they remain in the mix for a play-in situation for the post-season. For the Magic, the win keeps them 0.5 of a game up on the eighth-seeded Brooklyn Nets, who picked up a valuable win over the Washington Wizards.
Houston Rockets 120, Milwaukee Bucks 116
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The Houston Rockets trailed by eight points with three minutes remaining, roaring home to snatch a 120-116 win over the league-leading Milwaukee Bucks.
They weren't shy letting it fly from deep, going 21-of-61 from beyond. the arc, tying their own record for most three-pointers attempted in a non-overtime game.
Russell Westbrook continued his stellar offensive play, recording 31 points, eight assists, and six rebounds, while James Harden added 24 points, seven assists, and seven rebounds, with all five Rockets starters scoring in double figures.
The 6'7" or Less Rockets are 8-2 against the Bucks, Lakers, Clippers, Celtics, Mavs, Jazz this season.
Those teams have a top 9 net rating in the NBA (along with the Rockets, Raptors and Heat - who they haven't played since going small). pic.twitter.com/fdvPbSjDOl
- StatMuse (@statmuse) August 3, 2020
Houston's offence is already firing, but they won this game on the defensive end, coming up with big stops down the stretch. For the game, they forced 23 Bucks turnovers, which they turned into 30 points, while only committing nine turnovers themselves.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 36 points, 18 rebounds, and eight assists.
What it means: The Bucks are assured of the top seed in the Eastern Conference, with a six-game lead on the second-seed Toronto Raptors, while the Rockets jump from the sixth seed into the fourth seed, just 1.0 game back of the third-seeded Denver Nuggets.
Phoenix Suns 117, Dallas Mavericks 115
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The Phoenix Suns clawed their way back from a 15-point deficit to pull off an impressive comeback win to make it 2-0 in the bubble
Devin Booker poured in 30 points, while Ricky Rubio added 19 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists, but the most impressive performance came from rookie Cameron Johnson, who recorded 19 points, 12 rebounds, and four assists.
Cam and Cam just decided to absolutely GO OFF pic.twitter.com/Hq56YvY9et
- Phoenix Suns (@Suns) August 3, 2020
Luka Doncic led thre Mavs with 40 points, 11 assists, and eight rebounds, while Kristaps Porzingis added 30 points and eight rebounds.
What it means: Courtesy of the Grizzlies loss to the Spurs, the Mavericks have sealed their spot in the post-season, while the Suns keep their slim playoff chances alive, sitting 4.0 games back of the eighth-seed Grizzlies, which keeps them in contention for a potential play-in situation.
TEAM W L GB Team W L GB
1 x - Milwaukee Bucks 54 13 - 1 x - Los Angeles Lakers 50 15
2 x - Toronto Raptors 47 18 6.0 2 x - LA Clippers 45 21 5.5
3 x - Boston Celtics 44 22 9.5 3 x - Denver Nuggets 43 23 7.5
4 x - Miami Heat 42 24 11.5 4 x - Houston Rockets 42 24 8.5
5 x - Indiana Pacers 40 26 13.5 5 x - Utah Jazz 42 24 8.5
6 x - Philadelphia 76ers 39 27 14.5 6 x - Oklahoma City Thunder 41 24 9.0
7 Orlando Magic 32 35 22 7 x- Dallas Mavericks 40 29 12.0
8 Brooklyn Nets 31 35 22.5 8 Memphis Grizzlies 32 35 19.0
9 Washington Wizards 24 42 29.5 9 San Antonio Spurs 29 36 21.0
10 Portland Trail Blazers 30 38 21.5
11 New Orleans Pelicans 28 38 22.5
12 Sacramento Kings 28 38 22.5
13 Phoenix Suns 28 39 23.0
x - Clinched Playoffs Berth
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According to experts the Northern Lights phenomenon could be visible over Ireland this weekend.
Though people travel to Iceland just to try and catch a glimpse of the phenomenon, one astronomy expert has revealed we may be able to get a glimpse from Ireland this weekend.
The lights in the sky, known as an aurora borealis, are created by disturbances in Earth's magnetosphere caused by a flow of particles from the Sun, and are usually concentrated around the Earth's magnetic poles.
And speaking to Independent.ie, the editor of Astronomy Ireland magazine, David Moore, said that there is a "good chance" that we could see the lights over Ireland on Saturday, revealing: "There is definitely a good chance, we never know with these things. We're hoping it would be visible,"
"Certainly over Donegal as the horizon looks over the ocean where are there no facing lights, but it's been seen all over the country before, even as far down as Cork ."
"We're hoping it'll be extra strong. We're advising everyone to be watching the northern horizon, especially if you've got a great dark sky.
We haven't a good one in years so this could be the one."
To give yourself the best chance to see it you will need to go to a location where the sky is as dark as possible on Saturday night.


Oh hey! Hallo! It's me! Today, just because I felt like it, I decided to go flecky green with Fiendish Fancies Kaiju.
This right here is a limited edition VIP Exclusive that I bought at auction at Indie Expo Canada 2018. I couldn't not.
Lara (creator) makes a bunch of different IEC polishes and you never know what you're gonna get in your VIP swaggles bag. Me? I got Apparition but wanted all of 'em, so when I saw there was an auction for all the shades, I was all "I will win that auction." I totally did.
If you haven't yet heard of Fiendish Fancies, it's a Canadian indie brand that's brewed right here in Toronto. This month FF has teamed up with fellow Canadians Cuter Cuticles and My Indie Polish to bring you the "Creepy Canada: Crazy4Crellies Exclusive Trio". Fun, right? Now, coffeeeeeeee.


The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is the newest member of askON, the real-time research and information service staffed by Ontario's libraries. askON uses real-time chat technology to connect visitors with experienced librarians who can help find authoritative online information on a broad range of subjects for free.
By clicking the askON logo on the OPL's website and typing in a question, students, consumers, businesspeople and other information seekers will be able to immediately chat with skilled askON staff located in an Ontario library. askON can help locate answers to quick questions, assist with more complicated research needs, deliver links to authoritative online information and provide help with search and digital literacy skills.
OPL joins the ever growing list of communities offering askON: Asphodel-Norwood, Belleville, Cornwell, Fort Erie, Georgina Township, Greater Sudbury, Hamilton, Innisfil, Kitchener, Kingston Frontenac, London, Middlesex County, North Bay, Oakville, Pickering, Prince Edward County, Stormont Dundas & Glengarry, Thunder Bay, Vaughan, Waterloo and Windsor.
askON is a real-time information service, managed by Ask Ontario and supported by Knowledge Ontario, that helps Ontarians connect, using chat over the internet, with librarians who can help them find authoritative digital information and improve their online search skills. askON launched a pilot service in January 7, 2008 with public libraries from 10 Ontario communities. Each of the participating libraries contributed staff to the collective askON schedule. askON has grown to include 23 public libraries, 9 college libraries and 5 university libraries located around the province. For more information visit: www.askON.ca.


See which fizzy snap won a month of FREE fizz in our photo competition last month – and which runner-up photos also bagged a fabulous prize. And remember: October's Bubble Boxes arrive the 12th of the month, so get snapping and enter for your chance to win this month!
Along with their free fizz, our winner in September – and four runners-up! – bagged themselves a box of Spacemasks. Each box contains five self-heating eye masks that will help relieve stress, eye pain and many other tensions – all while shrouding them in an oh-so-soothing scent of jasmine.


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February Show at Nyack Library for Local Artist Ed Kirkland
By dskriloff on February 4, 2016 No Comment
Caption: "Conversations," 36" x 48" assemblage, Ed Kirkland
The work of local artist Ed Kirkland is on display at the Nyack Library through the month of February. Opening reception is 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, February 7. The Nyack Library is at 59 South Broadway, Nyack NY. Kirkland, a well-known local artist, graduated from Nyack High School in 1972, later attending Pratt Institute studying art and computer animation.
His art explores and critiques current cultural and political environments in America from a uniquely African-American perspective. His parents, Edward and Lucille Kirkland, were both politically active in the civil rights movement and these values were a central theme through his early life in Harlem of the 1950s and later when the family moved to Rockland County. His social consciousness and a need for profound expression through art developed early – at the age of 5, Kirkland was already creating visual essays about morality. His recent work carries a message attuned to the current political climate.
Kirkland has worked at a variety of freelance jobs, and often sustained himself financially utilizing his design skills working for others, designing clothing and book jackets among other commercial projects. Since suffering kidney failure and receiving a life-giving transplant several years ago, Kirkland feels a new urgency to fully develop his own artistic expression. With obvious references to Basquiat, his multi-layered dreamscape canvases are personal and evocative – visceral experiences. Other more "folk art" collage assemblages utilize textiles and other found objects. Kirkland describes his work as, "a critical view of social, political, and cultural issues – slices of life moments – voyeurism when no one else is looking irony."
Come and meet the artist on Sunday, February 7 at the Nyack Library reception 1-3 p.m., refreshments will be served. For more information please email [email protected].
February Show at Nyack Library for Local Artist Ed Kirkland added by dskriloff on February 4, 2016


With upcoming 2011 New Year's Resolutions in the making, and weight loss seeming to annually creep its way onto many lists, the release of diet and nutrition writer Cynthia Sass' new weight loss book Cinch! could not come at a better time.
Sass, the Weight Loss Blogger for Shape magazine and creator and co-author of the New York Times Bestselling Flat Belly Diet has penned her latest 30-day weight loss program Cinch! Cinch! seeks to help readers prevent overeating, and learn about nutritional food choices to burn fat and increase metabolism—all without feeling deprived.
The program consists of a 5-day Fast Forward plan that centers on five foods—eggs, yogurt, spinach, almonds, and raspberries. This initial junk food "detox" is packed with various combinations of these five low cal, nutritious foods—and promises an initial weight loss of up to 8 pounds. The remainder of the 30 day diet plan features food combinations that yield increased metabolism and maximum fat burning—all while decoding the body's "fullness" signals, leaving Cinch! dieters feeling more satisfied and more willing to stick with the diet plan.
To make it easy to follow, Sass' Cinch! plan creates meal options for readers—which can be interchanged as needed. The plan also includes vegan and vegetarian options as well.
Cinch! is set to be released December 28, 2010. It is available for preorder before 28th at major book retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Borders. Cinch! will also be available in ebook formats for devices such as Kindle and Nook as well.


The Refined Training feature Default Group allows you to specify a default group for a course as well as a default grouping.
First you need to create the groups and groupings needed in the course. For information on how to set up groups and groupings, see the article on Common Module Settings in Additional Settings.
Setting a Default Group will designate that value as the default group for all future enrollments into the course unless otherwise designated in the enrollment process (such as in API calls).


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Q: "How to fix: 'only integers, slices (`:`), ellipsis (`...`), numpy.newaxis (`None`) and integer or boolean arrays are valid indices'? I'm trying to predict heart disease of patients using liner regression algorithm in machine learning and I have this error(only integers, slices (:), ellipsis (...), numpy.newaxis (None) and integer or boolean arrays are valid indices) can anyone please help me to solve it?
  import pandas
    import numpy as np
    from sklearn.linear_model import LinearRegression
    from sklearn.cross_validation import KFold
    heart = pandas.read_csv("pc.csv")
    heart.loc[heart["heartpred"]==2,"heartpred"]=1
    heart.loc[heart["heartpred"]==3,"heartpred"]=1
    heart.loc[heart["heartpred"]==4,"heartpred"]=1
    heart["slope"] = heart["slope"].fillna(heart["slope"].median())
    heart["thal"] = heart["thal"].fillna(heart["thal"].median())
    heart["ca"] = heart["ca"].fillna(heart["ca"].median())
    print(heart.describe())
    predictors=["age","sex","cp","trestbps","chol","fbs","restecg","thalach","exang","oldpeak","slope","ca","thal"]
    alg=LinearRegression()
    kf=KFold(heart.shape[0],n_folds=3, random_state=1)
    predictions = []
    for train, test in kf:
        # The predictors we're using the train the algorithm.
        train_predictors = (heart[predictors].iloc[train,:])
        print(train_predictors)
        # The target we're using to train the algorithm.
        train_target = heart["heartpred"].iloc[train]
        print(train_target)
        # Training the algorithm using the predictors and target.
        alg.fit(train_predictors, train_target)
        # We can now make predictions on the test fold
        test_predictions = alg.predict(heart[predictors].iloc[test,:])
        predictions.append(test_predictions)
    # The predictions are in three separate numpy arrays.  Concatenate them into one.
    # We concatenate them on axis 0, as they only have one axis.
    predictions = np.concatenate(predictions, axis=0)

    # Map predictions to outcomes (only possible outcomes are 1 and 0)
    predictions[predictions > .5] = 1
    predictions[predictions <=.5] = 0
    i=0.0
    count=0
    for each in heart["heartpred"]:
        if each==predictions[i]:
            count+=1
        i+=1
    accuracy=count/i
    print("Linear Regression Result:-")
    print("Accuracy = ")
    print(accuracy*100)

Error shown below:
File "C:\Users\Khadeej\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\utils\site\sitecustomize.py",
line 705, in runfile execfile(filename, namespace) File "C:\Users\Khadeej\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\utils\site\sitecustomize.py",
line 102, in execfile exec(compile(f.read(), filename, 'exec'), namespace) File "C:/Users/Khadeej/Desktop/Heart-Disease-Prediction-master/linear.py",
line 39, in <module> if each==predictions[i]:
IndexError: only integers, slices (:), ellipsis (...), numpy.newaxis (None) and integer or boolean arrays are valid indices

A: You have i=0.0 which means that i is a float. You cannot index a numpy aray with a float number.
    # Map predictions to outcomes (only possible outcomes are 1 and 0)
    predictions[predictions > .5] = 1
    predictions[predictions <=.5] = 0
    # Change to an integer
    i = 0
    count = 0
    for hpred in heart["heartpred"]:
        if hpred == predictions[i]:
            count += 1
        i+=1
    accuracy=count/i
    print("Linear Regression Result:-")
    print("Accuracy = ")
    print(accuracy*100)


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Civil & Environmental Engineering and Construction Faculty Publications
Land Surface Brightness Temperature Modeling Using Solar Insolation
Haroon Stephen, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Sajjad Ahmad, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NVFollow
Thomas C. Piechota, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Retrieval of land surface emissivity and temperature from microwave brightness temperature data is a complex problem. The diurnal variation of temperature due to the diurnal cycle of solar radiation and weather conditions makes this problem even more challenging. In this paper, we use solar radiation in modeling the temporal variation of the brightness temperature state of the surface. Solar insolation modeling is used to estimate the diurnal variation of land surface brightness temperature. Solar radiation and brightness temperature are linked through temperature of the surface which is derived based on the radiation balance equation. The temperature state model behaves consistent to the measured temperature data. The root-mean-square (rms) error of the model and measured temperature during 1999 is 1.47 K with a correlation of 0.98. Brightness temperature is calculated as a product of physical temperature and emissivity. This relationship is used to transform the temperature state model into the temporal model of the brightness temperature. The model is validated using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) brightness temperature observations at 10.65-GHz vertical polarization. The rms error of the modeled and measured brightness temperature during 1999 is 2.15 K with a correlation of 0.98. Physical and brightness temperature models are ordinary differential equations that are solved numerically to estimate model parameters. The model parameters are related to geophysical characteristics that modulate the temporal variation of the physical and brightness temperature. These parameters provide new insight into the thermal characteristics of the land surface. Brightness temperature model is used to retrieve emissivity from TMI measurements. Images of emissivity and other model parameters are spatially coherent and reflect ground geometrical and dielectric conditions. The results confirm that incident solar radiation is an important input in - - modeling the temporal variation in the physical temperature and brightness temperature.
Brightness; Brightness perception; Brightness temperature; Geomagnetism--Diurnal variations; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Land surface temperature; Solar radiation; Sunlight; Sunshine; Temperature
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Earth Sciences | Engineering | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Sciences
Use Find in Your Library, contact the author, or interlibrary loan to garner a copy of the item. Publisher policy does not allow archiving the final published version. If a post-print (author's peer-reviewed manuscript) is allowed and available, or publisher policy changes, the item will be deposited.
Stephen, H., Ahmad, S., Piechota, T. C. (2010). Land Surface Brightness Temperature Modeling Using Solar Insolation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48(1), 491-498.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2009.2026894
UNLV Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering


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Features/Fronts
Escaping Its Own Form: The Hours and Modern Opera
by Hannah Szabó
Design by Cleo Maloney
7:37. Our tickets said seven, and I assumed that the opera would start late—maybe 15 minutes, or 20—but as I sat in the Dress Circle of the Metropolitan Opera House, the stage filled with an enormous screen depicting a ticking gold Bayard clock, I felt uneasy about how long we had been waiting, apprehensive of the time slipping away.
The clock is, of course, an explicit allusion to the opera's focus on the passage of time—in case its title, The Hours, didn't make that clear enough. But as obvious as the visual pun is, it's also effective, forcing the viewer to adopt a sort of hyper-consciousness of time. If opera is, according to Carolyn Abbate's A History of Opera, principally a "means of manipulating time," then this colossal countdown had already begun the temporal dilation. This tool is also characteristic of the opera's source text, Michael Cunningham's 1998 novel of the same name, as well as of the inspiration for that text, Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, published in 1925. Woolf's description in the novel of a walk through London exactly mirrored the opening moments of the opera, as the overture began and the curtain rolled up: "An indescribable pause, a suspense before Big Ben strikes. There! Out it boomed. First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable."
"If you take away the music, the plots [of operas] are ripe for parody or kitsch… the poetic text is usually second-class, formulaic at best," writes Abbate. Professor Gary Tomlinson, a scholar of the operatic tradition from 1600 to 1900, told me that traditionally, opera writers adapted preexisting stories: "What becomes absolutely standard in the operatic tradition is to take spoken dramas as the model for operas. Looking at preexisting dramas, contemporary or historical, comes to be one of the standard sources for operatic plots." These stories were generally familiar to viewers, a generic template over which music—the real creative ingenuity of opera—could be arranged.
An opera based on a novel presents challenges. The underlying storyline is intricate, not formulaic; the characters are complex rather than stock. Relating this kind of story onstage, in song, is an enormous feat: "In literature, you have an extraordinary access to language," Tomlinson told me. "To transform that into a libretto, you must economize. And of course, there's a narrative point of view that novels have that is not amenable to film or theater."
But a new medium also presents novel opportunities. On this note, Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Hours and creative writing professor at Yale, wrote to the Herald: "In an opera or a film, you don't have the same access to interiority. But you've got singers and actors who can make thousands of physical gestures that aren't really possible in prose. And you've got simultaneity." Indeed, both movement (facilitated by an ensemble of more than two dozen dancers) and coincidence (made possible by the Met's enormous stage, which could contain as many as three 'sub-sets' at once) were essential tools for the novel's operatic retelling.
This is not the first time that The Hours has switched mediums. The novel itself is, in Cunningham's words, "a riff on Mrs. Dalloway, in the sense of a jazz musician playing variations on an existing piece of great music." Three years after it was published, The Hours was turned into a film of the same name, directed by Kevin Daldry and with a screenplay by David Hare and a soundtrack by Philip Glass. It starred Meryl Streep (DRA '75), Nicole Kidman, and Julianne Moore. Remarking on the experience of having his work translated across forms, Cunningham wrote, "I wanted [Hare] to have free rein. I don't share the feeling some other writers have about the sacred text. If someone as gifted as David Hare wants to adapt it, he should interpret it in his own way."
Nearly two decades later, the story has once again been reinvented, debuting this November as an opera, with music written by Kevin Puts and with a libretto by Greg Pierce. This latest version has clearly taken cues from the film (especially in terms of costuming and wigs, where designer Tom Pye has recreated the appearances of Streep, Kidman, and Moore), creating a continuous chain of artistic inspiration extending from 1925 to 2022, from novel to film to opera.
Around 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, December 7, Judah Millen (PC '24) and I stepped off the MetroNorth train at the Harlem-125th station. 40 minutes later, we were devouring halal cart falafel in the Lincoln Center Plaza; three minutes after that, we entered the opera house. Crystal chandeliers hung from the ornate ceiling; staircases flanked by velvet banisters led well-dressed guests up four levels of balconies. In the lobby, two androgynous elderly people in matching berets cooed at each other in a foreign language and shared a kiss.
I picked out a fashionable young woman in an electric-blue corduroy suit and Doc Martens, leaning against the balcony and casually sipping a flute of champagne. Crossing to speak with her, I learn that this night at the opera was an early birthday gift from her father. A New-York based singer-songwriter and recent graduate of Berklee College of Music, Ingrid Saga described why she wanted to see this show in particular: "There's so much going on with the different stories. I'm interested in how they manage to make it all come together." Still thinking about the smooching septuagenarians in the lobby, I asked her what she made of the average age of the audience. "It's a different part of New York than I'm used to," Saga remarked with a slight laugh. "I feel out of place, which I love."
But while this sense of social novelty was refreshing to Saga, the incongruence between form and content within the opera itself was at times jarring and unpleasant. In the opening scene, Denyce Graves, playing Sally, calls her partner Clarissa "babe" in a booming mezzo-soprano voice. The dissonance in that moment between intimate conversation and performative song, between modern language and an ancient art form, made me physically cringe. I had come in with my doubts about 'opera-fying' a story that partially takes place in "New York City at the end of the twentieth century" (as is both projected on the upper wall and sung out by the ensemble, in a very "tell-don't-show" style), and this moment confirmed all my worst fears. The constantly shifting, minimalist scenery; the lurid, futuristic lighting; the dialogue that sounded like it came from an early-2000s teen movie—had The Hours strayed too far? Commenting on this general phenomenon throughout the opera, Judah noted, "I don't think this is the way to modernize opera. People are attracted to opera for its ancient aesthetic, for its unabashed decadence, for its opulence." Tomlinson expressed similar concerns about contemporary works: "In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, many composers tried to supersede the very medium of opera. It's particularly painful in English opera, a language not all that welcome to singing. When they try to do a sort of operatic 'photorealism'—a depiction of everyday life, just with people singing instead of speaking—that strikes me as a deeply inauspicious choice."
On the other hand, Saga viewed these changes as necessary, unsettling as they might be: "I think that's the role of a place like [the Met]—to preserve the classics but also move the tradition forward, to try new things, to make opera accessible. They should put on the works people know they want to see, but also stuff that might be challenging."
The problem with this innovative opera, however, is not that it gives viewers something challenging or unexpected: in some ways, it's the opposite issue. In a blurb in the program, composer Kevin Puts described how he created three distinct musical themes to represent the three stories that make up the opera: Virginia Woolf's music apparently had an "almost baroque quality," Laura Brown's an artificial "glossiness," and Clarissa Vaughan's an "urban vibe" to match—you guessed it—her "New-York-City-at-the-end-of-the-twentieth-century" setting. This choice was a notable departure from Glass' choice in the film to use the same music to unite the three storylines, creating a soundtrack that so ingeniously encapsulates the graceful anxiety of the story that it stands as a musical meditation on the novel(s) in its own right. This creative decision was in some ways wise, setting the opera apart from the film as its own sonic reinterpretation of the novel, but it was also tragic for Glass aficionados who had seen how well The Hours could be represented with stylistically unified music. And even if it was distinct from the film soundtrack, this mapping of distinct musical themes onto individual characters was overly literal. In our conversation the morning before I went to the opera, Tomlinson warned me, "It might not be wise to try to differentiate these eras musically, but [Puts] might try to do it. It would be a little predictable." Perhaps in their attempt to banish arcane subtleties from opera, Puts and Pierce moved too far into the territory of the obvious. The libretto's wordplay was creative, but predictable—"hours" and "flowers" can only be rhymed so many times.
More troubling was the fact that the music failed to add nuance to the work in the ways it should have. The climax of the opera, a reimagining of the suicide central to Mrs. Dalloway, was emotionally powerful, but only because of the heart-wrenching, well-delivered dialogue, mostly sourced from Cunningham's novel. The singing, on the other hand, was forgettable. "The music entirely fell to the wayside during the parts of the work with the most emotional impact," Judah complained. The opera seemed to be trying to escape, rather than embrace, its own form.
Commenting on this pulling back from traditional "operatic" modes of representation, Yale professor of music Jessica Peritz, who saw The Hours last weekend, said: "I suspect that this is partly due to assumptions on the creators' part about the relationship between realism and evoking feeling. That is, the work seems to be operating under some notion that events on stage can only make an emotional impact on today's audiences by breaking out of a so-called 'operatic' idiom." If the performance of it all, the "bombast and grandeur" that Judah praised as an immutable attribute of great opera, is all too much for our modern sensibilities, where can opera go from here?
Maybe, the mistake lies in the assumption that opera should depict life "photorealistically," as Tomlinson put it. It is in this musically uninteresting emotional climax, in which Richard refuses to put on a "performance" by attending the party Clarissa is hosting him, that the opera achieves some sort of self-consciousness, decrying its own artificiality. The irony here is that Richard's outburst here is a one-man show he performs for Clarissa, one he waits to begin until she comes back to his apartment to find him sitting on the window ledge. Just as Richard cannot escape this self-invalidating hypocrisy, the opera cannot separate itself from its own mimetic performance.
For all these disappointments, I still found myself moved by the ending moments of the opera: the three protagonists come together, "finding themselves in a space that transcends time and place," according to the program. Instead of succumbing to the glamorized deaths characteristic of female operatic leads from Isolde to Carmen, the women at the end of this work all choose life. Stepping away from their families and romantic interests, the trio finally gain the autonomy that each has searched for throughout the story. To Peritz, this moment "gets beyond the longstanding presumption that women's writing, and more fundamentally women's subjectivity, is first and foremost relational in a romantic or domestic way."
Even as it breaks from tradition in all these ways, this final moment also engages with the medium's history. "The final scene is in many ways an evocation of the famous [all-female] trio at the end of Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier," Peritz wrote, "so that closing moment of The Hours is, to me, about shining a spotlight on the transhistorical bonds between the three women, but it is also a self-reflexive vocal-musical invocation of 'opera,' through the voices and personae of the singers themselves." As the trio sang their final lines, their voices overlapped in elaborate harmonies and the violins swelled. Despite my qualms about the opera at large, I felt in this instant the immense power of operatic music to display something opulent and extravagant, and yet somehow deeply real.
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Q: Excel Code merging a IF and Countif function I've just got a simple question to ask about some excel coding
I've got a table of data as such;
a   1
a   0
a   1
a   1
b   1
b   1
b   0
c   1
c   1
c   1

I'm trying to write a code on excel that counts the number of ones for the different letter; I tried it with a code
=IF(A3:A8 = "a", COUNTIF(B3:B8,"1"), "")

but it comes up as #VALUE when I enter it in.
Any help would be appreciated
Kind Regards

A: You can use COUNTIFS for this: =COUNTIFS(A3:A8,"a",B3:B8,1).


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Report: AT&T and Verizon spent heavily lobbying for favorable LTE auction rules
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If AT&T and Verizon manage to shut out their smaller rivals in a critical LTE wireless auction, it would severely harm US wireless competition, according to the Center for Public Integrity. In a report it said that the pair of wireless giants spent nearly $30 million on lobbying last year, almost four times the $8 million paid out by Sprint and T-Mobile. The low-frequency 600MHz spectrum in question is highly valued for its long range and ability to penetrate buildings, necessitating fewer towers and lower infrastructure costs. AT&T and Verizon already control 74 percent of existing low-band frequencies, putting Sprint and T-Mobile at a significant disadvantage -- especially outside of cities. As a result, T-Mobile's CEO, John Legere has stressed the importance of the upcoming auction for the future of his company.
However, the rules for that auction have yet to be finalized by FCC chair Tom Wheeler. AT&T and Verizon believe they should be able to bid for as much spectrum as they want to in order to raise the maximum amount of cash. And given their combined 70 percent share of the US mobile market, it's likely the duo could easily outbid their smaller rivals. T-Mobile and Sprint, by contrast, believe that the amount of spectrum available to any given company should be capped. Backed by a report from the DOJ, they claim that would make for a more competitive market and result in lower prices for consumers. Because of those conflicting views, much of the reported lobbying money has gone toward studies supporting each camp's positions -- with the lion's sharing coming from AT&T and Verizon. Meanwhile, Wheeler hasn't given any hint as to which way he's leaning, but if you're thinking of becoming a wireless industry lobbyist, now's the time.
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USPC By-Laws, Policies & Resolutions
The United States Pony Clubs, Inc., is committed to supporting its mission and its membership through clear By-Laws and policies.
By definition, "By-laws" state rules made by the organization to govern the actions of its members. "Policies" are a course of action or procedure used to support the rules stated in the By-Laws. Every year the USPC Board of Governors reviews its By-Laws and policies for amendment and updating. All corporate and life members are encouraged to read and propose necessary revisions.
By-Laws of The United States Pony Clubs, Inc.
Full Set of By-Laws
(updated November 2018
includes all sections: National, Regional, Club)
USPC National Policies & Resolutions
Last updated January 2018
* before a policy title indicates a new or revised policy since last update.
Access the old listing to find new location/number.
Policy #
Policy Title
0000 Mission Statement 5/2/1993 5/21/2011 3/2012
0000.A Mission Statement 5/2/1993 1/31/2011 3/2012
0100 Core Values 5/2/1993 5/21/2011 3/2012
0100.A Core Values 5/2/1993 5/17/2014 5/2014
0110 Inclusion 1/27/1997 11/4/2018 11/2015
0150 Core Activities 5/2/1993 11/04/2018 11/2018
0500 Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco 2/4/1994 5/17/2014 5/2014
0600 Strategic Planning 11/7/2010 3/2012
0710 Conflict of Interest 1/26/2007 10/28/2017 10/2017
0710.A Code of Ethics 1/26/2007 3/2012
0710.B Committee Member Agreement 10/28/2017 10/28/2017 10/2017
0721 Background Check for Volunteers 5/21/2011 5/19/2018 5/2018
0721.A Background Check Appeals Process 1/28/2012 10/29/2016
0730 Whistle Blower 10/28/2012
0730.A Whistle Blower Process 10/28/2015 1/2015 1/2015
0735 Dispute Resolution 5/17/2014
0735.A Dispute Resolution Attachment 10/26/2014
Corporate Safety
0800* Safety 9/19/1993 5/18/2019 5/2019
0800.A Safety Requirements for Helmets 01/24/2015
0800.B Concussion and Return to Play 10/28/2012 10/29/2016
0800.C Heat Illness 01/24/2015 10/29/2016
0800.D Medical Armbands and Bracelets 01/01/2015 10/29/2016
0800.E Safety Requirements for Body Protectors 01/01/2019
0900 Member & Volunteer Protection 01/28/2012 10/29/2016
0910* Equine Safety 10/26/2016 5/18/2019 5/2019
0910.A Mounts 02/07/1998 10/29/2016
0910.B Bitting 05/02/1993 10/29/2016
0910.C Veterinary Care & Equine Medications 02/04/1994 10/29/2016
National Organization & Administration
1000 Membership 10/29/2016
1000.A Membership Categories & Eligibility 10/29/2016 11/4/2018 11/2018
1000.B Corporate and Life Members 10/29/2016
1000.C E-Membership 10/29/2016
1000.D Friend of Pony Club Membership 10/29/2016
1000.E Alumni Member 10/29/2016
1000.F National Member 10/29/2016 11/4/2018 11/2018
1000.G Professional Member 5/20/2017
1002 Member in Good Standing 10/29/2011 3/2012
1002.A Member in Good Standing (Policy Clarification) 05/21/2016 1/26/2018 1/2018
1003 Dual Membership 05/22/2006 10/29/2016
1004 Transferring Members 05/18/2007 10/29/2016
1050 Board of Governors Administration & Conduct of Meetings 5/2/91993 10/29/2016 retired
1050.A Format for Agenda, Board of Governor's Meetings 1/14/2005 1/26/2018 retired
1250 Committees of the Board of Governors 5/2/1993 5/19/2018 5/2018
1250.A Governance Committee 5/19/2018 5/2018
1250.B Marketing and Communications Committee 10/28/2017 10/2017
1250.C Finance Committee 10/28/2017 10/2017
1250.D Development Committee 10/28/2017 10/2017
1250.E Strategic Planning Committee 5/19/2018 5/2018
1250.F Volunteer Development Committee 5/19/2018 5/2018
1250.G Safety Committee 5/19/2018 5/2018
1300 Program Administration Council (PAC) 04/28/1998 11/4/2018 11/2018
1350 National Youth Board (NYB) 1/31/2010 1/2015 1/2015
1350.A NYB Attendance Guidelines 1/31/2010
1400* Equine Symposium and Convention Committee 10/28/2017 5/18/2019 05/2019
1700 Procedural Policy 5/2/1993 1/28/2012 3/2012
1710 Format Policy 5/2/1993 3/2012
1710.A Format 5/2/1993 3/2012
1800 Volunteer Recognition 10/29/2016
1800.A 20+ Local Legend Award 1/30/2011 3/2012
1800.B* Founders Award and Nomination Process and Qualifying Criteria 01/30/2011 05/18/2019 05/2019
1900 National Office Administration 10/29/2016 retired
1900.A USPC Staff Conflict of Interest/Outside Employment 05/23/1993 10/29/2016
3000 Riding Center Program 01/30/2011 10/29/2016
3010 Riding Center Program Administrator 01/30/2011 10/29/2016
3010.A Duties & Responsibilities of Center Administrator (CA) 1/30/2011 3/2012
3015 Regional Instruction Coordinator (RIC) 11/5/1995 11/4/2018 11/2018
3015.A Responsibilities of a RIC 10/29/2000 1/2015 1/2015
3016 Horse Management Organizer (HMO) 10/29/2000 11/4/2018 11/2018
3016.A Responsibilities of an HMO 10/29/2000 5/19/2012
Registered Clubs
4001 Articles of Organization of Member Clubs 9/19/1993 3/2012
4001.A Articles of Organization Form 9/19/1993 3/2012
4008 Community Service 2/4/1994 5/21/2011 3/2012
4901 Club Milestone Award (policy renamed 11/2004) 9/19/1993 3/2012
5000 Instruction Council 5/2/1993 5/20/2017 1/2015
5001 Instruction Council Committees 9/19/1993 11/04/2018 11/2018
5001.A Curricula & Standards Committee 9/19/1993 5/19/2018 5/2018
5001.B Horse Management Committee 9/19/1993 5/19/2028 5/2018
5001.C D-1 through C-2 Committee 9/19/1993 5/19/2018 5/2018
5001.D National Testing Curricula Committee 9/19/1993 11/4/2018 11/2018
5001.E National Testing Committee 9/19/1993 02/03/2019 02/2019
5001.F Visiting Instruction Program Committee 9/19/1993 5/19/2018 5/2018
5001.G Regional Instruction Coordinator (RIC) Committee 9/19/1993 5/19/2018 5/2018
5001.H National Youth Congress/Academy of Achievement Committee 9/19/1993 5/19/2018 5/2018
5002 National Instruction Committee - Rule Changes 9/19/1993 5/19/2001 7/2012
5007 Festival Education Program 1/16/2004 1/27/2017 7/2012
5010 Standards of Proficiency 9/19/1993 10/29/2016 7/2012
5010.A Standards of Proficiency (D-1 to D-3, C-1, C-2) 9/19/1993 1/2009
5010.B Standards of Proficiency Traditional (C-3, B, A) 9/19/1993 1/2009
5010.C Standards of Proficiency Dressage Specialty (C-3, B, A) 1/1/2007 1/2009
5010.D Standards of Proficiency Show Jumping Specialty (C-3, B, A) 1/1/2007 1/2009
5010.E Standards of Proficiency (H-B, H-HM/H/H-A) 1/1/2007 1/2009
5020 Teaching and Testing to the Standards of Proficiency 5/2/1993 1/27/2017 7/2012
5650 Candidate Certification for Upper Level Testing 5/2/1993 Retired 7/2012
6000 Activities Council 2/2/1996 5/20/2017 5/20/2017
6001 Activities Council Committees 9/19/1993 02/03/2019 02/2019
6001.A Dressage Committee 9/19/1993 10/28/2017 10/2017
6001.B Eventing Committee 9/19/1993 10/28/2017 10/2017
6001.C Foxhunting Committee 9/19/1993 10/28/2017 10/2017
6001.D Games Committee 9/19/1993 10/28/2017 10/2017
6001.E Committee on International Exchanges 9/19/1993 02/03/2019 02/2019
6001.F Polo Committee 9/19/1993 10/28/2017 10/2017
6001.G Polocrosse Committee 9/19/1993 10/28/2017 10/2017
6001.H Quiz Committee 9/19/1993 10/28/2017 10/2017
6001.I Show Jumping Committee 9/19/1993 10/28/2017 10/2017
6001.J Tetrathlon Committee 1/28/2012 10/28/2017 10/2017
6001.K Western Dressage Committee 10/29/2016 02/03/2019 02/2019
6001.L Western Trail Committee 02/03/2019
6001.M Western Gymkhana Committee 02/03/2019
6002 National Activity Committees - Rule Changes 9/19/1993 11/5/2004 7/2012
6003 Activity Resource Contacts 9/19/1993 5/19/2001 7/2012
6003.A Activity Resource Contacts 9/19/1993 5/19/2011 7/2012
6004 Competitions 4/30/1995 7/2012
6005 Team Concept of Competitive Rallies 9/19/1993 7/2012
6006 Championships 4/30/1995 1/27/2017 7/2012
6007 Festival 9/19/1993 1/27/2017 7/2012
6030 Coaching 9/19/1993 7/2012
6700 Competitive Awards 9/19/1993 7/2012
6850 Overseas Visits/International Exchange Competitions 9/19/1993 11/3/2002 7/2012
7100 Grants 10/24/2015 retired
7190 Sponsorships 01/25/1997 10/24/2015 10/2015
7200 Endorsements 01/27/1997 10/28/2012 05/2009
7250 Access to Mailing Lists 09/19/1993 07/2012
7300 Compensation 09/19/1993 02/01/2003 05/2009
7325 Peer Review of Club & Region Accounts & Finances 01/25/2015 5/20/2017 5/20/2017
7325.A* Attachment to Peer Review of Club & Region Accounts & Finances 01/25/2015 5/18/2019 5/2019
7335 Reimbursement of Expenses 11/04/1994 1/27/2017 05/2009
7350 Gaming Practices 10/28/2017 10/28/2017 10/2017
7400 Budgets 2/4/1994 5/19/2018 05/2018
7500 Fund Disbursement 9/19/1993 5/19/2018 05/2018
7800 Establishment of Funds and Fund Balances 2/4/1994 1/2015 01/2015
7850 Capital Fund Expenditure Activity 9/19/1993 10/28/2012 05/2009
7900 Audit Committee 5/19/2013
7900.A Audit Committee Charter 5/19/2012
8000* Regional Administration Council 1/1/2014 5/18/2019 5/2019
8001 Regional Administration Council Committees 1/1/2014 11/4/2018 11/2018
8001.A Document Review Committee 1/1/2014 11/4/2018 11/2018
8001.B Leadership Education & Support Committee 1/1/2014 11/4/2018 11/2018
8001.C Membership Committee 1/1/2014 11/4/2018 11/2018
8001.D Riding Center Program Committee 1/1/2014 11/4/2018 11/2018
Public Relations & Corporate Licensing
9100 USPC Representation in Equestrian Organizations 02/04/1994 10/29/2016 03/2012
9100.A I. Organizations in which USPC holds memberships
II. Organizations to which USPC has official representation 02/03/2019 02/2019
9200 USPC Corporate Symbols and Products 10/29/2016
9200.A USPC Trademarks 09/19/1993 10/29/2016
9200.B* Name and Trademark Use 01/25/2015 5/18/2019 5/2019
9200.C Logo Information and Use 01/25/2015 5/19/2018 5/2018
9200.D Colors 09/19/1993 10/29/2016
9200.E Pony Club Pins 09/19/1993 10/29/2016
9300 USPC Instruction and Activities Materials 09/19/1993 10/29/2016
9400 Official Publication 09/19/1993 10/29/2016
9450 Advertising and Copy in Pony Club Publications 05/02/1993 10/26/2016
Resolutions of the Board of Governors
Resolution #
1 Procedures for Amendments to the Bylaws of the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. 5/1/2001 retired
2 Duties of the Advisory Committee to the USPC Board of Governors 5/19/2001
3 Duties of the Nominating Committee of the USPC Board of Governors 5/19/2001
4 Duties of the Vice President of Festival 5/19/2003 retired
5 Policy Template for Regions 11/4/2018 retired
6 Centralized Financial Reporting System 5/5/2014
7 Region and Club Governance 11/4/2018
8 The "Why" of the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. 11/4/2018


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India's Daughter exposes the naivity of "Indian culture". And no wonder, it was banned from airing in India by proponents of the same.
The documentary describes the gang rape of Jyoti Singh (Nirbhaya) in excruciating details. Then focuses on how Mukesh Kumar (one of the rapists) and the defence lawyers (for the rapists) defend the act. The protests are covered and so are the issues in unreasonably demanding/issuing death penalty.
I've seen it and it is a stable portrayal of the situation. There was no reason to ban it, and any defence that the Government of India makes are lame excuses.
These excuses might seem necessary because the truth is that rapists are not a special species of people, but members of the society who are waiting for their chance. It makes the word "Indian culture" (of looking down on women) sound really bad.
India's Daughter - A documentary by Leslee Udwin about December 16 gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh in Delhi. It documents the attitude of the guilty, their guilty lawyers, victim's friends and relatives, the public, and the judiciary. Some horrifying defences by the lawyers of the guilty - like "A woman is a flower, she should be protected, a man is like thorn, strong and tough.", and so many more worse things. Read the controversies surrounding it here
It was banned in India.
The reason is that the guilty are shown defending themselves. And as usual, the Indian people thought for Indian people and decided that it is too sensitive for Indian people to listen to the guilties' twisted and crooked logic of justifying rape.
Parliament of India used the grounds that the interviews in Tihar jail were not made with the agreement that the videos could be used for commerical purposes. This is just a lame excuse.
I conceive who gave the permission but the reality is what the man spoke reflects views of many men in India. Why we are shying about it? We are not confronting the issues. Suggesting death penalty is not the answer. We have to confront the issue that many men in India do not respect women. Every time a rape happens, the victim is blamed to have provoked the men. Let's be aware of the view and not pretend all is well
MP Anu Aga (thanks to abplive.in) Another link: India's Daughter: MPs divided on ban
The Hindu writes in its editorial how banning is not the solution and why documentaries like these need to be made to expose the culture of tolerance towards gender violence.
Kavita Krishnan who appears in the documentary has written a nuanced piece about it here: Nirbhaya film: Solidarity is what we want, not a civilising mission
Rukmini Shrinivasan writes about how India desperately need an insight into how rapists think: Wishing away India's culture of rape. Excerpt
If India had read the minds of its rapists and molesters correctly, and had acknowledged that women's freedoms are what offend these criminals and their defenders, there would have been no need for an "India's Daughter." Unfortunately, it is only when interviews of this nature are conducted that we will ever know how many men in India still think of women. The least we can do is act honestly and immediately on these repugnant attitudes.
Report broken links, send more links. Free speech, ftw!
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This is the documentary that has been unethically banned in India. It sheds a new light on complex socioeconomic and cultural state of India that determines the status of India's women in their society. On one hand, there is an increased awareness and new zeal to fight horrible crimes on women and on the other hand, the people with twisted and misguided ideas still cause harm to women in India.
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So you've invested your 401(K) in every bridal magazine that ever existed, Pinterested yourself within an inch of your life and spent the last three months on a strict diet of raw veggies and, well, raw veggies. Now you're at the bridal salon, focused only on reaching that "Say Yes To The Dress" moment every bride dreams of, and it happens. Your newly-svelte, size-8 body has–faster than you can say strapless-satin-mermaid–become a size 12. Or your size 14 has become an 18. Maybe. Um, what?
And thus, the bridal industry has turned your all-eyes-on-me moment into another insecurity-inducing try-on room trauma, and suddenly running off to Vegas in a club dress from Forever 21 seems oddly attractive.
So here's the lowdown on the wedding dress sizing, and why, quite frankly, you shouldn't care.
The problem arises, according to Kim Smith, Head of Alterations at David's Bridal, when we in modern society–ONLY accustomed to, in most cases, ready-to-wear sizing–must suddenly deal with sizing specs that throw us out of our comfort zone, for the day on which we expect to feel the most beautiful, and, well, svelte.
"What I think people do not realize when it comes to trying on garments, everything's off the rack now," Smith says. "Fifty, maybe even 30 years ago, people would have their clothes tailored [regularly]. Now we buy off the rack- if it's close, it's close." The bridal size specs, unfortunately for size-conscious brides, are still based on both the sensibilities and body types of years gone by, even as ready-to-wear size specs have evolved to address current body types–and current psyches–of consumers.
So Why Doesn't The Wedding Dress Industry Just Change The Size Specs Already?
Some have–according to Smith, David's Bridal has spent a boatload of time and money studying modern body types and changing sizing specs for their gowns to align with modern body shapes and expectations–but others haven't followed suit.
First, remember that in addition to outdated sizing specs, wedding dresses often require us to wear a whole bunch of foundation garments–foam, long-line bras, voluminous slips– that add bulk and must be considered when selecting a size of gown that won't actually cut off our breathing (that "something blue" should not be your face).
Finally–we've said it before and we'll say it again–"size" does not equal "fit," and fit is the only thing that counts. Said Smith, "When you get the right dress on and it makes you feel beautiful and fits well, that's when the bride is the happiest. The size should be the base of their choice; it's how it looks and how it fits." When she's sold gowns, Smith adds, if the bride asks the size, she tells them "don't worry about it, look at yourself in the mirror." If you love the way it looks, forget the number –as Smith said, nobody else will be looking inside your dress at the tag.


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Philippines tells U.S. no joint patrols in South China Sea
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In this Sept. 13, 2016, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, poses with a fist bump with Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana, left, during his "Talk with the Airmen" on the anniversary of the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing, at the ... more >
By Jim Gomez - Associated Press - Friday, October 7, 2016
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense chief said Friday that he told the U.S. military that plans for joint patrols and naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea have been put on hold, the first concrete break in defense cooperation after months of increasingly strident comments by the country's new president.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana also said that 107 U.S. troops involved in operating surveillance drones against Muslim militants would be asked to leave the southern part of the country once the Philippines acquires those intelligence-gathering capabilities in the near future.
President Rodrigo Duterte also wants to halt the 28 military exercises that are carried out with U.S. forces each year, Lorenzana said. Duterte has said he wants an ongoing U.S.-Philippine combat exercise to be the last during his six-year presidency as he backs away from what he views as too much dependence on the U.S.
Duterte, who took office in June, has had an uneasy relationship with the U.S., his country's longtime treaty ally, saying in recent speeches that he wants to scale back the presence of visiting U.S. troops in the country, along with the annual bilateral military exercises.
But while some Filipino officials have walked back on Duterte's sometimes crude anti-U.S. pronouncements — early this week he told President Barack Obama "to go to hell" — Lorenzana's comments show for the first time that the Duterte administration will act by rolling back cooperation with the U.S. military in the Philippines.
Despite the difficult stage in the country's relations with its former colonizer, Lorenzana remained optimistic that those ties would eventually bounce back.
"I think it's just going through these bumps on the road," Lorenzana told a news conference. "Relationships sometimes go to this stage … but over time it will be patched up."
Duterte's falling out with Washington will not necessarily spread to U.S. allies such as Japan, for example, which has committed to delivering patrol ships for the Philippine coast guard and has signed a deal to lease five small surveillance planes the country can use to bolster its territorial defense. The planes may arrive as early as next month, Lorenzana said.
The U.S. and Japan have helped the Philippines develop its capabilities to safeguard and defend its territorial waters amid China's increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea. Under Duterte's predecessor, Benigno Aquino III, the U.S. and Philippine militaries twice staged naval exercises near the disputed waters.
The split in military relations comes as Duterte, who describes himself as a leftist politician, has lashed out against U.S. government criticism of his deadly crackdown against illegal drugs, which has left more than 3,600 suspects dead in just three months, alarming Western governments and human rights groups.
While taking a critical stance on U.S. security policies, Duterte has reached out to China and Russia. Lorenzana said he has been ordered by Duterte to travel to Beijing and Moscow to discuss what defense equipment the Philippines can acquire from them.