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Heavy Hawaii My Man (Ft. Kirsten Gundel)
Christiana Bartolini
Sounds like: Tennis, La Luz, Best Coast
Tags: indie pop, surf rock, Surf pop
San Diego's Heavy Hawaii will be taking the indie pop world by storm.
With their finger on the pulse of all that is well and good in the indie surf pop realm, their single "My Man" has all the ingredients for a timeless style that is far-reaching and intriguing. It's the perfect song for a summer day spent on the beach.
It seems as though Heavy Hawaii is just getting started so check back for more soon!
- Google Christiana Bartolini
Streaming source: http://soundcloud.com/heavyhawaii/my-man-ft-kirsten-gundel
HEAVY HAWAII
The Muscadettes - I'm In Love
Sounds like: Best Coast, Tennis, Taco Cat
Tags: female vocalist, surf rock, Surf pop
By Christiana Bartolini on May 24, 2015 | The Muscadettes' single "I'm In Love" is a sticky sweet surf rock anthem that's hard to forget. This sister duo comes out in full force and doesn't let up with their infectious harmonies and classically curated surf pop power chords. It's refreshing... read more →
Best Coast - Dreaming My Life Away
Sounds like: Tennis, Wavves
Tags: indie rock, indie pop, surf rock
By Jason Grishkoff on May 16, 2012 | What's interesting about the new Best Coast album The Only Place is that track 9, "Dreaming My Life Away," appears to have been released as a bonus track all the way back in 2009 on the band's Make You Mine 7".My best guess is that's why it sounds so... read more →
Best Coast - I Don't Know How
Tags: female vocalist, indie rock, indie pop
By Jason Grishkoff on Sep 23, 2013 | Looks like Best Coast are popping up on the radar again. "I Don't Know How" is the first single off an upcoming "mini" album titled Fade Away, to be released on October 22nd via Jewel City.The song features Bethany Cosetntino's easily-recognizable vo... read more →
Major Leagues - Silver Tides
Sounds like: Yuck, Dum Dum Girls, The Breeders, Twerps
By Hugh McClure on Nov 4, 2013 | Brisbane garage pop band Major Leagues are an act that is rightfully starting to turn some heads as they begin preparing themselves for a busy last few months of the year. The four-piece's earlier releases (including their previous single "Endless Dr... read more →

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Amunicja dymna - pociski (granaty ręczne i artyleryjskie, bomby lotnicze itp) wypełnione materiałami tworzącymi podczas spalania lub wybuchu duże ilości dymu.

Zasadniczym zastosowaniem amunicji dymnej jest wytworzenie zasłon dymnych utrudniających nieprzyjacielowi obserwację pola walki. Amunicja dymna wypełniana jest środkami dymotwórczymi np. białym lub czarnym fosforem, mieszanką sześciochloroetanową, czterochlorkiem tytanu, bezwodnikiem lub roztworem bezwodnika kwasu siarkowego i wyposażona w  ładunek wybuchowy. Ładunek ten służy do rozerwania pocisku i rozrzucenia środka dymotwórczego i zapalnika. Czas emisji dymu trwa zazwyczaj kilka minut.

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Amunicja smugowa
Amunicja wskaźnikowa

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Hathaway was not great, but she was much more entertaining than her (stoned?) co-host Franco. I had a class with Anne when she was still at Vassar, and she is charming & sweet. Quite bright, too, which makes it all the greater pity that she left VC.
A. James Franco was definitely not stoned. He was looking better than ever and was much funnier than Hathaway.
B. Anna Hathaway's jokes could not have been more awkward and forced.


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Military Procedures Act
The Undivided Nations :: Government HQ :: Laws of the Region
by Vulturret on Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:47 pm
From the desk of Aav Whitehall, Secretary of Defense
Establishing precedent to be followed in the rules and regulations of the military.
Declaring the military of TUN to be a non-partisan military, aligns itself towards the Monarchy.
Declaring its' autonomy from mundane government officials.
i. The High Command of the military shall consist of generals, and shall be appointed by the secretary of war, and/or the secretary of defense. *EDIT: Appointments must be confirmed by both secretaries.
ii. The High Command shall have authority to establish general regulations for the military
iii. The people of TUN shall have no say in how the military is governed, save passing an act of law to govern it.
iv. Establishing that the High Command shall have supreme jurisdiction in deciding ranks, and promotions of members.
v. The Emperor shall have veto power over any action taken by the military.
vi. The Crown Prince shall be required to get a simple majority of senate votes to override a military action.
i. Establishing the mililtary's independance, and as such, it's ability to conduct actions without first checking with the Secretary of Customs.
ii. Realizing the need for balance, establishes a veto authority by the cabinet of TUN.
iii. The Cabinet of TUN, which consists of all the secretaries, shall be able to convene at it's leisure, and then veto any action taken by the military with a simple majority. The Secretaries of War and Defense shall be excluded from this vote. The Emperor and Crown Prince shall not be excluded from this vote.
iv. Declares the military to be solely commanded by the High Command, and the Officer Corps, and establishes firmly that it is not connected to any institution outside of the Department of War.
i. The Department of War shall consist of the military, and the Department of Defense.
ii. The Department of Defense shall be governed in a seperate document.
i. The Secretary of War shall be the supreme authority in the Department of War.
ii. The Secretary of Defense has all the powers of the Secretary of War, but may be overruled by the Secretary of War.
iii. The Department of War shall also handle internal security matters, in the form of the Department of Defense.
*EDIT:
i. Via a majority vote by the High Command, this document in Section 1, 2, and 4 shall be amendable.
ii. This section is not amendable, save a ⅗ majority vote by the senate, to be confirmed by both secretaries, the high command, and the Emperor.
Iii. Establishing general prudence in the act, while recognizing that the military is an autonomous body, amends this Military Procedures Act
» Strange military air filter. Need help
» Military Footlocker?
» Canadian Military Histories
» Cree RCAF member left suicidal after years of racist abuse in the military
» Military Time?


Sir Gerald Howarth said regulating Sunday schools is 'absurd'.
The Government has faced a fresh attack over plans to give schools' regulator Ofsted the power to investigate church youth work.
During a debate on Tuesday, two MPs questioned why the Conservatives have not categorically ruled out the proposals after facing a storm of criticism from various groups.
The Christian Institute's Director Colin Hart has called the Ofsted plans an "unprecedented attack" on religious freedom.
Speaking in the House of Commons, DUP MP Gavin Robinson said the "biggest disappointment" of the Queen's Speech was the failure to "categorically" rule out the plans.
Introducing such a measure, Robinson added, would "breach the Conservative party's manifesto commitment to reject any sweeping authoritarian measures that would threaten the hard-won freedoms in this country.
Conservative backbencher Sir Gerald Howarth also raised fears about the proposals, saying that "regulating groups such as Sunday schools is clearly absurd.
He added that the proposals are "unworkable" and a "danger to our freedoms".
The Government wants to inspect any out-of-school setting in England which provides instruction to children for more than 6 to 8 hours in any week. This could include church youth work and one-off events such as holiday Bible clubs.
David Cameron referred particularly to madrassas when he announced the new approach, but said it will apply to an institution "whatever its religion" and added "if you are teaching intolerance, we will shut you down".


"The planets shall be shaken" (Luke 21:26). What if a planet-sized comet was heading for Mars, a dystopian government was covering it up, and the signs of the apocalypse were unfolding? Volume one of the Planets Shaken series.
The author is a Bible teacher with a penchant for prophecy, apologetics, and the original languages. He loves backpacking, mountain climbing, campfires, coffee, dark chocolate, good conversation, and friends. Currently he and his wife live in a small town in North Dakota where he spends his time writing and working on their fixer-upper --- though writing gets the lion's share of his time.


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    int_fast16_t exp =
        int_fast16_t((bits & mozilla::FloatingPoint<double>::kExponentBits) >> DoubleExponentShift) -
        int_fast16_t(mozilla::FloatingPoint<double>::kExponentBias);

    // If the exponent's less than zero, abs(d) < 1, so the result is 0.  (This
    // also handles subnormals.)
    if (exp < 0)
        return 0;

    uint_fast16_t exponent = mozilla::AssertedCast<uint_fast16_t>(exp);

    // If the exponent is greater than or equal to the bits of precision of a
    // double plus ResultType's width, the number is either infinite, NaN, or
    // too large to have lower-order bits in the congruent value.  (Example:
    // 2**84 is exactly representable as a double.  The next exact double is
    // 2**84 + 2**32.  Thus if ResultType is int32_t, an exponent >= 84 implies
    // floor(abs(d)) == 0 mod 2**32.)  Return 0 in all these cases.
    const size_t ResultWidth = CHAR_BIT * sizeof(ResultType);
    if (exponent >= DoubleExponentShift + ResultWidth)
        return 0;

    // The significand contains the bits that will determine the final result.
    // Shift those bits left or right, according to the exponent, to their
    // locations in the unsigned binary representation of floor(abs(d)).
    static_assert(sizeof(ResultType) <= sizeof(uint64_t),
                  "Left-shifting below would lose upper bits");
    ResultType result = (exponent > DoubleExponentShift)
                        ? ResultType(bits << (exponent - DoubleExponentShift))
                        : ResultType(bits >> (DoubleExponentShift - exponent));

    // Two further complications remain.  First, |result| may contain bogus
    // sign/exponent bits.  Second, IEEE-754 numbers' significands (excluding
    // subnormals, but we already handled those) have an implicit leading 1
    // which may affect the final result.
    //
    // It may appear that there's complexity here depending on how ResultWidth
    // and DoubleExponentShift relate, but it turns out there's not.
    //
    // Assume ResultWidth < DoubleExponentShift:
    //   Only right-shifts leave bogus bits in |result|.  For this to happen,
    //   we must right-shift by > |DoubleExponentShift - ResultWidth|, implying
    //   |exponent < ResultWidth|.
    //   The implicit leading bit only matters if it appears in the final
    //   result -- if |2**exponent mod 2**ResultWidth != 0|.  This implies
    //   |exponent < ResultWidth|.
    // Otherwise assume ResultWidth >= DoubleExponentShift:
    //   Any left-shift less than |ResultWidth - DoubleExponentShift| leaves
    //   bogus bits in |result|.  This implies |exponent < ResultWidth|.  Any
    //   right-shift less than |ResultWidth| does too, which implies
    //   |DoubleExponentShift - ResultWidth < exponent|.  By assumption, then,
    //   |exponent| is negative, but we excluded that above.  So bogus bits
    //   need only |exponent < ResultWidth|.
    //   The implicit leading bit matters identically to the other case, so
    //   again, |exponent < ResultWidth|.
    if (exponent < ResultWidth) {
        ResultType implicitOne = ResultType(1) << exponent;
        result &= implicitOne - 1; // remove bogus bits
        result += implicitOne; // add the implicit bit
    }

    // Compute the congruent value in the signed range.
    return (bits & mozilla::FloatingPoint<double>::kSignBit) ? ~result + 1 : result;
}

template<typename ResultType>
inline ResultType
ToIntWidth(double d)
{
    static_assert(mozilla::IsSigned<ResultType>::value,
                  "ResultType must be a signed type");

    const ResultType MaxValue = (1ULL << (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(ResultType) - 1)) - 1;
    const ResultType MinValue = -MaxValue - 1;

    typedef typename mozilla::MakeUnsigned<ResultType>::Type UnsignedResult;
    UnsignedResult u = ToUintWidth<UnsignedResult>(d);
    if (u <= UnsignedResult(MaxValue))
        return static_cast<ResultType>(u);
    return (MinValue + static_cast<ResultType>(u - MaxValue)) - 1;
}

} // namespace detail

/* ES5 9.5 ToInt32 (specialized for doubles). */
inline int32_t
ToInt32(double d)
{
    // clang crashes compiling this when targeting arm-darwin:
    // https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=22974
#if defined (__arm__) && defined (__GNUC__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
    int32_t i;
    uint32_t    tmp0;
    uint32_t    tmp1;
    uint32_t    tmp2;
    asm (
    // We use a pure integer solution here. In the 'softfp' ABI, the argument
    // will start in r0 and r1, and VFP can't do all of the necessary ECMA
    // conversions by itself so some integer code will be required anyway. A
    // hybrid solution is faster on A9, but this pure integer solution is
    // notably faster for A8.

    // %0 is the result register, and may alias either of the %[QR]1 registers.
    // %Q4 holds the lower part of the mantissa.
    // %R4 holds the sign, exponent, and the upper part of the mantissa.
    // %1, %2 and %3 are used as temporary values.

    // Extract the exponent.
"   mov     %1, %R4, LSR #20\n"
"   bic     %1, %1, #(1 << 11)\n"  // Clear the sign.

    // Set the implicit top bit of the mantissa. This clobbers a bit of the
    // exponent, but we have already extracted that.
"   orr     %R4, %R4, #(1 << 20)\n"

    // Special Cases
    //   We should return zero in the following special cases:
    //    - Exponent is 0x000 - 1023: +/-0 or subnormal.
    //    - Exponent is 0x7ff - 1023: +/-INFINITY or NaN
    //      - This case is implicitly handled by the standard code path anyway,
    //        as shifting the mantissa up by the exponent will result in '0'.
    //
    // The result is composed of the mantissa, prepended with '1' and
    // bit-shifted left by the (decoded) exponent. Note that because the r1[20]
    // is the bit with value '1', r1 is effectively already shifted (left) by
    // 20 bits, and r0 is already shifted by 52 bits.

    // Adjust the exponent to remove the encoding offset. If the decoded
    // exponent is negative, quickly bail out with '0' as such values round to
    // zero anyway. This also catches +/-0 and subnormals.
"   sub     %1, %1, #0xff\n"
"   subs    %1, %1, #0x300\n"
"   bmi     8f\n"

    //  %1 = (decoded) exponent >= 0
    //  %R4 = upper mantissa and sign

    // ---- Lower Mantissa ----
"   subs    %3, %1, #52\n"         // Calculate exp-52
"   bmi     1f\n"

    // Shift r0 left by exp-52.
    // Ensure that we don't overflow ARM's 8-bit shift operand range.
    // We need to handle anything up to an 11-bit value here as we know that
    // 52 <= exp <= 1024 (0x400). Any shift beyond 31 bits results in zero
    // anyway, so as long as we don't touch the bottom 5 bits, we can use
    // a logical OR to push long shifts into the 32 <= (exp&0xff) <= 255 range.
"   bic     %2, %3, #0xff\n"
"   orr     %3, %3, %2, LSR #3\n"
    // We can now perform a straight shift, avoiding the need for any
    // conditional instructions or extra branches.
"   mov     %Q4, %Q4, LSL %3\n"
"   b       2f\n"
"1:\n" // Shift r0 right by 52-exp.
    // We know that 0 <= exp < 52, and we can shift up to 255 bits so 52-exp
    // will always be a valid shift and we can sk%3 the range check for this case.
"   rsb     %3, %1, #52\n"
"   mov     %Q4, %Q4, LSR %3\n"

    //  %1 = (decoded) exponent
    //  %R4 = upper mantissa and sign
    //  %Q4 = partially-converted integer

"2:\n"
    // ---- Upper Mantissa ----
    // This is much the same as the lower mantissa, with a few different
    // boundary checks and some masking to hide the exponent & sign bit in the
    // upper word.
    // Note that the upper mantissa is pre-shifted by 20 in %R4, but we shift
    // it left more to remove the sign and exponent so it is effectively
    // pre-shifted by 31 bits.
"   subs    %3, %1, #31\n"          // Calculate exp-31
"   mov     %1, %R4, LSL #11\n"     // Re-use %1 as a temporary register.
"   bmi     3f\n"

    // Shift %R4 left by exp-31.
    // Avoid overflowing the 8-bit shift range, as before.
"   bic     %2, %3, #0xff\n"
"   orr     %3, %3, %2, LSR #3\n"
    // Perform the shift.
"   mov     %2, %1, LSL %3\n"
"   b       4f\n"
"3:\n" // Shift r1 right by 31-exp.
    // We know that 0 <= exp < 31, and we can shift up to 255 bits so 31-exp
    // will always be a valid shift and we can skip the range check for this case.
"   rsb     %3, %3, #0\n"          // Calculate 31-exp from -(exp-31)
"   mov     %2, %1, LSR %3\n"      // Thumb-2 can't do "LSR %3" in "orr".

    //  %Q4 = partially-converted integer (lower)
    //  %R4 = upper mantissa and sign
    //  %2 = partially-converted integer (upper)

"4:\n"
    // Combine the converted parts.
"   orr     %Q4, %Q4, %2\n"
    // Negate the result if we have to, and move it to %0 in the process. To
    // avoid conditionals, we can do this by inverting on %R4[31], then adding
    // %R4[31]>>31.
"   eor     %Q4, %Q4, %R4, ASR #31\n"
"   add     %0, %Q4, %R4, LSR #31\n"
"   b       9f\n"
"8:\n"
    // +/-INFINITY, +/-0, subnormals, NaNs, and anything else out-of-range that
    // will result in a conversion of '0'.
"   mov     %0, #0\n"
"9:\n"
    : "=r" (i), "=&r" (tmp0), "=&r" (tmp1), "=&r" (tmp2), "=&r" (d)
    : "4" (d)
    : "cc"
        );
    return i;
#else
    return detail::ToIntWidth<int32_t>(d);
#endif
}

/* ES5 9.6 (specialized for doubles). */
inline uint32_t
ToUint32(double d)
{
    return detail::ToUintWidth<uint32_t>(d);
}

/* WEBIDL 4.2.4 */
inline int8_t
ToInt8(double d)
{
    return detail::ToIntWidth<int8_t>(d);
}

/* WEBIDL 4.2.6 */
inline int16_t
ToInt16(double d)
{
    return detail::ToIntWidth<int16_t>(d);
}

/* WEBIDL 4.2.10 */
inline int64_t
ToInt64(double d)
{
    return detail::ToIntWidth<int64_t>(d);
}

/* WEBIDL 4.2.11 */
inline uint64_t
ToUint64(double d)
{
    return detail::ToUintWidth<uint64_t>(d);
}

} // namespace JS

#endif /* js_Conversions_h */

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Social media usage peaks during Ramadan in Muslim countries
DUBAI Religion
May 29, 2019 12:14 am GMT+3
People in the Middle East spend close to 58 million more hours on Facebook during Ramadan and watch more YouTube videos — everything from beauty tips and recipes to sports and TV dramas — than any other time of the year, making the holy month not only the most important one for Muslims, but also the prime time of the year for advertisers.
For Facebook, which also owns Instagram, and Google, which owns YouTube, Ramadan brings a welcome boost of business in the region.
"Consumption and time spent on our platforms does indeed increase," said Ramez Shehadi, Facebook's managing director for Mideast and North Africa.
People stay up a lot more at night during Ramadan and have more downtime — especially before iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daylong fast, and the sabur when people gather to eat before another day of fasting. All that translates to 5% more time spent on Facebook's platforms, or what is nearly 58 million more hours, Shehadi said. Put another way, there are almost 2 million hours of additional time spent daily on Facebook in the Mideast during Ramadan. Ramadan is also the peak season for advertising in the region, as TV dramas and soap operas get a 151% increase in viewership on YouTube during the holy month, according to Google.
"Our revenue is a function of people's engagement," Shehadi said. "The more that they engage on our platforms, the more that advertisers want to be able to reach those that are engaging. That's what drives our revenue."
Google does not disclose total watch time for YouTube during Ramadan, but says that in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, for example, viewing of sports videos jumps by 22%, travel videos by 30%, and action games, simulation and video games by 10-20% during the holy month.
People also spend 27% more time watching religious content on YouTube in Ramadan.
"To us, YouTube brings people together. We see a lot of people wanting to watch things together," said Joyce Baz, Google's head of communications in Mideast and North Africa.


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The Future of Retail: Identity, Payments, & User Experience
Chris Smith May 22, 2019
The retail industry has had one of the most inconsistent recoveries since the Great Recession of 2008. Until recently, annual retail sales growth was sluggish as Americans pulled back on spending. However, the National Retail Federation (NRF) announced the strongest growth in retail holiday sales in 12 years at the end of 2017. Over November and December 2017, sales rose 5.5 percent to $691.9 billion – a positive sign for the retail industry's future.
As the retail market evolves to keep up with consumer demands, innovation has taken center stage. Experts predict that the retail industry will be shaped by "emerging technologies that change the way consumers interact with their favorite brands, a shift in preferences, and the emergence of new battle lines for e-commerce." Savvy consumers are demanding more from their favorite retailers as convenience and instant gratification have become the new normal with technological advancement.
In the coming months, we will be diving deep into modern retail with a series of articles featuring the most compelling innovations in the retail industry. First, we're digging into the current state of retail and what's next for this trillion-dollar industry.
The current state of retail
By definition, retail is "when a business sells a product or service to an individual consumer for his or her own use. The transaction itself can occur through a number of different sales channels, such as online, in a brick-and-mortar storefront, through direct sales, or direct mail. The aspect of the sale that qualifies it as a retail transaction is that the end user is the buyer."
The retail industry has evolved dramatically over the past few decades, but the end goal remains the same. Retail is all about providing an excellent shopping experience. As the world shifted into the digital era, retailers tried to keep pace by finding new ways to make shopping easier, faster, more convenient, and more engaging. Brands offered customers the option to shop online, launched engaging mobile apps, opened registers with new payment methods, and created channels to give customers more flexibility in how they make purchases. Today's retailers make use of advanced customer data to provide bespoke offers, a unique in-store experience, and smart online marketing campaigns.
The number of online transactions has skyrocketed. Online shopping has never been more accessible. And, with the rise of e-commerce, one of the biggest trends in retail is choice. Sellers reach customers through a plethora of touchpoints: it's estimated that the average American is exposed to 4,000 – 10,000 ads per day. Retailers are taking advantage of that exposure to never miss a sale, online or offline.
With all of these changes, it's an exciting time to be in the retail industry. But where is this sector heading next?
The biggest challenge facing retail today: theft
Despite the rise of cybersecurity threats such as phishing, identity theft, and fraud, most consumers remain in the dark about how and where these threats are evolving. Less than 57% of people surveyed are taking critical cybersecurity methods such as using two-factor authentication to protect themselves and, as a result, approximately 15 million U.S. residents have had their identities used fraudulently each year, leading to financial losses of over $50 billion.
If someone is booking a hotel or buying anything online, generally all you need to do is a provide a credit card number. Possession of that information serves as your identity, without the person on the other side of the transaction really knowing who you are.
While technology might have given birth to these problems, it has also become an essential tool in their prevention. Retail is an industry particularly affected by bad actors on the web: according to Forbes, retailers top nearly every list for "attacked organizations" over the past few years. And, as e-commerce retailers race to accept different forms of payment, they open up their platforms to new and evolving threats.
Encryption, EMV or chip technology, and touch-to-pay technology are some of the solutions that financial institutions and service providers have put in place to battle fraud and identity theft rampant in retail. Online credit monitoring technology and other tools have also been introduced to help consumers monitor unauthorized, suspicious activity. But for the future of retail, theft and fraud are two of the biggest challenges threatening continued, healthy growth.
Making payments efficient and secure
Currently, the safest way to process a payment is to work with a third-party intermediary – most commonly, banks and credit card companies. These intermediaries serve as trusted third parties that facilitate the transaction between merchants and customers by processing electronic payments. They play an important role in verifying and securing every transaction,and as a result, these third parties have the power to charge high costs to process each charge. High overhead fees are unavoidable when these are involved; both customers and merchants bear the burden of overhead costs to credit card charges and other point-of-sales overhead.
A potential solution to providing secure payment with lower fees? Blockchain. This technology eliminates the need for banks and other intermediaries to oversee transactions, cutting down the expense of processing payments in retail. Blockchain provides a permanent record of transfers and ownership, free from being tampered with or hacked. This proposition would otherwise be next to impossible without central authority or an impartial mediator.
Blockchain technology holds promise for the retail market of the future. Retailers that currently store customer information in easily crackable databases will now have an alternate solution. Blockchain can hold customer data in a "single, decentralized, unhackable ledger– accessible only to those with the correct private cryptographic key. Consumers would even be able to control what level of information they chose to share with retailers." For those worried about fraud and identity theft, blockchain virtually eliminates that threat.
User experience is king
The modern retail market values experience as much as the end goal, which is the final sale. Despite the fact that transactions have become easier and more convenient, retailers have also sought to make the shopping experience creative and interesting. Each transaction presents an opportunity to encourage loyalty and increase customer satisfaction. Even the act of payment has become an important part of a retailer's branding.
Reward programs, for example, create a unique experience for consumers that, in turn, earns brand loyalty. Successful examples like Uber Rewards, which gives $5 in Uber cash for repeated use, are the epitome and goal of every retailer rewards program. Consumers demand more from their brand: Toms Shoes' socially responsible business model is another example of how companies think outside the box to provide a positive customer experience.
The future of the retail market is bright, as long as retailers continue to invest in solutions that circumvent cyber threat. Keep an eye on this industry to see how technology can continue to change the way retailers grow and thrive.
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Sifting through countless news items that we aren't interested, could be a frustrating experience. What if there was a solution to that?
Vinay Anand and Siddharth Goliya are the founders of Pipes, a news app that allows users to track the things they love. Pipes lets you choose your favorite topic, celebrity, gadget or anything that you want to follow and get updates as soon as some news related to them gets published. We really have a need to personalise the way we get our news, and that's exactly what Pipes does for you.
"You could choose Kim Kardashian, Narendra Modi, Manchester United, Google or iPhone and as long as they're making news, you'll find them on Pipes app and can track them. Pipes is also the first Indian news apps to summarise news. We're also only maybe in the Top 5 in the world" Vinay says.
Vinay says that they were lucky to have an incredibly self-motivated team who are dedicated to making the product, the best available. Pipes is Vinay and Siddharth's 4th Startup together.
"We've nurtured this team right from our Doodle days and you have to really come to our office to see the energy, passion, enthusiasm our core team of 5 have for Pipes. It's magical. The second issue we faced was with technology. The issue was not that we didn't understand it. Doodle used to primarily build websites & apps for other companies so that experience was great. We made a couple of poor decisions before our CTO, Tushar Cheulkar came in & straightened things out. Now, we have it all streamlined & under control." says Vinay.
What makes Pipes, well Pipes?
The whole idea that you can choose just a topic and not an entire category or a source on a mobile platform makes the experience simple and easier. In one view, you get News, Twitter feed & Wikipedia about something you love. Also, you get a Summary, which is Summarized news about your favorite Pipe. You could even get notified through a Push notification, which you can customize to show once or twice a day.
Vinay believes that a user's attention span towards any app is short-lived throughout the day and he is competing for a piece of their time rather than another app directly. Though their close competitor is Flipboard.
"We're extremely bullish on where Pipes could be. With 'What's hot' coming in, we're looking to start monetising Pipes. Additionally, we're looking to start leasing 'Toast' to other businesses both nationally & Internationally. We're also looking to set up an entire team and focus only on Pipes to ensure Pipes has a global presence. Deep down, we really believe that Pipes could be on million of smartphones across the world and could be the go to app for users when they're looking to track things they love. Moreover, 75% of our users are from the West" he explains.
Their target audiences are large, consisting of people who love to pick and follow individual topics. They are focusing on smaller countries for now before expanding to larger demographics.
They have plans for generating sizeable revenue. Pipes is built an intellectual property in 'Toast' which is a parser that cleans up Ads, Headers & Footers and all the drivel from websites giving you the clean content to read.
Additionally, they're adding a great new feature inside Pipes called 'What's Hot' which shows you trending Pipes / searches across the world. This is localized, so this gives them room for a lot of ad revenue. "And, it'll never look like an ad, thus keeping the user experience extremely smooth." he adds.
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My Asbury Park is an Instagram account that was inspired by the very different quadrants of the City. Having taken photographs in each of them, I realized that someone living in one could be living a completely different life from another just on the opposite side. It will forever amaze me that no matter how many photos are taken... they are all different and unique but yet from the same place.
My Asbury Park is a way for local Instagram users to show what their version of Asbury Park is. From well known spots and eateries to hidden treasures, each user takes us on a new ride, one day and one snapshot at a time.
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Tyco International, the conglomerate trying to right itself after its top executives were charged with looting the company, was dealt another setback yesterday when it said that it had uncovered more than $1 billion of new accounting problems and would post a second-quarter loss as a result.
Four months ago, Tyco's chairman and chief executive, Edward D. Breen, assured investors that most of the company's accounting problems had been unearthed. Yesterday, Mr. Breen said that with this new revelation, he was even more certain that Tyco's accounting problems were behind it.
Most of the accounting discrepancies, which will not require restatements of earnings, relate to how Tyco accounted for new customers of its ADT alarm unit, and to a lesser extent, the way it had valued CIT, its finance unit. Tyco spun off CIT last year. In total, Tyco is taking a charge of about $1.36 billion before taxes, which includes the $265 million to $325 million in charges that it had announced last month. Tyco plans to use more conservative accounting methods, Mr. Breen said.
Mr. Breen discovered the new problems during an internal audit, despite additional assurances last year by a team of lawyers led by David A. Boies who said that they had not found any significant fraud, the company said. Mr. Breen said the investigation was still only 85 percent complete. The Securities and Exchange Commission is still investigating the company's accounting practices.
Mr. Breen is trying to restore the conglomerate's credibility following an indictment against Tyco's former chairman and chief executive, L. Dennis Kozlowski, and his lieutenants for looting the company. The accounting irregularities that Mr. Breen has so far uncovered happened on Mr. Kozlowski's watch.
Tyco posted a net loss for the quarter of $467.9 million, or 23 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $6.37 billion, or $3.20, in the period a year earlier. Sales rose about 4.5 percent, to $9 billion from $8.61 billion, Tyco said.
Despite the new accounting problems, investors appeared to ignore them, analysts said, because they had no effect on cash flow, bidding up shares of Tyco 23 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $15.60. Indeed, Mr. Breen said Tyco's cash flow was on the upper end of the range of what he said it would be earlier this year.
While investors are betting that Tyco's problems are mainly behind it, the company's credibility is still being questioned. During a conference call with analysts yesterday, an analyst skeptically asked Mr. Breen how the investigation could have been finished so quickly when he had earlier told investors it would be completed by the end of the year.
Tyco, which is based in Bermuda but operates out of Exeter, N.H., and Boca Raton, Fla., owns dozens of companies that make products ranging from surgical instruments to security systems. It is also among the biggest suppliers of undersea fiber optic cables and electrical connectors. Tyco employs about 270,000 people.


"In this war," he said, "the means of communication play a fundamental role." The mainstream corporate media "only reports on ordinary people when there are catastrophies". But Ali said people around the world "are anxious to access alternative media that inform viewers in an open and critical way".
"Above all else", Ali said, "people want media that reflect the conditions in which ordinary people live and struggle on a daily basis".
Venezuela-based Telesur "provides coverage of average people all the time; on the daily suffering experienced by common folk here in Venezuela, in neighbouring Colombia, in Chile, all over the place", he said.
Media reports worldwide show the US and Europe plunging the world into a "global crisis", but Ali said "it is this very same crisis that allowed for the development of alternative means of communication such as Telesur".
Ali said media such as Telesur "teach the people to think critically".
The acclaimed author of Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope also used his speech to stress that great care must be taken to defend the advances made by progressive forces in Latin America.
The "democratisation" that has begun in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, he said, "is going to be a prolonged and difficult struggle".
"I always tell my friends in South America that no one should think the United States has renounced its hold on the region.
"The US is very displeased with what is happening in South America and they consider it rather unfortunate that a new generation of valiant leaders has arisen.
"The US did not expect the rise of a [Hugo] Chavez, which took them by surprise. The United States thought the parties of the Right would be able to control things [in Venezuela], and they didn't think Evo [Morales] would win in Bolivia or that [Rafael] Correa would win in Ecuador.
"This has created panic in Washington and they've now launched their counter-offensive. They have tried to rid themselves of Chavez on numerous occasions. They've tried coup d'etats, organised oil stoppages, used the media as a weapon of war, always without success.
US imperialism "has not given up" in Latin America, and "while the United States is certainly debilitated, economically speaking, it is still the most powerful country in the world".
Speaking to Venezuelan News Agency (AVN), Ali outlined the importance of the Bolivarian revolution led by Chavez.
In contrast to the "official democracy of capitalist countries", which are "ever more restrictive", Ali said Venezuela´s participatory democracy "represents a real democratic alternative".
"It's amazing the things people say about Venezuela abroad," Ali said. "They say Chavez is a dictator, negating the fact that he has had more elections, has won more elections than any other [elected official].
Asked about other regions, Ali said: "China is not an alternative, nor is India or Russia. In fact, the only real alternative available in today´s world is found here in South America.
"In no other place do we observe what we observe here. Venezuela is an alternative precisely because it questions all of the priorities of modern capitalism, using the state on behalf of the poor.
If Cuba is one of the founders of Telesur, why is it that Telesur is not transmitted in Cuba except for edited versions of programs?
Bunch of losers... who have never created anything of value for humanity save for empty words and promises.
"The left had a chance in Venezuela and all it did was to create a semi-totalitarian state arounf the one man who thinks he is the new Bolivar..."
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Q: Choose filename in scrapy I have a list of urls, each associated with a unique ID. I want to use scrapy to download each of the URLs and save them in a file named after their unique ID. I went through a basic tutorial and have following code but not sure how can I get the uid while saving the file after parsing -
import scrapy
import json

class QuotesSpider(scrapy.Spider):
    name = "quotes"

    def start_requests(self):
        urls = json.load(open('url_info.json'))
        for entity in urls:
            url = entity['url']
            uid = entity['uid'] #  unique id
            request_object = scrapy.Request(url=url, callback=self.parse)
            request_object.meta['uid'] = uid
            yield request_object

    def parse(self, response):
        filename = 'quotes-unique-id.html'  #  % can I access uid here
        with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
            f.write(response.body)

A: You get the uid from meta attribute in parse method like this:
filename = 'quotes-{}.html'.format(response.meta['uid'])

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A face often seen in the shadows of the Bristol music scene, Mouse has been building for what's felt like an eternity. Building and cultivating jagged fragments around her until she's felt ready to stand back and let others view her creation. Eye-catching emeralds, daring scarlets, bright ambers and rich cyans borrowed from all of her eclectic influences decorate the walls of sound that surround her.
Before finding her love of music production and delving into the world of pop and hip-hop, Scottish-raised Mouse grew up on a mixture of emo, math-rock and heavy metal. This unusual concoction allows Mouse to have one of the most distinct styles heard by a young artist. Her performing career has spanned near enough her entire life. Mouse has got a story to tell, whether it's being performed on academy stages, tiny pubs or supporting Dua Lipa. Having written songs since the age of 8, there's a charming purity and refreshing honesty that shimmers through her lyrics, often tackling topics in a way that no other can. Make no mistake though, she has wisdom and experience beyond her years and small stature. People are starting to notice too, after Mouse was selected for Naughty Boy and Carla Marie Williams' Girls I Rate event in 2018.
The sonic mosaic she's created can sometimes be dark in colour due to her convoluted past; but when the sunlight shines on the technicolour tiles, the reflection is breath-taking.
Championed by BBC Introducing in The West, it's hard to believe Mouse has only released a debut single. She does it all: press, marketing, artist direction, songwriting, production and videography. The world she's created around her is entirely how she wants it, and she's inviting you in. Sam Bonham and Rich Pitt of BBC Introducing are right, Mouse has got a lot up her little sleeves and 2019 really is set to be her year. You won't want to miss out.


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LIVERPOOL City Council has approved the first steps in proposals to regenerate one of the city's major gateways.
Plans are now in place to begin widespread consultation on the regeneration of the Edge Lane West area of the city, in time for Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008.
The council's executive board today gave the go-ahead to the first stage in a process that will see huge improvements to the area's housing, environment and roads.
The proposals will ensure the development of new housing to meet the needs of the local community, designed with the community's input.
They will also mean Edge Lane, one of the major gateways from the city to the national motorway network, is enhanced to meet the needs of visitors in time for 2008.
Councillor Mike Storey, leader of Liverpool City Council said:- "This is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve major improvements for the benefit of people living in the area. We also want to tackle the transport problems that are apparent to anyone who passes along Edge Lane.
As we embark on this process, I particularly want to ensure that the community and ward councillors have their say in the design process for this crucial piece of regeneration. We want to create a new environment that really meets the needs of local people."
The next stage in the regeneration process will be the launch of a major consultation exercise, involving residents, community groups and local businesses, as well as regional and national bodies.
SOUTHPORT CHEF IS A RUNNER UP IN FINALS OF NW YOUNG CHEF OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
MUSICIANS often say that inspiration comes from "on high", but local 5 piece band took that statement literally when they looked to the highest point in Southport when composing their latest tune.
The TRAUMAtizer opened in 1999 as the tallest, fastest suspended coaster in the UK; however it now has a different kind of record to add to its already impressive statistics in the form of Et Al's coaster-flavoured track, "Traumatizer".
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Distal arthrogryposis type 1
Distal arthrogryposis type 1 is a disorder characterized by joint deformities (contractures) that restrict movement in the hands and feet. The term "arthrogryposis" comes from the Greek words for joint (arthro-) and crooked or hooked (gryposis). The characteristic features of this condition include permanently bent fingers and toes (camptodactyly), overlapping fingers, and a hand deformity in which all of the fingers are angled outward toward the fifth finger (ulnar deviation). Clubfoot, which is an inward- and upward-turning foot, is also commonly seen with distal arthrogryposis type 1. The specific hand and foot abnormalities vary among affected individuals. However, this condition typically does not cause any signs and symptoms affecting other parts of the body.
What is the prognosis of a genetic condition?
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center
Distal arthrogryposis type 1 affects an estimated 1 in 10,000 people worldwide.
Distal arthrogryposis type 1 can be caused by mutations in at least two genes: TPM2 and MYBPC1. These genes are active (expressed) in muscle cells, where they interact with other muscle proteins to help regulate the tensing of muscle fibers (muscle contraction). It is unclear how mutations in the TPM2 and MYBPC1 genes lead to the joint abnormalities characteristic of distal arthrogryposis type 1. However, researchers speculate that contractures may be related to problems with muscle contraction that limit the movement of joints before birth.
In some cases, the genetic cause of distal arthrogryposis type 1 is unknown. Researchers are looking for additional genetic changes that may be responsible for this condition.
Learn more about the genes associated with distal arthrogryposis type 1
MYBPC1
This condition is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means one copy of an altered gene in each cell is sufficient to cause the disorder. In many cases, a person with distal arthrogryposis type 1 has a parent and other close family members with the condition.
Genetic Testing Registry: Distal arthrogryposis type 1A
Other Diagnosis and Management Resources (2 links)
Merck Manual for Health Care Professionals
New York University Langone Medical Center
AMCD1
arthrogryposis, distal, type 1
Encyclopedia: Clubfoot
Encyclopedia: Contracture Deformity
Health Topic: Joint Disorders
MalaCards: arthrogryposis, distal, type 1b
Orphanet: Digitotalar dysmorphism
Patient Support and Advocacy Resources (1 link)
ARTHROGRYPOSIS, DISTAL, TYPE 1A
Distal arthrogryposis type 1A
Bamshad M, Bohnsack JF, Jorde LB, Carey JC. Distal arthrogryposis type 1: clinical analysis of a large kindred. Am J Med Genet. 1996 Nov 11;65(4):282-5.
Bamshad M, Jorde LB, Carey JC. A revised and extended classification of the distal arthrogryposes. Am J Med Genet. 1996 Nov 11;65(4):277-81. Review.
Beck AE, McMillin MJ, Gildersleeve HI, Kezele PR, Shively KM, Carey JC, Regnier M, Bamshad MJ. Spectrum of mutations that cause distal arthrogryposis types 1 and 2B. Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Mar;161A(3):550-5. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35809. Epub 2013 Feb 7.
Gurnett CA, Desruisseau DM, McCall K, Choi R, Meyer ZI, Talerico M, Miller SE, Ju JS, Pestronk A, Connolly AM, Druley TE, Weihl CC, Dobbs MB. Myosin binding protein C1: a novel gene for autosomal dominant distal arthrogryposis type 1. Hum Mol Genet. 2010 Apr 1;19(7):1165-73. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddp587. Epub 2010 Jan 2.
Sung SS, Brassington AM, Grannatt K, Rutherford A, Whitby FG, Krakowiak PA, Jorde LB, Carey JC, Bamshad M. Mutations in genes encoding fast-twitch contractile proteins cause distal arthrogryposis syndromes. Am J Hum Genet. 2003 Mar;72(3):681-90.


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Транспорт в Марокко

Железнодорожный транспорт

Железнодорожный транспорт в Марокко управляется национальным оператором ONCF (). Компания ONCF была создана в 1963 году.

Из общей протяжённости железнодорожных линий 2067 км в 2014 году 1022 км были электрифицированы на постоянном токе (3 кВ).

Ширина колеи 1435 мм. В локомотивном парке тепловозы и электровозы. В некоторых местах в железнодорожном пути используются металлические шпалы, масса одного погонного метра рельс в пути 46 кг.

Объём пассажирских перевозок 40 млн чел в год (2014 год), цены на проезд низкие, а качество поездов хорошее. Грузооборот 39 млн т (на 2014 год), основные перевозимые дорогой грузы: фосфориты, уголь, сельскохозяйственные продукты, автомобили и контейнеры .

Высокоскоростные линии железной дороги
В 2018 году ожидается ввод в эксплуатацию высокоскоростной железнодорожной линии, построенной между городами Кенитра и Танжер (180 км). Эта линия будет продолжена до Рабатa и Касабланки. Планируется также строительство линии протяжённостью 1500 км: от Касабланки до Марракеша и Агадира на юге страны, и из Касабланки в город Уджда на алжирской границе.

Строительство высокоскоростных линий может быть полностью закончено в 2030 году, стоимость строительства оценивается в $ 3.37 млрд.

Автодороги

Марокко обладает развитой сетью автодорог, лучшая в Африке после ЮАР. Общая протяжённость автодорог на 2015 год составляла свыше 58 тыс. км, из них 41 тыс. км — автодороги с твёрдым покрытием и свыше 1500 км – скоростные платные.  Для сравнения, на 1973 год: oбщая протяжённость автодорог составляла свыше 51 тыс. км, из них 21 тыс. — автодороги с твёрдым покрытием, cкоростных платных дорог не существовало.

Через Марокко проходят дороги входящие в транс-африканскую сеть автомобильных дорог ().

Также на территории Марокко существует сеть скоростных платных автодорог (1785 км в 2016 год): А1 Рабат — Сафи (; 313 км), А2 Рабат — Ужда (; 496 км), А3 Касабланка — Агадир (; 429 км), А4 Беррешид — Бени-Меллаль (; 174 км), А5 Танжер-Мед — Рабат (; 308 км), А7 Фнидк — Тетуан (; 28 км).

Трубопроводный транспорт
В Марокко действуют нефте- и газопроводы местного и регионального (из Алжира в Испанию) значения. На 2006 год их суммарная протяжённость составляла: газовых — 715 км, нефтяных — 285 км.

Авиационный транспорт

Аэропорты
В Марокко 55 аэропортов, из которых 31 имеют взлётно-посадочные полосы с твёрдым покрытием. Из них 11 аэропортов имеют ВПП длиной свыше 3047 метров (3720 м — Международный аэропорт имени Мохамеда V, Касабланка и 3100 м — Марракеш), 9 аэропортов имеют ВПП длиной от 2438 до 3047 м (Ангадс), у 7 аэропортов ВПП от 1524 до 2437 метров, 4 аэропорта имеют ВПП менее 1524 метров.

Кроме того существуют 24 аэропорта с грунтовыми ВПП.

10 аэропортов имеют статус международных.

Авиакомпании

Авиакомпаний, действующих в Марокко, несколько: Royal Air Maroc (), базирующаяся в аэропорту имени Мохамеда V, Голубой Атлас (), базирующаяся в аэропорту Марракеш (), Low-cost авиакомпания Региональные авиалинии (), базирующаяся в аэропорту имени Мохамеда V и выполняющая регулярные рейсы в Испанию и Португалию. Также присутствуют на рынке авиаперевозок авиакомпании, имеющие небольшой парк воздушных судов Mondair () и Casa air service ().

Морской транспорт
Марокко связано с Испанией паромными линиями Танжер–Тарифа, Танжер-Мед—Альхесирас, Танжер-Мед—Мотриль, Эль-Хосейма—Альмерия и Надор—Альмерия. Существуют также линии из портa Танжер-Мед в Барселону, Сет и Геную. Основным пассажирским портом является порт  на севере страны.

В Марокко действуют два крупных торговых порта, Касабланка и Танжер-Мед (являющийся одним из крупнейших в регионе, и 46-м в мире (общий тоннаж 39 Mt + 3 миллиона TEU по контейнерным перевозкам в 2015 году).

Торговый флот
Всего 35 судов (с водоизмещением более 1 000 тонн) по типам:
 грузовое судно — 3
 танкер для перевозки химических веществ 6
 контейнеровоз — 8
 грузопассажирское судно — 12
 нефтяной танкер — 1
 рефрижераторное судно — 1
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DOMCURA underlines its competence as a digital underwriting agent with the new digital luggage insurance product on blockchain basis. The company is one of the first anywhere in Europe with a viable insurance product on the basis of blockchain technology: the digital DOMCURA baggage insurance. It protects against the financial consequences of baggage being destroyed, damaged or lost.
The insurance is linked to a smartphone app, using the opportunities provided by Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), firmly established in the banking sector, specifically the blockchain which stores sensitive customer and transaction data unalterably through a complex system of protection in its capacity as a digital trustee. A characteristic which allowed the product developers and IT specialists from DOMCURA to design specific travel insurance protection which guarantees the integrity of all travel information at all times, thereby meeting the increased demands placed on today's mobility and data protection on terms and conditions which at the same time are fair.
This is pay-on-demand insurance which is flexibly designed to modify the sum insured and the term of the contract (daily cancellation) on an individual basis. Only the days on which the user actually requires the insurance cover are billed. The cover is automatically activated as soon as the user leaves their home zone (radius of 50 km).
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Columbus firefighters union says all options on table to resolve wage dispute
Bethany Bruner
The union for the city's firefighters is hoping to come to an agreement with the city but is continuing to evaluate its legal options for receiving fair compensation.
The International Association of Firefighters Local 67, which represents Columbus firefighters, is still deciding whether or not to file a complaint with the state labor board, alleging that the city did not fairly negotiate the most-recent contract with the union, which was approved by firefighters and the City Council in December.
More:Columbus firefighters agree to no pay raise next year due to COVID crisis
Steve Stein, president of the International Association of Firefighters Local 67, which represents more than 1,500 firefighters in the city, said the union agreed to no wage increase in 2021 because of the uncertainty of the city's financial situation due to COVID-19.
"What we're seeing and what we've been told doesn't comport," Stein said.
The city agreed to a 14% pay raise for the Fraternal Order of Police in their contract, which was approved on July 25 by City Council.
"We are grossly disappointed with how they bargained, in retrospect, especially with how we helped get the city through the pandemic," Stein said.
The city's fire department did not close a single engine house or medic unit throughout the height of the pandemic, continuing to provide emergency medical care around the clock.
More:Ginther says new FOP contract a chance for officers resisting change to 'police somewhere else'
He said the firefighters' union was told when bargaining for their contract that getting wage increases was "untenable" given the uncertainty surrounding the financial impact of COVID-19 and whether a monetary rescue plan would be passed by Congress.
Stein said had the city lost as much money as had initially been feared or not gotten the recovery act dollars, the firefighters union would be back at the table bargaining to make sure no jobs were lost.
"More dialogue needs to occur," he said. "We need a solution that does right by our firefighters."
In discussing the police union contract, Mayor Andrew J. Ginther placed blame for the lack of wage increases back on the firefighters' union. The mayor said the city had offered a one-year contract but the union wanted the certainty and clarity of a three-year deal.
More:Theodore Decker: 'Clerical error' suggests Columbus still governed behind closed doors
"Quite honestly, some of the huge reforms we were able to get ... required us to negotiate (the FOP) higher raises, that's just the way it works," Ginther said.
Stein said now that the city has more insight into the financial situation and future, there should be a willingness to discuss how to give firefighters, who also work as paramedics, what they have earned.
"Our people have never left the front lines," Stein said. "We all sign up knowing we're putting our lives at risk, but my wife and my baby didn't sign up for this. We're putting our families directly at risk and that's unprecedented."
He said the firefighters' union will continue to be proactive and try to resolve the situation with the city but is continuing to evaluate all legal options.
"We deserve more than a pat on the back," Stein said. "We are going to make sure the city follows through with more than just words."
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Water row: Protests over river dispute turn violent in Indian IT hub Karnataka state
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India's technology hub of Bengaluru deployed riot police on Monday to rein in protests as a water dispute turned violent, with cars and buses set of fire and people pelted with stones.
Television footage showed flames pouring from burnt-out vehicles as angry crowds gathered nearby, while police said the local metro network had been temporarily suspended.
The violence erupted after India's Supreme Court ordered Karnataka state, where Bengaluru is based, to release 12,000 cubic feet of water per second every day from the Cauvery river to neighbouring Tamil Nadu.
The river has been the source of more than a century of tension between the states, and the anger has previously turned violent – in 1991 an interim court order telling Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu sparked riots against Tamils in Bengaluru, leaving more than 18 people dead.
"Rapid Action Force Teams have been deployed all over the city," Bengaluru city police said on Twitter on Monday. "We urge to all Bengalurians … Stay calm and not to be panic."
A witness saw a group of 20 to 30 protesters, some armed with sticks and stones, stopping and searching cars.
They pulled several Tamil Nadu-registered trucks and motorcycles to the side of the road and pelted them with stones. At least one truck driver was beaten with a stick. The protesters let Karnataka-registered vehicles through the makeshift roadblock.
Police said that more than 15,000 officers had been deployed to keep the peace including riot police and border security forces. They denied media reports that forces had imposed prohibitory orders on crowds gathering in public places.
Bengaluru is home to top Indian IT companies such as Infosys Ltd, Wipro Ltd and Mphasis as well has offices of several multinational companies like Samsung Electronics.
Media reported a small number of attacks on Tamil-owned property in Karnataka, while the Karnataka chief minister said on Twitter that he had asked his Tamil Nadu counterpart to investigate reports of violence in Tamil Nadu against people originally from his state.
Disputes over water resources are common in India, where rising demand and poor management of supplies often leads to angry protests.
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Islam and Sectarianism (19 Oct 2011 NewAgeIslam.Com)
Ali Khels: The State Apathy Continues
By Farhat Taj
The punishment was the destruction of the Ali Khel tribal leadership and the displacement of the entire tribe in the sham army operation that was later started in the area and to this date has not been 'able' to 'clear' the area of the Taliban
October 10, 2011 was the third anniversary of the devastating suicide attack on a grand tribal jirga in Orakzai that killed the entire Sunni-Shia tribal leadership of the Ali Khel tribe, the biggest tribe in Orakzai. The jirga was leading an anti-Taliban Lashkar (militia) against the Taliban in the Ali Khel area — Tirah in Orakzai. Faced with growing Taliban atrocities and lack of state protection despite the repeated requests to the government of Pakistan, the Ali Khels were forced to take up weapons against the Taliban.
The Taliban militants who came to the Ali Khel area around early 2008 initially committed atrocities against the Shia Ali Khels and those Sunnis who defied the Taliban's social boycott of the Shias. In response, the minority Shia section of the tribe requested the majority Sunni section of the tribe to support them against the Taliban. The Sunni Ali Khel section, already alarmed by the growing highhandedness of the Taliban, decided to protect the Shias by removing the Taliban from their area through force following the government of Pakistan's reluctance to take action against the Taliban.
An anti-Taliban lashkar consisting of over 2,000 Shia and Sunni Ali Khel tribesmen was created. Within weeks the lashkar burnt down Taliban centres in the Ali Khel area, killed several Taliban fighters and the remaining Taliban militants ran away like cowards. A grand Shia-Sunni Ali Khel jirga consisting of over 5,000 confident tribesmen was convened to decide the fate of the Ali Khel boys who had joined the Taliban, but now had surrendered themselves to the mercy of the jirga. In the meanwhile, a Taliban vehicle loaded with 150 kilos of explosive material rammed into the jirga gathering and instantly killed over 100 Ali Khel tribal leaders of various socio-political stature, along with tens of other tribesmen, and injured hundreds.
Through their anti-Taliban resistance the Ali Khel raised themselves above the Shia-Sunni differences that the Taliban wanted to create among them. Collectively, they rejected the notion of a Muslim order led by Sunni extremists. The Ali Khel tribe is supposed to be about 40,000. Assume that 50 percent of the population, i.e. 20,000, is female, who do not participate in public affairs like this jirga, a natural outcome of the archaic order codified and imposed by the state on the tribal population rather than something essentially gender discriminatory in the tribal culture — a misleading view that most FATA 'experts' would like the world to believe. Keep aside the male elderly, children and labour migrants, the remaining population out of the 20,000 male inhabitants of Orakzai, would be around 5,000, the same number of people who participated in the grand jirga that was destroyed in the suicide bombing. This implies that all those Ali Khel people whose views form public opinion in their area had supported the anti-Taliban struggle. Moreover, Ali Khel women, although not part of the public anti-Taliban initiatives, are as much anti-Taliban as their male counterparts. I have yet to see any Ali Khel woman who expresses sympathies with the Taliban or their cause. Thus the Al Khels displayed a truly popular tribal backlash against the Taliban.
The government of Pakistan provided no security to the Ali Khels even in the aftermath of the jirga tragedy despite passionate requests by the tribe, especially the security over the roads leading to the Ali Khel area to ensure that no more suicide bomber-driven vehicles laden with explosive material enter the area. The request squarely falls within the FCR law whereby the government of Pakistan is responsible for security of the roads. The request was never entertained, which made it clear beyond all doubt to the Ali Khels that the state is in collusion with the Taliban and the intelligence establishment of Pakistan, which controls FATA, would prefer the Ali Khels to be slaughtered to the last man if they continued to resist the Taliban. This broke the Ali Khel resistance against the Taliban since it was obvious that the poor tribe was no match for the collective might of the Taliban and their state handlers.
The Ali Khels, like tribesmen in the rest of FATA, are strictly supposed in the strategic depth policy to be the angry Pakistani Pakhtun who have become Taliban militants in response to the Pakistani state alliance with the US in the war on terror and the US presence in Afghanistan, thus providing the Pakistani state the plausible deniability of its double role as an enemy as well as an ally in the war n terror, i.e. it is the 'fiercely autonomous' tribal population rather than the state that is running the militancy in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The tribesmen are thus not supposed to take up weapons against the Taliban, kill them and burn the Taliban centres. But the Ali Khel did just that and they had to be severely punished for that. The punishment was the destruction of the Ali Khel tribal leadership and the displacement of the entire tribe in the sham army operation that was later started in the area and to this date has not been 'able' to 'clear' the area of the Taliban.
Today the Ali Khels continue to live as internally displaced persons (IDPs) in many parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They, along with other FATA IDPs, have largely been left to the aid organisations for survival. Many of their children, who were in schools in Orakzai, stand deprived of education. They cannot even publicly mark the third anniversary of the jirga tragedy for two reasons: one, they are scattered as IDPs and two, a public marking of the tragedy might invite more suicide attacks.
To add insult to the injuries of the Ali Khels (as well as other FATA tribesmen) the political and military leadership of Pakistan decided in the recently held All-Parties Conference (APC), convened in the context of the US pressure on Pakistan on the issue of the Haqqani Taliban, "to give peace a chance by holding dialogue with our own people- the Taliban"! Without any sense of responsibility towards their people, the leaders lied to the world, especially the US, that the Taliban are 'our own' people while ignoring the popular resentment against the Taliban in FATA. One wonders, could the Pakistani leaders look into the eyes of the Ali Khels and say that the 'Taliban are our own people'? But they can! They have the power to do so and the Ali Khels are overpowered people whose lives do not matter at all, especially when they have shown so much anti-Taliban resistance.
The writer is the author of Taliban and Anti-Taliban.
Source: The Daily Times, Lahore
URL: http://www.newageislam.com/islam-and-sectarianism/ali-khels--the-state-apathy-continues-/d/5726
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So long as Pakistan remains under the effective control of the military, nothing will change.They will not back up on their India centric view and hence the support of the Taliban which in turn has sown the basis for another breakup. I think it is "when" rather than "if" that will happen. And when it does happen, will change the face of the whole region.It is starting to be too late to reverse the course of events.
By Mohammed Hassanali - 10/22/2011 6:49:11 AM