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WoW Classic in August; Testing Begins Tomorrow
[May 14, 2019, 7:23 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Blizzard announces WoW Classic will go live worldwide on August 27th, offering a map showing the times the revival of the original World of Warcraft will go live in various regions. They also announce they will open up character creation on August 13th, allowing players with active subscriptions or game time on their accounts to create up to three characters per World of Warcraft account to reserve character names. For those who cannot wait that long to get their old-school MMORPG on, they also reveal that starting tomorrow they will be inviting select players to participate in small scale testing, and they will be holding the first of three stress tests next week. Here's word on testing along with a schedule:
Beginning May 15, select WoW players will be invited to participate in a small-scale, focused closed beta test. Players will also get a chance to help put our servers and technology through their paces in a series of stress tests running from May through July—you can opt in now through Account Management and select the WoW Classic beta. Subsequent stress tests will extend the opportunity to even more players. Level caps will also be in place to ensure we're emphasizing the "stress" in "stress test"
—we want to push our tech to the limit, and that means a critical mass of players in close proximity.
STRESS TEST SCHEDULE*
Stress Test 1: Wed May 22–Thurs May 23
Stress Test 2: Wed Jun 19– Thurs Jun 20
Stress Test 3: Thurs Jul 18– Fri July 19
*Dates of each stress test are subject to change.
To fill our pool of beta and stress test participants, we'll be choosing dedicated players who meet select criteria from both the WoW Classic beta opt-in and the standard Warcraft beta opt-in. Participants will also need to have an active subscription or active game time on their Battle.net Account. While opting-in to the beta is the primary way to make sure you're in the running to join the test it doesn't guarantee an invitation to the closed beta test. We may also consider additional factors such as how long a player has been subscribed to the game so that we have the right mix of players to ensure great feedback toward making WoW Classic the very best experience for the community.
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20. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing Begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 18:37 HorrorScope
Going back to LSD to relive those wild and fun times.... almost never works for most. Good luck!
19. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing Begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 17:01 MattyC
I am not really feeling a need to go back to WoW, classic or otherwise, but that anniversary Ragnaros statue looks awesome. Looks like they sold out of those instantly though...
18. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 12:26 Muscular Beaver
Jonjonz wrote on May 15, 2019, 07:07:
I fully expect this to crash and burn, just like every other 'classic' server out there. there is always a vocal minority who say they want these, but if you have played any MMO's classic progression games, you know what the drill is:
* day one, every hardcore hammerhead with an interest shows up, guilds up and it is a race to cap, and firsts
* Any other players are left in the dust to flounder
* Game becomes the private play ground of a handful of hardcores
* Other players quickly realize they are better off going back to the current version of the game
At some point Blizzard/Activision will have to show their hand on this regarding how they plan to monetize the added cost of the development, maintenance and server infrastructure for this. I can't believe they are going to do all this for free, and I seriously doubt it will bring in substantial new subscriptions.
If it works with EverQuest, it will work very well with WoW.
Sick of waiting for BIS to come back to their senses and do a real ArmA 2 successor.
fujiJuice wrote on May 14, 2019, 21:28:
Me, like a lot of people, have been asking for this for years. They initially didn't want to do it.
Yeah, but I got my fix on private servers now. Will be another 5+ years before I want to try again.
16. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing Begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 12:07 Mr. Tact
Verno wrote on May 15, 2019, 11:22:
If other people want to relive this sort of pain then fair enough I had enough of that silliness to last a lifetime. Fond memories of my guildmates but there is no recapturing that time for me.
Yep. One of, if not the, best gaming experiences of my life. I'd gladly pay to have that experience again, but I can't without a brain wipe...
Truth is brutal. Prepare for pain.
15. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing Begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 11:23 Theo
this 100%. i ran a huge raiding guild, we were very good and enjoyed doing it. i was also a lot younger than i am now, and didnt have a kid :-)
Everyone on Bluesnews is synical, get over it.
edit: i cant spell, this is my disclaimer.
14. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing Begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 11:22 Verno
Playing: Subnautica, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Spider-Man
Watching: 30 Rock, Good Omens, Peep Show
13. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing Begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 08:36 Medvanis
This. My wife, kids,and a bunch of my friends are coming back. We quit when Panda was announced. Looking forward to taking our sweet time leveling, enjoying the progression, and yes (eventually) raiding.
12. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing Begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 08:36 Wallshadows
I'm surprised by how much misplaced push back there is not only in regards to how Blizzard finally folded to the pressure of a classic experience but also those who expect more to vanilla than the vanilla experience itself.
I fully expect this to crash and burn, just like every other 'classic' server out there.
I'd argue that Old School RuneScape is far more demanding for players and it's thrived since release several years ago. It has a very populated community, does surpsisingly well with streaming and in spite of looking like a dumpster fire it's showing no signs of slowing down.
I've never played Everquest 1 or 2 so I can't speak as to how well the original servers are doing.
There's also a huge selling point that Classic won't be shut down like all the other private servers. Peace of mind for $15.
I'm sure Classic will have an initial surge of players and will eventually settle in to a niche community. I doubt that it'll ever come near Live numbers even when we look at how bad BfA is doing.
Kxmode wrote on May 15, 2019, 06:36:
Also looking forward to the original Alterac Valley and the opening of the Ahn Qiraj gate world event. Those remain my absolute favorite moments in WOW.
Sort of original Alterac Valley. It'll be using the 1.12 version which has a fair share of improvements such as the graveyard placement but also removed npcs.
This comment was edited on May 15, 2019, 09:11.
11. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 07:07 Jonjonz
There is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but things that come out are what defile.
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
10. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 07:03 MrBone
I will wait for the mobile version since I have a phone.
9. Re: Out of the Blue May 15, 2019, 06:36 Kxmode
Mr. Tact wrote on May 14, 2019, 22:51:
I'm sure it will be a success to start with. The question is, will it have staying power? Or will people come to the realization their nostalgia for Classic WoW doesn't live up to the reality.
How many times are you guys going to keep bringing this up. Yes, it will have staying power. At its peak, which is pretty much around the time it closed, Nostalrius had an active player count of 150,000 (they considered active unique accounts that logged in within two weeks), and a concurrent player count of 13,000 (something classic WOW was never originally designed to handle). The only reason people stopped playing was because they were forced to. There's PLENTY who want to go back to the original WOW. I am personally looking forward to the classic 10-player dungeons like Stratholme and running Southshore / Terran Mill and Crossroads PVP skirmishes. Looking forward to 40-player raids to Molten Core. Also looking forward to the original Alterac Valley and the opening of the Ahn Qiraj gate world event. Those remain my absolute favorite moments in WOW.
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VaranDragon wrote on May 15, 2019, 05:14:
I think Blizzard kind of dropped the ball with this. From what I've seen graphically the game is exactly the same as the original WoW. There have been absolutely no updates to the textures, models or meshes of the original game.
I understand why they did it, they wanted to give the gameplay experience of playing vanilla WoW back to the fans, but why not update it to modern standards from a graphical standpoint? Considering the development time they spent doing this "port" they could have done all of that and made it look like a modern game.
Classic players DON'T want the updated graphics. Why in the hell would you even think something like that would be okay on classic servers?
The port is minimal at best. Basically the legacy framework doesn't work with Battle.net's modern infrastructure. Some of the UI is modern but most of it is the classic data.
Steele Johnson wrote on May 14, 2019, 20:08:
When you can't think of any games to make, just go grab a previously successful game off the shelf, blow the dust off, and sell it again.
What an asinine comment. Classic is happening because of Nostalrius and the community's effort after it was shut down. Plus the Blizzard senior staff like Michael Morhaime meeting with the Nost crew, and Mark Kern meeting with Mike to talk about Classic and hand deliver the over 250,000 petitions from people wanting official classic servers.
6. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 05:14 VaranDragon
5. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 03:24 MoonSpook
Bill Borre wrote on May 15, 2019, 00:49:
I wonder if they might make classic WOW F2P and keep the sub for regular version.
Almost certainly not, and definitely not initially - they've already stated back in the initial coverage that you'll need an active WoW sub to also access the Classic version.
4. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing begins Tomorrow May 15, 2019, 00:49 Bill Borre
3. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing begins Tomorrow May 14, 2019, 22:51 Mr. Tact
2. No subject May 14, 2019, 21:28 fujiJuice
1. Re: WoW Classic in August; Testing begins Tomorrow May 14, 2019, 20:08 Steele Johnson


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CAF President reveals how Super Eagles can win the World Cup
by Kelvin Omachonu
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The Super Eagles have never progressed past the second round of the World Cup, but the CAF boss is confident that with some tweaks, they will strike gold
Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe believes that the Super Eagles of Nigeria can win the FIFA World Cup if the country focuses on youth football development.
Nigeria made her first World Cup appearance in USA 1994, and that was one of the best finishes that the country has had alongside the 1998 and 2014 editions.
Morocco is the most successful team on the continent, as they became the first African team to reach the World Cup semifinals. Ghana, Cameroon, and Senegal have all reached the quarterfinals.
However, CAF President Motsepe believes of all the African teams, Nigeria has the potential to be World champion. Still, he believes some things have to be put in place.
"I am absolutely confident because of the talent, God-given skills, and history of Nigerian football," Motsepe told Channels TV.
"Nigeria is one of those countries that have the potential – not just to go to the semi-final, not just to go to the final, but to win the World Cup.
"However, they have to focus on youth football development, football facilities for boys and girls, amateur football, and football development at club level.
"They have to train coaches and train the trainers. Nigeria have to develop referees and very importantly, to make sure that we work together with the football federation in Nigeria so that they can continue the leadership that they have provided for many years.
"We are confident that Nigerian football will continue to be not just amongst the best in Africa but in the world. I know Nigeria will make us proud as it has on so many occasions in the past. Our plan is to see Nigeria in the next World Cup."
Despite Motsepe's words, a cloud of uneasiness floats around the national team. Portuguese Jose Peseiro just took over the Super Eagles job in May, but he has not inspired confidence.
He has lost five and won just two games since he took over, and he could be on his way out if the team does not improve.
Nonetheless, Nigeria boasts of talented players in most areas of the pitch. If Peseiro can gather his acts together, he could make the Super Eagles a strong force.
Tags: CAFFIFA World CupNigeriaPatrick MotsepeSuper Eagles
Kelvin Omachonu
Francis says:
It has got nothing to do with Perserio. He won his 2 qualifiers. He didn't have his full team in the friendlies. And that's exactly what they are friendlies. The state of football in Nigeria is appalling since the great days of Shooting Stars, Enugu Rangers Bendel Insurance and New Nigeria Bank/ . The CAF President is right in his hopes for Africa football. If the likes of Mbappe and others are of African Decent , then There are many others like them out there. But how organised is our football. Look at the state of the grounds in the country ? Not maintained at all . How far is the selection for the national team at all levels . How many clubs have a youth team . How well run are the academies . How many coaches are properly trained and have first class badges and football knowledge. What facilities do the players coaches etc all have .Are players paid well. Are indigenous coaches paid well and in time . What role is the private sector playing in the development of the game.We can win the World Cup when we put all these in place otherwise it is nothing but a pipe dream.

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Coronavirus (Covid-19) | 10 new Covid-19 cases in quarantine, all asymptomatic
10 new Covid-19 cases in quarantine, all asymptomatic
Caitlin Ashworth
10 new Covid-19 cases were detected in quarantine including a 7 month old boy, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Thailand's total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases is raised to 4,008 with 3,811 recoveries and 60 deaths. 137 people are currently receiving medical treatment for the coronavirus.
3 people travelling from the United States tested positive for Covid-19. The 23 year old American woman arrived on November 27 and the 63 year old Thai woman and 65 year old and Thai man arrived the next day. They all tested positive for the coronavirus while in quarantine and were asymptomatic.
A 50 year old Thai woman travelling from Sudan tested positive for Covid-19. She arrived on November 24 and tested positive 2 days later. She was asymptomatic.
4 Russian nationals travelling from Russia, and on the same flight as a previously confirmed coronavirus case, tested positive for Covid-19. The 39 year old man, 7 month old boy, 29 year old man and 28 year old woman arrived on November 23 and tested positive 5 days later while in quarantine. They were all asymptomatic.
2 Pakistani nationals travelling from Pakistan tested positive for Covid-19. They arrived on November 15. The 30 year old woman tested positive 12 days later and the 32 year old man tested positive 14 days later. They were asymptomatic.
SOURCE: Bangkok Post
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 3:22 pm
every day I read news articles on the internet showing the fallibility and inaccuracy of the PCR covid test. articles from Doctors, technicians, nurses saying the is a "case-demic" because of fallible tests, and not a pandemic. even the man who created the PCR test said it should not be used to detect viruses let alone CV.
yet every day Thaiger and other newspapers keep running the same copy paste propaganda about infected foreigners but with no symptoms.
Is there no investigative reporting done here or just repeating the same very weak news?
Care to enlighten us with an alternative?
Mister Stretch
I nominate Glenn as 'investigative reporter' to get to the bottom of this issue.
He obviously has the insights and knowledge, because he reads articles from "Doctors, technicians, (and) nurses" giving him the professional insight and knowledge to move forward on this complicated topic and bring to all of us THE TRUTH!
I nominate Glenn. Do I hear a second?
Preesy Chepuce
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 11:09 pm
Whatever you think of Glenn, it's not a bad thing to have people reminding us to question what information is presented, because if there weren't any, you'd have no idea what was true or false any more. Having worked in both public and private sectors, I tend to question the public sector, because I know how generally clueless and political they tend to be. Whilst I don't dismiss the whole thing, I am realistic about the frantic Cover-Your-Ass mentality of the public sector, and its tendency for groupthink. It's important to put pressure on public employees to give proof.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 4:07 am
Just curious- what's a 50 year-old Thai woman doing in Sudan, of all places? Famine relief? Charity work? Diplomatic mission? Cut-rate air ticket with a weird layover? What?
Health minister pushes to press charges on Covid-19 infected women who dodged quarantine
No lockdown in Chiang Mai after local Covid-19 case
Caitlin Ashworth is a writer from the United States who has lived in Thailand since 2018. She graduated from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with a bachelor's degree in journalism and media studies in 2016. She was a reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette In Massachusetts. She also interned at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida.
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A travel pass for passengers inoculated against Covid-19 or who have tested negative will be piloted on flights for Dubai's Emirates and Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways. With the travel pass issued by the International Air Transport Association, passengers can keep control of their data and share their test results with airlines and authorities for travel.
The travel pass will be offered on selected flights from Abu Dhabi in the first quarter, and will expand the pass to other destinations of the trail is successful. Emirates is going to implement phase 1 of the travel pass in April for flights departing from Dubai.
Recently, the IATA travel pass programme has been also tested in International Airlines Group and Singapore Airlines.
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While the number of daily new Covid-19 cases continues to drop, health officials are still scrambling to contain the virus in the prime hotspot: Samut Sakhon. The outbreak in the coastal fishing province is "worrying," according to Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration spokesperson Taweesilp Visanuyothin.
Health officials rolled out a proactive mass testing campaign after a spike of Covid-19 cases in mid-December. The vast majority of cases were concentrated around the Central Shrimp Market in the Mahachai fishing hub, which affected a large migrant population. The virus has since spread to 61 of Thailand's 77 provinces.
With the help of proactive testing, more than 4,000 cases were reported in Samut Sakhon. Field hospitals have been set up on the fly to treat and quarantine those that are infected.
But public health officials are still racing to test as many people in the province as possible with plans to inspect 600 factories and test 50 factory workers per day. There are 12,000 factories in Samut Sakhon and Taweeslip says health officials are speeding up testing to "isolate infected people as soon as possible."
"The outbreak in Samut Sakhon is worrying. It is difficult to conduct active case-finding there. There are many obstacles, including the number of factories… Meanwhile, factory owners and workers must cooperate. There are more than 10,000 small factories where 1-200 people are employed."
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Night markets in Chiang Mai will be reopened tomorrow after the province went 6 consecutive days with no new Covid-19 cases.
According to Chiang Mai Governor, Charoenrit Sanguansat, the province and the provincial disease control committee agreed to ease up restrictions on social and business activities after the number of infections continually dropped and no new infections were reported during the past week.
As a result, flea markets, night markets, and walking streets across the province will be reopened tomorrow onwards.
However, the governor still reiterates that marketplaces and visitors must follow the disease control measures strictly.
Since the start of the second wave of Covid-19 in mid-December, Chiang Mai has tightened restrictions to prevent the virus spread in the province, with the order to close all markets and social activities for 14 days on January 6.


MPs Spouses to get Terminal grant!
Is this a joke, NO, same first generation leaders are self-serving themselves once more by proposing to allocate fifty thousands dollars each for members' spouse, who can say no, I don't think anyone of them would raise any objection to this motion.
It is this same thing again, the parliamentary entitlements regulations causing these entire nuisance. Recently, the government announced that the nation has felt the impact of the global financial crisis. The government even mentioned that there are measures in place to stabilize the nation's economy, like control in government spending.
I would like to ask the 50 MPs is this one of the strategy in place to help control spending. Or is this a mechanism to siphon the most needed funds or revenues from much needed services?
Not long ago that the parliamentary entitlements regulations have included other lucrative benefits. What else is there left the parliamentary entitlements regulations need to take into account? Terminal grants for whole family moa? Naf na!
I found it terribly difficult with the government saying things and doing things the other way round.


LegalGamblingUSA.com - Are Online casinos legal in the United States of America?
Out of all questions about legal online gambling in the USA, the legality of online casinos are generally ignored. It is hard to say why this is, but as far as we can tell the United States government has never seized an online casino, but there have been some brands of casino software that have pulled out of the American market in order to avoid prosecution or to insulate themselves from potential harm. The fact of the matter is that online casinos enjoy some level of protection for a variety of reasons, including the wide number of these gaming sites and the relatively small player base that these casinos include - player bases that are almost infinitely smaller than the major online poker rooms.
When the UIGEA was passed, several brands of online casino software decide that they would not bother trying to contend with the ethics and complications of federal law. In 2008, casinos that license the Microgaming software stopped accepting new players from the United States. Later, in 2011, Microgaming saw what happened on online poker's "Black Friday," and they cut ties with all existing United States gamblers. Similarly, PlayTech had decided to pull from the United States market, but they did so significantly earlier. Playtech ceased operating in the United States as soon as the UIGEA was passed in 2006. Though these two behemoths had pulled from the American market, several types of online casino continued to operate within the United States, including one of the best - the RTG software.
With the complicated nature of the online gambling industry, with both the inherent inability to control the Internet and regulate international businesses, the United States has not been able to effectively ban the online gambling sites. When begging the question over whether these online casinos are legal in the United States, it is somewhat easier just to say that they are not illegal, but they are also unregulated. Since every state that allows some form of gambling heavily regulates the industry, it is difficult to say whether a lack of regulation inherently makes these gambling sites illegal. A few states have banned online gambling in all forms, but this is mostly targeted at starting a gambling site rather than playing at them. In Washington state the games are illegal for the player. Nevada, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Montana, Oregon and South Dakota also have their own laws pertaining to the legality of playing with an online casino.
What it boils down to at this point is casino software. Several forms of online casino software are still operating in the United States, including the RTG, Rival, Top Game and Vegas Technology software. There are a few others, but they are hardly worth mention - especially considering the might of the RTG software.Regulation would greatly improve the gambling atmosphere online, but for now the only thing that is illegal, as per the UIGEA, is processing payments for online gambling sites. This only applies to financial businesses, so players do not actually have to worry about being held liable for just enjoying the what online casinos have to offer.
As with any other form of gambling, we implore you to check into your state's online gambling laws, perhaps with an attorney, prior to gambling, especially if you are really concerned with whether or not you can actually get in trouble for something as harmless as online gambling. Above anything else, do not attempt to ever bypass the minimum gambling age that has been instituted in your state, as this is a great way to very quickly lose any money before you even have a chance to win.
Gambling illegal online can leave you with several penalties to pay, and depending how extensive it is, you could be looking at some big trouble with the law. That it why we have pages like this to inform you about the most important aspects about gambling online. There is no greater importance than to ensure that you do so legally and safely. Your state government will have all of that information for you, especially when it comes to the legal gambling ages in your area. Just because you might meet the requirement from the sportsbook, does not mean that you are of age in your state.
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Which Antenna is Best? A Yagi Antenna or Omnidirectional?
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In conflict zones, the home–outside binary is often erased in practice as violence enters people's lives and personal spaces, diluting any distinction between combatants and non-combatants, even as the international humanitarian law and Geneva Conventions highlight the distinction. In Kashmir, a popular armed rebellion against the state, since 1989, has been met with brutal force. Making use of militarised masculinity to inflict violence on bodies and psyches of the people considered to be the "other" has been a norm. In extending the understanding of the front line from the border to homes, actions, bodies, and the everyday trauma that women face, the victimhood narrative is problematised by placing women as frontliners as they witness, survive, and resist.
Operation Sadhbhavana, an initiative of the Indian state to "win hearts and minds" of the people of Kashmir, is an exercise in militarised humanitarianism which effectively enables increased interference of the military in civil governance. Such statist narratives of empowerment, providing women economic opportunities or funding under various governmental schemes, are insincere as people have no real control over their lives and spaces in the face of systematic state violence.


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Priyanka Chopra, Brie Larson, Eva Longoria, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Sarah Silverman and Jacob Tremblay to Present at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 26, 2016) — Priyanka Chopra, Brie Larson, Eva Longoria, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Sarah Silverman and Jacob Tremblay will be presenters at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Kathy Connell announced today.
They join a growing roster of actors who will honor their colleagues at the SAG Awards® Ceremony that already includes Life Achievement Award presenters Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT).
Priyanka Chopra appears in the television series "Quantico," which returns from hiatus in March, for which she received a People's Choice Award. Chopra also is in pre-production on "It's My City," a series she created for the nexGTV digital platform, and is set to release three Indian regional films through her production company Purple Pebble Pictures.
Brie Larson is nominated this year for her first SAG Award, as lead female in "Room," a role that also earned her an Oscar® nomination and a Golden Globe. Her upcoming films include "Kong: Skull Island" and "Free Fire."
Eva Longoria has two Actors® and three additional SAG Award nominations for "Desperate Housewives" in the category Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. She currently is starring in the comedy series "Telenovela," which she also executive produces
Julianne Moore is a two-time Actor recipient for her performance as lead female in "Still Alice," for which she was also awarded an Oscar® and a Golden Globe, and as Sarah Palin in the fact-based drama "Game Change." In addition, Moore has nine SAG Award nominations: for her lead roles in "Far from Heaven" and "The End of the Affair," as supporting female in "Magnolia" and "Boogie Nights," and as a cast member in "The Hours," "Magnolia" and "Boogie Nights." Moore's next films include "Wonderland" and the Coen Brothers' "Suburbicon."
Eddie Redmayne previously received an Actor®,an Oscar® and a BAFTA Award for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything." This year he is nominated for a SAG Award, an Academy Award and a BAFTA for his lead role as Lili Elbe in "The Danish Girl." Redmayne will next be seen as Newt Scamander in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."
Sarah Silverman received her first SAG Award nomination this year, for her starring role in "I Smile Back." The Emmy winner will next be seen in the films "The Book of Henry" and "Connor4Real" alongside trio The Lonely Island.
Jacob Tremblay received his first SAG Award nomination this year, for his supporting role in "Room." He will be seen this spring in "Before I Wake," followed by "Burn Your Maps" and "The Book of Henry."


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The Bombay legislature of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency established Karnatak University through the Karnatak University Act 1949. It became a statutory University on 1st March 1950. The jurisdiction of the University covers Dharwad. Gadag, Haveri and Uttar Kannada districts. It has several Post Graduate centres. The University (888 acres) is offering courses in the faculties of Arts, Commerce, Education, Law, Management, Science and Technology and Social Sciences. Symbolic of the University's vision and mission the emblem of the University consists of papal tree at the centre, an open book. Figures of a bull, a rising sun and the legend 'Arive Guru' i.e., Wisdom is Guru, implying that both wisdom and knowledge should be all pervading like the ramifying papal tree and light up the world with knowledge and eradicate illiteracy.
There are 51 PG Departments, 154 teachers and 4500 students (PG, M.Phil., Ph.D.). The girl students constitute 47% of the total strength, including PG Diploma, M.Phil and Ph.D. Courses. 6% of the students are from outside the State. To eliminate social exclusion and promote social justice, seats are reserved for SC/ST, Cat-I, Minorities, OBC and BC categories in accordance with the policy of the State Government. One seat each is reserved for the children of ex-servicemen, freedom fighters, physically challenged and sportsmen. The University has its own High School (University Public School) since 1964. Which meets the practice requirements of the B.Ed. College of Karnatak University.
There are 5 constituent colleges offering UG and PG courses in science, arts, commerce, fine arts, law and education. There are 21 hostels in all, including a working women's hostel and ladies hostels. These provide residential accommodation to 2600 students of UG and PG courses. Over the last 70 years the number of affiliated colleges has increased from a mere 34 to more than 250.
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The University identifies the regional needs and overall development of students of this backward region of north Karnataka. A large number of students suffer from lack of communication skills and opportunities to develop their personality. The University has considered the region specific and community specific needs and has introduced (a) Computer Applications, (b) Environ mental problems and Human Rights, (c) Indian Constitution and (d) Development of Communication Skills and personality as compulsory papers at the UG level. Periodic ICT workshops are conducted for students and staff (teaching and non-teaching) to equip them with the skill to access and utilize electronic information. The central library is equipped with thousands of books on all subjects. Journals and educational CD-ROMs. The University is part of the UGC-INFONET which affords access to more than 5000 electronic journals for advanced study and research. A full-fledged Computer Centre has been set up in the Students Home. All the class rooms are equipped with modern teaching and learning aids including audio-visuals, slides and LCD projectors.
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Is Turkey Giving Up on EU Membership?
09/30/2013 European Union / Avrupa Birliği, Turkey-Domestic Politics / Türkiye-İç Politika, Turkey-Foreign Relations / Türkiye-Dış PolitikaAKP, Egemen Bağış, European Union, Middle East, Norway, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkeyadmin
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You know Turkey's hopes of joining the European Union (EU) are in trouble when the state minister whose job is to get the country into the European club begins to have second thoughts about his mission. You may also know that Turkey's influence in the Middle East would diminish if Ankara does not move forward with its EU bid.
The recent remarks of the Turkish minister for EU affairs Egemen Bagis, who declared that his country will probably not become a member of the prestigious European club, is the first time that a high-ranking member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is admitting how Turkey may never enter the EU. This acknowledgement can have serious repercussions about Turkish influence in the Middle East.
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Barın Kayaoğlu is finishing his doctorate in history at the University of Virginia. He was recently a Smith Richardson Foundation fellow in International Security Studies at Yale University. You can follow him on Twitter (@barinkayaoglu) and Facebook (Barın Kayaoğlu).
Turkish PM Erdogan's Conspiracy Theories Contain a Paradox
06/18/2013 Turkey-Domestic Politics / Türkiye-İç PolitikaAKP, Angela Merkel, Ankara, conspiracy theory, democracy, European Union, Gezi Park, Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Taksim, Turkey, Turkish protests, United Statesadmin
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If we are to believe Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the culprits for the mass protests that have rocked his country for over two weeks are "the interest rate lobby," "foreign hands," and their domestic "collaborators." Some of his supporters have even better ones: the intelligence agents of Britain, France, Iran, Israel, Russia, Syria, and the United States.
How spies from such a diverse group of countries agreed to, and succeeded in, destabilizing Turkey so easily and so quickly, we do not know.
But Prime Minister Erdoğan's turn to conspiracy theories bears a strange paradox: since he came to power over ten years ago, his top priority has been to improve relations with both global investors and foreign nations.
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About Shipping Company
Update Date: 2022年3月14日
About Sea and Air shipment
Neko Senpai
About Shipping Company!
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This is 6:45 video!!
In this video, I would like to explain about "shipping company" which are very familiar to us forwarders.
The word "shipping company" may not be familiar to you unless you are involved in marine transportation in your work.
However, the existence of shipping companies is very significant in Japan where economic growth has been achieved through imports and exports.
Shipping Company Ranking
We forwarders, who perform daily space booking on behalf of exporters, use a variety of shipping companies.
The following is a global ranking of the shipping industry based on TEU as of 2022.
For your information, TEU stands for "Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit" which is a unit that represents one 20-foot container.
1st: MSC Group
2nd: A.P Moller – Maersk
3rd: CMA CGM
4th: Cosco Shipping Line
5th: EverGreen Marine
6th: Hapag Lloyd
7th: Ocean Network Express
I would like to pick up three companies from this ranking and introduce them to you.
About MSC
First on the list is MSC, Mediterranean Shipping Company Group, which as of January 2022 is ranked number one in the world.
It moved its headquarters from Italy and is now headquartered in Switzerland.
In 1970, the founder, Chairman Gianluigi Aponte started the business with a single cargo ship.
As of 2022, the company has grown to become one of the world's largest shipping companies with operations in more than 155 countries. In January it overtook Maersk to take over the top spot, for the first time in 29 years.
MSC is well known as family owned company. Its group companies include MSC Cruises the world's third largest cruising company.
Inter-modal Service
MSC also offers inter-modal services.
Intermodal service is a multimodal transportation service.
It combines not only ships but also different transportation services such as rail, trailer trucks and aircraft to move cargo to its final destination.
With the world's largest manpower and equipment and a 50-year track record, MSC is able to deliver cargo safely and efficiently to any location in the world.
In the case of door-to-door delivery, there are concerns about various problems due to the longer transport time.
In such cases, MSC seems to be easily chosen by forwarders as a reliable shipping company with a worldwide network.
About CMA CGM
The next shipping company to be introduced is CMA CGM which is ranked third in the world.
Headquartered in France it was established in 1996 as a result of a business merger, between CMA and CGM, two major shipping companies.
It has acquired major shipping companies "Delmas" and "APL" one after another and its scale is growing bigger and bigger.
Together with Maersk and MSC, they are known as the "Big Three shipping companies."
Project to Improve the Flow of Supply Chain
CMA CGM made headlines in November 2021 when it launched a project to improve the flow of supply chain to address port congestion caused by the Corona disaster.
The project is to support incentives of up to USD200 for helping to pick up containers early at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
This measure to ensure uninterrupted logistics to the U.S. is highly regarded as a major initiative. It is because that it not only protected the consumption activities of the American people but also supported the entire logistics industry.
The last company I will introduce is Ocean Network Express headquartered in Singapore. It is commonly known as ONE.
It's fresh in our minds that in July 2017, Japan's three largest shipping companies, NYK, MOL and Kawasaki Kisen, merged their container shipping businesses to form ONE.
The service was launched in April of the following year, and has established an extensive maritime network covering more than 120 countries around the world.
At the time, I was very surprised to hear that the three major shipping companies that represent Japan's shipping industry would be integrated.
To put it simply, it would be like the merger of the three major e-commerce malls in Japan, Yahoo, Rakuten and Amazon. It is quite a shock for consumers when the major sites they usually use for online shopping are merged into one.
The birth of ONE was such a big news for those of us working in the shipping industry.
Japanese Shipping Company
However, even ONE which is the result of the merger of Japan's three largest shipping companies cannot rank among the top three in the world.
Japan used to be considered one of the world's three largest shipping nations, but now cargo handling is decreasing year by year and the country is gambling on its survival.
The gap between Europe, where management integration is progressing, and Asian countries, where globalization is gaining momentum, is expected to widen further in the future.
In this video, I have introduced three major shipping companies that I have selected based on my own judgment and prejudice.
Now, the Corona disaster has led to the bankruptcy of major companies and the congestion of logistics due to the shortage of containers. I hope you have become familiar with the shipping companies which are the cornerstone of the trade industry.
I hope this video will help you to become interested in shipping companies.
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Barbara Walancik is an associate in the Koskie Minsky Pension and Employee Benefits Group. She provides advice and representation to employees and pensioners on a broad range of pension, benefits and employment issues, including those affected by insolvency proceedings.
Prior to being called to the Bar in 2012, Barbara completed her articles at the firm in litigation and class actions.
Barbara received her J.D. from the University of Windsor in 2011 and her B.A. from the University of Toronto. While a law student, Barbara received awards for her academic achievements and contributions to the law school community including the University of Windsor Student's Law Society Award, the Steven William McGhee Memorial Scholarship and the McTague Law Firm Award for Excellence in Labour and Employment Law.
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MT Undertainment
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Telephone: (0)911-7905338, Fax: (0)911-7905543
e-mail: empty@empty.de
"Yes We Know" full length CD.
Out Soon!
Before there was Why Not! we had The Revolution. They put out one today very hard to find 7" vinyl single in 1967 before changing their name to Why Not! This new CD collects that hard to find single together with a few other obscure and collectable Why Not! tracks, onto one rockin' CD. Out on June 6th.
Bandpages for Springtoifel and The Gonads have been updated, and new pages added for The Illegal State Of Mind, Steel Wool, Earl's Family Bombers and Love And Respect.
Hard to believe, but yes, we actually do have a new release! Out now is the split sawblade single with Sid Vicous on one side, and Knox and The Pisstons on the other. Check it out here.
Bandpages for The Deviators, Autumn, Bell Jar and Idioblast have been added.
Bandpages for both The Meices and the House Of Large Sizes have been added.
R.I.P. ERIC HYSTERIC
We are very saddened to hear of the death of our friend Eric Hysteric a few days ago. Eric, together with his bands The Vomit Visions and later, Der Durstige Mann, was a huge influence on both the developement of Doc Wor Mirran and Thumper and of the founding of the various labels under MT Undertainment. He, more than anyone we knew, lived the punk rock ideal that everyone can be a star, play his own music without compromising himself, release his own records himself, and be totally independent. Although he never had a release on MT, he played guitar on various early DWM recordings after we moved to the Nuernberg area, and Thumper had the honour of opening for Der Durstige Mann once.
Finally! Bandpages for both Plaid Retina and the Zero Boys have been added. We will continue to try to finish the bandpages for the last releases still missing from our discography. Stay tuned.
We also recently updated all the previous bandpages and deleted obscure and no long valid links.
"Verde", two previously unreleased collaborative tracks by Conrad Schnitzler and Doc Wör Mirran are now out on our download label MT3.
With great sadness we report the death of two former members of SAD. Mike, singer of SAD on their eMpTy album "Behind The Fence", died on Monday, February second due to illness. Only eight days later, on Tuesday the tenth of February, bassist Hammi also died in an accident. As guitarist Andi died some time ago, that only leaves drummer Highner left of the classic lineup. Mike left behind one child, Hammi five.
The SAD recordings have now been made available for free downloand: http://sad-thrash.bandcamp.com/
It was a lot of work and delay, but DWM finally has a new MP3 released today on MT3, our label devoted to free MP3 downloads.
R.I.P. PAT FEAR
Our good friend Bill Bartell, also known as Pat Fear, guitarist and mastermind of the great band White Flag, died on September 24th due to complications from Diabetes. He was only 52. For the past few years, when his health allowed, Bill worked on what was planned to be one of his greatest releases, a split sawblade single of his project Tater Totz, together with the Beatles on the flip. With our friends over at Munster Records in Spain, we will still try to release this record, as a fitting epitaph to Bill, one of the biggest Beatles fans we ever met. It is just so very sad that he won't be here to see it.
DOA have split up, after 35 years and a dozen or so albums, many of them on MT. We wish Joe Keithley good luck in his political activities.
R.I.P. JENNIFER MIRO
Another MT artists has died. Jennifer "Miro" Anderson, singer of the Nuns, died on December 16th, 2011 from cancer. She was 54.
It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Zoogz Rift on March 22, 2011, aged 57. His death was due to serious complications from diabetes which he had been battling for well over a decade. In the early 1990s Musical Tragedies released several albums by Zoogz, and he also guested on guitar on a few DWM tracks.
After several delays, bad sounding test pressings and a thousand missprinted covers, our latest sawblade single is finally out! Featuring previously unreleased and exclusive tracks by both England's mighty Gonads and Germany's premier Oi band Springtoifel, these are sure to go quick! On white vinyl to boot!
The next sawblade planned is also taking shape. Number 32 will feature The Beatles together with the Tater Totz, and should be out later this year.
The Shiny Gnomes will begin recording their next studio album soon.
Jay Reatard died on January 13th.
Today MT turns a quarter of a century old! Some have noticed that we haven't been releasing much lately. There is no specific reason for this other than we have been concentrating on other things, mostly our own musical projects with DWM and the Pisstons. Also, the sorry state of the music industry means we have to be very careful about what we release. MT is lucky in that we do not have any label debts, but to keep it this way we have to be extremely selective on what we release. The music business is changing, and it seems the days of the typical label releasing bands are coming to an end. Artists and bands have many more choices now in terms of how they will present their work, and to be honest, most artists simply don't need labels anymore. This isn't a bad thing. As musical artists ourselves, we welcome these changes, as it presents us with so many new possibilities in how we present our own works. MT is simply reflecting these changes, and although different than it was 25 years ago, MT is well set and ready for the next 25!
In 2010, look for a few new sawblade releases, one of them in January already. Also, DWM is set to launch its own internet site seperate from the empty site. Check it out soon at www.dwmirran.de. The Penetraitors have changed their name to The Pisstons, and also have been working on their new site www.pisstons.de as well as new recordings. We will be changing the empty site as well, updating many of the band pages and making the navigation easier. Keep checking back.
The MT staff wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We are looking forward to the next 25 years!
The White Flag album "Wild Kingdom" is now out and combines, for the first time ever on CD, all the 1986 tracks recorded for the �Zero Hour� album, the original 1987 �Wild Kingdom� album, as well as extra tracks that later found their way on the �Sgt. Pepper� and �Freedom Fighter� releases.
Coming soon on Empty Records:
Coming soon on Musical Tragedies:
Our updated history page is now online
First and most important, we are happy to report that Empty Records US has closed its doors and stopped operations, bringing to a final close one of the most difficult and unpleasant episodes in the history of MT. As many of you undoubtedly remember, MT Undertainment, founders of eMpTy Records, began legal proceedings against our former Seatle office roughly ten years ago in an attempt to stop them from using our name against our wishes. The case ended in a compromise, resulting in two companies using the name. Rest assured, Empty is not "calling it a day" as Blake puts it, but is alive and well where it has always been, here in Germany, putting out the best punk rock records you could ever want! We look forward to the next quarter century of making great music available under the name "Empty".
Be sure to check out White Flag on tour:
The second death in the Springtoifel family in only a few months! Their former drummer Bilka died of undisclosed causes recently. He was their drummer from 1986 until 1988, and played on their classic album "Laessige Hunde", which was rereleased by MT recently.
The new Phillip BOA/Speedway 69 sawblade release is out! Following on its tails will be a Bowie tribute sawblade by none other than Der 'N Rat (Derwood of Generation X and Rat Scabies of the Damned) with the flipside by southern Germany's mighty Penetraitors. Der 'N Rat cover Bowie's "Lady Grinning Soul" in an accoustic version, where the Penetraitors perform a blistering rendition of "Suffragette City".
Several have noticed and wrote to mention that the MT site was down for a few weeks. Sorry, it was some sort of technical problem caused by Freenet.
Dim, Springtoifel guitarist from 1989 until 2001, has died unexpectedly of a heart attack! He was only thirty years old.
Hard to believe, but yes, it is true: DWM will be playing its third ever live concert, on October 12th, 2007 at the Blue Shell in Koeln, Germany. This will be a benefit concert for the John Peel Foundation, and features several other artists as well. Longtime DWM member Adrian Gormley will be flying in from San Francisco just for this concert. He will be playing the saxophone, and will be joinged by Ralf Lexis on guitar and Joseph B. Raimond on bass. Backing tapes by various DWM members supplied over the years will be used as background noise. We hope to see you there.
Our main release for this year will be out soon, the new studio album of all new, original songs by Springtoifel, called "Engelstrompeten und Teufelsposaunen", which will be available on both CD and vinyl.
Also, be sure to check out our new pages devoted to Skin Yard, Gruntruck and Jack Endino!


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Journal of Behavioral Addictions
Do gamblers eat more salt? Testing a latent trait model of covariance in consumption
Authors: Belinda C. Goodwin1, Matthew Browne1, Matthew Rockloff1, and Phillip Donaldson1
1 Central Queensland University, , Bundaberg, Queensland, , Australia
https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.4.2015.022
consumption; latent trait; health behaviour; substance and behavioural addictions; confirmatory factor analysis
A diverse class of stimuli, including certain foods, substances, media, and economic behaviours, may be described as 'reward-oriented' in that they provide immediate reinforcement with little initial investment. Neurophysiological and personality concepts, including dopaminergic dysfunction, reward sensitivity and rash impulsivity, each predict the existence of a latent behavioural trait that leads to increased consumption of all stimuli in this class. Whilst bivariate relationships (co-morbidities) are often reported in the literature, to our knowledge, a multivariate investigation of this possible trait has not been done. We surveyed 1,194 participants (550 male) on their typical weekly consumption of 11 types of reward-oriented stimuli, including fast food, salt, caffeine, television, gambling products, and illicit drugs. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to compare models in a 3×3 structure, based on the definition of a single latent factor (none, fixed loadings, or estimated loadings), and assumed residual covariance structure (none, a-priori / literature based, or post-hoc / data-driven). The inclusion of a single latent behavioural 'consumption' factor significantly improved model fit in all cases. Also confirming theoretical predictions, estimated factor loadings on reward-oriented indicators were uniformly positive, regardless of assumptions regarding residual covariances. Additionally, the latent trait was found to be negatively correlated with the non-reward-oriented indicators of fruit and vegetable consumption. The findings support the notion of a single behavioural trait leading to increased consumption of reward-oriented stimuli across multiple modalities. We discuss implications regarding the concentration of negative lifestyle-related health behaviours.
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Authors: Severin Haug, Raquel Paz Castro, Min Kwon, Andreas Filler, Tobias Kowatsch, and Michael P. Schaub


"Gersberms (Yer Gervin Mah)" is a 2012 song by Hard 'n Phirm (a comedy-music duo comprised of Chris Hardwick and Mike Phirman), featuring Hayley Williams and the Swedish Chef. Also seen in the Nerdist music video are Melissa Rauch (as "Gersberms girl"), model Crystal Natsuko (as "Björk"), and Goosebumps author R. L. Stine.
The song and video parodies the "Ermahgerd" meme and features the Chef rapping in his similar sounding native tongue, further played by the fact that the subtitles translating the lyrics of the other characters merely write "???" for the Chef.


The house is in an L-shaped building with a large courtyard, the two sides of the element facing the Bilbao street where it has its entrance and the other to Carlos Cañal Street.
The work includes improvements on existing housing in their interior finishes and joinery plant distribution preserving while about partitions and enclosures with thickening of the same by plasterboard and masonry towards a better soundproofing of stays and improved thermal conditions of the same in both façade and interior walls as these were made of brick thick ash compact five of own construction in the late seventies.
The works seek an improvement made in coatings and woodworks as to and the generation of a single space in the main hall, creating a sink, opening three holes for sliding doors, new floor lights in the corridor of communication and improvements of the four bathrooms and sanitary equipment for coating new.


This is an FCSS program for Parents of Preschoolers. All community parents welcome to join us Wednesday mornings for coffee, play, conversation and much more! Please talk to Cheryl Derksen with any questions!


Washington – The Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General has notified the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that it will audit an upcoming study regarding restart rules for commercial truck drivers.
Congress is awaiting the study after suspending a rule in which truckers were required to take a 34-hour rest period, including a pair of breaks between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., at least once a week. The restart provision was intended to prevent fatigued driving among truckers, but critics said it created safety concerns by putting trucks on busy highways during the morning rush hour.
Last year, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) called for the 34-hour restart provision to be suspended pending further research. Congress included the suspension in its $1.1 trillion spending bill on Dec. 13, and President Barack Obama signed it into law three days later.
FMCSA's study marks the next step. The agency will review the rule's effect on truckers in terms of operation, safety, health and fatigue. That report will go to DOT OIG, which then will advise the House and Senate Appropriations Committees about whether the design and implementation of the restart study complies with the request by Congress.


SEOUL, March 7 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Christopher Hill called off a meeting with the chairman of the country's minor opposition Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) Monday, saying it was not the right time, party officials said.
The cancellation came just one hour before the U.S. diplomat was to meet Hahn Hwa-kap at 2 p.m. at the MDP's headquarters in downtown Seoul, according to the party officials.
The topic of the meeting was to be Hillary Clinton's request to go to North Korea and meet Kim Jong-Il.
Perhaps this is President Bush's way to telling Hillary to cancel her travel plans.
Sounds like a good way to get the screecher out of the picture .
What a couple Billary an Jong .
MDP spokesman Yoo Jong-pil said an official at the U.S. embassy called to say "the timing was not appropriate." Experts said the U.S. diplomat, who is also the top U.S. negotiator with North Korea over the latter's nuclear weapons program, may have been pressured to take more cautious steps on issues dealing with Pyongyang.
MDP officials had said the party chairman and the U.S. diplomat were to discuss a trip to Pyongyang by five U.S. senators including Hillary Clinton of New York.
The New York senator's press secretary Philippe Reines, however, said in a letter to Yonhap News Agency that no such trip has been discussed.
The U.S. Embassy in Seoul later released a statement saying, "press reports incorrectly indicated that Ambassador Hill had requested a meeting this afternoon with MDP chairman Hahn Hwa-kap to discuss a Senate trip to North Korea."
The statement also said the meeting had nothing to do with Clinton or any other alleged visits to North Korea by U.S. senators, and was only canceled due to a scheduling conflict.
The United States and South Korea have met in three rounds of six-party talks that also involved the North, Japan, China and Russia to bring a peaceful end to the 29-month nuclear dispute that erupted in late 2003.
The countries have been unable to schedule the next round since the North refused to attend a scheduled meeting in September, citing what it calls hostile U.S. policy toward it.
Experts said the U.S. diplomat, who is also the top U.S. negotiator with North Korea over the latter's nuclear weapons program, may have been pressured to take more cautious steps on issues dealing with Pyongyang.
That's diplo-speak for "Hillary was furious when her plans to visit North Korea leaked out".
Hmmmm? I guess Condi said NO!!
If Hillary goes she'll have spent more time in North Korea than in New York.
Things move a lot slower than FR. That is the govt ya know.
As a resident New Yorker, you are absolutely right. Next time she visits NY were going to request she get a visa. LOL.
Good! Our work is having effect.