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PODCAST: April 2015 edition
Lauren James and Ed Biggs present a review of the biggest and best album releases of April 2015, and a handful of classic LPs from years gone by – click here to listen now! Includes reviews of the following albums: Blur – The Magic Whip Drenge – Undertow The Wombats – Glitterbug East India Youth – Culture Of Volume We've also got a brand new track from The Vaccines ahead of their third album next month, and
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In Conversation With: Forever Cult, Live At Leeds 2015
We caught up with Leeds three-piece Forever Cult after their early set at Live At Leeds 2015, played at the cosy confines of The Key Club. Their heavy sonic mixture contains elements of grunge, British and American indie and traces of classic rock, making it familiar but distinctively theirs. With their current single 'Winter's Glow' released at the end of March and a forthcoming single 'Antonio Banderas' later in the
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FROM WORST TO BEST: Blur singles
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PREVIEW: Live At Leeds 2015
by Matthew Langham So it's nearly upon us – Leeds' city-wide music festival returns for its 2015 edition on the first May bank holiday (1st-4th May), spread across 23 stages throughout the city. Let's hope the weather's nice! In years gone by, Live At Leeds has hosted the likes of Disclosure, George Ezra, The Maccabees, Clean Bandit, Sam Smith, Royal Blood and Catfish & The Bottlemen before they broke it really big.
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PODCAST: March 2015 edition
Lauren James and Ed Biggs present a look back at the biggest and best albums released in March 2015 – click here to listen now! Including reviews of the following albums: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday Modest Mouse – Strangers To Ourselves Laura Marling – Short Movie Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly The Cribs – Burning For No One The Prodigy – The Day Is
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Lauren James and Ed Biggs review some of the biggest and best albums released over the last month, including: Peace – Happy People Idlewild – Everything Ever Written Imagine Dragons – Smoke + Mirrors Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear The biggest news items are also discussed, such as the new Blur album The Magic Whip, Live At Leeds line-up, Glastonbury's possible headliners, and the BRIT and Grammy
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So, you know how Kendall Jenner graced the cover of September's big, important American Vogue issue looking seriously amazing, and how her Kardashian-Jenner family were pretty much glowing with pride?
Well, it turns out Kenny's sister, Kylie Jenner, also makes a gorgeous appearance in the magazine as part of a fancy modelling feature.
The Kardashian star shows off her modelling credentials alongside the likes of Willow and Jaden Smith and Zendaya in the mag for their 'Fall's New Look: 8 Rising Stars in the Season's Freshest Styles' feature, rocking a super chic red Gucci dress, which features a blue and white chevron pattern, an abundance of ruffles, gloriously gold embroidery around the neckline, and some fur-cuffed sleeves.
To give you an idea of just how regal the dress is, Vogue describes it as a dress that 'might have been dreamed up specifically for social-media royalty'.
Pretty fitting for Kylie, the QUEEN of social media, right?
Showing off the new Kendall & Kylie Topshop collection, obvs.
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We've never seen anyone pair a swimsuit with a furry hat, but she's nailed it.
Bringing a whole new meaning to cut outs in this white swimsuit - fab colour for a tan though.
Matching Louis Vuitton swimsuit and headwear? Living. the. dream.
Tanlines tanlines tanlines?! This girl is just not bothered!
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Papa John's Extends Official Partnership with NHRA
Papa John's International, Inc. has extended its sponsorship agreement to be the Official Pizza sponsor of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) for the 2018 drag racing season.
Papa John's involvement in NHRA drag racing began in 2016 with its sponsorship of Top Fuel drag racer Leah Pritchett and Don Schumacher Racing (DSR). The brand will continue its sponsorship of Pritchett's Top Fuel dragster in 2018 as she and her team build on the success of their 2017 season. Papa John's and Leah Pritchett will also continue to participate in the Charity Challenge racing series to raise money for returning military heroes and their families.
"Last year, we were able to donate $100,000 to the Infinite Hero Foundation by racing my original 1971 Camaro Z28 that I had to sell years ago that led to opening the first Papa John's," said "Papa" John Schnatter, founder and chairman of Papa John's. "We love this cause, we love racing, and can't wait to get on the track again in 2018 to support our heroes who have served in the armed forces."
Infinite Hero Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides resources to help the mental and physical issues that returning military heroes and their families may face. A portion of the funds donated to Infinite Hero Foundation will benefit Overcome Academy, a non-profit organization which focuses on specific leadership training for wounded warriors.
This year, Charity Challenge races will have increased competition as Leah's DSR teammate and 3x NHRA Top Fuel champion Antron Brown will be racing against "Papa" John in select markets.
In addition to participating in the Charity Challenge races, Leah will be on-site at select Papa John's locations throughout the year making pizzas for NHRA fans that visit the restaurants. The events will be broadcast on Facebook Live. The first Facebook Live event kicked off at Papa John's located at 4220 NW 16th Blvd, Gainesville, FL on March 15 at 6:30pm ET.
"We are thrilled that Papa John's is continuing its relationship with NHRA," said Brad Gerber, NHRA vice president and chief development officer. "NHRA provides high-speed excitement to more fans each year, and our growth creates a powerful platform of opportunities for sponsors like Papa John's. We look forward to continued success in 2018."
NHRA's 2018 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series kicked off in February in Pomona, CA. For more information: www.nhra.com. As the Official Pizza Sponsor of NHRA, the company reaches fans across the country through all 24 of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national events and on NHRA Fox Sports broadcasts.

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Reserve Bank of India issues clarifications on data localisation circular
Updated Jun 27, 2019 | 14:35 IST | ANI
Reserve Bank of India's circular said that all payment-related data has to be stored within India. In cases where data gets processed outside the country, it needs to be brought back within 24 hours.
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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued clarifications on certain implementation issues sought by payment system operators on the data regulations. It said that all payment-related data has to be stored within India. In cases where data gets processed outside the country, it needs to be brought back within 24 hours. The central bank has thus reiterated its stand of last years on compulsory localisation of payments data.
In April 2018, the RBI had issued a note mandating that all payments firms should store data within India. The move affected players like Visa, Mastercard, and the likes of Pay-Pal, Google Pay and Amazon Pay among others.
"In case the processing is done abroad, the data should be deleted from the systems abroad and brought back to India not later than the one business day or 24 hours from payment processing, whichever is earlier. The same should be stored only in India," RBI said in a circular on Wednesday.
Earlier, the central bank had not made a clear cut distinction between transactions which are completed within the country and transactions which originates here and gets completed overseas.
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Notices regarding notifications
May 25, 2022 - The Q&A about periodic notifications from the affiliated organizations for specified skilled workers was updated.
Click here for the latest version (PDF, in Japanese).
March 31, 2022 - A section of the notification reference forms was revised. The new version of the forms may be found here.
April 1, 2021 - All notifications related to the Specified Skilled Worker Program may now be accessed through the Immigration Services Agency e-Notification System.
March 30, 2021 - A portion of the notification reference forms were revised. The new version of the forms may be found here.
February 19, 2021 - A portion of the notification reference forms were revised. The new version of the forms may be found here.
August 7, 2020 - Q&A about periodic notifications by the affiliated organizations of specified skilled workers - PDF (in Japanese)
February 28, 2020 - Slight changes were made in relation to the handling of notifications
Please refer to the updates below or the major changes to notifications in accordance with the revised operational guidelines for the employment of specified skilled workers - PDF (in Japanese)
Notifications submitted by the affiliated organization of the specified skilled worker
Affiliated organizations (either companies or sole-proprietorships) that accept specified skilled workers are required to submit various notifications regarding the contracts and/or circumstances of said foreign nationals. Please be advised that these notifications are mandatory. Missing or falsified reports are punishable offences.
Notifications from affiliated organizations are generally divided into two categories, and must be submitted as listed below.
Ad-hoc notifications: within 14 days of the change in circumstance
Periodic notifications: quarterly, within 14 days of the beginning of the quarter
The yearly quarters are defined as follows:
First quarter: January 1 to March 31
Second quarter: April 1 to June 30
Third quarter: July 1 to September 30
Fourth quarter: October 1 to December 31
The documents to be submitted differ according to the type of notification. For more details, please refer to either the list of documents to be submitted (found below) or the "Operation guidelines regarding the acceptance of specified skilled workers (Chapter 7)" (PDF, in Japanese). (Depending on the report, additional documents may be required.)
These notifications are to be submitted to the Regional Immigration Services Bureau in charge of the area in which the affiliated organization's address (head office or main office) is located. This can be done in person, by mail, or by using the e-Notification System. (The use of the e-Notification System requires prior registration. For more details, please click here.)
Ad-hoc notifications
Below are the ad-hoc notifications that are to be submitted by the affiliated organization of the specified skilled worker. (The notification form can be downloaded through the links.)
* Ad-hoc notifications regarding affiliated organizations are to be submitted by the organization in question (either the accepting company or sole-proprietorship).
If notifications from the organization of affiliation are not properly submitted, the organization of affiliation will no longer be able to accept specified skilled worker foreign nationals.
Even if support for the foreign national has been allocated to a registered support organization, these notifications must still be submitted by the affiliated organization to which the specified skilled worker belongs.
* Please refer to the following lists for documents that need to be included with notifications.
List of documents to be submitted (for points 1 and 4 listed below) (PDF, in Japanese)
List of documents to be submitted (for points 2, 3, and 5 listed below) (PDF, in Japanese)
Notification to be submitted when changes are made to an employment contract, when one is concluded, or a new one is entered into
* "New contracts" include cases where an employment contract is concluded, and the foreign national signs another with the same affiliated organization before their period of stay expires.
Notification pertaining to the employment contract of a specified skilled worker (Reference Form No. 3-1)
Notification to be submitted when there are changes to support plans, to the person in charge of implementing them, to the registered support organizations entrusted with their execution, or when switching to in-house support
Notifications pertaining to changes to the support plan (Reference Form No. 3-2)
Notification to be submitted when changes are made to a support services agreement contract, when one is concluded, or a new one is entered into
* If the registered support organization to which this agreement is entrusted changes, then two notifications must be submitted. (One for the conclusion, and one for the new contract.)
Notification pertaining to the Support Services Agreement Contract (Reference Form 3-3)
Notification to be submitted when there are difficulties accepting the specified skilled worker
* This notification is to be submitted at times when it is difficult to continue employing the specified skilled worker, regardless of whether or not they themselves have resigned. (i.e. voluntary resignation, illness, injury, disappearance, death, etc.)
* If the specified skilled worker has submitted a resignation request, please submit a notification within 14 days from the day the request was made (not the date of their resignation).
Notification pertaining to difficulties with accepting the specified skilled worker (Reference Form 3-4)
Notification to be submitted when violations against immigration and/or labor laws occur, or considerably unjust conditions are discovered
Notification pertaining to unfair acts (misconduct) under immigration/labor laws and regulations (Reference Form 3-5)
Periodic notifications
Below are the periodic notifications that are to be submitted by the affiliated organization of the specified skilled worker. (The notification form can be downloaded through the links.)
When all aspects of the implementation of a support plan have been entrusted to a registered support organization
Notifications regarding the status of acceptance activities: must be submitted by the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker (either the accepting company or sole-proprietorship).
Notifications regarding the implementation/status of support systems: must be submitted by the registered support organization.
When only certain aspects of the implementation of a support plan have been entrusted to a registered support organization (or none of them)
Notifications regarding the implementation/status of support systems: must be submitted by the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker (either the accepting company or sole-proprietorship).
* If notifications from the organization of affiliation are not properly submitted, the organization of affiliation will no longer be able to accept specified skilled worker foreign nationals.
* If notifications from the registered support organization are not properly submitted, the support organization's registration will be revoked.
Please feel free to reference either the Periodic Notification Manual or the Periodic Notification Q&A when preparing and/or submitting a notification.
The Periodic Notification Manual (a guide on how to submit notifications for the Specified Skilled Worker Program) can be found here. (PDF, in Japanese)
The Q&A about periodic notifications can be found here. (PDF, in Japanese)
* Please refer to the following lists for documents that need to be included with periodic notifications.
List of documents to be submitted (for points 6 and 7 listed below) - PDF, in Japanese
Notification regarding acceptances and activities
Notification pertaining to acceptance status and activities of the specified skilled worker (Reference Form 3-6, Supplemental Reference Form 3-6)
Notification regarding support status
* This notification is required when all aspects of the implementation of a support plan have been entrusted to a registered support organization.
Notification pertaining to the support status of the specified skilled worker (Reference Form 3-7)
Note: If submitting notifications for multiple specified skilled workers whose support status is the same, it is possible to bundle them using Supplemental Reference Form 3-7. Foreign nationals at different stages of support will require separate notifications.
Notifications from registered support organizations
Please be advised that registered support organizations are required to submit various notifications regarding their registration items and support status. Non-fulfillment of the notifications and false notifications are subject to penalties, including the cancellation of the registration.
Notifications from registered support organizations are generally divided into two categories, and must be submitted as listed below.
Ad-hoc notifications are to be submitted to the Regional Immigration Services Bureau in charge of the area in which the registered support organization's address (head office or main office) is located. Periodic notifications are to be submitted to the Regional Immigration Services Bureau in charge of the area in which the affiliated organization's address (head office or main office) is located. This can be done in person or by mail.
It may also be possible to send notices through the Immigration Services Agency's e-Notification System. (The use of the electronic system requires prior registration. For more details, please click here.)
Below are the ad-hoc notifications that are to be submitted by registered support organizations. (The notification form can be downloaded through the links.)
* Please refer to the following lists for documents that need to be included with notifications related to registered support organizations.
List of documents to be submitted (for points 1, 2, 3, and 4 listed below) (PDF, in Japanese)
Notification related to changes in registration for a registered support organization
* A notification is required when changes to information that is published on the Immigration Services Agency registered support organization directory are made.
The registered support organization directory can be found here.
Notification regarding changes to registration items (Appendix 29-16)
Registered support organization summary (Reference Form 2-2) (Word, in Japanese) (PDF, in Japanese)
* The registered support organization summary (Reference Form 2-2) must be included (except in cases where there are changes to the date where support services are due to commence).
Please ensure that the written summary only shows the changes, and that the English sections are filled out correctly.
Notification to be submitted when support activities are suspended or annulled
Notification pertaining to the suspension or annullment of support activities (Reference Form 4-1)
Notification to be submitted when support activities are resumed
* Please submit this form at least one month before the intended start date.
Notification pertaining to the resumption of support activities (Reference Form 4-2)
Below are the periodic notifications that are to be submitted by registered support organizations. (The notification form can be downloaded through the links.)
Please refer to the following lists for documents that need to be included with notifications related to registered support organizations.
List of documents to be submitted (for points 1, 2, and 3 listed above, and point 4 listed below) (PDF, in Japanese)
* This notification is required when all aspects of the implementation of a support plan have been entrusted to an affiliated organization.
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People see debugging as an occult art, when often it is the easiest part of software development. Debugging is a perfect closed world in which to apply the scientific method.
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10 steps to thinking positive
Turn negative thoughts on their head and feel the health and wellbeing benefits today.
Christina Larmer
bodyandsoul.com.auJune 17, 20165:29pm
A recent US survey found that 97 percent of women are more willing to think and speak negatively about themselves than they are to give a positive spin. Yet negative thoughts damage our self-esteem says Dr Sarah Edelman, a Sydney-based psychologist and author of Change Your Thinking (ABC Books, 2006).
"If you feel badly about yourself you're at greater risk of being depressed and dissatisfied with your life, and it can affect the quality of your relationships," she says.
It can also affect you physically – a Canadian study shows that negative body image increases your risk of high blood pressure, stress and other health conditions.
Fortunately, it is possible to turn negative thoughts around says Dr Edelman. Here's how:
Many of us don't realise how frequently we put ourselves down. "Observe your own self-talk and catch yourself out," says Dr Edelman. Try looking in the mirror. If your first thought is negative: "I'm too fat/old/plain," just say "Stop!" and brush it away. If you wouldn't say it to others, don't say it to yourself.
Acknowledge the source
Most of our self-doubt does not come from within says Dr Edelman. "Today, we're constantly being bombarded with messages about how we should look, how we should be perfect mothers, have great relationships. It's very easy to feel inadequate." Be conscious of those messages but don't buy into them.
Surround yourself in smiles
If looking at photos of loved ones or favourite holidays leave you feeling good about yourself, splash those pictures about! Studies confirm that seeing pictures of our children smiling boosts mood and wellbeing.
It's unfair to compare
"We all have different strengths and weaknesses, different biological resources and family environments," says Dr Edelman. "It's unrealistic to expect to achieve the same things as people on TV or our peers. Comparing ourselves with others is a very unhealthy habit, so catch yourself comparing and try to stop it."
Practise self-acceptance
Beating yourself up about your weaknesses, be it body type or bank balance, also doesn't help she says. "Learn to practise self-acceptance: 'Okay this is not ideal but it is part of my life and I can accept it and get on with my life in a positive way.'"
Immerse yourself in nature
US research shows that simply looking at a vase of flowers can boost positive thoughts first thing in the morning, while The Finnish Forest Research Institute found that natural, green settings can improve moods, reduce anger and boost happiness.
Start a 'Strengths Register'
Focus on your strengths and list them in a journal or on the fridge. "We tend to be drawn to evidence that we don't measure up but ignore the positives," says Dr Edelman. Are you a loving mum or successful at work? Do you have a warm smile? Write it all down, then update your list regularly. "It needs to be constantly reinforced to make a difference."
Build supportive relationships
We're more likely to feel good about ourselves when we're surrounded by people who value and support us. "It's important to cull relationships that make us feel inadequate," says Dr Edelman. The key is authenticity. "Be who you are and don't try to be a people-pleaser because that just reinforces your sense of not being good enough."
Join Facebook
A recent Cornell University study shows that Facebook can have a positive influence on our self-esteem because we choose what we reveal about ourselves and filter the negative stuff. Public feedback from our Facebook friends also boosts self-esteem. Just choose your friends wisely.
People who exercise regularly report fewer harsh thoughts than those who sloth about according to a US survey. That's because exercise boosts the production of the feel-good hormone serotonin says Sydney-based psychologist and yoga teacher Melissa Podmore. "If our serotonin is low we're more likely to be depressed."
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Secure Shell comes straight from Google, and is intended to be the terminal replacement in Chrome OS. Google's Native Client technology is used to connect directly to SSH servers, doing away with... Terminal emulator and SSH client.
chromeSecureShell. I want to use chrome secure shell on Windows and Mac, but it doesn't satisfy my usual operatic habits. So I improved it by adding more options.
1/10/2009 · This is a great FTP (file transfer protocol) program and I show you a few functions of it.
In the chrome apps list, click on 'Secure Shell' to launch the plugin. 4. Just enter the '@' and the port number (default port number is 22 unless changed by the administrator) and hit 'Enter' key to connect.


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Viking-Chess
VIKING CHESS: Fig. 1. The Viking chess is a chess play on an unusal chessboard consisting of hexagons instead of squares, arranged in three differnt colours according to fig. 1.
The VIKING CHESS is an new game invented in Iceland. The tool for playing VIKING CHESS consists of a playing board of the sie 17 x 21 mede up of a 85 hexagons, divided into 9 colums and having three different colours.
A set of chequers consists of 9 chequers and 9 pawns. The two sets of chequers are having different colours. Thechequers nemes are the same as in classical chess except one, which is Viking.
The moving abilities are quite analogical to the classical chess and are easy to learn. Only the moving of Viking is new.
The game in the classical chess is divided into three parts: Beginning, midplay and end, but in Viking chess the game is divided into 4 parts: Arranging the chequers, beginning, midplay and end.
In the classical chess there are two directions. The Great chess Champion Mr. F. Ólafsson has acquainted himself with the Viking chess and gives the following comments: "The Viking chess is obviously much more complicated than classical chess, because there are three directions in the board and there are more chequers and more hexagons than there are squares. The moving abilities in Viking chess are easy to learn, but it takes a little time to make out the directions. I suppose that there has to be build up an new Viking chess theory from beginning. Still there are some principles from the classical chess which remains as for example to have a strong centre, to evolve the officers quickly and not to weake the position of the King, but the method for doing thes will be quite different in Viking chess.
In Viking chess there are more moved needed, more time needed, there are more possibilities and the moving of the chequers is slower than in classical chess.
In spite of the nobility of the classical chess thete have from time to time been mede efforts to change the principle by adding or reducing the number of chequers or by making it three dimensional in order to find a new principle, but always without result, simply because the principles of the classical chess is a principle of SQUARES and it remains the same and unaffected by the number of squares.
With the Viking chess there has been found a new priciple of chess, the princeple of the HEXAGON with the chess-board remaining rectangular.
This new principle has been studied by chess-players of all classes and found to be a principle HEXAGONAL CHESS.
The Viking Chess has been found much developing for the chess player's sense of the square board. He makes out the two directions more easily after having been doing with tree. Thus it is supposed, that chess players of all classes will play Viking chess along with classical chess.
Once a new principle is found it certainly has advanges over the older ones for compare the intelligence of the player, bacause the theoreetical knowledge will not affect the real ability of the player to direct the chequers. The Viking Chess is thus supposed to be A NEW TOOL FOR COMPARING INTELLIGENCE - A NEW TOOL FOR CHESS PLAY.
Fig. 2. Each set of pieces consists of the usual set of chess pieces with the addition of one piece, which is called the Viking and is placed between the King and the Queen, and one pown in front of the Viking. This beginning position of hte pieces is shown in fig. 2. Note, that the white Viking is on a white hexagon.
Fig. 3 shows the movement of the Viking, which moves hexagonally, on the white hexagons only and only in direction of the corners of its own hexagon.
Fig. 4 shows the movement of the Rook. The Rook can move vertically and horizontally along ghe a c e g an i lines of the board. Accordingly the Rooks can never enter the b d f and h lines. Rooking is allowed by the same rules as in usual chess.
Fig. 5 shows the movement of the Knight, which is preferably defined by the figure. As in usual chess, the Knight is the only piece, which can jump over other pices.
Fig. 6 shows the movement of the Bishop, which moves along two diagonals.
Fig. 7 shows the movement of the Queen, which moves vertically and horizontally on all lines of the board and along two diagonals.
Fig. 8 shows the movement of the King, which can only move to the adjacent hexagons.
Castle:
White Kf1-h1 and Ri9-g9, or to the other side: Kf1-b1 and Ra1-c1.
Black: Kf10-h10 and Ri9-g9, or to the other side: Kf10-b10 and Ra9-c9.
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Cogito Ergo Sum "I think, therefor I'm" René Descartes


KONYA, Turkey (Hurriyet)–Turkey has conveyed its concerns to the United States about Azerbaijan not being invited to the upcoming nuclear summit in Washington, D.C., diplomatic sources have told the Turkish Hurriyet Daily News.
"We have passed on the message that it is not correct to not invite Baku to an international event where Armenia will be represented," said the sources, adding that Washington to Ankara's diplomatic note with only information on the criteria for determining conference participation.
Heads of state and government from more than 40 countries will participate in the summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday and Tuesday.
Davutoglu did not elaborate further on his remarks.
Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu held talks Friday in Baku where he delivered a letter from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Diplomatic sources said the visit also aimed to compensate for Baku's non-participation in the nuclear summit.
In Baku, Sinirlioglu also met with Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Memmedyarov, who had spoken by telephone a day previously with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu.
Earlier in the week, Sinirioglu flew to Yerevan where he met with Armenian President Serzh Sarisian and Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian and brokered a meeting between Sarkisian and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two are set to meet in Washington on the sidelines of the nuclear summit.
Ambiguity persists over a possible meeting between Erdogan and Obama in Washington. Diplomatic sources said the program is not yet clear, but did not rule out a pull-aside formula, in which Obama could hold brief talks with the Turkish premier on the margins of the summit.
There is also talk of a possible three-way meeting on the sidelines of the Washington summit involving Obama, Erdogan and Sarkisian.
Iran meanwhile plans to host a counter-summit on April 17 to 18 that is expected to draw large participation. Though Iran has extended an invitation to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, diplomatic sources said Davutoglu's presence at the Tehran event is a "weak possibility" because of the minister's scheduled visit to Brazil.
The sources indicated, however, that another official from the Turkish Foreign Ministry could represent Turkey at the summit in Iran.
Washington telling Turkey, that war maniac attitude of Azerbaijan toward Armenia is not acceptable..


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Thirteen-year mortality and morbidity in preterm infants in Switzerland
Fei Chen Division of Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children's University Hospital of Geneva and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Department of Child Health-Care, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Nadia M Bajwa Department of Paediatrics, Children's University Hospital of Geneva and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Peter C Rimensberger Division of Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children's University Hospital of Geneva and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Klara M Posfay-Barbe Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Children's University Hospital of Geneva and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Riccardo E Pfister Division of Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children's University Hospital of Geneva and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
Correspondence to Dr Riccardo E Pfister, Division of Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children's University Hospital of Geneva and University of Geneva, 6 Rue Willy Donzé, Geneva CH-1211, Switzerland; Riccardo.pfister{at}hcuge.ch
Chen F, Bajwa NM, Rimensberger PC and the Swiss Neonatal Network, et al
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2016;101:F377-F383.
Received March 11, 2015
Revised March 8, 2016
Accepted March 9, 2016
First published April 8, 2016.
Previous version (8 April 2016).
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This year for our annual ND Team-Building Retreat and Summer Fun Day we decided to stay local and visit some sustainable projects within city limits.
Our strategy meeting took place at Uncommon Ground, a coffeehouse / café; which has been the recipient of many "green" and sustainability awards. Free flowing lattes, an amazing breakfast and creative ideas ranging from Thought Mapping to Building Great Client Relationships were presented by each staff member and served up a great morning. After the first half of our meeting we were able to tour Uncommon Ground's rooftop farm, Chicago's first organic rooftop farm.
We returned to the office the next day excited to drive ND to the next level.


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Am-nasty International Lies Again-NGO Monitor
by Jeff Dunetz | May 26, 2007 | Other
I used to work at Marvel Comics. Every once in a while I would get a phone call from an adult reader complaining that in a particular issue we had Spider-man (or some other character) do something that everyone knows he would never do. After promising to turn their comments to the editors, I had to bite my tongue hard to resist asking the caller if they realized that this was a comic book, a fantasy, Spider-man did not exist in the real world. Groups like Amnesty International exist in the same mythological ideal world as those comic book heroes. Some reason people actually believe that groups like Amnesty International create reports that are accurate and without a political agenda. Sadly their reports are about as real world as is Spider-man.
Below are two pieces from NGO Monitor. The first is an Op-Ed from the NY Sun written by the group's head honcho Professor Gerald Steinberg calling for more scrutiny of Amnesty's reports. The second is press release from NGO Monitor pointing out the errors and omissions of Amnesty's recent treatise.
Scrutinize Amnesty International
Gerald Steinberg The NY Sun For many journalists, diplomats, and political activists, Amnesty International is considered to be a highly reliable and objective source of information and analysis on human rights around the world. But the halo that surrounds its reports and campaigns is beginning to fray, as the evidence of political bias and inaccuracy mounts.
Recently, the Economist, published in Britain, noted that "an organization which devotes more pages in its annual report to human-rights abuses in Britain and America than those in Belarus and Saudi Arabia cannot expect to escape doubters' scrutiny." Other critics, including law professor at Harvard, Alan Dershowitz, and the U.S.-based Capital Research Center, have been more pointed, providing evidence of Amnesty's systematic bias and reports based largely on claims by carefully selected "eyewitnesses" in Colombia, Gaza, and Lebanon. As Amnesty releases its annual report on human rights for 2006, amid highly choreographed public relations events, and repeating the familiar condemnations of Israel and America, NGO Monitor has also published a report on Amnesty's activities in the Middle East. The result is not a pretty picture for those clinging to the "halo effect." Using a detailed and sophisticated qualitative model for comparing relative resources devoted to the different countries, this report clearly shows that in 2006, Amnesty singled out Israel for condemnation of human rights to a far greater extent than Iran, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, Egypt, and other chronic abusers of human rights. During the year, Amnesty issued 48 publications critical of Israel, compared to 35 for Iran, 2 for Saudi Arabia, and only 7 for Syria. Many of the attacks directed at Israel took place during the war with Hezbollah, but this terror group and state-within-a-state also got relatively little attention from Amnesty. Furthermore, as Amnesty has almost no professional researchers, many of the "factual" claims in these reports were provided by "eyewitnesses," whose political affiliations and credibility can be only guessed. And the language used in these reports also reflects an obsessive and unjustified singling out of Israel, with frequent use of terms such "disproportionate attacks," "war crimes," and "violations of international humanitarian law." And while Amnesty International was founded to fight for the freedom of political prisoners, the officials in charge of this organization failed to issue a single statement calling for the release of the Israeli soldiers that were kidnapped by Hezbollah and Hamas, and who have not been heard from since their illegal capture. These and many other details published in NGO Monitor's report on Amnesty provide further evidence that this powerful NGO has lost its way, and is no longer a "respectable" or credible human rights organization. These fundamental defects extend beyond the Middle East. Researchers from a Bogota-based conflict think tank, the University of London and the Conflict Analysis Resource Center, reached similar conclusions about reports on the conflict in Colombia. In their report, "The Work of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch: Evidence from Colombia," the authors state that both groups follow a "non-systematic approach that includes opaque sourcing and frequent changes in the objects they measure." In other words, these reports are biased and lack credibility. Moreover, they note the "failure to specify sources, unclear definitions, an erratic reporting template and a distorted portrayal of conflict dynamics" among the methodological problems with Amnesty International's publications, adding to evidence of "bias against the government relative to the guerrillas." These problems are compounded by the absence of transparency and any system of checks and balances among these powerful political actors. In contrast to the democratic governments that Amnesty officials frequently denounce and condemn, including Israel, NGOs are not subject to independent accountability. No one outside the inner circle knows how or why they choose their particular "targets," or how they assess the "evidence," or write their reports. And officials such as Amnesty's Irene Khan are often in power and in control of massive budgets for many years, without significant challenges or competition. Given this situation, the time is long past due for ending the "halo effect" that surrounds powerful groups such as Amnesty and Human Rights Watch. Their reports should not be given automatic credibility by journalists, diplomats, academics, and individuals genuinely committed to the universality of human rights principles.
Rather than publicizing their reports and endorsing their campaigns, the publications of Amnesty and similar groups need to be subjected to the same type of independent questioning as is done for reports issued by governments and other political organizations.
"Amnesty Report Ignores Israeli Casualties and Islamist Terror" NGO Monitor
May 24, 2007 Following the publication of NGO Monitor's analysis of Amnesty International's activity in 2006, NGO Monitor has released the following response to Amnesty's annual report. The following points of concern arise from Amnesty's report:-
Amnesty cite numerous figures without any sources to verify its claims.
Amnesty falsely claims only 3 Israeli servicemen were killed in the Hezbollah cross-border raid that triggered the conflict. The true statistic is in fact eight.
Amnesty claims Israel killed 650 Palestinians, yet makes no distinction between combatants and civilians. Nor do they provide a source for these figures. Similarly, no sources are given for the claim that 1200 people were killed in Lebanon during the war, and no differentiation is made between Hezbollah fighters and Lebanese civilians.
Amnesty criticizes Israel's use of cluster bombs, but fails to even mention Hezbollah's use of Chinese made cluster bombs fired at Israel.
Amnesty accuses Israel of committing "war crimes", "indiscriminate" and "disproportionate" attacks "on a large scale" in Lebanon. NGO Monitor has documented in detail the false nature of many of these claims. (see earlier report)
Amnesty's claim that Israel intended to inflict "collective punishment" and showed "wanton disregard" for civilians, is a one sided political statement, and has no place in a document intended to improve human rights for all peoples.
While only paying lip service to the widespread Palestinian infighting, Amnesty appears to blame the withholding of tax revenue by Israel as the reason for "unprecedented deterioration" of conditions in the PA.
By downplaying Israeli casualties, ignoring attacks on Israeli citizens, and by failing to differentiate between civilians and those involved in acts of war against Israel – Amnesty display a one sided, monochromatic understanding of the situation in the Middle East. As such their claims, so often provided without verifiable sources, cannot be seen as credible or accurate. NGO Monitor Executive Director, Prof. Gerald Steinberg noted, " This pattern of bias and lack of credibility is consistent with NGO Monitor's previous analyses of Amnesty International's reports and publications. "


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Go get a cup of coffee and come back. Wedge in a half an hour.
Bask.
Labels: Aircraft, Carrier, Vietnam War
fdchief100 said...
Glory Days. Whales, vigi's, tadpoles, queers and phantoms. All star cast.
Just awesome. And narrated by The Man with the Golden Voice, John Facenda. Can't beat it with a stick.
SJBill said...
Precisely. The. Navy. I. Remember.
And not the one we have, today.
Did we get something wrong that it needed so much change?
Don't forget the mighty War Hummer! Or the CH-46, SH-3 and SH-2.
In that year, there were plenty of S-2Ds around the fleet.
DM05 said...
Great vid, just prior to my time of the hollow carter years. To echo Grandpa, there's been alot of changes since, and not sure where and why the rudder was damaged and course altered.
This is footage from the Indy's '65 Weastpac cruise...
She was the first 2nd Fleet carrier to make a 'nam deployment (note the orange flight suits which were rapidly going away). And she had a troubled time of it. Her 1200 psi plant vexed all. I know the folks aboard the Coral Sea had to pick up some of her commitments on the line.
Also, this was the first combat deployment of the A-6;s, and they had troubles as well.
The days of past.
Ships bands
SH's doing cobblers work, tailoring.
Dungrees
Short sleeves while underway
Crainals with only mickey mouse ears and canvas
UH-2s, Traders, Viggies, Whales, Phantoms, SPads
Boiler Techs
Water hours
Undressed working blues
Grease boards, reverse writing, bitch boxes
After a rewatch, some of the footage was from aboard the Kitty Hawk as well. There is a clear view of the "3" on the deck as a Vigi is being launched from the starboard cat. A little later there is a clear view of a Vigi with the tail letters in Heavy 13's characterisitc oriental style NH, and that squadron was deployed with the CVW aboard the Kitty at the time. I think the Spad footage was from the Kitty ae well.
Those ready room shots could well have been at Gitmo, as there are some scenes from there as well. That would explain the orange flight suits, as the more I thought about it, I didn't remember seeing anyone headed to points west in orange.
Denton was CO of the Sunday Punchers and was shot down on that deployment. I think they lost two CO's as a matter of fact. He and some others in the squadron were lost due to their own ordnance detonating early.
As I remember, Vic Matula, the CO of Heavy 1 was lost in a non combat accident (broken wire at trap) along with Larry Gronquist, and Jim Bell and Duffy Hutton were shot down.
Even in the hard to maintain Vigi world that first 'nam VA-75 deployment was legendary for the not ready for prime time electronics on the A-6. These guys were some seriously hard working souls....
Lastly check out the hard black smoke as the carrier was pulling away from the pier. 1200 psi plants were just awful in those days. The best think that ever happened to the Indy was getting sent to Japan, as it added years to her life. You can say the same for the Midway and Kitty too.
xbradtc said...
Sid, it would be another year or so till I was born, and Dad would take VA-35 into action on their first Vietnam cruise. In the meantime, A-6 losses were running about %50 per deployment, and no CO had completed a full cruise. If VA-35 didn't have a good cruise, the whole program was in doubt,
Somehow, through hard work, a steep learning curve, and a ton of technical help, they made it with one combat loss (McDaniel and Patterson).
Actually a few of my family friends remember Orange flight suits were still in vogue up till about 1966/67 time frame and some of them stuck around even into the combat zone cause of supply issues. Simply cause the mind set hadn't fully transitioned from peace time deployments to war time deployments. Especially so for the Atlantic fleet air wings and carriers. It wasn't until later in 1967 going into 1968 that the OD green flight suit became mandatory to all fleet units and the orange was relegated to the VXE and some of the PatWings. The Internation Orange flight suits were adopted so that if an aircrew went down in the water they could be seen more easily during the SAR effort.
As to the ordnance detonating early, it was found after some testing that the Aero-7 bomb racks on the A-6 were too powerful for the older generation of bombs. So that is when it became mandatory then to only carry MER's or TER's with any of the bomb ordnance. After the Mk80 series of bombs came out in the early 70's and was found that they ease the restriction.
I think that it was around 1970 that the IO flight suits were finally all withdrawn and everyone got sage green ones. The exposure suits that P-3 crews had were also in olive drab until the Imperial Wetsuit came online and those were in bright orange. I remember testing those in Casco Bay, Maine, I think it was 1979. Even with them and the hot august day it was still bloody cold in that water.
Yeah... me too. It would be nice to, if nothing else, get some color back on the birds.
Oh and I bet dollars to donuts that if anyone set this film to the Safety Center they would all drop dead of heart attacks from all the things unsafe going on. Guys not wearing flight deck gear during flight ops, taking water samples without all the proper PPE. Short sleeves while underway. Guys smoking in spaces and not at authorized smoke pits, electric repair folks wearing watches and rings while working around high power. Oh dear. No ORM posters, no safety posters at all!
I once had the cruise book from this cruise, but its long lost. Shame, since those suckers are now damned expensive.
As for the orange flight suits...All I can say is they were gone from Sanford (that wing supplied RA-5 squadrons to both coasts) by late '65 in the operational squadrons. That vivid color change must've stuck on a naturally pedantic, geeky little kid like me.. ;)
Nobody on the Coral Sea wore orange on the Coral Sea during her '65 cruise either, but then again, she was a west coast boat.
As for the ordnance, the Mk80 "low drag" series were developed in the '50s, and were in production at the start of sustained strikes in '65 SAP, but they very quickly ran short.
It got to the point where A-4s were carrying just two old 500 pounders apiece....Something that was dictated by McNamara himself. An A-4 with that load can be briefly seen in the footage
As for the old bombs, check out the vintage Mk 60 bombs coming aboard from the USS Vesuvius in the video. A couple of years later, the USN would pay dearly for keeping that old stuff around...
SAP, I entered USNA a year after this film was made and remember much of this from my Midn cruises and my first ship. The scenes from the engineering spaces took me back to those days before "repeat back", EOSS, and the Hearing Conservation Program. The only thing they missed were the Morton Salt Tablet dispensers on the fireroom stanchions.
What a wonderful half hour spend...not wasted.
Here is an A-4 launching on a strike with just two single 500 lb'ers (mk80 series) in March '65
I forgot to mention the shot of the three plane guard DDs following in Indy's wake and the DLG (probably with the DESRON/Screen Commander embarked) coming up alongside.
Oh yea. My dad joined in '67 and he remembers some of the same scenes on his first cruise on the America. He also remembers the change in the aviation community as NATOPS, NAMP, and the rest were introduced over the next few decades. I wasn't complaining, just some observational humor.
GBS said...
Some things are definitely different, but it is amazing how much is done the same way as 50+ years ago.
Sid,
I don't doubt what you say. I just remember family telling me the stories of why the MER/TERs were used primarly on the Intruder. That it had to do with detonating ordnance as the racks kicked them away. There was an issue between the rack and the bomb. The biggest thing I remember one of them telling me was that the 2k bombs couldn't handle the pistons kicking into them. So it was a few year of testing and studying to redevelop both the rack and the bombs until they got them working good so that they could be effective in delievery of the 2k bomb post 1969.
"Somehow, through hard work, a steep learning curve, and a ton of technical help, they made it with one combat loss (McDaniel and Patterson). "
Those were tough days xbrad...
Its dawned on me that I've ben lurking about Naval Aviation for better than half its century old existence...
Here I was, ushering Heavy One -with 18 A-3's!- off to the Indy's first deployment.
I remember the long faces when "The News" would hit with distressing frequency.
And to SAP's point below, more times than not, those were not combat related.
Especially given the goofy restrictions in the ROE which allowed the Russians to develop the NVN air defense system into a lethal force equalizer by late '66...And the misplaced notion of symbolic bombing to effect change on the diplomatic effect.
Of course, we now have a crowd in Washington two generations on trying to run a war with the same old dusty playbook.
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Will S said...
We sure could use something like the A-1 Skyraider in the 'stan.
I don't doubt what you say.
Same for your info SAP...I know they were having severe issues with the early detonation problem...The biggest initial issue was trying to determine what caused the losses in the first place, as the folks who knew what happened were gone.
Bet xbrad's dad could wax eloquent on this.
"Somehow, through hard work, a steep learning curve, and a ton of technical help, they made it with one combat loss (McDaniel and Patterson)."
(thanks Scott...don't like to delete comments, but that one was barely coherent anyway)
xbrad, those were tough days, that folks of today would find outright catastrophic. Not only were the combat losses beginning to mount, but the operational accidents which had spiraled upwards with the introduction of jets a decade earlier were continuing with distressing frequency.
The long faces when "The News" hit; the empty desks of the classmates who had met misfortune;the growing number of single parent households left in limbo not knowing one way or the other...Those things had an indelible influence on the way I see the world to this day.
And, to SAP's point about safety below, combat was only part of the problem.
What I find sad in that video is that the NCA squandered the fabulous instrument of foreign policy that was Naval Aviation in the 1960's. A goofy, impossible to follow ROE, and the silly -"Hope"- of a concept of symbolic application of military force to effect "Change" in the disposition of an implaccable foe just got people killed for little ultimate reason.
Given that experience, it torques me tight to see a crowd in the White House two generations on, using the same dusty old playbook of goofy ROEs and half commitments from the same old dusty playbook....
The orange flight suits hung around for awhile longer in the P-3 community, especially in the reserve squadrons. In Jax in '77, there were still a number of them in unissued condition in the paraloft where I got my OD stuff issued. I had asked about them and the Chief running the place said they hadn't got the word on what to do with them yet, but to not issue them.
GBS, its dawned on me thast I've been lurking about on the edges of Nava Aviation for better than half its century old existence.
This pic was taken as I was "marshalling out" Heavy One -with 18 A-3s!- enroute to the Indy's first deployment...
And its pretty amazing how many things end up being back "back to the future."
My recollection of the discussion of MER/TER was that the previous racks, the MBR, didn't kick enough, and that the bombs were caught in the slipstream and often came right back to the Intruder, or bounced off each other for a while.
IIRC, Deke Bordone lost his A-6 this way.
Also, I know my dad had sage green flight suits for his '66 cruise on Big E, but he also had several sets of Marine OD utilities and I recall seeing a pic of him in flight gear while wearing them.
As close as I'll get to watching a Barret Tillman story unfold.
Even from behind, you look so serious! A man to be reckoned with!
I've seen that pic before when you linked to it, and have always liked it. When I was around 8 or so, my father bought me a Steve Canyon blue flight suit and white plastic pilot's helmet. Back then, that was the coolest thing in the world. Another fix on my way to an aviation jones.
Er, I typed John Facenda, I meant Scourby. The OTHER golden voice.
of Victory at Sea fame.
That's the guy. Great narrators of NFL Films (Facenda) and Victory at Sea (Scourby).
I forgot to mention the shot of the three plane guard DDs following in Indy's wake and the DLG (probably with the DESRON/Screen Commander embarked) coming up alongside.
That was the then spankin' new RK Turner...
She departed Philadelphia Naval Shipyard August 10, 1964 for her homeport of San Diego, Calif., stopping briefly at Yorktown and Norfolk, Va., and then Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She crossed through the Panama Canal, and after a port call in Acapulco, Mexico, arrived in San Diego on September 11, 1964.
USS RICHMOND K. TURNER departed San Diego June 4, 1965 her first deployment to the Western Pacific. She joined Task Force 77 in the South China Sea area and served as missile support ship for the attack carriers CORAL SEA (CVA 43), INDEPENDENCE (CV 62), and ORISKANY (CV 34).
She was reassigned to the Search and Rescue Destroyer Unit in the Tonkin Gulf in September 1965. After participating in missions in which eight aviators were rescued, she departed Subic Bay and arrived San Diego December 18.


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Q: hypothesis spaces knowing a neural network? So I'm studying for an artificial intelligence exam, and I see this question :
Knowing e) is your neural network, which is the corresponding hypothesis spaces?
I know that the answer is b), but I don't have any explanation as to why it is b). I'm a bit clueless as to what I have to do here...

thank you

A: The question in your artificial intelligence exam consists in finding the values x and y so that the output is "true" or "false".
The figure (e) shows a small feedforward neural network. The output of a neuron is a function of the weighted sum of every inputs (and the bias, represented in your figure by vertical arrows). For example, the top-left neuron output is a function of 10*x + 10*y -10. That means the output of this neuron is output1 = f(10*x + 10*y - 10). This function f is called the activation function.
Here neurons may be considered as perceptrons. Perceptrons are the simplest models of neurons : their activation function is a step function : f(u) = 1 if u > 0 and f(u) = 0 otherwise.
The aim of the question is to find for which values of x and y the output of your network is 1/true/positive.
To do so, you basically just compute outputs of your network's neurons and find characteristic of the network.
Top-left neuron : the output is 1 if 10*x + 10*y -10 > 0 <=>  x + y - 1 > 0, 0 otherwise.
Bottom-left neuron : the output is 1 if -10*x -10*y +30 > 0 <=> x + y < 3, 0 otherwise.
The last neuron is a very basic neuron that works as a logical AND. If both values are true/1, then the output is 1 because 1+1-1.5 = 0.5 > 0, the output is 0 otherwise. Therefore, the hypothesis space of this network is the intersection of the two previous spaces, ie. the intersection of x + y - 1 > 0 and x + y < 3, which is (b).

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