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Emmys: Breaking Down Odds to Win in Major Races on the 2019 Ballot
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A slew of newcomers prove stiff competition in major categories, but recognizable names will likely still prevail at the 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Here, Variety analyzes the nominees in 14 of this year's toughest races.
After a year in which some heavy hitters opted to premiere just outside the Emmy eligibility season, this race seemed the most wide open going into nomination morning. Of course last year's winner in the category, HBO's "Game of Thrones," made it back onto the ballot (and dominated with 32 noms overall in its final season), as did NBC's "This Is Us," which scored nine nods overall. AMC's "Better Call Saul" saw a return to the ballot after sitting out last year's race (and earned nine noms), while the second seasons of BBC America's "Killing Eve" and Netflix's "Ozark" made the grade for the first time (each scoring nine noms, as well). They are joined by true freshmen Netflix's "Bodyguard" (two noms), FX's "Pose" (six noms) and HBO's "Succession" (five noms). Despite mixed reviews from a critical audience, it's going to be nearly impossible to take the trophy from "Game of Thrones," as voters may find it impossible to resist sending the pop-culture phenom off with gold one last time.
Lead Drama Actor
Last year the Television Academy awarded this trophy to the actor who was nominated for the final season of his series (Matthew Rhys, "The Americans"). Each of the two years prior, voters gave it to a newcomer (Rami Malek in 2016, Sterling K. Brown in 2017). This year they have a way to almost do both at once: Kit Harington sees his first nod in this category for the final season of "Game of Thrones." But Harington doesn't have the award locked up just yet. Brown is back on the ballot for the third consecutive time, as is his "This Is Us" co-star Milo Ventimiglia, while Jason Bateman is seeing his second consecutive nod for "Ozark," and Bob Odenkirk, previously nominated three times for "Better Call Saul," returns after the drama was ineligible last year. This year's true newcomer is Billy Porter of "Pose." With a Tony win already under his belt (for 2013's "Kinky Boots") and the second season of "Pose" airing now, Porter may have enough heat to play spoiler to Harington.
Lead Drama Actress
What a difference a year makes! Last year Sandra Oh ("Killing Eve") was a fresh face in this race, but after her second consecutive nomination, she is the front-runner. It is Oh's scene partner, Jodie Comer, as well as "This Is Us" matriarch Mandy Moore and "Game of Thrones'" Emilia Clarke, who are the newcomers to the ballot. Should voters be torn over choosing between the "Killing Eve" co-stars, Clarke may reign: After being nominated in the supporting category three times between 2013 and 2016, she moved into the lead category, and now this is her only chance to achieve Emmy gold, since "Thrones" wrapped this year. Making competition even stiffer are Robin Wright, who has been nominated every year "House of Cards" has been eligible and is also taking her last shot at a statue for this role; "How to Get Away With Murder's" Viola Davis, who won in 2015 and was nominated twice again after; and Laura Linney, who is seeing her first nom for "Ozark."
Of all the comedy series nominees, Amazon Prime Video's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" racked up the most overall nominations this year (20). It is also the incumbent in the race. But that doesn't make it a shoo-in to take home the statue again. After all, HBO's awards magnet "Veep" is back (scoring nine noms) after sitting out last year's eligibility window, HBO's hitman comedy "Barry" (17 noms) picked up steam in its second season, and there are a number of series that, while not true newcomers on the television landscape, made a splash with voters for the first time. Among those are Prime Video's "Fleabag" (11 noms), NBC's "The Good Place" (five noms), Netflix's "Russian Doll" (13 noms) and Pop TV's "Schitt's Creek" (four noms). Last year it was a fresh female voice that broke through with "Maisel," and if the Academy wants to follow that pattern, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's "Fleabag" or Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland and Amy Poehler's "Russian Doll" could rise to the top.
Lead Comedy Actor
Perhaps being a multi-nominee last year helped push Bill Hader over the top to win this category, in which case this is his race to lose. In addition to his second consecutive acting nom for "Barry," he is also up for the second year in his role for writing and directing the HBO comedy. Anthony Anderson is still giving this race a real run for its money, having scored his fourth consecutive nom, as are "Black Monday's" Don Cheadle (back on the ballot for the first time since 2015) and long-time Academy favorite Ted Danson, with his second consecutive nom for "The Good Place." The wild card in this category is "Schitt's Creek's" Eugene Levy, who last saw Emmy gold in 1983. But if anyone could snatch the trophy from Hader, it's "The Kominsky Method's" Michael Douglas, who won the Golden Globe earlier this year.
Lead Comedy Actress
Before the ballots were cast, this race looked like it would come down to "Veep's" Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who broke records when she won the category in 2017, her sixth statue for the role, and last year's winner Rachel Brosnahan, of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." While those two are still neck-and-neck at the top of the list, the voters surprised everyone by pivoting from the repeat nominees to celebrate four newer faces in this race: "Dead to Me's" Christina Applegate, last nominated in the category in 2009, and first-time category nominees Phoebe Waller-Bridge for "Fleabag," Natasha Lyonne for "Russian Doll" and Catherine O'Hara for "Schitt's Creek." All of these fresh nominees have been quietly picking up steam as their respective seasons have gone on, so should that pace continue, there could be an upset in the category.
Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us" may not have scored the most noms out of those projects in this category (it earned 16), but it is poised to pick up some key wins, including the main trophy. Its thoughtful look at the wrongfully accused known as the Central Park Five has been on viewers' — and voters' — minds since its launch, and that shows no signs of slowing down. Rounding out the roster are a number of series that dig just as deep, including HBO's nuclear-disaster historical drama "Chernobyl" (seeing the most noms here with 19), Showtime's prison-break project "Escape at Dannemora" (12 noms), FX's "Fosse/Verdon" biopic (17 noms) and HBO's "Sharp Objects" adaptation (eight noms). The intricate look at a complicated relationship, plus the fact that FX swept the limited series categories last year, could cause "Fosse/Verdon" to rise, but the other top contender might be "Chernobyl," which, like "When They See Us," told its own tale of injustice in the 1980s.
For the past two years, Netflix and "Black Mirror" have swept this category with wins for installments "San Junipero" in 2017 and "USS Callister" in 2018. This year's entry, "Bandersnatch," which scored two noms overall, was a feat of technology — an interactive, "choose your own adventure"-style story that eked into the right eligibility length depending on which choices the viewer made. While the show is advancing the future of storytelling in its own way, a couple of higher-profile projects from premium cabler HBO are causing more of a stir in this category at the moment: "Brexit," starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and "Deadwood," the conclusion to David Milch's saga that picked up eight noms total. Also in the running are "King Lear" from Amazon Prime Video and another HBO film, "My Dinner With Herve." The Academy has proven its love Cumberbatch (in 2014 for "Sherlock"), which may give "Brexit" an edge.
Lead Limited Series/TV Movie Actor
All the nominees in this category completed complicated turns in portraying their characters. Many were based on real people aging multiple years in a single season. Arguably no one had a bigger transformation than "When They See Us'" Jharrel Jerome, who portrayed Korey Wise first as a teenager and then, with mere days to bulk up a bit and adopt a new gait and speaking style, as a man in his late 20s. Seeing a win after his first-ever nomination would be an extra sweet layer to the story of the wrongfully convicted Central Park Five, but admittedly the competition is stiff with bigger names on the ballot around him. The competition starts with "True Detective's" Mahershala Ali, who is still the frontrunner, due in part to his still-fresh-off-a-second-Oscar-win status, but it also includes film stars Benicio Del Toro ("Escape at Dannemora"), Hugh Grant ("A Very English Scandal") and Sam Rockwell ("Fosse/Verdon"). The wild card in the category is "Chernobyl's" Jared Harris.
Lead Limited Series/TV Movie Lead Actress
Once again there is a female acting race with two frontrunners: Patricia Arquette ("Escape at Dannemora") and Michelle Williams ("Fosse/Verdon"). While winning the Golden Globe gave early heat to Arquette, who last received an Emmy in 2005 and was previously nominated in 2007, rookie nominee Williams' performance has been lingering at the top of minds since her series aired more recently. Both are up against other first-timers Amy Adams ("Sharp Objects"), Aunjanue Ellis ("When They See Us") and Joey King ("The Act"), as a well as rookie in this category, Niecy Nash ("When They See Us"). Nash was originally thought to be a frontrunner in the supporting category, but since she was pushed into lead instead, could shake things up.
Variety Talk Series
Television Academy voters nominated the same five shows here this year as they did last year. With such repetition, it's hard to imagine the outcome on Sept. 22 being any different than it was in 2018. The incumbent winner, HBO's "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" is a consistent performer, both in content and at the Emmys: It's taken home the trophy for three consecutive years and is favored to win again. After all, political shows still reign supreme in late night. Other candidates that fit that bill are Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah," TBS' "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" (each of which scored two noms overall) and CBS' "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" (four noms). However, if voters want to reward lighter fare and celebrate new blood here, as they showed interest in doing in other categories, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (only this nom) or CBS' "The Late Late Show With James Corden" (three noms) could come from behind. "Full Frontal" is still the only show hosted by a woman, but it doesn't look like that will sway votes.
Variety Sketch Series
This is another category that seems locked up, but could stand to see some change. NBC's late-night series "Saturday Night Live" is coming off its second consecutive win, with 18 nominations this year, marking it as the one to beat. Despite most of the other series in this category being veterans in the space, too, it still feels like a long shot for any of them to take down such a behemoth. "At Home With Amy Sedaris" from TruTV was nominated last year and saw two total noms this year; IFC's "Documentary Now!" is back on the ballot for the first time since 2017 with four total nominations; Comedy Central's "Drunk History," a voter favorite since 2015, scored three noms; "I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman" from Hulu sees its second consecutive nomination, despite cancellation; and Showtime's Sacha Baron Cohen undercover project "Who Is America?" jumped onto the ballot with three total noms for its debut season.
Competition Program
Last year's nominees in this category may have been a carbon copy from the year before, but the Academy crowned a new winner in "RuPaul's Drag Race" and now that incumbent is the one to beat this year with 14 nominations across its flagship series, as well as "All-Stars" and "Untucked" offshoots. Voters made a splash by nominating newbie "Nailed It!" (Netflix), and if they want to make just as much noise come ceremony night, they would push the new kid fully into the spotlight — but admittedly that doesn't seem likely. Others in the category follow the traditional pattern: CBS' "The Amazing Race," a 10-time winner, scored three noms; NBC's "American Ninja Warrior," nominated for the past three years in a row, picked up two overall nods this year; Bravo's "Top Chef," consistently on this ballot since 2007, is back, too, though this is its only nom; and NBC's "The Voice," which won the category for three consecutive years between 2014 and 2017, sees seven overall noms. While "The Voice" is certainly itching for a comeback, it's going to be hard to snatch the crown from "Drag Race."
Reality Host
Academy voters can't retroactively award Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler Emmys for "Parks and Recreation," so they're settling for celebrating their new joint NBC venture, "Making It." The duo was a surprise addition to the ballot this year, joining three-time winner RuPaul ("RuPaul's Drag Race"), as well as daytime darling Ellen DeGeneres, who is seeing her second consecutive nomination for the primetime "Ellen's Game of Games." Other newcomers include James Corden, a staple of the variety talk series ballot seeing a unique additional nomination for "The World's Best," and Marie Kondo, of Netflix's "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo." While Offerman and Poehler have a special chemistry, the Academy has leaned toward awarding a single host in recent years. Kondo could give RuPaul a run for his money, but the superstar is still the one to beat, with a four-peat on the horizon.
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package com.zhimei.liang.fragment;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.GridView;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.SimpleAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.zhimei.liang.utitls.FileHelper;
import com.zhimei.liang.utitls.MyApplication;
import com.zhimei.liang.utitls.TradeRecord;
import com.zhimei.liang.weixiaoyuan.LoginActivity;
import com.zhimei.liang.weixiaoyuan.R;

import com.zhimei.liang.utitls.SecondHandGoods;
import com.zhimei.liang.weixiaoyuan.TradeWindowActivity;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;

import cn.bmob.v3.BmobQuery;
import cn.bmob.v3.listener.CountListener;
import cn.bmob.v3.listener.FindListener;
import cn.bmob.v3.listener.ThumbnailUrlListener;

public class IndexFragment extends Fragment {
    private View view;
    private GridView gridview;
    private int loopNum=0;//循环计数
    private ArrayList<SecondHandGoods> goods_list;
    private ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
    private Animation animation;
    private  SimpleAdapter goods_adapter;
    private SwipeRefreshLayout swipeLayout;
    private BmobQuery<SecondHandGoods> query ;
    private final static int DATACHANGED=1;
    private   Bitmap bitmap;
    private boolean isRefreshFlag=false;
    private ProgressDialog progressDialog;
    private ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>> item_list;
    private  ArrayList<HashMap<String,Object>> al;//存储网络上查询到的资源
    private Handler handler=new Handler(){
        @Override
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
            super.handleMessage(msg);
            switch(msg.what){
                case DATACHANGED:
                    goods_adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
            }
        }
    };

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        view=inflater.inflate(R.layout.frgment_allgoode,container,false);
         initView();
        initreso();
        return view;
    }

    void initView(){
        progressDialog=new ProgressDialog(view.getContext());
        progressDialog.setMessage("正在加载数据,请稍后");
        progressDialog.setCancelable(true);
        progressDialog.show();
        judgeAndquery();
        gridview=(GridView)view.findViewById(R.id.gridview);

        swipeLayout = (SwipeRefreshLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.swipe_container);

        swipeLayout.setColorSchemeResources(android.R.color.holo_blue_light,
                android.R.color.holo_red_light, android.R.color.holo_orange_light, android.R.color.holo_green_light);
        swipeLayout.setOnRefreshListener(new SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener() {
            @Override
            public void onRefresh() {
                swipeLayout.setRefreshing(true);
                if (isRefreshFlag) {
                    item_list.clear();
                    goods_adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                    isRefreshFlag = false;
                    judgeAndquery();

                } else {
                    new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                        public void run() {
                            swipeLayout.setRefreshing(false);
                            //进行数据更新
                        }
                    }, 1500);
                    Toast.makeText(view.getContext(), "正在加载数据,请稍后", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                }

            }
        });
    }
    /**
     *资源初始化
     */
    void initreso(){
        goods_list=new ArrayList<SecondHandGoods>();
        item_list = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>>();
        bitmap= BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.mipmap.nullpicture);
        animation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(view.getContext(), R.anim.myanim);
        /**
         * 得到商品的图片
         */
        //  Bitmap picture= BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.goods);

        //模拟了六个商品
       /* int test=R.drawable.goods;
        SecondHandGoods good1=new SecondHandGoods(picture,"22.2","墙纸","2天前","这是我今年九月份才买的,只用了几天...");
        SecondHandGoods good2=new SecondHandGoods(picture,"312.2","墙纸2","5天前","这是我今年九月份才买的,只用了几天...");
        SecondHandGoods good3=new SecondHandGoods(picture,"34.2","墙纸3","6天前","这是我今年九月份才买的,只用了几天...");
        SecondHandGoods good4=new SecondHandGoods(picture,"52.2","墙纸4","1天前","这是我今年九月份才买的,只用了几天...");
        SecondHandGoods good5=new SecondHandGoods(picture,"62.2","墙纸5","3天前","这是我今年九月份才买的,只用了几天...");
        SecondHandGoods good6=new SecondHandGoods(picture,"72.2","墙纸6","4天前","这是我今年九月份才买的,只用了几天...");
        SecondHandGoods good7=new SecondHandGoods(picture,"32.2","墙纸7","2天前","这是我今年九月份才买的,只用了几天...");

        goods_list.add(good1);
        goods_list.add(good2);
        goods_list.add(good3);
        goods_list.add(good4);
        goods_list.add(good5);
        goods_list.add(good6);
        goods_list.add(good7);*/

       /* for(int i=0;i<goods_list.size();i++){
            HashMap<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
            map.put("bitmap",goods_list.get(i).getPhoto());
            map.put("price",goods_list.get(i).getPrice());
            map.put("time",goods_list.get(i).getVar_data());
            map.put("name",goods_list.get(i).getName());
            map.put("description",goods_list.get(i).getDescription());
            item_list.add(map);
        }*/

         goods_adapter = new SimpleAdapter(view.getContext(),
                item_list,// 数据源
                R.layout.item,// 显示布局
                new String[] { "bitmap", "price","time","name","description" },
                new int[] { R.id.goods_image, R.id.goods_price,R.id.goods_time,R.id.goods_name,R.id.goods_attention });

        gridview.setAdapter(goods_adapter);

        /**
         * 将Bitmap转化为ImageView在SimpleAdapter中进行显示,否则,无法进行正常显示。
         */
        goods_adapter.setViewBinder(new SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder() {
            @Override
            public boolean setViewValue(View view, Object data, String textRepresentation) {

                if (view instanceof ImageView && data instanceof Bitmap) {
                    ImageView iv = (ImageView) view;
                    iv.setImageBitmap((Bitmap) data);
                    return true;
                } else {
                    return false;
                }
            }
        });

        gridview.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, final View view, final int position, long id) {

                // Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"item单击事件",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                animation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(view.getContext(), R.anim.myanim);
                ImageView iv = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.goods_image);
                animation.setAnimationListener(new Animation.AnimationListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation) {

                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
                        MyApplication.setHashmap(item_list.get(position));
                            Intent intent = new Intent(view.getContext(), TradeWindowActivity.class);
                            startActivity(intent);
                        getActivity().overridePendingTransition(android.R.anim.slide_in_left,android.R.anim.slide_out_right);

                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation animation) {

                    }
                });
                if(MyApplication.isSignUPSuccess()){
                    if(item_list.get(position).get("bitmap").equals(bitmap)){
                        Toast.makeText(view.getContext(),"图片正在加载中,请稍后",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    }else{
                        iv.startAnimation(animation);
                    }

                }
                else{
                    Toast.makeText(view.getContext(),"亲,请登录",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    Intent intent = new Intent(view.getContext(), LoginActivity.class);
                    startActivity(intent);
                    getActivity().overridePendingTransition(android.R.anim.slide_in_left, android.R.anim.slide_out_right);

                }

            }
        });

    }

    /**
     * 判断记录是否为空并且查询数据
     */

    void judgeAndquery(){
        query = new BmobQuery<SecondHandGoods>();
        al=new ArrayList<>();
        query.count(view.getContext(), SecondHandGoods.class, new CountListener() {
            @Override
            public void onSuccess(int i) {
                if (i > 0) {
                    querydata();
                } else {
                    Toast.makeText(view.getContext(), "当前还没有任何商品哦,赶紧去发布商品吧:-D", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    swipeLayout.setRefreshing(false);
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(int i, String s) {

            }
        });

    }

    void querydata(){

        query.findObjects(view.getContext(), new FindListener<SecondHandGoods>() {
            @Override
            public void onSuccess(final List<SecondHandGoods> list) {
                for (SecondHandGoods secondHandGoods : list) {
                    final HashMap<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
                    map.put("name", secondHandGoods.getName());
                    map.put("price", secondHandGoods.getPrice());
                    map.put("time", dealTime(secondHandGoods.getCreatedAt()));
                    map.put("tradeway", secondHandGoods.getTradeWay());
                    map.put("description", secondHandGoods.getDescription());
                    map.put("publishMan", secondHandGoods.getPublishMan());
                    map.put("url", secondHandGoods.getPictureFile().getFileUrl(view.getContext()));
                    al.add(map);

                }
                progressDialog.dismiss();
                new Loadgoods().execute();

            }

            @Override
            public void onError(int i, String s) {
                Toast.makeText(view.getContext(), s, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                Log.i("liang", s + "   失败");
                swipeLayout.setRefreshing(false);
            }
        });

    }

    /**
     * 时间格式处理
     * @param time
     * @return
     */
    String dealTime(String time){
        String tm=time.substring(0,10);
        return tm;
    }

    class Loadgoods extends AsyncTask<Void,Integer,Boolean> {
        private ArrayList<TradeRecord>  arrayList=new ArrayList<>();
        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {
            super.onPreExecute();
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(Boolean aBoolean) {
            super.onPostExecute(aBoolean);
            swipeLayout.setRefreshing(false);
            new Thread(new Runnable() {
                /**
                 * 求出item_list从哪个位置上开始是新加载的数据
                 */
              //  int count=item_list.size()-al.size();

                @Override
                public void run() {
                    for(int i=0;i<item_list.size();i++){
                     Bitmap bitmaps=new FileHelper().getHttpBitmap(al.get(i).get("url").toString());
                        item_list.get(i).put("bitmap", bitmaps);
                        Message message=new Message();
                        message.what=DATACHANGED;
                        handler.sendMessage(message);
                    }
                    isRefreshFlag=true;
                }
            }).start();

        }

        @Override
        protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... values) {
            super.onProgressUpdate(values);
        }

        @Override
        protected void onCancelled() {
            super.onCancelled();
        }

        @Override
        protected Boolean doInBackground(Void... params) {
            for(HashMap map:al){

                /**
                 * 每次得到数据,边将数据加载进simpleAdapter的数据院中
                 * 并用handler通知ListView数据更新
                 */

                HashMap<String,Object> maps=new HashMap<>();
                maps.put("bitmap",bitmap);
                maps.put("name", map.get("name").toString());
                maps.put("price","¥ "+map.get("price").toString());
                maps.put("time",map.get("time").toString());
                maps.put("description",map.get("description").toString());
                maps.put("publishMan",map.get("publishMan"));
                item_list.add(maps);
                Message message=new Message();
                message.what=DATACHANGED;
                handler.sendMessage(message);

            }
            return true;

        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
       new FileHelper().recycle(bitmap);
    }

}

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By Nick Waddell Published on May 26, 2011 Last Updated on May 26, 2011 Filed under: Fintech, IT Stock: mit
Mint Technology looks to mirror Green Dot and NetSpend
Mint Technology President and CEO Chris Hogg says the Toronto based company expects to have approximately 500,000 cardholders on its platform by year's end.
Those watching the return of tech stocks to the list of top volume traders on the TSX Venture Exchange may have noticed a new entrant recently; Mint Technology Corp. (TSXV:MIT).
Microcap hopeful Mint has undergone a flurry of activity of late that has effectively changed the face of the company. The company today completed the first tranche of a financing it had announced in March. The $3.1 million it closed today is earmarked as slightly more than half of the $6 million it expects to raise.
Earlier this year, Mint began to make moves to acquire complete control of Mint Middle East, a subsidiary it had owned 60% of. Mint acquired full ownership of the subsidiary by convincing shareholders to swap their interest for cash or shares in the TSXV entity.
Much of the proceeds from today's will be placed in escrow and ultimately used towards the acquisition of a new prepaid card portfolio. In mid-May Mint announced a tentative agreement to acquire the yet to be named company for $5 million.
Mint President and CEO Chris Hogg says the company services about 200,000 cards presently and expects to have 500,000 cardholders on its platform by year's end.
Based in Toronto, but operating out of Dubai, Mint Technology is a small and regionalized player in a space that is starting to show some real traction worldwide. Wal-Mart recently launched a prepaid payroll card for its employees, and the specific vertical has two successful IPO's of late.
After going public last year Green Dot (NYSE:GDOT) hit a high of near $65. The stock has since pulled back to the $38 level, where it still commands a market cap of $1.6 billion, on annual revenues of $363 million. And NetSpend Holdings (NASDAQ:NTSP) hit a high near $16 after its IPO last year, before falling back to about half that today. It commands a market cap over $800 million on fiscal 2010 revenues of $275 million.
Mint currently processes payroll for over 200 corporate clients, mainly in the Gulf Region of in the Middle East, but the company is looking to expand into other regions such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, where the company recently signed a letter of intent with what it calls "a prominent local business group" to establish Mint Qatar WLL.
A report from Boston-based advisory firm Aite Group suggests the wind may be at the back of Mint's expansion. In 2009, the combined revenues of payroll card programs by Walmart, Green Dot and NetSpend was $44 billion, says the report, but by 2014 that figure is expected to rise to $164 billion
Gwenn Bézard, research director with Aite Group and author of the report, says growth of the space is driven in part because "Many banks still fail to recognize the formidable threat and opportunity represented by prepaid debit cards."
About The Author / Nick Waddell
Cantech Letter founder and editor Nick Waddell has lived in five Canadian provinces and is proud of his country's often overlooked contributions to the world of science and technology. Waddell takes a regular shift on the Canadian media circuit, making appearances on CTV, CBC and BNN, and contributing to publications such as Canadian Business and Business Insider.
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Q: Cохранение предыдущих значений после перезагрузки страницы django У меня есть выпадающий список стран:

Код models.py:

from django.db import models

class CountriesView (models.Model):

    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)

Код views.py

class IndexView(View):

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        countries = CountriesView.objects.all()

        context = {
            'countries': countries,
        }
        return render(request, 'index.html', context=context)

    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):

        if request.method == 'POST':
            country = request.POST['name']

    if 'countries' in request.session:
        request.session['countries'].append(country)
    else:
        request.session['countries'] = [country]

    list_countries = request.session.get('countries', None)

    countries = CountriesView.objects.all()

    # контекст
    context = {
        'countries': countries,
        'list_countries': list_countries
    }
    return render(request, 'index.html', context=context)

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Когда я выбираю страну и нажимаю на кнопку, страна пишется снизу

Но когда я выбираю еще раз страну, то предыдущая заменяется на нынешнюю. А как сделать так, чтобы старая не исчезала, а новая писалась снизу и так далее. Как сделать так чтобы при обновлении данные сохранялись?

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Category Archives: Rock en Español
Soda Estéreo returns with "Sép7imo Día – No Descansaré" by Cirque du Soleil
Posted on May 3, 2018 by Paty Elias
By RAUL MARTINEZ | rmsandoval@scng.com | Excelsior
Circo de Soleil returns, now with a new show … in Spanish!
On this occasion, the circus company pays tribute to the iconic Argentine band Soda Stereo. The new show, "Sép7imo Día – No Descansaré", will be presented at the Forum in Los Angeles from May 3 to 6.
In an interview for Excelsior, Sean McKeown, who serves as artistic director of Cirque Du Soleil, told us about the experience of making this show specifically.
Breaking the language barriers
The language barrier, according to him, was overcome with the help of the surviving musicians of the extinct South American group, and of Benito Cerati, son of the legendary Gustavo Cerati, extinct vocalist of the trio that he founded on a par with Zeta Bosio and Charli Alberti.
McKeown commented that not only the translation of the lyrics was important, but the understanding of the cultural aspect, which in turn, was better because McKeon lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina for a while.
Gustavo Cerati, cantante de la agrupación argentina Soda Stereo, en una presentación de Soda Stereo en Bogotá (Colombia), durante el concierto que el grupo ofreció dentro de la gira "Me verás volver". (EFE/Leonardo Muñoz)
The Australian director, also creator of the Beatles music show, Love, told us that despite having already done other tribute shows for world-class artists (Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley), "all the members of the company strive to make each show unique. " This particular being a show based on music in Castilian, has the power to transcend the limitations of the language thanks to the acrobatics and continuous choreography that does not give rest to the senses, according to the director.
A curious fact offered by McKeown, is that Stereo, despite being little known outside of Latin America, managed to sell more albums than the Beatles themselves in different Spanish-speaking countries.
The Combustion of Rock in your language
If there is no doubt, the Soda Stereo was the bulwark of the Rock movement in your language, developed in Mexico in the eighties and part of the nineties, opening again the doors to Rock in that country, which had been strongly secured by a crude censorship of almost two decades.
Soda Stereo, filling even stadiums of different countries in its concerts, managed to reach a more than remarkable relief although its music could not make its way in other countries whose language was not Castilian. For all this, it is not strange that this group now shares a tribute with other world events.
The album "Sép7imo Día" was the remix produced in 2017 whose songs were used in this creative collaboration between the band and Cirque du Soleil.
The show "Sép7imo Día – No Descansaré", which will be presented now at the Forum in Los Angeles, has already sold more than 530,000 tickets in Argentina, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.
Posted in Concerts, Electronic, Forum in Inglewood, Hard Rock, Latin music, Latin Rock, Local Music, Music Events, Rock en Español	| Tagged Circo de Soleil, Sean McKeown, Sép7imo Día - No Descansaré, Soda Estéreo, The Fabulous Forum	| Leave a reply
Romeo Santos – the King of Bachata – seduces thousands at the Forum
Posted on April 3, 2018 by Paty Elias
March 31, 2018: Romeo Santos at the Forum,Photo Credit: Rich Fury/Forum Photos
By Paty Elias
Romeo Santos sold out both nights of his Golden Tour at the Forum in Inglewood, giving his fans an unforgettable experience of music, adoration and, yes, romance.
Santos' adoring LA fans kicked off their Easter celebrations early — on March 30 and 31 — with the much-celebrated singer who is known for generating some of the highest touring revenues in the Latin music industry. It doesn't hurt that he partners with hip-hop mogul Jay-Z's music company.
The chart-topping, multiplatinum, award-winning songwriter and Latin music superstar is known as the King of Bachata. Santos has the most No. 1 hits this decade by a Latin artist and has been named by ASCAP as "Songwriter of the Year" five times.
Santos' brand of Bachata unfolds over an hour and a half show that brings together his larger-than-life onstage persona and wit with his excellent 13-musician band.
The opening act didn't play to a packed house as long lines of attendees were trying to get their drink on. The bar lines are slow inside and outside, but a bar hand named Iggy wearing glasses was top-notch and had his line moving quickly — look for him.
Santos came on stage with lots of swagger and blew the lid off the Forum stage. Wearing tight jeans, a white T-shirt and a green suede jacket, he wasted no time pumping the crowd's estrogen levels through the roof.
There's something very smooth about Santos' voice that exudes seduction. With songs like "Cancioncitas de Amor" and "Loco" and his suggestive talk, he gets the crowds riled up and hanging onto his every word. His songs are stories about cheating and unfaithfulness, and even seduction of older women.
Santos brings girls up to the stage and sings to them and kisses them. And they swoon. He also brought up the males to give it their best shot, and they did. The show was very interactive with few props and lots of charm.
Santos is accompanied by a virtuoso guitarist, and there is an acoustics interlude during the intermission during which Santos uses his voice as an instrument along with the band. Santos pleased the crowd by flying over them on a trapeze, creating an even bigger frenzy in the crowd.
Santos' shows sell out because of his self-assured, uber-confident demeanor and ability to seduce the audience in an elegant manner. He has found his niche and uses it to express his huge talent to an audience that adores him. What could be better?
With its new upgrades, the Fabulous Forum may be the best place in the L.A. area for concerts this summer. You can see from every seat, the ceiling is shaped like a flying saucer, there is ample parking and bars and food stands everywhere you turn. Just get there early to avoid the hassles, or Uber if you want to drink.
Posted in Concerts, Forum in Inglewood, Latin music, Latin Rock, Local Music, Music Events, Music reviews, Rock en Español, Uncategorized	| Tagged Concerts in L.A., Jay-Z's, King of Bachata, Latin music industry, Romeo Santos, The Fabulous Forum	| Leave a reply
Luis Miguel, The 'Sol de México' adds concerts dates to his, ¡México Por Siempre! Tour.
Posted on March 28, 2018 by Paty Elias
Due to sell out shows in Miami and Los Angeles, iconic Mexican singer, and one of the most successful artists in Latin American history, Luis Miguel, has added second shows in both cities to his previously announced North American dates for his ¡México Por Siempre! Tour. With the release of ¡México Por Siempre!, his first album in seven years, fans are anxious to attend Luis Miguel concerts. The legendary singer has added a second show in Los Angeles, CA at the Forum on September 16, coinciding with Mexican Independence Day.
The 24-date outing will kick off May 4 in San Diego, CA, followed by his first ever headlining performance at the world-famous Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA on May 6. Produced by Live Nation, the highly anticipated tour will also make stops in major cities across the U.S. and Canada, including Chicago, Houston, Miami, Toronto, New York, and more.
http://www.luismigueloficial.com/images/LM35thAnniversary1.mp4
Throughout his exceptional 36-year career, Luis Miguel has released 33 albums, many of which have reached gold, platinum and diamond status. He has sold over 100 million albums all over the world, has a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, and is a 6-time Grammy winner and 4-time Latin Grammy winner.
LuisMiguel.com
Price Range from $30.00- $249.00 plus service fees.
Luis Miguel – México Por Siempre
Date Sun 9/16 @ 8:30pm
Venue The Forum Inglewood, CA
3900 W Manchester Blvd.
Inglewood, California 90305
Posted in Classical, Concerts, Forum in Inglewood, Latin music, Latin Rock, Local Music, Mariachi and ranchera, Music Events, Rock en Español	| Tagged Hollywood Bowl, Live Nation, Los Angeles, Los Angeles music calendar April 2008, Los Angeles music calendar July 2008, Luis Miguel, Mexican Independence Day., Music Concerts, The Forum, ¡México Por Siempre! Tour.	| Leave a reply
Los Ángeles Azules play the main stage of Coachella Music and Arts Festival.
From Iztapalapa, México to COACHELLA 2018, for the first time ever the 30 year music veterans Los Angeles Azules bring their unique blend of Cumbia to the world renowned music festival.
Their most recent album "De Plaza en Plaza" has defied all odds in bringing the cumbia genre to a new generation. It was only fairly recently that 'Mexican Cumbia' music was relegated to "quinceañeras' or weddings. That was before Los Angeles Azules catapulted the genre to new heights of cultural and social strata. defying all odds.
Los Angeles Azules released "Como Te Voy a Olvidar" in 2013, a greatest hits album featuring a stellar cast of Latin Alternative recording artists who couldn't miss the opportunity to participate in an album that impacted the music industry and topped the sales charts in Mexico. Soon after Los Angeles Azules did the unthinkable, they performed at Mexico's premiere Latin Rock Festival Vive Latino (2013) to a new generation of kids who rapidly embraced the music previously only heard at their parent's fiestas.
Now Los Angeles Azules has become a touring powerhouse with more than 250 shows in a year, 5 'Sold out' shows, performing at Mexico City's première venue 'Auditorio Nacional" (over 50,000 people during the five nights), and introducing their unique brand of 'Cumbia Sinfonica' ( Symphonic Cumbia).
A highlight of last year's milestone performances for the group was their performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with over 14,000 people in attendance at the Hollywood Bowl. They wrapped up the year with a massive show at the iconic 'Angel de la Reforma' in Mexico City in front of an audience of more than 60,000.
U.S. Tour Dates:
2/9/18 Sacramento, California, Sacramento Community Theater, tickets.com
2/10/18 Bakersfield, California, Fox Theater, ticketfly.com
2/11/18 San Jose, California, City National Civic, axs.com
2/13/18 Modesto, California, Gallo Center for the Arts, tickets.galloarts.org
2/14/18 Anaheim, California, Honda Center, ticketmaster.com
2/15/18 San Diego, California, The Balboa Theatre, ticketmaster.com
2/17/18 Laredo, Texas, Jalapeno Festival, jalapenofest.org
2/18/18 Dallas, Texas, Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie, axs.com
4/13/18 Indio, CA, Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Address: 81-800 51st Ave, Indio, CA 92201
WEEKEND 1Friday, April 13TBD
Posted in 1970s, Coachella, Concerts, Latin music, Latin Rock, Local Music, Music Events, Rock en Español, The Empire Polo Club, Venues	| Tagged Coachella, Coachella 2018, Cumbia Music, Latin Rock, Los Angeles Azules, música en español	| Leave a reply


As deputy secretary of state during George W. Bush's first term, Armitage and Secretary of State Colin Powell supported diplomacy with Iran but didn't see much in the overtures made by the Iranians during this period. He says Iran's cooperation during the campaign in Afghanistan was limited and that the Islamic Republic refused other key U.S. requests. He also didn't give much weight to Iran's "grand bargain" proposal of 2003. He notes that Iran's interest in its neighbor Iraq "was generally understood, but wasn't valued in a high enough way" before the U.S invasion. Looking ahead, he is fearful of Iran's regional and nuclear ambitions but opposes immediate military action. "There is some time for diplomacy to develop," he says. This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted on July 12, 2007.
His recollection of the "grand bargain"
Are proxy wars escalating U.S.-Iranian hostility?
There was a report [PDF file, 540kb] that came out of Chatham House [a European think tank] that basically concluded that Iran has been the chief beneficiary of the war on terror. What's your assessment of that?
How are they doing that, making hay?
I think they're putting a lot of pressure on the Gulf states, for instance. In the Middle East they're trying to further make sure that we are not able to concentrate on their nuclear issue because of our involvement in Iraq and because of the sort of chronic instability that still exists in Afghanistan.
I think it's obvious we underestimated the difficulties of Iraq. We didn't pay close enough attention to the experts who predicted many of these problems. ... Right now it is in their interest to keep instability going, but at some point in time this problem of Iraq will burn itself out to some extent, and then I think Iraq will turn back to more traditional neuralgic relationship with Iran.
Historically we realize these two behemoths in relative terms have fought each other and bloodied each other quite a bit. There is some antipathy that exists between Arabs and Persians, and I think that once the United States ultimately has removed itself and there is some stability -- and it's a relative term -- in Iraq, then more traditional rivalries between Persians and Arabs may crop up.
So what do you think of the analysis that says the opposite of that, that actually Iran is digging in deep in Iraq?
I think deep is, again, a relative term. If it's in terms of money -- and money is important to all parties in Iraq -- then yes, they are in deeply. But whether that means they're in permanently I think is quite a different thing. I can remember, shortly after the invasion of Iraq I traveled there. I went down to Hilla and other places and had a lot of conversations, and the Iraqis themselves who seem to be now beneficiaries of Iranian largesse were decrying the fact that Iran was their neighbor and that Iran historically has been troublesome in Iraq. So I think history would suggest that relations eventually will again becomes somewhat rocky.
... Let's go through some of the history: 9/11 happens, there are demonstrations in Tehran in support of America. How did you read at the time Iran's position as you were piecing together the U.S. response?
Iran, initially, we had discussions with it right after 9/11 because it was clear that we were going to go into Afghanistan. This was not a war of choice; this was a war of necessity. The Al Qaeda were primarily Sunni. They were also troublesome. Particularly because of the Taliban-Al Qaeda lash-up in drugs, they were troublesome to Iran as well. And the discussions we had with the Iranians made it very clear that although we would be, as they say now, kinetically involved in Afghanistan, that we bore no ill will to Iran, and should we, because of a shoot-down or something of one of our aircraft, have to go into Iran, we'd go in only far enough to extract our pilots and then leave immediately. And the Iranians accepted this. So initially things were on an even keel.
And they helped with the Northern Alliance?
Well, the Northern Alliance -- others like India and others helped a lot more ... than the Iranians did. But the Iranians were not unhelpful, mostly by staying out of the way.
And [former U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan] James Dobbins says they were very helpful [at the November 2001 Bonn Conference to establish a post-Taliban government].
At Bonn they were, as Jim Dobbins and [former State Department Director of Policy Planning] Richard Haass and others would tell you, they were helpful. And this continued for some time, because we shared a general view that stability in Afghanistan would very much benefit everybody.
The way the Iranians will tell this story is that ... they help in Afghanistan, asking nothing in return is what they say, and in return they get "axis of evil."
We asked some things of them further, such as some of the Taliban -- and more specifically Al Qaeda -- pitched up in Iran, and we asked them to turn these folks over. And for reasons not understood by me they refused, even though our information, we felt, was quite good that these folks did exist in Iran. So their cooperation on Afghanistan was good, but I think it was somewhat lacking in other areas.
And some of these operatives, I understand, were put up in hotels, and ... they knew exactly what they were.
I don't know where specifically, hotels or guesthouses or what, but the fact is that the government authorities knew where they were. There's no question about that.
And you were asking what?
Turn them over. We'd like them. We wanted to get them. We wanted to question them.
There was no cooperation. There was a variety of responses, as I recall, from "We don't have them" to "We don't know where they are," which we don't believe.
Were some transferred to third countries?
I don't know that. I don't have that information. I don't remember.
OK, because the Iranians say that yes, there may be some, but actually a lot of them were sent back home to their native countries, some Al Qaeda operatives. Do you have any sense of that?
I don't. I don't know.
Yeah, the axis of evil. ... Both Secretary [of State Colin] Powell and I saw that speech, and we had several suggestions, changes. But I must say the axis of evil, speaking for me, it just flew by. I didn't take it as sort of a menu of nations to be attacked or anything of that nature. It seemed a rather accurate description, not unlike Ronald Reagan's description of the Soviet empire one time as an "evil empire." I guess this was something that I wasn't attentive enough to.
Looking back, was it the best choice of words?
I would say not, personally, because it did seem to be a laundry list at one time of places to be kinetically involved. But that's changed quite a bit. The discussions with North Korea, ... the attempts at diplomatic negotiations on the nuclear question in Iran I think have shown that the administration perhaps learned the value of some diplomacy.
But at the time when you saw it there, ... did you think about how it might impact U.S.-Iran relations at the time?
No, because there was another side to U.S.-Iran relations. There was the nuclear question, which was continuing, we believe, and I think at least the EU3 [the United Kingdom, France and Germany] believes as well. We had the question of their knowledge of terrorists existing in Iran, and we had sort of a historic relationship, certainly since 1979, with Iran. So there were a whole host of things that hadn't changed and were, I think, some of the reasons that they were ... designated a member of the axis of evil.
But you can imagine how it went down there.
I think it went down mixed. Some would say, "Suspicions confirmed"; some few would probably be disappointed. But the great majority of it, actually, I think it played to their interests. ... I think the hard-liners, this was something that played to their strength.
Let's talk about the run-up to the Iraq war. ... I've heard from people who were involved in some of these discussions on the U.S. side that Iran, while publicly taking a position against the invasion, actually privately was in favor of it. What's your recollection?
... From my discussions, which were very few, I can't make that statement. I think to the extent they would privately be very much for it, it's obvious. Here's a regime of Saddam Hussein's which costs the Iranian the cream of their youth in an almost 10-year struggle. So one could imagine that they were not disappointed to see him go. It also would clearly give them a chance to muddle things up a bit if that's what they wanted to do. So for two reasons the Iranians might have been somewhat, if not enthusiastic, at least interested in our being involved in Iraq.
When you were looking at the makeup of the Iraqi opposition, a lot of them had obvious close ties with Iran. What was your sense of that?
Were you concerned about Iran's potential influence?
I certainly was, particularly with Dr. Jaafari, whom I did meet when I was active. ... As I say, I was somewhat flummoxed by the description of Prime Minister al-Maliki as being a good man and a great leader. He may be, but I would have been much more suspicious of the long-term nature of his involvement with Iran.
After the invasion, there's been a lot of discussion about the so-called "grand bargain" fax that came through from the Swiss ambassador. Tell us your recollection of that.
Our discussions with Iranians were handled by the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, for which we were very grateful, but it had been our view that the Swiss ambassador in Tehran was so intent -- and I mean this positively -- but he was so intent on bettering relations between "the Great Satan," the United States, and Iran that we came to have some questions about where the Iranian message ended and the Swiss message may begin.
I remember talking with people from our Near East division about a fax that came in from the Swiss ambassador, and I think our general feeling was that he had perhaps added a little bit to it because it wasn't in consonance with the state of our relations. And we had had some discussions, ... particularly through intelligence channels with high-ranking Iranian intelligence people, and nothing that we were seeing in this fax was in consonance with what we were hearing face to face. So we didn't give it much weight.
What were you hearing face to face?
... [The former National Security Council Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Affairs] Hillary Mann said that she'd written a memo about it and then asked the secretary in an informal setting, cocktail party or something, about what had happened to the request. She said that he told her that he tried to sell it at the White House, but he couldn't.
We provided the fax to the White House; that much I know. What Secretary Powell may or may not have not have done, I'd have to refer you to him. I know that he didn't think, as I did, that this was an extraordinarily serious endeavor. That much I know. What private discussions he had at the White House, if any, I can't say.
But the White House was aware of it?
... Some of those who were involved at the time have come out saying this was a huge opportunity.
I've seen Flynt Leverett, [former National Security Council adviser on the Middle East], for whom I've had a lot of respect. I must say that speaking for me and most of my colleagues at the State Department, we didn't see it that way, and I don't think many others did at the time because it didn't fit with some of the other things, as I said, that we'd been hearing from Iran. But ... we can explore some of the other discussions we had with the Iranians in which there were possibilities and chances for a betterment of relations. But they just lay fallow.
After the terrible devastation of the earthquake in Bam [in December 2003], President Bush authorized me to get ahold of the Iranian ambassador to the U.N. ... I gave him the message from the president, basically, that because of the devastation -- and completely as a humanitarian and not as a political matter -- we would be willing to offer immediate assistance and earthquake relief and things of this nature. ... And we followed up, by the way, with the USAID project in Bam. If there had been a desire on the Iranian side to seek a better relationship, it would have been an ideal time afterward to send that signal, and we got no such signal to my knowledge.
You were open to it?
Rich Armitage, Secretary Powell were open to it. As you know, we've argued that we need to speak with our enemies perhaps even more than we need to speak with our friends, so we took the point of view that no matter how difficult relations are with any one country, we should not cut ourselves off from them, and we ought to talk them. So I'll say those two individuals, Secretary Powell and I, were very interested.
How about the vice president and secretary of defense?
I suspect they were much less interested, it appears. And the fact that it's been so difficult even now, two years-plus on, to get real engagement with the Iranians, notwithstanding the significant efforts, as I understand them, of the secretary of state, shows that some people in the administration are still disinclined to engage.
I heard that that opposition was present even with regard to Afghanistan, saying we shouldn't work with Iran in Afghanistan at the time, but you overcame that.
Did that same analysis work with regard to Iraq? I mean, bringing in the neighbors and trying to make sure Iran was somehow onboard or wouldn't get in the way.
In my view, Iran was not a problem in the initial invasion for some of the reasons you already alluded to. We did have significant discussions with everyone, including the Turks -- they had a different point of view; with the Saudis and the UAE and the Kuwaitis and everybody about this. So in a way we did have the discussions we needed. Now, they didn't always share our view, and I would think it's fair to say that although they all hated Saddam Hussein and most of them had suffered from Saddam Hussein, and most of all the Kuwaitis, they were very trepidatious about taking the lid off that boiling pot.
... We interviewed Vali Nasr, who wrote this book, The Shia Revival. He said the U.S. really had no real knowledge of ... Iran's real soft power in Iraq: this huge flow of religious pilgrims, and 100,000 Iraqis who had been there going back, the intelligence ties and everything.
I think that if you'd asked this before -- were we aware of the influence and how many of the revered saints of the Shi'a religion are buried in Iran and how many in Iraq, and what the pilgrimage does bring in terms of money and soft power -- we'd have generally understood it but not specifically concentrated on it. I think it was generally understood, but it wasn't valued in a high enough way.
Did you try to get people higher within the administration to focus on this?
Having said all of that, on April 9, when that statue of Saddam Hussein came down, the world thought George Bush was brilliant. You remember that day? Nobody was complaining. ... That was just the beginning of the game. It wasn't the end.
When did you get a sense that Iran was up to nefarious activities inside Iraq?
... That first trip to Hilla, a couple of months after the invasion, and speaking with one of the leading clerics there. He was quite erudite and specific about Iranian money. He was showing me Iranian posters that were posted around in various buildings and he was in the business of tearing down. And he spoke specifically about the amount of money that Iranians were putting into various clerics, making sure that they had a fairly solid footing, at least in the southern part of the country.
It told me that they were taking great advantage of the change of atmosphere in Iraq. You mentioned a previous ability to have pilgrimage; actually, it was quite limited during the time of Saddam Hussein, and they wasted no time in getting at least money in. This was long before weapons or IEDs [improvised explosive devices] attributed to Iran showed up on the scene, but to a large extent, money is weapons.
And did you think that that had to somehow be countered?
I think it started to be countered immediately. ... Our intelligence community knew it quite well.
And so what was done to stop that or lessen the influence?
Try to build up the Iraqi government to be self-sustaining and not having to depend on money from Iran, etc.; trying to get the oil output up so that the central government would have money. But these were relatively unsuccessful because the amount of oil being exported now was slightly less than that which was exported prewar. ... But the enemy in Iraq is a living, breathing enemy, and they've got their own views on how to counter each move that the United States tried to put into place.
Talk some about the nuclear issue: Why was the decision made to let the Europeans take the lead?
We were not able to do that one on one, so ... giving [the Europeans] the lead had the effect of starting a diplomatic process. It also had the effect of letting our European friends be very much involved in seeing how intransigent the Iranians were, and perhaps we'd get a larger and better-formed coalition if it became necessary to move on sanctions, etc.
Which is what happened. And this was what Secretary Powell had designed.
Just to be clear: So at the time before the Europeans took the lead, you and the secretary wanted the U.S. to actually negotiate directly with Iran?
Oh, sure, and with North Korea as well. It wasn't just Iran.
What kind of response were you getting within the administration?
... It was like punching a marshmallow or a cloud; you couldn't get someone to stand up and actually say, "No, it's against our interests, etc." It just was not something the president wanted to take up. He didn't want to do it. ... As I say, in some quarters of the administration diplomacy is seen as weakness.
Was there a sense that somehow if Iraq was a success, if there was a democracy in Iraq, that somehow it would have a demonstration effect and lead to regime change in Tehran?
I think the idea in the minds of some who were so enthusiastic about invasion of Iraq was twofold: one, that Iraq, which was much more kindly disposed to the United States, would give us the ability, should we want to, to be able to pressure Iran on the use of military facilities in Iraq; secondarily, the idea of democracy -- and this is certainly the president's view -- democracy in Iraq, a large country in the Middle East, would have a very positive effect on the other states.
Let me ask you about a story the Iranians talk a lot about, which is the MEK [Mujahideen-e Khalq, also known as the MKO]. I've heard through some interviews that in some of the discussions leading up to the invasion that [then-Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs] Ryan Crocker had said to the Iranians that the MEK would be treated as part of Saddam's army, the implication being [it would be] on a target list, which wasn't exactly what happened after the war.
I don't know about that specifically, but we had discussed the MEK more pointedly after the invasion. And there were some in the administration who wanted to use the Mujahideen-e Khalq as a pressure point against Iran, and I can remember the national security adviser, Dr. [Condoleezza] Rice, being very specific about it, saying no, a terrorist group is a terrorist group.
But the idea was that they could be useful in what way?
The MEK had given intelligence on Iran to us and that [indicated] they might have capabilities in Iran of a covert nature. To my knowledge, at least when I was active, we didn't use them in this way. ... And from my point of view -- I actually served in Iran, I lived there for a year, and it was during that time that our people were killed by the MEK, assassinated.
... What were you hearing from America's traditional allies in the region, the Sunni regimes, governments? We had the president of Egypt come out and say we're handing over Iraq to the Iranians; the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia said much the same thing. King Abdullah of Jordan was talking about a Shi'a crescent. Were you getting concerned?
Were you getting a sense of anger from some of these allies?
... We've heard people talk about a proxy war going on between the U.S. and Iran.
My feeling is that ... we've never been very clear on just who our enemy was [in Iraq]. At one time it was described as a few dead-enders, maybe 5,000 in number. Sometimes today you hear that Al Qaeda is our major threat, but it's always described as Al Qaeda in Iraq. ... There are Sunnis who are not Al Qaeda who share the view that we shouldn't be there, and they want us out. There are Shi'a clearly that want us out of the way.
We're hearing reports about Iran's involvement in Afghanistan and in Iraq supplying weapons.
I've heard some people say that this administration is in some ways laying the groundwork for escalating conflict with Iran while also being open to some conversations.
I have heard that as well ... The vice president went out on a carrier and made a speech; laterally we had some ships steam into the Persian Gulf.
Having served in Iran, I am fearful of their hegemonistic appetite. Even during the time of the shah, I find that I've never seen a more ethnocentric country in my life. I have never seen a country for whom the days of Persepolis was, unlike for you and I, 2,500 years ago; they see it as yesterday. So this leads me to some fear about their view of themselves on the world stage.
What about if they felt like diplomacy wasn't going anywhere; you had to -- not a full-scale invasion -- but to set the nuclear program back?
I interviewed John Bolton. He said even when he was pushing diplomacy at the U.N. and the sanctions, he thought it had absolutely no chance and still has no chance of succeeding.
... Knowing this administration, do you think there's a chance that they may decide to take military action before they leave office?
I don't know. It would be going out the door. To take action unless it was imperative would both leave the administration with, I think, a really negative taste in the mouth of most Americans and would lead to perhaps the worst of all worlds, where a new administration then might have to make a decision to immediately cease it, and so we'd be sort of caught midstream. I think that this is not the kind of thing that would happen out of the blue unless there was an emergency.
Our system, particularly the political system these days, is so toxic right now, and I think it would require a good deal of negotiation and a good deal of interaction with the Congress in order to get the kind of support that a president would have to have. He can commit military force, there's no question; the Constitution means that. But it is the Congress which will make a decision if we're going to enter a war and sustain that war.
So you don't see that happening?
I never say never. I don't know the situation. But I think right now I'm suggesting that, from what I know, we have some time. There are a lot of factors at play, [including] the fact that our European friends are involved helpfully and usefully in this endeavor. We've got to, I think, satisfy ourselves more on Afghanistan and try to leave Iraq in a better situation before we take on Iran.


Born after a healthy pregnancy and delivery, with little reason to suspect that all was not well, my daughter was initially diagnosed as a result of addressing parental concern, rooted in nothing more than powerful instinct. 12 hours, (And a transfer to the Royal Brompton) later, our lives had been turned upside down, from absolute unbridled joy to sick icy fear, thrown into a deeply scientific and experimental world of cutting edge cardiac medicine.
My daughter was given a complex diagnosis– transposition of the great arteries which required immediate surgery for her just to survive. Much is written about parental bonds – all I can say is that I craved life for my beloved baby at any price – and I was prepared to support her through chronic disability, (Although I had no idea what that would look like, or what challenges it would present) we all just wanted her to have a chance. The lack of a crystal ball is fortuitous – had we anticipated the path we would all tread, the suffering and the challenge, would we have felt the same? The focus for her life, as well as our care of her, was that she would always remain on the right side of a very fine line, which identifies the distinction between an acceptable or good and a poor quality of life.
Returning to my ante natal group (Post two operations and unbelievable trauma), listening to new friends describe their more than understandable anxieties relating to bathing, sleeping and feeding, I recognised that my beautiful daughter, (who we had to hold so carefully as she had wounds under both arms – a result of the initial vital life saving surgery) had taken us all to a different, very isolated place, changing our perspective forever. As a mother I was riddled with guilt – what had gone wrong, I had wanted a child very much – but this decision had resulted in my daughter's inexplicable illness and acute suffering. We were all left with a stark choice – to wallow in self absorbing pity, wrapping this child up in cotton wool, or to take the advice of our much valued cardiac consultant paediatrician, which was to let her really live; whilst accepting that we couldn't possibly expect others to ever understand, unless, they were in a similar terrifying position.
As a family we watched her and many other children, cope with endless intrusive life threatening hospital procedures; (Over 40 in my daughter's case) watched them hang onto life by their fingertips, observed the absolute agony of their parents and families. Stood by her intensive care bed for hours, day after day, seeing the world carry on outside the hospital windows, but on the unit, time for us all, was suspended, whilst life was bravely battled for….to be continued.


§ 62-4 Permit and registration required.
§ 62-5 Emergency precautions; alarm repair.
§ 62-7 Violations and penalties.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide standards and regulations for various types of intrusion, burglar, fire, smoke and other emergency alarm devices, whether it be a dial alarm or a local alarm.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any person who operates, maintains or owns any dial alarm, local alarm or direct line hook-up alarm to any alarm company, answering service or police alarm board which is designed to summon the police, Fire Department or other municipal agency to any location in response to any type of alarm signal.
That type of device using telephone lines transmitting an alarm directly through the police switchboard.
Any alarm that goes directly to any answering service, police alarm board or any alarm company monitoring system.
Any alarm actuated by inadvertence, negligence, unintentional act or accident by a resident or some other person authorized to be in the house or building, or any alarm that is transmitted to the Police Department which, when checked, shows no evidence in the house or other alarmed building of any intruder having gained entry or having attempted to gain entry, or no intruder inside the house or building. These alarms shall be deemed to be a malfunction of the alarm device, and such malfunction is also determined to be a false alarm.
Any alarm or device which, when activated, produces a visual or noise signal and which is not connected by telephone line to the police switchboard.
A two-way radio network which connects an alarm system to the central monitoring station without wires.
Permit. No person may install or cause to be installed a dial alarm or local alarm device without first making application to and obtaining a written permit for the installation from the Chief of Police. There shall be a fee charged of $25 for the processing of an application to install any type alarm device or for the issuance of a written permit to install. This fee of $25 will cover the registration of the current year to December 31, as required in Subsection B.
Registration. Any person who owns or operates a dial alarm or local alarm shall make application for the continuance thereof, in writing, to the Chief of Police on or before January 15 of each year for a permit to run for the remainder of the year. The annual permit fee shall be $25 per alarm. Any person who installs any alarm after January 15 of any year shall be required to obtain a permit for the balance of the year and the fee for such permit shall be $25. The application shall contain at least the location of the device, the name and address of the installer of the device, the type of device, provisions relating to false alarms and testing procedures, a list of persons to be contacted in the event of an alarm and other information as may be required by the Chief of Police.
Persons having either a dial or local alarm device shall be required to leave with the Police Department the name of a person or persons who can be reached in case of malfunction of the equipment in order that the device can be temporarily disconnected. This requirement can be fulfilled by leaving a tagged key to the premises with the Chief of Police, provided that in so doing the owner thereby releases the borough and the Police Department from any claims to damages or loss in connection with such entry.
Persons having alarm devices which are being tested or repaired shall notify the Police Department before tests or repairs commence and after completion so as to avoid the possibility of activating a false alarm.
All alarms must have an automatic reset device with a five to 10 automatic shut-off and reset feature.
Knowledge of false alarm; investigation. In any case of a false alarm, any person having knowledge thereof shall immediately notify the Police Department in the fastest possible manner. The Chief of Police shall cause an investigation to be made of all false alarms and keep a record of such alarms on file.
Alarm set in error, charges. Each alarm holder will be issued an alarm code number. When a resident or other person authorized to be in the house or building that is sending in an alarm signal calls the police and uses the proper code, and informs them that the alarm was set in error, the police will not respond and no false alarm warning or summons will be charged. If there is no call, or the person calls with the wrong code or no code, the police will respond and check the house or building, and the false alarm will be charged against the alarm holder's record.
Exception to charge. If any alarm comes in and the officer on duty deems it to be caused by any storm, hurricane or severe weather condition, power failure or power restoration or any type of line malfunction between the home, alarm receiving company or Police Department, or any other similar occurrence, the alarm shall be noted but not charged against the homeowner or business as a false alarm.
For the first, second and third false alarms in any given calendar year, a warning shall be issued.
For the fourth and fifth false alarms in the same calendar year, a fine of $25 shall be paid to the borough.
For the sixth and subsequent false alarms, a fine of $50 shall be paid.
After four false alarms in any given calendar year, the Mayor and Council reserve the right to require disconnection of the device for a limited or permanent time. No permit shall be revoked or suspended without giving the permittee an opportunity to show cause before the Mayor and Council why such action should not be taken.
In the event of a malfunction of the equipment and no person can be located to secure the device, then the owner shall be liable to pay a penalty of $50, in addition to the penalties prescribed in § 62-6.
Any person not complying with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to a penalty of $50 payable to the borough. Such penalty and all other penalties may be recovered in a court of law or by issuance of summons in the Municipal Court and recoverable in the same manner as a fine imposed for any offense.


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