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An Arab Spring Or A Barack Obama?
By Dayan Jayatilleka –
Dr Dayan Jayatilleka
While I see the need for constitutional reform, I do not see a need for a replacement of the Constitution. My stance remains that which I took during the Liberal Party's discussions contained in the volume of 1991, namely, that the Constitution of '78 was an advance over the Constitution of '72. The Constitution of '72 was in some way in advance over the Soulbury Constitution in as much as we became a Republic, but in many other ways it was a retrogression, in terms of the divisive privileging of a single language and religion in a multilingual, multi religious society and the abolition of the safeguards for minorities.
So I do believe that the Constitution of '78 should be reformed. I support the reform that took place in terms of the 13th Amendment. I do not believe that it should be replaced at the moment and I am seriously concerned about the slogan of a constituent assembly. I say this because every attempt at constitution-making anywhere in the world reflects the dominant ethos, the prevailing ethos of that moment. If there is a constituent assembly today or in a foreseeable future, it will not lead to an enlightened constitutional reform but precisely to a neo-conservative constitutional counter reform.
Every single idea I have heard, not on this platform but from voices in Government, every single one, whether it is on the 13th Amendment, on the separation of powers, the ambivalence –indeed retraction–on universality, the invocation and privileging of indigenous or nativist cultural specificities, all of these tell me that the dominant ideology of the day is one of constitutional counter-reformation, not of enlightened, progressive constitutional reform. If there is a new constitution, if there is a constitutional assembly, it will be a replay of the constituent assembly of 1972 in which the very moderate and modest ideas contained in the letter that the Tamil United Front wrote to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike were completely ignored! It will be a Constitution which reflects the dominant dynamics, whether it is in the domains of ethnicity, religion or the concentration and centralization of power.
The entire discussion on separation of power, to me, is camouflage for an attempt to subordinate the judiciary to other centers of powers–and here I do not necessarily mean the Executive. I do not consider the Executive as it exists to be the main problem and I do not consider the present incumbent to be the main problem either. What I do see is a tendency of a centralization and concentration of power. The discussion on the separation of powers — is it American, it is British, it is universal, should it be adopted and so on and so forth– is a cover story. It is to deflect the discussion from what is being questioned: the fundamental notion of checks and balances; of institutional equilibrium. What is taking place in Sri Lanka, and it is not merely under this administration, is the concentration and centralization of power.
It is arguable whether this is a tendency that manifests itself at various points of time, and I will remind our audience of those points of time, or whether it is a structural tendency, if not a fact. This is debatable. If we take our minds back to the administration of Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake of 1965 to 1970, we may recall the anxiety in society at large, that there was a power shift to the Minister of State, the authoritarian Cold war conservative, Mr. J.R. Jayewardene, and away from the conservative liberalism of Mr. Senanayake. This was encapsulated in Mr. Jayewardene's own statement that he is the State while the Prime Minister was the Government. This was after the accidental shooting of a member of the Buddhist Clergy. The anxiety was such that the newly formed JVP of the late '60s thought that the general election scheduled for 1970 would not in fact be held, and girded its loins so to speak, for dictatorship.
Just as under Mr. Dudley Senanayake there was a 1000 day emergency which was not necessary, during the administration of Madam Bandaranaike, from the aftermath of the crushing of the JVP insurrection of April '71 on, there was a continuation of that which should not have been continued: the state of emergency. It was during this period of prolonged emergency that you have the concentration and centralization of power. The parties of the left and independent-minded progressives such as Mr. T.B. Subasinghe, a Minister of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, accused the Bandaranaike administration of containing 'an invisible government'; of extra-Constitutional centers and caucuses of power. Mr. Felix Dias Bandaranaike, nicknamed "Satan" by the Left, was seen as the chief ideologue of a project that he had himself enthusiastically termed "a little bit of totalitarianism".
During the long tenure of President Jayewardene, progressive liberals and those on the left identified two dangerous tendencies at work. One was represented by Mr. Lalith Athulathmudali, the Minister of National Security. Journals like the Lanka Guardian run by my father Mervyn de Silva, spoke of the dangers of a National Security State, in which the functioning of the State was subordinate to the organs, the doctrine and the discourse of national security. Quoting George Kennan's critique of the Reagan administration, Mervyn cautioned about "the militarization of thought and discourse" and the Athulathmudali doctrine of 'Total Security'. The other negative tendency at work at that time was of course the open racism of Mr. Cyril Mathew which erupted in July '83. Today we have an intertwining of all these tendencies.
When you come to the present moment, a constituent assembly with the present political balance of forces and balance of ideas cannot but produce an outcome which is profoundly retrogressive and profoundly conservative. This will be so in relation to the issue of the devolution of power. The 13th Amendment will not be replaced by something more streamlined; it will probably be dismantled. The judiciary will be integrated in a subordinate role—or if your tastes run to Gramsci, a subaltern role.
Now, where is power been centralized and concentrated? What is happening? Constitutions are, as my old teachers of political science taught me, both mirrors and moulds. They mirror existing trends, tendencies and dynamics. They mirror existing structures. But they are also a mould which constructs or reconstructs the polity along the lines of the project of the dominant strata in society. The discussion of the constituent assembly, the discussion of the separation of power, the discussion of the 13th Amendment and the need to abolish it, all of these are part of the same project. That project is to roll back the modernist, Universalist elements of constitution making that we have had from 1948 and to replace them with certain ideas in the dominant discourse of the day; ideas which seek legitimacy from notions of cultural specificity, but reveal the faint outlines of what both Karl Marx and Karl Wittfogel called "Asiatic Despotism".
I will conclude with two ideas. One, the project that is under way and which the Constitution making, or unmaking, or remaking, or reform, or counter-reform process will reflect is what I would call the cartelization of power, political and economic. And cartels, whether it is in Latin America or other parts of the world, are usually clan-based.
The other idea I will leave you with is this: the fundamental question of politics– and here I think one has to acknowledge a contribution of Lenin– is 'What is to be done?' Well, what has been the Sri Lankan experience; the Sri Lankan answer to that question? How did we get from the Constitution of 1947, the Soulbury Constitution, to the Republican Constitution of '72? How did we get from '72 to '78? Why are we at where we are at now?
I read many oppositional ideologues, commentators blaming it all on the war. I remain firmly of the view that given the fascist nature of the Tigers, the Sri Lankan State, having tried all other options, was left with no choice but to do what it did. But that is only one part of the story. There were other administrations with more enlightened ideas preceding this one, but they dropped the ball; they did not do the job. If those who have liberal democratic ideas, or progressive ideas, enlightened views, are unable to fulfill the basic responsibility of ensuring security, national reunification and the elimination of terrorism, then, by default as it were, this becomes the task of those with a different ideology, a neo-conservative populist ideology. This is what happened in Sri Lanka. It was the failure of those leaders of successive administrations to do what President Obama did to Osama Bin Laden that opened the door for a neo-conservative populist backlash. That backlash brought into office a leadership team that got the job done. Now we have the morning after, and all the ideas contained in the social coalition that supported the populist neo-conservative project are now bubbling to the surface. Ideas on culture, on women, on Muslims, on Tamils, on Christians, on devolution, on Universality–the whole ideology of the so-called home-grown– all of this is now bubbling to the surface.
Sri Lanka is not the only place where it happened. You had the administration of Georges Bush, the power shift to Cheney and Rumsfeld, and the attempts to re-tool the legal system under Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General of that time.
The way to change this, the way to roll back a retrogressive constitution if there is one; the way to reverse that reversal is simple: it's electoral. That is what happened in 1970, leading to a new constitution in 1972. This is what happened in 1977, leading to a new constitution in 1978. If you cannot prevent a constitutional counter-reformation then you have to roll back the counter-reformation. Mercifully, despite the lurid propaganda of many, Sri Lanka is not a dictatorship. It is a democracy that has been distorted by 30 years of conflict. It is a democracy which still has reflex actions of three decades of war. It is a democracy where certain structures, certain apparatuses of power do not wish to see normalization but wish to continue to exercise the authority they had during the period of the armed conflict. Once again I add, I do not see the problem as being the concentration of powers in the hand of the elected Executive, be it J.R. Jayewardene or Mahinda Rajapaksa. I see as the problem what is called in political science, the "deep State". This concept arose in the discussion of the role of security apparatus of Turkey, Pakistan and so on. That is where power has shifted to. The problem is not Mahinda Rajapaksa; the problem is the Matrix and that matrix has to be changed. That can only be changed electorally through a more enlightened project.
If one is to roll back neo-conservative populism, what one needs is not an Arab Spring; it's a Lula or a Barack Obama. With 20 million people in Sri Lanka, I do not see how we can't find one.
*Remarks delivered at the discussion on the Separation of Powers in the series "Ideas for Constitutional Reform" organized by the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka.
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Safa / February 3, 2013
Constititonal reform we must have if the country is to get out of the current morass and unite for development. But not at the hands of the current set of incompetent stooges. That would be like entrusting a delicate surgery to a butcher.
It must be in the hands of competent experts and enlightened intellectuals with an understanding of what the final product has to achieve. It must guarantee the rights of each and every citizen of this country, with checks and balances and clear seperation of powers. Question is will the present set of monkeys be prepared to give up their powers and privileges for the good of the nation.
Failing this the other alternative of an arab spring may one day become a reality when everything fails and there is no one to answer to the toiling masses.
Kuveni / February 3, 2013
DJ your fine distinction between Mahinda Rajapassa and Gota the white van goon who runs the "deep state" is SPURIOUS and DISINGENUOUS!
I suppose you are trying to keep the door open for a new diplomatic posting somewhere, Beijing after falling out of favor in Paris, perhaps?!
MR is the EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT WHOSE CLAN IS LOOTING LANKA and he is responsible for keeping his war criminal brother in the lucre to ensure is and the clans' security TO LOOT the public wealth. So please stop being INTELLECTUALLY and MORALLY DISHONEST and DISINGENUOUS and either shut up or start talking sense!
Native Vedda / February 3, 2013
Kuveni
Dayan knows how to have the cake and eat it.
Jim softy / February 4, 2013
He is batting for both sides.
Even the USA, when select Supreme court judges, have comprehensive interviews in front of the Senate and the Congress members.
Sri Lankan system does not have any such system. Sri Lankan president via a set up such a judicial commission should have interviewed the Supreme court judge before appointed. By that way, people who harm the Country in the name of the law would have been eliminated as the supreme court judges.
Cyril / February 3, 2013
Democracy in Sri Lanka is being hacked by the Rajapaksa family
Vithanage / February 3, 2013
This time USA and Barack Obama are going to fail in they resolution. Sri Lanka will have more support. What procedure are they talking about? See the number of tourists visiting the Island.
Katmai / February 3, 2013
Hey a sh*t load of tourists are coming to Sri Lanka; so every must be fine.
Since I know you are a religious person, I bet I can convince you that since a sh*t load of people are going to hell that it is a very good place too. But I'm not going to waste my time on that.
Chandra / February 3, 2013
// Mercifully, despite the lurid propaganda of many, Sri Lanka is not a dictatorship. It is a democracy that has been distorted by 30 years of conflict. //
You see the glass as half-full, and I would very much like to think the same.
But 18A and the speed with which it was brought in, the arrogance we saw during CJ impeachment, the way Sri Lankan Tamils are systematically being made to feel they don't belong here (the hoo–haa over the Anthem, that Jaffna being run as an open prison, that we still do not know who is dead and who is kept prisoner in Boosa/Welikada, and the way the dual nationality scheme was stopped arbitrarily) and the attitudes seen over murders (Premachandra and several others) make me skeptical.
Are these things I list above mere propaganda?
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / February 3, 2013
We need a new republican constitution made to meet the needs of the people and the long term interests of the country,but not tailored to meet the needs of shortsighted, power hungry and vengeful politicians who want to be not only omnipresent , but also omnipotent. The present constitution is a hodgepodge that has permitted our rulers to become immune to even their conscience, as was manifest with the president in the CJ impeachment. It is a constitution that has high brow principles in it, but plenty of loopholes for rats, mice and other vermin to find legitimacy within it. The 13th amendment is a legal sleight of hand that takes away what was intended, quite blatantly . It is a charade that out does everything else in this constitution . It is a pity that we have to feel that it should remain as it in the books, because it is already there and the alternatives are not only unthinkable, but beyond our capability.
There is no question that we need a new constitution. But the question is about our capacity to make a new , progressive and visionary one. The trends point that our rulers prefer unbridled power and have unquenchable thirst for it. They being elected kings and queens, prefer to exercise the power wielded by our medieval monarchs. We are their subjects now and they want this intubation to continue for ever. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleke has thus correctly argued that it is better to be struck with the present constitution than risk a far worse new one. Unfortunately, given this sad choice, we have to also accept that far worse men and women than now, will come in the future to rule us!
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
A correction: — remain as it is in the—
Dr.R.N
anaperera / February 3, 2013
A mish mash of incoherent ideas puffed up in pompous language. It starts with Constitution making and a historical overview of constitional forming '72, with a quick look over the shoulder to Soulbury and on from 78 and onwards.
Though it talks about above, it doesn't analyse and explain except to say the obvious narrative, i.e. how within each of the periods – JR "state" within Dudley govt. in Souldbury system, Felix Satan within Sirima 72 system, and Lalith A "total security" system in post 78 system and NOW the dictatorial trends occur. It doesn't provide insights what is the underlying factor that runs through all these frameworks if the speaker talks about mirros and moulds, including bringing in Cheney, Rumsfeld in Bush context.
And then the speaker jumps to justify what this regime did with LTTE, as "it had to do it". What else can we expect from this speaker?
But, that is where the real vacuous nature of this speech shows. It attributes that neo-conservatist populism that came along with electing and propelling this regime that went onto decimate LTTE to the speaker's and populist lobbies immense satisfaction, no matter what the human cost was, as "it didn't drop the ball" are mere locally driven dynamics.
I'm not hung up about UNP missing out on 2005 election due to LTTE decreed boycott, but unlike Cheney Rumsfeld cartel, our local cartels are not at all driven by its own power or initiative.
It would be naive for a simple reader who writes here to expect a self anointed expert who holds speeches attempting to chart the future course of our society mere days after he was discarded from "lying abroad" through his teeth to promote this clan would be open enough to admit: this so called neo conservative populism itself is a construct, a "Billa" sponsored and thrust upon us by the clan specifically to deflect the real issues faced by us; and however enlightened, as he claims, a mere electoral process, or a project, to use his preferred term, within this system would only anoint another clan, whether its connected by blood, old boy ties, sexual orientation or otherwise.
Don Quixote / February 4, 2013
Absolutely. Totally agree and well put sir.
Ainsley / February 3, 2013
Typically dishonest nonesense as usual. This man is unable to take a strong position on anuthing but scuttles like a crab, from side to side, desperetaely avoiding even the appearace of integrity.
His entire focus is on the 13th but he gnores the 17th and ignores the huge problem of presidential immunity while singing his hosannas to Mahinda and saying that this is not a dictatorship.
Come on man, your pal sent in the army with guns right into Hulfsdorp. NO President, even JR did that. What more do you want?
punchinilame / February 3, 2013
DJ is forcing himself as the INTTELECTUAL Front MR, hoping eventually
to be put in place with MRs hidden agenda.
Any change, 19A or Constitution, by this bunch of Politicians will
make things worse for Sri Lankans is for sure.
DJ must be more patriotic by silencing himself, for the time-being!
PresiDunce Bean / February 5, 2013
Dr.The Yarn is probably hoping to be to MR, what Dr.Anton Balasingham was to Prabahakaran? People like him are utterly pathetic. CT readers should not waste their time commenting on sycophant articles written by the likes of Dr.The Yarn, Malinda, Rajpal, Dr.Rajiva etc. An article like this would have gone down well in the Daily Noise or Observer, but when it appears in CT, it's more or less insulting the intelligence of it's readers.
D.B Adikari / February 3, 2013
Our urgent challengers are is Not new Constituation, we as developing Nation to be address New Path of Economic Develoepmant of Capitalism is priority of Nation agenda.
We are lack of Political vision that which innovation of economy of Sustantable development.Ongoing debat of constitutional changes has been out of touch, how to revitilization of Natioal economy.
By Dayan J. and its orthodox school of thoughts attempt to deliberately avoide certral problems of our nation.
Subject to change of economic development we are being capble to looking for NEW POLITICAL DIALOUGE an INTEREST OF PEOPLE after imporved of people life,then procedure to change of Constituation.
The proposal of New Constituation another delusory step by Dayan Jayatilake orinte-project.
Our think tank and elites, politicians ecomonist,socoialogist are still working around clock on VICIOUS CYCLES OLD WORLD ORDER, is how to redress delirious system of modus operandi.Some elites are exhilarate their own new proposed projects like e.g new constitutional changes.
Ours Democratic Politial-Economy-social System challange by so many innumberal crisis,has been unaddress by 65 years.
Sri / February 3, 2013
The Soulbury Constitution, the 1972 constitution and the 1978 constitutions are all disasters.
However the best is the Soulbury Constitution, may be because of hated colonial input.
The only progressive element in the 1972 constitution was the declaration of Sri Lanka as a Republic, but it really paid way for the so called supremacy of the National State Assembly and the concentration of all powers in the National State Assembly, elected on a flawed first pass post electoral system.
The 1978 constitution was formulated through a Parliamentary Select Committee without the actual participation of even the members of Parliament belonging to the United National Party, again distorted by the first past post system.
The 1978 Constitution was further corrupted by the subsequent 18 amendments, except a few such as 13A,16A and 17 A all other amendments had actually degraded the already discredited1978 constitution.
When we speak of a new constitution Dayan seems to be under the impression that it will be done by the present Parliament either by converting the present parliament as a constituent assembly or through a select committee of the present parliament again distorted by the cross over Members of Parliament.
It need not be so,
A constitution need not be formulated exclusively by the politians,political scientists and the constitutional lawyers.
There contribution is necessary, but not at the expense of the real beneficiaries.
The ownership must belong to the people.
If at all, a new constitution has to be formulated It has to be carried out by a constituent assembly elected exclusively to formulate a new constitution, elected neither through the present proportional representation or through the discredited first past post system, but by a system where it actually reflect the aspirations of the people, the experts may be accommodated, but the process must have the full participation of the members of the Constituent assembly.
The present slogan may be to convene a constituent assembly to enact a democratic constitution that reflects the aspirations of all the people in the country.
Shantha Ranasinghe / February 3, 2013
It is incomprehensible that a learned political scientist like Dayan can see analogy between the mature democracy in USA and the kleptocracy in Sri Lanka ….
Your last article on this site was superb ..views here are ..well not exactly realistic
You say that Mahinda is not the problem. If so, then a Lula or a Barak Obama is not the answer. And, Lulas or Barak Obamas do not fall from the sky; they come up when people begin to move against the status quo. You cannot change things by mere elections alone, particularly in country like Sri Lanka where elections are not free and fair.
anura priya / February 3, 2013
Who cares about what you say ..
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Srilankan / February 4, 2013
DJ, Do you sincerely feel that the 1972 Constitution with 18A is the Best?
Correction 1978 Constitution.
m c spencer / February 4, 2013
This is to be expected from a survivalist-thriver when he cannot and will not live by what he thinks but rather thinks as he lives in his ruling elitist-matrix.
As the time was ripe for the so-called IC it preferred the lesser evil MR to VP and helped vanquish the LTTE. MR pre-planed, manipulated and adopted unfair and unjust means to be in the saddle at the appropriate time on the back of the hard work Kadirgamar and others as well as on the desperation of the minorities and VP. What an absurdity compare Obama with 2 terms to MR's for life term.
SL the Asian wonder produced the 1st woman PM of this world and now it's time for it with the 21st amendment to come of age and revert to a fully fledged monarchy become another 1st as a truly farcical Democracy though more a realistic ally its plunderers' mobocracy to give-up some of these false trappings and embrace Dutugamini's pre-Portuguese monarchy and save on costs on the present farcical judiciary and legislature. Dayan, Carlo and their ilk can be the great king's advisors.
All the western countries are security states. US appoint it's supreme court judges after a lengthy interview. those countries have no minority rights. All are treated the same because of that majority uses their "contacts" to dominate the system.
If all these changes are carried , Sri Lanka will be ungovernable. See, how China is progressing. Why Sri Lanka can not be another China ?
Why Dayan Jayathilake wants to ruin Sri Lanka. Is he just ideologist who talks while living in the western system and living western values ?
kuma / March 11, 2013
These ideas must brought to grass rootlevel of civilians . language is the barrier. so something to be done who are interest in suffering people of this country.


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Who Killed Singapore21?
Singapore 21 was launched by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in August 1997 to strengthen Singapore's "heartware", and to develop a new vision for Singapore. For more than a year, the Singapore 21 Committee met with more than 6,000 Singaporeans from all walks of life to discuss their concerns and aspirations, and to seek suggestions on building our nation's heartware. The dialogue revealed that there were at least five dilemmas Singaporeans faced:
1. Less Stressful Life vs Retaining the Drive
2. Needs of Senior Citizens vs Aspirations of the Young
3. Attracting Talent vs Looking after Singaporeans
4. Internationalisation and Regionalisation vs Singapore as Home
5. Consultation and Consensus vs Decisiveness and Quick Action
The Singapore 21 Committee identified five key ideas which it believed would address these dilemmas and these ideas formed the vision of Singapore 21.
The first idea was that Every Singaporean Matters : Singapore 21 realised that every Singaporean is unique, that each one of us has a role to play and a contribution to make. That every Singaporean who strives to be the best that he can be, and make a difference was worthy of praise.
The second idea emphasised Strong Families as our Foundation; as they give meaning to life, and are an irreplaceable source of care and support. It is quite obvious that only in a strong family can our children grow up healthily and with confidence to meet the future. Only a strong family enables our elders to enjoy dignity and respect, and pass down the values and lessons they have learnt in life.
The third idea spoke about Opportunities For All Singapore in the 21st century: The Committee after discussion with over 6000 Singaporeans, realised that Singapore needs to be a place where our citizens find promise and a place where talented foreigners are welcomed as well, as they may contribute to Singapore's success. The idea stressed that every citizen has got to be given the opportunity to develop his potential fully, regardless of his background.
The fourth idea spoke about The Singapore Heartbeat: it stressed that regardless of background every Singaporean share a common vision of Singapore as our home, a place where we find our roots and our future; a place worth living, fighting and dying for. It called the 21st Century Singapore to feel passionatley about Singapore.
The fifth idea was the most audacious of them all! It made a clarion call for Active Citizenry: it called for active citizen participation in making a difference in society and in building the future they want for Singapore. it acknowledged that every citizen plays as important a role as the government and other private organisations in Singapore's development. It said only active citizenry enhances one's passion and commitment to the nation.
Singapore 21 tried to outline the ideals which would guide Singapore and Singaporeans into the 21st Century. It carried the tagline "Vision for a New Era". As early as in the year 2000, it became quite apparent to quite a few that Singapore 21 was mere government propoganda. A Gallup Poll then indicated that the ideas of Singapore 21 were not actively promoted (only one-third of those polled knew about Singapore 21 without prompting); and what was even more telling was that 90% of those polled, felt that the government is not listening enough.
Wong Sher Maine of Project Eyeball in his article "Are you being heard?" dated 4 August 2000, reported that David Lim the then Minister of State for Defense, Information and the Arts, was 'stumped' when a participant at a 'Singapore21@Work Conference', asked if "the Government (was) really genuine about Singapore 21? Or (was) it just paying us lip service?" Finally, Mr Lim said: "I cannot convince you of the sincerity of my motives and my intent until you have seen me act it out."
The sincereness, the intent and the motives of the government towards Singapore 21 has most certainly been acted out. The sceptics have been right all along! The government does create an elusion of engaging and listening but does not actually do so. If anyone chanced upon the Singapore 21 website he or she will quickly discover that the site was last updated on 20 January 2004. Was the government campaign towards national and societal cohesion a mere facade? Who killed Singapore 21?
Bloggers Conspiracy propaganda
Ganga said…
Who killed it? The million-dollar men of our land, of course!
I would venture to suggest that their increasing disconnect from the average Singaporean (not to mention, everyone below that) has led them to discard important non-monetary initiatives for other 'cash-cow' ideas instead.

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I havent a clue about dub. I have this one album though... ...it is 'dub' right? what others sounds like this? I like it.
yup, you will most likely enjoy a lot of stuff from these guys as well.
Great start. Some others I like are Scientist, Dennis Bovell (Blackbeard), Revolutionaries.
I forgot to ask. I assume that there is a difference between African and Jamaican dub, what is it?
Also, any particular years I should stick to?
African Dub? Probably you're referring to this series of records by Joe Gibbs. Not actually made in africa. For the most part, dub is a Jamaican thing.
if you're new to dub music, then you should understand from the get go: a large spliff makes the music come to life.
am not really an authority, but heres a pretty good resource.
and you don't really have to be blown out stoned to enjoy. king tubby and harry mudie's dub conferences are a couple favorites.
I'm just now listening to "Treasure Isle Dub Vol 2". Good minimal one.
Copped it off ebay last month after a long search, and right now it's blowing my mind.
this album looks awesome , got any traks on your computer. id love to hear a song or two!
...it is 'dub' right? what others sounds like this? I like it.
The Aswad "New Chapter Of Dub" lp, while being fairly commercial...is a really beautiful record. Also Burning Spear's "Marcus Garvey's Ghost"...a basic, yet so essential.
Thanks p gunn & troubleman, I'll have to check those out.
is this considered a dub record?
not really...it's a post-punk classic...but it's produced by dennis bovell aka blackbeard and certainly has many dub influences or elements to it. actually the second Slits lp might by closer to dub, and especially the first two New Age Steppers lp which Ari-Up sings on. Actually...nobody has mentioned on-u sound/adrian sherwood yet...nor prince far-i!
Hell yes, great live band.
Also, check for Echobase Soundsystem.
the best "modern" dub release I can think of - offers a great production and a truly unique sound.
I thought this was a rock album.
It is, with a big dub influence.
I was always curious about that record.
Need to stop playing and cop it.
huge HUGE massive cosign on that. I'll sign on for any Rhythm & Sound material. Also from that camp are the Bullwackie reissues - don't sleep on those!
I'd add the first Big Youth album to the list.


If there's one Houston tight end to consider, it's Griffin based on his playing time and being the position group's target leader, but the Texans ' passing attack clearly favors the wide receivers.Milwaukee's Jimmy Nelson lost for the first time since May 23 in his last outing as Atlanta tagged him for four runs in five innings.The Associated Press Top cheap jerseys 25 as a whole went 8 against the spread last week.They have allowed 164 home runs this season and they allow 1 homers per nine innings as a staff.Altuve batted second in the order, safely placed between George Springer and Alex Bregman.Peavy has already given up 17 home runs this season and his walk rate is the highest that it has been since way back in 2003.
However, six of those 14 teams have finished No.No Salesman.5 seed line.They have 774 face-off wins compared to 691 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 52%.Like I said, I'm not going to take a lot of credit.
He has 54 strikeouts over his 66 innings pitched and he's given up 65 hits.How is it already Week 10?Named an NBA All-Star for the third year in a row and while once again being the league's leading vote-getter …It hasn't been the same since, though.
Taking care of several defensive needs has to be a reason why those pundits are liking what the Colts did in late April.Teams are hitting .287 against the Tigers bullpen.And to say that his first season at the helm didn't go well is an understatement as Nebraska suffered just its second losing season in the last 10 years and, remarkably, just its third losing year in over 50 years!They have 92 stolen bases while they've been thrown out 34 times.
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Definitely a decent performance, particularly for the St.
But their yards per point numbers during those seasons have been horrible.
San Francisco 11 16 WR Larry Fitzgerald Ankle injured last game, probable Sunday vs.The Giants, with a 72 run line record, cover the spread 55% of the time.


Ukulele beginners tips - When is wood, you know, SOLID??
Something has been bothering me for quite a while - in fact in all the time I have been buying guitars, let alone ukuleles, and that something didn't change when I bought my first uke. In fact I just saw that the confusion (and the potential rip-off) continue.
If you are new to stringed instruments in this family, and are looking to buy a uke, you may notice listings making reference to "solid" wood, "solid tops", "all solid" and the like - but are people who are new to the instrument clear on what is being sold here? - worse still is there some misrepresentation going on?
The basics of wooden ukes ( as with wooden acoustic guitars) is this - the wood that makes the instrument is either an actual thin slice of solid wood, or it is a laminate of lots and lots of thin pieces of wood with a nice looking veneer on the outer visible edge. This applies to the wood on the soundboard or top (the piece with the hole in it!) , the sides of the body, and the back.
The general difference in most wooden instruments is that a solid piece of wood is by far the best, and laminate is worst. I say general, as this is also dependent on the type of wood and type of instrument, but for the purposes of a general buyers guide, it is generally accepted that top quality is "all solid top, back and sides", medium is "solid top" and the cheaper end is "laminate all over".
But what really concerns me is where ukes are advertised, a(nd I have to say, ebay is mainly the culprit), where the description of the woods is less than clear.
I recently saw a baritone uke for sale on ebay at what was an inflated price compared to what it could be bought for in a store, but worse still, the seller had it listed as a solid mahogany wood uke, despite it clearly being a laminate top and body model. I was so annoyed that I emailed the buyer to point out that his listing was incorrect, and he replied saying it was a laminate of sheets of mahogany, and therefore it was all mahogany, and therefore solid mahogany...... !!!!? The item sold, - total rip-off.
But the manufacturer websites don't help either - and nothing annoys me more than those that don't say whether the instruments are solid or not. Many do it, and I don't understand why.
I stress again, buying an instrument that isn't totally solid is NOT a bad thing, but you should be clear what you are buying, whatever you buy - surely?
For the back and sides - if you can see the outer grain through varnish - look inside the instrument with a torch - do the grains on the inside match the patterns on the outside - if they do - a pretty good sign it is solid back or sides. The very cheapest laminated backs and sides have grains going in opposite directions!
Do solid tips need to "settle"? I'm looking at a solid spruce top tenor to "upgrade" a bit from my laminate spruce model (Both Alvarez : RU26T laminate and the AU70T solid top) The salesman told me it will take a few weeks for the solid top to "settle" before I can make a fair comparison. The ukulele hasn't arrived yet- but I was wondering about this "settling time". Any thoughts on what I should expect comparing the two?
I just found your article about wood "opening up with age" Your site here is a real treasure trove of info! Never mind my earlier question -I'll read the article..
If it is "book-matched" (mirrored pieces of wood) you should be able to see some piece of maple in centre to make connection stronger. If you do not see it then "red flag", it is veneer. But is ***THE FLAG*** really ***RED***?
And I also own Sinye Ukulele, top-solid Spruce (as per description) but it really looks richer in color than Western Red Cedar, and it is richer in tone than 2018 Pono (Cedar top, Mahogany).
I am still guessing... this Sinye ukulele probably has veneer rosewood on sides and back.... because biik-matched, and I don't see maple stick in the middle which strengthen connection... so easy to find out, why noone noticed?
Oh forgot to mention... sound of HPL Enya is amazing!!!


My concealer and I have a complicated history. I started swiping it on around age thirteen, to cover the under eye circles that had begun making me self-conscious. I spent the next thirty years completely addicted to the camouflage. I stashed sticks in my pocket, carried liquids in my purse, and even took compacts on camping trips. When I looked in the mirror, all I saw was those sad circles making me I look more tired than I felt. I never gave up hope that I would eventually find some magic serum or miracle cream to banish them for good.
The older I got, the more makeup I needed and the less it helped. Finally, I raised the white flag and made an appointment with UCLA plastic surgeon Jason Roostaeian, MD, who explained to me that my dark circles were due to a combination of genetics and aging. Some people are born with thinner skin and less fat in the under eye area, "an issue that's compounded by the aging process," he said. "Fat loss and redistribution, combined with increased skin laxity, start to form a depression at the lower eyelid and cheek junction, commonly known as a 'tear trough deformity.'" When asked about my treatment options, he suggested non-surgical injections of hyaluronic acid filler to smooth that depression and thereby minimize my dark circles.
Wary about starting a cosmetic treatment habit, I asked Dr. Roostaeian about the cost. "In most cases, filling the tear trough area requires about one syringe of product, which ranges between $500 - $1000," he said. I thought about the price of three decades of products - the concealers, the serums, the creams - that never delivered on their promises, not to mention the time spent applying those products. The cost difference didn't seem to be all that much.
With a mirror, Dr. Roostaeian showed me exactly where he performs tear trough injections. Tracing a gentle arc along the top ridge of my cheekbone, he explained that typically a tear trough deformity is most pronounced in the area adjacent to the nose and becomes less depressed as you move outward. He also pointed out my mild fat displacement that was causing some shadowing, the first sign that I was developing those puffy lower eyelid "bags." He told me that sometimes patients seeking tear trough treatment actually need lower eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) to have those fat pads excised. "Good candidates for filler are patients whose dark circles are primarily caused by a depression, rather than excess eyelid fat creating shadows," he said.
During my drive home, I kept stealing glances at myself in the rearview mirror. I now understand that even a small adjustment can be truly transformative. The relief of no longer worrying about my tear troughs allowed me to realize how much time I'd spent physically trying to disappear my dark circles and how much more time I'd spent thinking about them. Now, waking up every morning looking refreshed has been life changing.


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Details on the 2019 National Community Association Law Seminar!
As past President of the College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL), I try to provide details each year on the national Community Association Law Seminar. Without question, the Law Seminar is the premiere HOA and condo legal program held each year. This year's Law Seminar is the 40th annual and will be held January 23-26, 2019, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, LA.
While the Law Seminar is mostly attended by attorneys, it's not limited to attorneys. Other participants include insurance professionals, community association managers, other industry leaders who wish to learn about HOA/condo law trends and practices. For insurance professionals who advise homeowner and condominium associations, the Insurance Masters Program (sponsored by the Community Insurance and Risk Management Specialists ("CIRMS")) is for experienced insurance professionals and goes beyond the basics of community association insurance to include risk management and legal issues.
An optional half-day program will be held Wednesday, January 23, with two educational sessions: an "Essentials of Community Association Law" associates track and a "Running a Community Association Law Practice" managing partner track. These optional sessions have an additional fee.
Religion in Community Associations: Fair Housing of Free Speech?
More information and the full schedule can be found at the 2019 Community Association Law Seminar Web site.
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Port forwarding (also known as port mapping) allows computers to connect to a specific device within a private network. It is extremely useful if you are attempting to use VoIP devices in an environment that uses Network Address Translation (NAT), are using the NAT proxy yet are still encountering issues such as registration failing and call issues.
If you are unsure what NAT is, it may be helpful to read this guide and then return to read the rest of this knowledgebase article.
In order to help explain how port forwarding works, it a good idea to understand what ports are first.
An IP address is made up of 65535 individual ports. When information is sent to an IP address a specific port is also used, which allows one IP address to send and receive data from multiple applications at the same time. Without ports, you would be limited to doing one thing on the Internet at a time.
When a port is in use, no other application can use it.
Port forwarding allows you to choose to send data received on a port to a specific device in your private network. Think of it like a bypass that has been built straight from one point (your public IP that sits in front of your router) to another (a device behind NAT).
Why would you need to do this? As explained in this guide, VoIP calls are affected by NAT because a different port is used for the transmission of audio packets than was used to set up the call. This can often lead to hearing no audio from the other party when you make or receive a VoIP call (the incoming audio packets are not sent on to your phone because the router has no idea where to send them).
Port forwarding allows you to specify that all communications received on a certain port are forwarded directly to your VoIP phone. You set port forwarding rules up on your router, entering details of your phone and the ports you wish to "reserve" only to be used by this device. This ensures that no other devices in your private network are able to use this port.
You then have to also ensure that you tell your phone to tell other devices to send inbound audio via this port. This will then be done automatically when your call is being setup.
For help setting up port forwarding, please use this guide.
Setting up multiple VoIP phones in a private network is more complicated, because you need to specify different ports for each different phone. If you have read the whole of this article the reason should hopefully be obvious - a port can only be used by one application at a time, and when you set up port forwarding all traffic received on that port is sent straight to one device.
For help setting up multiple phones, please see this guide. However, if you've never set up port forwarding before please ensure you read the whole of this guide thoroughly first.


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The end goal of user interface design is to make the user's interactions as efficient as possible.

With UI design, simplicity and clarity are paramount.

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Consistency is very important across a site to provide a sense of one page belonging with another.

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A good user interface employs common design patterns for navigation that are intuitive to the user.

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When you are in a hand against another player and you make it too the river, it is best to turn over your hand if you have called the bet so you can be sure you are beat. Just the other night a beginning player went to muck her cards because she thought the other person had a higher pair when SHE had a flush! She did not notice it. Had she just thrown in her hand she would not have known because cards speak. Even if you do not see a winning hand , others will if the cards are turned up.


It was a rainy day at the house of Paine. Perfect conditions for breaking legs, and that's exactly what BUFC's "fantastic 4's" accomplished. An astounding defensive performance by BUFC landed them their first clean sheet this season. This all came down to the tactical genius Sir. Paul Middleton 3-5-2 formation he has been meaning to test out. Starting line up featured our start keeper MARCEL! In the back, BUFC's towering CB – Richie, Joe and Anders (about time you came back). Midfield line up: Wynton, Dan, Chris, Ferg and Gaz (from left to right). Up front BUFC lined the "nimble" nick that has been in great form and Walsh.
In exchange for unrelenting firepower, the 3-5-2 formation relies heavily on midfield possession as well as the capability and stamina of the Left and right-winger to defend and attack constantly. BUFC was ready to experiment with this formation for the first time. Thanks to BUFC winning mentality and their vast selection of wingers. The 3-5-2 brought a well-deserved 2-0 victory.
First half whistle goes off and BUFC exploded. Pressuring to win every ball they could. The passing on the left was world class with the ball eventually landing between Wyntons feet… Everyone cried "Shooooot" being the outlaw that he is, he decides to pass instead and very nicely delivers the ball to nick in front of goal where he strategically placed the ball in the bottom left corner. GOAL!!!! 1-0 BUFC was on fire.
Maroubra came back stronger after the first goal. They had short skilled forwards who prefer to attack from within the box only to be blocked by the long legs of BUFC's massive CB. Anders was looking particularly in form for being away all season. Joe was also in top shape considering he had just run a half marathon before the game… (Richie, your always a beast).
Second tempo of the first half BUFC opened up the taps again and delivered great balls to the strikers. Washy took a near impossible control on a lob, beat his defender and even paused in front goal to smile at the keeper to let him know he was about to score. He didn't.
Second half came about. Four key substitutions were made. It was time for the wingers to be subbed with fresh legs. Tony subbed in for Wynton on the left, Dave for Gaz on the right and Brendan for Chris in the middle. Eddy replaced Nick up front and BUFC was ready to go.
Pressure was back on against Maroubra. Brendan steals the ball in midfield and makes a run to goal… Takes a shot in the 18yard box only to find the crossbar. It was unlucky, but BUFC spirits did not break. Last fifteen minutes of the game Maroubra decides to pick it up a notch with a few good 1-2 plays up front. An interception of Marcels pass to Wynton in front of goal could have been fatal. Fortunately, the outstretched Maroubra striker couldn't get a proper foot and had a near miss.
BUFC held their ground till the end with defensive substitutions. Phenomenal display by the men with championship gold in their crosshair.


The match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore is being played at Mumbai on 6th May and after having tamed the mighty Kings XI on home ground, opening their account in the points table with their first win of the season, Mumbai looks ahead positively. With a convincing win with 5 balls to spare over Punjab, who had set a target of 169 runs, the home team seems confident to excel in their performance as true champions; Royal Challengers have 6 points after winning against Sunrisers Hyderabad and have reinvented their capabilities to stay focused. Will Mumbai start to climb up the ladder or will Bangalore bring out its firepower against a resurgent Mumbai team, we'll have to wait and watch.
The last match against the Kings XI Punjab in their home ground was a good pitch for batting but the fancied Kings XI, having opted to bat first, failed to utilize the conditions to post an imposing target for Mumbai, which did well in restricting the total to 168 by claiming 5 wickets. The Mumbai bowlers could not find answers to the hard hitting Maxwell after they initially broke the opening stand but Saha and Maxwell were allowed to score freely. When Harbhajan broke that stand and later Bailey too fell to a beauty by the same bowler, they restricted the formidable Punjab to 168. Gautam came good in chasing in the company of the captain after Dunk and Rayudu fell cheaply to an insisting bowling by young Sandeep Sharma; Dhawan and Sandeep created ripples in the batting line up but once Pollard came and started firing all round the wicket, sixes and 4s came pouring in and they smelt victory, which came in the first ball of the 20th over. The home team could finally register a win this season and their performance against Royal Challengers in front of the same home crowd, is sure to be several notches higher.
They were in a streak of defeats after the two wins in the beginning but on their return from the Middle East, they have found rhythm in their acts and collectively performed well against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at their home ground. The bowlers did their job well with good support from the field and Starc maintained a good line and length to ensure that the batsmen of Sunrisers were not able to go for quick runs. A target of 156 was not all that difficult; after the fall of Patel, Gayle as usual hit was in full form as he scored 27 off 19 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. De Villiers came after Gayle's dismissal to maintain the steady run rate and blasted the bowlers holding one end steadfast, remaining unbeaten with 89 off just 41; he lit up the Chinnaswamy stadium with his hard hitting crackers with 6 fours and 8 sixes, bringing victory in the penultimate ball of the innings. The team has grown from strength to strength and needs to consolidate its performances to stay ahead.


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Hulu's Animaniacs Reboot: Grade It!
By Nick Caruso / November 20 2020, 3:30 PM PST
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They're baaa-aaack! Think you'd seen the last of the Warner brothers (and Warner sister!)? Think again.
Hulu's Animaniacs reboot premiered Friday (all 13 episodes are now available), and seconds in, Yakko, Wakko and Dot are back up to their old tricks. After returning to their beloved home on the Warner Bros. lot, the trio wastes zero time creating wreckage as they tornado their way through the studio, turning everything they touch into their own personal amusement park.
And what would an Animaniacs 2.0 be without Pinky and the Brain (Brain, Brain, Brain)? As if we even needed confirmation, the unlikely pair is still trying to achieve world domination. Bless their hearts.
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So what kinds of shenanigans are these loony tunes getting into in 2020? Read on for highlights from the revival's "totally insane-y, cockamamie" premiere!
JURASSIC LARK | "Steven Spielberg" helps launch the reboot with a '90s-era parody that's an absolute chef's-kiss emoji. "This species of cartoon has been extinct since 1998," Jurassic Park's Ellie says. "These haven't been seen on TV since the Golden Era of animation!" Cut to Yakko, Wakko and Dot frolicking in the distance, peppered with hints of havoc. And how zany are they? "To the max!" Spielberg declares to the incredulous Grant, Ellie and Malcolm.
While Grant eventually loses consciousness, the Warner siblings "Boingy! Boingy!" their way off screen. Cue the theme song! Which is now "gender-balanced, pronoun-neutral and ethnically diverse," mind you. How nice!
SUSPENDED ANIMATION | In this two-part cartoon, the Warners worry over what their first lines should be. "Make sure it's good first… maybe something reminiscent of the first season?… but modern to show that we're not your dad's Animaniacs… but not so modern that you'll alienate the dads, because they're a key part of our demographic!" Yakko and Wakko exhaustively bounce ideas back and forth until Dot smashes them with a hammer. Oh, what classic, meta cartoon strife!
To no one's surprise, they torture Ralph the security guard over his first lines, with Dot telling him to make sure it's "something that really captures the intricacies of your character, for old and new fans alike." He can only get a mumbled grumble out before he captures them with a drone net, the same net he finds himself in mere seconds later.
In Part 2, the Warners learn what reboots actually are, to which Yakko sings a "bitingly satirical" song about the trend, name-dropping Fuller House, The X-Files, Charmed, Twin Peaks and more. "If you want to make some easy cash, just recycle and re-hash!" they sing. To be honest, I kind of hope this tune shows up in my Release Radar playlist on Spotify one day.
Yakko closes the bit by poking fun at the entertainment industry at large. "Reboots are symptomatic of a fundamental lack of originality in Hollywood. A creativity crisis fueled by terrified executives clinging to the past like rats to the debris of a sinking ship," he says. (He said it, not us!) A man off-screen then hands them a fat check and calls them sell-outs. "Yeah, but when we sell out, we know we're selling out, so it's coooool!" Wakko exclaims. Hey, everybody's gotta make that paper.
OF MICE AND MEMES | How do Pinky and the Brain take over the world in 2020? With a meme, of course! The Brain wants to give the people what they truly want, which Pinky agrees to, "but only if it's tasteful and makes sense for my character!" The Brain reveals a subliminal mind-controlling filter he adds to a video of himself dressed like a baby mouse. When that doesn't work, Pinky adds the filter to a clip of the Brain hurting himself on a globe, which goes viral and lands them a spot on Late Night With Seth Meyers. Unfortunately, they get bumped for a pig video Pinky also added the filter to (that's showbiz!), and thus, the duo's devious plan is foiled once again.
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Endless Steppe : Growing Up in Siberia
Hautzig, Esther Rudomin
Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Holocaust
Siberia (Russia), Social life and customs, Poles, Russia (Federation), Siberia, History, 20th century, Biography, Authors, American, Childhood and youth, Hautzig, Esther Rudomin
Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1989
Paperback 9780064405775
Under arrest! The words came as a shock to young Esther Rudomin, Polish citizen. Because of their Jewish heritage and Father's business success, Esther's family faced certain deportment to Siberia. This sobering tale of a family torn from their homeland, from close relatives, and eventually from one another, paints a vivid picture of grim determination to survive against overwhelming odds. The Siberian steppes, the grueling climate, and oppressive rule come alive in this true account of the author's five years spent as a young Jewish deportee, exiled to Siberia during World War II.
The author describes her experiences during World War II when she and her family were arrested by the Russians and sent to work in the Siberian gypsum mines
This is the remarkable true story of a family during one of the bleakest periods in history, a story that "radiates optimism and the resilience of the human spirit" (Washington Post).
In June 1941, the Rudomin family is arrested by the Russians. They are accused of being capitalists, "enemies of the people." Forced from their home and friends in Vilna, Poland, they are herded into crowded cattle cars. Their destination: the endless steppe of Siberia.
For five years, Esther and her family live in exile, weeding potato fields, working in the mines, and struggling to stay alive. But in the middle of hardship and oppression, the strength of their small family sustains them and gives them hope for the future.
The first winner of the Sydney Taylor Awards was Esther Hautzig's The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia, and 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of this powerful classic.


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If you have a movement disorder such as Parkinson's or essential tremor, deep brain stimulation could improve your quality of life. OHSU is a leader in DBS. Internationally renowned Dr. Kim Burchiel of OHSU was the first doctor in the United States to perform this surgery in 1991, and has done more than 1,800 procedures since.
OHSU is one of the few centers to do "asleep" DBS, with patients under general anesthesia. Learn more about DBS and why you do not have to be awake during surgery. We treat patients from across the United States and throughout the world. Learn about DBS appointments for Parkinson's at OHSU | DBS appointments for essential tremor.
This site has information about DBS for Parkinson's and essential tremor at OHSU. You can also learn if you are a candidate, what to expect before and after surgery, and more.
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Supercar Street Challenge est un jeu vidéo d'action-course pour PC et PlayStation 2 sorti en 2001.

Sorti le  et édité chez Activision, le jeu offre le studio de design Steve Saleen qui permet de personnaliser son véhicule dont l'avant, l'arrière, les roues, les phares, l'aileron et ainsi que les  caractéristiques de conduite (vitesse, accélération, freinage et maniabilité).

Critique
Selon Poischich de Gamekult, les graphismes sont passables et des scènes affichées ont peu de complexité, la durée de vie est juste correcte et sa difficulté plutôt bien dosée.

Références

Jeu vidéo sorti en 2001
Jeu vidéo de course
Jeu PlayStation 2
Jeu Windows
Jeu vidéo développé aux États-Unis
Jeu Activision

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Q: Como obtener el valor registrado en el Combobox - Angular Hola Buenas quisiera que me puedan ayudar, tengo un formulario que al momento de editar ya salga el combo seleccionado que se guardo.
<form [formGroup]="itemForm" (ngSubmit)="submit()">
 <mat-form-field class="full-width">
          <mat-label>{{HDESAGE.label}}</mat-label>
              <mat-select formControlName="HDESAGE">
                      <mat-option  *ngFor="let r of HDESAGE.data" [value]="r.id" >{{r.desc}}</mat-option>
                  </mat-select>
                  <mat-error *ngIf="itemForm.get('HDESAGE').hasError('required')">
                    Ingrese la agencia
                  </mat-error>
      </mat-form-field>
</form>

He intentado con Get segun la documentación pero nada
export class TransaccionPopupComponent implements OnInit {
public itemForm: FormGroup;
HDESAGE:any={
     //label:'Seleccione la agencia:',
     selected:null,
     hidden:true,
     variable:'HDESAGE',
     data:[
     ]
   }

ngOnInit() {
    this.renderSlcAgencia();
    this.buildItemForm(this.data.data1)

  }

buildItemForm(item) {

    this.itemForm = this.fb.group({

      HDESAGE: new FormControl({  value: [item.HDESAGE || '',Validators.required], disabled: false }),

    })

    console.log(this.agenciaF);
    console.log(this.itemForm.controls.HDESAGE.get('0').value)
    this.agenciaF.valueChanges
    .subscribe((r)=>{
       let ciu=this.itemForm.controls.HDESAGE.get('0').value;
      this.itemForm.controls.HDESAGE.get('0').setValue([ciu]);
      console.log(ciu);

    })

  }

   get agenciaF(){
    let respuesta = this.itemForm.controls.HDESAGE as FormControl
    console.log(respuesta);
    return respuesta
  }

// Aca me devuelve la lista de agencia que se llena en el combobox
private renderSlcAgencia(): void {
    let report = 'SEL_JER_01';
    this.cs.getRegularData(report, {}).subscribe(
      (data) => {
        let result = data.body['result'];
        this.dynamic_ciiu=result.body;
        this.HDESAGE.data=this.dynamic_ciiu.filter(d=>d.sec_eco=="Agencia")

      })
  }

}

Al momento de ejecutar en el combo sale vacio y cuando despliego sale toda la lista que viene de la bd pero yo quiero que cuando inicie salga el valor que se guardo y despues ya la lista

A: Buenos la solución era colocar en el initform el valor y para eso realice la propiedad setValue
 this.itemForm.controls.HDESAGE.setValue(item.HDESAGE)

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Gabriel was woken up by the bright sun shining on his face before 6:30, so I wheeled his crib into the bathroom where it is quiet and quite a bit darker. He slept for another hour or so and then took two more naps before we got to leave for the day – a nap after breakfast and a nap after lunch – so we had a late start. In the morning, we sat outside on the porch and watched the birds dive for fish. It was so neat to watch them soar over the water, looking for fish, and then dive into the water. Then they would just float on the water for a while so they could eat or just relax. The boys got a kick out of it. Ezekiel and I went to the pool, which was delightful, during Gabriel's nap after lunch.
We decided to go to a new beach called Crocus Bay Beach. It was really easy to find and there was a store there and a couple of restaurants. The store called Why Knot was featured in some magazines and some Anguilla books as a must-see shop since their product was the most original Caribbean piece on the island. I got a top that can be worn 6 different ways and seems really easy to wear. It was really neat. Then we hoped into the water. There were chairs and umbrellas for rent, but if you ate at the restaurant, you got them for free. However since it was way past lunch and they were getting ready to close, we got to use them for free. Monday was a new day for Gabriel. He LOVED the sand!! YIPPEE!! He sat right down in it and started playing in it. It was really hot sand, but neither of the boys seemed to mind. They just used their buckets and shovels and sand molds and had a great time. Of course they got our chairs all sandy as well, but that's alright.
The bad thing about the water here was that it had a lot of rocks in the water until you get to a certain point and then it's okay. I wore my sandals in the water, but then you get rocks in your sandals and that hurts just as much. So once you are in, it's fine, but getting in and out is a pain, literally! While I was in the water, their was the little fish that kept following me around everywhere I went. I tried shaking him off by splashing a bunch, dunking myself under the water, swimming away – everything – but I could not shake that fish . . . until Josh came into the water! I finally got rid of it, for a while, as it went to Josh. He didn't want it around him for fear it would go up his trunks and stay or nibble on him! HA! We laughed so much about this little, tiny, harmless fish that would not leave us alone. We tried to ignore it, but couldn't. The little guy finally left us alone when this huge school of fish came charging at us, running right into our legs, and swimming as fast as they could. We screamed and laughed and got out of there! It was hilarious! We got back in a while later and no fish were around this time.
So, we packed up, headed back, showered, got dressed for dinner, and went to The Ferryboat Inn for dinner. We were wanting a good, juicy burger for dinner and have read that they have the best burgers on the island. So we both got an 8 oz burger with cheese and mushrooms and it was wonderful! The boys just ate chicken salad and crackers and our french fries. Monday was such a wonderful day!
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Teaser Trailer: Beastly
In an attempt to capitalize on the success of the teen-centric Twilight Saga, a 23 second teaser trailer for Beastly has been released and, even though it is exceptionally short, it is quite possibly one of the worst film promos I have ever seen. It's the kind of bad where you laugh unintentionally at the voice-over. The teaser actually makes this big budget theatrical release look more like a TV movie or even a TV series.
Adapted from Alex Flinn's 2007 novel of the same, Beastly is a re-imagining of the classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast set in modern day New York (which by the way has previously been done in the Beauty and the Beast TV series starring Ron Perlman). Written and directed by Daniel Barnz, Beastly stars Alex Pettyfer (Stormbreaker) in the lead role (who apparently only needs to shave his head, sport some odd tattoos, and get a few facial scars and prosthetics to become the beast), Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) as the love interest, and Mary-Kate Olsen (New York Minute) as the girl who is responsible for transforming a cruel young man into the beast.
Watch the teaser trailer on YouTube if you really want to.
Beastly is set for release in July 2010 in the USA and October 2010 in the UK.
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A tasty bit of Swift to make writing device and/or screen size specific code easier.

## Requirements

* iOS 7.0+ / OS X 10.9+
* Xcode 6.3+

> While QuerySize supports iOS 7.0, frameworks are not supported for iOS 7.0 so you must manually embed the framework for non app store apps or integrate the source files directly.

## Installing

The first thing you'll need to do with QuerySize is get it installed into your project. We support three different integrations:

### Cocoapods

[CocoaPods](http://cocoapods.org) is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects.

CocoaPods 0.36 adds supports for Swift and embedded frameworks. You can install it with the following command:

```bash
$ gem install cocoapods
```

To integrate QuerySize into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your `Podfile`:

```ruby
source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '8.0'
use_frameworks!

pod 'QuerySize', '~> 1.0.0'
```

Then, run the following command:

```bash
$ pod install
```

### Carthage

Carthage is a decentralized dependency manager that automates the process of adding frameworks to your Cocoa application.

You can install Carthage with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/) using the following command:

```bash
$ brew update
$ brew install carthage
```

To integrate QuerySize into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your `Cartfile`:

```
github "robertjpayne/QuerySize" >= 1.0.0
```

### Embedded Framework

- Add QuerySize as a [submodule](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule) by opening the Terminal, `cd`-ing into your top-level project directory, and entering the following command:

```bash
$ git submodule add https://github.com/robertjpayne/QuerySize.git
```

- Open the `QuerySize` folder, and drag `QuerySize.xcodeproj` into the file navigator of your app project.
- In Xcode, navigate to the target configuration window by clicking on the blue project icon, and selecting the application target under the "Targets" heading in the sidebar.
- Ensure that the deployment target of `QuerySize.framework` matches that of the application target.
- In the tab bar at the top of that window, open the "Build Phases" panel.
- Expand the "Target Dependencies" group, and add `QuerySize.framework`.
- Click on the `+` button at the top left of the panel and select "New Copy Files Phase". Rename this new phase to "Copy Frameworks", set the "Destination" to "Frameworks", and add `QuerySize.framework`.

## Usage

```swift
import QuerySize

// ...

QuerySize(.ByIdiom(.Phone)) {
    println("I am a phone")
}
QuerySize(.ByIdiom(.Pad)) {
    println("I am a pad")
}

QuerySize(.ByIdiom(.Phone), .ByScreenMinWidth(321)) {
    println("I am a phone at least 321pt wide")
}

QuerySize(.ByIdiom(.Phone), .ByScreenMaxWidth(320)) {
    println("I am a phone at most 320pt wide")
}

QuerySize(.ByIdiom(.Phone), .ByScreenMaxWidth(320), .ByScreenMaxHeight(480)) {
    println("I am a phone at most 320pt wide and 480pt high")
}

QuerySize(.ByIdiom(.Phone), .ByScreenMaxWidth(320), .ByScreenMinHeight(481)) {
    println("I am a phone at most 320pt wide and at least 481pt high")
}

```


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Q: C# Wildcard for specific amount of characters I would like to select all documents which have exact 4 "unknown" characters at the place where the asterisk is: (for example "****" could be "2018")
foreach (string s in Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\ExampleTitle ****.xml").Select(Path.GetFileName))
{
    // Do something!
}

I know the asterisk * will match every character, no matter how many characters are between the asterisk. But as described, I want to select only results with a specific amount of unknown characters.

A: You cannot specify wildcards in the path argument, you need to provide the path and a search pattern, see GetFiles(String, String).
The search pattern accepts two wildcards, ? for a single char and * for any amount of chars. Hence, you need
Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\MyUser\Documents", "ExampleTitle ????.xml")

If you plan to match only digits there you will have to use a regex to filter the results of Directory.GetFiles:
var fileList = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\MyUser\Documents", "*.xml")
        .Where(p => Regex.IsMatch(Path.GetFileName(p), @"^ExampleTitle [0-9]{4}\.xml$"))
        .ToList();

Here,  Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\MyUser\Documents", "*.xml") will fetch all XML files in the given folder, and those that entirely match the ExampleTitle <4-DIGITS>.xml pattern will be returned then with the Where clause.


These girls talk politics and how!
Small villages in Tamil Nadu get young girls to speak about the promises they want their political leaders to fulfill, and even motivate them to join local panchayat bodies, finds-out Hema Vijay.
The village of Thazhaiyattam in Gudiyattam panchayat in Tamil Nadu's parched district of Vellore is likely to be overlooked as yet another nondescript rural hamlet that dots the state. But an intriguing political initiative is taking shape here, giving a new spin to the term 'grassroots politics'.
A group of young women have come together to spread the message of democracy and rights in Thazhaiyattam and its neighbouring villages. They get young people to speak about the promises they want their political leaders to fulfill, initiate lively discussions on the various social and governance problems they are up against, and even motivate them to come forward and join local panchayat bodies.
Undertaking such interactive public service hasn't been easy for these girls, considering that their conservative, patriarchal families expect them to remain unseen and unheard. But they have been drawing inspiration from Dinesh Gajendran, a young social activist, who hails from Gudiyattam and heads the Audacious Dreams Foundation (ADF), that is engaging the youth for sustainable development.
It was through a vocational training centre ADF runs in Thazhaiyattam that these rural girls first began to get a hang of the concept of participatory democracy. They have learnt how the panchayat council functions, the processes involved in policy making at the village level, and what the UN Millennium Development Goals are about. Today, all this knowledge is enabling them to contribute towards the creation of a national crowd sourced youth manifesto, as part of the 'My Space My unManifesto' campaign that is underway in 15 states across India. As a partner in the movement, 60 ADF girl volunteers, in the age group of 17 and 25 years, are spearheading the campaign in their villages, collecting 'promises' – on paper and on camera – about what the youth would like to see in the manifestos prepared by the political parties in the run-up to the 2014 general elections.
Suganya, 19, is the face of the movement in Agarancheri village. Currently doing her internship to become a nurse, she is never back before 9 pm. Yet, on weekends, this gritty young woman is out on door-to-door rounds collecting promises for the youth manifesto, in addition to conducting out-of-classroom sessions with local school children and youth on public interest issues. Though Suganya does have her political ambitions, she's not quite sure how she will break into this sector and hopes her "public service" will make a difference.
G Vijitha, 22, who lives in Gudiyattam, however, has definite plans to become a ward member of her panchayat before she turns 25. Her life has had its share of struggles. After she completed high school she was forced to sit at home for four years because financial problems prevented her from pursuing higher education. Not one to take things lying down, she worked at the local Primary Health Centre and managed to save enough money to enrol in the Audacious Dream's Nursing Institute in 2012. In her second year of nursing now, she is also an active member of the Village Education Council and the local School Management Committee.
Of course, for these women discussing politics with random strangers or even neighbours is challenging. "As I broach the subject of governance and voting and talk about the unManifesto campaign, many people raise their eyebrows at first. Yet, once they understand the idea behind it, most get enthused and become very responsive," elaborates Vijitha.
ADF's Dinesh Gajendran, who has been encouraging these girls in the campaign, is convinced that as more and more youngsters realise the need to enter politics, the times will change. The 2014 elections might turn out to be a watershed moment in the history of Indian democracy. Nearly 50 per cent of the population is below 25 years of age and obviously, this unprecedented number of young voters will play a crucial role in the outcome. Ignoring their voices is no longer an option.


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The colorful rings of cereal in this online jigsaw puzzle are dyed bright pastel colors. Orange, green, and purple rings liven up a simple breakfast.
Not Cheerios, they are Fruit Loops.
You got it! Cheerios are one colour. Fruit Loops are as you see in this puzzle.
Yet another colorful puzzle with so many litle things of the same colors. Difficult to do but still fun. Thanks for keeping my mind sharp!
Cheerios are not my favorite as a cereal or a puzzle!!!!
Wow! that wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Couldn't face it at 3am this morning after I did the first one. My eyes felt like they were crossed when I first looked at it, but later on I did it and it wasn't so bad. Hope everyone is well. I guess it is heading in to winter here, the temps have dropped and it was below freezing last night. The weather is funny here we like to joke that we only 2 seasons- summer and winter, no in betweens. Prayers for my fellow countrymen that are in the southeast and are being assaulted by the hurricane, pray that things improve soon and no more deaths or injuries.Be safe everyone.
Looks like Cheerios! Not an easy puzzle. 9 1/2 minutes on 56 curvy!
I often find a close up of food makes it appear most unappetizing. This is a case in point. Those pink loops look like dog kibble to me.
I like the puzzle. It was interesting to figure out but it sure makes me want to barf thinking of eating those things. I knew a girl who ate dog biscuits...the ones that were hard and shaped like bones.
De gustibus. I'm glad I'm not a dog.


Bourbon Lane Stable, a national racing partnership based in Lexington, has established a retirement pasture for its horses at Old Friends, the country's premier Thoroughbred retirement care facility.
According to an April 23 release, Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky., will dedicate the Bourbon Lane Stable retirement pasture at the 10th annual Old Friends Homecoming May 4, at 3 p.m. EDT.
The pasture, approximately 15 acres in size, will be made available to any off-the-track Thoroughbred that has raced in the Bourbon Lane colors, regardless of whether the horse retired directly from the stable. The retirement pasture is for horses that cannot be retrained for a second career or those not suitable for a second career.
One Bourbon Lane horse, Johannesbourbon, has already taken up residency. A 5-year-old by Johannesburg, Johannesbourbon ran 12 times. He won four times and ran second five times, winning more than $68,000 in purse money. Because of knee issues, Johannesbourbon is unable to train for a second career.
The retirement pasture was secured with a $25,000 donation from Bourbon Lane Stable to Old Friends.
Bourbon Lane made the decision to secure a retirement pasture for its horses with the hope that other horse owners will consider after-care management as part of their organization.
For information about Old Friends, visit oldfriendsequine.org.


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