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In a world torn by war, plagued by famine and disease, how popular was the six-minute-or-so clip from C-SPAN2 in which, with admirable frankness and the evenhanded sense of justice for which I am known, I alluded to my ex's penchant for -- and philosophy encouraging -- infidelity and petty cruelty?
Well, one YouTube posting of the clip got about a half-million views -- more popular than some cable networks out there -- and I posted an entry on October 19, 2010 that linked to many articles, some in prestigious venues, eagerly recounting the seemingly-mundane but apparently unC-SPANly incident (after which my blog was down for a couple months while I sorted out whether my clients/employers would mind me attracting attention or not and some related matters, then plotted my new-fangled 2011 media strategy).
One viewer comment under that now-deleted copy of the YouTube clip even contained a very poorly-spelled rhyming rap about the C-SPAN2 panel, concluding that I would not be having sex again and am too stupid to be a conservative, so that fellow may be evidence of the bourgeoning trad/PUA alliance my ex once told me about. With footsoldiers like him, etc.
That earlier blog entry barely scratched the surface of the coverage, though, so, for posterity (or until the links die), here's another round-up of pieces about it:
•Ace of Spades
•The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC apparently took an anti-Todd tack (raising serious moral questions about all involved on that show, but then again, it's NBC). And just imagine the rude things someone might say about the Klan -- possibly even a female Klan member! -- on C-SPAN2 one of these days. MSNBC should cover that, too.
•No one has yet Autotuned the C-SPAN2 bit, so as compensation, I offer this link (pointed out to me by Austin Petersen) to swell -- occasionally even moving -- Autotuned Carl Sagan (with cool Stephen Hawking duet in one) narration from Cosmos, the PBS series that so beautifully captured the wonders of science back in the 80s and no doubt helped me avoid turning into some morally-stunted religious believer, thus helping to make me the kind and tolerant person I am.
•A Boston classic rock station
•Creative Loafing
•Frum Forum
•Café Mom
•Talking Points Memo
•The chronically vicious and insane DC City Paper, as noted in an earlier entry
•Coilhouse
•Crushable -- this being one of only two or three cases in which someone I sort of know, Meghan Keane, seems to lean anti-Todd -- and given Meghan's blank affect and seeming inability
in person to know when to say "Goodbye" and the like, I can't help wondering whether this might be just a case of an Asperger's sufferer rallying to the side of the more Aspy-seeming person in a conflict, since I find it very hard to believe that any psychologically-normal, thoughtful observer of the conflict -- one who claims to be my friend, and thus presumably knows me well enough not to doubt the serious, disturbing, and perfectly relevant points I was raising about my co-panelist -- would dismiss that whole side of the equation by saying that maybe my co-panelist was mean, but...
Plenty of mean people in the world, Meghan, and you've had years to notice I don't condemn most of them on TV or even in private. You may have to work harder at it than some of us, but try to put the pieces together here. And given that Crushable is in essence a celebrity gossip site -- without even a moral mission like mine -- we are once more faced with an instance of a professional muckraker (like Robert Stacy McCain, noted yesterday) complaining about me reporting dark facts. Gossip, heal thyself.
•The very-cool Mark Gavreau Judge weighed in to note that I am punk rock, and he is a better judge (no pun intended) of this than most, music-savvy and conservative. All the same, maybe I'll let that meme rest at least for now, since the juxtaposition of the C-SPAN2 fracas and the Tea Party-influenced elections have given me hope that we can just talk directly about econ these days without getting bogged down in the sometimes quite insane marshes of conservative cultural analysis. With $14 trillion in debt, the time for indirect approaches may be over. The bar I went to last night, where two libertarian writers organized a party, was serving a special anti-Tea Party shot -- which didn't even involve some clever pun on "shot" -- but I did not buy one.
(The Judge piece was on Daily Caller, by the way, the site that also started the whole viral C-SPAN2 affair by posting the crucial clip -- and it's also the site my co-panelist used to work for, so perhaps she wasn't as well liked there as she thinks. But then, Daily Caller's founder, Tucker Carlson, has foes of his own, and no doubt some thought he was wrong to call for Michael Vick's execution recently. A Tea Partier and vegan who might well get along with Carlson took the subtler approach of urging Vick to go vegan, notes Diana Fleischman, one of my vegan acquaintances.)
•The whole thing was on the front page of Digg for a time.
•The Examiner noted it.
•Bob Bowdon and countless others put it on their Facebook pages, I'm told (I'll sign up soon, I swear).
•Jamie Foehl -- another one of the many hot chicks some of my detractors think I couldn't possibly date yet did -- was nice enough to praise me on her blog after the craziness began. Ironically, she now dwells in the same yuppie and Northeastern-feeling area of North Carolina whence hails my co-panelist, despite my co-panelist's frequent attempts to blame her own eccentricities on an alien, rural, old-fashioned, backwoods way of life we city folk don't appreciate, at least while sober.
•Georgetown Voice (thanks for having us, kids!)
•It was the top Google News hit for just-plain "C-SPAN" for a while.
•It was the top Google News hit for "libertarian" for a while -- no need to thank me, movement.
•InstaPundit
•Roissy (a.k.a. Citizen Renegade), one of the PUA leaders (but more about their kind on Saturday)
•Liveleak
•You can sense poor Jonah caught between a rock and a hard place here diplomacy-wise (my co-panelist copyedits NR's Corner and his e-newsletter, after all), and he amusingly punted to what was briefly New York's new favorite weird-political-slogan. (A later Corner reader comment briefly alluded to the C-SPAN2 event when reacting to Anita Hill receiving a terse phonecall from Clarence Thomas's wife: "I think Todd Seavey should weigh in on this situation.")
•Newsweek's hardcopy edition actually covered it -- naming me but not my co-panelist, which is perhaps as it should be, though that mutes my warning to the world somewhat. (One other Newsweek thought coming up on Friday.)
•NPR covered it and got a few things wrong (but more about those socialists in a few days).
•In a mind-bending bit of time-warpery, the Christian blog Patum Peperium suggested that the solution to the whole conflict would have been "Someone Somewhere Give Helen Rittelmeyer a Copy of Dawn Eden's Book," perhaps not realizing how right that is, given that Chapter 18 of Dawn's Thrill of the Chaste is literally a warning not to date me (a.k.a. "Tom," Dawn's atheist ex), but Dawn and I, it's worth noting, remain on good terms despite our philosophical differences whereas I don't think the two of them would get along so well -- despite the fact that Helen was among those who invited Dawn to speak at Yale years ago.
Dawn doesn't just talk the talk, she (now) walks the walk, and I admire her consistency even if I do not share her beliefs. Helen is a de facto Satanist (but more about her thinking on the 23rd, lest I oversimplify) -- and that reminds me that I once went on a date with a(nother) Catholic woman who decided right off the bat that my atheism meant we shouldn't date -- which was fine with me, but when I asked what the last guy with whom she'd felt compatible believed, she said he was a Satanist (well, you have to admit they were operating with some of the same philosophical assumptions in a way that I was not). He'd also been an anarchist, she said, at which point I actually started to wonder if maybe it was someone I knew, which tells you something about my social circles...
Anyway, thin line between Catholicism and Satanism, I increasingly think. And just in case anyone reading this thinks that by that comment I mean Protestantism is sane: I do not. It's just less like Satanism. Still less Satanic, though: Hinduism. Shinto. Zeus worship. But then, I would urge abandoning all such beliefs. You know why? Because they aren't true, that's why. How else does one pick beliefs, after all?
Christine Caldwell Ames, herself a historian with vast knowledge of the Catholic Church's history, notes that a reader comment in the Patum Peperium thread below that article is yet another trippy reminder that the same themes keep recurring (given that Christine and I had earlier discussed Helen's resemblance in some ways to Patricia Highsmith). That reader comment was: "So, Todd Seavey wrote for the Justice League, just as Patricia Highsmith wrote for Batman. It's all coming together for me." There's some ninth-dimensional perspective from which all these things fit together with obvious ease, of course. Like Flatlanders, we will just have to work with the edges and pieces.
(Batman would hate Helen, by the way. Batman hates evil. God loves everyone no matter what, which is why some people don't make much of an effort. I should debate this dichotomy with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach or someone.)
•My new fashion advisor, Elizabeth Cochran, was the one who pointed out to me that the Hollywood gossip site Perez Hilton covered the C-SPAN2 thing, and I seemed to get more positive comments there, largely from males, which I think may be a gay thing, not that there's anything wrong with that, and I appreciate the support. Let us not morally judge based solely on aesthetics, though, especially not without better lighting.
•Meredith Kapushion, funny editor of PiecesOfFlair, reminded everyone that that site still sells Todd Seavey mugs and t-shirts (though not precisely the "Team Todd" t-shirts that some of my supporters wanted to see). Someone has to.
•One letter in reaction to the Salon piece on it all was a typically-stupid reminder that some half-wits saw my comments as "out of control," which is interesting considering that they were carefully measured, apt, circumspect about the truly off-topic horrors I could have discussed, calm (any calmer and it wouldn't even count as television), funny despite the gravity of the issues raised, delivered without even any grammatical errors, and just one slice of a civil ninety-minute political discussion. But, hey, who needs context before weighing in? Not the Internets, surely.
I would like to see some of these comment thread bozos deliver as articulate a five-minute dissection of the ex sitting next to them -- especially while "out of control," if they think that was my state of mind. Maybe they're all jealous. Or the whole country's simply amoral, which is another disturbing possibility. Next, let's judge the Lincoln-Douglas debate by whether Lincoln sounded "bent out of shape" over this slavery thing, why don't we? Lincoln, that dweeb. He needs to learn how to work sunglasses, dude.
•Kyle Smith's view of it all: "Todd's a deeply honorable man, and a brilliant one."
•Andrew Sullivan made no judgments, which I think is interesting, given his respectful past sparring with Helen. Beats mockery, I suppose.
•TV Guide
•A tweet by comedian Patton Oswalt of all people: "The trainwreck begins at the 3:55 mark and DOESN'T STOP: http://bit.ly/a6Re3v."
•U.S. News & World Report
•Washington Post a second time (they were mistaken in implying I was hiding by taking the blog down, incidentally -- various professional wheels in motion at the time, now all sorted out)
•The Yale Daily News managed to omit my one crucial example of how dark the ex's actions are while making it sound as if I'm afraid of philosophical debate. Yeah, that's me, obviously: afraid of arguments and eccentrics. Almost never seen in public in New York City for the past two decades because of it. But I really quaked with fright each time I beheld the Party of the Right debates in New Haven and, as my neighbors know, routinely wake up screaming. Good thing I've never tried hosting a debate series of my own.
And after that massive public "intervention," as in effect it was, here's sincerely hoping, as I've said before, that she straightens out and flies right (the intellect is capable, the will is odd). I do what I can to make this world a better place, always. Tomorrow: some more-personalized reactions to my efforts.
this world is so fucked up!!!!!!!!! no matter who's fault it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my husband was in Bosnia and fucked him up. so let it go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We dragged ourselves around the gardens this week in the searing heat with plenty of jobs to keep us busy. With gardens this size most of the plants have to fend for themselves in the dry conditions, watering them all is not an option. Sadly there is plenty of cutting back to do as we move through the peak flowering period of summer.
Seen here, right at the back of the border with blue spherical spiky flowers. The bees are still buzzing around a few but generally they have started to collapse and if we cut them down now we should get a second growth spurt and more flowers on shorter stems for the end of summer.
The Echinops in the foreground of this photo were given the 'Chelsea chop' in May – cutting the growth by half. They are flowering later, are slightly shorter stems and are still strong and upright.
You don't have to throw everything on the compost heap!
I have made the mistake in the past of just cutting off the dead flower spikes, but if you cut the whole thing right down to a couple of inches, they will shoot and flower again.
When the red/orange flowers in this photo are over just grab the stems and pull them out. It looks like there is nothing left by the time you have finished but miraculously they sprout again too.
Unfortunately I don't have a photo, but by this time of year the seed pods have dried out and self sown and the foliage is looking very tatty, so cut the whole lot off and fresh new foliage will replace the old.
Verbascum bombyciferum and opium poppies can be pulled out of the ground now. They won't grow again but will have self seeded. The poppy seed heads may not be quite dried out yet but can be hung upside down with a paper bag over the heads to catch the seed for next year.
With Kniphofia (Red Hot Pokers) and Hemerocallis (Day Lilies) – you can cut down the flower spikes but leave the strappy foliage to keep them tidy.
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Although this is not a repair question for now, it will be soon. Did you see anything that we might be able to upgrade ourselves with the iPad. Can I upgrade the 16GB to a 64 GB myself? Do you think the 3G module might be user installable? I buy only the minimum hard drives and RAM from Apple on new machines because they are so overpriced, I thought this might be the case with the iPad.
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nowadays - almost everything comes from china - so the main source is clear. i buy some stuff directly in china - or anywhere else - if the price is right!
Well as you can see here, it's possible to implant a mi-fi in one.
Well as you can see in the picturehere from the teardown, it's integrated into the logic board. So my guess is that it'll be just like the iPhones, where you'd have to replace the whole logic board.


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Foster + Partners' design for the UAE pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo has broken ground. Drawing inspiration from the form of a sand dune, the pavilion is a reference to this symbolic feature of the desert landscape shared by each of the seven emirates.
The landscape and climate of the UAE are integral to Emirati culture. Like a sand dune, the pavilion appears rough and textured on the side that bears the full force of the wind and smooth on the other side. The northern elevation is more porous to admit natural light, while the southern elevation has a solid façade, to minimise solar gain. A stainless steel skin, treated to appear golden, encloses the jewel-like shell.
The complex structure is a triangulated lattice of flat stainless steel panels, joined by adjustable nodes, which are designed to enable the pavilion to be demounted on site and constructed quickly and economically. The peak rises to 20 metres in height and it is entered via a glazed lip at the pavilion's base. Light penetrates the building's business centre and VIP area through glazed vertical strips, which illuminate the pavilion from within by night. Internally, the fit out by Ralph Applebaum Associates offers an interactive experience, and a dynamic lighting design will reveal the exposed lattice shell of the structure.
With capacity for 450 people and enclosing 3,000 sq m of exhibition space, the pavilion is one of the largest structures to be built for the 2010 Shanghai Expo and will highlight the UAE's progressive stance on sustainability. Responding to the Expo's 'Better Cities, Better Lives' theme, the pavilion will showcase projects such as the Masdar Initiative, a new 6 million sq m carbon neutral, zero waste community in Abu Dhabi, intended to become a centre for the development of new ideas for energy production.
Senior Partner, Gerard Evenden, said of the project: "The cities of the UAE rise from the desert and the pavilion will similarly emerge to form a natural counterpoint to Shanghai's urban landscape. Like a sand dune, it is oriented to the direction of the wind and is a powerful example of an organic and highly effective passive environmental design."

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The first teaser trailer of Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn has finally arrived.
As the Summer movie season (technically it ain't Summer yet) continue to sizzle with the smashing ticket sales for Fast Five and Thor, a legendary film-maker that contributed tremendously to the Summer movie craze unveiled his latest work: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, slated to be released on December 23rd, has finally released its first teaser trailer, along with a couple of posters.
We have earlier covered on the release of several stills as well as the exclusive cover on last November's Empire magazine that featured Tintin and his trusty companion, Snowy. Since then, we have seen the shutting down of director Robert Zemeckis' studio ImageMovers Digital following the disastrous box-office returns of Mars Needs Moms in March. With the factors behind the massive box-office bomb being generally contributed to the fully animated motion-capture style crossing the purported "uncanny valley" threshold, one had to wonder how well Tintin, a household character made in Belgium and renowned across Europe but relatively unknown in the American market, can entice the US audiences.
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A minimally responsible Republican Party would not pander to this sort of thing. But that, of course, is not what we have.
These cases are not about religious freedom or employer's rights. They're about misogyny.


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On Wednesday a special screening of Santhosh starrer 'Ganapa' was held for Darshan at the Renukamba Preview Theater in Bangalore and the actor was in full awe of the film. Speaking to media persons after the screening of the film, 'In the last 20 years, I haven't watched a sentimental film which is based in the underworld. I am very much happy to see the film and Santhosh has a really bright future' said Darshan.
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Blessing for giving roosters the intelligence to distinguish between day and night.
Blessing for giving sight to our eyes.
Blessing for untying our souls and bodies.
Blessing for straightening those bent over.
Blessing for clothing the naked.
Blessing for giving strength to the weary.
Blessing for spreading the land above the waters.
Blessing for preparing the steps of man.
Blessing for providing for all your needs.
Blessing for girding Israel with strength.
Blessing for not making you a goy.
Blessing for not making you a slave.
Blessing for not making you a woman.
Blessing for removing sleep from your eyes and slumber from your eyelids.
The tallis is put on only after these blessings have been recited.
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The Bordeaux region has an excellent environment for growing vines both in terms of the geographical features and the climate. The geological foundation of the region is limestone, leading to a soil structure that is heavy in calcium and comprised of gravel, sandy stone, and clay. The Gironde estuary, along with the Garonne and the Dordogne rivers, greatly influence the regional conditions and provide a maritime climate for the region.
The Bordeaux wine region which is famous for its red wines. Merlot (50%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (26%) are the most important grapes accounting for over 75% of the wine produced. While the white grapes only make up 20% of Bordeaux production, they reign supreme in the expensive sweet dessert wine market with the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world.
The dominant grape in Bordeaux (50%), is used extensively in St Emilion and the other Côtes wine region vineyards.Merlot adds flexibility to the 'roundness' and to the body of Bordeaux red wines. It enhances colour, has smoother tannins and matures more quickly than Cabernets.
Dominant grape in the Médoc wine region. Cabernet Sauvignon (26% Bordeaux production) is rich in tannins, enhances the structure of the wine and assists ageing.
Cabernet Franc (10% Bordeaux production) enhances the structure and 'fruitiness' of the wine with floral tones of violets and light berries. More tolerant of poor soil quality and 'arid' conditions.
Sémillon (8% Bordeaux production) It is the main grape for sweet wines, such as Sauternes, due to its ability to develop noble rot. Important for the production of dry, fresh and lively white wines.
Sauvignon Blanc (4% Bordeaux production) provides a distinctive aroma of great finesse to Bordeaux white wines.
The Graves appellation is located just south of Bordeaux town on the left back of the Garonne. The name comes from the soil which is mixture of gravel, clay and sand carried down by the river. Robust attractive reds are produced, however, 66% of Graves wines are white, ranging from fresh and fruity dry wines to semi-sweet and outstanding sweet wines. World-renowned sweet dessert wines come from Sauternes and Barsac.
In the area between the south bank of the Dordogne and the north bank of the Garonne. This area consists largely of river basins of clay/sand chalky soils which tend to compact, making growing of good grapes difficult. The area produces quality white wines and acceptable reds. However Sainte-Foy reds are grown on chalky soils and tend to have an elegant style and good balance.
Situated on the eastern side of the Gironde estuary and north of the Dordogne river, the area contains a range of terroirs and climates. They range from river basins, up the hillsides to high plateaux. While much of the area is adjacent to the Cognac area, the grape varieties are those of Bordeaux with Merlot being dominant plus Cabernet Sauvignon. In whites, Sauvignon Blanc reigns supreme with Semillon giving an additional fruity finish to the wines. Appellations of the southern part, such as St. Emilion, Pomerol and Fronsac, produce exceptional red wines, with the best Pomerol wines rivalling those of the Medoc in price and quality.
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Building the Zangezur corridor, normalization in South Caucasus
by Cavid Veliyev
Dec 24, 2021 - 12:05 am GMT+3
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by Cavid Veliyev Dec 24, 2021 12:05 am
On the road to normalization in the Caucasus, the construction of the Zangezur corridor plays a vital role
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One year after the 44-day war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, diplomatic negotiations must speed up to solve the problems that remain. In this regard, the summit on the framework of the European Union Eastern Partnership held on Dec. 15 in Brussels between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan was significant. Before the summit, the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, held a trilateral meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. At the end of the meeting, Michel announced that the parties had made important decisions. The decision to build a railway in the Zangezur corridor was the most remarkable one. Making this decision in Brussels was an important development as it demonstrates the EU's support for the corridor, which is accepted as a milestone on the journey to normalization in the South Caucasus.
According to Article 9 of the declaration announced on Nov. 10, a decision was made to open regional transportation and communication lines. For this purpose, in Moscow on Jan. 11, it was decided to establish a commission of the three countries at the deputy prime minister level and, as of March 1, this commission started its meetings. However, before the general elections held in Armenia on June 20, Armenia withdrew from a commission meeting because the opposition had provoked unrest within Armenia on this issue.
Despite Armenia's withdrawal from the tripartite commission, Russia continued the process at the level of bilateral relations with the parties. In fact, at a time when relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia were tense, news spread that Armenia had leased the land in the area where the Zangezur corridor will be built to a Russian company. As a result, after the general elections in Armenia, the negotiations of the commission gradually restarted.
Why was the corridor delayed?
Although the final decision on the railway that will pass through the Zangezur corridor was made in Brussels, there are still differences between the parties on the two issues. The first is the corridor's legal status, while the second is the construction of a highway through the corridor.
The opening of a transportation route between Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan region was included in Article 9 of the tripartite. The declaration states that, "The Republic of Armenia guarantees the safety of transport links between the western regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in order to organize the unhindered movement of citizens, vehicles and goods in both directions." Based on the principle of unhindered movement of citizens, vehicles and goods in both directions, which Armenia has also signed up for, Azerbaijan advocates that the railway and highway routes be built in the Zangezur corridor should be uncontrolled, that is, without customs checks. Although Armenia has ignored the principles that were set out in the trilateral statement up until now, Azerbaijan has nevertheless not blocked negotiations. However, Aliyev, who met with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, reminded Armenia of an important principle of international law – reciprocity, announcing that Azerbaijan will also establish customs checks in the Lachin corridor if Armenia violates Article 9 and imposes customs restrictions. Nevertheless, in the statement made by Michel, it was agreed to proceed with the restoration of railway lines, with appropriate arrangements for border and customs controls based on the principle of reciprocity.
Besides, the Azerbaijani side advocates that the highway link between the Azerbaijan main territory and Nakhchivan should pass through the Zangilan-Mehri-Ordubad region parallel to the Armenia-Iran border because the geographical conditions are suitable. Armenia, on the other hand, has proposed the Lachin-Sisian-Shahbuz road, for which the geographical conditions are unsuitable. In other words, although it would be possible to invest money here, due to weather conditions this road will not be efficient in the future. It is thought that Armenia deliberately offered this alternative route.
Supporters and opponents
As the Zangezur corridor is an important part of the East-West transportation routes, it is attracting the attention of many powers and parties pursuing their own policies in this regard. It can be observed that the Zangezur corridor has been the focus of attention for five actors: Turkey, Russia, the EU, Iran and the Organization of Turkic States.
The corridor is significant for Turkey for several reasons. First, it will help maintain regional peace, and the revival of trade and economic projects in the regions adjacent to it will make a significant contribution to Turkey's economy. Second, it can create opportunities for the normalization of relations with Armenia. Third, it will provide an alternative transportation connection with its ally Azerbaijan. Therefore, Turkey fully supports the Zangezur corridor.
The corridor is an important part of the middle corridor linking Turkey, the South Caucasus and Central Asia. This route offers the opportunity to develop cooperation in the fields of trade and economy among the member states of the Organization of Turkic States. For this reason, the Organization of Turkic States supported the Zangezur corridor in the declaration it issued at its most recent summit in Istanbul.
Russia is in favor of opening transportation and communication links in the region, including the Zangezur corridor. The opening of these routes will serve the development of relations between the states of the region and Russia, and will also establish alternative links between Armenia and Russia. In particular, the construction of the corridor will provide a rival to the South-North transportation route that will extend from the Persian Gulf to the Black Sea and Europe. The South-North route may also become a natural gas link in the future, which could provide competition to Russia in the European gas market. Therefore, the discussions about the opening of the Zangezur corridor and regional transportation links are compatible with Russia's regional policy. As a result, one of the reasons why there has recently been harmony in the region among Turkey, Azerbaijan and Russia is the overlap of their policies on transportation and communication lines.
Iran's policy on this issue can be discussed in terms of two different periods. Just after the most recent presidential elections, Iran began to oppose the Zangezur corridor because of the idea that it would cut off its connection with the South Caucasus. Even though Aliyev announced several times that Iran could also benefit from this corridor, the Iranian side did not take this into account. However, at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ashgabat summit, participants observed that Iran's attitude has changed in this direction. This is, in fact, due to Turkey and Russia's support for the corridor.
The radical opposition in Armenia tried to use this process against Pashinian. Their aim was to oppose Pashinian's realization of this corridor rather than the corridor itself. However, on the one hand, Russia's support for this corridor and, on the other hand, the good relations that Pashinian has developed with the country, combined with the dependence of the opposition against Pashinian on Russia, prevented the opposition from affecting the outcome.
At the time when these discussions were ongoing, India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar acknowledged the starting point of the South-North corridor and visited Armenia to discuss the issue. He discussed the construction of the international North-South corridor with the inclusion of Iran's Chabahar Port. This idea was liked by many Armenian experts and politicians – but they did not sign any agreement on the proposal.
That being the case, the greatest reservations against the Zangezur corridor were expressed by the EU. First, at the time when the corridor was a subject of active negotiation, the bloc came to the table to allocate $2.6 billion to Armenia. Of this aid, $600 million was allocated for the construction of the most difficult part of the South-North corridor, which is seen as a rival to the Zangezur corridor. In fact, the South-North corridor has been under construction since 2012, but it could not be realized owing to a lack of financial support, and the EU's help came against such a background. In contrast, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the EU has always supported an East-West corridor, including the Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia (TRACECA) initiative. The EU countries have invested millions of dollars to connect East and West via the South Caucasus. Nevertheless, at the meeting in Brussels, the Zangezur corridor was supported by the EU.
Despite some reservations from domestic opposition groups and outside players, there is now support for the Zangezur corridor in Sochi and in Brussels. In the same period, Turkey has appointed a special representative for the normalization of relations with Armenia. Opening the corridor will also lead to the opening of the Kars-Gyumri (Gümrü) Railway between Armenia and Turkey. Thus, the Zangezur corridor is one of the main conditions for normalizing Turkish-Armenian relations. And without the normalization of its relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan, Armenia has no future.
Head of Department at the Baku-based think tank Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center)
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A group of 82 Chibok schoolgirls freed after more than three years of Boko Haram captivity met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari May 7 in Abuja, a day after their release in a prisoner swap.
A group of 82 freed Chibok schoolgirls met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in his office May 7, a day after their release from Boko Haram terrorists who kidnapped them in April, 2014. Nigeria released five Boko Haram leaders from prison in exchange for the girls, an official said. Still, 113 Chibok schoolgirls remain missing.
Nigeria released five Boko Haram terrorists from prison in exchange for the girls, a government official told the Associated Press May 7 on condition of anonymity. But the Nigerian government did not officially disclose the number of terrorists released in the May 6 exchange.
An estimated 113 of the girls from the majority Christian town in northeastern Nigeria remain missing, their health and whereabouts uncertain.
"After lengthy negotiations our security agencies have taken back these girls, in exchange for some Boko Haram suspects held by the authorities," Buhari media representative Garba Shehu said in a May 6 press release.
The swap marked the largest number of Chibok schoolgirls released since Boko Haram kidnapped a total of 276 of them from a government boarding school in April, 2014. About 60 of the girls managed to escape on the night of their capture or in the ensuing years; Nigeria secured the release of 21 others in October 2016. Buhari pledged to continue working for the remaining girls' freedom.
Parents and relatives anxiously gathered at newsstands May 7 as the girls' names and photos were released, the AP reported, to determine whether their daughters were among the freed. While some parents have already traveled to Abuja, other are awaiting word at their homes, the AP said.
In comments to the International Christian Concern (ICC), a Chibok pastor praised God for answering prayers.
"God is answering the prayers of His people," said pastor Filibus Madu, Chibok Local Council chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria. "We are grateful to God for answered prayers.
An estimated 95 percent of the girls were Christians when captured, the ICC said.
Boko Haram is suspected of having hidden the girls deep in the Sambisa forest for much of their captivity, and had threatened to enslave the girls as wives of the radical Muslim fighters.
Buhari told the girls he would "personally supervise the performance of those entrusted with your welfare and commitments made by the Federal Government on your health, education, security and general well-being." Physicians have already examined the girls who are May 8 with "those who will supervise their rehabilitation," Buhari spokesman Femi Adesina told Al Jazeera.
Aisha Yesufu, who has campaigned for the girls' release as a member of the Bring Back Our Girls grassroots advocacy group, told Al Jazeera the freed girls need rehabilitation and trauma counseling.
"It's not just to bring them back home, we must ensure that they get the education they are supposed to have," Al Jazeera quoted Yesufu. "It is time for them to be reunited with their families.
While the girls' kidnapping gained international attention, the ICC counts them among more than 2,000 boys and girls Boko Haram has abducted for use as suicide bombers, fighters, wives or cooks.
Buhari in December of 2015 claimed a technical defeat of Boko Haram, saying the terrorists' tactics had been reduced to sporadic suicide attacks. The terrorists no longer have sufficient military power, Buhari said, to overtake towns and set up illegal caliphates that at one point covered 20,000 square miles.
About a week after the October 2016 negotiated release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls, Boko Haram attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria and destroyed Goptari village, just six miles from Chibok.
Boko Haram has killed between 20,000 and 25,000 people since 2009, according to official estimates, and has displaced about 2.6 million others, creating a multifaceted humanitarian crisis in the region that has been termed the gravest in the world.


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from .models import APISetting, HousingVariable, CensusInfo

class HousingVariableInline(admin.TabularInline):
    model = HousingVariable
    extra = 2

class APISettingAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('api_description',)
    inlines = [HousingVariableInline]
    # exclude = ('api_used',)

admin.site.register(APISetting, APISettingAdmin)
# admin.site.register(CensusInfo)

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Q: WPF + Castle Windsor + MVVM: Locator-DataContext Edit:
I have found one method to do this but I'm not sure if it is the best way.
In WindsorContainer initialization, first I register viewmodel:
container.Register(Component.For<CentrosViewModel>().LifeStyle.Transient);

and later I register the View
        container.Register(Component.For<CentrosAdminView>().LifeStyle.Transient.DependsOn(Property.ForKey("DataContext")
            .Eq(ViewModelLocator.Centrosviewmodel)));

And definition of property ViewModelLocator.Centrosviewmodel is:
    public static CentrosModel Centrosviewmodel
    {
        get
        {
            return App.container.Resolve<CentrosViewModel>();
        }
    }

End Edit
I'm trying to make an Wpf application using Castle Windsor and Mvvm Toolkit (galasoft) but I thing my problem will be the same with any MVVM toolkit.
With MVVM you must set the DataContext of the View to your ViewModel. Normally this is done by something like this in declaration of the view
DataContext={Binding MyViewModelInstanceName,Source={StaticResource Locator}}

Resource Locator is defined in App.xaml like this:
<Application.Resources>
    <!--Global View Model Locator-->
    <vm:ViewModelLocator x:Key="Locator" />
</Application.Resources>

If I establish StartupURI in App.xaml to my view all is right.
But if I leave StartupUri blank and I try to get an instance of my view through castle using following syntax:
container.Resolve<CentrosAdminView>().Show();

I get exception: "Cannot Find Resource with Name '{Locator}'
I supose that Initial DataContext is different when running directly than when running through Castle Windsor and this is the reason why it can't find resource.
My two questions are:

*

*Is It necessary have a ViewModelLocator when using Castle Windsor? In

*case of Yes: How can I setup DataContext of Views correctly with

*Windsor? In case of No: How would be the right way?

I leave down my Castle Configuration. Any help would be really appreciated.
My Windsor configuration look like this:
<castle>
    <properties>
      <!-- SQL Server settings -->
      <connectionString>Server=192.168.69.69;Database=GIOFACTMVVM;user id=sa;password=22336655</connectionString>
      <nhibernateDriver>NHibernate.Driver.SqlClientDriver</nhibernateDriver>
      <nhibernateDialect>NHibernate.Dialect.MsSql2005Dialect</nhibernateDialect>
    </properties>

    <facilities>

      <facility id="nhibernatefacility"
                type="Repository.Infrastructure.ContextualNHibernateFacility, Repository">

        <factory id="sessionFactory1">
          <settings>
            <item key="connection.provider">NHibernate.Connection.DriverConnectionProvider</item>
            <item key="connection.driver_class">#{nhibernateDriver}</item>
            <item key="connection.connection_string">#{connectionString}</item>
            <item key="dialect">#{nhibernateDialect}</item>
            <item key="proxyfactory.factory_class">NHibernate.ByteCode.Castle.ProxyFactoryFactory, NHibernate.ByteCode.Castle</item>
          </settings>
          <assemblies>
            <assembly>Domain</assembly>
            <assembly>ObservableCollections</assembly>
          </assemblies>
        </factory>

      </facility>
    </facilities>
  </castle>

and by code:
    public static IWindsorContainer Start()
    {
        var container = new WindsorContainer(new XmlInterpreter());

        container.AddFacility<TransactionFacility>();

        container.Register(
            Component.For<HistoriasAdminView>().LifeStyle.Transient,
            Component.For<HistoriasModel>().LifeStyle.Transient,
            Component.For<CentrosModel>().LifeStyle.Transient,
            Component.For<CentrosAdminView>().LifeStyle.Transient,
            Component.For<MainViewModel>().LifeStyle.Transient,
            Component.For<MainWindow>().LifeStyle.Transient,

            Component.For<IRepository<Historias>>().ImplementedBy<Repository<Historias>>().LifeStyle.Transient,
            Component.For<IRepository<Centros>>().ImplementedBy<Repository<Centros>>().LifeStyle.Transient,
            Component.For<IUnitOfWork>().ImplementedBy<NHUnitOfWork>().LifeStyle.Transient
            );

        return container;
    }

A: You are using the Service Locator pattern, where you register services, pass around a reference to the container, and explicitly call resolve all over you code.  If you take a quick tour through the Castle Windsor wiki, they discourage this use of the container.
Generally, you should register all your types (via installers), resolve only one root object (maybe your main view, maybe some sort of startup/MVC controller style code), and let the rest be resolved by the container.  The next time you will call the container will almost always be container.Dispose, when your application exits.
See the Windsor wiki page regarding the Three Calls Pattern.
If you find cases where you need to pull from the container during runtime to create specific instances (where you have to pass specific parameters to create that instance), use the Typed Factory Facility instead of directly resolving dependencies.
MVVM with Windsor:
In my first MVVM app I wrote with Windsor (just finished the first version), I simply registered my main view and view model without specifying the lifestyle.  This defaulted them to be singletons.
The view took a view model instance as a required dependency (in the constructor), and used it to set the data context.  I did this in code-behind because it was non-intrusive and painless.
// In my program I used interfaces for everything.  You don't actually have to...
public interface IMainView
{
    void Show();
}

public class MainView : Window, IMainView
{
    public MainView(IMainViewModel viewModel)
    {
        Initialize();
        this.DataContext = viewModel;
    }
}

public interface IMainViewModel
{
    int SomeProperty { get; set; }
    ICommand ShowSubViewCommand { get; }
    // ...
}

public class MainViewModel : IMainViewModel
{
    public MainViewModel(SomeOtherSubComponent subComponent)
    {
        this.subComponent = subComponent;
        // ...
    }

    // ...
}

Where I had sub-views that I wanted to create multiple instances of, I registered them with a transient life-cycle.  Then I created a view factory and view model factory, and used them to get instances of the sub-view and sub-viewmodel from the parent view.  I registered an event handler for the view's close event, and called a Release method on the factory classes.
public interface ISubView
{
    void Show();
    event Action OnDismissed;
}

public class SubView : Window, ISubView
{
    public SubView(ISubViewModel viewModel)
    {
        Initialize();
        this.DataContext = viewModel;
        // Would do this in the view model,
        // but it is a pain to get Window.Close to call an ICommand, ala MVVM
        this.OnClose += (s, a) => RaiseDismissed();
    }

    public event Action OnDismissed;

    private void RaiseDismissed()
    {
        if(OnDismissed != null)
            OnDismissed();
    }
}

public interface ISubViewModel
{
    string SomeProperty { get; }
    // ...
}

// Need to create instances on the fly, so using Typed Factory facility.
// The facility implements them, so we don't have to :)
public interface IViewFactory
{
    ISubView GetSubView(ISubViewModel viewModel);
    void Release(ISubView view);
}

public interface IViewModelFactory
{
    ISubViewModel GetSubViewModel();
    void Release(ISubViewModel viewModel);
}

// Editing the earlier class for an example...
public class MainViewModel : IMainViewModel
{
    public MainViewModel(IViewFactory viewFactory, IViewModelFactory viewModelFactory)
    {
        this.viewFactory = viewFactory;
        this.viewModelFactory = viewModelFactory;
        // Todo: Wire up ShowSubViewCommand to call CreateSubView here in ctor
    }

    public ICommand ShowSubViewCommand { get; private set; }

    private void CreateSubView()
    {
        var viewModel = viewModelFactory.GetSubViewModel();
        var view = viewFactory.GetSubView(viewModel);

        view.OnDismissed += () =>
        {
            viewModelFactory.Release(viewModel);
            viewFactory.Release(view);
        };

        view.Show();
    }

    // Other code, private state, etc...
}

At the end of all this, the only calls to the container are:
void App_Startup()
{
    this.container = new WindsorContainer();
    container.Install(Configuration.FromAppConfig());

    var mainView = container.Resolve<IMainView>();
    mainView.Show();
}

public override OnExit()
{
    container.Dispose();
}

The benefit to all this rigmarole is that it is independent of the container (and can be used without a container), it is obvious which dependencies each of my components take, and most of my code doesn't ever have to ask for its dependencies.  The dependencies are just handed to each component as it needs it.

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Clint and Rebecca shared that they did not feel that their faith played a determining role in their decision to end the pregnancy. "I am Christian and I truly believe that God has a plan for each of us even though we may not understand it at times. But our decision was based on medical information and mostly from the heart."
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'We've got to be better than that' | Purdue basketball continues learn while winning
Sam King
Lafayette Journal & Courier
WEST LAFAYETTE − Braden Smith took his seat at the podium Sunday afternoon, picking his pencil thin mustache.
He's a 19-year-old freshman who just hit two free throws, the final points in third-ranked Purdue's 58-55 win over Maryland at Mackey Arena.
His mannerisms defy anything resembling a victory, one that kept the Boilermakers two games ahead in the Big Ten standings.
The mood wasn't cheerful.
This didn't feel like a win.
"Me, personally, just limiting the turnovers," Smith would conclude the postgame press conference saying. "It's my job, first of all. Second of all, I should be better than that."
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Coming off perhaps his best collegiate game three days earlier, Smith was not particularly sharp, other than going 8-for-8 from the free throw line.
He was 0 of 4 from the field and had three turnovers. Smith's free throws were Purdue's only points in the final four-plus minutes.
Maryland was the latest to provide a defensive formula that proved to be a newfound challenge for the Boilermakers, who've now won 19 of 20 games, the best start in Purdue basketball history.
The Boilers know full well victories in the Big Ten are hard to come by, so the Smith and his Boilermaker teammates will take it, but some lessons were learned in Mackey Arena Sunday courtesy of the Terrapins.
"Any time you can get a win in this league no matter what, you take it," junior Ethan Morton said. "So we're happy with that, but definitely a long way to go."
After what remains Purdue's only loss of the season, coach Matt Painter stressed that losing could be a good thing.
In moderation, of course.
If the Boilermakers learned from 65-64 loss to Rutgers on Jan. 2, and got better because of it, then Painter and his staff could accept defeat that night.
Against Maryland, Purdue led by as many as 16 points and was up 14 at halftime.
With a mix of press, man and zone defenses, the Boilermakers struggled taking care of the basketball, struggled shooting and struggled to respond after giving up far too many transition baskets.
"That experience of winning these low-scoring games, trying to win with our defense, it's always good to have in your back pocket," said Morton, who helped limit Maryland leading scorer Jahmir Young to a 4 of 18 shooting performance and had a spectacular chase down block on a Maryland fast break. "We'll continue to work and make adjustments on both sides of the ball."
With 3.9 seconds remaining, Smith stepped to the free throw line with Purdue leading by a single point, sank both shots, and Purdue survived Maryland's last-second heave.
This game, a win, felt almost as deflating as the home game against Rutgers 20 days earlier, a loss.
"We've got to be better than that," said Zach Edey, who had 24 points and 16 rebounds, but also turned the ball over five times. "We're still a young team. Everyone has room for improvement, defensively, offensively, we're never a finished product."
Back to Painter referencing the importance of learning from a loss.
Well, the Boilermakers are learning while also winning.
This game looked like it could've been a runaway.
But it wasn't.
It still counts as a win and comes with plenty of new film to highlight some of Purdue's weaknesses.
"It's a fine line. If they're one possession better or we're one possession worse, we lose in that game," Painter said. "Each game, especially with a team where you have some younger guys who get heavy minutes, you're always learning.
"You like to learn through wins, right? So we're very fortunate we won this, but we have a lot to watch and to get better."
The Boilermakers know they're 19-1 and are well aware they're the best team in the Big Ten right now and one of, if not the, best team in the country.
Rather than talk about that, Purdue focuses on area's for improvement.
After Smith wrapped Sunday's press conference by taking ownership for his turnovers and the recorders and cameras were off, Ethan Morton, one of two team captains along with Mason Gillis, chimed in.
"You can add me to that list," Morton said.
Sam King covers sports for the Journal & Courier. Email him at sking@jconline.com and follow him on Twitter and Instagram @samueltking.
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Have you heard the story of the old farmer who was on the verge of death and confronted his three sons?
His sons used to quarrel a lot among themselves. One day, he called all his sons and gave a stick to each one of them to break, every son managed to break the stick. Then, he gave a bundle of sticks to his eldest son and asked him to break them. He couldn't do it, and likewise, the farmer gave the bundle to his remaining sons who also failed to break them.
Then, he told his sons, just like anyone can easily break a single stick, it is easy to destroy a single individual. So, if you choose to live separately after my death, anyone would take advantage of your situation and harm you. But, if you all decide to live together quite like this bundle of sticks, then none of your enemies will be able to hurt you. After hearing this, all his sons promised to live together for the rest of their lives. So, the moral of the story is unity is strength and there is strength in numbers.
This situation applies to 7-Eleven franchisees, as well. If ALL our franchisees live in unity, then no one should be able to point the finger, take advantage of certain situations, or divide us. In fact, we should be able to live in harmony with our franchisor, and if a conflict arises to try to resolve it peacefully and amicably. Discussions have proven to be helpful because you tend to find a solution to avoid such problems and our franchise lives become peaceful for everyone.
However, given our current relationship with 7-Eleven, Inc. and the unfairness with which they treat us, this is probably not possible, which leads to resolving these matters via mediation, arbitration, or finally, litigation.
There is an old saying: "If you want to travel fast, go alone. But, if you want to travel far, go together." What resonates when I hear this is that to enjoy sustained success in business or life in general, we need to understand the power of teamwork and the value of solidarity. The importance of building team spirit is particularly evident in the education of 7-Eleven franchisees.
Effective franchisee leaders can cultivate teamwork in some simple ways. First, they must lead by example and be good role models for their team members. Trust is built over time, by consistently doing what you say you're going to do and treating your members fairly.
What defines a "team player" is the willingness to accept a degree of personal loss for the team to make a gain. Leaders recognize team players in every walk of life. They are the people that drive success within any organization, and without them and their efforts, there can be no winning legacies.
Your NCASEF team is just that—working every day to right the wrongs bestowed upon franchisees by our franchisor, as well as federal, state and local legislatures and the media. The National Coalition's leaders have cultivated teamwork, fought many battles, and in many ways improved the lives of franchisees in the country substantially.
The NCASEF, as an organization, provides a return on membership investment by continuously delivering vital knowledge and a unified voice on issues with our franchisor. They assess business solutions with our franchisor and share ideas and address common challenges while building relationships.
shared experiences. And, it sends a message to corporate that we are serious about our relationship. The aggregate number of years of experience among board members and other franchisees is astonishing. The educational level is extraordinary, even for the most-seasoned of franchise owners.
We at UFOLINY warmly thank all NCASEF members for their support over the years, and urge those of you who are not members to join your nearest local Franchise Owners Association to reap the value and comfort of other franchisees and franchise leaders.
As a board member of UFOLINY and the NCASEF for over 28 years in various capacities, I have come to realize the value of the National Coalition. As I am shortly to leave the system, I feel obligated to the NCASEF and all franchisee leaders for the work they have done on our behalf.
If you are not a member of an FOA, please join, and grow with us. Create a case to Accounting, giving store number, franchisee name, the address of the store or stores, telephone number and amount of dues stating that you wish to join a particular FOA nearest to your store/stores. A case number will be given to you, and the accounting analyst will close the case after completing the request.


DAVID EVANS has a mobile phone which is so old and knackered that the LCD screen is long gone. To phone his mates – such as Tone "the Phone" Dennis and Mad Mike Mageek, he pulls out a large piece of paper with our numbers written on it.
This phone has long been the subject of baleful comments by Tone and myself, comments that have been consistently ignored.
So we were truly truly shocked yesterday when Dave announced that his faithful old Samsung retainer was going into retirement forever, and that when we returned from Ole Bengaluru we'd find he had a new one.
MARKET RESEARCH firm Isuppli said that falling memory sales significantly slowed growth in the semi market in 2007.
AMD took an inevitable hit in 2007 compared to 2006, while Nvidia rose, as did Intel, which remained in first place, followed by Samsung.
DRAM revenues fell by 19.1 per cent in Q4 compared to the earlier quarter, while NAND flash revenues fell by 3.9 per cent in the period.
Forecasts by the manufacturers had been ebullient, based on the previous year. Dale Ford, senior VP at Isuppli said: "This was a complete role reversal for memory semiconductors compared to 2006." Sales of memory integrated circuits had helped prop up the growth of the overall semi market, he said.
"If memory were excluded from the revenue total, the semiconductor market would have grown by 2.4 per cent in the fourth quarter. However, due to the influence of the weak memory market, total semiconductor market revenues fell by 0.5 per cent in the fourth quarter," he continued.
Nanya and Qimonda were particularly badly affected, with their memory IC revenues falling by 32.4 per cent and 26 per cent for the year.
ELECTRONICS FIRM Toshiba said weakness in flash memory and costs associated with exiting the HD DVD business will affect its profits in the financial year to March.
Instead of a forecast profit of of ¥180 billion, it will turn in ¥125 billion in profits.