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New Delhi: On the intervening night of February 28 and March 1, 2002 when Gujarat was engulfed in flames, Lt. Gen Zameer Uddin Shah, met the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in the presence of the then Defence Minister George Fernandes, at 2 am in Ahmedabad and gave him a list of immediate requirements to enable the Army columns to fan out to restore law and order.
But the 3,000 troops that had landed at the Ahmedabad airfield at 7 am on March 1, had to wait for a day before the Gujarat administration provided the transport — during which period hundreds of people were killed.
“These were crucial hours lost,” Shah, who retired as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff, has revealed in his upcoming memoir titled “The Sarkari Mussalman” (Konark Publishers) to be launched by former Vice President Hamid Ansari on October 13 at India International Centre here.
In the memoir, a copy of which is with IANS, Shah writes that the Gujarat government requested for deployment of the Army through the Union Home Ministry and the Ministry of Defence on February 28, 2002. The then Chief of Army Staff, General S. Padmanabhan was quoted by him as saying: “‘Zoom, get your formation to Gujarat tonight and quell the riots.’ I replied, ‘Sir, the road move will take us two days.’ He shot back, ‘The Air Force will take care of your move from Jodhpur. Get maximum troops to the airfield. Speed and resolute action are the need of the hour.'”
Upon arriving at the “dark and deserted” Ahmedabad airfield, he enquired: “Where are the vehicles and other logistic support we had been promised?” He learnt that the state government was still “making the necessary arrangements”.
“The crucial periods was the night of 28th February and the 1st of March. This is when the maximum damage was done. I met the chief minister at 2 am on the 1st morning. The troops sat on the airfield all through the 1st of March and we got the transport only on the 2nd of March. By then the mayhem had already been done,” Shah, who has been conferred Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Vishisht Seva Medal and Sena Medal for his services to the armed forces, told IANS.
Asked if the damage would be lesser had the army been allowed full freedom and provided with what he had personally asked Modi for, he agreed and said: “Most certainly the damage would have been much, much less had we got the vehicles at the right time. What the police couldn’t do in six days we did in 48 hours despite being six times smaller in size than them. We finished the operation in 48 hours on the 4th of March but it could have been finished on the 2nd of March itself had we not lost those crucial hours.”
He said that he is not blaming anyone in particular. “It may take some time in arranging transport but in a situation like that, it could have possibly been done faster,” he added.
He said the police were “dumb bystanders” while the “mob was setting fire on streets and houses”. They were taking “no action” to prevent the “mayhem” that was being done.
“I did see a lot of MLAs from the majority community sitting at the police stations. They had no business to be there. Whenever we used to tell the police to impose the curfew, they never did so in the minority areas. So the minorities were always surrounded by the mobs. It was a totally parochial and biased handling,” the decorated army veteran maintained.
Asked of the political links in the riot, Shah said that he does not “want to reopen any old wounds”, maintaining that the purpose of his memoir is “to tell the facts as they happened in Gujarat in 2002”.
“It takes three generations to forget. I do not want to reopen the wounds. I have spoken the truth about police and I stand by every word I have written,” he said.
The government had told the parliament in 2005 that 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus were killed, 223 more people reported missing and another 2,500 injured during the 2002 riots in Gujarat. Shah maintains in the book that the “official figures of deaths and damage do not reflect a true picture of the actual extent of the carnage”.
The book — packed with revelations as also his personal experiences in life, both as an army man and a Muslim in India — has been endorsed by at least two chiefs of army staff, including General S. Padmanabhan.
“Many eyebrows were raised when I nominate‘ ‘Zoom’ to lead the Army complement to Gujarat. Some seniors told me of their misgivings. I told them in no uncertain terms that the choice of troops and their leader was a military decision and not open to debate. The Army moved into Gujarat, led b‘ ‘Zoom’ whose ability, impartiality and pragmatic decision making, soon brought the situation under control,” Gen Padmanabhan wrote as an endorsement of the book.
Talking to NDTV, retired Lt. General Zameer Uddin Shah said that around 300 persons could have been saved had army been provided required facilities on the very first day.
Further talking on the riots, he held that it was the lapse on the part of the administration.
It’s now for the courts to decide, says Teesta Setalvad
The revelations made by Lt. General Zameer Uddin Shah (retd) about the deployment of Army during the 2002 Gujarat riots “corroborates what we have been saying”, Teesta Setalvad, the co-petitioner seeking a criminal trial of then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 other politicians and government officials for alleged “complicity” in the riots, said on Wednesday.
“The account by Lt General Zameer Uddin Shah (retired) corroborates what we have been saying in the Zakia Jafri Case (still pending in the courts) since 2006,” the 56-year-old civil rights activist told IANS in an email.
She said that at the time of filing the complaint, on August 8, 2006, they had detailed “ground reports from the Gujarat state police”, which included affidavits of police officers and home department records.
She further said that all the investigation papers, 24,000 pages of records, were quoted in the Protest Petition filed before a Magistrate on April 15, 2013. “Now we have his (Shah’s) account,” she said.
“SIT (Special Investigative Team) headed by R K Raghavan (today Ambassador to Cyprus) was a travesty of an investigation. It disregarded hard, contemporary documentary evidence.
“Despite statements of Zakia Ahsan Jafri and myself (as co-petitioners) recorded in 2009, they did not record Zameer Uddin Shah’s statement. Why not? Now it is left to the Courts of India to decide,” she said.
The SIT Enquiry Report was submitted in the case of Zakia Jafri and Anr. VS State of Gujarat and Ors. Of the 30 allegations made by Zakia Jafri, widow of late Congress legislator Ehsan Jafri — who was killed in a mob attack in Gulbarg Housing Society — No. XIV was that “there was an undue delay in requisition and deployment of Army”.
The SIT report, that had cleared Modi’s name, had concluded that there was no delay “in requisition and deployment of the Army”, based on testimony of Ashok Narayan, Additional Chief Secretary (Home).
The SIT never called the Lt General for questioning. It looks apparent from its report that the SIT did not look at Shah’s After Action Report submitted to the then army chief, Gen. S. Padmanabhan, which was later submitted to the central government.
Raghavan, when contacted by IANS on the phone, said that he is “not prepared to talk”. Questions sent to him and his attache at the Indian High Commission in Nicosia seeking his views on whether the Army or it’s After Action Report was considered before reaching to the conclusion that there was “no delay in requisition and deployment of the Army” have not been answered so far.
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The severe floods in the UK have caused disruption in the railway services, as residents of villages and towns along the River Thames are being evacuated.
Train services in the south-west are suspended, while in other parts, they are running at reduced speeds, the BBC reports.
UK Defense Secretary Philip Hammond has said the government "has got a grip" on the crisis, despite allegations by people in the suffering areas that not enough assistance is being provided.
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ForteBio announces the launch of the Octet RED96 system to deliver unparalleled performance in the measurement of high quality kinetic, affinity, concentration and specificity interaction data, in real time. The Octet RED96 system is the newest addition to the Octet platform of Biolayer Interferometry–based instruments and builds upon the success of the widely adopted Octet RED system with the key addition of optional biosensor re-racking to enhance workflow efficiency.
The Octet RED96 uses the same high performance, high resolution optics as the Octet RED to deliver a range of data acquisition rates (options at 10, 5 and 2 Hz) and low noise (RMS Noise ≤3 pm at 5 Hz) to enable analysis of kinetic interactions from small molecule fragments to antibodies (Figure 1). The system also provides quantitation of protein concentrations from 25 ng/mL to 2000 µg/mL (Figure 2) in a direct binding assay and quantitation of sub-ng/mL concentrations in the sandwich assay format.
Like its predecessor, the Octet RED, the Octet RED96 system uses disposable biosensors in an 8 X 12 array in a simple, Dip and Read™ label-free assay format. The instrument dips eight biosensors into eight samples in parallel in an SBS standard 96-well microplate for rapid concentration analysis of 96 samples in 30 minutes or the analysis of 88 biomolecular interactions in one walk-away experiment.
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Researchers Show off Prototype 3D Displays Without Need of 3D Glasses
It’s about time we ditched those ridiculous looking 3D glasses and simply had 3D displays without needing to put on one of those and feel like a stooge.
TriLite Technologies and TU Wien know what I’m talking about, which is why they’ve come up with a technology that may get rid of the need to use 3D glasses altogether. This technology also allows for the use of huge 3D displays on billboards for advertising, much like the shark one seen in the 1989 film Back to the Future.
The two firms jointly presented a display element special micro optics and moving micro mirrors to project different pictures into different directions, resulting in a glasses-less 3D display.
The first prototype of this impressive technology was developed a few months ago. The pixel unit in this display technology – patented as TrixelTM – consists of a laser and moveable mirror. The mirror directs the laser across the field of vision, from left to right.
During that movement the image information is changed. This allows the display to send different pictures to the viewer’s left and right eye, resulting in a 3D effect without 3D glasses. Sadly, this was only limited to monochromatic colors.
That was only the first prototype though. Now, a much more advanced prototype has come forward from the same firms – a modern reiteration with a full color display.
Each TrixelTM in this prototype is equipped with three lasers instead of one (red, blue, and green), allowing for fully colored 3D displays.
The firms’ representatives have also confirmed that the software for controlling and modules and displaying movies has already been developed.
“The basic technology was invented by TriLite Technologies in 2011. At TU Wien, three research institutes worked on different tasks such as steering the Trixels and optimizing the connection between them. The technology is now ready for the market, and we are looking for partners for mass production all over the world.”
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An Actor Prepares review – a road trip movie in need of direction
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Verdict: a worthwhile watch for fans of the road-trip comedy genre. Directed by Steve Clark, An Actor Prepares is a fun father-son journey that delivers laughs but never quite reaches the emotional heights it aims for. Unable to fly due to a heart attack, alcoholic actor, Atticus Smith (Jeremy Irons) embarks on a road trip with his estranged son, Adam (Jack Huston) in a desperate bid to make it to his daughter’s wedding in New York. In terms of technical filmmaking, An Actor Prepares showcases admirable craft. It knows what type of film it is, and executes that. The film’s shots are well composed, each serving a purpose in terms of its style; it is tastefully scored; and the tone, somewhere between comedic and emotional, is consistent throughout. The film also covers a variety of important themes, including failed relationships, health issues, and alcoholism which, combined with the aforementioned technical elements, should embed emotional undertones beneath the film’s comedic surface.
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Today Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara had a sizeable shipment of new PS5 units for sale, but the situation unfolded in a much less orderly way than expected by the retailer.
As reported by user yonepo665 on Matome, the retailer opened sales in the morning, resulting in an unforeseen situation in which many customers pretty literally assaulted the counter.
You can see what happened below, courtesy of Twitter user Tabata. He mentions that police had to come and check out the situation to restore order.
According to the user, at least part of the crowd included resellers, due to the fact that the store did not have the usual scalper-prevention measures in place.
Incidentally, this happened despite the fact that Yodobashi used a system with limited tickets to prevent overcrowding.
The PS5 is very difficult to find in Japan at the moment, prompting many retailers to sell the console only via lottery (basically, you need to apply beforehand and you can purchase a PS5 only if you get lucky). This system was not used in this case, and the result was certainly uncommon for Japan.
Incidentally, Yodobashi Akiba in Akihabara is a very popular location for locals to purchase new consoles and games.
If you saw pictures of long lines waiting for a new release from pre-COVID times, there’s a high chance those were from Yodobashi Akiba. Unfortunately, the same did not happen this time.


Mersey Gateway project wins national ecology award
The team building Halton’s landmark new Mersey Gateway bridge has won a national competition that recognises excellence in ecology and environmental management.
The project team triumphed in London yesterday (Wednesday 21st June) in the stakeholder engagement category at the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) Best Practice awards, and was also highly commended in the knowledge sharing category.
The CIEEM awards, highlight outstanding examples of environmental management on large-scale projects.
Dr Mark Hampton, the project’s lead ecologist, said the awards recognised the highest standards of professionalism in environmental management across the project site and from Merseylink and its partners AECOM and the Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust.
“Preserving and improving the natural environment surrounding the project and wider areas was a priority from the beginning,” he said.
“Winning this award is great – it really demonstrates the work the whole team has put in to engage with environmental stakeholders is the gold standard.”
To win the Mersey Gateway team had to demonstrate how it met a number of criteria, including how sensitive environmental issues were resolved.
“We demonstrated how we had worked with regulators to ensure the construction of the haul roads on the saltmarsh at the start of the project did not interfere with bird nesting season,” he said.
“Throughout the project we’ve taken steps to ensure transparent and timely access to information for the project stakeholders such as Natural England, the Environment Agency, the Marine Management Organisation, the Local Planning Authority and research institutions.
“We’ve made it our priority to inform, consult, involve and collaborate with these organisations, but also to foster interest and engagement from the local community.
“This is done through community engagement events, the establishment of volunteer groups and working closely with local schools to promote the project’s environmental benefits.”
Leader of Halton Borough Council, Cllr Rob Polhill, congratulated the team on the award.
“I’d like to say well done to everyone involved. This is recognition of the extremely high standard of work that has been demonstrated from the project team since this project began,” he said.
“Any large-scale project has to pay careful consideration to its environmental impact. This nomination shows how important environmental and ecological considerations have been from the start.”


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Portland, OR--Many of Oregon's forestry professionals will gather in Tigard at the Embassy Suites at Washington Square on April 26-28 for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Oregon Society of American Foresters (OSAF). OSAF members include over 800 field foresters, administrators, researchers and educators who manage and study the 29.5 million acres of public and private forests throughout Oregon.
The theme of the 2017 Annual Meeting is "Connecting Forests, Products, People." The program includes expert speakers and field trips covering all aspects of forest management in the Pacific Northwest, from the Tillamook Forest in the coast range to the diverse forests of the Cascades and emerging forest technologies that are creating new markets for Oregon's wood products. The program begins Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. with a keynote from Society of American Foresters (SAF) immediate past national president Clark Seely. The remainder of the afternoon is devoted to speakers addressing Forest Benefits. An Icebreaker celebration will be held that evening, preceded by a student-mentor social, linking students with practicing foresters.
Thursday is a busy day with concurrent sessions throughout the day. Topics are communication and leadership, forest management, timber harvesting, and technology. One highlight will be a presentation by Matt Menashes, SAF's national CEO during the Communication/Leadership session addressing forest management and the North American Forest Partnership. The day is capped with OSAF's awards banquet that evening where peers are recognized for their outstanding contributions to forestry.
Friday concludes the annual meeting; after a pep-up breakfast and business meeting, foresters will depart for the field, electing one of three themed tours: 1) Horning Seed Orchard and Hopkins Demonstration Forest in the Cascades; 2) Tillamook State Forest Revisited; and 3) Portland, City of Wood.
All program events other than the field tours will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel at Washington Square in Tigard. For a complete agenda, see www.forestry.org/oregon/2017AnnualMeeting/ or call the SAF Northwest Office at 503-224-8046.
About SAF: The Society of American Foresters (SAF) is the national scientific and educational organization representing the forestry profession in the United States. Founded in 1900 by Gifford Pinchot, it is the largest professional society of foresters in the world.

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Located right at the water's edge, Hotel J is a short drive or sail away from Stockholm's city center. Inspired by the J-class yachts of America's Cup fame, the original 1912 brick building has been redone in a boathouse style reminiscent of the American seaside city of Newport using wooden boards, durable cotton textiles, and solid oak furnishings. Set among stately oaks and pines with an enchanting view over the marina, Hotel J charms thanks to clean lines and classic simplicity.
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It might come as a surprise, but many of Stockholm’s top restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels have an Italian flair. This is largely thanks to Alessandro Catenacci, owner and CEO of The Nobis Group. The Italian-born Catenacci has long been active in Scandinavia, bringing lots of personality to his projects, from top hotels to restaurants and nightclubs. His philosophy is to combine the best of both north and south: an Italian approach to fine food, a keen eye for quality, and the utmost in Scandinavian understatement.
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On the final day of scheduled formal working sessions for the year, the House and Senate could not resolve differences in competing proposals to distribute portions of the state surplus from fiscal 2019 and close the books on the year.
The supplemental budget bill, which includes additional funding for local road maintenance and other municipal needs, will now need to be approved during informal sessions by the end of the calendar year.
The two branches have named members to a conference committee to work out a compromise final spending bill. An agreement could happen at any time or it could drag into December.
Similar but separate bills passed by the House and Senate would use a portion of the state’s roughly $1 billion year-end surplus to add to the state stabilization fund, cover shortfalls in a number of fiscal 2019 state budget accounts, and provide extra funding for important capital programs.
Both the House and Senate versions include $60 million to supplement the Chapter 90 roads program, $8.4 million to address local drinking water contamination and $35 million to help finance improvements to local water systems, $2 million for the special education circuit breaker program, additional funding for student transportation in regional school districts, $4 million for the Municipal Regionalization Reserve, and $5 million for spraying to reduce the risk of Eastern equine encephalitis.
Consensus revenue hearing set for Dec. 4
Looking toward fiscal 2021, the House and Senate Ways and Means committees and the governor’s budget office will convene the annual “consensus” revenue hearing on Dec. 4, when the Department of Revenue and other fiscal experts and economists will discuss the prospects for the economy and state revenues over the second half of fiscal 2020 and for fiscal 2021.
Following the hearing, legislative leaders and the administration are expected to reach agreement on a tax revenue forecast for fiscal 2021 that would be used in the governor’s budget recommendation, due in late January, and the House and Senate budget plans that will be released in April and May, respectively.
The State House hearing is important for municipal officials because it provides insights into the direction of the economy and anticipated state revenues available next year to fund municipal and school aid programs, particularly Unrestricted General Government Aid. The revenue-sharing model used by the governor and the Legislature in recent years has increased UGGA distributions at the same rate as the “consensus” projection for the growth rate of state tax collections.
The revenue hearing usually features testimony from the revenue commissioner on prospects for the state’s economy and a forecast for tax collections. The state treasurer then provides testimony on pension funding and a forecast for Lottery revenues.
The hearing usually includes testimony from fiscal experts including the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, the Beacon Hill Institute, and MassBenchmarks, an initiative of the University of Massachusetts’ Donahue Institute and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Gov. Charlie Baker’s fiscal 2021 budget recommendation is expected to be filed with the Legislature by Jan. 22, the week before the MMA Annual Meeting. Gov. Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito typically attend the MMA conference to provide an overview of the budget’s local aid provisions and talk about other policy initiatives for the new year.


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Joint Topology-Transparent Scheduling and QoS Routing in Ad Hoc Networks - 2014
This paper considers the problem of joint topologytransparent scheduling (TTS) and quality-of-service (QoS) routing in ad hoc networks and presents a joint scheme for the problem. Due to its ability to guarantee single-hop QoS support, TTS is chosen as the underlying medium-access-control (MAC) protocol. By being built on top of TTS, this paper first designs methods for bandwidth estimation and allocation (BWE and BWA, respectively) to provide QoS support without knowledge of slot status information, and then, estimates and allocates nonassigned eligible bandwidth for best effort (BE) flows. With these bandwidth management methods, this paper proposes a QoS routing protocol for a mixture of QoS and BE flows. Idealized simulation results based on the standard radio model, which ignores external sources of radio interference and protocol inefficiencies, reveal that the proposed joint scheme can provide a reduction of at least 93% in QoS violation rates and a reduction of 78%-89% in control overhead compared with the conventional dynamic source routing (DSR)/IEEE 802.11 technique. A comparison with another conventional technique, i.e., DSR/carrier sense multiple access (CSMA), also reveals that the proposed joint scheme can reduce QoS violation rates by at least 93%. In addition, the proposed joint scheme can provide an increase of 31%-104% in aggregate throughput over two representative QoS routing protocols while achieving a reduction of approximately 93% in QoS violation rates. The performance improvement to be achieved under a realistic radio model is yet to be determined.
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Paul B Miller,
The Future for Business Trusts: A Comparative Analysis of Canadian and American Uniform Legislation,
36 Queen’s Law Journal (forthcoming 2011).
Available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1802517
The trust serves a variety of important commercial functions, yet remains under-analysed and underutilised. In both Canada and the United States, the lack of dedicated organisational law has diminished the commercial appeal and utility of business trusts, inspiring recent reforms through draft uniform legislation – the Canadian Uniform Income Trusts Act and the American Uniform Statutory Trust Entity Act. The author critically reviews and assesses the two uniform statutes.
He argues that they reflect markedly different views on the goals of organisational law. The Canadian legislation supposes that the trust should be a fixed organisational form subject to extensive mandatory regulation. It reflects the relatively modest goals of improving the governance of income trusts and resolving uncertainty over the applicability of ordinary trust law to income trusts while avoiding rules that inhibit value and tax arbitrage. The American legislation has more complex and ambitious goals. It creates an entirely new entity intended to offer efficiency gains by virtue of its extraordinary adaptability to different business purposes as well as market and settlor preferences. The author offers a functional assessment of the uniform legislation, arguing that each statute has mixed success in meeting its legislative objectives. The author also offers normative evaluation of the uniform legislation, focusing on positions taken on key normative questions of organisational law. The Canadian statute gives significant protection to investors but not other stakeholders. The American statute offers flexibility at the cost of accountability, with significant deficits in investor and stakeholder protection.
Business trusts are a key tool for many offshore transactions and offshore jurisdictions’ law is often in advance of onshore jurisdictions’ laws with respect to trusts (as UWI law professor Rose-Marie Antoine has argued). This paper compares two crucial statutes in onshore jurisdictions and will be useful reading to anyone with US or Canadian clients contemplating using a trust for business.
Mathias M Siems, Leif Herzog and Erik Rosenhäger,
The Protection of Creditors of a European Private Company (SPE),
12 European Business Organization Law Review 147-172 (2011).
Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1805230
Soon we can expect a new type of company: the European Private Company (Societas Privata Europaea – SPE) aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises in the EU. In this article, we analyse how creditors of future SPEs will be protected. In the first part, we identify on a general level how creditors can be protected. Then, we turn to the tools used in the different draft versions of an SPE statute (Commission Draft, EP Draft, Presidency Compromise). As these do not cover all aspects of creditor protection, the next part examines how these gaps ought to be filled. Subsequently, we discuss whether, from a normative perspective, creditor protection in the EU should be further harmonised. Overall, we conclude that what emerges is a mixed picture between various levels of European and national rules. This may not be ideal but it may be the price worth paying in order to reach political agreement on SPE law.
As the last few years have shown, understanding the legal environment when problems arise is critical to structuring transactions properly. The new European entity, the SPE, will undoubtedly play an important role in transactions in the future and this early examination of bankruptcy issues surrounding SPEs will be useful in planning transactions involving them.
Adaption and Resilience in Global Financial Regulation,
89 North Carolina Law Review 101-148 (2011).
Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1814964
The global credit crisis of 2008 has demonstrated beyond any doubt that pre-existing international arrangements were insufficient to preserve stability in the global financial system, resulting in the most serious global economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression. This article examines the agenda being pursued through the Group of 20 (G20), Financial Stability Board (FSB) and related organisations to reform international financial regulation in the wake of the global financial crisis, focusing on whether the international regulatory agenda in fact addresses the fundamental sources of systemic risk underlying the global crisis. In addressing this question, the article begins by suggesting the basic elements of a financial regulatory system to effectively address systemic risk, arguing that in each case, the global financial crisis has highlighted specific failures of the pre-crisis regulatory approach, then provides an overview and analysis of international responses to the global financial crisis, focusing on the G20 and FSB. The article concludes, arguing that, while much has been achieved to date, the post-crisis international regulatory reforms that have been agreed would not have prevented the global financial crisis nor are sufficient to lay the foundations for future global financial stability.
Hong Kong University law professor Douglas Arner is one of the top commentators on financial regulatory law and his work is always intriguing. This paper examines the G20 reform efforts and finds them unlikely to lead to measures that would be able to prevent a repeat of the 2008 crisis. Arner’s conclusion is sobering.
Christian Schmieder, Claus Puhr and Maher Hasan,
Next Generation Balance Sheet Stress Testing,
IMF Working Paper WP/11/83 (2011).
Available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1822949
This paper presents a “second-generation” solvency stress testing framework extending applied stress testing work centred on Cihák (2007). The framework seeks enriching stress tests in terms of risk-sensitivity, while keeping them flexible, transparent and user-friendly. The main contributions include (a) increasing the risk-sensitivity of stress testing by capturing changes in risk-weighted assets (RWAs) under stress, including for non-internal ratings based (IRB) banks (through a quasi-IRB approach); (b) providing stress testers with a comprehensive platform to use satellite models and to define various assumptions and scenarios; (c) allowing stress testers to run multi-year scenarios (up to five years) for hundreds of banks, depending on the availability of data. The framework uses balance sheet data and is Excel-based with detailed guidance and documentation.
The weaknesses of the EU and US “stress tests” make clear that these regulatory measures will be changed in the future. This IMF working paper is a good window on the direction those regulations are likely to evolve toward.
Edouard Martin, Irina Tytell and Irina Yakadina,
France: Lessons from Past Fiscal
Consolidation Plans, IMF Working Paper WP/11/89 (2011).
Available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1826542
This paper analyses past fiscal consolidation plans and their outcomes in France. It covers the early attempts at fiscal consolidation in the 1970s and the 1980s (Plan Barre and Virage de la Rigueur), the first episode of medium-term fiscal consolidation in 1994–97 ahead of joining the European Economic and Monetary Union and the fiscal consolidation under the corrective arm of the European Stability and Growth Pact in 2003–07. These experiences offer important lessons for the future, suggesting that binding constraints help focus policymakers’ attention and justify their actions; spending restraint needs to be shared and coordinated across all levels of government; and appropriate deficit targets could help in enforcing budgetary discipline in good times.
Worried about Greece and Ireland? Portugal and Spain? Italy? Europe in general? This IMF working paper looks at how France handled past financial problems and shows the importance of binding constraints to resolving financial problems – a worrisome issue given how soft the constraints on the PIIGS seem to be.

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The Cleveland Browns victory over the Baltimore Ravens in Week 15 feels like ages ago with the troubling news that continues to filter out of Berea.
Amidst all of the COVID-19 new positive results, there is some good news to report.
And it could not come at a better time given the fact that tight end Austin Hooper is now on the COVID-19 list and Harrison Bryant’s timeline to return from injury is yet to be determined.
David Njoku is back.
Njoku has been on the Reserve/COVID-19 list since December 7.
— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) December 7, 2021
He announced his own return on social media, and we could not be happier.
On Wednesday, Njoku Announced He’s Back
— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) December 15, 2021
“Missed y’all too. Good to be back let’s get to work.”
Njoku Is Desperately Needed For The Raiders Game
It is unclear who will be on the field with Njoku.
So far, thankfully, Nick Chubb and D’Ernest Johnson have not been a part of the COVID-19 positive cluster.
Beyond that, there are more question marks than answers right now.
Njoku In 2021
Through 12 games, Njoku has 407 yards and 3 touchdowns with 27 catches.
He is averaging over 15 yards per reception.
Njoku is in his fifth year of the rookie contract.
A few weeks ago, there was reporting that contract extension negotiations between Njoku and the Browns were in the preliminary stages.
However, it is likely those are on the back burner right now as the organization attempt to contain this COVID catastrophe.
What better way and time for Njoku to have a breakout game than when this team needs him the most?
No Official Declaration From The Team Yet
There has not been an official announcement from the Browns yet regarding Njoku, but this is likely a formality.
Njoku would not make a bold announcement without the negative test results to back it up.


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Moh Ridwan Hidayat/180410140001
It was beginning from the holding of the event in the mosque, I walked in the corner of the mosque, I suddenly saw a girl walking toward the door, the girl smiled at me. Instantly I admire her. ‘Who is that blue-hooded girl?’ My heart wonders.
How beautiful he is, unceasingly myself praising the beauty of her, in my consciousness, until imagined in my dream, only these words can I express to her:
“No man will deny your beauty, tenderness of your attitude, beautiful of your smile, which you radiate behind a blue veil. Could I fell in love with a girl I never thought I know, although just a name.”
“How longing of my heart want to see her, if indeed she is my soul mate unite between myself and herself.” I pleaded to God.
This longing is unbearable, I wanted to meet her. Secretly, I invited my friends to her house. While on the street I saw a group of girls walking about on the bridge, laughing, until one of them slipped and fell down. I wanted to help her, I wanted to catch her, but instead she who holds my shoulder, until finally we both rolled around and when it stopped, she kissed me, and we both looked at each other. How beautiful her eyes were, how shocked I was, how glad my heart was to meet her, and his slap woke me out of my reverie. She was angry to me because she thought I had hugged her, kissed her, and looked into her eyes. I tried to explain it and asked to be acquainted but she just cried. I asked her, is there any injury? She continued to cry and the tears kept dripping more and more, so her friends go down and one of them questioned her.
“Anna, are you alright? Why are you crying?”
Among them are also scolded me.
“What did you do to her till she cried?”
“I am also confused, I do not know, I try to explain it and I want to meet her, lady…”
However they just left me and my friends, I was confused and smiled alone.
“Hasan, are you crazy? What are you thinking?”
“What’s the name of the girl I helped? How beautiful she is.”
“What is wrong with you? You’re not usually like this.”
“You want to know her, keep close to her, dating and adding to immorality?”
“No, I just want to know her.”
“It is same, first acquaintance, then…”
“Already, do not go on, let’s go home.”
Seconds changed minutes, minutes changed hours, hours changed day and day changed month. Until finally my father wanted to match me with another woman. I denied him, but my father was angry. In the end I obey my father’s superiority.
At last that day I was pounding, my feelings could not be expressed in words. Apparently I am mated with her, love my first sight.
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‘Cahaya Cinta Pesantren’ by Ira Madan
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Last year's longshot Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Sarava is being prepared for a probable start in this summer's Pacific Classic (gr. I) at Del Mar, trainer Bob Baffert said.
Al Eisman and Bill Currin's Belmont Stakes (gr. I) possibility Outta Here worked one mile in 1:43 4/5 handily around the dogs over Hollywood Park's firm turf Sunday morning. Currin, who trains the colt wasn't prepared to commit to running in Saturday's Triple Crown finale, however.
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Grade III winner September Secret has been retired, owner/trainer Mike Machowsky said, and will likely be bred this year. The 4-year-old daughter of Our Emblem finished fourth in the Genuine Risk Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park in her last start May 11.
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Joshua Yaffa is a contributor to the New Yorker, a New America fellow and author of many articles covering Russia. His most recent article for the New Yorker is “Putin’s Dragon: Is the Ruler of Chechnya Out of Control?”
Music: Jim Croce, “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” Life and Times, 1973.
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By Sean — 11 years ago
Speculation and debate over who will be Russia’s next president has all but screeched to a halt. While a few months ago Kommersant was speculating whether Putin would pick a governor, and if so which one, now it seems that no one is willing to hedge their bets that the next President of Russia will be anyone but Sergei Ivanov.
And, dear reader, if you’re a gamblin’ man, you wouldn’t put any money down on anyone else but Ivanov. According to the current betting line provided by the internet gaming site, Unibet, the First Deputy Prime Minster is a favorite with odds of 2.2 to one. Ivanov continues to deny that he’s running for the top job, but no one believes him. Dmitri Medvedev comes in second with odds of 3.75 to one. Following far behind is former Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov at 10 to one. Other Russia hopeful Mikhail Krasyanov is 14 to one. Finally, it appears that the Communists look to fade further into irrelevancy, at least on the level of presidential politics. KPRF mainstay Gennady Zyuganov rates at 30 to one.
Even the most unlikely of victors get thrown a bone in the betting world. Mikhail Khorodkovsky gets some love at a distant 200 to one, as does Russian first lady Liudmila Putina. One notable absence is bogey man tycoon Boris Berezovsky and Western darling Gary Kasparov. Their odds are apparently so steep that they don’t even merit mention. I’m sure they rate better in a death pool.Post Views: 301
By Sean — 7 years ago
God save the noble Tsar!
Long may he live, in pow’r,
In peace to reign!
Dread of his enemies,
Faith’s sure defender,
God save the Tsar!
–“God Save the Tsar,” Vasily Zhukovsky, 1833
A few weeks ago, The New Times ran a story contemplating whether Putin had plastic surgery. “What happened to Putin’s face?” “Why does he look like a Udmurt?” bloggers asked after a photo shoot at Nashi’s camp Seliger revealed a glistening, pulled back Putin. Was it Botox? Plastic surgery? Putin did have that black eye back in October 2010, after all. He attributed it to a judo injury, as a mensch like himself would. But perhaps sanding down those wrinkles was part of a more long term plan?
As of yesterday, it’s now clear that Putin will need that new face as he’s set to dominate Russia’s news broadcasts for at least the next six years. Putin’s coming back to the Russian presidency, in case you haven’t heard. At United Russia’s Party Congress, current President Dmitry Medvedev all but resigned from his post with “I think it’s right that the party congress support the candidacy of the current prime minister, Vladimir Putin, in the role of the country’s president.” As it stands now the tandem will switch seats with Medvedev as Prime Minister and Putin as President, again.
Six more years. Actually, more like twelve. The Russian Constitution forbids a President from serving more than two consecutive terms of six years (previously four, but that was changed in 2008, as many feared to extend Putin’s return to the throne.), so Putin could go at least another two. Putin, 58, will be 70 by the end of his additional twelve year reign. He will have directly ruled Russia for a total of twenty years. Twenty-four, if you count the four he (in)directly ran the place during the Medvedev interregnum.
Whether twenty or twenty-four, Putin’s rule will rival, but not exceed, that of many Russian leaders. Ivan Grozny ruled for 51 years; Peter the Great for 43; Elizabeth, 20; Catherine the Great, 34; Nicholas I, 29; Alexander II, 26; Nicholas II, 22; Stalin, 34; and Brezhnev 18. Historically, Putin’s 20 year run will not be out of the norm. The problem is that for a country that bills itself as a (sovereign) democracy and longs for appearing as a modern nation state of the 21st century, long reigns, let alone achieving them by cynically taking advantage of the Russian Constitution, looks bad. Really bad.
I was surprised that Putin is coming back. Sure, many had pointed out over the last six months or so that the alignment of the political stars suggested that Putin was going to make a big return. Others noted the Presidential switcheroo was on back in 2008 when Putin anointed the politically weak, and virtually obscure Medvedev. But I thought that because Putin’s coming back would look so bad, not to the West (Russian domestic politics shouldn’t take it into consideration anyway) but because of what it says about the insecurity of the political elite and continued ossification of the Russian political system. Insecure because Putin’s return suggests that there is no one in the stable that could effectively confront the issues that plague Russia besides Putin. Only he gives the air of “stability” and whose “heavy hand” can save Russia from itself. It also proves that what I see as the contradiction of centralization in Russian politics. Basically, the centralization of power around one entity, Putin, with the belief that only he can effectively govern, weakens the pool of alternatives nodes of power necessary for the continuation of effective rule. But with those alternatives weak, Putin can only rely on himself thereby justifying nothing short of autocracy. By not allowing Medvedev a second term, not to mention the development of his power base, sets Russia up with a vacuum of leadership at best and possible gerontocratic stagnation at worst.
The threat of political ossification is clear. The threat to elite politics is real, but I think the backroom duels will continue after a period conservative euphoria. I agree with Comrade Rothrock that Putin’s return signals a defeat of the liberal party, but not the end of politics as such. The liberals might have learned that they need to unite and entrench themselves further. It certainly shows that experimenting with entities like Mikhail Prokhorov and Right Cause won’t do it. They need to burrow from the inside if they want to push their agenda. Another lesson is that Dmitry Medvedev is not their man, if he ever was to begin with. But playing interest group politics by lobbying the don has its limitations. The only way to real power and influence is to seek an ally willing to take down Putin.
But the rigidity of politics doesn’t just threaten the top. The threat is what it says to the public. Putin’s return removes the political charade that Russian politics can break out of its Byzantine forms, gradually whittle down the politics of personality and clans, and move toward more pluralistic practices. The decision for Putin’s return seems to have been totally Byzantine. This is at least how Medvedev himself explained it: “We already discussed this scenario back when we first formed a friendly alliance.” If this is true (a large part of me thinks it isn’t), then the last four years have been thoroughly delegitimized, let alone an utter cynical farce. The next six might also suffer from a crisis of legitimacy. As Aleksandr Minkin put it in Moskovskii komsomolets:
Tens (and possibly hundreds) of times you [Putin and Medvedev] were asked: “Who will be the next President?” You answered: “We will sit down and decide.” Here was a complete disregard to the opinion of the people, but, now it seems, this was also deceit. It seems that you decided a long time ago. Why such the cynical candidness?
You and Medvedev could have said something like: “We thought about what would be best for Russia all year long. We made a decision yesterday evening. . .”
It’s not important that people believed it. It’s important that decorum was kept. Why stand naked? No, with a smile which is customary that everyone excuse, Medvedev said that everything was decided and “deeply thought out” already in 2007, if not sooner. We don’t exactly know when “your friendly alliance was formed.”
All these years Medvedev said (it should be written “lied”) that the decision first and foremost was based on people’s opinion. But the decision was made beforehand. And the people were overlooked completely.
In fact, it seems that Medvedev and Putin were the only ones in on the joke. Medvedev’s team appears to have been in the dark. Even United Russia didn’t know who would be on their electoral lists before Medvedev’s announcement. United Russia, according to Stanislav Belkovskii, “has been proven once again not to be the ruling party, not a party at all, and not a political subject.” Moreover, Belkovskii continues, it has proved that “elections in the country have been practically eliminated” therefore no one needs to bother with them or even think about them. In regard to Russia’s long term process of political decentralization, well forget it. The process of “managed democratization” is now officially put on hold.
Sure, one will say: Putin is popular. The Russian people won’t mind. All the polls show that Putin is welcomed back to the Presidency. True, Putin is popular and there are very good reasons why. But this begs the perennial question about the Russian elites: If they are genuinely popular, then why do they have to scheme? Why do they delegitimize their power through subterfuge? What do they fear? The answer is that either they really aren’t that popular, or that even when secure they feel their grip on the country is tenuous.
The question that remains is which Putin will Russia get. As Putin, face pulled back, wrinkles a smooth veneer, thumbs through the annals of Russian history and contemplates the long reigns of his predecessors, what type of Tsar will he decide to become? Will it be the brutal modernizer Peter the Great always with club in hand? Will he be the enlightened despot a la Catherine? The politically arid Nicholas I? The modernizing police state of Alexander III? Or will he gaze deep into the portrait of Alexander II and unveil his grace through “liberal” reform.
We shall see.
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By Sean — 10 years ago
Yesterday Putin was running late to a press conference with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. The reason why his limo zipped from northern Moscow to the Kremlin? As Kommersant commentator Andrei Kolesnikov reveals the President’s tardiness was because he was recording an address to the nation to be aired on 29 November on Ostankino TV.
Over the last week, Putin has been waging an aggressive political campaign for United Russia. The high point came the other day when he addressed a crowd of 5000 supporters at the Luzhniki sports stadium. He castigated the Russian opposition as “jackals” feeding off Western money (Who did he mean here? The Communists? Or does it even matter?) and promoted the UR’s commitment to economic and political stability. The state run Channel One devoted much of its news time hyping the speech.
The essence of next Thursday’s address will contain “almost nothing new” predicts Kolesnikov. In it, Putin will most likely clarify his relationship to the Party of Power, which he is still not officially a member, and continue to promote its record on stability. Most importantly, is that the address signifies the increasing attempt to portray Putin not as the President of Russia but as a candidate for United Russia. The fact that the address was recorded away from the Kremlin is symbolic of this.
But all of this reveals a possible emerging tension for Putin’s future, which as of now remains unknown. He seems to be straddling between being a politician where he represents United Russia and stand above politics as such and represent Russia as a whole. Its apparent that Putin sees himself in regard to the former. Last week on a campaign visit to Krasnoyarsk, he hit United Russia with, “The party has no stable political ideology or principles for which the overwhelming majority of members are ready to fight. … And, as a rule, being close to those in power, as United Russia is, all kind of crooks try to latch on to it, often with success.” He then went on to suggest that without him, United Russia has nothing. Brutally honest, but correct.
Then there is the effort to make Putin a “national leader”–a sort of quasi-constitutional monarch that stands above politics (Are we seeing the beginnings of an October Manifesto redux?). A kind of elder statesman who still commands a tight grip on the reigns of power and influence. His remarks in Krasnoyarsk also suggested that he seeks to stand above political parties and represent the country and its people. Citing the chronic Russian problem of the disconnect between power and people, Putin said, “So if people vote for United Russia, whose list I head up, that means that they trust me, and that means that I will have the moral right to call all those who will be in both the Duma and the government to account for implementing the decisions that have been mapped out today.”
Perhaps in next week’s address Putin will give a better idea of which he intends to be. Or would it better for his own power to straddle the two? To stand above Russian politics, while keeping a planted foot in its structures? Whatever it will be the one, the other, or a flexible combination of the two, one things for sure, Putin’s revolution will “stay the course” as they like to say in America.Post Views: 293

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The Big Oyster: New York in the World - A Molluscular History
by Mark Kurlansky
320pp, Jonathan Cape, £17.99
It was Mark Kurlansky who kicked off the trend for all those elegant little books on a single commodity back in the mid 1990s. His Cod, of 1997, was a fresh and canny mix of popular geography, history and politics with just the right dollop of environmental activism to make it seem bang on trend without being too preachy. After Cod came Salt, a similarly sprightly hop through centuries of data which managed to flatter its readers, without insisting that they think long or hard about anything in particular.
Now Kurlansky is back again with something similar, at least five years after most publishers stopped publishing this kind of book, and the format is looking distinctly frayed. To ring the changes, not to mention muddy the waters, Kurlanksy has tried to yoke a commodity - oysters - to a place, New York City, in an attempt to tell a kind of double biography. But it doesn't work, or doesn't work well enough, and as a perhaps unfair consequence, the whole sub-genre that Kurlanksy spawned 10 years ago starts, retrospectively, to seem rather thin.
As always with Kurlansky's books, there are patches of fascinating detail. The fact, for instance, that if you dig deep into the foundations of NYC you will reach oyster "middens" - mountains of discarded shells left by the Native Americans who lived on Manhattan for centuries before the Dutch turned up. Or what about the way in which when we swallow a live oyster we are actually consuming a creature with a still-functioning brain, liver and sensory organs? Then there's the helpful way in which oysters regenerate themselves as a species, attaching themselves to the dead shells of their relatives, in a kind of respectful but pragmatic ancestor worship.
Alongside this material Kurlanksy runs the parallel narrative of the early history of New York City, as it gets handed from the Indians to the Dutch, from the Dutch to the British, and from the British to the Irish, the Jews and all the citizens of the Earth. The problem is that while some of the city's social history can be told through the development of its oyster trade - the arrival of the first ladies-only oyster bar, the success of African-American restauranteurs, the fatal link between oysters and cholera - there are vast tracts of time during which oysters and NYC are in only the most sketchy relationship with one another. It is then that Kurlansky thrashes about, dragging in every oyster reference he can find, while the city gets on with doing something else entirely.
Kurlansky always seemed clever rather than lucky when he wrote his natty little book on cod. But the fact that he doesn't know when to stop, that he has tinkered and stretched the format to the point where it looks so listless, suggests that, actually, it was luck all along. And the luck has run out.
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The European Parliament was scheduled to consider facilitating entry visas for citizens from Kuwait and Qatar, but this issue was withdrawn from the agenda, and the debate scheduled for Wednesday will be about “defending democracies in the face of foreign interference” and is expected to be heated after a corruption scandal involving a deputy. Speaker of Parliament and others.
And she said Al-Rai Kuwaiti newspaperThe European Parliament voted, on Monday, “in favor of a proposal to return the file for exempting Kuwaiti and Qatari citizens from (Schengen) visas to the Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.”
The newspaper added that the rapporteur of the report on the visa file, Eric Marquardt, said, “In front of the session that was held at the Parliament headquarters in the French city of Strasbourg, I decided, with the approval of the political groups, to return the file to the committee.”
And the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, announced on Monday that “European democracy is under attack,” pledging to reform the institution that has been shaken by a loud corruption scandal linked to Qatar.
🔴 LIVE | Statement at @Europarl_EN #EPlenary in Strasbourg https://t.co/De0jCxXmjE
— Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) December 12, 2022
On Monday, the Belgian police carried out a search operation in the offices of the European Parliament in Brussels, the day after the Greek Deputy Speaker, Eva Kaili, was imprisoned.
It is suspected that Kylie, who holds one of the 14 positions of deputy speaker of parliament, received sums from Doha to defend the interests of the emirate, which is currently hosting the FIFA World Cup matches.
Three other persons were also imprisoned as part of this investigation.
The amounts seized during the twenty raids that took place to date are staggering, as the Belgian Federal Public Prosecutor enumerated “600,000 euros in the home of a suspect, hundreds of thousands of euros in a bag confiscated from a Brussels hotel room, and about 150,000 euros in an apartment owned by a member of the European Parliament.
On Sunday, Mitsola expressed in Parliament her “extreme anger and sadness,” vowing that “there will be no impunity (…) nothing will be hidden.”
And announced the opening of an “internal investigation to look into all the facts related to the European Parliament” and verify the improvement of the mechanisms adopted in this body.
“We will launch a reform process to see who has access to our headquarters, how these organizations and NGOs and these people are funded, and what relationships they have with third countries, and we will demand more transparency about meetings with foreign actors,” she said.
No parliamentary immunity
Since Saturday evening, Mitsola has stripped her deputy of all her duties, including her representation in the Middle East. It is expected that the Conference of Presidents, the political body of the European Parliament, will start, on Tuesday morning, the mechanism of voting to strip Kylie of her position as Vice-President for making a “grave mistake”.
Friday was excluded from the Greek Socialist Party, in which it was considered a controversial figure, and Monday was excluded from its political bloc in the European Parliament.
The Greek Anti-Money Laundering Authority also announced, on Monday, the freezing of all its assets.
And Kylie was unable to take advantage of her parliamentary immunity because she was caught in the act when “bags full of securities” were found in her apartment.
The issue of keeping her in detention or releasing her, along with the other three detainees, will be discussed on Wednesday in front of the Brussels Council Chamber.
And the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said, on Monday, that suspicions of corruption are “very disturbing. It is a matter of trust in the people who are at the heart of our institutions,” noting that she proposed the establishment of an “independent authority” to deal with ethical issues.
For its part, Qatar denied any involvement in the case, and a Qatari government official told AFP on Saturday that “any allegation of misconduct by the State of Qatar is a serious fallacy.”
Eva Kayley, the 44-year-old former TV presenter, who was elected in January 2022 as Vice-President of the European Parliament, visited Qatar in early November, where she praised, in the presence of the Qatari Minister of Labor, Ali bin Samikh Al-Marri, the reforms implemented by the country in the field of working conditions.
On November 22, she said from the rostrum of the European Parliament, “Qatar’s organization of the World Cup proves the historic transformation of a country whose reforms inspired the Arab world.”


ASUS VivoStick PC Product Feature
This is one of the new Mini PCs from ASUS called the Vivo Stick.
The Vivo Stick is a plug & play solution, meaning you can take this on your pocket and turn places into workspaces instantly when you need them to be. You just connect it to your TV or Monitor via HDMI, you connect a keyboard and mouse wirelessly via a USB dongle, and you’re good to go upon powering it on. This is convenient for those seeking to instantly turn offices into presentation areas, or people who are always on the go.
With all the power in the palm of your hands through this MiniPC in the form of its hardware and software, the Asus Vivo Stick proves to be worth your consideration for on the go computing, starting only at the price of just P8,000.


Police & Fire: Crashes in the snow
SNOWY CRASH: Three people were hurt, one seriously, in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday. Michigan State Police reported the accident at 2:35 p.m. on M-66 south of Glen Cross Road. Troopers said a small child was the most seriously injured. Three ambulances from LifeCare were called to the scene. The highway was closed for more than an hour until the damaged vehicles were cleared and snow plows cleared snow. Further information about the crash was not immediately available. Calhoun County Sheriff Department deputies, Battle Creek firefighters and Leroy Township firefighters assisted.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Battle Creek police have reported the following cases:
• A warrant is being sought for one person after officers were called to the first block of Seivour Avenue at 9:24 p.m. Tuesday by a woman, 19, who said she was assaulted.
• A man was arrested on charges of domestic violence and interfering with a 911 call after a woman, 19, said she was assaulted in the 200 block of Calhoun Street at 8:23 p.m. Tuesday.
• A warrant is being sought for a woman, 33, after her boyfriend, 52, said he was assaulted in the 200 block of East Fountain Street at 1:27 p.m. Tuesday.
• Charges are sought for a man, after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend, 36, at 12:44 a.m. Tuesday in the first block of Pleasant Avenue.
ASSAULT: Battle Creek police are seeking a warrant for a man, 30, after a female friend, 31, said she was assaulted after drinking with the man. The woman said she didn't feel she could leave for two days. The incident was reported at 1:43 p.m. Tuesday.
Call Silent Observer at 964-3888 or text CRIMES (274637) SOTIP or see www.crimereports.com with information about crimes.


First Wireless Stereo Bluetooth Transmitter for Nintendo Switch
High quality wireless Bluetooth audio transmission for high-fidelity stereo sound.
Never be bound again to wires, a perfect solution to use your Nintendo Switch with your favourite Bluetooth earphones, headphones or speakers.
Experience wireless audio on your Nintendo Switch in handheld or TV Dock mode.
Up To 10 Meters Barrier-Free Transmission
aptX Low Latency, Real-Time Audio Sync
Unlike traditional 3.5mm AUX Jack adapters, the GuliKit ROUTE+ adopts aptX LL codec to eliminate lag and ensures smooth audio sync.
Plug & Play
No extra drivers required - Uses the built-in Switch driver to run.
Supports In-Game Voice Chat
Plug the mini microphone into the 3.5mm jack on your Switch for in-game voice chat function. Supported on popular games like Fortnite.
Unique U-Type Adapter for Space-Saving Protection
Place Route+ on the back of the Switch using the additional U type adapter for better space-saving protection.
No Batteries Required
Always on - simply plug the Route+ into the Switch or Switch dock via the included cable adapter. It draws very little power (less than 1% of Nintendo Switch battery).
Supports USB PD Pass-Through Charging to Switch
Smart charging technology for continuous wireless audio streaming even whilst charging.
Super Compact & Light Weight
Very small and lightweight for portable use.
Fast pairing and automatically re-pairs with the last paired device.
- 1x Bluetooth Audio Adapter
- 1x Microphone
- 1x U Type Adapter
- 1x Type-C Cable Dock Adapter
Part number: GB1
Input port: USB Type C
Transmission distance: 10m/33 ft
Frequency range: 2.402GHZ - 2.480GHZ
Bluetooth version: Bluetooth 3.0+EDR
Supported protocols: Qualcomm aptX LL,aptX,A2DP,AVRCP,AFH,HFP,HSP
Support Power Role Swap
USB PD Spec Rev2.0 compatible
Support all standard power profiles
Input voltage: 5V/9V/12V/15V
Input current: Max 3.1A
Output voltage: 5V/9V/12V/15V
Output current: Max 3A
Product Size: 47mm x 19mm x 11mm
Product Weight: 7.8g
Package Weight: 102g
Package Size: 111mm X 107mmX 27mm
Certifications: Bluetooth BQB, CE, FCC, RoHS
Note: Nintendo Switch and other systems/peripherals are not included.
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I mean the title and rating say it all, easily the best choice to be able to charge your Switch on the go and connect wireless headphones (I connected my Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones II) at the same time. It even comes with a hard moulded USB connector that lets you mount the receiver on the back of the Switch as well and can be used docked as well.
If you hadn't guessed, I bought this purposely for my Nintendo Switch :)
It’s a Christmas gift so I’m unsure at this time but I’m sure it will be fine.
works great with galaxy buds+
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As some of you know, I have been struggling with a back injury since early April. This is the first time I have ever seriously injured my back, and I hope it is the last. I herniated my disc between the L4 and L5 vertebrae. The protruded part of the disc is pushing on my L5 nerve root and causing sciatic pain down my right leg.
Some of you know the pain I’m speaking of. For others, like me previously to this, you may not really understand what it feels like. The only way I can describe sciatic pain is that there is pain and sometimes numbness or tingling that runs down the leg. The pain is most severe in the morning and when I stand up from sitting. I also feel it if I let my right foot get too far ahead of me when taking a step. Some type of natural, easy movement seems to help keep the pain down.
What led to my back injury
I originally strained it on April 9th doing a heavy deadlift. I was 20 pounds lighter than my normal bodyweight and my body was in a depleted state. I was less than two weeks out from my first bodybuilding competition. I was a lean mean fighting machine… BUT weaker.
Looking back on it, I had no business trying to go for a 1RM with the state my body was in. Lesson learned the hard way! The weight I attempted to lift was something around 87% of my max. Heavy, but not something I would really struggle with when doing before.
I went to lift the weight off the ground and felt something go in my low back. I dropped the weight immediately. At first, I thought, that was weird. And I stopped right there. I took the weight off and felt a little tightness and some bit of discomfort. I didn’t feel anything terrible at that time.
Picking up dumbbells
On April 13th I was sitting on the bench getting ready to pick up dumbbells off the ground. I bent over while still sitting on the bench and grabbed the dumbbells. As soon as I lifted them off the ground, I felt a little pop in my lower back and then the pain. I haven’t really been pain-free, walked normal since, or been able to put my shoes on without any pain.
It’s been two months since I injured my back and I’m still dealing with the pain. The mornings are the worst. It is a challenge just to brush my teeth. The hardest part of the day is getting my shoes on. After a couple hours of moving around the pain is more manageable and I can walk more normal.
Met with surgeon
This past Tuesday I met with a surgeon to discuss my MRI and what my options are. He explained to me what he saw on the MRI and said I have good reason to be in pain. He showed me on the copies he made of where the protruded disc is and how it is pushing on my nerve. He then explained two options to me. I can have surgery or let the body heal itself.
Option 1. Surgery
The surgeon I met with said that he was very confident that a procedure called a discectomy would alleviate my pain. They would make a small incision in my lower back, and remove the bulge that is pressing on my nerve. The procedure is relatively quick, and many people leave the hospital on the same day. Most people recover in six to eight weeks.
Option 2. Let the body heal itself
The second option is that I just suck it up and manage through the pain and let the body heal itself. The way the doctor explained it to me is that the disc part that has bulged out would slowly deteriorate and the body would then absorb it. Over time the bulge will get smaller and smaller where I won’t have any more complications.
What are the chances of successful recovery from a back injury?
Chances of a successful recovery from a back injury from both options are highly likely. He said if you compared the people that had surgery and the people without surgery two years down the road they would be equal. The difference is that the person that had surgery would recover much faster.
However, surgery doesn’t come without its drawbacks. In the doctor’s words, “There is no free lunch in this world.” The procedure itself is pretty simple, BUT they do have to cut and drill on parts of the body that will forever be changed. Because of where the bulge is, they would need to drill a part of my vertebrae to get the instruments in and see the bulge clearly. He also mentioned that he would have to cut through ligaments, which could potentially leave the back in a weaker state and set me up for future surgeries like a fusion of the vertebrae.
What I’m choosing
Based on the information I received from the doctor. I’ve decided that I’m going to let the body heal itself. The main reason I’m deciding this is because I don’t like the sound of having to cut into muscles and ligaments, which provide a lot of the stability of my lower back. I want to maintain that structure as best I can so that I don’t have another back injury.
It has slowly shown improvement over the two months. My foot is no longer numb, and the pain when I walk isn’t as bad as it used to be. I hope that in another two months I won’t feel it at all and the bulge has gone away or has decreased in size enough where it doesn’t push on the nerve. It sucks, and it hurts, but I’m learning how to deal with it.
What I’m doing while my back injury heals
Recently I have been able to start going back to the gym. Getting back into the gym has been a huge relief for me. I start to get very irritable when I can’t do the things I want to do.
I took almost 6 weeks off, and it is crazy how fast your body composition can change when you don’t work out and aren’t eating well. I think part of that is being depressed about my back injury and eating everything in sight.
I also meet with a physical therapist at least once or twice a week. For now, we are working on movements that don’t create any pain and focusing on bracing with the abdominals to help create stability in the back. I have been to the chiropractor as well, and that seems to have helped some. The traction machine that stretches the back out provides some relief.
The most beneficial thing for me has been not sitting too much. Or if I do, really sit as upright as possible.
I haven’t been able to get back into CrossFit just yet, but I have been doing more of the machine type exercises. I’ve also picked up a new toy called the Steel Mace. I really like this workout tool because I can take it anywhere and still work in ranges of motion that don’t aggravate my back. For the most part I’ll do activities that don’t load the spine or have me bend over.
This isn’t my normal routine, but I know that this is where I’m at right now and that I need to play the long game. Squats, Deadlifts, and the Olympic lifts will always be there, and I will be able to get back to them once I’m fully healed.

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(A) The Presiding Officer shall take the chair at the hour appointed for the meeting, and shall call the Council to order.
(B) In the absence of a Presiding Officer, a temporary chairperson shall be elected by the Council Members present.
(C) Upon the arrival of a Presiding Officer, the temporary chairperson shall relinquish the chair upon the conclusion of the business item before Council.
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Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg is a “Successor of Christ” due to her defense of the environment, according to a Swedish Church — however the claim has sparked a furious backlash from some Christians who say the claim is blasphemous.
It seems that 16-year-old Thunberg’s behavior of skipping classes every Friday to protest outside the Swedish Parliament inspired the Limhamns Kyrka Church in Sweden.
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The Limhamns Kyrka Church wrote on Twitter: “Announcement! Jesus of Nazareth named one of his successors, Greta Thunberg.“
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The tweet was posted in 2018 and proved controversial with many Christians accusing the Church of blasphemy.
However, others expressed less controversial opinions about the teenage activist, who has been diagnosed with autism and obsessive compulsive disorder.
“Greta is just a girl. Adults used her in a bad way”, one user commented.


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The Mitsubishi F-2 is a multirole fighter
derived from the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
The F-2 is nicknamed “Viper Zero”, a reference to the F-16‘s nickname of “Viper” and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
Production started in 1996 and the first aircraft entered service in 2000.
The first 76 aircraft entered service by 2008, with a total of 98 airframes produced.
Larger wings give an aircraft better payload and maneuverability in proportion to its thrust, but also add weight in various ways.
More weight can have negative effects on acceleration, climbing, payload, and range.
To make the larger wings lighter the skin, spars, ribs, and cap of the wings were made from graphite-epoxy composite and co-cured in an autoclave.
Japan’s initial intentions to develop the aircraft domestically built upon Japan’s like the F-15J, produced under license from McDonnell Douglas.
Japanese defense contractors argued that they needed to build a new aircraft from the beginning.
This decision was made in order to improve the skill of their engineers and, in turn, develop the Japanese aircraft industry.
The F-2 used the wing design of the legacy F-16 Agile Falcon, but much of the electronics were further updated to modern standards, implemented by Mitsubishi Electric.
BTW, the Viper Zero is equipped with a General Electric F110-GE-129 turbofan engine. This engine develops 131.7kN and the speed of the aircraft is Mach 2.
The F-2’s maiden flight was on 7 October 1995. Japanese government approved an order for 141 (but that was soon cut to 130), to enter service by 1999;
structural problems resulted in service entry being delayed until 2000.
Because of issues with cost-efficiency, orders for the aircraft were curtailed to 98 (including four prototypes) in 2004.
Flight testing of the four prototypes were conducted by the Japan Defense Agency at Gifu Air Field.

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Designer Ferruccio Laviani puts a playful twist on a classic ’70s silhouette with this Cindy Lamp for Kartell. Its conical lampshade and teardrop-shaped base is regal and enticing—even when turned off. Clad in a shiny chrome-like finish, it radiates a multitude of iridescent reflections. The disco era never looked so good.

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The Lavy Colloquium was founded in 2005 through the generosity of Norman Lavy, MD, FACP, and Marion H. Lavy. The colloquium examines and considers ideas related to Jewish civilization.
The 16th Lavy Colloquium
April, 16th-18th, 2023.
The 14th Lavy Colloquium
October 7, 2018
Israel Under Netanyahu
The colloquium will analyze Israeli domestic politics and foreign policy during the period in which Benjamin Netanyahu has served as Israel’s prime minister. The one-day symposium will bring together scholars from Israel and the United States and will discuss Israel’s political parties, its economy, and its relations with the United States, Iran, Turkey, the Palestinians, the Arab world, India, China, and the American Jewish community.
The 13th Lavy Colloquium
April 9-11, 2018
Herem: The Sources, Practice, and Representation of Ex-Communications and Bans in Rabbinic Culture
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The 12th Lavy Colloquium
Nov. 6-7, 2017
New Frontiers in the Study of Modern Hebrew Literature
The 11th Lavy Colloquium
May 4-5, 2016
Israel’s East European Lineages: Russian and Polish Jewish History, Zionism, and Israeli Political Cultures
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The 10th Lavy Colloquium
Dec. 1-2, 2014
The Polish Jewish Condition? Polish Jewish Social Thought and the 1930s
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The 9th Lavy Colloquium
Nov. 18-19, 2013
The Hacham Tzvi, Rabbi Yaacov Emden, and Their Worlds: The Story of Early Modern Rabbinics
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The 8th Lavy Colloquium
Oct. 15-16, 2012
Yiddish After the Castrophe, 1934 to Present
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The 7th Lavy Colloquium
Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2011
Jews and Empire
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The 6th Lavy Colloquium
Oct. 10, 2010
Six Decades of U.S.-Israeli Relations
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The 5th Lavy Colloquium
Nov. 18-19, 2009
“The Jewish Jesus”
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The 4th Lavy Colloquium
Nationhood and the Jews
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The 3rd Lavy Colloquium
Judaism and Christian Art
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The 2nd Lavy Colloquium
Israel Since Rabin
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The 1st Lavy Colloquium
Atlantic Jewry in an Age of Mercantilism
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Premiere: Forward Fox Enters The Game With A Stunning Debut Single, ‘Retrograde’
Sydney producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Siobhan Krelle (aka Fluir) has announced another exciting project, FORWARD FOX and today we’ve been given the very first spin of the projects debut release, Retrograde.Retrograde has elements of some real melodic groove style techno. It’s a different angle to what we’ve known from previous musical releases from Krelle. Being a big fan of this style of techno, she wanted to create something independent of her Fluir project.
I’m a big fan of melodic house/techno and have always been drawn into the unfolding melodies and intricate textures that characterise the genre. Naturally, this passion found its way into my creative process and FORWARD FOX provides an outlet—independent of FLUIR—for me to showcase my love for listening to, writing and producing melodic instrumental compositions.” – Forward Fox
Retrograde portrays some real emotion throughout and that’s exactly what Krelle was trying to achieve with this first release.
“Sonically, ‘Retrograde’ conveys the onset of an impending period of feeling down, through to the eventual relief, elation and euphoria once those feelings start to pass. It’s about riding the waves of emotion experienced throughout our lives.” Forward Fox
This is one hell of a way to launch a brand new sound and project. If this debut is anything to go by, we’re very excited to hear more from the Forward Fox stable.
Retrograde is technically released tomorrow, but you can listen to the tune right here below today.