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A US offensive against the World Trade Organization will effectively shutter the group's system for settling disputes, at a time it's most needed
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The United States has spent two years chipping away at the World Trade Organization, criticising it as unfair, starving it of personnel and disregarding its authority, as President Trump seeks to upend the global trade system.
This week, the Trump administration is expected to go one step further and effectively cripple the organization's system for enforcing its rules — even as Trump's widening trade war has thrown global commerce into disarray and another tariff increase on Chinese goods set for next weekend could send markets reeling.
Over the past two years, Washington has blocked the WTO from appointing new members to a crucial panel that hears appeals in trade disputes. Only three members are left on the seven-member body, the minimum needed to hear a case, and two members' terms expire on Tuesday. With the administration blocking any new replacements, there will be no official resolution for many international trade disputes. The loss of the world's primary trade referee could turn the typically deliberate process of resolving international disputes into a free-for-all, paving the way for an outbreak of tit-for-tat tariff wars.
It could also signal the demise of the 24-year-old World Trade Organization itself, since the system for settling disputes has long been its most effective part.
"The WTO is facing its deepest crisis since its creation," Phil Hogan, the European trade commissioner, told members of the European Parliament this year. If the rules governing international trade can no longer be enforced, "we'd have the law of the jungle."
Trump has already embraced that scenario, wielding America's economic power to press for better trade terms. He has sidestepped WTO rules by imposing metal tariffs on allies like Canada, Europe and Japan, and by adding punishing levies to Chinese goods, prompting appeals to the global body for relief.
The president and his top advisers have long viewed the WTO as an impediment to Trump's promise to put "America First." They say the organization, which insists that all of its members receive equal treatment, has prevented the United States from protecting its workers and exerting its influence as the world's most powerful economy. They have also criticised the WTO for emboldening China — whose economy boomed after it became a member in 2001 — while doing little to curb Beijing's unfair trade practices.
His advisers point to the WTO's inability to confront China as a reason for Mr. Trump's trade war with Beijing.
"It's absolutely critical that the United States has the ability to make its own trade policy," said Stephen P. Vaughn, a partner at King & Spalding, who left a high-level post at the Office of the United States Trade Representative in May. "This ability becomes even more important given the challenges that we now face from China."
The World Trade Organization was founded by American and European officials more than two decades ago as a way to open global markets, regulate commerce and promote peace and stability. One of its chief responsibilities was to write trade agreements among its members, and provide an orderly way to settle disputes.
But the WTO almost immediately fell short when it came to writing trade pacts, as it found it nearly impossible to achieve consensus between disparate members like the United States, China, Afghanistan and India. China's entry into the organisation — 18 years ago this week, on Dec. 11, 2001 — put further stress on the system. The addition of China's more than one billion people to the global marketplace created a huge opportunity for companies, and a shock for workers in the United States and elsewhere who were forced to compete.
The WTO's rules were not written with an economy like China's in mind, and critics say the organization has failed to adequately police Beijing for using a mix of private enterprise and state support to dominate global industries.
The Trump administration has criticized the body's decision to allow China to claim a special status for developing countries given that it is now the world's second largest economy. And it has condemned the WTO for doing little to stop China from subsidizing its products — instead cracking down on American measures that are meant to block those cheap goods at the border.
While the WTO's ability to facilitate trade negotiations was largely paralyzed, its other arm, which settles trade disputes, has been much more active, reviewing dozens of cases a year.
Unlike other international organizations, whose rules have no way of being enforced, the WTO may dole out punishments along with its verdicts. When one country is found to have suffered from another's trade practices, the WTO may allow the aggrieved country to recoup losses through retaliatory tariffs.
The United States has long won the majority of cases it brings to the WTO, though Mr. Trump incorrectly argues to the contrary. In October, the WTO gave the United States permission to add tariffs on up to $7.5 billion of European products annually, after deciding that Europe had illegally subsidized its largest plane maker, Airbus.
"We never won with the WTO, or essentially never won," Trump said October 16 as he met with the Italian president. "And now we're winning a lot. We're winning a lot because they know if we're not treated fairly, we're leaving."
But the United States has also lost cases, and the Trump administration is facing numerous challenges to the president's aggressive use of tariffs to punish trading partners. Japan, Canada, China, the European Union and other governments are relying on the system to determine whether Mr. Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum violated global trade rules. However, many of those governments — including the European Union, Mexico and Canada — have not waited for a ruling before imposing retaliatory tariffs on American goods.
Supporters have credited the dispute settlement system with bringing the rule of law to an international trading system that formerly allowed strong countries to dominate weak ones.
But critics say the system exerts too much control, especially at the final stage when the seven-member appellate body makes a binding determination. American officials, including in the Obama administration, have accused the appellate body of judicial activism, saying it is overstepping its authority in creating new rules.
Robert Lighthizer, the United States trade representative, has argued that the body's decisions constrain America's ability to protect its workers and has insisted it be overhauled. In March, he told lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee that the WTO had migrated "from a negotiation forum to a litigation forum," a transformation that had stifled new trade agreements and undermined some countries' commitment to the organisation.
Over the past two years, Mr. Lighthizer has overseen a targeted offensive against the appellate body, in what he says is a push for change. The United States has blocked the appointment of new appellate body members, which requires the consensus of all governments.
Officials in other countries share some of America's concerns, particularly related to China, but they disagree with the Trump administration's methods. They argue the United States and other countries should fix the problems and strengthen the global trading system, not abandon it.
The prospective weakening of global trade rules has worried smaller and poorer nations, who may find themselves at the mercy of the United States. It has also rankled the European Union, a strong believer in the multilateral system whose economy is heavily dependent on trade.
"They are not perfect, because they were born in a certain context, but they've served us well," Cecilia Malmstrom, the former European Union trade commissioner, said of the global trading rules in an interview in September. "And if they're not perfect, let's work to improve them. Let's not just abolish them."
Trump administration officials say proposals to overhaul the WTO have fallen short of what is needed. Dennis Shea, the American representative to the World Trade Organization, said last week that the United States had engaged constructively, but had "have yet to see the same level of engagement" from other countries.
WTO members have been discussing ways to deal with the appellate body's disappearance, like setting up their own informal appeal process, regardless of the verdict. Many are hopeful that the body can be restored once the Trump administration leaves office, whether that is in 2021 or 2025.
Roberto Azevêdo, the WTO director-general, said last week that the suspension of appeals was a serious challenge but that it did "not mean the end of the multilateral trading system."
But Ujal Singh Bhatia, one of the appellate body members whose term ends Tuesday, said that by making the dispute settlement system potentially non-functional, the United States' moves had cast doubts on the effectiveness of the organization over all.
"Why would people come to the WTO to negotiate rules if they are not sure the rules can be enforced?" Bhatia asked.
Jack Ewing contributed reporting from Frankfurt
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Q: Symfony2 sharing entities in multiple bundles In my project I have API Bundle and Dashboard Bundle where I reuse Entities like Client, User, Store etc in both bundles. All entities are in API Bundle at the moment, however I have a feeling that they should be stored in a different Bundle, something like Generic Bundle.
Does anyone has a Best Practice for that?
I read this question about relationships, but it speaks about relationships and not Best Practice.
Thanks.

A: I don't think there is really one best practice here but the key is re-usability. Let's say down the road for some reason you decide to run the API & Dashboard as 2 separate services. Having a UserBundle with your Client & User Entities means you'll just need to install that on both services along with either the API or Dashboard bundle. You could then also have a service with only your UserBundle that handles the login, ect... Same thing for the Store, I would personally decouple that as much as I could.
But the real question is if it is necessary ? Would you reuse that UserBundle in another project ? Do you plan on splitting the project as services down the road ?
Ultimately the specifics are really up to you, a GenericBundle could be all you need or you might have enough to separate into UserBundle & StoreBundle for example.

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Lady Cats Spring Basketball League Launches
Coaches from Wolfpack Hoops and the Bermuda Netball Association have teamed up to create the Lady Cats Spring basketball league. Gina Benjamin and Marissa Brangman two of Netball's brightest young coaches have joined Erica Woods, Director of the Lady Cats to create a league for girls that will also feature an all-star cast of women's coaches.
A spokesperson stated, "It has been years since we have had a sustainable girls programme for basketball in Bermuda. This partnership between Wolfpack Hoops and the Bermuda Netball Association will provide both sports with opportunities for continued growth and support. This inaugural league will be an opportunity for youth players from Netball to try out a new sport which will keep them active during the offseason."
The Spring League will run for eight weeks and will provide recreational basketball games which will consist of four teams, each representing a different WNBA team. Teams will include the Dream, the Mystics, the Mercury, and the Lynx named after the top four teams in the WNBA.
This is an exciting new initiative where two sports can collaborate to help keep the young women in our community active while promoting fitness, teamwork, and discipline. It also promises to create more opportunities for the young athletes to travel and play abroad.
Gina Benjamin shared, "Having a love for both sports, I am looking forward to the new partnership between netball and basketball. We are entering into uncharted territory as historically the sports have competed for the same athletes. This will present our girls with greater opportunity to travel and schooling. More importantly, this will allow our young girls to stay active and be involved in a positive environment."
Marissa Brangman added, "I'm excited to see collaboration between two sports that I love. These two sports truly complement one another and offer opportunities for our young ladies beyond Bermuda. I'm looking forward to this new initiative which will help to foster and develop our young female athletes."
Erica Wood, Director of the Lady Cats commented, "I'm extremely excited to get things underway. With both netball and basketball partnering up, this gives the young ladies an opportunity to be active year round without schedules clashing. Those who enjoy both sports will now have the luxury of playing both with no interruptions.
"It will allow them to learn and develop new skill sets, create more friendships and also build positive characteristics that will prove to be valuable in their everyday lives. This will be a fun and safe space for all involved. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to work alongside Mrs. Brangman and Mrs. Christopher as we all share a common passion for helping to positively develop our young people."
The Lady Cats Spring League is looking for girls ages 9 to 16 who are either experienced basketball players, or who are looking to try out a new sport. The first 20 players from Netball who are willing to try out the sport will do so at a discount.
To register for the Lady Cats Spring League, e-mail info@wolfpackhoops.com.
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This is great. Congratulations to the coaches.
I miss the Meyers Flyers from back in the day. There were some good women's teams and players. Glad to see its the young girls turn.
Coach Peters says:
Later this year, Wolfpack Lady Cats will be hosting a WNBA player in Bermuda to kick off the Elite Programme during a weekend clinic. Look forward to getting all of the hoops fans out for it.
I just signed up my daughter. Where are the games?
Games will be at BHS gymnasium, starting 6:30pm on Friday, April 24th and will run for 8 weeks.
I just registered my daughter. Looking forward to making history.
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Rep. Maxine Waters' Republican challenger will speak with the FBI agents after he posted a fake letter that he said was from Waters.
Omar Navarro said he will talk with agents on Wednesday in his campaign office, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Waters asked the FBI to investigate the letter that falsely said she wanted to resettle tens of thousands of refugees in her district on the grounds that it is illegal to impersonate a federal official.
"I don't know why they are looking into me since I'm not the one who fabricated the letter," Navarro told the Times.
Despite saying he has not spoken with the person who created the letter since December, Navarro has not deleted the tweet.
Navarro said there was a double standard for him and the California Democrat.
Let's get this straight I tweet a letter which says Maxine Waters wants to bring 41,000 Somali refugees. I only tweet according to this document asking a question. Now the FBI is on me for her complaint. She threatens the president and his supporters and no investigation on her.
Waters drew fire earlier this summer for calling for supporters to protest White House officials when they encountered them in public and refuse them service at establishments.
The letter included multiple errors, including listing committees on which Waters does not sit.


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At 22,000ft, with temperatures falling below minus 40 degrees celsius, Siachen is the World's highest and coldest battlefront. Crossing a crevasse is an adventure of its own.
Much has been written about the Siachen glacier. Statistics and technical terms, however, rarely do justice to what it feels like to be up there.
How can words describe the bitter cold slicing through the metal of the lumbering IL 76 aircraft that ferries you to the world's highest killing grounds? Or how it feels to be buffeted and tossed about by turbulence as the aircraft careens through the narrow mouth of the Zojila pass.
The long trek to the post in rarified atmosphere is an effort in itself. With battle loads, its tests your grit, determination and courage.
How it feels to be emaciated as low body metabolism wastes your flesh away. How you stop recognising the face in the mirror, with listless eyes surrounded by circles getting darker every day, and bones outlined by papery skin scorched by a sun that is 20,000 feet closer than in the plains. How it feels to have matted hair that can't be cleaned or washed for months, slowly obscuring your face. How it feels to make a choice, in the middle of the night, between emptying your bowels and staying away from the cold.
Prior to induction, soldiers are trained at the Base Camp. You can see the 90 degree rock face, where the training is on.
How the thump of an inbound chopper becomes the sweetest sound in the world. How your heart pounds wildly when you hear your only physical link trying to pierce blizzards and gales to reach you. How you pray for the pilot to make it. How you curse him and the world when you hear the rotors veer away because he can't. And how you cheer when he doesn't give up and approaches you again and again till he lands dangerously, sometimes perched only on one skid—long enough to load a wounded comrade—before being blown away like a mosquito in a storm.
How one day, your tour gets over and the relievers come up to take over the watch from you. How unbelievable it seems that this ordeal is over. How elated you feel as you gather your men for your journey down and how painful that journey is when the men you take back are fewer than those you brought up.
After an avalanche, the rescue missions look for survivors. Without a single landmark, and the entire area covered in snow, the task is arduous, gruelling and tiring.
And how ironic it feels that the countrymen you do it for will never know what it feels like to lose a part of yourself forever. That's how it feels like to be in Siachen or any one of the thousands of posts where our soldiers stand watch.
Capt Raghu Raman, a veteran, authored this article.
Hats off to those people…… One need courage to do such thing…a strong heart and mind…its not the cup of tea for everyone….sitting at home and passing comments and views are easy instead of doing that….really what they do is really commendable ….really I bow down to our army and those people… Who make us so proud and inspires others…this shows that every thing is possible if we focus and determined to do that.
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How to Create a Wolf Logo?
A wolf stands for freedom, independence, selflessness, and self-sacrifice. There's a reason why the Indians in North America associated their bravest warriors with wolves.
If you're adamant about depicting a wolf on your corporate items and merchandise, you must be careful. Avoid savage or ferocious images unless you want to drive away your potential clients. If you're only using a wolf's head, make sure that it looks angry without being repulsive.In the wild, wolves move silently, without being noticed by the most alert animals, let alone humans. This is why you should avoid bright colors and stick with natural hues that imitate the beast's fell. Consider using black, brown, grey, snow white, and silver. The shades of red and blue are also a way to go. With a bit of imagination, you're sure to craft a cool color palette even without cheerful hues!
Due to the negative connotations, this beast is an uncommon choice among companies because the bared teeth of a wolf scare people on a subconscious level. Back in the day, people considered wolves diabolical creatures. In the folklore of many cultures, you'll find multiple tales and myths about werewolf clans that hunt people and howl at the moon at midnight. Luckily, these prejudices have mostly faded away. Nowadays, you can often see a wolf on sports or military uniform.
Check out the emblems used by such teams as Minnesota Timberwolves, Stony Brook Seawolves, Copenhagen Wolves, as well as the famous motorcycle club Wolf Pack Oakland.
How do I create a wolf logo for my brand?


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Saw this poem yesterday and thought it was really relevant following last Tuesday's election in Alabama. Victory for Doug Jones was largely won by black women (98% voted for Doug Jones, as compared with 34% of white women). "The Bridge Poem" is the introductory text in "This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color." Here's a quote by HuffPost writer Julia Craven to introduce it.


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Q: Publishing Facebook custom story using API calls from IOS app I need to publish Open Graph story to Facebook wall from my app. I followed current tutorial on Facebook developers.
I've created object,action and story on Facebook dashboard. Then in my app do the following code:
create an object:
 NSMutableDictionary<FBOpenGraphObject> *object = [FBGraphObject openGraphObjectForPost];
object.provisionedForPost = YES;
object[@"title"] = @"test title";
object[@"type"] = @"myapp:my_object_type";
object[@"description"] = @"test discription";
object[@"url"] = @"http://example.com";
object[@"image"] = @[@{@"url": [result objectForKey:@"uri"], @"user_generated" : @"false" }];

and post it:
[FBRequestConnection startForPostOpenGraphObject:object completionHandler:^(FBRequestConnection *connection, id result, NSError *error) {
                if(!error) {
                    NSString *objectId = [result objectForKey:@"id"];
                    NSLog(@"object id %@",objectId);
                } else {
                    NSLog(@"Error posting the Open Graph object to the Object API: %@", error);
                }
            }];

        } else {
            NSLog(@"Error staging an image: %@", error);
        }
    }];

Got object id as result.
Then create an action and link it with object:
 id<FBOpenGraphAction> action = (id<FBOpenGraphAction>)[FBGraphObject graphObject];
[action setObject:objectId forKey:@"my_object_type"];

FBOpenGraphActionParams *params = [[FBOpenGraphActionParams alloc] init];
params.action = action;
params.actionType = @"myapp:my_app_action";

And post it to Facebook:
 [FBRequestConnection startForPostWithGraphPath:@"/me/myapp:my_app_action" graphObject:action completionHandler:^(FBRequestConnection *connection, id result, NSError *error) {
    if(!error) {
        NSLog(@"OG story posted, story id: %@", [result objectForKey:@"id"]);
        [[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"OG story posted"
                                    message:@"Check your Facebook profile or activity log to see the story."
                                   delegate:self
                          cancelButtonTitle:@"OK!"
                          otherButtonTitles:nil] show];
    } else {
        NSLog(@"Encountered an error posting to Open Graph: %@", error);
    }
}];

As a result i got the message that OG story was successfully posted, but when going to Facebook, there is nothing in feed or timeline, just an image added to users photo album.

A: Well, dunno what was the problem, but now it works with the following code:
FBRequestConnection *connection = [[FBRequestConnection alloc]init];

NSMutableDictionary <FBOpenGraphObject> *object = [FBGraphObject openGraphObjectForPost];
object[@"type"] = @"myapp:my_object_type";
object[@"title"] = @"title";
object[@"url"] = @"http://example.com";
object[@"image"] = @"http://image.png";
object[@"description"] = @"description";

FBRequest *objectRequest = [FBRequest requestForPostOpenGraphObject:object];

[connection addRequest:objectRequest completionHandler:^(FBRequestConnection *connection, id result, NSError *error) {
    if (error) {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@",error.description);
    }
} batchEntryName:@"objectCreate"];

NSMutableDictionary <FBOpenGraphAction> *action = [FBGraphObject openGraphActionForPost];

action[@"buy"] = @"{result=objectCreate:$.id}";
action[@"fb:explicitly_shared"] = @"true";

FBRequest *actionRequest = [FBRequest requestForPostWithGraphPath:@"me/myapp:my_app_action" graphObject:action];

[connection addRequest:actionRequest completionHandler:^(FBRequestConnection *connection, id result, NSError *error) {
    if (error) {
        NSLog(@"error: %@",error.description);
    } else {
        NSLog(@"posted with id %@", result[@"id"]);
    }
}];

[connection start];


Exploring Oregon highlights the diversity of our ecosystems within just a few hours' drive. From snow-capped peaks to rolling surf, and from it's winding shady rivers and mountainous sand dunes, you can go from one to the other in no time at all. The Willamette Valley region has all of this and more, offering RVers and campers alike a full span of epic views and tasty treats. Read on for your Willamette Valley RV park best choices on how best to explore the Willamette Valley.
The term Willamette Valley actually encompasses a 150-mile valley with the Willamette River running through it. The river, which begins its life in the mountains south of Eugene, Oregon, flows north toward Portland where it meets and streams into the mighty Columbia on its way to the Pacific Ocean. The valley is ringed by mountains: Cascades on the east; the Oregon Coast Range on the west; and the Calapooya Mountains on the south.
With over 500 wineries, the Willamette Valley is home to a teeming variety of grapes, vintners, and tasting rooms. Though renowned worldwide for its Pinot Noir, there are more cool climate varietals to taste like Pinot blanc, Riesling, and Gewürztraminer. One of the best ways to explore the valley is by trying one the great wine trails available. If you are bike friendly, check out the Pedaling for Pinot trail in the south of the valley, which winds along pastoral country lanes. If gardens are more your thing, try the East of Eden wine trail winding through the quaint towns of Molalla, Canby, and Silverton and the remarkable gardens that dot the landscape on the eastern side of the Willamette Valley.
Eugene boasts the beginning of Nike shoes, and is still known to many as Track Town USA. Eugene also offers its quirky Saturday Market, where the valley's fresh produce is on proud display, along with handmade crafts and entertainers unlike you have ever seen. Eugene is also where you'll find the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and its 13,000-piece rotating permanent collection. It boasts an amazing array of artworks, including many Asian highlights. The museum even offers free admission on the first Friday of each month, and a pay-what-you-will time from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays. If scenic drives are more to your liking, the little hamlet of Cottage Grove can be your starting point for the 30-mile, seven-bridge Cottage Grove Covered Bridge Tour.
For the more adventurous sorts, the Willamette valley offers many ways to get our heart pumping. From a hot air balloon ride with a catered brunch above the forests and rivers, to hiking Silver Fall State Park's 25 miles of trails weaving through and behind ten spectacular waterfalls, to ocean breezes, you can surely find something for everyone. The mountainous wind-shaped dunes that dot the coast near Dunes City and Florence invite you to explore by dune buggy or all terrain vehicles. This part of the Oregon coast is also where you will find the world's first sandboarding park in Florence.
These are just a few of the varied and amazing sights and places to check out when you visit Oregon's Willamette Valley!


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Q: three.js: Transparent Objects rendering in wrong order depending on camera-angle I am seeing a problem with inconsistent rendering of transparent objects in three.js and I can't quite figure out what is happening there and what causes the problem.
A reduced test-case to demonstrate the issue can be found here: http://jsfiddle.net/fgu0fzro/3/.
The important bits:
renderer.setClearColor(0xffffff);

camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(50, aspectRatio, 1, 1000000);
camera.position.set( 4600, 4800, -10000);

cameraControl = new THREE.OrbitControls( camera, renderer.domElement );

var plane = new THREE.Mesh(
    new THREE.PlaneGeometry(100000,100000),
    new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({
        color: 0x2B79DE, transparent:true, opacity:.75
    })
);

var cube = new THREE.Mesh(
  new THREE.BoxGeometry(1000,1000,1000),
  new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({
      color: 0xF33856, transparent: true, opacity: .2
  })
);

plane.rotation.x = -Math.PI/2;
cube.position.set(3000, 1000, 2000);

scene.add(camera);
scene.add(plane);
scene.add(cube);

So the cube is above the plane and i'd expect to see the plane through the transparent cube. Instead, it is rendered as if the plane wasn't there at all.
Now, if you move the camera slightly to the left, the problem disappears and everything gets rendered like it should.
Now, I already figured out that this problem has to do with the object sorting of three.js (if i set renderer.sortObjects = false; and add the objects in the proper order, it works), but I still don't quite unterstand what exactly is happening there and i wonder if there is any way to solve this without disabling the otherwise useful object-sorting.
three.js r70

A: Alpha-blending of transparent objects in three.js is not order-independent -- in other words, the order in which the objects are rendered will impact the result.
Also, material.depthTest and material.DepthWrite values will affect the result. By default, they are both true. You can experiment with changing them, but there may be unwanted side-effects depending on your use case.
In your particular case, I would have two scenes and implement two render passes. The first scene would contain the plane, and the second scene would contain the remaining objects. See this answer.
three.js r.70


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Rain to sue over rumors, nude photo
Singer-actor Rain is gearing up to file a lawsuit over rumors about a full-frontal nude photograph that was uploaded online on Thursday and has since enjoyed frantic circulation across the Internet.
The image, which shows a naked man showering, is alleged to be a picture of the K-pop star that leaked after his girlfriend lost her cell phone.
"We are preparing to take legal action against rumors that have spread over the Web and social networking services," Rain's agency, Cube DC Entertainment, said yesterday in a release.
Lawyer Kim Nam-hong, who represents Rain, added in the statement, "The man in the picture is clearly not [Rain]. We plan to sue the person responsible for posting the picture online and others who added false depictions to go along with it."
According to rumors, the intimate photograph was posted online after Rain's actress girlfriend Kim Tae-hee allegedly lost her smartphone.
The photo was uploaded on Thursday and went viral on Kakao Talk, Twitter and Facebook, though the user who uploaded the suspect image blocked out the eyes of the man showering.
Rain, whom also goes by his given name Jung Ji-hoon in his domestic acting projects, has reportedly been in a romantic relationship with Kim for about a year.
"Kim never lost her smartphone," Rain's lawyer said. "The rumors are way too malicious … so we decided to file a complaint."
Rain is the latest entertainer to find himself embarrassed by nude photos going public. Seo Jii-su, a member of the up and coming girl group Lovelyz, was absent from the band's recent stage debut on Wednesday following a slew of viral allegations.
Rumors previously surfaced online that Seo had engaged in lesbian relationships with numerous women and had released nude photographs without the consent of her ex-lovers.
Her agency, Woolim Entertainment, addressed the rumors simply by stating that the upcoming singer was in need of "medical treatment to bring her back to psychological stability."
Kwak Geum-ju, a psychology professor at Seoul National University, said social networking services fuel a sense of excitement among people.
When people share negative rumors, she said, "they feel a sense of achievement because they believe they have information others don't."
BY SUNG SO-YOUNG [so@joongang.co.kr]


In July 2012 we took part in the IOTA contest from Greenfield. The weather was kind to us being a bit too hot for putting up all the antennas and only starting to rain on Sunday when we had nearly finished taking them all down again. We made 1008 QSO during the contest and all had a great time.
400W on 70cm into 4 x 19 element Tonna antennas. We made 94 QSOs a with the best DX being DF4AJ at 643km.
100W on 23cm into 4 x 36 element Tonna antennas. We made 26 QSOs a with the best DX being DF0MU at 502km.
400W on 70cm into a single 19 element Tonna antenna. We made 42 QSOs a with the best DX being DL0GTH at 658km.
45W on 23cm into a single 19 element Sandpiper antenna. We made 14 QSOs a with the best DX being G4KUX at 425km.


Southeast Asia, comprising of largely booming nations such as Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and so on is getting hold of the interest of the world. A recent record released by Google, the digital economic climate of the area, which presently sits at an approx. $72 billion, will triple by the year 2025!
Digital economic climate is comprised of elements such as shopping, on the internet media, online travel as well as ride-hailing (such as Uber). For the year 2018, they are estimated at about $23B, $11B, $30B and $8B respectively. The projection for 2025, nonetheless, is looking huge! Google's report states they will certainly get to $102B, $31B, $78B, and $29B specifically!
Out of all the Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia is the one that stands out. The marketplace dimension of the country, which is the fourth largest by populace, is currently at $27B. By 2025, it is claimed to nearly quadruple and reach $100B, thus surpassing its fellow countries by miles! Such a growth is claimed to be the resultant of the expanding fad of ride-hailing, shopping and on-line food purchasing in Southeast Asia. Services such as Uber (obtained by Grab) and Go-Jek are broadening their profile with on-demand solutions, which is bring in more earnings for the country.


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Seymour Hersh memoir shocks, reveals and educates
Reflections on statesmanship, diplomacy and geo-politics
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By MR Josse
NEW YORK, NY: This column dispenses a few samples of savory revelations offered in Seymour M. Hersh's crackling new opus, "Reporter: A Memoir" (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2018) that I've just waded through. Though crammed with head-spinning disclosures and a cornucopia of big-time names in American government and journalism, space constraints unfortunately do not permit an extensive review here.
Hersh, one of America's preeminent investigative reporters, not only spills the beans on an unending series of embarrassing but telling gaffs and scandals on virtually the entire gamut of contemporary American politics, intelligence and foreign policy but, in doing so, inexorably sheds coruscating light on the less-known limitations and mores of American journalism, including that practiced at its very apex.
HOT POTATO
Hersh who burst upon the American investigative reporting scene in 1970, when he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, as a freelancer, for his expose on of the massacre by American soldiers at My Lai in Vietnam, has had a variegated writing career, beginning at the very bottom in Chicago and climbing up the greasy pole of fame/notoriety with stints at the New York Times and the New Yorker where he became too much of a hot potato to stay on as a staff member for long.
Let me now provide some excerpts on themes that are not perhaps well known back home, including recounting "the double cross of Pakistan" in the saga of the killing of Osama bin Laden.
"The fact that we had captured bin Laden with the support of the generals who ran Pakistani intelligence and then betrayed them was too important to be left unsaid. And so I published my bin Laden story many months later in the London Review of Books (LRB), after another intensive round of fact-checking by two former fact-checkers from the New Yorker. The story got a good deal of attention, but I was not surprised by the refusal, or the inability, of the press to follow up on that vital aspect of the story – the double cross of Pakistan…The possibility that two dozen navy SEALs could escape observation and not get to bin Laden without some help from the Pakistani military and intelligence communities was nil, but the White House press corps bought the story. The twenty-four hour cable news was devouring the news-reporting business, TV panelist by TV panelist."
In Hersh's 1986 book on the 1983 Russian shoot down of Korean passenger Flight 007, he castigated the Reagan administration's willingness to immediately conclude, without evidence, that Russia had shot down the airliner in full awareness that it was a passenger plane, when it inadvertently flew into Russian territory. It turned out to be a pilot error, but America went into a White House-generated spasm of Cold War hysteria over the shoot down."
Says Hersh, referring to his book on the subject: "A tragic and brutal Soviet mistake – never acknowledged by Moscow – was escalated into a tinder-box issue on the basis of misunderstood and distorted intelligence, while the NSA, which knew better, chose not to tell others in government what they did not want to hear."
The essence was that "the Russians has simply mistaken the Korean airliner that had gone off course for an American spy plane that was constantly flying off the Russian coast tracking radar and other signals."
The "Sampson Option" was a recounting by Hersh of a 1991 history of America's secret acquiescence in the Israeli decision to go nuclear. That book, as the Jewish author informs, was "far from a celebration of Israeli might, but a critical look at America's role, from the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower forward, in avoiding confrontation with Israel over its secret nuclear weapons work…My point was not that Israel should not have the bomb but that the sub-rosa American support for it was well-known throughout the Middle East and made mockery of American efforts to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons in Pakistan and other nations with undeclared nuclear options."
It certainly has powerful resonance today as Trump's America attempts, not very successfully thus far, to denuclearize Kim Jong Un's North Korea.
Another useful reminder by Hersh relates to the Iran-Contra affair during the Reagan presidency where he argues "it was impossible to believe that (Vice President) Bush, as a former CIA director for a muddled president, was not a key player in the mess. Bush and Reagan both escaped with their reputations intact."
He discovered after months of research that "there was no real stomach among the involved senators for going after Reagan." He concluded in his book on the subject: "More than three years of investigation and criminal proceedings have put no one in jail. Nor has the disclosure of Iran-Contra, the illicit selling of guns for profit by a renegade group in the White House, led to any constitutional or legal reforms."
KISSINGER PILLORIED
Hersh's more celebrated book, referred to above, focused on Henry Kissinger. There he was pitilessly pilloried for lying about practically everything, being held responsible for ordering wire taps on colleagues and a battery of blunders whether relating to the conduct of the Vietnam war or extending it to Cambodia while minimizing Kissinger's acclaimed success with regard to China policy or disarmament goals – not to mention also disparaging well-known media commentators for their perceived admiration of Kissinger.
There are insights into the cozy alleged relations between the White House and senior editors and columnists, including those of the New York Times and the Washington Post.
How very different from today when both the Times and the Post are regarded practically as enemies by the Trump White House!
Hersh has both tons of praise and heaps of criticism for the Times which helped to enhance Hersh's reputation, both as a staff reporter or freelancer.
He offers no easy formula for success for the investigative reporter, stressing the importance of reading, research, integrity – and a thick skin.
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Remember when your mom used to get that look in her eye like a fortune teller with a chip on her shoulder and say, "One of these days, you're going to have a kid JUST LIKE YOU!"? I believed she could make it happen because my mom prayed regularly and was tight with God.
I don't know what she was talking about. So far, James, my eldest, only looks like me. Vincent, my nine-year old, looks like his father and is my opposite.
Vincent is a morning person. I am not. He talks and talks and talks upon rising. I cannot. No questions or answers before coffee.
A lover of cause and effect, the morning, when I am still in a pre-caffeinated haze, is Vincent's favorite time of day. He can pick on me all he wants and I am completely defenseless.
For still being asleep, I get a few mom points for managing to con him into cooking his specialty. Scrambled eggs. Somebody has to feed him. I can barely measure the grounds.
He cracked open five eggs, put the shells in the compost bucket and the egg carton back in the fridge.
He's an aggressive stirrer, something we're fine-tuning still. Inevitably the foul, sulfuric aroma of eggs-on-the-burner assaults my nostrils and permeates the house long after he has gone to school. But I can't complain, really. He's making breakfast.
In no time, he carries two bowls with forks over to the table where I'm sitting at the computer, waiting like a Pavlovian dog for the coffee maker beep so I can get my fix. Vincent sets the brown bowl next to me, with a fork. The orange bowl is for him. He says, "Chow down!" I detect a suppressed laugh.
I am distracted, reading emails. He is focused, watching, waiting for me to notice. The words "chow down" imply that there is a feast set before me. But the stifled laugh wiggles its way into my foggy brain and breaks my eye-lock on the computer.
He's standing next to the bowls, an expectant waiter.
"Hey!" I yell, looking into my bowl and seeing two bites if I take small forkfuls, while in his bowl is a man-sized portion.
I don't pick up the orange bowl and divide them evenly. I let him punk his mom. He lives for that.
He'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me.


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She represented the North Macedonia at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship.

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Barker, M. & Langdridge, D. (2008). Bisexuality: Working with a silenced sexuality. Feminism & Psychology, 18 (3), 389-394.
Bisexuality has been acknowledged to be a silenced sexuality within several domains including mainstream media (Barker, Bowes-Catton, Iantaffi, Cassidy & Brewer, in press), lesbian and gay communities (Gurevich, Bower, Mathieson & Dhayanandhan, 2007), sexology (Rust, 2000), and psychology and psychotherapy (Petford, 2003). Our own anecdotes above serve to illustrate the frequent overlooking of bisexuality as a potential identity position in both popular understanding and applied psychological contexts. Indeed, Firestone's (1996) collection on bisexuality was subtitled: 'the psychology and politics of an invisible minority'; there is a wikipedia entry for 'bisexual erasure'; and prominent UK bi-activist Jenni Yockney speaks of exclusion of 'the bword'as one of the main problems confronting bi people when trying to access services (Barker & Yockney, 2004). Several authors have linked bisexual invisibility to the high rates of mental health problems reported amongst bi-identified people relative to heterosexual, lesbian and gay identified people (e.g. Jorm, Korten, Rodgers, Jacomb, & Christensen, 2002; Oxley & Lucius, 2000). In this paper we present the intertwined popular and psychological exclusions of bisexuality before critically considering whether queer theory (Jagose, 1996) offers alternative possibilities for increasing the acknowledgement of this silenced sexuality.


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GM is also releasing their CES show, organizers are still designing a personal show - TechCrunch
Update: CTA CEO Gary Shapiro has presented the following updated statement to TechCrunch,
It is confirmed that more than 2200 companies are personally participating in CES 2022 in Las Vegas. We focus on calling the tech industry and enabling those who are unable to attend to experience the magic of CES digitally. CES 2022 will enable companies from all over the world, both large and small, to launch products, build brands and build partnerships. By introducing comprehensive CES health measures - vaccination requirement, shelter and access to COVID-19 tests - along with lower attendance and social distance measures, we are confident that attendees and exhibitors can enjoy an event that on social distance but valuable and fruitful in Las Vegas, or while getting it online.
The last several years have seen a significant increase in the presence of cars at CES. It's not a car show for sure, but as more and more car manufacturers take the approach first, it's sure it feels like it's getting there. Tonight, however, General Motors became the latest in a long line of major names staring out of personal presence at the huge Consumer Electronics Show.
"We have decided to move to a digital approach with our activity at CES 2022 in January," the company said in a statement. "We are continuing our plans on January 5 to share our important company news, including the launch of Chevrolet Silverado EV."
It's a big change for a company with a large planned presence, including a keynote address from CEO Mary Barra, as well as the inaugural debut of the electric Chevy Silverado. Barra is now planning to give a speech at a distance, according to the company. GM is not the first car brand to reverse its plans, but it is the biggest one. It follows similar calls from Waymo and Intel, which have a large presence in the Mobileye format. In particular, U.S. Secretary of State Pete Buttigieg is currently scheduled to be interviewed by Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon.
READ Twitter completes MoPub sale to AppLovin for $ 1.05 billion - TechCrunch
Other recently released dominoes include Google, Lenovo, T-Mobile, AT&T, Meta, Twitter, Amazon, TikTok, Pinterest, and Casio as well as a number of prominent media outlets. Other companies, including Nvidia, had been present at a significant juncture from the outset. After the first wave of COVID-19 slowed down by 2022, CES was expected to be a real return for personal technical events - albeit quieter than in previous years.
The durability of the viral omicron variable, however, has changed plans for a number of companies, large and small. When we last spoke to the CTA earlier today, however, the show's management group still planned to proceed with the event, using more safety measures, including orders vaccine.
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Brown Buries Common Sense; Ex-Cons Get Thousands
BY ANDREW BAGLEY
Inside Scoop Staff
Bobby Jones' New Best Friend
Taking my semi-monthly medication for insomnia Tuesday night by listening to the Helena-West Helena City Council meeting, I was awakened by an unusually long but typically nonsensical debate by the Helena-West Helena City Council covering the titanic issue of whether or not to give two department heads with criminal records raises of several thousand dollars each.
While our unemployment rate remains higher than the national average, our streets continue to become cratered with potholes, our parks continue to slip in further stages of disrepair, and our sanitation department spends more time walking behind pickups because the big trucks won't work, the most discussed question was whether or not to give Bobby Jones and Anthony Banks a large pay raise.
Throughout the meeting, alderman and city officials talked of the city's financial woes. The council openly talked about defaulting on its loan from the city's water companies in the amount of $350,000. The City Clerk reminded the City Council that she had not yet paid the premium for the city's worker's compensation insurance or the premium for the city's legal defense coverage (which it definitely needs under the Willis administration). She also reminded the Council that the badly needed repainting of one of the city's water towers would not happen if the loan to the general city coffers was not repaid as agreed.
Mayor of Ga Ga Land
Despite all this information, Alderman Eddie Clark, in speech so eloquent as to inspire the recollection of memories of a famous cartoon written by Bill Cosby, introduced the idea of large raises for none other than the most controversial employee choices of the Willis administration, the dynamic duo of bosses with criminal histories- Bobby "Ga Ga" Jones and Anthony "King Deuce" Banks.
This isn't Clark's first effort. He had failed before to get a raise for his fraction of a brother Bobby. He got the immediate support from the other alderman who politically benefits from Bobby's network of hauling in and directing the exercise of the franchise from the maladjusted miscreant demographic- Daniel Strickland. No one was really surprised that Jay Hollowell and Joe St. Columbia voted for this staggering lack of fiscal discipline. Their professed fiscal conservatism and belief in controlling salaries and insisting on merit-based raises long ago began to play second fiddle to their political deals with the devilish among us. Their minds change more often than Newt Gingrich changes wives.
Then, along came the alderman who campaigned making people believe he was against such craziness. A man who said he stood for integrity in government and a continuation of progress- Undertaker Larry Brown. Instead of holding true to his previously stated principles, Brown did for the city Tuesday night what he does in business every day- bury people. In business, he gets paid for it. We don't know what consideration is involved with this one. Brown's vote gave the all-important fifth vote so that Willis could cast the vote for passage so that he could give his cronies thousands of dollars without any meritorious base for a raise whatsoever. What we do know is that he changes opinions more than Mitt Romney. We would call him "Flipper" but that would be an insult to that lovable dolphin.
Bobby has managed to take sanitation and almost run it aground. Often you see trucks not working, workers throwing garbage into pickups, etc. The parks after one year of the new leadership are still not in as good of shape as they were when Arnell saw fit to fire a man with a college degree in favor of one with a criminal record.
Raises for the Chosen Two; Suffering for The Rest of You
What basis was there for a large raise to two people while the rest of the meeting alderman cried out as if they were going to ask for alms for the poor? No one with a rational brain ventures to guess. Arnell Willis campaigned on taking the city in a new direction. He just didn't tell us it was going to be down the toilet or that his goons would pull the lever and laugh as they received the loot while the rest of us swirled in the bowl beneath their soiled service.
While I didn't support Willis and maintained all along that the city would be in better hands with the previous occupant of the office, I never dreamed Willis would ever perform to a standard so low. Nothing in his previous service suggested that he believed in uneducated individuals of questionable character being put in charge of departments. Nothing in his business history suggested a propensity for large raises in a tight budget cycle to two people without a meritorious justification. Normally, I would say, it can't get any worse. However, my experience observing Helena-West Helena municipal government going back to my newspaper days over a decade ago teaches me that it probably can get worse and will.
Thank you Brown and Willis for our latest trip to the cemetery of stupidity. Our only hope is that the bodies the Willis administration offers up for Brown to bury can somehow float back up out of the grave resurrected like a modern-day Lazarus to save us from the doom that seems to be a permanent state of existence in our failing municipal government.
Editor's Note: Tommy "Car Wash" Cole called and asked that everyone be informed that while he is in the picture he was not involved.


Welcome to the Platinum Mixer Music Industry Blog. I hope you find these blogs useful in navigating the music industry. Please feel free to comment. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Using saturation and distortion is a common modern mixing technique that can be used to add character, energy, and excitement to a mix. It can really enhance a mix when done properly. Most pop vocals these days have a good bit of saturation on them, for example, and I love the way it sounds.
I recently had a thought about my favorite cartoon character, and how he relates to my life & music. This thought began at a really cool weekly meeting I attend here in Nashville with a group of several other people in the music industry. I've grown to love this group, called Balanced Breakfast, and the people in it. You should see if there is a Balanced Breakfast group, or something similar in your town!
What is success? While I realize success means different things to different people, I believe a common thread of success is (or at least should be) doing things with excellence. For me, success and excellence go hand-in-hand, and that means caring greatly about what I do.
A basic understanding of music royalties is important for those of us trying to earn a living in the music business. Here in the U.S., music royalties are paid to the "Publishing" rights holders, and to the "Master" rights holders of music.


Stile Antico's 2015 release on Harmonia Mundi, <i>A Wondrous Mystery</i>, is a sublime collection of Renaissance choral music for Christmas, presented in a pleasant mix of familiar German carols and a mass, with tracks interspersed for the sake of variety. This makes sense in consideration of the group's broad audience, which may know such popular hymns as Michael Praetorius' Ein Kind geborn in Bethlehem and Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, or Johannes Eccard's Übers Gebirg Maria geht and Vom Himmel hoch, yet be somewhat at a loss with the motet and Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis byJacobus Clemens non Papa, a composer beloved by early music specialists but not exactly a household name for lay listeners. However, the a cappella performances are consistently beautiful and soothing throughout, and the quietly joyous mood of the music fits the album's title perfectly. The 12-voice choir's blend is well-balanced and transparent, and the ambience of All Hallow's Church, Gospel Oak, London gives an ideal resonance for the group's small size and close miking.