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Lazar Krstić (* 1984 in Niš) ist ein serbischer Mathematiker und Wirtschafts- und Finanzberater. Er war vom 2. September 2013 bis zum 12. Juli 2014 Finanzminister des Landes.

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Krstić wuchs als Einzelkind in einfachen Verhältnissen auf und besuchte in seiner Heimatstadt das Gymnasium "Bora Stanković". Bereits in jungen Jahren galt er als außerordentlich begabt in Mathematik gewann zahlreiche regionale sowie nationale Wettbewerbe. Im Jahr 2000 wurde er in Mensa, den Verein für Hochbegabte, aufgenommen. 2001 nahm er am von der US-amerikanischen Bundesregierung finanzierten "Serbian Youth Leadership Program" teil und zog in die Vereinigten Staaten, um mit dem dortigen Bildungssystem vertraut zu werden. Für zwei Jahre lebte er in Ohio und Washington, D.C., ehe er im Rahmen eines Begabtenprogramms  in der Folge ab 2003 an der Yale University Mathematik, Ökonomie, Politik und Ethik studierte. Während dieser Zeit trat er der akademische Gemeinschaft Phi Beta Kappa bei und gewann er erneut Preise in Mathematik sowie für Forschungen zum ökonomischen Wandel in Mittel- und Osteuropa. 2007 konnte er das Studium als Jahrgangsbester mit magna cum laude abschließen.

Seine berufliche Karriere begann er anschließend bei der Unternehmens- und Strategieberatung McKinsey & Company. Gleich einer seiner ersten Aufträge – noch als Praktikant mit einem kleinen Team – war mit 23 Jahren die Beratung der serbischen Regierung im Zuge der damals gerade einsetzenden Finanzkrise. Seine Vorschläge wurden jedoch nicht weiter verfolgt. Später war Krstić für seinen Arbeitgeber weiterhin vorwiegend in Europa unterwegs, wo er unter anderem Ölfirmen und Banken beriet. Während dieser Zeit lebte er in einer Wohngemeinschaft in New York City. Laut eigener Aussage hatte er ursprünglich geplant, nach einigen Jahren bei McKinsey in den USA zu promovieren und möglicherweise eine akademische Karriere in den Bereichen theoretische Mathematik oder Politik anzustreben.

Im Sommer 2013 erhielt er jedoch einen Anruf des stellvertretenden serbischen Ministerpräsidenten Aleksandar Vučić, der ihn nach Ideen zur Lösung der serbischen Finanzkrise fragte. Am Ende des Gesprächs fragte er Krstić, ob er sich Übernahme des Finanzministerpostens zutraue. Nach kurzer Bedenkzeit und Rücksprache mit Freunden und seiner Familie sagte dieser am 26. August zu. Am 2. September 2013 wurde er als Nachfolger von Mlađan Dinkić – dessen Partei nach Querelen aus der Regierungskoalition ausgeschlossen worden war – im Kabinett von Ministerpräsident Ivica Dačić vereidigt. Nachdem von ihm ausgearbeitete, umfangreiche Haushaltseinsparungen zur Belebung der Wirtschaft nicht parlamentarisch verabschiedet wurden, erklärte er am 12. Juli 2014 im Rahmen einer Pressekonferenz seinen Rücktritt.

Krstić spricht neben Serbisch auch Englisch, Französisch und Deutsch.

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Only one outcome is clear in the tussle between North Barrington and Hawthorn Woods over which community may get a proposed $300 million mall: The dispute is headed for a long and complicated legal battle.
The legal wrangling was unleashed Tuesday when the Lake County state's attorney sued North Barrington over its secret meeting to annex land for the mall. But that won't stop Hawthorn Woods from trying to annex the very same 110 acres before an anti-mall slate of candidates tries to turn the political tide.
North Barrington will fight the action by State's Atty. Michael Waller, who has determined that the Village Board violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act when it voted at 6:30 a.m. Dec. 10 at a trustee's house to annex land for the mall. He wants a judge to void the action.
Waller charges that North Barrington did not give proper notice of the meeting to the public or media, and failed to hold the meeting at a time or location that was convenient to the public. North Barrington has 29 days to respond to the suit.
Voiding the action would open the door for Hawthorn Woods, which also wants the land at Rand and Old McHenry Roads and, ultimately, the huge revenues generated by the mall. Village officials are seeking to approve the project before the April municipal elections, when three anti-mall candidates will seek seats on the Village Board.
The timing also can be tricky for another reason. Hawthorn Woods could face a lawsuit by North Barrington if the Village Board annexes the land before a judge voids North Barrington's annexation.
But North Barrington Mayor George Larrain said he doesn't want the village to get tangled in extensive litigation with Hawthorn Woods. Already the developers are predicting the project might not open until 2002. The village will try to persuade the judge that the meeting was proper, he said.
Still, Hawthorn Woods doesn't plan to wait to act until the lawsuit is resolved, said John Kalmar, village administrator. "We're going to go through the process and go as far as we can go legally," he said.
Hawthorn Woods plans to hold public hearings on the annexation and mall proposal during January and February, then have the Plan Commission and Village Board approve the issues by Feb. 28, Kalmar said.
The village can expedite the process, he said, because "all the information that will be presented has been presented in the past" at hearings in North Barrington. In June 1996, developer Taubman Co. proposed building an upscale, 1.1 million-square-foot mall with projected sales-tax revenue of $3 million a year.
"There isn't going to be a whole lot of new information introduced in this process," Kalmar said. "The record on the mall, pro and con, currently exists."
North Barrington spent almost two years holding public hearings, studying the mall proposal and evaluating its impact on the community.
Since 1996, Taubman has modified the mall design and updated the traffic studies, but the plans are essentially the same, said Bruce Heckman, vice president of development. He anticipates two years of construction once all other issues are resolved.
Meanwhile, some residents of Hawthorn Woods plan to continue fighting the mall. Steve Riess, president of Active Citizens for Responsible Expansion, said ACRE is investigating ways to stall an annexation vote until after the April election.
Rinda Allison, an attorney who has represented ACRE in the past, said the group could circulate a petition among residents who oppose the mall and live directly across from or adjacent to the site. If 20 percent of them sign it, that would require a two-thirds vote by the Village Board, instead of a simple majority, to rezone the property to commercial from residential.
"(But) there is not much you can do legally to block something before it happens," Allison said.


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Marvel celebrates 60 years of the Fantastic Four in August
Dan Slott, John Romita Jr. Mark Waid, Paul Renaud and more contribute stories to the giant-sized issue #35.
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fantastic Four, Marvel has announced that August's issue #35 will be special giant-sized issue featuring three stories.
The main story will featured the FF going up against all the Kangs, as the time lord and his various incarnations target the team at different points in history. It'll be written by Dan Slott and drawn by John Romita Jr., who recently returned to Marvel after spending a few years at DC, and inker JP Mayer.
"I've read, and been told by much smarter people, that 'luck is the residue of design' so I won't even attempt to claim I designed the events of these last few months, but I will take this kind of luck any day any time," Romita Jr. said. "I was lucky to begin my career with Marvel and now am extremely lucky to re-connect with Marvel. That's an enormous amount of good fortune. I sincerely thank all the folks up at Marvel, and Disney, who worked for this fortunate re-connection to happen.
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'Death Metal' soundtrack arrives this summer
Mastodon, Denzel Curry, Manchester Orchestra and more provide tracks for the album that ties into the DC Comics event series.
As announced at last year's DC FanDome, Dark Nights: Death Metal is getting a soundtrack, a joint production between DC and Loma Vista Records. The soundtrack will arrive on digital platforms on June 18, with a physical release set for July 16.
The album is executive produced by Tyler Bates and will feature tracks from Mastodon, Denzel Curry, Manchester Orchestra, Chelsea Wolfe, IDLES, Soccer Mommy and more.
"This soundtrack and motion-comic series was made by fans of comics, for fans of comics and music," said Bates, who previously worked on the soundtracks for the films John Wick, Guardians of the Galaxy and Watchmen. "Dark Nights: Death Metal is next-level storytelling by two incredibly talented artists in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. The visual aspect of this comic is entirely compelling, and resonates throughout each song on the soundtrack."
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It's a New Day comic (yes it is)
The popular WWE trio break out into their own solo miniseries from BOOM! Studios.
Don't you dare be sour — WWE's tag-team trio The New Day are bringing the power of positivity to comics, with a new miniseries arriving from BOOM! Studios this summer.
Writers Evan Narcisse and Austin Walker, along with artist Daniel Bayliss, will tell the story of the early days of the group, including how Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods came together to become The New Day.
"Collaborating with my colleague Austin Walker so we could tap into the personalities of The New Day to tell the origin story of this history-making trio has been an incredibly enriching experience," said Narcisse. "We tried to write a love letter to an unseen side of WWE history, and I'm so excited that WWE fans everywhere will finally be able to read how Kofi, Xavier, and Big E came together to form sports entertainment's most electrifying tag team."
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Milligan + Kowalski bow down to the 'God of Tremors' in August
The new title from AfterShock Comics is a '19th Century gothic horror of exorcism, demonic worship and epilepsy.'
Peter Milligan, writer of X-Statix, Shade the Changing Man and so much more, will team with Bloodbourne and Sex artist Piotr Kowalski for a story of "gothic horror of exorcism, demonic worship and epilepsy" in God of Tremors, a new one-shot from AfterShock Comics.
"It's a story of dark secrets, shameful longings and terrifying changes," Milligan said. "A Gothic tale of isolation and horror. Aubrey is a young man living in a straight-laced, 19th century English Victorian world, whose father is a vicar, renowned for his fiery speeches against the evils of new scientific ideas. When Aubrey has his first epileptic seizure it begins a harrowing series of 'exorcisms,' as both Aubrey and his father are convinced his condition is the work of the devil. Hidden away in his father's country estate, Aubrey's only release is walking in the wild woods that surround the house. It's deep in these woods that Aubrey discovers an ancient stone pagan effigy that slowly changes his and all his family's lives."
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'Blackhand Ironhead' returns for a second season
David Lopez's digital comic returns at Panel Syndicate today.
David Lopez's Blackhand Ironhead returns for a second season today at Panel Syndicate, the digital comics website founded by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente. It's available for download in Panel Syndicate's traditional "choose your own price" model.
Lopez writes and draws the comic, while Kike J. Diaz provides the colors.
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Presentation of Virtue Foundation Mission Work at Medical University of Vienna
On February 14th, 2014, the Austrian members of the Virtue Foundation's Medical Team convened at the Medical University of Vienna Clinic to present the work they carried out during the 2013 Virtue Foundation Medical Mission to Ghana.
Colleagues, sponsors, and administrators from the obstetrics and gynecology department came together to listen while Dr. Kazem Nouri, Dr. Martin Langer, and Dr. Maria Stammler lectured on a series of topics. The presentations included an overview of Virtue Foundation work, a history of Foundation work in Ghana, impressions from this year's mission, and personal reflections and motivations for joining the Virtue Foundation team. In addition, time was taken during the presentation to thank and recognize sponsors for their contributions to the mission, such as Professor Husslein, Professor Egarter and Nurse Conni.
This presentation has garnered even more support for the Virtue Foundation among medical professionals in Vienna, and increased interest for future missions to Ghana.
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In Images: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By Tia Ghose
Massive garbage patch
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About 15 years after first discovering the great Pacific garbage patch, Capt. Charles Moore returned in 2014 and discovered that semi-permanent islands made of ropes, buoys and other detritus were forming in the region.
Here, an up-close look at the "Shark Island" (so named because of its appearance). Buoys, anchors and ropes washed to sea when the 2011 Japanese Tsunami inundated aquaculture boats may have formed the island, researchers hypothesize.
Trash adrift
Moore first discovered the trash while returning from a yacht race in 1997. Here, a gas tank bobs in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Larger extent
In a new expedition, Moore's team has found plastic debris in places they didn't expect to.
Trawling for trash
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A scientist on another expedition trawls for trash in the ocean.
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Past research has found that a secret world of microbes and microorganisms lives on the plastic detritus in the ocean. Here, scientist Greg Boyd (from a separate expedition) shows the sea life that has colonized foam floats.
Deeper Ocean
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A 2014 paper found that the ocean plastic is mysteriously disappearing, possibly because it is being carried deep into the ocean, like this trash bag found deep below an underwater canyon off the coast of Monterey, California.
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Tia is the managing editor and was previously a senior writer for Live Science. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, Wired.com and other outlets. She holds a master's degree in bioengineering from the University of Washington, a graduate certificate in science writing from UC Santa Cruz and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Tia was part of a team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that published the Empty Cradles series on preterm births, which won multiple awards, including the 2012 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism.
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[summary] The Incarnation of Money – Episode 13
The war has just started,but both sides have already lost one of their 'soldiers'. The good side is shaken up with the sudden and unpredictable loss, unlike the bad side. Although they seem to be on the right track to the victory, the baddies are slowly growing apart thanks to the recurring suspicions among themselves. Who gets to reap the benefit for the time being? Of course, it's the one with the plan, that is our fallen hero.
[EPISODE 13]
Jae-in decides to meet Bi-ryung as promised before and the latter is chirping happily that Jae-in is growing closer to her. Jae-in sees Se-kwang at the parking lot and thinks that he's following her around because he likes her. She confronts him but soon realizes that he actually comes because he knows Bi-ryung.
Cha-don is still mulling over the recent knowledge about the people who ruined his family and sees Se-kwang receiving an award on the television. It turns out that he's chosen as 'Prosecutor of the Year' but the happiness doesn't last long as Prosecutor Kwon breaks a bad news to him: Madam Park has filed a complaint against Se-kwang for confining her, complete with the video recording. The news is also spread on the internet. Se-kwang also gets to know that the director of the asylum has been arrested and he contacts the prosecutor in charge.
Cha-don receives the update from the prosecutor about Se-kwang's inquiry, but the prosecutor is firm enough to go against Se-kwang. Madam Park is hoping to see any news on the television but Cha-don knows it won't be that easy for the complaint to make it into the news. She rants about it but soon feels guilty for getting angry in front of her son. Cha-don assures her it's okay to do so, as long as it makes her feel better about it.
Ji-hoo asks Se-kwang about the video of Madam Park, but he disses it off as a mere rumor and explains no more. She suddenly receives the call she's waiting from Cha-don. Se-kwang goes straight to a bar from the office and thinks about Cha-don's persistence to help Madam Park back then and wants to know Cha-don's current location. Meanwhile, Ji-hoo meets Cha-don and they discuss about Attorney Hwang's murder case. He gives her a hint about Attorney Hwang used to be the late Chairman Lee's family lawyer and the possibility of the murder case being associated with the money found at the side. However, their discussion is interrupted with a call from Se-kwang.
Se-kwang has already passed out from being drunk and the bartender calls Ji-hoo to bring him home. Cha-don tags along with her to the bar and offers to bring Se-kwang home. He hears Se-kwang mumbling about Madam Park trying to ruin his perfect life. Cha-don reaches for a cushion and he's about to suffocate Se-kwang to death but soon stops himself from doing so. He takes the opportunity to take a look around and finds Se-kwang's picture with Bi-ryung as well as the documents regarding the credit union's acquisition.
Madam Park comes to Se-kwang's house in her hospital gown, bringing a syringe with her. She feeds the liquid in the syringe into the unconscious Se-kwang's mouth and her stirs. He's surprised to see her there and she tells him that she gave him the same poison he gave to Chairman Lee. He starts to choke as she looks at him, laughing while enjoying his last moment before he die. He falls onto the floor and hits the fallen cushion.
Se-kwang was actually dreaming and he wakes up from his nightmare. Someone is also there at his house and it's actually Cha-don, who decides to sleep there after bringing him home the night before. He is about to ask about Madam Park, but Cha-don asks him first about her whereabouts since he wants to help Madam Park to get back the money. Cha-don even offers to reward him with some money, but Se-kwang is still unable to locate her. Before he leaves, Cha-don pleads for Se-kwang to help him with the matter since he's going through a hard time. Se-kwang then receives a call from Prosecutor Kwon, telling him that Madam Park has been found.
The baddies get together for another meeting to discuss about Madam Park's sudden appearance and Se-kwang joins them. He warns them that it won't be good for them if Madam Park gets the money. He tells them about the plan and points out that Prosecutor Kwon is to make the next move for them, since Madam Park doesn't know about him being on their side.
Madam Park is staying at the hospital and she gets visited by Prosecutor Kwon. She remembers him being the prosecutor against her back then and offers his apology. He tells her about Kang-seok staying in Germany and shows her a video of a man posing as Kang-seok. That man is guided by Bi-ryung and Se-kwang to say some things that prove himto be the real Kang-seok. Madam Park is touched to see the video and confirms that the man is indeed Kang-seok based on what he said. Prosecutor Kwon wants to take her strands of hair for DNA test and to assure her that he's on her side, he believes Se-kwang is the real murderer back then.
Cha-don overhears Prosecutor Kwon talking with his assistant about Kang-seok and he recalls his last encounter with Prosecutor Kwon before he was involved with the accident. He retrieves the voice recorder from the room and Madam Park can't believe that the baddies is still thinking of taking the money after all those things they did. The talking tires her out and Cha-don tells her to recover instead of worrying over them.
Officer Yang informs Cha-don about the location of the money, which is kept at a secret place. The baddies also get to know about the information and they are so assured that they will get the money since they have the fake Kang-seok and Madam Park's DNA. Cha-don decides it's still early to reveal his identity as the real Kang-seok and he thinks that Attorney Hwang's murderer is one of the four baddies. At the same time, Ji-hoo gets to know the owner of the car plate and it belongs to Prosecutor Kwon.
Jae-in is relieving her stress through eating although Mr Kim tries to stop her. She blames her mother for ruining her relationship with Cha-don with their arranged marriage. Madam Bok threatens to arrange a blind date for her with someone else and Mr Kim shrieks in surprise since the said man is bald, but Madam Bok thinks he can get a hair transplant, just like Lee Duk-hwa (LOL!). Jae-in has had enough with it and decides to move out. Madam Bok laughs at her antics but soon sighs at her rebellion.
Cha-don brings Madam Park to the beach and piggybacks her, walking alongside the shore. She tells him about how proud she is to see him growing up so well. She doesn't want him to be involved with the revenge since it's dangerous for him. She rather see him becoming a good lawyer, helping people in need just like her. Cha-don is just about to tell her about his life so far, but realizes that Madam Park is not responding to him. He calls her, but she's already unconscious. Cha-don's voice echoes along the beach but she doesn't answer him.
The baddies are celebrating their success of obtaining the fake Kang-seok's DNA to be matched with Madam Park and Se-kwang breaks the news about Madam Park's deteriorating health. They receive the info about Madam Park in her critical condition. Cha-don brings Madam Park to the hospital but nothing can be done. She passes away and he's still shocked, but Se-kwang is already coming to see Madam Park. Cha-don almost go out to kill Se-kwang and Officer Yang stops him before he can do anything.
Se-kwang goes to visit Madam Park together with Prosecutor Kwon, Reporter Go, and Bi-ryung. Se-kwang decides to hold the funeral for Madam Park in order to clear his name. The others agree to help him and Cha-don hears their plan, but he can only clench his fist in fury. He attends the funeral and Se-kwang tells him that he's a little late to meet Madam Park. Cha-don can only mourn secretly for his mother, but Reporter Go tells him to move aside to take the photo of Se-kwang beside the memorial picture of Madam Park. He remembers Reporter Go from his past and stares at them as they discuss about the headline for the news.
Cha-don stays until night at the church and Se-kwang tells him to give up since there's no way Kang-seok will show up there. With his mother in his mind, Cha-don regrets that he didn't do a good job as a prosecutor and thinks Se-kwang's action of punishing him as the bad guy was right. Se-kwang thinks it's already too late for Cha-don to regret his action and Cha-don vows to remember the exact words he use:
No matter how soon you do it;
It's always too late to regret something.
The four baddies oversee the cremation and Se-kwang personally put Madam Park's ashes at the memorial place. He gives his forgiveness to Madam Park and Chairman Lee and tells her to send his greetings to Kang-seok in the after world. Cha-don appears after he leaves. He promises his mother not to cry and become the son she's proud of, but he can't forgive those baddies. He wants to make those people pay for their crime, just this once.
Bi-ryung is now focused on getting into Jae-in's good books for the sake of the share and offers to hold a meeting at her restaurant. The meeting is for the literary society in which Madam Bok is the president, but Bi-ryung changes the meeting place without telling Madam Bok. She also hears some rumors about Bi-ryung complaining and persuading the members into thinking that she already hold the position of president for too long and a new president is needed. Madam Bok makes her appearance at Jae-in's restaurant and she get angrier when tells the members that she can't attend because of her sickness. Bi-ryung soon finds out that Jae-in is Madam Bok's daughter and the situation has already becoming complicated on her side.
Ji-hoo is still thinking about the murder case and she's approached by Se-kwang. He can tell that something is in her mind and she asks his opinion about bringing justice regardless of their opponents. Se-kwang then gets to know about the murder suspect being Prosecutor Kwon. She decides to confront Prosecutor Kwon, but the car turns out to be stolen before the murder happened. Ji-hoo still have some doubts, but he gives her the permission to personally investigate the matter. Se-kwang actually warned him beforehand but Prosecutor Kwon thinks that someone close to them might have murdered Attorney Hwang using his car.
Reporter Go brings the fake Kang-seok to the police station in order to claim the right for the money, but someone else comes first, claiming that he is Lee Kang-seok. Se-kwang thinks the man is just an impersonator, but soon a bunch of men come, all claiming to be Kang-seok. An article about it was actually posted on the Internet and those people came because of it. The police officer announced that Madam Park wanted the DNA test to be carried out using blood samples. Se-kwang is still confident that Kang-seok is dead and no one will match the DNA of Madam Park. Well, Cha-don is also there, having submitted his blood sample for the test.
The result is announced, with a match found among the samples. However, the identity is kept secret and the person is to be notified through his attorney. Reporter Go is shocked to hear the news and conveys it to Se-kwang, who's surprised to learn that Kang-seok is still alive. Officer Yang gets to know about the result, but he's more worried about Cha-don's plan to avenge his family's death. He wonders if it's a must for him to do so, but Cha-don is already set on punishing them, who manipulates the law for their own greed..
[END of EPISODE 13]
There, there!!! Another good episode that makes one hour feels so short. That being said, the moments shared between Cha-don and Madam Park feel even shorter, and she has to leave so soon. You're breaking my heart, show. They finally met after fifteen years, yet they only get few days of reconciliation before being separated by the eternal boundary that is death.
But then, I'm relieved that they get to meet for the last time before she leave this world. That's ten thousand times better than dying alone behind those bars.
I'm still amazed with Cha-don's level of patience. He can kill Se-kwang in an instant, but it also means an easy death for him. When he finally breaks down after his mother's death, that one too proves that he's got the patience of a saint for him to look at those baddies, planning their moves in front of his eyes. My blood is still boiling because of the funeral scene. If I were Cha-don, I won't be able to stand there and let those baddies manipulate someone's death as their trophy, not to mention that that someone being my own mother. I'm still fuming over their ignorance and innocence, while Cha-don is just standing there, witnessing their inhumane behavior. If only they know who he is…
I'm actually pleased to see Se-kwang turning into the original bad guy he is, because he's more interesting when he's a bad guy trying to act like a gentleman. One thing that I enjoy is seeing Cha-don 'dancing' in front of him innocently without him realizing that he's Kang-seok. I am scared for Cha-don's safety, but to think of the moment Se-kwang finds out about Cha-don's real identity…it feels so good. I am so glad to see his face breaks into worry when he gets to know that Kang-seok is still alive. Just like what Madam Park wished before, the surprise will come his way slowly and will get to him in the slowest way possible, giving him the ultimate torture he deserves.
Forgive me for the long summary and the crazy rant. It's just I'm so invested with the revenge right now. Why is revenge so delicious? Yum.
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newkdramaaddict says:
You were disgusted with the funeral?! I had to hold my self back from throwing something at the tv! And to add insult, they are taking pictures?! Man, the writers better come with some serious revenge! But the big question is, who killed the lawyer? The Prosecutor General is claiming innocence! Now I'm curious! But I'm worried about Officer Yang, I hope he does not turn against Cha Don/Kang Seok. We will see but this was a great episode! I cannot even speak about the mother/son scenes! Too painful! So sad!
muchadoboutlove says:
I know that feeling O.O made me wish the revenge will make the four of them kneel in front Cha-don. I'm not kidding, I really want to see it happening. Episode 14 looks better and we'll probably get to know who's the murderer!
Oh no, please make Yang Gu-shik loyal to Cha-don until the end. He and Assistant Hong are like his only family, it'll be too much for Cha-don to lose them when his mother just passed away TT_TT
chordatympani says:
So good… I'm just reading the recaps and I'm holding my breath.
Jiji says:
I haven't watch it but bec I'm so impatient, I know where should I go hee
waaa to be honest, this ep gonna makes me boiling just from your summary ~_~
thankyou anyway.. mimi
Haha Jiro unnie~ This episode is amazing! Hope you can watch it soon, not to mention that Kang Ji-hwan is awesome! 😉
At first l watch it cosz of Kang Ji Hwan. Not really stuck to it. But to tell u the truth, l cried all the five times of rewatch the scene when Cha Don and his mother hugged and cried when they finally met, l know that l need and must watch until the end. Revenge is just so delicious especially with only 2 more eps to go when l believe there is no space for anything to be wronged during the revenge, it'll make it more yummy. l just love this show and Kang Ji Hwan.
But l came to realize that the importance of Jae In character is actually fading and serve no purpose of interfering anymore. Just for Cha Don's love sake, may be!
The mother-son scenes are excellent tearjerkers IMHO. I feel happy and sad at the same time for both of them. Revenge is yummy and it makes Kang Ji-hwan yummier. hehe ^^;
I felt that Jae-in and Angelina's story arc was like fillers last week but this week, they have started to make more sense to the overall plot and I'm sure they will be more involved in the big picture. Jae-in's mother doesn't look too well either and I'm worried about her. Maybe Jae-in is going to take over her place very soon and becomes one of the important people in the war.
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Society of Ancients News: Battle Day 2010 update - Four 28mm games aleady planned!
Battle Day 2010 update - Four 28mm games aleady planned!
The choice of Zama for the 2010 Battle Day is proving very popular - even at this early stage we have four games planned - all in 28mm (or 25mm in old money)!
First up we have the regular SoA "Lost Battles" show team, including Phil Sabin the rules' author who we are very pleased to say will also provide the Introduction to the Battle talk first thing in the morning.
Then we have a huge Command & Colours game under construction - two groups of C&C aficianados combining to put on a game on an 18 foot wide table with well over a thousand 28mm figures! Wow! What a monster!
Next, we are delighted that a WAB team is putting together their take on Zama, probably utilising some of the Gripping Beast figures used in the Zama game that was used to promote the Hannibal WAB supplement some years ago. Another big game is promised!
Finally, the DBMM team have warned me to reserve them a large table as they too are coming with the big toys! Yet another big 25mm game then!
Just what is it about Zama that is dragging out the 28mm meglamaniac in us all?
Also note the date: Saturday 17 April 2010, the week before Salute.
Watch this space for more news on Zama 2010!


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Belgian nursing home group Aedifica is to invest €43.5 million in the construction of three purpose-built care homes for elderly people.
The care homes, which will be built by Whitebox Property Development and will be operated by Mowlam Healthcare, will comprise 273 en-suite bedrooms.
The investment includes two 90 bed homes in Kilkenny and Tramore and a 93-bed home in Waterford city.
Stefaan Gielens, chief executive of Aedifica, (pictured) said: "This transaction will further strengthen our position and visibility in the Irish market, increasing our portfolio in Ireland to more than €180 million upon completion of all development projects."
Construction is already under way at all three sites with work set to complete at the Waterford and Kilkenny by Q1 2023.
The venture marks the first time Aedifica has partnered with Mowlam Healthcare. The Belgian REIT has previously partnered with Coolmine Caring Services Group on it homes in St Doolagh's, Balgriffin and Millbrook Manor, Saggart.
Aedifica has invested €79 million in Ireland this year with plans to invest a further €62 million, including €38 million with Mowlam Healthcare.
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Been On Vac. ---- Nba For Sun.
opinions on Cubs/ Cards total play?
Schilling after pitching a shutout!
Anybody on the Fakers tonight???????
anybody been riding that yankee train?
Beaver count & picks Changes!!!
Strong Mlb Play For Thursday!!


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4th Nov 1989, When Justice Neelkanth Ganjoo was brutally killed in broad daylight by JKLF terrorists, 30 Yrs of planned and organized secessionist-terrorism
History has seen countless incidents. Human memory forgets grief with time but time never forgets. It keeps updating but keeps record of everything with date. We may not remember what pain the date tells but history has all.
4th November, yes it is just a date, a date of injustice and helplessness as it tells us the story of stains of country's past. Kashmir which has headed towards development now has many stories of past to tell and one of them is of today. Yes, 4th November 1989,it's the date when The honorable Mr. Justice Neelkanth Ganjoo,judge of JK high court was brutally assassinated for his courageous effort at that time. Ganjoo, a judge and prominent Kashmiri Pandit had earlier given death sentence to Jklf terrorist and founder Maqbool Bhat.
On 4 November 1989, 3 JKLF militants shot him dead in broad daylight in the Hari Singh Street market near the high court in Srinagar as he had presided over the Amar Chand murder trial, and declared sentence of death on Maqbool Bhat in August 1968. The JKLF had meticulously executed this murder scripted by ISI and their spokesman later officially acknowledged that the killing was done to avenge the judge's role in the death sentence of Maqbool Bhat.He was killed as he raised a voice against inhuman and separatist forces and for years we saw things happening. The accused of his murder, including separatist Yasin Malik were free for years protected by the militant forces of the valley. It was a trend those times of killing innocents in the name of religion in Kashmir.
Ganjoo is still seen as a shaheed among the pandits with a hope that they will be able to return to their homeland. Many people like him who were killed had their respective stories.30 years have passed but the incidents still look recent. Pandits believe that their sacrifices will not go in vain. The separatist movement in that era which was run by Pakistani and anti-Indian forces was created to occupy the territory but the Pandit community people got their lives in danger and yet one gets Goosebumps recalling that period.
That era had militancy at its peak when announcements were made from mosques for the Pandits to leave valley and an atmosphere of fear and insecurity was created. Many families lost their homes and many lost their people, hundreds of unreported cases of violence took place and somewhere the lack of strong governance caused the situation to become more catastrophic.
Kashmir which was seen as heaven was turned hell in the 90s.While the Hindus there had only 0.4% hold in state govt. jobs. The election of 1987 was a turning point which totally unleashed the Islamic terror in Kashmir. Supported by Pakistan, their aim was to occupy Jammu and Kashmir and anyone they considered a hurdle would be threatened to leave the state or brutally killed Voices of prominent personalities, either Hindu or Muslim were shut up by the heinous people.
In December 1989, when Rubbia Saed, daughter of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. {Who was cabinet minister of India that time}was kidnapped by JKLF,and they demanded to free 5 militants in exchange of her and the demand was accepted. This shows us mind set of the state govt. of that time which explains about the leadership in Kashmir at that time.
Panun Kashmir, an organization working for displaced Hindus, published a list of around 1341 Hindus who were killed by Jihadi terrorists in the course of armed insurgency in the Valley in 1990.Posters were pasted outside the houses and mosques threatening Hindus to accept the anti-national movement leave the valley or else face the consequences. Announcements were made from mosques like prayers saying Hindus to leave the valley as soon as possible, many left and many went out of time and were murdered. The Jammu based organization- Panun Kashmir claims that over 25,000 houses of Hindus have been burnt. After the departure, their houses remained abandoned in the Kashmir Valley. Wrongdoers looted household goods, furniture, kitchenware, accessories, electronic gadgets, small libraries, papers, files and documents. Sanitary fittings, Taps, and even the doors and windows of their abandoned houses were taken away, stolen and sold. The temples also faced the violence, many were destroyed and many can be still seen as shanty in the valley.
30 years down the line, Kashmiri Hindus feel nostalgia. They can't forget that time of fear .Some want to return while some don't. Government is planning for that. There are different opinions even among Kashmiri Hindus on the question of going back to their homes in Kashmir valley. Some want a separate Hindu colony while some just want to be back at home once again. Clearly, it is a black spot on the history of Indian democracy which is not removed or cleaned till now and even after three decades the stain neither has faded nor changed it colour, it's still dark.
Dark like the policies of anti-nationals and pseudo nationalists, politicians and activists we see nowadays. They shamelessly criticise our army, government and its good policies just to be a flunkey of the so called liberals and left. May be due the darkness and the illusion in their eyes they cannot see what is happening and what the Hindus of Kashmir faced. That may be the reason they have sympathy for the JNU liberals including the new age actors. It is the need of the hour that they should come out of this illusion and accept the reality and also talk about the displaced Hindus of Kashmir who are living like refugees in their own country from last three decades instead of just arguing over refugees of other country and their human rights. It is very strange that these patriots don't feel for the pandits but when it comes to any aspect where they can show their nationalism, they start telling about their struggles of life. One can never get rid of the past but one must learn from it.
Kashmiri Hindus also have learnt much now and are hoping towards for a better and positive future. People have hopes from the current government that it will definitely work to wash off the dark and black stains of the Past of the valley and the displaced community will have a better future in their homeland.


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El Clasico or The Dance of Millions at the Santiago Bernabeu
By James Franklin / Football, La Liga / Comments
Last Updated on 13 May 2021 4:33 pm (UK Time)
This Sunday at 21:00 CET all football fans will be in front of their screen, because for next 90+min it is one of greatest derby in world – El Clasico.
For those that still don't know what El Clasico is, El Clasico is a clash between two biggest clubs in Spain and maybe in world – Real Madrid and Barcelona.
According to transfer market the total value of players that will be playing this Sunday will exceed €1 billion, Real Madrid is worth around €571 million and Barcelona around €588 million.
This game will also be a clash between top four players that are holding top market value in football. For Real Madrid that will be Cristiano Ronaldo (€100 million) and Gareth Bale (€80 million) and for Barcelona we got Lionel Messi (€120 million) and Neymar (€60 million).
So except the regular name for this game El Clasico, we can call this game the dance of the millions.
Real Madrid Team Info:
At start of this season Real struggle especially in Liga BBVA, at one point they were huge 10 points behind the leaders.
READ: Official: Lionel Messi leaves La Liga Giants Barcelona
But Italian boss Carlo Ancelotti manage to set all pieces together and Real started to play their game, pretty offensive with a lot of scoring chances.
The result of that kind of play is more than 2 (2.75) goals per game and now they have the second best attack of Liga BBVA (behind Barcelona).
Maybe one more interesting thing is that last defeat that Real have suffered in any competition is against Barcelona in last El Clasico (26/10/2013). After that game Real played 31 games and won 26 of them.
Carlo Ancelotti will not be able to count on Sami Khedira, Alvaro Arbeloa and Jese for this game, but Sergio Ramos is coming back from suspension.
Cristiano Ronaldo is playing maybe the best season of his career and he is without doubt best player for Madrid and he is also holding the leading goalscoring in the league with 25 goals from 24 appearances. Gareth Bale has amassed the most assists, knocking up 10 so far.
Real has been playing mostly 4-3-3 but sometimes they known to play 4-2-3-1 especially if young Spanish midfielder Isco is in starting in IX, but for this game it is expected that they will start 4-3-3:
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Real Madrid, 4-3-3
Barcelona Team Info:
Start of the season was quite the opposite from Real Madrid, Barcelona was dominating and crushing their opponents, clear leaders of Liga BBVA.
But as the season went on their defence started to be thinner and thinner due to injuries, at one point Gerardo Martino had to use Sergio Busquets as central defender.
But even with all those problems Barcelona still managed to keep the pace on all fronts. The only mistake was a defeat against Valladolid two matches ago (0-1).
But even without their defenders Barcelona have still got the second best defence in Liga BBVA, they conceeded only 21 goals from 28 games.
Isaac Cuenca is out of this game due to injury and Barcelona captain Carles Puyol is questionable whether he fit to play.
The good thing for Barcelona fans is the return of Gerard Pique from injury, so it's expected that he will take his place as one of central defenders.
READ: Summer Transfer Window of 2021: An extraordinary one to remember
What Cristiano Ronaldo is to Real Madrid, Lionel Messi is to Barcelona. He has the best ratings and is the club's leading goalscorer this season. with Cesc Fabregas recording 12 assists so far.
Barcelona will be playing their usual 4-3-3 tactic:
Barcelona, 4-3-3
Head-To-Head:
Real Madrid and Barcelona have played 225 matches so far and Real is slightly better off with 90 wins, Barcelona have got 87 wins and 48 games ended in draw.
If we look at the games that were played only at the Santiago Bernabeu, from 111 games Real won 63 (57%) of them, 25 (23%) games end in draw and Barcelona won 23 (21%) games.
In recent history (last six games) Real have won three of them, two games ended in a draw and Barcelona have won only one (last one).
If we narrow it down to home vs. away then it's a tie, both clubs have 2 victories and 2 game ends in a draw.
One interesting thing is that most common result for the games that were played at Santiago Bernabeu is 1-1. draw


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Joint match probabilities for Y chromosomal and autosomal markers
Bruce Walsh, Alan J. Redd, Michael F. Hammer
Arizona Research Labs
Empirical tests of association between Y chromosome and autosomal markers are presented and a theoretical framework for determining a joint match probability is recommended. Statistical analyses of association were performed in 16 US populations between the autosomal genotypes from loci CSF1PO, FGA, THO1, TPOX, vWA, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18S512, D21S11 and Y chromosome haplotypes from loci DYS19, DYS385ab, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS438, and DYS439. The sample populations include individuals of European-, African-, Hispanic-, Native-, and Asian-American ancestry. The results are consistent with independence of Y and autosomal markers, although small amounts of dependence would likely have escaped our tests. Given the data in hand, we suggest it is appropriate to compute joint match probabilities by multiplying the Y haplotype frequency with the appropriately corrected autosomal frequency. In addition to correcting for autosomal frequency differences between groups, a further correction may be required. Since two individuals sharing the same Y haplotype are likely to be more recently related than two randomly chosen individuals, the autosomal frequencies have to be adjusted to account for this, akin to the θ correction used to account for population substructure. The structure imposed on the autosomal frequencies conditioned in a Y match is a function of the number of markers scored and their mutation rate. However, in most settings θ < 0.01. When population structure is already present in the autosomes, the additional effect due to conditioning on the Y is small. For example, if the amount of structure in the population is θ = 0.01 or 0.03 (the NRCII range), then the effect of conditioning on the Y results in only a trivial increase in θ to 0.02-0.04, respectively.
Forensic Science International
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.014
Autosomal loci
Match probability
Y-STR
10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.014
Dive into the research topics of 'Joint match probabilities for Y chromosomal and autosomal markers'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Joints Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Haplotypes Medicine & Life Sciences 79%
Y Chromosome Medicine & Life Sciences 68%
conditioning Social Sciences 58%
Asian Americans Medicine & Life Sciences 34%
North American Indians Medicine & Life Sciences 34%
Mutation Rate Medicine & Life Sciences 29%
Walsh, B., Redd, A. J., & Hammer, M. F. (2008). Joint match probabilities for Y chromosomal and autosomal markers. Forensic Science International, 174(2-3), 234-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.014
Joint match probabilities for Y chromosomal and autosomal markers. / Walsh, Bruce; Redd, Alan J.; Hammer, Michael F.
In: Forensic Science International, Vol. 174, No. 2-3, 30.01.2008, p. 234-238.
Walsh, B, Redd, AJ & Hammer, MF 2008, 'Joint match probabilities for Y chromosomal and autosomal markers', Forensic Science International, vol. 174, no. 2-3, pp. 234-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.014
Walsh B, Redd AJ, Hammer MF. Joint match probabilities for Y chromosomal and autosomal markers. Forensic Science International. 2008 Jan 30;174(2-3):234-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.014
Walsh, Bruce ; Redd, Alan J. ; Hammer, Michael F. / Joint match probabilities for Y chromosomal and autosomal markers. In: Forensic Science International. 2008 ; Vol. 174, No. 2-3. pp. 234-238.
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DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.014
JO - Forensic Science International
JF - Forensic Science International


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Support for Devolution in Kenya: A Multilateral Analysis
Kenya is in its most long-lasting decentralization period in its independent history. The 2010 Constitution created 47 counties to improve service delivery in the periphery, promote minorities' rights and unite the country. But is it working for everyone? This paper uses social, economic and political data to analyze the impact of county governments. Its short life span makes it difficult to find abundant and homogenous data and draw conclusions with precision, but available surveys and data give a good grasp of its trajectory. Overall, devolution has improved living standards and a majority of Kenyans support it all across the country. However, it has worked more in favor of larger communities than those minorities it aimed to promote. Most importantly, decentralization has fostered a national identity whilst reinforcing ethnic sentiment, proving both are not mutually exclusive and a peaceful coexistence between communities is possible.
Devolution, Decentralization, Development, Politics, Ethnicity


Ride-along report: Walk (or ride) a mile | media!
"Don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes." It may sound like a cliché, but the reason the saying has been around so long is probably because it's accurate.
Before the holidays, I went out on the road for a couple of night shifts. One of the primary functions of my position is to provide the public with insight into the types of calls and situations our officers are responding to on a daily basis. For me, ride-alongs are great ways to see those calls and situations first hand.
During the first of two night shift ride-alongs, I was paired with one of our female officers. While we drove, we chatted about our families, our dogs, and Christmas preparations – everyday things that many people have in common. However, she also talked about policing, and nonchalantly told me that because she is a female officer, the women she deals with often become assaultive and challenging. While most of us do have work stressors, the risk of being assaulted is part of her everyday reality. One thing that struck me about this officer is that she is not fazed by anything. We responded to several calls regarding unwanted persons (a female that would not leave another's residence and two males consuming alcohol inside a church.) Both times she got out of the car, approached the individuals with confidence, inquired about the issue, and encouraged the involved parties to move along. Everyone complied with her requests. Both times I was trailing behind, still thinking about the fact that being assaulted is part of her everyday reality. Although I felt completely safe with my officers, the unpredictability of the people police deal with was always in the back of my mind.
As soon as I got into the vehicle with my second officer, I could tell he is extremely committed and proud of the work he does. He took the time to explain the function of every button and had me use the radio to call in to dispatch. When going through the motions of his routine tasks, he took time to explain the reasons for his actions. I can tell this officer is someone who likes what he does, and who is extremely genuine in his concern for the community.
While conducting a traffic stop, a call came over the radio regarding a disturbance at a residence involving a male who was wanted by police. The individual involved was known to be assaultive and often attempts to flee from police. Making a judgment call, my officer abandoned the traffic stop and we proceeded to the residence. When we arrived, there was a lot of noise and yelling from the residence. Officers proceeded inside, but I made my own judgment call and decided to wait outside. I could tell a struggle was happening and eventually officers emerged with two people under arrest. As officers expected, the individual in question attempted to flee and resisted arrest when police located him in the residence. At the same time, an altercation occurred between two females in the same house. When all was said and done, when the 'booking-in' process was complete, we got back into the car, and took another call. And so it went, for the remainder of the evening – my officer going through a routine shift, and me, wide-eyed and unsure about what was around the next corner.
Throughout the ride-alongs, I often expressed my disbelief to the officers about the people and situations they deal with every day. My eyes were wide for probably 80% of the time, my reactions often met with grins and chuckles while I continued to learn about this whole other world that exists late at night while most of the city sleeps.
Even though public education is extremely important in understanding police roles and responsibility, the reality is that it's impossible to fully educate the general public about policing. Unless you are a police officer, there's no way to completely understand. My ride-along experiences, although eye- opening, are merely scraping the surface of what our officers experience in their day-to-day jobs. Although I work for the Timmins Police Service on a daily basis, I am not a police officer, I am not out on the road, and I will never comprehend, nor make judgments about what police officers do, or the decisions they make.
What really struck me during this round of ride-alongs is that regardless of what's happening in the media, or who's writing or stating negative things about police, regardless of whether people like them or hate them, whether they're exhausted, frustrated, or are having personal issues at home, they keep going. They keep responding to these often intense calls with everything they have, because they know as well as we do that when we are in trouble, they are the ones who will be coming to help. They keep going, knowing that at any given time, they could be yelled at, hit, punched, spit on, stabbed, or shot at. Most professions don't involve going to work every day with the hope that you will get to see your family at the end of your shift. People will say that potential violence is part of the job, and a part they are aware of going in – but it's also a part that few civilians will ever get to see first-hand. It's a part of the job for which, in my opinion, officers receive far too little credit.
While "walk a mile in their shoes" may be a cliché, it had stood the test of time because it's very true. Unless you have walked up to a vehicle on a traffic stop without knowing who is driving, if they are violent, or if they have a weapon, unless you have responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision or a suicide, had to tell a parent their child has died, or been called names repeatedly for simply doing your job, unless you face these realities every day when you go to work, the judgments, criticisms, and negative comments about police officers will always be misinformed.
– Kate Cantin is the Corporate Communications Coordinator for the Timmins Police Service.


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package com.bsobe.BauAssistant;

import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter;
import android.util.Log;

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Financial Sex Aid: Florida Co-Eds Seek "Sugar Daddy" for College Degree
Filed Under:Arrangement, CBS4 Investigates, College, Financial, FIU, Florida International University, Jorge Estevez, Man Woman, Money, Online, Pay, Prostitution, Relationship, Sex, Sugar Baby, Sugar Daddy, University, Young
(CBS4)
MIAMI (CBS4) – People who are looking for the perfect match, both men and women, go online seeking a certain kind of arrangement.
A "sugar baby" is typically younger and eager for adventure. A "sugar daddy" is usually an older, financially established provider. A website called http://www.seekingarrangement.com helps the two meet.
CBS4's Jorge Estevez found a 22-year old who is looking for her first sugar daddy. She is a Miami student looking for someone to help her pay for her higher education and all the related expenses.
A self-proclaimed, cute blonde who is looking for fun in Fort Lauderdale admits to being a college student looking for some help.
And another pretty, young Miami college girl, who does not want to be identified, is more direct, asking specifically for 10 to 20-thousand dollars monthly. The 22-year old claims to be looking for someone who will never say "NO" to her needs.
"The lesson here… ask and you shall receive," she told Estevez.
"What have they given you?" asked Estevez.
"They have given me cars, trips, jewelry. These guys will take you out and they will court you," she responded.
Jorge asked "What do these guys do for you?"
"They support you financially… financially," she replied.
Support is proving to be crucial for a 20-year old sugar baby, who is in college at Florida International University.
"Have they paid your tuition?" asked Estevez.
"Yes Jorge."
"Books?" he asked.
"Books. Everything," she responded. "When I say everything… I mean everything."
In fact, her profile asks for someone to "help a young'in out". And she is not alone. Numbers compiled by the "seeking arrangement" website showed that in the past six months, FIU ranked 20th in a list of the top universities with "sugar baby" sign ups.
Florida ranked third in the U.S. behind New York and California with 67,815 total users, of all ages. There are just over 1,000,000 and growing .
Our FIU student argued that it's a way to survive the times.
"I don't get support from my parents. As soon as I turned 18, they told me I am on my own. I have to figure everything out on my own Jorge."
"And you discovered this? And you thought…?" asked Estevez.
"My dreams came true Jorge."
"Your dreams came true," he repeated.
Then his interview added, "But with every give… there is a take."
"They give you trips. They pay for school. They give you presents. What do you give them?" asked Estevez.
"Sex," said the FIU "sugar baby."
"Just like that," asked Jorge.
"Just like that," she said.
"And you are OK with that?" Jorge probed.
"I am OK with that," she replied.
But seeking arrangement, which began in 2006, insists they are not an escort service and specifies the terms of the relationship are left up to the two consenting users. Estevez spoke with the website's founder, Brandon Lee.
"Why is this not like prostitution, since you mentioned it?" asked Estevez.
"We do not allow escorts or prostitutes to use the website. That is what I call a one or two-hour arrangement. It is not what this is about," Lee said.
In fact, the website monitors profiles. They claim they shut down as many as 20-a day for alluding to inappropriate behavior.
"To make sure that terms such as hourly rate, in call, out call and terms like that aren't used, we highlight them and catch them.
We put that question on the table for our "sugar baby."
"What do you say to people who say this is a form of prostitution?" asked Estevez of our FIU student.
"That is not true," she explained. "Prostitution is when you get paid for sex and that is just it. Sex. For this, you build a relationship with someone."
It's a relationship that begins online, a common practice nowadays, where one person logs on hoping to find another who is also in search of that perfect match.
"Years from now you are successful. What do you say to you about doing this?" Jorge inquired.
"They have money they want to help you. They see you struggling, They want to help you. Whether or not it is an arrangement… it is still a relationship," the woman explained.
A match, found online, between two consenting adults looking for their own special arrangement.
So what is the ratio for these consenting adults? Well, most dating websites have more men than women. But at seekingarrangement.com, it's the opposite. The ratio is 20 sugar babies to every one sugar daddy.
Seeking Arrangement is developing a mobile app for your smart phone and the website is going global with a Spanish language version and other languages.


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Researchers control the self-assembly of molecules to form an ultralight, porous gel. This could lead to wide-ranging applications for construction, aerospace, electronics and the environment.
Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (ICeMS), with colleagues in Japan and Spain, found a way to control the synthesis of a porous gel through the self-assembly of MOPs using organic linkers.


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Should we add a Chat Room?
Would you use a Chat Room if available?
1. Would you use a Chat Room if available?
What does everyong think about adding a Chat Room to the forum? Would you use it?
Other Vbulletin users must have the same need, so I'd bet there's an add-in available. If it costs something I'm in for a few $ to help pay for it.
What does everyong think about adding a Chat Room to the forum?
Since there are two questions here, the Poll is misleading. I'd definitely vote FOR a chat room, however.
Since there are two questions here, the Poll is misleading.
Question #1 -- What does everyone think about adding a Chat Room to the forum? Post/discuss your thoughts in this thread.
Question #2 -- Would you use it? Use the voting options at the top.
I believe last night's experment proved pretty conclusively that we have enough interest and membership to make a chat room worthwhile. There are many uses for that type of intereaction, not just limited to goofing around. There was a short discussion on the Yahoo chat client about the potential uses of videoconferencing, though it might be beyond the scope of some of the free clients that would be available for this forum.
Would it be possible to include a simple link somewhere that triggers a 3rd Party chat program, such as Messenger or Netmeeting? AOL Instant Messenger is capable of triggering a NetMeeting session amongst multiple users, drawing them all to the same connection (whoever initiated the session). It's a safe bet, I think, that 95% of folks here are using Windows based software, which typically has this functionality built-in; no downloads required, which scared a couple folks away last night. There's also a function at the toolbar of my Internet Explorer titled "discuss." I've never used this before,so I'm not sure what it does, but I suspect it might be yet another form of chat software.
In the end, though, I believe simplest method would be to set up a chat room in Yahoo with a password available on this forum to keep out the bots. You know, keep it simple? Just a thought.
"There may not be any stupid questions, but I've seen LOTS of curious idiots..."
I should start with, YES the forum seems to need a Chat-Room.
It seems to be a waste of forum archives for me to tell everyone how great my day was. This does seem to be a nice "Family/Club".
This forum,Although new to me, seems to be a blend of several distinctly different cultures. The culture I come from needs to interact differently than another may interact. In any business I have been assoc. with, half of building a good moral of is Having non-work involment activities.
If I was into noticing my feelings, and talking about them........... I would have felt like the hot-tub atmosphere yesterday, was a very warm and pleasant experience. There seemed to be more "Brotherhood" there than at any other time I have visited this forum.
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There seemed to be more "Brotherhood" there than at any other time I have visited this forum.
Definately. I don't know that a lot was achieved, but that's not the point, is it.
I think we should do this weekly, ideally with chat software built in next time. Once in a while we could invite "guests" to join us. Maybe one day, Nat, or even Burt himself will drop in. In the meantime I'm trying to think of interesting people we can invite.
Suggestions welcome. Bring you're friends.
My experience of chat rooms is they eventually default to random discussions between horny teenagers, hostile to anybody who doesn't understand LOL & PML, etc. If managed by a host that promotes an event or special guest who has the power to boot off the horny teenages it could be great.
Somehow, I have a hard time imagining any problems with horny teenagers, especially if the event is available as a link only from within this forum, and by those who have registered a user name.
Chatroom-itis or not, its got my vote. I thought it might be a little more like shaking hands and saying how's the wife and kids kinda thing, Not to mention that it's also useful for bouncing ideas around and getting a quick reaction.
The Battlebots message board has been active for several years, and uses the chat attached to Delphi. I have established a room that can be used as desired. Note that you need to 'register', but you can use a bogus email address for that. Also, I have less than zero interest in being a moderator or anything like that.
If someone would like to jump on scheduling a time to try it out, I would try to be there.
I also checked to see if there was a chat client available for my webspace. There is, but it is an additional $7 per month.
well, it works, but the text entry hangs occasionally, (probably due to my bandwidth handicap).
Upside: Realtime communication with fellow builders, technical tips while-U-wait etc.. Somewhere to go when Epoxy is drying.
Downside: One more thing to take time away from GIB with the usual consequenses (so use sparingly) and person with info may not be there when I am. Potential for childish word battles and the like.
What's my share of the fee?
Just in case you have not yet noticed, I dismantled the "chat room" sub-forum and related software -- it wasn't something I saw as valuable (as was evident from its lack of use as well).
I've used the java and web based chat software before and never did consider it up to snuff with a true IRC server. The communication just feels disjointed but maybe that's because I started with regular IRC.
Anyway, I have my own servers so I put up an IRC server for folks here (and anyone else interested in canard chat) at www.tribalrage.com, port 6667, room #canards. Just a heads up, that's the standard port for IRC so your client may not specifically ask for the port # (it should assume 6667 for the initial connection attempt on its own).
If you run some flavor of unix, you already know what irc client you will use.
If on Windows, there are several clients but I myself am not familiar (some like mIRC).
On OS X, I tried and liked Colloquy and it meets my needs for chatting.
Googling for any of these should return a bunch of results.
Anyway, it's available, it's free, there are no ads, and it's a full chat server that can communicate with any chat protocol on just about any device, so people can connect however they like.
Use it or not, it's always available (unless I cook the config but remember, just like message boards, you have to check every so often to catch people online. Some people never disconnect, and that's fine too.


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Q: Scrolling NewsTicker is cutting off early I have a scrolling News Ticker in WPF that is used to convey alerts (their preference not mine).  The implementation works but I have found an issue which is more noticeable as the text gets longer.  The text scrolls and then abruptly stops and then restarts.
<Border Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="5" BorderBrush="White" BorderThickness="0,3,0,3">
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" x:Name="Ticker"  Background="Transparent" >
                <StackPanel.Triggers>
                    <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="FrameworkElement.Loaded">
                        <BeginStoryboard x:Name="NewsTicker">
                            <Storyboard RepeatBehavior="Forever">
                                <DoubleAnimation From="{Binding ElementName=Ticker, Path=ActualWidth}" To="{Binding ElementName=Ticker, Path=ActualWidth, Converter={StaticResource NegConverter}}" Storyboard.TargetName="translate" Storyboard.TargetProperty="X" Duration="0:0:35" />
                            </Storyboard>
                        </BeginStoryboard>
                    </EventTrigger>
                    <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="WrapPanel.MouseEnter">
                        <PauseStoryboard BeginStoryboardName="NewsTicker" />
                    </EventTrigger>
                    <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="WrapPanel.MouseLeave">
                        <ResumeStoryboard BeginStoryboardName="NewsTicker" />
                    </EventTrigger>
                </StackPanelPanel.Triggers>
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding NewsTicker, IsAsync=True}" Margin="0,0,0,0" Padding="0,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top"  >
                    <TextBlock.RenderTransform>
                        <TranslateTransform x:Name="translate" />
                    </TextBlock.RenderTransform>
                </TextBlock>
            </StackPanelPanel>
        </Border>

I would like the text to scroll from the Right to the Left until it scrolls off the screen and then come back in once again from the Right in an endless loop.
I tried a couple of different methods from SO, including animating Margins with Thickness animation and as well as an example using a canvas, but neither of them actually worked at all.
Any advice?

A: Okay, so the key to it not jumping is binding to the right things - we want to bind the To field to the ActualWidth of the TextBlock, not the ActualWidth of the StackPanel (which is smaller)
So we can change the DoubleAnimation to:
<DoubleAnimation From="{Binding ElementName=Ticker, Path=ActualWidth}" To="{Binding ElementName=TickerTextBlock, Path=ActualWidth, Converter={StaticResource NegConverter}}" Storyboard.TargetName="translate" Storyboard.TargetProperty="X" Duration="0:0:4" />

And add a x:Name="TickerTextBlock" to the TextBlock containing the Text.
Unfortunately, this doesn't work straight off (and instead it uses the initial value of 0 from the binding pre text loading for the animation! :|). Animations are often very fickle like this - I believe it has something to do with only being created and run once, and so the value of the binding is only used when the animation is first run. (but I may be mis-understanding)
Certainly one solution which worked on my copy of your code is to ensure that the text loads first, (ie we place the TextBlock above the animation in the XAML, and change the binding so that it is not async.)
If you wish to keep the async, then I believe we'd need to restart the double animation when the text changes. I would look into this further, but it's really late and I'm going to head to bed (sorry!)

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For over 20 years now, Ocean Translations has accumulated an enormous amount of experience in medical translation for Latin America. Organizations such as WHO and the Argentinian Society of Paediatrics rely on Ocean to provide accurate and critical content in a range of topics. But how did the company come to specialize in this? To learn more about the story, we chatted with Betty Galiano, founder and general manager.
How did Ocean originally get started in medical translation?
It was a derivation of my work as a medical interpreter, which began in the 1980s. My background was English teaching and I started my career in 1967. Then, in the late 1970s, I taught English to doctors at the Italian Hospital in Rosario, making medicine part of my daily life. Most of my colleagues were doctors, researchers and medical staff. With the advent of globalization and then the Internet, we realized there was a great need for accurate translations from institutions, universities, pharmaceutical laboratories and organizations worldwide to help improve patient care and quality of life. At Ocean, we set out to fill this gap and connect researchers, healthcare professionals and patients locally, nationally and internationally.
What kind of medical material do you translate?
Since our inception, we have been translating medical records, drug package inserts, research protocols, laboratory reports and analyses, informed consent forms, medical books, equipment installation and user manuals, technical documentation, medical software guides, marketing and advertising materials, drug packaging, patent applications, patient discharge instructions, prescription drug lists, and so forth. We translate mostly from English into Spanish and vice versa.
Where do you find your expert medical translators? What are the major challenges when trying to build relationships with the most talented resources?
I am a member of different professional associations like ADICA (Association of Interpreters in Argentina) and TREMEDICA (Association of Medical Translators and Writers) where I have the possibility of meeting excellent professionals. It is critical that linguists have outstanding research, reading and writing skills and a deep knowledge of the subject matter. Having access to reference material is also key.
Could you name some of Ocean's clients?
Some of our clients are the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, The Lancet, British Medical Journal, Novartis, the Argentine Society of Paediatrics, among others. The World Health Organization (WHO), UNAIDS and CREP have very strict specifications for quality and performance, which is why we have been chosen as language service providers.
What is the biggest challenge in medical translation?
Perhaps the biggest challenge is that on many occasions the terminology is not the same in different countries. For example, screening is translated as "tamizaje", "cribado", "pesquisa" depending on the different Spanish-speaking countries. It is a challenge which can be overcome, there are many sources where to find accurate terminology but it is necessary to be able to understand the content and convey the right message. Additionally, it is always necessary to have specialists on hand in each country who can supervise and provide the specific vocabulary, to avoid introducing misunderstandings. In short, the solution to this problem is to validate the information with a subject matter expert (SME).
How do you find these SMEs?
Bilingual life science professionals trained in proofreading skills are the best resources. Being a medical interpreter allows me to meet many of them at conferences. We also have a dedicated team here who focus on finding and reaching out to suitable candidates.
How do you add value with translation?
Accurate medical translation is essential for the medical industry. Therefore, we develop terminology bases and glossaries to provide consistency in the work in another language. Beyond everything else, our most important contribution is fluidity and clarity. In other words, no scientific material or document should "sound" like a translation, it should be completely understandable and simple as if it had been created by a native speaker.
What other services do you provide to the medical industry outside of translation?
We offer transcriptions, cognitive debriefing, subtitling, back-translation, linguistic validation, software localization and interpreting.
What are the major trends you have seen in the arena recently? How does this impact your work in Ocean?
Before we received many requests to translate Health Maintenance Organization healthcare plans, now I see an increase in video/audio transcription and translation, also we are seeing increased volume in the medical device and equipment arena where life sciences and software mingle.
I guess you must occasionally translate for new and unknown therapies. What challenge does this present to the linguist, and how do they cope?
Critical thinking is crucial for a medical translator or interpreter. New terms are regularly coined and many come from acronyms, like SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) pronounced "snip", these terms are generally not translated into Spanish, they remain in the source language but you should know it refers to "polimorfismo mononucleotídico". You have to pay attention to detail, to be focused since there are many new agents, many new molecular entities being developed and discovered in this field. With practice and experience, you learn that if the suffix of a drug is mab it is a monoclonal antibody, "olol" refers to a beta blocker, etc. Suffixes define the class of a drug.
Much has been made of the rise of MT and Neural MT. How does this fit into medical translation workflows?
We cannot overlook that artificial intelligence and a real-time input-output loop are having a significant impact on our industry. What I foresee is that translators will be the artists giving the finishing touches to a masterpiece.
If you were giving advice to an aspiring translator in the medical field today, what would that be?
If you love adrenalin, then go for it!