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The relative importance of trade verses FDI-led economic growth in Thailand
Sailesh Tanna, Kitja Topaiboul, Chengchun Li
School of Economics, Finance and Accounting
This chapter investigates the relative strength of the contributions of trade
openness and FDI inflows towards economic growth of Thailand, taking account
of the importance of human capital and other conditioning factors as a source of
technology transfer in facilitating growth. Using Granger causality tests conducted within a vector-error-correction framework, the authors find significant evidence of the complementarities between domestic investment and trade openness, providing support for import-led growth. In contrast, direct support for FDI-led growth is relatively weak, which implies that trade openness has played a more significant role than FDI in influencing Thai economic growth. However, the results reveal a subtle role for technology transfer through the complementary effect of trade on FDI, and FDI on government expenditure, which henceforth influences human capital development with spillovers into domestic investment and growth. This leads us to argue that there is a potential role for FDI interacting with human capital in influencing the future development of the Thai economy, given its active policy of FDI promotion over the past decade.
Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and Opportunities for Developing Economies in the World Market
V Malepati, C.M. Gowri
Hershey PA, USA
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3026-8.ch006
vector error correction model
10.4018/978-1-5225-3026-8.ch006
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Tanna, S., Topaiboul, K., & Li, C. (2018). The relative importance of trade verses FDI-led economic growth in Thailand. In V. Malepati, & C. M. Gowri (Eds.), Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and Opportunities for Developing Economies in the World Market (pp. 105-122). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3026-8.ch006
The relative importance of trade verses FDI-led economic growth in Thailand. / Tanna, Sailesh; Topaiboul, Kitja; Li, Chengchun.
Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and Opportunities for Developing Economies in the World Market. ed. / V Malepati; C.M. Gowri. Hershey PA, USA : IGI Global, 2018. p. 105-122.
Tanna, S, Topaiboul, K & Li, C 2018, The relative importance of trade verses FDI-led economic growth in Thailand. in V Malepati & CM Gowri (eds), Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and Opportunities for Developing Economies in the World Market. IGI Global, Hershey PA, USA, pp. 105-122. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3026-8.ch006
Tanna S, Topaiboul K, Li C. The relative importance of trade verses FDI-led economic growth in Thailand. In Malepati V, Gowri CM, editors, Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and Opportunities for Developing Economies in the World Market. Hershey PA, USA: IGI Global. 2018. p. 105-122 https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3026-8.ch006
Tanna, Sailesh ; Topaiboul, Kitja ; Li, Chengchun. / The relative importance of trade verses FDI-led economic growth in Thailand. Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and Opportunities for Developing Economies in the World Market. editor / V Malepati ; C.M. Gowri. Hershey PA, USA : IGI Global, 2018. pp. 105-122
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{
  namespace java
  {
    namespace awt
    {
      namespace font
      {
          class FontRenderContext;
          class LineBreakMeasurer;
          class TextLayout;
          class TextMeasurer;
      }
    }
    namespace text
    {
        class AttributedCharacterIterator;
        class BreakIterator;
    }
  }
}

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{

public:
  LineBreakMeasurer(::java::text::AttributedCharacterIterator *, ::java::text::BreakIterator *, ::java::awt::font::FontRenderContext *);
  LineBreakMeasurer(::java::text::AttributedCharacterIterator *, ::java::awt::font::FontRenderContext *);
  void deleteChar(::java::text::AttributedCharacterIterator *, jint);
  void insertChar(::java::text::AttributedCharacterIterator *, jint);
  ::java::awt::font::TextLayout * nextLayout(jfloat);
  ::java::awt::font::TextLayout * nextLayout(jfloat, jint, jboolean);
  jint nextOffset(jfloat);
  jint nextOffset(jfloat, jint, jboolean);
  void setPosition(jint);
  jint getPosition();
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use std::fs::File;
use std::io::prelude::*;

use telegram_bot_raw::types::message::MessageKind;
use telegram_bot_raw::types::update::{Update, UpdateKind};

macro_rules! make_test {
    ($asset: ident, $test: expr) => {
        #[test]
        fn $asset() {
            let data = {
                let filename = format!("tests/update_assets/{}.json", stringify!($asset));
                let mut data = Vec::new();
                let mut file = File::open(filename).unwrap();
                file.read_to_end(&mut data).unwrap();
                data
            };
            let update = serde_json::from_slice::<Update>(&data).unwrap();
            $test(update)
        }
    };
}

make_test!(migrate_from_chat_id, |update: Update| {
    if let UpdateKind::Message(message) = update.kind {
        if let MessageKind::MigrateFromChatId { .. } = message.kind {
            return ();
        }
    }
    assert!(false)
});

make_test!(migrate_to_chat_id, |update: Update| {
    if let UpdateKind::Message(message) = update.kind {
        if let MessageKind::MigrateToChatId { .. } = message.kind {
            return ();
        }
    }
    assert!(false)
});

make_test!(inline_query, |update: Update| {
    if let UpdateKind::InlineQuery(_query) = update.kind {
        return ();
    }

    assert!(false)
});

make_test!(regression_test_208, |update: Update| {
    if let UpdateKind::CallbackQuery(_query) = update.kind {
        return ();
    }

    assert!(false)
});


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The main festivity of the 'Utsavamurthi' of Sri Parthasarathy Perumal being taken through the 'Swarna Vaasal' was held between 4.30 a.m. and 4.40 a.m.
According to officials of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment department, devotees would be allowed to have darshan of the idol of Sri Parthasarathy through the 'Swarga Vaasal' till 10 p.m. on Monday.
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Q: Windows Azure service mgmt API Swap issue I am relatively new to using the azure service mangemement API. I am trying to use the swap deployment operation but I keep getting an error that I am unable to fix. I may be going about this operation entirely wrong as I am new to azure. Any help is much appreciated.
The error I am getting is the following
<Error xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure\" xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">ResourceNotFound<Message>The resource service name hostedservices is not supported. If it is a new partner service please ensure that the service is registered in RDFE.</Message></Error>"

Here is my code, I have specified in it where the exception occurs
public void swapDeployment()
    {

        String operationName = "hostedservices";
        String prodName = "HealthMonitor - 21/10/2011 22:36:08";
        String sourceName = "SwapTestProject - 13/12/2011 22:23:20";

        Uri swapURI = new Uri("https://management.core.windows.net/"
                          + subscriptionId
                          + "/services/"
                          + "hostedservices"
                          + "/stevenRiordanHello/");

        HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(swapURI);

        request.Headers.Add("x-ms-version", "2009-10-01");
        request.Method = "POST";
        request.ContentType = "application/xml";

        String xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><Swap xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure\"><Production>"+prodName+"/Production><SourceDeployment>"+sourceName+"</SourceDeployment></Swap>";
        byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml);
        request.ContentLength = bytes.Length;

        X509Store certStore = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.CurrentUser);

        try
        {
            certStore.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            if (e is CryptographicException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: The store is unreadable.");
            }
            else if (e is SecurityException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: You don't have the required permission.");
            }
            else if (e is ArgumentException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: Invalid values in the store.");
            }
            else
            {
                throw;
            }
        }

        X509Certificate2Collection certCollection = certStore.Certificates.Find(X509FindType.FindByThumbprint, thumbprint, false);
        certStore.Close();

        if (0 == certCollection.Count)
        {
            throw new Exception("Error: No certificate found containing thumbprint " + thumbprint);
        }

        X509Certificate2 certificate = certCollection[0];

        request.ClientCertificates.Add(certificate);

        using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
        {
            requestStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
        }
        try
        {
            //exception is caught at the end of the line below
            using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
            {
                if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
                {
                    string message = String.Format("POST failed. Received HTTP {0}", response.StatusCode);
                    throw new ApplicationException(message);
                }
            }
        }
        catch(WebException e)
        {
            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(e.Response.GetResponseStream());
            string errorText = sr.ReadToEnd();
        }
    }

A: It is likely because your service name has capital letters in it.  It should all be lower-case.  However, that being said... is there a reason you wouldn't just use the sample client instead of rolling your own HTTP client?
Updating this answer:  You have to have valid XML, but also the parameters to it are the deployment name.  This is one of those rarely used things.  It is typically a GUID.  The only way to really get this information is to use the GetDeployment call or GetHostedService call with details about the deployments.  In that response, you will see the name.  That name is definitely different than anything you supplied (I think you are using label).

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Rumpparlamentet (tyska: das Rumpfparlament) kallades de radikala ledamöterna av Frankfurtparlamentet, vilka efter de övrigas utträde fortsatte överläggningarna i Stuttgart 6-18 juni 1849.

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Volvo Brand Campaign 'New Beginning' featuring Avicii
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After living in the home for several years, Edward and Mary realized that the current main floor plan wasn't working for them. For a family of six that constantly entertain guests, Edward and Mary needed to make changes. After realizing how they best used the space it was important that their renovation plans started on the main floor to include renovating the kitchen, living room and dining room.
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As a result, we decided to use duo-color cabinetry and quartz countertops to give the kitchen a sense of luxury and prestige. To enhance this cooking experience we added a 10' long island to the kitchen layout, which provided incredible counter space and additional seating for guests. The island featured pullout drawers, pullout doors, a wine fridge, and an under-counter microwave. More importantly, it was a comfortable space where the kids to do their homework.
To make cleaning a breeze we installed new 2'x2' porcelain tiles in the kitchen and engineered hardwood-flooring throughout the rest of the space to make all the rooms look and feel integrated and continuous. All flooring was installed on top of existing radiant heating system.
The goal of the renovation was to give Edward and Mary their dream space by creating an open concept for the entire main floor. This meant integrating the kitchen, living room, and dining room together by removing the supporting walls surrounding the kitchen. We wanted three separate spaces to become one open entertaining space.
Removing these walls allowed for natural light to travel throughout the space. To brighten up all adjacent spaces we replaced the bay window at the back of the house to a 6' French door. Not only did it add a certain je-ne-sais-quoi to the space but it provided a visual bridge between the indoors and the outdoors. More importantly, this open floor created uninterrupted lines of sight so that Edward and Mary can watch the kids playing in the living room from the kitchen.
Removing walls on the main level resulted in structural alterations to the house. Therefore, to conform to the existing structure a solid 32 foot-long steel "I" beam weighting over 4000 pounds was used to support the second floor, thus, eliminating the need for mid spam support posts. It took a crane, 10 employees, and 8 Hydraulic material-lifts to insert this solid structure into the newly prepared beam pocket. Gas, water lines were re-routed and fed through "I-Beam".


Church bells tolled 49 times, a giant rainbow flag hung from a county government building and the names of the victims of the Pulse nightclub attack were read aloud at various ceremonies Monday as people in Orlando, Fla., and beyond remembered the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
At 2:02 a.m. local time, survivors, victims' families, club employees and local officials were gathered for a private service at the gay club at the exact time Omar Mateen opened fire a year ago and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria group. He was eventually killed by police after a three-hour standoff on June 12, 2016.
"I realize that gathering here in this place, at this hour, is beyond difficult," Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said. "But I also know that the strength you've shown over the past year will carry you through today and in the future."
The service began what would be almost 24 hours of solemn remembrances. During a midday service, the Orlando Gay Chorus performed Cyndi Lauper's True Colors and speakers talked less about the tragedy and more about how Orlando-area residents came together in the aftermath.
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said the city will only partly be remembered for the shooting. Most of the patrons killed were gay Latinos.
"That will be a part of the history books, but the true legacy of our community is going to be in our darkest hour we responded with love and compassion and unity," Jacobs said.
At noon, church bells throughout the Orlando area rang 49 times. Gov. Rick Scott ordered U.S. flags around Florida to be flown at half-mast and a pride flag was unveiled at the Orange County government building.
In the evening, rain didn't deter thousands of people from showing up at a remembrance in downtown Orlando in front of an amphitheatre that was painted in rainbow colours after the massacre. City officials estimated that 15,000 people showed up for the ceremony during which individuals dressed as angels with white billowing wings took the stage as the names of the 49 people killed were read.
At the last service, a late-night ceremony attended by hundreds of people outside the nightclub, Pulse owner Barbara Poma said she had wanted to start and end the one-year commemoration of the tragedy at the nightclub she had opened in memory of her brother.
"It truly means the absolute world to me to see all of you here," said Poma.
Earlier in the day, Poma said when people ask her what has changed in her life since the tragedy, she tells them "everything." But she said she is grateful for the outpouring of support. She plans to build a memorial at the site of the nightclub, which has been closed since the tragedy.
"I miss Pulse," she said. "I miss everything it stood for."
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted a photo of the victims and said: "We will NEVER FORGET the victims who lost their lives one year ago today in the horrific #PulseNightClub shooting. #OrlandoUnitedDay."
Local leaders said Mateen's hateful act caused an outpouring of love from Orlando and the wider world.
"What a terrorist tries to do is divide us," U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said. "Isn't it interesting it had the opposite effect? It brought us together in unity and love."
Outside Pulse, hundreds of people dropped off flowers, drawings and cards.
"It still hurts, it's still very raw," said Erin Anderson, a friend and former co-worker of Pulse victim Xavier Serrano Rosado.
Jeannine Williams used to live within walking distance of Pulse and was a frequent visitor. She had made plans to be there the night of the shooting but decided to go another night club.
"A year later I think the thing that is most important is this community and why I live here and why I'm so happy to live here," Williams said through tears. "The support we not only have from our city government, it's not fleeting support, it's not support on certain days. It's the way the community is. This is Orlando. This is why I just love living here."


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Q: Print Parentheses Pair, get segmentation fault I want to print out all valid combination of n-paris of parentheses in C. In the main I give a value 3. That's I want to print out all combination of valid parentheses with 3 left parentheses and 3 right parentheses. However, I got segmentation fault, the gdb prints to _printValidParentheses(str, leftCount--, rightCount, count++); line. I am wondering anyone know why I got the fault? Thanks.
void printString(char * str) {
    while (*str) {
        printf("%c", *str++);
    }
    printf("\n");
}

void _printValidParentheses(char str[], int leftCount, int rightCount, int count) {
    if (leftCount < 0 || rightCount < 0) {
        return;
    }

    if (leftCount == 0 && rightCount == 0) {
        printString(str);
        return;
    } else {
        if (leftCount > 0) {
            str[count] = '(';
            _printValidParentheses(str, leftCount--, rightCount, count++);
        }

        if (rightCount > leftCount) {
            str[count] = ')';
            _printValidParentheses(str, leftCount, rightCount--, count++);
        }

    }
}

void printValidParentheses(int n) {
    char *str = malloc(sizeof(char) * n * 2);
    _printValidParentheses(str, n, n, 0);
}

int main() {
    printValidParentheses(3);
    return 1;
}

A: You decrement / increment the variables in this line:
_printValidParentheses(str, leftCount--, rightCount, count++);

only after you call the function, so you get StackOverflow, because the function is called with the same arguments each time, andit calls itself recursively.


NHS Lothian is the second largest health board in Scotland. It consists of 21 hospitals, four major teaching hospitals, and various general practices and clinics, and 24,000 employees. NHS Lothian sites include a mix of new buildings intermingled with historic and protected ones.
The NHS Lothian networking team was searching for a product such as Ekahau to attempt to bring wireless design in-house, and also, for an immediate need to validate the board's single largest hospital, the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE), a 3 floor, 800+ bed, 500 AP site. The wireless design for the RIE was conducted by an external company in 2015 and had never been validated. NHS Lothian also recently completed a major project called Paperlite, that involved the scanning and digitizing of all current and historical clinical case notes. Traditionally, these would be at the bedside and be ferried between required locations by porters — a costly and time-consuming process. It also prevented two geographically dispersed clinicians from simultaneously reading historical notes.
To facilitate digital access to case notes within wards and clinical areas, Computers on Wheels or COWs with virtualized Windows desktops were deployed, and used to login to a web application to access patient records. As the COWs are thin clients and highly mobile, the primary goal is to maximize coverage and prioritize reliability and performance in terms of latency and jitter– rather than throughput and bandwidth. During the ward rounds, clients were disconnecting when travelling from room to room, screens were 'freezing', and this was having an impact on clinicians being able to complete ward rounds in an acceptable timeframe.
NHS Lothian explored both alternatives, getting an external company to perform the validation survey for RIE as a service, and undertaking the project in-house. They needed to consider the risks, costs and outcome for both options, including the skill of the internal team and whether time would be better spent on other projects. One challenge with using an external vendor was that access to operating rooms was often not possible during normal working hours due to back-to-back operations.
"The reservations that we had were whether or not we would be able to achieve the same quality survey as an external company that would do this work as a professional service, and whether or not attempting a 1000-bed hospital with 500 access points was a good idea for our first serious validation survey with Ekahau Pro," explained Tiran Duhre, Senior Network Engineer, eHealth, NHS Lothian. Addressing their reservations, the NHS team utilized the variety of Ekahau's online training material, including webinars, YouTube videos and support documentation. They found that the quality of the training material and the way it was written – jovial, concise and informative – and the relative ease-of-use of the product, helped to alleviate any initial concerns they had about undertaking the project in-house.
"We bought the solution from Ekahau because of the all-in price," Duhre explains. "When we factored the cost of the ESS license, Ekahau Sidekick®, a fairly high-end laptop, and associated accessories, it still only came to one-sixth of the price we were quoted by the external company." They now have the capital investment for the future – along with an 85% cost savings.
Driven primarily by the Paperlite project, NHS Lothian is in the process of deploying wireless to all of their sites using Ekahau Pro for predictive designs. In combination with the Ekahau Sidekick as the validation tool, the networking team found it to be a very complete and simple package, even for a first-time user.
cutting the spectrum analysis time by half.
Other issues the team discovered included, for example, mission critical thin client devices that were operating solely within the 2.4 GHz band, roaming settings that were not fully tuned to the environment. "The quality of the data gathered from Ekahau Sidekick helped us to choose these settings with confidence", Duhre noted. Also, some existing legacy patient alarm systems had undesirable channel choices, e.g., channel 3 in 2.4 GHz. To rectify the issues the team advised that the mission critical clients should be moved to 5 GHz band only and they used the data gathered from the validation survey to fine-tune the roaming settings of the clients.
"As a first-time user of the product, tackling a 500 access point site as your first large-scale validation was probably not for the faint of heart. While it took six weeks to survey the building, I believe if I had to do the survey again as a more experienced user of the Ekahau Sidekick, I could probably cut my time down by one third," explained Duhre.
The measurable benefits that the NHS Lothian team experienced were that they could survey for longer and collect a higher-quality, reliable dataset in a shorter time with Sidekick's dual spectrum analyzers. Ekahau Sidekick quickly scanned all the available channels and helped find access points that were not visible, but nevertheless there. The team also appreciated the combination of being able to do the continuous surveys and stop and go within the same survey. In the healthcare environment, the corridors are often so busy that a continuous survey is almost impossible.
The time and cost savings enabled the NHS Lothian team to invest in improving the wireless skill set among the internal team and bring yet another service in-house. Recently, the NHS Lothian team has used the Ekahau solution to design several GP practices, with the intention of offering various corporate and public services.
"Ekahau has made us a much more effective team in this environment, because we are now better positioned to prove that the wireless design is indeed working as expected, and that other things such as unexpected interference, client choices, and the classic 'requirements changing over time' situation are likely more to blame," Duhre concluded.


Colorful peacocks are such majestic, beautiful birds, aren't they? There's no mistaking that eye catching tail of brilliantly colored feathers and that regal bearing as they strut about. Peacocks have been admired for hundreds of years for their calm nature and their serene beauty. In fact, peacocks (males) and pea hens (females) make interesting 'security guards' as they are quite territorial by nature and have a loud, shrill, raucous call if frightened or threatened.
The graceful beauty of peacock feathers have inspired art, jewelry and more. Images of peacock feathers can be found decorating mugs, dishes, t-shirts and other apparel, and recreated on jewelry. Real (or not) peacock feathers also adorn hats of all sorts. On this page, I've gathered for you some of the most beautiful peacock trinket boxes, peacock jewelry boxes and peacock jewelry I've seen. Best of all, I found these reasonably priced items all over Amazon and organized a select few for you here.
I'm sure you'll love the peacock jewelry boxes found here. Peacock jewelry boxes, trinket boxes and peacock jewelry ~ they're lovely to have and sweet to give. Peacock jewelry boxes and peacock trinket boxes make awesome gifts, too!
Collectors of trinket boxes will be thrilled to receive one of these lovely peacock trinket boxes as a gift. Collecting trinket boxes and jewelry boxes is popular; I have several trinket boxes myself. Note the stunning color of these little peacocks. Wouldn't they look lovely on a dresser, nightstand or shelf?
Don't forget to check eBay for bargains on peacock trinket boxes. On eBay you can find vintage as well as contemporary trinket boxes and it's so much fun to shop eBay, isn't it? Got peacocks?
Wooden jewelry boxes are lovely gifts to begin with, but when you combine the gift of a jewelry box with the recipient's love of peacocks, you have a real winner. Just look at these lovely wooden peacock jewelry boxes. Need a graduation gift, a bridesmaid gift, birthday or other gift? I bet they'd love one of these jewelry boxes! And don't forget ~ a girl can never have too many jewelry boxes!
The prettiest peacock gifts of all are any (or all, LOL) of these pieces of peacock jewelry. The colors are so rich and beautiful aren't they? Imagine wearing one of these beautiful pieces for special occasions!
Hope you had as much fun checking things out as I did rounding it up for you! Come back real soon!


SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- WeChat, the leading mobile social communication application for smartphones, and TRUSTe®, a leading global Data Privacy Management (DPM) company that provides privacy assessments, certifications, monitoring tools, and compliance controls, jointly announced today that WeChat and its website have been certified by TRUSTe.
The announcement is part of WeChat's ongoing commitment to online privacy, transparency and consumer choice. WeChat is now the most popular mobile social communication app in the world to receive this certification.
TRUSTe powers trusted relationships between users and service providers. The TRUSTe Certified Privacy Seal granted to WeChat and its website (www.wechat.com) proves WeChat's operation has fulfilled the TRUSTe Program Requirements by providing high level protection for user privacy to safeguard user information.
According to the TRUSTe Privacy Index 2013, 78 percent of smartphone users will not download an app that they do not trust, indicating the increasing concern of users on smartphone privacy. WeChat takes user privacy and data protection seriously and provides comprehensive privacy features and customizable security levels. The certification covers WeChat in five different mobile operating systems (Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian and Windows Phone) and testifies to WeChat′s promise to protect personal privacy.
"Consumers are becoming increasingly savvy and concerned about what personal information companies are collecting about them and how it is being used," said Chris Babel, CEO of TRUSTe. "With 78% unwilling to download an app they don't trust, strong data privacy management practices are essential for any business looking to take advantage of new opportunities on mobile while building trust and protecting their brand."
"By achieving TRUSTe certification, WeChat is demonstrating to millions of global users a clear commitment to privacy and transparency about how data is collected and used within the app. TRUSTe is the number one global privacy brand so displaying the Certified Privacy Seal within WeChat and its website can help to increase trust and support WeChat's growth in wider international markets," added Babel.
"This is a true milestone for WeChat," said Poshu Yeung, Vice President of the International Business Group at Tencent, the company behind the WeChat app. "WeChat has more than 100 million registered user accounts around the globe and is revolutionizing the way people communicate in their daily lives by providing a completely unique experience. Now with TRUSTe certification, WeChat users can have peace-of-mind knowing their data is well protected when they are keeping in touch with friends, meeting new people and having fun with WeChat."
WeChat is an innovative mobile social communications application designed for smartphone users. WeChat is free for download from app stores running on Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian and Windows Phone operating systems*. It is the most downloaded mobile social app in many markets with more than 100 million registered accounts in international markets.
WeChat users can add friends via a wide range of innovative actions and methods, including scanning QR codes, connecting users' phone books and activating location-based functions such as "People Nearby" and "Shake". The platform enhances social interaction by supporting exchanging of text, voice and video, stickers, and photos with their friends over data networks or under Wi-Fi environments. Users can choose to communicate one-on-one, or within their closed social network through "Moments".
WeChat also comes with comprehensive privacy setting functions, which enables user to tailor their security level as needed.
*Some features are limited to certain operating systems due to the product development cycle.


For me, the makeup-removing ability of this is comparable to shu uemura's. It also leaves my skin feeling moisturized and light. The only down side is, on the first few days of using it, both my sister and I developed tiny bumps on our faces.. Tho they stopped developing as we kept on using for many days. However, once I stopped using the product (left it at home, so I switched back to my prev miscellar water wc didnt give me skin problems, except that it's not as effective as the oil in removing mascara), I started to have pimples on different parts of my face which is very rare for me! I like this product, but I'm still thinking if I should give ita try again.


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This course will give you lots of information about how to run the D of E award in your unit, local area or county. It will include how the programme runs, how to support the young people working on it, how to use eDofE, and how to introduce the expedition section. You will also get ideas of how to access support. The focus will be on the D of E in Girlguiding. It will be useful both to those new to running the award or those who have taken on a new role or have only been involved for a year or two. So you might be a Guide leader wanting to take advantage of the change allowing girls in Year 9 to start the award, a ranger leader wanting to introduce the award, or maybe a leader supporting girls in the 14–25 age group whatever their role.
The cost includes a copy of the latest edition of the D of E handbook, costing £6.50. If you already have your own current copy please deduct that from your course fee – but you must have a copy of the handbook to use at the course.
Before you attend you will need to complete the online introduction to D of E found at www.DofEtraining.org. Please bring a copy of your completion certificate with you to the course.
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As parliamentary elections were held on 8 April 2018, Policy Solutions researchers evaluated the Hungarian political situation and the most important political trends for numerous leading international media outlets.
Before the election, András Bíró-Nagy, Head of Research at Policy Solutions, analysed the main topics and the lessons of the election campaign for the Financial Times, Euronews, NBC and EUobserver.
For the French Libération and the London-based Reuters, Tamás Boros, Head of Strategy at Policy Solutions, assessed the chances of Viktor Orbán to win the election and the possibilities of Jobbik, the former far-right, currently right-wing party.
The Policy Solutions team was also active after the election in evaluating the causes and the possible consequences of Viktor Orbán's clear victory. Tamás Boros' quick analysis was quoted in the Washington Post, and Boros also gave interview to the Times, Reuters and Bloomberg.
On CNBC, András Bíró-Nagy spoke about the importance of migration as main issue in the election campaign. In his Foreign Affairs article, Bíró-Nagy highlighted the three most important factors behind Fidesz's victory: the systematic weakening of democratic institutions, the migration issue and the fragmentation of the Hungarian opposition. He also emphasised in a FEPS Progressive Post article that xenophobia, conspiracy theories and fake news were the ingredients of a campaign that mobilised the Fidesz base effectively, and even won new voters in rural Hungary.


Wine connoisseurs know there is more to understanding wine types than just breaking it down into either red and white. While these are distinctions, they are very basic and don't really tell you very much about what to expect from the wine. Within each color classification, there is the variety that will inform you about the taste of a given wine. Don't let price dictate to you. There are some very good affordable wines. Of course there is always the option of making your own wine as well!
White wines cover a wide range of flavors from the very dry to sweet. There are seven basic white wines: Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc, Semillon, Moscato, Pinot grigio, Gewrztraminer and Riesling. These are seldom stored in wooden barrels in order to preserve the freshness of the wine with the exception of Chardonnay. It is traditionally stored in oak.
When it comes to describing the taste of white wines, there is quite a bit of variety there, too, hence the reason for so many different types of wine. For example, Chardonnay has a bit of a citrus flavor that can take on flavors of warm vanilla or toffee depending on the type of barrel used to store it. Riesling starts out tasting like a crisp apple and that flavor is intensified with age. Sauvignon Blanc is a complex blend of flavors that hint at citrus, herbs, and smoke.
Red Wines lean toward the dryer and more acidic range of tastes. Among them, the more common varieties include cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petite syrah, pinot noir, zinfandel and blush wines. Red wines are traditionally stored in wooden casks because it enriches the deep flavor. A little known fact is that grape juice is clear so red wines get their rich colors from the skins of the grapes used to make them. Many people think that the color of the wine is from the meat of the grapes themselves.
Red wines are all over the place with tastes and intensities. For example, a good Merlot is a nice starter wine and is appreciated for its rich oak taste. Pinot Noir is a fruitier wine with hints of herbs.
The choice of which wine to serve with a particular dish is really one of personal taste. However, many agree that white wines tend to go well with chicken, turkey, seafood, some pork, and Chinese food. Red wines seem to enhance the flavor of red meats such as beef, roasts, steaks, lamb, veal, duck, and sausages. It also goes nicely with pasta dishes. Remember, these are only meant to be guidelines. You should experiment with different varieties to find the combinations that appeal to your palette.
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Fountain of youth or at least delayed aging may be possible
BOSTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. and Australian researchers say the cause of aging in mammals may be reversible and the key is the chemical NAD that facilitates cell communication.
Senior author David Sinclair of the Harvard Medical School in Boston and colleagues at the National Institute on Aging, and the University of New South Wales in Sydney, said the essence of the finding is a series of molecular events that enable communication inside cells between the nucleus and mitochondria. Mitochondria are often referred to as the cell's "powerhouse," generating chemical energy to carry out essential biological functions.
As communication breaks down, aging accelerates. By administering a molecule naturally produced by the human body, the scientists restored the communication network in older mice. Subsequent tissue samples showed key biological hallmarks that were comparable to those of much younger animals.
"The aging process we discovered is like a married couple -- when they are young, they communicate well, but over time, living in close quarters for many years, communication breaks down," Sinclair said in a statement.
"And just like with a couple, restoring communication solved the problem."
Researchers have been skeptical of the idea that aging could be reversed, due mainly to the prevailing theory that age-related ills are the result of mutations in mitochondrial DNA -- and these mutations cannot be reversed.
Sinclair and his team studied the fundamental science of aging -- broadly defined as the gradual decline in function with time -- primarily focusing on a group of genes called sirtuins. Previous research showed one of these genes, SIRT1, was activated by the compound resveratrol found in grapes, red wine and certain nuts.
Ana Gomes, a postdoctoral scientist in the Sinclair lab, studied mice in which the SIRT1 gene was removed. The researchers accurately predicted when these mice would show signs of aging, including mitochondrial dysfunction, the researchers were surprised to find most mitochondrial proteins coming from the cell's nucleus were at normal levels -- only those encoded by the mitochondrial genome were reduced.
"This was at odds with what the literature suggested," Gomes said.
Gomes and colleagues discovered an intricate cascade of events that begins with the chemical NAD. Cells stay healthy as long as coordination between the genomes remains fluid. SIRT1's role is intermediary, akin to a security guard; it assures that a meddlesome molecule called HIF-1 does not interfere with communication, the researchers said.
Over time, the research team found, this loss of communication reduces the cell's ability to make energy, and signs of aging and disease become apparent.
The study, published in the journal Cell, found muscle from 2-year-old mice given the NAD-producing compound for one week, had tissue resembling that of 6-month-old mice. In human years, this would be like a 60-year-old converting to a 20-year-old in these specific areas, the researchers said.
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Q: JavaScript How to run function when value changes I want to run a function that presses a button on site when a number of users changes. I tried doing this with addEventListener and .onchange but first method isn't working at all and second method is running a function right away even when value of users hadn't chanded.
//first method
var ludziki = document.getElementById('online');
ludziki.addEventListener('change',function()
{
document.querySelector('button.gray_inline.button_amount_r').click();
});

//second method
var ludziee = document.getElementById('online');
ludziee.onchange = coraz();
function coraz()
{
  document.querySelector('button.gray_inline.button_amount_r').click();
}

219 is the value that im referring to
and that value seen on site on which i want to run my script

A: But what is the online element?
Because if was like this could work:

//first method
var ludziki = document.getElementById('online');
ludziki.addEventListener('change',function()
{
document.querySelector('button.gray_inline.button_amount_r').click();
});
<input type='text' id='online'>


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菲利普斯 is a common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Phillips.
This is the name Phillips written in Katakana (phonetic Japanese).


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Earlier reports have pegged Facebook of hitting NASDAQ during the third week of May, with another source over at CNBC saying that Facebook could go public either on the 17th or 24th of May. Facebook is valued at around $100 billion, right now. Other reports are pointing toward the company wanting to raise $10 billion at a $100 billion valuation.
The only problem with this, is something that I would've said anyway, but TechCrunch points it out: a lot can happen in four weeks. TC cites that the European economy could crash, another oil crisis, etc - and whilst it may be tongue-in-cheek, anything can happen. We'll see how we go between now and then, but it looks like Facebook are going public, and it's not too far away now, folks.


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As Indian GDP Drops, NALCO Forges On, Betting On Aluminum Demand
by Sohrab Darabshaw	on June 4, 2012
Company News, Metal Prices, Non-ferrous Metals
Indians may not be great consumers of aluminum, but sector analysts and the industry expects all this to change in the long term.
The per capita consumption of this metal in India is about 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds), as compared to about 10 kilograms (22 pounds) in China and 30 kilograms (66 pounds) in Europe. However, consumption is bound to grow from this low point, especially when demand from the power sector goes up.
India's aluminum players like Hindalco, India's second-largest producer, and the government-run National Aluminum Company Ltd. (NALCO), compared to their competitors elsewhere, hold a distinct advantage because of the benefits derived from their backward integration.
What also helps is the fact that India has the fifth-largest bauxite reserves in the world, with deposits of approximately 3 billion tons. Indian producers also benefit from their proximity to bauxite mines, captive power plants and comparatively cheap labor.
Sensing the slow but perceptible shift in the market mood and the positive long-term outlook, NALCO has some bullish plans lined up for the mid term. One is the setup of two aluminum smelters in India and abroad. Incidentally, NALCO is on the Indian government's 'navratna' list (nine gems), which is a list of Public Sector Units (PSUs) doing extremely good business despite being state-owned. Its aggressive growth plans, though, will need some cash infusion.
Last week, the Indian government's Press Information Bureau had issued a press note on behalf of the Minister of Mines Dinsha J. Patel, explaining NALCO's expansion plans, which include:
• Alumina refineries in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the western state of Gujarat
• An aluminum smelter and power plant at Sundargarh in the state of Odisha
• Alumina refinery and wind power plant in Andhra Pradesh
In a recent interview with Moneycontrol.com, B.L. Bagra, NALCO's CMD and finance director, also touched upon this PSU's growth plans. In the same interview, he had expressed some concern over the dropping prices of aluminum on the London Metal Exchange (LME) recently, as well as the increase in the prices of raw materials necessary in the production of aluminum.
LME prices had recently dropped below the psychological barrier of $2,000 per ton. Bagra had said LME prices, going southwards, had caused some concern at NALCO. But, he said, these losses were being overcome partially by the premiums on the company's export tenders, which he said, had over the last two months increased almost by 100 percent. NALCO's tenders serve as a global price benchmark.
Continued in Part Two.
Coking Coal Imports Under Fire Due to Falling Indian Rupee
by Sohrab Darabshaw	on May 29, 2012
Commodities, Global Trade, Imports
Following on Part One of this story, the impact of the falling rupee may be more visible on the import of coking coal. India as of now is the 3rd largest importer of coking coal. As per some estimates, the Indian steel industry will need to import 36.8 million tons of coking coal in 2012 to meet estimated steel demand of 58.7 million tons.
Compared to last year, the international price of coking coal is down this year.
Weak Rupee Hits Indian Steel Industry's Iron Ore Imports
Commodities, Ferrous Metals, Imports
For the past six months or so, the Indian steel sector has been buffeted about by one negative development or another.
In the throes of a mining scam leading to a clampdown on iron ore mining and a subsequent shortage of good quality ore, the industry now finds itself battling possible higher import bills due to a falling Indian rupee.
And the weight of the rupee against the dollar has a direct bearing on the cost of steelmaking.
Tata, Essar Steel Taking Measures to Improve Forecasts
Company News, Ferrous Metals, Supply & Demand
Although JSW Steel reported historically high production numbers, they're not without their troubles, while Tata Steel reported a huge profit decrease recently. So what exactly are the drivers for Indian steelmakers' current woes?
Tata Steel Chief Financial Officer Koushik Chatterjee told reporters that the high raw material cost and volume impact had negatively impacted domestic operations.
Some Cheer, Some Bad News From India's Steel Sector
Company News, Ferrous Metals, Public Policy
Sohrab Darabshaw contributes an Indian perspective on industrial metals markets to MetalMiner.
Players in the Indian steel sector continue to paint an optimistic picture in the medium-term, despite some recent negative developments in the steel industry. They are also looking at new avenues for selling steel, domestically and internationally.
On the other hand, investors and industry experts continue to watch the Indian steel story with caution, preferring to see how the script unfolds in the coming days before making a call.
Mining Controversies, Lopsided Policies Hurting India Steel Industry
Ferrous Metals, Global Trade
MetalMiner welcomes guest contributor Sohrab Darabsha, who covers industrial metals markets from an Indian perspective.
While China has already managed to install excess steelmaking capacity, India is struggling to meet its internal demand, which is set to grow by about 8 percent in 2012. There are many reasons for India's inability to meet its own internal consumption:
1) Expected shortage in raw materials supply
2) Uncertain economic outlook
3) A major scam involving mines in some parts of the country
4) Uneven import-export policy
There is a real chance that the steel script for India could go wrong if the government does not implement remedial measures soon. Steel producers, industry experts and research advisory groups have sounded enough warning bells. There are still many hurdles in the path that steel producers need to clear to help India achieve its set goals.
One of them is a drop in production in the wake of the illegal mining scams. Industry experts fear raw material for steel production, especially iron ore, in some states will soon run out. The reason: The scam has led to a freeze or curtailment of further mining activities until investigations are over.
India is a very large exporter of iron ore but this too is expected to fall to a new low this year, by about 25 percent, because of shortages in the Indian states of Karnataka, Odisha and Goa, high export duties and differential railway freight. The governments of Odisha and Goa have restricted the movement of ore. The government of Goa is not giving clearance to lift dumps containing 48-52% iron-grade ore. The State of Odisha accounts for about one-third of the country's iron ore output.
The mining scams seem to have become the biggest headache for the Indian steel sector. Legal cases in India have a tendency to drag on for years. The biggest mining scam has taken place in the State of Karnataka, which accounts for at least 24 percent of the country's steel production. The scam here involving the former chief minister and others led to a clampdown on mining activity in Karnataka. But letting the government-owned National Mineral Development Corporatin (NMDC) extract a maximum of one million tons of iron ore per month has alleviated the situation somewhat.
While investigations are ongoing, private steelmakers in this state are still having sleepless nights, since there are only about two months of iron ore supplies left. One news report here suggested that over half of the sponge iron makers in Karnataka had already shut shop, while the rest have approached the Supreme Court of India with the plea that iron ore mining be resumed as early as possible.
Iron ore for now is available in stockpiles, but these are of low grade. And as any industry expert will tell you, low-grade ore means slow damage to the blast furnaces. So, if no relief comes from the Court soon, the steel industry (at least in Karnataka) will be severely affected, cutting into the nation's overall steel production. The total steel capacity in Karnataka is 16 million metric tons, and of that 3 million tons is sponge iron. Most of this sponge iron production has been shut down and steel plants are running at low capacities.
There is some hope on the horizon though, because last month the Indian Mines Minister Dinsha Patel had told reporters that he believed iron ore production by privately owned miners in Karnataka state would most likely resume in July 2012.


Imagine you're caucasian and living in Memphis, Tennessee in 1955. A local radio station is playing "That's Allright" by a young singer named Elvis Presley, and the sound is a mix of black rhythm and blues and country…what came to be known as rockabilly.
Presley is booked to play a local fair and you check him out. He's introduced, wanders out and you are in shock.
Many people thought so and the reason was, they had only heard him on radio. This was long before MTV and Muchmusic, and a few months before Presley's appearances on national TV, back when there were only three American networks.
Similar stories have been told about Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly. In the mid-'50s, white singers sounded like Bing Crosby and Perry Como. Crooners who went to great lengths to sing every word as clear as a bell. There's a scene in the film "The Buddy Holly Story" where Holly and the Crickets are booked at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York and when the curtains open, the African American audience is stunned to be viewing young white kids from Texas.
On the flipside, Chuck Berry's first single was 'Maybellene," a reworking of a country song called "Ida Red" and when it hit the airwaves, country bars booked Chuck. Sounds good! Then Chuck would arrive at the club and the doorman would refuse to let him in. You can't be Chuck Berry! He's white.
I was in college when MTV and other video programs revealed the latest pop and rock stars, some pretty boys like Duran Duran, some not so pretty like ZZ Top (but their videos featured hot women). The video and song went hand in hand.
What if we had only heard singers back then and had no idea what they looked like? Would we have assumed Boy George was black? His sound was soulful, reminiscent of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding. Same with Mick Hucknall of Simply Red.
So hats off to that young man from Tupelo, Mississippi, who loved gospel music and rhythm and blues, and helped transform what was then regarded as "race music" into rock and roll.
Wanda will always be part of my show. She is rock and roll in its original context, music about gettin' it on!
Yes, sorry tried to upload some last weekend but it stalled halfway through the first segment. Stupid Rogers! Will upload some this weekend.
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Understanding how your property's assessment values affect your taxes
Property owners will receive their 2023 assessment notices from BC Assessment this January, and may be concerned about the change in their property's value and how it may affect their property taxes.
It is important to understand how assessments affect – and do not affect – the property tax bill you will receive later this year.
The 2023 assessed values of single family residential properties in Burnaby increased by 10% on average, while strata properties increased by an average of 12%. While the value of your property may have increased, that does not necessarily mean you will pay more in property taxes in 2023.
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Editor's Note: Mr. Coonts is the author of fifteen New York Times bestselling books. His latest novel "The Disciple," explores what might happen if Iran gets to within weeks of having an operation nuclear weapon. It is now available online or at bookstores everywhere. He wrote this piece exclusively for glennbeck.com
I first heard the term "martyr nation" at a lecture by a retired U. S. naval officer who happened to be a Muslim. He believed it possible that the religious fanatics in Iran might decide to sacrifice the lives of every Iranian by initiating a nuclear war. Whether Iran could or would win such a war was not the point; the glory of giving their lives as soldiers of God would usher the Iranian people into Paradise.
Since the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1989, the Islamic fundamentalist government has spent billions of petro-dollars on their nuclear quest. The mullahs have built reactors, industrial sites for processing spent fuel into weapons-grade plutonium, and factories to manufacture cruise and ballistic missiles and warheads. They have dug tunnels deep inside the earth to house these facilities, and protect them from aerial observation and air attack. They have defied the United Nations, America and the nations of Europe, all of whom have expressed their concern and horror at the prospect of an Iran armed with nuclear weapons. All the while the Iranian economy has suffered from an international economic boycott, an exploding Iranian population, and severe inflation.
Over half the Iranian population has been born since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the Shah. These young people are educated, under-employed, and regard the fundamentalists with deep suspicion.
The Ahmadinejad regime is going in one direction and the bulk of the Iranian population seems to be going in another.
Predictably, when Ahmadinejad lost the June, 2009, election, his political allies, the mullahs, stole it on his behalf—keeping the Party of God in power and provoking wide-spread, strident protests. The reaction of the regime was to try to "re-Islamize" schools, tighten their grip on the media and internet, violently disburse protesters, and prosecute noisy critics. Secret police, storm troopers, political arrests, kangaroo trials, censorship of the media and universities, political education of the young, and wholesale murder are the classic control tactics of dictators and tyrants, who have used these methods since the dawn of civilization. The fascist and communist regimes of the 20th century perfected these techniques, all of which have been adopted by the Ahmadinejad regime.
This was the milieu I used as a setting for my new novel, The Disciple. This book was meant to be a thriller, so I needed good villains to go head to head with my studly heroes—and a threat that ratcheted the suspense tight as a violin string.
Exercising my First Amendment rights and novelist's prerogative, I shamelessly mixed truth with fiction. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the Devil's Disciple, a religious fanatic who sees himself as the Mahdi, the leader and prophet who will scourge the earth of God's enemies and convert mankind to Islam. To accomplish this goal, he is willing to make Iran a martyr nation.
The martyr concept is not unique to Islam. The Japanese bushido code seems to echo the idea that there is more glory in sacrificing one's self in a righteous, losing cause than there is in surviving and fighting on to victory. Martyrdom is the exact opposite of the western concept; General George Patton succinctly noted that a soldier's duty is not to die for his country, but is to make the other bastard die for his.
As I noodled on subplots for The Disciple, I found myself searching for a way to dramatize the horror of religious fanaticism, a plague that has caused bloody atrocities throughout recorded history. Adherents of every major religion have indulged in the joys of torturing, burning and murdering heretics and non-believers in wholesale lots. Doing God's work. Zealots and madmen seem quite unable to grasp the concept that God didn't need their help to make the universe and probably doesn't need it now.
So I invented Dr. Ishar Murad, a scholar of comparative religion who runs afoul of the Iranian religious police. His untimely demise under interrogation goads his grandson into espionage.
The main conflict in the tale, however, is Ahmadinejad's single-minded drive to launch twelve nuclear weapons at American forces in the Middle East and at Israel. He expects the Americans to retaliate with nuclear weapons, but, just in case they don't, he will martyr Iran and blame the atrocity on the infidels.
Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmellini are the guys on the spot who have to save civilization from the forces of evil. They can't do it alone, of course, and enlist lots of help.
To be sure, The Disciple is fiction, a tale set in the near future—but make no mistake: fundamental Islam is the most virulent plague facing mankind. These ignorant, intolerant, xenophobic, homophobic, misogynist religious fanatics think any crime and atrocity is justified since they are doing God's work. These are truly dangerous people. If we as a civilization refuse to face that fact head on we will pay a very severe price.
Buy The Disciple now at Amazon.com or visit Mr. Coonts online at coonts.com