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The War Nerd February 6, 2003
Berserkers with Red Stars: North Korean Scenarios
By Gary Brecher Browse author Email
The Burmese were sorta cheesed. They broke diplomatic relations with North Korea. But the North didn't seem to mind. Kim Jong Il doesn't play safe. He goes all out, and damn the consequences.
And he doesn't mind killing off a few civilians along the way, either. He's willing to break as many eggs as necessary to make the proverbial omelet. In 1987, North Korean agents planted a bomb on a Korean Air flight. 135 people were killed. Kimmy J., who supposedly ordered this operation himself, just decided blowing up a randomly-selected Korean Air flight would be a good way of scaring tourists off going to Seoul for the 1988 Olympics.
The bomb had been planted by two agents, a man and a woman. Both of them took their poison pills when they were caught. He died like he was supposed to, but her pill must've been stepped -- on cheap stuff, because she survived. She's practically the only one ever captured alive. North Korean agents are harder to keep alive in captivity than Great White Sharks.
These were small operations. But some of the North's operations have been really big, more like irregular warfare than terrorism. The biggest were in the sixties, around the time of the Tet Offensive, when the North Koreans were trying to copy the tactics that were working for the NVA/VC. In 1968, a team of thirty-one Northern elite troops in South Korean Army (ROK) uniforms almost bluffed their way into the Presidential palace in Seoul before they were spotted. Twenty-eight out of thirty-one died in the firefight that followed, either killed by ROK troops or by suicide.
That same year, the North landed a really big force, 120 men, on the East coast of S. Korea. The story is classic Korean stuff: dead serious, bloody as a slaughterhouse, and all the same, kind of comical. The North Korean infiltrators were trying to start a Vietnam-style uprising, but without any of the patience or finesse the VC had. They just herded all the local villagers together at gunpoint and announced that all the men would join the Korean Workers' Party and all the women would sign up for the Women's Union.
But the villagers were Korean too, which means they were natural-born extremists themselves -- and since they were from the South, they were natural-born anti-communists. So a ten-year-old boy announced that he hated commies. Naturally, the North Korean troops were offended, so they killed the kid. This did not help in their struggle to win the hearts & minds of the locals, a few of whom snuck off to tell the South Korean army about the new visitors. The ROK surrounded the village and the Northerners, naturally, fought to the death.
Out of 120 infiltrators, exactly seven were captured alive, probably because they were unconscious from wounds and unable to finish themselves off. There hasn't been an army so stubborn about not being taken alive since the Imperial Japanese Army went out of business.
No matter how many times it fails, the North still seems to like the coastal-infiltration technique. After all, Korea's a peninsula with a complicated rocky coastline -- lots of places to put men ashore without too many spectators. Who knows how often they're surfacing to drop off new agents? We only hear about a few of their failures.
The biggest recent one we know about was in 1996, when a Northern sub dropped off 26 men, some in ROK uniforms, some in civvies, and all lugging guns. They even brought rocket launchers, which might've been kind of a giveaway when these guys were trying to blend in with the locals. Just imagine some wild-eyed child of Kim Il Sung's regime, all got up in slacker clothes, trying to act casual walking in from the beach still sopping wet with a big RPG-7 over his shoulder. He runs into a South Korean fisherman and tries to do his best imitation of a harmless surfer: "Hey, dude, everything cool? GOUGE OUT THE EYES OF THE IMPERIALIST-Whoops, I mean hang loose, dude!"
That's what I mean about the North having focus but no finesse. The Vietnamese would've sent their men one at a time, unarmed, and given them a few months to get jobs and settle in. But those Kims -- they're just impulsive guys. They want it all now.
Browse author Email Gary at war_nerd@exile.ru, but, more importantly, buy his book.
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Things I Learned While Watching the Teen Choice Awards as a Twenty-Something
by Hannah Gettleman
It's Back-to-School season, but there's one awards show to send summer off with a bang: The Teen Choice Awards.
I always looked forward to the TCA's, mostly because they were around my birthday and what everyone would be talking about the first day of school, and it was one of those awards shows where I knew every nominee and every performer.
I'm aware that I just watched the Teen Choice Awards and I'm about to turn 23. I have no shame.
One Direction opened the show singing "The Best Song Ever" (no, really, that's the name of the song), and it got me nostalgic thinking of when *NSYNC was up there ten years ago, when Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears were dating and won Choice Male and Female Hottie, respectively, and when there wasn't such thing as "twerking." Ahh, those were the days.
The Teen Choice Awards are the one show where everything is so laid back (I mean, they give surf boards to the award recipients), from the fashion and the red teal carpet to the super long speeches (I guess the producers don't believe in using trombones to cut them short). It's interesting that they have a wide variety of nominees, from Sandra Bullock and Kerry Washington (the "adult" actors) to some Australian singing sensation named Cody Simpson who I'm pretty sure is Aaron Carter's twin. Oh, and Ben Affleck was nominated as Choice Movie Actor, Drama, for "Argo". Most of these people can't even see a Rated R movie…
Here's what I learned watching the Teen Choice Awards as a Twenty-Something:
-Ashton Kutcher won Ultimate Award, but half the teens in the audience have no idea he was Kelso on That '70s Show.
-Jim Parsons, he of Big Bang Theory fame and Emmy winner (and Choice Male Comedy Actor), is now the proud owner of a surfboard, even though he said he doesn't surf.
-Just because you photobomb people doesn't make you a villain (cough, Adam Devine)
-Taylor Swift didn't win choice Breakout Song for We Are Never Getting Back Together". That was like the breakup song of all breakup songs.
-I'm pretty sure Bridget Mendler is Taylor Swift's clone.
Amiright?
-Fifth Harmony, the biggest girl group on X Factor, reminded me of the girl group Dream on Making the Band with Diddy…anyone else remember them?
-Glee won choice TV Comedy and Lea Michele won choice TV Actress. She literally broke my heart and was so poised and touching throughout her speech.
So beautiful and composed during her first appearance post-Cory. RIP.
-Abigail Breslin (aka Little Miss Sunshine) does not look good as a blonde.
-I thought we went through our punk phase, Paramore.
-Teen Beach Movie is the new High School Musical. The lead guy definitely has the fwoopy Zac Efron hair.
-Kids love listening to a twerking girl sing about some girl named "Molly" all summer.
-I am definitely wayy too old to be watching this awards show. Thank goodness the Emmys are next month.
Make fun of me now, but I'll see you on the red carpet…eventually.
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In telephony, the demarcation point is the point at which the system of cables ends and connects with the wiring at the customer premises. It is, therefore, a very apropos name for the Laval, Quebec, based company, DemarcationPoint, the largest privately owned structured cabling company in Canada, which specializes in cabling infrastructure and network related services.
Because communication needs are not limited by sector, DemarcationPoint services a broad range of companies. "We service companies who need cable infrastructure, and our customers include government, the health sector, educational sector, manufacturers, thousands of different areas," says Nick Sarantinos, Vice-President of Operations. DemarcationPoint's success has brought major clients such as TELUS , Bell, Casino Mt. Tremblant and CBC Radio, to name but a few on its huge client roster. "We are the hands-on people. We will be involved in the cabling and installation of the equipment, cleaning up the spaghetti room, if you will," he continues, referring to the bundles of wires that link up telephones, sometimes hundreds of them, within a company.
While their focus is on structured cabling, DemarcationPoint has expanded since its beginnings in 2001. "We specialize in anything to do with cable infrastructure inside a building required for telecommunications," explains Claudine Belasky, Vice- President Market Development, adding that they do work like bringing in fibre or copper between buildings or offices. DemarcationPoint's products advance alongside advances in bandwidth technology as customers' needs for faster communication grow. The broad scope of services is what truly places DemarcationPoint in the upper echelon of the industry. Once the installation of cables is complete, DemarcationPoint will install additional equipment for the client, such as cameras, access control panels and equipment for wireless internet. There is also a unique control centre was created with the local or national customer in minds. A bilingual staff is at the ready in the case of any technical difficulty, be it due to inclement weather or merely a scheduled maintenance appointment.
The growth trajectory of DemarcationPoint comes down the accrued expertise of its team. The market is very competitive, and there is no shortage of home-sprung cable companies forging into the fray every day. While some of these companies can offer comparable prices in the short term, they fall short of the stability and reliability of DemarcationPoint. "It's about price at the end of the day. We are a national company that will not only complete the job, but also support the investment. We are a fully insured and bonded company. We have a reputation. We work as a big team," says Nick Sarantinos.
DemarcationPoint distinguishes themselves by their diversity of services, availability of technicians, quality of service and planning.
When asked if the company has been hard hit by the recent recession, the answer seems to be no, and Sarantinos only sees brighter days on the horizon. "Our first two quarters this year were very good. The recession did not hit us until the third quarter," he says. Nick Sarantinos has a unique perspective on the overall rise in business as telephony is the first stop for new enterprise. "Now, going into the fourth quarter, it has gone bananas. I think other businesses are comfortable accepting that the recession is over and they are re-strategizing, refinancing and getting ready for the wave of business that is coming. Companies are now establishing themselves with services that will grow their business model, and the most important service is communications," adding, "I think they next two years will be phenomenal for business across the whole country." No doubt, DemarcationPoint will be the backbone of that growth.


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Top 10 local news stories of 2018: No. 10…
Top 10 local news stories of 2018: No. 10 — Longmont high school teams post successful postseasons
Helen H. Richardson / The Denver Post
Longmont High School students cheer the Trojans as they hold the state championship trophy in the air after claiming the 4A boys state championship at the Denver Coliseum March 10 in Denver.i
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Skyline High School middle linebacker Dylan Bartels is pictured after the Falcons lost the Class 4A football state championship to Loveland High School on Dec. 1 at Broncos Stadium at Mile High. Loveland won 62-14.
By Sam Lounsberry | slounsberry@prairiemountainmedia.com | Longmont Times-Call
Top 10 local stories of 2018
Through Dec.31, the Times-Call will count down the top stories of the year, as selected by the newspaper's editors.
10. Longmont high school teams post successful post-seasons
Longmont High School's boys basketball team is off to a perfect 9-0 start this season, continuing the run of success that peaked with the Trojans in March capturing their first state championship since 1942.
The Trojans weren't the last team of city high school athletes that made a playoff run to the final game of the season this year.
Skyline High School's football team pressed on to the state final as a No. 9 seed, where the Falcons fell this month to the No. 2 Loveland Indians 62-14 to finish as Colorado's 4A runner-up at 10-4 on the year.
The success of these two Longmont preps teams was among the brightest stories in the city in 2018.
Longtime Trojans hoops coach and 1975 Longmont graduate Jeff Kloster was celebrated by his senior players who were part of the program for a heartbreaking second-place finish as freshmen in 2015.
What Longmont lacked in size against its playoff opponents, the Trojans made up for with shooting, hustle and fundamental teamwork.
They faced a 6-foot-9 Falcon forward in the quarterfinals, a 6-foot-7 Pueblo South forward in the semifinal and multiple towers in the final against Lewis-Palmer, who the Trojans still managed to out-rebound.
Longmont also dished 14 assists to best the Rangers' seven en route to a 62-59 victory to finish with a 26-2 record on the season.
But Longmont had to hold off a nearly successful fourth quarter Rangers comeback attempt, as they clawed their way back from a 15 point deficit at the end of the third quarter to tie the game at 59 with 40 seconds remaining.
It was Oakley Dehning's 3-pointer for Longmont with 25 seconds left that turned out to be the game-winner.
While fans have to wait until next fall to see how Skyline's football team will kick off its follow-up campaign to a second-place finish, Kloster and returning players Dehning, Beck Page, Brady Renck and the rest of the Trojans hoops squad has set a goal to go undefeated at home this season.
Since taking over the program in 1995, when he coached the Trojans to a Final Four appearance, Kloster has gone 429-158, including last season's championship and his 9-0 mark to start this one.
After finally coming up victorious in the title game in his 24th season, Kloster was named the Denver Post All-Colorado boys basketball coach of the year for 2018.
Sam Lounsberry: 303-473-1322, slounsberry@prairiemountainmedia.com and twitter.com/samlounz.
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The National Institute for Prevention of Workplace Violence, Inc. has released its 2013 Workplace Violence Fact Sheet, a repository of information, statistics and charts on workplace violence presented to give Human Resources, Threat Management, Security, Risk Management and Operational Managers current information on workplace violence.
W. Barry Nixon, Founder and Executive Director of the National Institute for Prevention of Workplace Violence, Inc. stated "We thought the time was right to release our new fact sheet on workplace violence to ensure that those on the frontline of addressing workplace violence had current information to assist them in their planning efforts. We believe that knowledge and information are the fuel that drive effective decision making and it is our intent to provide organizations of all types with a reliable source for valuable information on violence prevention."
Preventing workplace violence is a multi-disciplinary issue that most Human Resource professionals share with Security. Security Magazine recently reported that workplace violence was one of the key topics of interest in its Security 500 reports, which includes input many of the top security directors in the country.
With data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Justice, National Institute of Safety and Health (NIOSH), NCCI Research and more, the 2013 Workplace Violence Fact Sheetprovides a detailed look at violence in the American workplace through statistics, charts and legal issues associated with workplace violence. This years' edition also includes an expanded section on domestic violence and the financial aspects of workplace violence.
Workplace homicides and other violent acts are the second leading cause of death for women at work
For the first 10 years of the 21st century, an average of 558 work-related homicides occurred annually in the U.S.
Workplace suicides rose to an all-time high of 270 incidents in 2010.
NON-FATAL ASSAULTS:
Estimated more than half million incidents reported each year
Most often occur in nursing homes, social services, hospitals and late-night convenient stores
THE FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Workplace violence costs an estimated $121 billion a year nationwide
Non-fatal assaults alone result in more than 876,000 lost workdays and $16 million in lost wages
Subsequent costs could include lost productivity, counseling, contract/sales losses, cleaning and refurbishing, increased insurance costs, lawsuits/settlements, and more
"PREVENTION, OUTWEIGHS REACTIONTM"
Reacting to a serious incident of workplace violence is actually 100 times more expensive than taking pro-active measures to prevent the incident from occurring. Employers may be liable for negligent hiring or retention if an incident occurs and the employer failed to take reasonable steps to prevent harm to individuals. The average settlements cost for negligence lawsuits are $1 million (and some with verdicts as high as $40 million).
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I strongly support the 2nd amendment, and strongly support Maine's constitution, Mr. Sauschuck's is unfortunately NOT the right candidate for this state.
Mike Sauschuck can not be objectionable on gun rights considering his background with radical out of state big money groups that look to overturn the US Constitution or parts there of . Therefore he does not represent the values of Maine citizens or myself , as he represents tyranny for the people instead .
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MANOWAR To Release 'The Final Battle' Trilogy Of EPs; Part One Due In May
MANOWAR has confirmed the impending release of "The Final Battle I", an EP comprised of eagerly awaited brand new material. Fans will first get their chance to own this initial instalment in a trilogy of thunderous EPs in an exclusive pre-sale at the merchandise booth of the band's "The Final Battle World Tour 2019", starting with MANOWAR's show in Frankfurt, Germany on March 29. An exclusive digital presale period will start on iTunes the same day. The rollout will then continue into retail and online stores on May 30 and digitally on Amazon and Google Play.
The first of three parts which will constitute the highly anticipated new MANOWAR album, this EP is "destined to go down in heavy metal history as one of the most insanely epic releases of all time," according to a press release. "An imperious demonstration of the band's undisputed mastery of both skull-crushing metal anthems and extraordinary feats of symphonic bombast, these four new molten metal tracks have been inspired by MANOWAR's 'The Final Battle World Tour' and fuelled by the support and energy of their fans. All music was conceived, recorded and mixed at MANOWAR's very own Valhalla Studios, utilizing the unparalleled power of their PMC statement monitors with over 27,000 watts of ground-shaking clarity."
Says MANOWAR bassist and leader Joey DeMaio: "The sheer power of these four songs is mind-blowing! We simply couldn't release more songs at one time; it's just too much. We want to give our fans the chance to take in every note, every word. Gain more strength from this experience and then be ready for the battles they fight every day. And join us on the road, on 'The Final Battle'!"
"The Final Battle I" covers a vast amount of musical ground in its quest to deliver the ultimate heavy metal experience. The opener, the epic fantasy-brought-to-life "March Of The Heroes Into Valhalla" reimagines MANOWAR's music in vivid, cinematic form, providing a deeply moving journey through the warrior's life, from bloody battles to ascension into Valhalla. The battle-filled mood continues with the spine-shattering might and fury of the new anthem "Blood And Steel". Next is "Sword Of The Highlands", one of the most explosive and dramatic songs DeMaio has ever penned: a profound and stirring tribute to heroes long perished, it begins with exquisite elegance before erupting into a grand crescendo of power and glory, exemplified by a possible career best vocal performance from the ever-impressive Eric Adams. Finally, the most startling surprise arrives in the dark, lurking, brutal and merciless form of "You Shall Die Before I Die"; a hypnotic and coruscating epic that delivers a vengeful statement of intent and invincibility… with lead vocals by DeMaio himself.
"The Final Battle I" comes with a crushing new artwork by iconic fantasy artist Ken Kelly, masterfully echoing the emotional roller coaster you'll be taken on.
Parts II and III of the trilogy will arrive in course, inspired by MANOWAR's adventures on the remainder of "The Final Battle World Tour".
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The arguments between advertising agencies and clients are legendary, but they beg the question: Who's really in charge here? I've worked at agencies where the clients were in charge because they paid the bills. I've worked with some clients who told me my job was to tell them what to do and others who told me to shut up and make the logo bigger. So who's in charge?
This question came into sharp focus for me recently during a discussion with a smart friend who happens to be a brand manager. We were discussing how to market two products in his portfolio. One had over 100 years of history behind it and was a household name. The other didn't even exist a year ago.
Talking about the newer product, I said, "The issue facing this brand is …" when he interrupted me.
This idea ran contrary to almost everything I'd ever thought about brands. I had thought product was brand, no matter how small, how obscure, how bad the advertising. If it was out on the shelves, it was a brand.
What I realized is that this idea may have been true in the past, when product, brand and need (or, said another way, "the consumer") were all neatly aligned. But it's not true now. Now they are three distinct entities. And as such, each requires its own champion.
Now, consider the product. Who is the expert on the product? Who spends all their time thinking about how it is made, if the distributors are happy about it, if the sales people understand it, if the factory is going to make enough of it this month, if the quality is going to be up to snuff, if corporate is going to kill it in favor of another product? The client, right?
Now, who spends all their time immersed in the culture of consumers but also standing apart from that culture in an effort to observe it, analyze it, understand it, predict it? Who knows what the trends are, what the motivators are, what's cool for whom, when and how? And who can use that weird double sight to create instinctual insights that resonate with millions of consumers everywhere? The agency, right?
And the brand? The brand is where the client and agency meet. The client comes at the brand from the perspective of the product, and the agency comes at it from the perspective of the consumer. And while overlap is good—smart clients should think about consumers, and smart agencies should understand their products—the strength of the brand will lie in the intelligent resolution of their differing perspectives.
Perhaps the most important thing about this idea is that it gives shape to the discourse between agencies and clients over strategy, planning, equity, direction and that mother of all flash points, creative. Each knows what their role is. Each knows what they bring to the table. And each knows who they really work for.
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In the mid-nineties a group of Allihies residents came together to discuss how they might preserve and present the local copper mining heritage of this unique area. The idea of Allihies Copper Mine Museum (ACMM) was born and hard work and dedication on the part of the local community brought it to fruition. Attended by then-president Mary McAleese, the museum finally opened its doors in May, 2007.
The museum has flourished since then. Visitor numbers have steadily increased as has the number of staff. The café / gallery has been developed and an outdoor seating area added. A small shop counter was added to accompany the museum. Forays have been made into areas like marketing the museum and education activities for young visitors. A library is currently being put together and the museum is participating in the Heritage Council's museum standards programme (MSPI). Every season sees new ideas for the museum conceived and carried through, making ACMM a dynamic organisation, yet still close to its community-driven roots.
ACMM is a registered charity and all income is used in its day-to-day operation and to further develop the museum as a social and cultural hub for the community. In 2011 a resident pass was sent to every household in Allihies parish, placing ownership of this project firmly back in the hands of local people.
The objective of the museum is to recognise, research, preserve and celebrate the rich mining heritage of Allihies.
The museum achieves this through the display of artefacts, the use of photographs, illustrations, original drawings and documents, diagrams and maps, as well as a number of key large-scale models together with text panels.
The location of the museum is a key factor being the Methodist chapel built in 1845 for the Cornish miners working in the mines.
ACMM has a vital community role in so far as it is a custodian of an important story that reaches into the heart of the community, shaping its identity.
The museum is not seen as a static entity but rather a continuous work in progress with new material being added as it comes to light.
Beyond the necessary limit of the information on display in the museum it is envisaged that ACMM will develop into a rich source of information on mining and local history for anyone seeking further study. To this end a library of books and documents has been collected.
The core aspect of ACMM is the story of 19th and 20th century copper mining at Allihies.
The major emphasis is on the extensive 19th century workings of the mines from its discovery in 1812 through its continuous working until 1885. Subsequent working of the mine in the 1920s is also covered as well as the later opening of the mines in 1960s for exploratory work.
The three surviving engine houses and other mine buildings are key "off site" exhibits of the museum. A mining trail has been developed and an information map published. The ultimate aim of the museum is the development of an underground experience in one of the main mine adits.
While the core story is that of mining, the policy of the museum is to place this story in a broad context by incorporating a wide range of sub-sections relating directly and indirectly to mining.
The story begins with the geology of the area put in a global context and then focusing on the local geological conditions that supported the development of copper ore.
The human story begins in the Stone Age with the inclusion of a 10,000 year old stone implement found near the shore locally which was used at the time for harvesting shell fish and is the most southerly find in Ireland of such an implement.
The story is placed in the context of Bronze Age mining in the immediate area and West Cork in general.
The museum focuses on the sociological context into which the 19th century mining enterprise arrived.
The immensity of the engineering involved is focused on in detail.
The 20th century aspect of the mines is focused on through the collection of stories of miners still living.
The follow-on emigration to US mines after the closure in 1885 of the mines is focused on.
ACMM sees its role as one of education, enlightenment and entertainment. The story of the Industrial Revolution arriving in one of the more remote corners of Ireland is exciting and inspiring in itself, but it is hoped that it will also stimulate understanding and insight into other aspects of our heritage.
ACMM will develop its educational role through engagement with schools of the area, both primary and secondary level, by offering group visits and tours and initiating involvement through projects.


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Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service Maxim Shaskolsky. In particular, they spoke about pricing in socially significant markets.
The Kremlin, Moscow, January 10, 2023
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Shaskolsky, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has many responsibilities, and price control is one of them. This is especially important today. Indeed, at the moment, we are keeping inflation within certain boundaries, and it is declining; it is showing a downward trend. Still, how is this work proceeding? I would like to hear your report.
Head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service Maxim Shaskolsky: Mr President,
Applying price controls in the markets of socially significant goods is our priority. I am talking not only about food products, but also medicines, petroleum products, building materials and cellular communications services.
Our food production market is well developed; it is a highly competitive market with a large number of participants. Therefore, in this area, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service's efforts include measures to help boost harvests and production volumes. For example, we are monitoring the process of allocating government subsidies to agricultural producers, and have issued about 35 warnings in recent time to the various bodies that are responsible for ensuring that agricultural producers have non-discriminatory access to such subsidies.
In addition, work is underway to ensure that our agricultural producers have enough mineral fertiliser at affordable prices. To this end, we have worked together with our colleagues from the relevant ministries to develop a trade and marketing policy that incorporates the procedures for pricing fertilisers and indexing their prices, and the upper limits for distributors' charges. These trade and marketing policies have been approved by major producers of mineral fertilisers; the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service takes steps to enforce compliance. As a result, our agricultural producers are fully provided with mineral fertilisers at affordable prices.
Another instruction you gave us had to do with retail chain markups on socially significant food items. We have taken steps to ensure that the markups on socially significant food products in federal retail chains have gone down from 22 to 5.5 percent. Such responsible pricing was also supported by 79 regional retail chains. We have carried out additional work with regard to specific foods such as bread, milk, sugar, the so-called borsch basket, and federal retail chains have made commitments to maintain a margin of no more than 5 percent for the most popular goods in each category.
Vladimir Putin: Good.
What else would you like to discuss? Go ahead, please.
Maxim Shaskolsky: As I said, we are also working on the pharmaceuticals market. We have a list of vital, essential medicines; we have revised the prices of 14,000 such medicines, of which 7,000 have been reduced by an average of 35 percent.
In the building materials market, we found that the rise in prices was caused not only by market conditions, but also by certain businesses' actions, which, among other things, focused on the so-called export alternative. We have conducted a number of investigations and filed lawsuits against certain metals companies, as well as makers of building materials from wood, aerated concrete, and glass. More investigations are ongoing. We can say that this is one of the reasons why the prices of a number of building materials are going down.
Vladimir Putin: Good. This is very important, above all, considering our housing construction plans.
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National Geographic & Canon Wild Clicks 2011 jury and public poll winner.
Studied Post Graduate Advance Dip in Computer Sc., MBA IT,LIMS (USA & Australia),
GxP(USA & UK),BA (Sociology)
Dip in Journalism (Ireland),
Diploma in Vedic Astrology, Numerology, Palmistry, Vastu Shastra & Feng Sui
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Media Actions
Guides Reference What's new
Live TV Channel
Live TV Event
Collect Information
Identify the Entity Types
Collect the ID, URL, and Name
Identify Relationships
Collect the Metadata
Identify the Deep Links
Identify the Access Requirement
Identify the Price
Create a Feed
Host the Feed
Submit the Feed
Monitor the Feed
Quality checklist
Data Feed Validation Tool
JSON Schemas validation
The live TV event entities allow Google to identify which Media Actions content is broadcast on a TV channel or live streamed on the Internet. With the live TV event information, Google can help users browse, discover, and watch TV shows, movies, daily news, and other live events that are broadcast in real time on your app or platform. GoogleTV will display this electronic programming guide at various places such as the 'On Now' tab.
For instance, if Google knows that MyFavoriteMovie, MyFavoriteTVShow, and MyFavoriteBasketballTeam game are currently broadcast on a TV channel, Google can better recognize the context of the following queries and guide users to your app or platform:
"Hey Google, play MyFavoriteMovie"
"Hey Google, play MyFavoriteTVShow"
"Hey Google, play MyFavoriteBasketballTeam game"
Note: GoogleTV integrations require a minimum of 7 days (24X7) of TV schedule into the future to be provided in the feed for every BroadcastService in the provider's catalog. This means that if the feed was collected today, it would contain data from (today-1 to today+6 days). The recommended duration for the same is, however, 14 days (today-1 to today+13 days). Work with your Google contact to ensure this is in place.
Service providers can use the BroadcastEvent, SportsEvent, MusicEvent, and Event (in addition to BroadcastService, Movie, TVSeries, TVSeason, and TVEpisode) markup objects to provide the details of TV programming or live events.
Live TV event entity types
Figure 1. The links between the Live TV event entity types.
BroadcastEvent describes the broadcasting schedule of a show (Movie, TVSeries, TVSeason, or TVEpisode) or an event (SportsEvent, MusicEvent, or Event) on a TV channel. You can also use this entity to describe a live streaming event on the Internet.
Depending on the type of content and its broadcasting medium, you need to use a different set of properties in BroadcastEvent to provide the details of the content and identify the deep link. Consider the following three scenarios:
Scenario 1 - A TV show or movie is broadcast on a TV channel.
Scenario 2 - A special event (for example, sports or music) is broadcast live on a TV channel.
Scenario 3 - A special event is live streamed on the Internet.
To obtain the metadata of a show or an event, a BroadcastEvent entity must have either a workPerformed or broadcastOfEvent property:
If the content is a TV show or movie, use the workPerformed property to include a Movie, TVSeries, TVSeason, or TVEpisode entity (Scenario 1).
"workPerformed": {
"@type": "TVEpisode",
"@id": "http://example.com/tv_series/my_favorite_tv_series/s6/e2_three_mice"
If the content is an event, use the broadcastOfEvent property to include a SportsEvent, MusicEvent, or Event entity (Scenario 2 and 3).
"broadcastOfEvent": {
"@type":"SportsEvent",
"@id": "http://example.com/basketball/professional/final_game_6",
SportsEvent, MusicEvent, and Event provide supplemental information about the event to their corresponding BroadcastEvent entity:
SportsEvent provides the details that are specific to a sports event.
MusicEvent provides the details that are specific to a music event.
Event provides the details of a generic event.
Broadcasting medium
The content can be either broadcast on a TV channel (BroadcastService) or live streamed on the Internet (WatchAction):
If the content is broadcast on a TV channel, use the publishedOn property to include a BroadcastService entity (Scenario 1 and 2).
"publishedOn": {
"@type": "BroadcastService",
"@id": "http://example.com/stations/example_tv"
If the content is broadcast live as a streaming event, the publishedOn property is not required; instead, directly use the potentialAction property in BroadcastEvent to provide the deep link of the event (Scenario 3). See the SportsEvent - boxing match (a streaming event) example.
Live TV event examples
The following examples demonstrate the common scenarios of the live TV event entities:
SportsEvent - basketball game
SportsEvent - boxing match (a streaming event)
MusicEvent - concert
Event - Google I/O 2019 keynote (a streaming event)
A movie is broadcast on the television network Example TV (BroadcastService) between 5 pm and 7 pm on July 12th, 2019.
BroadcastEvent
"@context": ["http://schema.org", {"@language": "en"}],
"@type": "BroadcastEvent",
"@id": "http://example.com/live/movie/new_release",
"name": "My Favorite Movie",
"description": "John Doe spent years perfecting his survival skills in a tropical jungle.",
"startDate": "2019-07-12T17:00-08:00",
"endDate": "2019-07-12T19:00-08:00",
"videoFormat": "HD",
"isLiveBroadcast": "False",
"@type": "Movie",
"@id": "http://www.example.com/my_favorite_movie"
BroadcastService
"@context":"http://schema.org",
"@type":"BroadcastService",
"@id":"http://example.com/stations/example_tv",
"name":"EXAMPLE-TV",
"broadcastDisplayName":"ABCD",
"callSign": "EXA-TV",
"videoFormat":"SD",
"broadcastTimezone":"America/Los_Angeles",
"broadcastAffiliateOf":{
"@type":"Organization",
"@id":"http://example.com/networks/abcd-network",
"identifier": [
"@type": "PropertyValue",
"propertyID": "TMS_ID",
"value": "12258"
"propertyID": "_PARTNER_ID_",
"value": "exampletv-123456"
"potentialAction": {
"@type": "WatchAction",
"target": {
"@type": "EntryPoint",
"urlTemplate": "http://example.com/livestream",
"actionPlatform": [
"http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
"http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform",
"http://schema.org/AndroidPlatform",
"http://schema.org/IOSPlatform",
"http://schema.googleapis.com/GoogleVideoCast",
"http://schema.org/AndroidTVPlatform"
"actionAccessibilityRequirement": {
"@type": "ActionAccessSpecification",
"category": "externalsubscription",
"availabilityStarts": "2018-07-21T10:35:29Z",
"availabilityEnds": "2019-10-21T10:35:29Z",
"requiresSubscription": {
"@type": "MediaSubscription",
"@id": "http://example.com/subscription",
"name": "ABCD",
"sameAs": "http://example.com/subscription",
"authenticator": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "TVE"
"eligibleRegion": [
"@type": "Country",
"name": "US"
"@id": "http://www.example.com/my_favorite_movie",
"url": "http://www.example.com/my_favorite_movie",
"sameAs": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/my_favorite_movie",
"releasedEvent": {
"@type": "PublicationEvent",
"startDate": "2008-01-20",
"location": {
"actor": [
"@type": "Person",
"name": "John Doe",
"sameAs": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe"
"name": "Jane Doe",
"sameAs": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Doe"
"propertyID": "IMDB_ID",
"value":  "tt0123456"
Movie (Also Available on Demand)
A movie is broadcast on the television network Example TV (BroadcastService) between 5 pm and 7 pm on July 12th, 2019. The movie is also available on Demand
"urlTemplate": "http://www.example.com/my_favorite_movie?autoplay=true",
"http://schema.org/AndroidTVPlatform",
"http://schema.googleapis.com/GoogleVideoCast"
"category": "subscription",
"name": "Example Package",
"commonTier": true,
"@id": "http://www.example.com/example_package"
"name": "CA"
A TV episode is broadcast on the television network Example TV (BroadcastService) between 9 pm and 9:30 pm on October 12th, 2019.
"@id": "http://example.com/live/event/my_favorite_tv_series/new_episode",
"name": "My Favorite TV Series - Season 6 - Episode 2 - Three Mice",
"description": "Three mice leave the town and the trip turns into something more.",
"@id": "http://www.example.com/my_favorite_tv_show/s6/e2"
"@id": "http://www.example.com/my_favorite_tv_show/s6/e2",
"url": "http://www.example.com/my_favorite_tv_show/s6/e2",
"sameAs": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/my_favorite_show/s6/e2",
"episodeNumber": 2,
"partOfSeason": {
"@type": "TVSeason",
"@id": "http://www.example.com/my_favorite_tv_show/s6",
"seasonNumber": 6
"partOfSeries": {
"@type": "TVSeries",
"@id": "http://www.example.com/my_favorite_tv_show",
"name": "My Favorite TV Show",
"sameAs": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/my_favorite_tv_show"
"popularityScore": {
"@type": "PopularityScoreSpecification",
"value": 3.9,
"eligibleRegion": "EARTH"
"description": "Three Mice return to the village three years after his disappearance.",
"identifier": {
A daily news program, which is an episodeless TVSeries entity, is broadcast live on the television network Example TV (BroadcastService).
"@id": "http://example.com/live/news/my_favorite_daily_news",
"name": "My Favorite Daily News",
"description": "Example TV's daily evening news program.",
"isLiveBroadcast": "True",
"@id": "http://example.com/news/my_favorite_daily_news"
"@id": "http://example.com/news/my_favorite_daily_news",
"sameAs": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/my_favorite_daily_news",
"description": "This is my favorite daily news.",
A professional basketball league's championship game is broadcast live on the television network Example TV (BroadcastService).
"@type":"BroadcastEvent",
"@id": "http://example.com/live/event/basketball/final_game_6",
"name":"2019 Professional Basketball Finals, Game 6: Team A at Team B",
"startDate":"2019-06-16T20:00-08:00",
"endDate":"2019-06-16T23:00-08:00",
"videoFormat":"HD",
"isLiveBroadcast":"True",
"publishedOn":{
"@id":"http://example.com/stations/example_tv"
SportsEvent
"description": [
"@language": "en",
"@value": "Game 6 of the 2019 Professional Basketball Finals. Team A leads the series 3-2 against Team B."
"@value": "2019 Professional Basketball, Game 6. Team A at Team B."
"homeTeam":{
"@type":"SportsTeam",
"name":"Team B",
"sport":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball",
"parentOrganization":{
"@type":"SportsOrganization",
"name":"Professional Basketball League",
"sameAs":"http://www.example.com/professional_basketball_league"
"athlete":[
"@type":"Person",
"name":"John doe"
"awayTeam":{
"name":"Team A",
"name":"Jane Doe"
"location":{
"@type":"Place",
"name":"Example Stadium",
"address":{
"@type":"PostalAddress",
"streetAddress":"1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy",
"addressLocality":"Mountain View",
"addressRegion":"CA",
"postalCode":"94043",
"addressCountry":"US"
A popular boxing match is broadcast live on the Internet as a streaming event (WatchAction).
"@id": "http://example.com/live/event/20190616/johndoe_vs_janedoe",
"name":"2019 Professional Boxing - John Doe vs Jane Doe",
"@id": "http://example.com/boxing/johndoe_vs_janedoe_2019",
"urlTemplate": "http://www.example.com/premium/johndoe_vs_janedoe",
"@id": "http://www.example.com/premium_subscription",
"name": "Example Premium",
"sameAs": "http://www.example.com/premium_subscription",
"commonTier": true
"description":"World champion Jane Doe fights undefeated John Doe at the Example Arena in Mountain View, California.",
"competitor":[
"name":"Jane Doe",
"birthDate":"1977-12-14",
"gender":"F",
"nationality":"US"
"name":"John Doe",
"gender":"M",
"nationality":"GB"
"name":"Example Arena",
A musical concert is broadcast live on the Internet as a streaming event (WatchAction).
"@id": "http://example.com/live/event/my_favorite_artist_2019_tour",
"name":"My Favorite Artist's 2019 Homecoming Tour",
"@type":"MusicEvent",
"@id": "http://example.com/music/my_favortie_artist/2019_tour",
MusicEvent
"description":"After 8 years off the music scene, My Favorite Artist is back with the Homecoming Tour.",
"performer": {
"name":"My Favorite Artist",
"nationality":"CA"
The Google I/O 2019 keynote is broadcast live on the Internet as a streaming event (WatchAction).
"@id": "http://example.com/live/event/google_io_2019/keynote",
"name":"Google I/O 2019 keynote",
"@type":"Event",
"@id": "http://example.com/keynote/google_io_2019",
"urlTemplate": "http://www.example.com/conference/google_io_2019",
"@id": "http://www.example.com/basic_subscription",
"name": "Example Basic",
"sameAs": "http://www.example.com/basic_subscription",
"description":"Google's annual developer conference keynote event.",
"attendee": {
"name":"My Favorite Speaker",
"nationality":"IN"


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On Non-Payment of Salaries, Teachers from 12 DU Colleges Claim 'Broken Promises' From Kejriwal
Teachers from 12 Delhi University colleges, fully funded by the Delhi government, continue to suffer delayed and irregular salary payments, alleging that politics and broken promises from the Kejriwal-led government are the cause.
DUTA protests in 2021 where teachers and non-teaching staff demanded the payment of salaries and the release of grants. Photo: PTI.
Astha Savyasachi
New Delhi: The magnificent auditorium of Maharaja Agrasen College, Delhi University, reverberated with applause and cheers on the evening of September 16. It was the venue for NDTV's exclusive 'Townhall' program, titled 'Make India No 1: The AK Blueprint' where Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal received a splendid welcome.
The approbation, however, began dimming towards the end of the show when two students from the audience questioned the chief minister on the issue of classes not being held because the teachers of 12 Delhi University (DU) colleges, which fall under the Delhi government, had not received their salaries. In response, Kejriwal claimed ignorance, saying, "It was not in my knowledge. If it is so, I will get it done."
Was the Delhi chief minister really unaware of the issue? Was he unaware of the many protests by DU teachers that took place outside his residence? And above all, was he unaware of the promises he made to the principals of these 12 colleges?
Taking a few steps back in time might refresh everyone's memory.
There are 12 colleges in DU which fall under the Delhi government's purview and are supposed to be fully funded by it. The Wire talked to various teachers from these colleges and the Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) to understand the genesis of the problem.
Bhupinder Chaudhary, an associate professor at Maharaja Agrasen College where the NDTV programme was held, said, "This issue of irregular salaries has existed for nearly two-and-a-half to three years now. Before that, we had never faced such a problem."
"If by chance there was some delay in the grant from the Delhi government," Chaudhary continued, "the colleges used to manage the issue locally. It would take loans from the Student Society Fund (SSF) to pay the salaries of teachers and staff and would repay them once the grant was released by the Delhi government."
Since 1994, when all 12 of these colleges were opened, they have been collecting money from students for various reasons – the girls' common room, a bicycle stand, sports, library and so on, under the SSF. The amount actually spent on these facilities was, however, minimal. The colleges began saving this money in fixed deposits and currently, every college has around Rs 12-15 crore.
Tussle between Delhi government and Centre
"Each of these colleges has a governing body which is responsible for its policy decisions, appointment of teachers and non-teaching staff, and so on," Chaudhary continued. "It comprises 15 members, five of whom are from the university and college side – two university representatives, nominated by the vice-chancellor; two teacher representatives nominated on a rotational basis; and the principal of the college, who is a permanent member."
"The remaining ten members are nominated by the Delhi government and their names are then sent for approval from the executive council of Delhi University. Once the body is finalised, all 15 members elect the chairman and treasurer of the governing body," he said.
Also read: Why Is the Delhi Government Not Paying its Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff in DU?
Chaudhary further explained how the fact that Delhi government representatives are required to be present in the governing body is responsible for the present situation. "The premise of the whole situation is very political. Since the majority of members of the governing body happen to be from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), around the year 2019, a confrontation began with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the centre."
"Because of political pressure from the centre, Delhi University would not approve the names nominated by the Delhi government and hence, the colleges stopped constituting the governing bodies," Chaudhary said. "For more than a year, there were no governing bodies. And in the absence of the ten nominees from the Delhi government, the remaining five have the mandate to govern the colleges. In this way, the BJP maintained its control over all of these colleges, keeping the AAP nominees away. And this invited a retaliation from (Delhi deputy chief minister) Manish Sisodia and others."
'Ghost teachers'
The Delhi government responded to this by asking questions of the colleges, as Chaudhary details. "The Delhi government began finding loopholes in the system. It pointed out that many appointments made by the colleges, especially in my college, Maharaja Agrasen, had not been sanctioned by the Delhi government. For example, Agrasen college has a total of 118 permanent and ad hoc teachers and according to the Delhi government, only 67 of these posts are sanctioned."
"They began alleging corruption and mismanagement of funds," he continued, "and later demanded various kinds of audits from the college."
Abha Dev Habib, a professor at Miranda House, told The Wire, "It is pertinent to note that these institutions have already submitted to three different audits, namely, an Internal Audit (conducted by auditors from the approved panel of DU), the ELFA Audit (conducted by the Delhi government) and the AGCR (conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General)."
"Why can't the colleges get the various irregularities regularised?" Habib asked vociferously. "If colleges did not take prior sanction for the posts before hiring teachers and other karamcharis, they should now put a post-facto proposal for regularising those positions. That's the only way to solve this issue. The teachers who were appointed then are not at fault. Why are their salaries being delayed?"
Rajib Ray, a professor at Kirori Mal College, pointed out how the Delhi government calls the teachers appointed to these unsanctioned posts 'ghost teachers'. "I challenge them to find one ghost teacher. And what about those on the sanctioned posts? Why aren't their salaries given?" Ray asked.
Habib also highlighted another ongoing tussle. "The Delhi government maintained that it would release an amount equal to the grant minus the money accumulated in the SSF. They want the colleges to utilise the SSF to pay the salaries of the teachers and other employees. But the colleges and the teachers believe that the SSF is the students' money which should be used on them. It should not be used on a recurring payments like salaries."
"This created a stalemate and the Delhi government started sending the grant minus the SSF amount," Habib continued. "The amount was never sufficient to meet all the requirements. As a result, employees were not paid salaries on time."
The teachers took the issue of the utilisation of the SSF to the Delhi high court where the University and Delhi government were made party to the case. The court, in its interim order, has asked the colleges not to use the SSF money for paying salaries on a permanent basis. However, the colleges could still take loans from the SSF and then repay them when the Delhi government releases grants.
Backdoor privatisation
When asked why DUTA and other teachers oppose the utilisation of the SSF for salaries, Narender Thakur, an associate professor at Bhim Rao Ambedkar College said, "Giving salaries is the responsibility of the government. Otherwise it would amount to introducing privatisation through the back door."
Explaining this, Thakur said, "If a college begins collecting money from students to pay its teachers, it becomes a self-financing institution and ultimately, the fees will be increased. The government will continue to reduce the grants and will always ask the colleges to raise the fees. The matter is in court and until it is resolved, we demand the Delhi government release the grants in full."
The DUTA Secretary's Report for the year 2021-22 has released data on the approximate financial deficits of these 12 colleges.
Source: DUTA Secretary's Report (2021-22).
Delayed salaries, debt trap and humiliation
"In Agrasen College, we haven't received salaries for the past one-and-a-half months now," Chaudhary said. "We got 50% for the month of July and nothing for August. Now, we are told that we won't get anything until Diwali. By the time the next grant comes, 3.5 months' salary will be due."
"It becomes humiliating for us to borrow money from people, again and again, just to pay our children's fees, EMIs and the like," he continued. "It is completely demotivating. It ultimately affects the teaching-learning process and academic standards decline."
On perks other than salaries, Thakur said, "Seventh pay commission arrears are pending for ad hoc teachers. Those who were promoted have not received their arrears. There has been no payment of medical bills for the last three years. There is a provision for children's education allowance, which also has not been paid for the last three years. No leave travel concessions (LTC) have been reimbursed."
"When the salaries are not paid on time, the perks are out of the question," Thakur said.
Also read: 'Imagine Not Getting Paid for 5 Years': Awaiting Dues From Centre, Madrasa Teachers in Dire Straits
Speaking to ad hoc teachers, The Wire found their ordeal to be even worse. Ritu, an assistant professor at B.R. Ambedkar College said, disheartened, "People who joined after me on the same post with the same qualification and same salary as mine have been able to build their homes and own cars. I can't even imagine that because of my irregular salary. All my savings dried up during COVID. I don't know if I can ever dream of owning a house."
She noted that her nephew stays with her and that it is difficult even to manage his tuition fees.
Further, she said, "Since we are ad hoc employees, we cannot even think of medical reimbursements. We do the same amount of work as the permanent employees, at times even more, still we don't get even half of the benefits. This is another kind of discrimination and humiliation we face.'"
"Frankly, I don't remember the last time I bought fruits; the last time I could afford anar (pomegranate). When I go to buy fruits, I have to decide which ones I can afford. I earn around a lakh per month and this is my condition due to the delay in salaries. Imagine the condition of the non-teaching staff," Ritu added.
Sarbeshwar, an assistant professor at the same college, told The Wire that many of the non-teaching staff are not able to enrol their children in private schools because of the irregularities in salary payment. "They don't know if they will be able to pay the school fees on time," he said.
According to Thakur, staff at B.R. Ambedkar College only received 75% of their salaries in August. "25% is still due. And the grant is going to come in October, so we will not even get September's salary on time."
Many teachers and staff took loans to pay off their COVID bills. And those bills have not been reimbursed till date.
"Senior teachers have exhausted all their savings. But the contractual employees or karamcharis don't even have that ecosystem. How will they function? And if teachers are more worried about their salary, how will they teach?" asked Habib.
According to the teachers, the worst affected colleges are Maharaja Agrasen, Deen Dyal Upadhyay, Acharya Narendra Dev College, B.R. Ambedkar College and Keshav Mahavidyalaya. In Deen Dyal Upadhyay, even the electricity bills are reportedly pending.
Will students remain unaffected?
Habib pointed out that the non-payment of a teacher's salary can have a detrimental impact on students. "Around 50-60% of teachers in DU are ad hoc. They are already not secure about their position. And on top of that, when they stop getting their salaries on time, imagine the pressure they face. Won't it affect their teaching? Eventually, the quality of education will go down and this is a systemic failure."
"Due to paucity of funds, infrastructure has been hit adversely," Thakur said. "Post COVID, when the colleges needed IT-infrastructure like smart classrooms, better internet facilities, laptops and so on, we could not even think of that. When the colleges cannot afford salaries and medical expenses, these facilities are a distant dream."
What of the Delhi government's commitment to education?
When asked about the outlook of the Delhi government and the Union government towards education, Chaudhry candidly said, "I don't find any difference between the BJP and AAP government when it comes to the broader picture of how the government should deal with education. The National Education Policy (NEP) that has been enfolding lately is the baby of the Union government and it is an absolute recipe for privatisation and dismemberment of universities like DU. And Kejriwal was the first CM to openly welcome this NEP and hail it as a milestone in education."
"So, both BJP and AAP are at the same level when it comes to privatising education and treating it as a tradable commodity," Chaudhary continued, "withdrawing resources from higher education and giving up the government's responsibility towards it."
Also read: What the New Education Policy Will Mean for Universities in India
Meanwhile, Habib asked, "Many public universities have died in the past because of such behaviour on the part of the governments. Do they want the same fate for Delhi University?"
False promises, short memories
"We have had so many protests," Habib recalled. "Even in March, 2021, when COVID was at its peak, a lot of teachers came out on the roads. Around 800 teachers marched from DU to chief minister Kejriwal's residence. In fact, we have lost a lot of teachers who had participated in these protests to the Delta wave of the pandemic."
"In March, 2021, there was opening of a dialogue and Kejriwal promised the release of Rs 28 crore which was the deficit in funds for these 12 DU colleges. And today, he says he does not know?" Habib asked.
At the same time, Ray said, "Time and again, dharnas have taken place in front of his house. MPs and MLA have landed up at his home for this issue. There have been signature campaigns, Twitter campaigns and what not. After the teachers protested, he even promised the principals of these colleges that Rs 28 crore will be released as funds. But that Rs 28 crore never came. He has had more than three meetings with the principals and the university administration in the last few years and if today he says he is unaware, I am sorry to say but he needs to get checked for amnesia."
The Wire reached out to the Kejriwal, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and lieutenant-governor Vinai Kumar Saxena but received no response.


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Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 10:54 am - Julian - Whipping
A letter to a Brexiteer who normally seems smarter and more knowledgeable than this
To me, your justification for Brexit seems incoherent and illogical.
Your basic premise — in common with a lot of superficially thoughtful criticism — was that the EEC began as a treaty to regulate trade and harmonize regulations, and has then metamorphised into a superstate taking on powers and imposing new laws far beyond this remit. The people are not ready for this.
You gave as an example of super-state over-reaching powers, something from Intellectual Property law — your area of interest. The example was Copyright Extension, which you claimed — correctly — was not about harmonizing some regulation across Europe, but of extending it far beyond what anyone had before.
Really? This is your example?
But we'll go with it.
Regulations have to change and move forwards with the times, and the point of European system is to make these changes in harmony across the whole of Europe at the same time.
Otherwise, your definition of "Regulatory Harmonization" implies that EU can only impose regulations onto the UK that had existed elsewhere in the EU prior to 1973.
Put into that context, it's easy to see why the early years of the EEC would be mostly about harmonization of regulations, while the later years became more about drafting new regulations when those pre-1973 regulations grew out of date through processes we can call time passing. To expect otherwise is illogical, Captain.
But, on the subject of Intellectual Property, let's look at the pragmatic situation. We all know where the policies of successive UK Governments on this issue lie. For sure, if we had not been part of the EU we would have experienced Copyright Extension and Software Patents good and hard since 1998, via a trade treaty with the US.
And good luck with lobbying our supposedly more democratic UK MPs to vote against Software Patents, as we did with European MEPs. They will either not understand it, or agree that it's harmful but consider it something well worth selling out in order to get a better trade deal with the US. It's give and take in the negotiations, you see, and we are a small country who don't get to impose our will on an international super-power. Anyway, Software Developers already do well enough to make a living on the job market; we can trade them to protect our sheep farmers.
Ah, but there's Taking Back Control.
My turn for an example.
After Brexit, the French police can Take Back Control over who is allowed to drive on the French highways. So if I cross the Channel by car, the French police can arrest me for not having a valid MoT on my car, the lack of which means it's officially unsafe to drive and could kill someone. Bad idea.
Fortunately, there's an international court called the ECJ to enforce the treaty/contract between the French and UK Governments that says my MoT certificate for my car issued by the UK Government is as good as the French paperwork.
Now, the French Government can only sign such an agreement to respect our MoT certificates if they have the assurance that our safety and inspection standards are up to scratch — both in terms of the quality of the regulations and in their enforcement.
We have to allow the French Government to potentially take the UK Government to court if they think the UK Government is not doing a good enough job of prosecuting cowboy garage operators who are issuing MoTs to unsafe cars that could then kill people on French motorways.
Otherwise, without the ability to seek redress in court, the French would just have to ban all cars with UK MoTs until the UK cleaned up its act.
However, in such a dispute, it is possible that the French are simply wrong and are being too picky about their standards, and are deliberately making safety requirements that just so happen disadvantage UK cars. So we'd like this matter to be considered in a Competent Court that values its reputation for impartiality — not just some ad-hoc tribunal made up of three dudes deep into conflicts of interest appointed by both sides that has to come up with an answer in 30 days or else.
And we'd like the decision to be worked out and enforced justly, without threats, organized disinformation in the Press, counter-measures and political grand-standing hanging over it — which is what happens when you don't have a framework of functioning law that punishes such disruptive activities.
This story about the MoTs and car safety across borders generalizes to every other field of regulatory cooperation. Basically, if you plumb your toilet into the main sewerage system instead of to a hole in your back garden, you give up control over how many tampons you can flush down it. What was so important about having Control again?
And finally, you suggested a time-frame of five years. It could be bad and painful during the transition period, but we need to hold our nerves while we take back control, until it all works out.
This time-frame, quite frankly, is pulled out of someone's arse. No basis on anything. Here's one way to make a number. Trade treaties take about ten years to negotiate, so why not say ten years, plus another five to account for the fact that no one in the UK Government has negotiated one in 45 years. Does 15 years of chaos and closed borders feel worth it?
I mean, I've got an estimate for the time horizon for how long this takes to work out. But it's not expressed in years; it's the length of time it takes for enough of the Brexiteers to come to terms with the fact that their slogans of Sovereignty, Control and so-called Democracy (with an electoral system that does worse than if you picked 650 citizens for Parliament completely at random) are totally vacuous.
Maybe it takes one month. Maybe it's fifty years. Nobody knows yet. How long can this society carry on with an unbroken layer of denial and mendacity at the top when the shit gets real?
I'll check back with you in about year after it hits the fan. The gradient of the learning curve will suggest a more numerical estimate. By then there will be four-and-a-half out of the quoted five years remaining for things to get sane. My theory is that because it'll actually be happening to us, and isn't some foreign game like a war, the Friedman Unit trick of always quoting five years in the future from now won't work.
The main consequence of taking Control is that we must take the Blame.
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018 at 7:50 pm - Julian - Flightlogger, Hang-glide
Glider photogrammetry
We had a go, where I rigged my U2 hang-glider in the front garden with the VG full on to make it rigid, and then standing it on its nose so that JR could take lots of nice high definition photos of it from a variety of angles with a proper camera with a big lens.
The Agisoft Photoscan thing initially got it right, with a good looking 3D image:
But then I started doing things with the point scan — in particular finding its symmetry so as to compare the left wing with the right wing.
The code is here.
Basically, I loaded the 9653216 points from the csv file with this one Python command:
k = pandas.read_csv("hg1a1b.txt", sep=" ", names=["x","y","z","r","g","b","nx","ny","nz"])
And then worked out that I could perform vector calculations on the columns of coordinates, like this
# Reflect about the plane through x=2 parallel to the YZ plane
mv = pandas.Series({"x":2, "y":0, "z":0})
mvsq = sum(mv**2) # (scalar)
mvfac = (k.x*mv.x + k.y*mv.y + k.z*mv.z)*2/mvsq - 2  # 9million value column
kmirr = pandas.DataFrame({"x":k.x-mv.x*mvfac, "y":k.y-mv.y*mvfac, "z":k.z-mv.z*mvfac})
The alternative more memory efficient calculation method, performed row by row runs many, many times slower:
kmirr = k.apply(lambda R:R[["x","y","z"]] - mv*((R.x*mv.x+R.y*mv.y+R.z*mv.z)*2/mvsq - 2), axis=1)
There's something curious about this column mathematics and how it applies to computational geometry.
In any case, have produced an animation melting through from one wing tip to the other, like so:
It seems that one wing is much fatter in depth than the other.
I think this is a photogrammetry error in its understanding of how far apart to put both sides of the wing. The gap at the leading edge on the fatter wing gives it away.
As is my observation in freeform CAD/CAM: you can get away with a lot of deviation from the required surface because no one can tell when it's wrong. They can measure the flatness of the square edges, but errors in the middle of the freeform surface (so long as they are smooth) pass without notice. I suspect a lot of photogrammetry works on that principle. It's only when we scanned something with two sides that was supposed to be symmetrical could I tell there was a big a problem.
(To be fair, the Agisoft failed when we reran it to get a better fit. It is better to
Well, so much for that. I had hoped I'd have something good enough to trace up and enter into XFLR5 as a series of contours, but it's not quite.
However, I should just make up a series of contours based on this anyway (since it has things like the washout/twist approaching the wingtips) so that when we get good data (eg from a laser scanner) we are all ready for it.
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018 at 5:50 pm - Julian - Kayak Dive
Isle of Man week of diving
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1 25 June 12:00 marine park pinnacle 20.5m 47 minutes
2 25 June 14:42 Citrine (wreck) 15.4m 52 minutes
3 26 June 10:41 Sugarloaf caves 12.7m 61 minutes
4 26 June 16:42 Thracian (wreck) 32.7m 29 minutes
5 27 June 11:00 The puddle 18.1m 58 minutes
6 27 June 17:26 Burroo 21.3m 54 minutes
7 27 June 20:14 Bay near Burroo 18.7m 56 minutes
8 28 June 11:30 Gibdale Bay 22.4m 47 minutes
9 28 June 14:24 St Mary's Ledges 19.8m 57 minutes
10 28 June 22:19 Port Erin 11.3m 63 minutes
11 29 June 11:04 Thousla rock (wreck) 20.8m 50 minutes
12 29 June 14:04 Sugarloaf caves 11.0m 57 minutes
13 29 June 19:19 Spanish head drift 21.6m 40 minutes
Really very much good diving stuff with Discover Diving on the Isle of Man last week. We went over loaded up on our bikes (can't find the pics) on a trip with LUSAC from the ferry terminal about a mile away from our doorstep. My logbook records over 11 hours underwater in 5 days of luxurious cold water diving.
It was insanely hot and the sea was mirror flat most of the days. We stayed on for an extra two days for a cycle to Peel and back to Douglas, though actually we spent most of those days sleeping to escape from the heat.
We saw some amazing sights, like this bird swimming underwater:
That was at the end of the dive in the Sugarloaf Caves, which in every way (except the kayaking) outmatched our cavern dive on the LLeyn a couple of weeks before.
As usual, we had problems with the fact that air goes only upwards when you try to fill a blob. "No," I shook my head.
We got better at deploying it later in the week. Here's a dive to the anchor chain and half a giant anchor on the Thracian. When you release the blob to the surface you realize just how deep 32 metres actually is.
On the night dive we annoyed an octopus who was trying to do its hunting in the dark.
Our final dive was a fast(-ish) 2 knot drift with the current from Spanish Head which left us feeling happy, going with the flow.
I don't have a lot of time to write this up. Maybe there will be some other vids later on when I've gone through them a bit more. (Most are terrible.)
In the meantime, here's me in black on the deep dark wreck, startled by someone else's light.


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Propes appointed as new city administrator for Monroe
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City of Monroe new city administrator Logan Propes. Photo credit: Sharon Swanepoel
The Monroe City Council voted Tuesday to sign current finance director Logan Propes to a 4-year contract as the new city administrator. Propes, who was one of just two in the final running, has been the point person for department heads since the city terminated services of former city administrator Ron Rabun in January.
Monroe City Councilman Larry Bradley made the motion to sign Propes to the contract following an executive session at the end of the May 2, 2017 Called City Council meeting. The city will pay Propes a salary of $120,000 a year with a monthly auto allowance of $625. There is a 6-month severance written into the 4-year contract.
The only person to oppose the motion was Councilman Norman Garrett. He said he didn't have a problem with Propes getting the appointment, he just felt that the $625 travel allowance was excessive.
"Why would you pay someone who lives in the city a $625 travel allowance. He lives like three miles from City Hall." Garrett said. "They only gave Rabun $500 and he lived an hour away."
The other candidate found in the search by Tom Berry, with the recruiting company of Underwood and Co. of Thomasville, who was not offered the contract was former Villa Rica City Manger David A Milliron.
Props first joined the city of Monroe as finance director in 2015 to replace Renee Prather, who retired at the end of the 2016. Prior to that he was finance director for the Jackson County government after serving as a fiscal analyst. He was also employed as the deputy clerk in Hall County. He has an Associate's degree in business administration, a Bachelor of Science degree in political science and a Mastor of Public Administration degree from the University of North Georgia. He has lived in Monroe for the past 10 years.