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Dr. Shahi is one of the best doctor in Gurgaon. Dr. Shahi has completed his MBBS from the prestigious Christian Medical College, Vellore and subsequently his training in Internal Medicine from Grant Medical College, Mumbai. Dr. Shahi did his cardiovascular training at SGPGI, Lucknow. Dr. Shahi trained in complex coronary interventions in Toulouse, France and transradial coronary interventions in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dr. Shahi also trained in the use of FFR in coronary interventions at Eindhoven, Netherlands. Dr Shahi's expertise lies in complex coronary interventions including use of drug eluting stents, devices like atherectomy and rotablation, transradial interventions, balloon valvuloplasty procedures, carotid and peripheral interventional procedures and pacemaker implant procedures.
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Dr Madhukar is one of the best Cardiologist in Gurgaon and has an experience of 23 Years in the field.
Member of Cardiological Society of India. Member of Endovascular Society of India. Founder Member of Carotid Intervention Society of India.
Commendation from Govt. of Maharashtra, 1991.
DNB (Cardiology) National Board, New Delhi 1995. DM (Cardiology) Sanjay Gandhi PGI, Lucknow 1995. MD ( Medicine) Grant Medical College, University of Mumbai 1992. MBBS Christian Medical College , University of Madras 1989.
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This program is considered a special edition of Real Science Radio because of it's segment on the transient nature of Saturn's rings.
Bobby Schindler had not especially noticed that during the fight to save his sister's life, Nat'l RTL and other "pro-life" leaders were supporting first-ever legislation to recognize in federal law a right to starve someone to death as long as they have a written directive. Bobby was thankful though to get the information, and promised to be alert to that development and to oppose it with Terri's Foundation.
Charter schools are godless schools too. And the administrators of one in Albany behaved like typical public school administrators overlooking a teacher's unseemly behavior.
Saturn's rings, not 50-100 million years old on a 4.5 billion year old planet, but less than 10,000 years old, have changed significantly since man's first mappings.
Their city's health department reports San Francisco is the most homosexual major city in the world, as their heterosexual population decreases. One in five males above age 15 are homosexual, and 26% of them are infected with HIV. The tacit admission here, too late for countless dead homosexuals, is that they monitor the homosexual population because it tracks the AIDs rates. Fifteen years ago, Bob Enyart was dismissed as hate-filled, largely because of his desperate effort, often successful, to get young people to realize that AIDS WAS a homosexual disease. (Hear also Bob's debate with homosexual Wayne Besen.)
Barry Bonds deserves the boos he received at the season opener for his illegal drug use. Being six homeruns short of Babe Ruth's 714, he's undermining the fans' ability to trust the great accomplishments of others.
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Thinking about buying a brand new Mac? If at all possible, postpone that purchase until April 29. That's when Apple begins shipping Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4).
Although it's disappointing that Apple doesn't offer any kind of discount when upgrading (yes, I know that we're beating a dead horse), that also means that we'll be free to put (or leave) OS X 10.3 on five of the Macs that didn't ship with it. (The 1.25 GHz eMacs came with 10.3.) After I pick up a family pack (fingers crossed that Apple will offer it!), I may finally try 10.3 on the beige Power Mac G3 using the XPostFacto installer.
If you wait until April 29, Mac OS X 10.4 should be included with your new Mac. So if you've been sitting on the fence regarding new hardware, you could view it as saving you US$129 by getting Tiger included with your new Mac.
I have a feeling that this will open the floodgates for Mac mini sales. Mac fans have known that Tiger was due in the first half of 2005, and I'm sure some have postponed buying a US$499 mini so they could stretch their dollars and get 10.4 for free with the computer.
I know that I've used Tiger as an excuse to not seriously consider the Mac mini. It's a tempting machine, especially for someone who moves every week (bird's nest custody - one week home with the boys, one week away from the house). I go through a fair bit of work keeping work files synchronized on two eMacs (home and apartment) and my PowerBook G4/400.
To get a widescreen LCD, you need to spend US$999 and up, with Apple's Cinema Display (1680 x 1050 resolution) the least costly I can find. That kind of kills the idea of a low-cost Mac mini setup with a widescreen display.
Oddly enough, you can buy a whole 1.6 GHz G5 computer with a 17" 1440 x 900 pixel display for just US$300 more than the 20" Cinema Display. Or a 20" iMac G5 with the same LCD for US$1,899.
I work with a PowerBook G4 with a 1152 x 768 widescreen display, and I find that small. I'd probably be happy with the 1280 x 854 screen of the current 15" PowerBook G4, but that's a US$1,999 computer.
Stick with the 1.25 GHz eMacs and 15" PowerBook G4/400.
Stick with the eMacs and find a 15" aluminum PowerBook G4.
Keep the 15" PowerBook G4, buy a Mac mini, pick up a display for each location.
Keep the 15" PowerBook G4, buy a 17" iMac G5, and move it from place to place.
I'd definitely want 1 GB of RAM, so add another US$55-60 for that. And if the hard drive is less than 60 GB, I'd want to replace the hard drive as well. US$150 and up for a 5400 rpm 80 GB hard drive.
The basic Mac mini with an 80 GB hard drive sells for US$549. Add about US$200 to reach 1 GB of RAM. Keep using my wireless Kensington mouse and keyboard. All ready to go at US$750 - except for a display.
If I'm going to have 1280 x 1024 resolution regardless of screen size, I may as well save a little money and some space with a 15" flat panel display. I've seen prices as low as US$140 (after rebate) with VGA input. To get DVI input, I've seen some deals on 17" displays at about US$200 (after rebate).
That puts us at about US$950 with one display, $1,150 with two.
That 17" 1440 x 900 display on the iMac G5 would give me the widescreen display that you can't find affordably in a separate LCD. It ships with a paltry 256 MB of RAM - but also with a fast 7200 rpm 80 GB hard drive. You can buy a 1 GB RAM kit (a matched pair of modules) for about US$80.
Total price: US$1,379. And I'd probably use the original Apple box to transport it from place to place.
The AlBook is the most expensive option. The screen is good, portability is very good, but US$1,700 is a fair bit of money. Selling off one eMac and the PowerBook G4 would help, perhaps netting US$1,200. End cost - about US$500.
The Mac mini is cute, compact, and pretty affordable. I wouldn't be gaining any speed over my eMac, though, and even 5400 rpm laptop drives feel slow compared with 7200 rpm desktop drives. I'd have to keep my PowerBook, but I could sell one eMac, netting maybe US$550. End cost - about $400 with one display, $600 with two.
The iMac G5 is the fastest of the bunch and has the highest resolution display. It already includes a fast hard drive, so all I'd need to add is RAM. I'd want to keep the PowerBook for field work. I would sell of one eMac for US$550 or so. End cost - about $830.
This is Low End Mac, I'm comfortable with what I have, and I'm not ready to make a purchase yet. The best option is probably a 15" 1.33 GHz PowerBook, either at close-out price or refurbished (if Apple has them again). The new PowerBooks seem to have some teething problems, so I'd avoid them for now.
The iMac G5 is tempting, especially since Apple sometimes has refurbished ones for just US$1,099, slashing US$200 from the usual price. Nice as it is, it just isn't as portable as a PowerBook or Mac mini.
I'd really gain nothing with the Mac mini solution. It's no faster then the eMac; no more portable than my iPod, which is how I synchronize files between my three Macs; and it just doesn't make sense to spend US$400 (after selling one eMac) to break even.
My 400 MHz PowerBook is a bit long in tooth. It's feeling sluggish. The screen isn't very bright. The resolution is low compared with newer 15" models. AirPort range is poor (so I use a PC Card instead of Apple's AirPort). Mine doesn't even burn CDs!
An interim step might be a 667 MHz or 800 MHz DVI PowerBook G4, two generations later than mine. A higher resolution, brighter screen. Better video support (Radeon 7500 with 32 MB to fully support Quartz Extreme). A Combo drive. Even a PC Card slot for my wireless card, since that model still uses titanium.
But what I've got works well enough. I don't need to upgrade, so despite the temptation and thought experiments, I won't. Yet.
Not until something really compelling comes along. Like a widescreen 15" iBook. Or a flat panel eMac. Then I'll have to think it all over once again.
At least the new models will come with Tiger.


The Flash celebrates 100 episodes with a trip down memory lane to revisit some key moments in the show's history.
Anniversary episodes are self indulgent by their very nature. This very website recently released its 100th podcast and that was a very self indulgent affair. Listen if you get the chance, it's a lot of fun if I do say so myself and also revisits points in the history of the podcast to celebrate the milestone. It should also be noted that I've reviewed all 100 episodes of this show so that's something to be proud of as well.
Now that I've got the personal advertisement out of the way, I'll actually get to covering this episode of The Flash. The excuse for travelling back in time is that Team Flash need to fashion a weapon that can disrupt Cicada's dagger. The best way to do this is to take a piece of Savitar's suit and combine it with the device that was used to drain Barry of his speed back in "Versus Zoom" before using the particle accelerator explosion to infuse it with Dark Matter. It's all just busy work that creates an excuse to revisit these moments and highlight everything the show has accomplished over the past 100 episodes.
Barry takes Nora with him on his trip to the past. This makes a lot of sense from a characterisation point of view as this season has been all about Nora learning about Barry outside of what is recorded in the Flash museum. It has been well established that she knows the events as recorded really well and it has also been made clear that the recorded history isn't entirely accurate. I found myself wondering what Nora's perception of Barry's battles with Savitar, DeVoe and Zoom is but the episode doesn't explore that. The closest it comes to doing that is a shocked look on her face when she sees that Savitar was a twisted duplicate of Barry and witnesses Iris killing him.
Perspective can be a great storytelling tool that can make something that would otherwise be derivative feel fresh. Barry revisiting key events in his personal timeline isn't all that interesting on its own beyond the novelty of seeing these events play out again with him in the background but add Nora to the mix and suddenly these events take on a whole new life. One thing the episode takes time to show is the Barry and Iris relationship at an earlier point in the show's history. Nora looks on at a conversation between them right after Barry lost his speed and sees Iris offering her support at Barry's most vulnerable point which allows Nora to get a deeper insight into the connection that their parents have because she sees them at a point before they were officially a couple. In the current present timeline of the show she knows them as an established married couple but this lets her see a snippet of what led them to that point. It's clearly illuminating for her and brilliantly played by Jessica Parker Kennedy.
Naturally the episode focuses on the season long antagonists though thankfully leaves DeVoe and the regrettable season 4 out of the equation while also relegating the difficult third season to a very small part of it. Zoom doesn't even receive that much attention though he does discover Barry and Nora before giving chase. He follows them into the Speed Force and is dragged off by a Time Wraith to presumably correct that error. This seemed pointless to me as it should have been game changing in some way but was glossed over almost entirely. Zoom discovering Barry and Nora should have had consequences of some sort but it didn't. It was such a lazy and clumsily put together moment that was clearly designed to create tension at that point in the episode but would have been been better left out entirely because of all the questions it raises.
Of course, the lion's share of the attention goes to Eobard Thawne aka the Reverse Flash. No other villain in the show's history has come close to measuring up to this threat. Tom Cavanagh plays this version of the character twice in this episode and he nails them both. One of these takes place during the events of "Flash Back" which also had a time displaced Barry risking making a mess of the timeline. It's a great scene because it allows Tom Cavanagh to fully embrace the Eobard Thawne persona without hiding behind Harrison Wells. This makes for great viewing because Thawne holds all the cards despite Barry having knowledge that he doesn't Some choice name dropping and general intimidation help to reinforce how great an antagonist Thawne was in the show's first season while serving as easter eggs for fans of the comics. Dawn Allen gets a mention with the implication that Thawne's initial meddling in the timeline might have prevented her from existing. Nora could have basically replaced Dawn though that's just speculation on my part.
The other portrayal of Eobard Thawne takes place during the events of "Pilot" right before the particle accelerator explosion. He talks to Cisco about what they are about to accomplish and how important Cisco was in making it happen. The subtext of this conversation is great because of the audience knowledge that Thawne is being dishonest about his intentions but is completely genuine about how highly he regards Cisco. Their relationship was always well handled and the added complexity of Thawne valuing that relationship despite his hidden agenda made it all the more compelling. This scene was an excellent reminder of the complex and well written relationship that once existed and made me pine or the days where it was the norm.
Barry and Nora's journey to this time period gives Nora more detail on her father's past. She learns that Eobard Thawne killed Barry's mother to make him experience a tragedy that would prevent him from becoming the Flash and her reaction delivers everything that needs to be said about it. Once again this is something not recorded in the Flash museum and learning this is another way for her to better understand who her father is as a person. Knowing about his past and the hardships he has endured further establishes to her that he is a human being who doesn't have all the answers and has his own inner demons that he struggles with. Kudos to Grant Gustin for an excellent performance in this scene that draws on the pain Barry carries with him every day. Paying that off when Nora goes to the past to see her grandparents from a distance while Barry joins her was a great touch.
There is a lot of good stuff in this episode, mostly thanks to the performances of Grant Gustin and Jessica Parker Kennedy but as a celebration of 100 episodes of a TV show it falls short. Arrow did a lot better job paying tribute to everything that made the show what it was in its 100th episode but The Flash does little more than deliver a superficial look at some of the events that have come before. Seeing these is meaningful for Nora and, to a lesser extent, Barry but in the broader context of The Flash as a TV show that has a large cast there isn't much to celebrate what they contributed. Iris has very little input into the events other than a barely heard conversation in the past, Joe doesn't appear at all outside of archive footage, Wally is barely mentioned and very little attention is given to Cisco or Caitlin. Ronnie's merging with Martin Stein plays out again and Caitlin is visibly uncomfortable reliving that memory prior to the time travel but that's really it in terms of her contribution to the celebration. At least Cisco gets that scene with Thawne but that's more about their specific connection rather than Cisco himself.
Barry and Nora's efforts seem to pay off when the confrontation with Cicada appears to be going well until it turns out that he can summon his dagger even after it has been breached into outer space. It doesn't take long for the team to be on the back foot until Killer Frost makes an appearance and shows that she is able to use her abilities since they aren't created by Dark Matter. She is identified as the key to defeating him so it should only be a matter of time before Cicada is defeated.
I get the impression that Cicada has all but run his course as a villain. The writers have done a great job building this character over a short period of time. He comes across as enough of a threat for the moment but definitely doesn't have the chops to last the entire season. The latest insight into him is that he plans to kill himself when his mission is complete because he can't stand the fact that he's also a Metahuman. There could be some mileage in Team Flash moralising over whether they should let someone take their own life or not but beyond that I can't see there being a lot left to do with this villain. Ending that villain arc in this episode would have been more than acceptable.
It was teased earlier in the season that Sherloque was suspicious of Nora. This thread is picked up in this episode when he steals her journal and looks into decoding the language she writes in. Nora calls it a time language and explains that it is somehow immune to any alterations in the timeline which means she will always have an accurate record of the events. Sherloque doesn't believe that she's being entirely honest and uses Cisco's algorithm to decode it which confirms his suspicions though it's unclear what he plans to do about them. It turns out he's right to be suspicious judging by Nora running to the future to talk to an imprisoned Eobard Thawne. She's clearly annoyed at him, most likely because of learning that he killed Barry's mother but it's clear that she is working with him for reasons that are as yet unknown and is sending him messages through Gideon. I suspect the answer will be that Nora has been misled by Thawne and has been manipulated by him in some way rather than her turning out to be a villain but she has definitely been less than honest which will no doubt create fiction in the coming episodes.
The end of the episode brought another playing of the tease for next week's crossover. I am excited to watch it and excited to cover it.
A solid episode that sets itself the task of celebrating what the show has accomplished in 100 episodes and succeeds to some extent but fails to cover everything it has to offer. The conceit of travelling back in time to visit key events in the show's history is a decent enough idea and bringing Nora along is a good way to deliver a different perspective on what has come before. Highlights include her seeing Iris comforting Barry after he lost his speed and learning that Eobard Thawne killed Barry's mother to prevent him from becoming the Flash. Jessica Parker Kennedy's performance throughout is excellent and the scenes definitely hit the right emotional beats. Tom Cavanagh's unbeatable portrayal of Eobard Thawne is given due attention with two excellent appearances showcasing the different sides of the season 1 iteration of the character. The problem is that it falls short as a celebration of such a huge milestone. Most of the characters are barely featured which is wrong considering they deserve to have their contribution to the show recognised in some way. Outside of some good stuff with Nora revisiting the past does little more than deliver a superficial look at the events. There is a real lack of consequence to anything that goes on as exemplified by Zoom following them into the Speed Force and being unceremoniously carted off by a Time Wraith with no apparent impact on the overall timeline.
The battle with Cicada starts off promising but ends badly because the extent of his powers are misjudged meaning that Team Flash lose the advantage fairly quickly until Killer Frost appears and is able to combat him because her powers aren't based in Dark Matter. Killer Frost is now the key to defeating Cicada who feels as if he has nearly run his course at this point. That's not a bad thing as the writers have done a great job developing him but he definitely doesn't have the chops to be a season long threat. I suspect he will be wrapped up in favour of something else relatively soon. Addressing Sherloque's suspicion of Nora when she investigates the language in her diary and learns that she is being less than honest is really well done and the reveal that she is working with Eobard Thawne for reasons that are unclear is appropriately shocking. She does seem angry with him, most likely because she has recently learned what he did to her grandmother. I don't think Nora will turn out to be a villain but she has definitely been less than honest and is most likely being manipulated.
The episode ends with another tease of the crossover. I'm really excited to both watch it and cover it.


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Tetsuro Shigematsu stars in his autobiographical play Empire of the Son at Gateway Theatre.
Gateway Theatre's latest production opened on Friday, Nov 9. Empire of the Son, written by Tetsuro Shigematsu, directed by Richard Wolfe and produced by Vancouver Asian Theatre is perfect. Well worth seeing.
The play opens simply. It is a one-person, but many character, play. It is both intimate and global in scope. It is the dance between father and son played out over generations and, more intimately, between Shigematsu and his father.
The lighting and sound are done with finesse. When using his father's microphone, the sound is distinctively different as it is when demonstrating surround sound. The sound design offered layers of depth in experience as did the lighting. During the play, when the fires blazed in the Shigematsu's ancestral community, we could subtly hear the crackle as, at the top of the set, sticks arranged at seeming random, glowed red on the night the whole city was firebombed.
The table at the centre of the set included unnoticed miniatures, unnoticed until the camera is turned on. Then, whole scenes played out on the screen on the back wall, projected from the miniatures, to enrich the play.
The size of the crew for Empire of the Son tells that this seemingly simple one-man play has complexity behind the scenes, complexity that involves thoughtful design, good writing, and like a swan, the visible grace that belies the powerful footwork below the surface.
The word at the reception was unanimous, it was stellar. As we munched canapés from the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel that offered a tasty variety of pot stickers, individual cheese balls, mini-pitas with coronation chicken and frieze lettuce, as well as crab sushi, each person asked marvelled at the play, finding it moving with judiciously-placed, delicious humour that saved it from being too heavy at just the right moment.
While we struggled to act the sophisticates as we juggled the creamy mocha cake from Anna's Cake House in our hands, licking our fingers and savouring every messy bite, we all discussed the play. One couple from the North Shore who had won their tickets to this play, their first in Richmond, said they would definitely be coming to Gateway productions again.
Yes, Empire of the Son at Gateway Theatre is well worth seeing. It's so good that the entire run is sold out.
You can call the box office at (604) 270-1812for individual same day tickets, just in case some season ticket holders release their tickets.
Click here to see the video trailer for Empire of the Son.


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December 14, 2017 Special Dispatch No. 7228
A Different Palestinian Position: Leverage Trump's Announcement To Demand Recognition Of Jerusalem As Palestinian Capital
Palestine | Special Dispatch No. 7228
Alongside the broad Arab and Palestinian condemnation of U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, some Palestinians identified positive aspects to his announcement, including: an opportunity to gain recognition of Palestine on the part of countries that have not yet done so and to gain U.S. and UN recognition of Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital; as well as an opportunity to promote the UN as the sponsor of the peace process instead of the U.S., and to place Jerusalem and the Palestinian cause on top of the international agenda while isolating Israel and the U.S. in the global community. These Palestinians called to avoid making sweeping anti-American statements, since some Americans support the Palestinian cause, and not to cancel U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Ramallah. They advised to continue the popular protests, while refraining from burning the American flag or chanting "death to America," and to focus instead on boycotting American products and on diplomatic action vis-à-vis international bodies.
The following are excerpts from articles in the Palestinian press expressing this position:
President Trump displays the executive order recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel (image: Aljazeera.com, December 7, 2017)
Former Palestinian Authority Minister: Do Not Snub Pence During His Visit
Former Palestinian Authority (PA) minister Ziad Abu Zayyad wrote: "I call upon President 'Abbas to receive U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Ramallah, and to depart as soon as possible for Washington to meet with President Trump, [but] not to demand that he rescind his decision on Jerusalem, because there is no way that he will do that, and it would be political naïveté to speak of this. ['Abbas should go to Washington] to demand that [Trump] announce an equivalent decision that will restore the balance to the American position vis-à-vis recognizing Palestinian sovereignty over Arab [East] Jerusalem, [re]launch the diplomatic process, promote UN recognition of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, and open the gates to a solution that will guarantee an end to the occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
"Relying on Trump's decision, we should turn it to benefit us, instead of being dragged along, demagogically and fruitlessly, with the reaction of the street. In order to advance this [idea], we must continue all the popular protests – in the homeland and outside it, in the Arab countries, in the Muslim countries and worldwide – and even expand them.
"Likewise, there is a need for energetic action on the official and international levels, for continued opposition to Trump's unilateral decision, and to support the demand for an equivalent decision on recognizing Arab Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state...
"There is a difference between public opinion, which expresses public sentiment, and an official position, which must be restrained, according to the rules of diplomacy... The public has a right to take to the streets, demonstrate, and denounce a particular position held by its own government, or by another country or another element. [This is] part of freedom of expression and freedom of opinion; [however] these countries and these elements take no notice of what the street is saying, but only of what is conveyed to them via official channels, as official positions.
"In the last two days, much has been said about U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's visit to the region, and about the possibility that President 'Abbas may refuse to meet with him and may cancel [Pence's] Ramallah visit. The first sign of this was a statement, attributed to a senior Palestinian official, that Pence was persona non grata that and 'Abbas would cancel his meeting with him. If this statement is true, it does not reflect the official position of the Palestinians, but only the Palestinian public's outrage vis-à-vis President Trump's announcement that Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel, [in which he] ignored [Jerusalem's] importance and sanctity in the conscience and heart of every Arab, whether Muslim or Christian, and of every Muslim worldwide. This [announcement] also contradicted the legitimate international resolutions, including many by the [UN] Security Council and General Assembly, that repeatedly emphasized that Jerusalem is an occupied city and that the measures and laws regarding it that have been and will be issued by Israel are null, void, and worthless. The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 applies to Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian territories.
"In light of all the condemnation of Trump's decision and its dangerous repercussions, it is only legitimate to wonder what good will come of the meeting with Pence, and why [Mahmoud] 'Abbas should meet with him. [But] I say, first of all, that President 'Abbas is the leader of a country and must behave like one... Therefore, before the Palestinian decision-makers announce their official position [on this matter], they should examine the advantages and disadvantages of Trump's decision, and formulate their position based [the idea of] forging a counterattack plan, aimed at what we want [at this point], not what Israel wants [to get out of Trump's announcement]...
"While Trump did say that he recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, he [also] said that the borders of the area under Israeli sovereignty are to be determined by negotiations. He added that the decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital is not tied to the outcome of the negotiations over the permanent arrangement – which includes Jerusalem. He also stressed that the status quo in the holy places is to be respected, pointing at the Jewish prayers at the Western Wall, Muslim prayers at Al-Aqsa mosque, and Christian prayers at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
"This absolute confirmation that Al-Aqsa belongs to the Muslims has put an end to the Jewish aspirations regarding it. Likewise, the statement that the boundaries of Israel's sovereignty [in Jerusalem] will be determined through negotiation, for the reason that Jerusalem is one of the issues included in the permanent arrangement, strips Trump's decision of anything new, and sets it in line with announcements by others, including Palestinian leaders, to the effect that West Jerusalem is the Israeli capital and East Jerusalem is the Palestinian capital…
"Palestinian objections to meeting with Pence, and to go to Washington to meet with Trump, may calm the tempest of inflamed sentiment on the Palestinian street, but they will not help the Palestinian cause, and will accomplish nothing for our people. On the contrary, they could cause great damage to Jerusalem and to us."
Columnist In PA Daily: Trump's Announcement Can Advance Palestinian Cause
Hilmi Al-Ghoul, who was an advisor to former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad, wrote in the PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida: "Just as President Donald Trump's decision, last Wednesday, December 6, 2017, to 'recognize' Jerusalem as capital of Israel constitutes serious damage to the issues anchoring the peace process and Palestinian national interests, as well as a clear flouting of the decisions, laws, and conventions of international legitimacy and a scandalous violation of justice and liberty, it also constitutes an important step to the benefit of the Palestinian issue. This is because it refocused attention on this issue, because of the public, political and diplomatic reaction, on all levels – local, Arab, regional, and international – and also because it granted Jerusalem, the eternal Palestinian capital, political status and weight, by means of the global opposition to the despicable American decision.
"This was manifested by the reactions to it, on all levels and in all echelons, and in last Friday's [December 9, 2017] UN Security Council session, at which 14 [member] countries opposed Trump's foolhardy decision, as well as by the call for Arab and Islamic emergency summit meetings in order to underline the status of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the state of Palestine...
"The Trump decision, which oppresses the national rights [of the Palestinians], may lay the foundations for a new stage, and for a change in the rules of the diplomatic game. [It can do this if we take] the following Palestinian measures: a) oppose U.S. sponsorship of the peace process; b) appeal for international legitimacy, relying on the major international organizations connected to the peace process, and on international institutions such as the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice at the Hague, and other UN organizations; and c) join many UN institutions and organizations, so as to strengthen the Palestinian status worldwide.
"As far as comparing Trump's decision on the Jerusalem issue to the Balfour Declaration, as some have, it should be noted that the Balfour decision aroused no international reaction, since at that time the world was immersed in the maelstrom of imperialism, or was collaborating with it, and also because after World War I..., global influence was split among the major capitalist forces. Thus, the cursed [Balfour] decision sparked no reaction, whereas Trump's decision on the Jerusalem issue was met with opposition and denunciation, and divided the world in two, with the U.S. and Israel on one side of the scale and the rest of the countries and world powers on the other.
"Everyone opposed [Trump's] decision, including the traditional allies of the Israel and the U.S. such as Britain and Canada, the entire European Union, and more. This gave the Palestinian cause, and particularly the Jerusalem issue, the status and importance that they deserve, and, whether Trump, Netanyahu, and those who follow their path like it or not, has brought them to the fore of the Arab, regional and international diplomatic arena. This has opened the horizon, and will in future open it further, to quicker recognition of the Palestinian state, and comprises a massive push that will force Israel to pay what it owes in the political agreement."[1]
Nablus Public Figure: Avoid "Death To America" Slogans, Burning Of American Flag, But Boycott American Products
Zuheir Al-Dab'i, the former director of the Islamic Waqf in Nablus, wrote in an article: "We do not need a 'day of rage' but rather [many] days of contemplation and dedicated action [to promote] awareness, understanding and knowledge. We need to subject our performance to monitoring, analysis, study and assessment, namely to organize our action. This is because our advantage of willingness to sacrifice for our homeland and holy places is not enough. We must create a Palestinian establishment according to the principles of efficient management, because all of our noble, honest, pious and brave [people] cannot contend with the Zionist institutions when their performance is [based on] tribalism...
"Every time the U.S. adds another injustice to the list of its injustices against our ummah and our people we issue statements and hold protests and rallies. That is well and good, but it is not enough and it is not effective. Every time the U.S. perpetrates another injustice against us we also cry out 'death to America' and burn the American flag, when the fact is... that we do not wish death upon America or anyone else, but only [wish to] champion our rights – in Jerusalem, in the Arab homeland and in the Muslim countries – and the right of all people on earth to dignity, freedom, justice, progress and peace.
"Burning the American flag does not benefit us or end any injustice. It only hurts us, because the [warmongers] in America know how to exploit the burning of the American flag to recruit the people there against our rights and against our homeland and cause...
"Just as we oppose the aggressors in the U.S. and everywhere else in the world, so we support the good Americans who reject racism, hate and occupation. Some of them support our people in Hebron's old city, in Jerusalem, and in Yanoun in the Nablus area, and stand with our children and our local farmers and shepherds [in their protests].
"We must warn against violence, for it is a trap that the tyrants set for the oppressed. We have influence and the power to defend our Jerusalem, and [in fact] to defend all of Palestine and all the world's oppressed people and victims of racism and occupation. We can do this by boycotting American products... If we stop smoking American cigarettes, drinking Coca Cola and [buying other] American products, without noise and curses, [we will undermine] the American powers that control mankind's food and pharmaceutical [markets] and the milk [our] children [drink]."[2]
Muhammad Dahlan: We Must Avoid Violence Altogether
Palestinian Legislative Council member Mahmoud Dahlan, who was expelled from the Fatah institutions by Mahmoud 'Abbas, said that Trump's announcement had produced the opposite of its intended effect, because it had placed the Palestinian cause at the center of attention, and because the attempt to harm Jerusalem had reinvigorated the Palestinian youth after a period of stagnation and apathy. The announcement, he said, had also reignited the intifada inside [Palestine] and in the Palestinian diaspora, and had stimulated broad official Arab support for their rights. Adding that the new reality required wise action on the political and diplomatic fronts, he urged "to refrain altogether from the use of arms, so as to avoid falling for the plots of the occupation that are aimed at restarting the cycle of violence." He called on 'Abbas to "declare Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital, a state under occupation."[3]
[1] Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (PA) December 11, 2017.
[2] Al-Quds (Jerusalem), December 11, 2017.
[3] Amad.ps, December 12, 2017.


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Andy Warhol's collection of photographs and personal commentaries are a love letter to America by one of the most quintessentially American artists of the 20th century.
America, originally published in 1985, presents photographs taken by Andy Warhol during his travels across the United States over the previous decade. His commentary reflects on multiple facets of US life, including money, style, death, the labor market, New York City street life, provincial oddities, artists, politicians, washed-up film stars, homeless people, the American dream, and even principles for choosing lovers.
Warhol's book is an idiosyncratic love letter to America by one of the "most American" artists and a fascinating journey across a country, in which "nobody has an ordinary life." Obsessed with images, he carried a camera everywhere he went. With equal interest, he would shoot celebrities (Ronald Reagan, Madonna, Mick Jagger, Jean-Michel Basquiat) and disenfranchised outsiders, granting them their "fifteen minutes of fame." The photographs make a "collective portrait" of a nation that, according to Warhol, accepts everyone seeking to become part of it: "We all came here from somewhere else, and everybody who wants to live in America and obey the law should be able to come too, and there's no such thing as being more or less American, just American." Both the text and the camera's point of view reveal Warhol's democratic leanings, as he ponders the rights of immigrant workers, the dire situation of the homeless, real-estate prices in New York, and volatile politics.
Pop art aesthetics permeate these spontaneous photographs of urban life taken from offbeat vantage points. The artist's eye catches grotesquely dressed strangers, kitschy storefronts and signboards, the handwritten messages of the homeless, slogans carried by protesters, and a variety of incidents on the streets, at once odd, controversial, outlandish, and touching.


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�1.4 billion added to Leeds City Region economy through LEP partnership working
Work by the LEP and its partners over the past four years will add an extra £1.4 billion to the Leeds City Region's economic output by 2020 and has already helped to create an additional 3,200 jobs for local people.
4,300 businesses have benefitted from LEP finance and support, and this combined activity has unlocked around £491 million of private sector investment in the region. For every £1 of taxpayers' money secured by the LEP, some £10 in economic output has been generated in line with the ambitions in the LEP's overall Strategic Economic Plan.
All of this was achieved with comparatively modest levels of government investment, before the LEP received the funding secured through the £1 billion Growth Deal it agreed with Government in July 2014. As a result of this Growth Deal investment, the LEP and its partners are expected to create an additional 20,600 jobs and add an extra £2.1 billion a year to the City Region economy by 2031, above and beyond current projected growth.
The achievements of the LEP and its partners over the past four years are detailed in its first impact report, published today.
Roger Marsh OBE, Chair of the LEP said: "Our impact report demonstrates how effective partnership working between the public and private sectors is making a real difference to the Leeds City Region economy, people's lives and businesses. However, for me this is not job done but job well begun.
"We have set ourselves an ambitious goal of unlocking extraordinary, sustained growth that benefits everyone who lives and works in our City Region, ultimately making the region an overall contributor to northern and national prosperity. Our achievements so far give us a firm foundation upon which to build a more prosperous future for our residents and businesses - but this is a 20-year job, not a 20-minute job.
"We have shown what we can deliver with relatively modest resources. Now, as a result of our Growth Deal, EU funding and other public and private sector investment we've brought into the region, we have the resources to deliver our ambitious vision for growth at a scale unprecedented in 10 years of economic partnership working. I look forward to continuing working with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, local councils and with Government to ensure the Leeds City Region fulfils its enormous potential as an economic powerhouse in its own right."
The LEP's work focuses on four key priorities: supporting growing businesses, developing a skilled and resilient workforce, making the City Region more resource efficient and delivering the physical and transport infrastructure for growth.
Support for small and medium-sized businesses is a particular priority, and to date the LEP's grant and loan funding programmes have provided direct investment for hundreds of businesses across the City Region, with £29 million invested so far to help businesses expand and create new jobs.
According to official government figures, the Leeds City Region has recorded 15% more businesses than in 2011, growth that is faster than the UK average. Exports in the City Region have also seen an increase of 3% since 2011, bucking national trends and showing the resilience, ambition and strength of businesses in the region.
The LEP's international team has helped secure 31 inward investment projects which have created almost 800 jobs in the City Region. The Leeds City Region's share of UKI foreign direct investment (FDI) projects has risen by 145% from its 2013 ranking, and the City Region is now seen as the primary location outside of London for inward investment.
Skills and apprenticeships programmes have created 2,000 apprenticeships for young people, and enabled 2,700 other young people to move into employment, education or training opportunities. Investment has been secured to help businesses and households save money on their energy bills, and create new resource-efficient energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, significant funding has been secured through the LEP Growth Deal enabling the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to deliver a £1.4 billion programme of transport improvements across West Yorkshire and York that will support growth and job creation.
Councillor Peter Box, Chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority said: "We are unique among combined authorities in having the LEP as a member and the successes highlighted in this report illustrate what can be achieved by this close partnership-working between the public and private sectors.
"We've shown that in the Leeds City Region devolution works and results in improved economic outcomes quicker and at better value to the taxpayer.
"What we now need to do is ensure we continue to build on the powers we have already secured that give us greater influence over investment decisions on skills, transport, housing and support for businesses and deliver further success for the people of West Yorkshire and the City Region."
The Prime Minister, David Cameron MP said: "The Partnership has achieved phenomenal success here and - thanks to devolved Government funding and strong local leadership - it has helped 4,000 businesses to grow and has created 3,200 jobs and 2,000 apprenticeships. This really shows the Northern Powerhouse in action and is a boost for the city region, the North and the country as a whole.
"And this is just the start. With £627m of Government funding available through the LEP's six-year Growth Deal, and additional investment made to the 20-year Transport Fund here, even more opportunities will be opening up for people in this region."
Minister for Local Growth and the Northern Powerhouse, James Wharton MP said: "This report shows the incredible impact Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership has had over the past four years, delivering a billion-pound boost to the local economy, landing lucrative private sector investment and delivering thousands of jobs for local people. This is testament to the ambition of businesses and civic leaders in the area and shows that putting more powers and resources in the hands of local people is the best way to transform the local economy. That is why this Government is fully committed to the devolution agenda and I am sure this willingness and drive to work together will continue to deliver for the people of the region and the rest of the Northern Powerhouse."
Councillor Judith Blake, Leader of Leeds City Council, said: "These are very impressive results for Leeds and the City Region through comparatively modest investment in the LEP and testament to the close partnership work we have here. This is a loud and clear demonstration of just what can be achieved if the resources and decision-making powers are directly available to the areas in which they are being invested. I look forward to the realisation of our full potential in cementing the Leeds City Region as one of the most successful in the country once we have the further devolution we need."
The full LEP impact report is available to download at: www.the-lep.com/impact


The nationally recognized innovator in peer to peer support, CURE Childhood Cancer Association, aims to help families with children diagnosed with cancer and blood disorders. CURE began developing the concept of parent advocacy, long-term educational assistance and peer-to-peer support back in 1976.
Their mission is clear – To improve the lives of children and their families coping with childhood cancer or chronic blood disorders by providing emotional, educational, social and financial assistance; promoting and funding research toward a cure.
CURE encourages and assists children, young adults and their families in Rochester and the surrounding region.


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Q: Curl get request in C -Store the html data in another file I am using this code to retrieve the data from the web browser using curl request in c language. I want to store the output in another file or buffer.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
#include <curl/easy.h>
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;

  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
/* example.com is redirected, so we tell libcurl to follow redirection */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);

/* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
/* Check for errors */
if(res != CURLE_OK)
  fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
          curl_easy_strerror(res));

/* always cleanup */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
 }
return 0;
}

The output of this code is an html file. I want to store that html in another file or buffer. How to do that.
Thank you in advance.

A: Here's a modification to your code that writes the HTML response to a file:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
#include <curl/easy.h>
int main(void)
{
    CURL *curl;
    CURLcode res;

    curl = curl_easy_init();
    if(curl) {
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");

        /* example.com is redirected, so we tell libcurl to follow redirection */
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);

        /* create an output file and prepare to write the response */
        FILE *output_file = fopen("output_file.html", "w");
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, output_file);

        /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
        res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

        /* Check for errors */
        if(res != CURLE_OK) {
            fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %sn",
                curl_easy_strerror(res));
        }

        /* always cleanup */
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}

Here are some related questions:
Saving a file using libcurl in C
Download file using libcurl in C/C++

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Gangnam Style has become the first video to clock up more than one billion views on YouTube.
The South Korean dance track was posted online in July, propelling pop star Psy to worldwide fame.
It has inspired hundreds of parody clips, from members of the British army, Thai navy and Minecraft gamers, among others.
YouTube's owner, Google, said the video had been watched seven million to 10 million times a day on average.
It overtook the previous record holder - Justin Bieber's music video Baby - on 24 November.
"Psy's success is a great testament to the universal appeal of catchy music - and er, great equine dance moves," wrote Kevin Allocca, YouTube trends manager, on the service's blog.
One industry watcher said the fact so many people continued to post their own versions of Gangnam Style had played a huge part in the clip's success.
"I've seen a statistic which reckons the one song will have generated something like $8m [£5m] by the end of the year from money that comes directly from YouTube through advertising plus download sales, its uses in adverts and TV programmes," Chris Cooke, business editor of the CMU music news site, told the BBC.
"It shows that YouTube - which is a free-to-use as a promotional platform for the music labels - can lead to substantial income.
"Should every artist be trying to think of a funny video that will go viral and be mimicked? I don't know whether it's a template that can be copied, but it certainly shows how quickly an eye-catching clip can spread thanks to social networks and YouTube."
Sir Martin Sorrell - chief executive of advertising giant WPP - paid tribute to the achievement by making a link between Psy and one of the west's most influential economists.
"Another great example of Theodore Levitt's 'globalisation' and the power of K-pop," he told the BBC.
Scott Mills, the BBC Radio 1 DJ who championed the song on his show, said he was amazed by the phenomenon that the song had become.
"The thing that interests you in the video is the fact that you don't understand the lyrics.
"The first time I saw it was on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in America and I just thought it was a bit of fun, but I didn't expect it to be as big as it was.
"Psy came into my Radio 1 show and The Guinness World Records presented him with a plaque for the most 'liked' YouTube video of all time and the amazing thing is he is just a guy, he hasn't tried to do any of this."
D C Han, a South Korean hair stylist who worked in Gangnam before starting a business in London, added that he was proud to see the song become such a massive hit.
"I was amazed" he told the BBC.
"K-Pop is getting stronger and stronger, everywhere in Asia they are listening to it - China, Hong Kong, Taiwan. Maybe even in Japan but they might not admit it."


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At the invitation of State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia's presidential envoy, coordinator for cooperation with China and coordinating minister, will visit China from June 5 to 9. State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan will co-chair the inaugural meeting of the China-Indonesia high-level dialogue cooperation mechanism in the city of Guiyang.
CCTV: You just announced that State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan will co-chair the inaugural meeting of the China-Indonesia high-level dialogue cooperation mechanism. Could you share more on this? How does China see its relations with Indonesia at present?
Wang Wenbin: The China-Indonesia high-level dialogue cooperation mechanism is the integrated result of three vice-premier level mechanisms covering political security, economy and people-to-people and cultural exchanges. The new mechanism will help both sides to pool resources, form greater synergy and promote all-round in-depth post-COVID cooperation in a more efficient and pragmatic manner.
The inaugural meeting of this mechanism bears great significance and both sides have high hopes for it. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia's coordinator for cooperation with China and Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, will visit China in his capacity as presidential envoy appointed by President Joko Widodo, which demonstrates the high importance Indonesia attaches to relations with China and this meeting. The two sides will be guided by the strategic consensus of our heads of state, blueprint future development of bilateral relations, exchange views on political, economic, people-to-people, cultural, maritime, anti-epidemic and other key areas of cooperation to strive for greater progress in our comprehensive strategic partnership.
China and Indonesia are both major developing countries and emerging economies with much in common. We share wide common interests and enjoy broad space for cooperation. Faced with the onslaught of COVID-19, our two countries stood together to overcome the difficulties and advance anti-epidemic and development cooperation, becoming a model for cooperation based on sincerity and mutual benefit. Going forward, China stands ready to work with Indonesia to act on our heads of state's consensus, make full and good use of the high-level dialogue cooperation mechanism platform, and work for more outcomes in our friendly relations in the post-pandemic era to benefit people in both countries and the region.
Financial Times: Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of nine Chinese individuals, including three from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, who got sick in late 2019. Is China open to releasing the medical records?
Wang Wenbin: The Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of sciences has issued a statement on March 23. According to the statement, the Wuhan Institute of Virology had not been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 before December 30, 2019, and a "zero-infection" record is kept among its staff and graduate students so far.
This January, the China-WHO joint mission made field trips to institutions including the Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control, the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and visited biosafety laboratories and had in-depth and candid exchanges with experts there. Through these field trips and in-depth visits, members of the mission unanimously agreed that the hypothesis of lab leaking is extremely unlikely.
Meanwhile, I also want to point out that there are increasingly more reports on the virus and COVID-19 pandemic being spotted in various places around the world in the second half of 2019, and that the international community is highly concerned about the questions around the biological lab at Fort Detrick and the real intentions of the US' establishment of 200-plus overseas bio-labs. We hope the US side will follow China's example, take a scientific and cooperative attitude, invite WHO experts for origin-tracing study in the US, and make a responsible explanation to the international community without further delay on the real situation of more than 200 US biological laboratories around the world, so as to make positive contribution to the humanity's early victory over the pandemic and better capabilities in dealing with public health emergencies in the future.
Reuters: Today Japan will deliver to Taiwan 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for free, more than doubling their current stores, what's China's comment on this? Japan has indicated it's a friendly gesture, does China also see it this way?
Wang Wenbin: I noted relevant reports. China's position on this was already articulated. The mainland and Taiwan are one family. Our hearts are with our Taiwan compatriots who are faced with the grave situation. We have always made clear the readiness to do our utmost to help our compatriots in Taiwan overcome the difficulties at an early date.
However, despite the goodwill of the mainland and the eagerness of the majority of Taiwan compatriots to use vaccines from the mainland, the DPP authorities tried every means to obstruct the shipping of vaccines from the mainland to Taiwan, and even falsely claimed that the mainland was obstructing its vaccine procurement. For their own selfish political gains, the DPP authorities constantly seek political manipulation over anti-epidemic cooperation, showing disregard of the lives and health of Taiwan compatriots and violating the basic humanitarian spirit.
Epidemic prevention and control is the most important task and people's lives should be given top priority. I would like to advise the Taiwan authorities to focus on scientific epidemic prevention and control, remove man-made political obstacles, and ensure that the lives, health, interests and well-being of our Taiwan compatriots are effectively protected.
China always supports anti-epidemic cooperation and has made positive contributions to this end. We hope that relevant parties will earnestly follow through on the original aspiration of providing vaccines to save lives, rather than be obsessed with political posturing.
Shenzhen TV: The 2021 ASEAN-China Media Cooperation Forum was held online and offline recently. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of China-ASEAN dialogue relations, what special significance does the forum have for the future development of China-ASEAN relations?
Wang Wenbin: I noticed that, co-sponsored by China International Publishing Group (CIPG) and the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), the 2021 ASEAN-China Media Cooperation Forum was held on June 2. The forum was attended by officials, experts and scholars and representatives from media organizations and think tanks from China and the 10 ASEAN members who had exchanges and discussion under the theme of "Thirty Years On: A New Chapter for ASEAN-China Win-Win Cooperation".
This year marks the 30th anniversary of dialogue relations between China and ASEAN. Over the past 30 years, China and ASEAN have taken the seized the opportunities of the times, continuously enhanced cooperation, and jointly rose up to difficulties and challenges. Together, we have made remarkable achievements, benefiting 2 billion people in our 11 countries. Exchanges and cooperation in the media field, as an important part of China-ASEAN relations, have broad space and great potential and play an important role in promoting bilateral relations and enhancing exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. Participants of the forum said that media organizations of China and ASEAN countries should give full play to their advantages, tell good stories about the bilateral cooperation, and contribute more wisdom and strength to maintaining the sustained and steady development of China-ASEAN relations and building the China-ASEAN community with a shared future.
China is ready to work with ASEAN countries to take the 30th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations as an opportunity to review past experience, chart the course for the future, upgrade cooperation in various fields including media, and take China-ASEAN relations to a new level.
Kyodo News: Chinese coast guard ships have been patrolling near the "Senkaku Islands" for 112 days running. This is the strongest "intervention" by China since the Japanese government "nationalized" the islands in 2012. Japan has protested over this on many occasions. Does China have any response?
Wang Wenbin: The Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands are inherent Chinese territory. The patrol and law enforcement activities by China Coast Guard in these waters are legitimate and lawful measures to safeguard sovereignty. We once again seriously urge Japan to abide by the four-point principled consensus between China and Japan and jointly uphold peace and stability in the East China Sea.
Reuters: President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Thursday that bans U.S. entities from investing in dozens of Chinese companies with alleged ties to defense or surveillance technology sectors, what's the ministry's comment on this? How does China see this compared to similar legislation under former president Trump?
Wang Wenbin: The US government uses the catch-all concept of national security and abuses state power to suppress and restrict Chinese enterprises in all possible means. China is firmly opposed to that. What the US has done violates the law of the market and undermines the rules and order of the market. It has harmed not only the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, but also the interests of global investors, including US investors. China urges the United States to respect the laws and principles of the market, remove various so-called lists formulated to suppress Chinese companies, and provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory business and investment environment for Chinese companies. China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.
Bloomberg: A related question regarding the blacklist again. The Chinese state media has hailed Vice Premier Liu He's recent two calls with the US as marking the start of normal communications on economy and trade. My question is, will this blacklist derail those efforts at restarting normal communications on economy and trade? What might be next for US-China relations given this blacklist. What can we expect?
Wang Wenbin: I would like to stress that China-US economic and trade ties are mutually-beneficial. The two sides share a wide range of common interests. With regard to problems in these ties, we always believe that they should be resolved properly in the spirit of mutual respect and equal consultation. We are firmly against the US politicizing economic and trade issues, stretching the national security concept and abusing state security apparatus to wantonly suppress and restrict Chinese companies. We urge the US to respect market laws and principles and provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory business and investment environment for Chinese enterprises.
Beijing Youth Daily: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) non-governmental friendship forum kicked off yesterday. What is the significance of this forum as the SCO celebrates its 20th anniversary this year?
Wang Wenbin: On June 3, the SCO non-governmental friendship forum opened in Wuhan. This is the first time that the SCO has held a high-level forum with the theme of non-governmental friendship. It is also an important event held by China this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the SCO. China attaches great importance to this forum. President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the forum, in which he expressed the confidence that the forum would become an important platform for all parties to enhance mutual understanding, deepen friendship and strengthen cooperation. Xi said he hopes that all parties will uphold the Shanghai Spirit, stay committed to the SCO's original aspirations, work together, help and support each other, and deepen cooperation. He said that we should leverage the advantages of non-governmental diplomacy and expand channels for people-to-people exchanges, so as to make contributions to the SCO's development.
With the theme of promoting people-to-people friendship and carrying forward the Shanghai Spirit, the forum was attended and addressed by Shen Yue-yue, Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China and Chair of the Committee of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation of the SCO. Leaders of relevant SCO member states, SCO Secretary-General, diplomatic envoys of relevant countries in China and representatives of non-governmental organizations attended the meeting either online or offline.
Since last year, the SCO countries have conducted extensive non-governmental exchanges, giving strong support to the anti-virus response and demonstrating the great strength of people working in solidarity. The SCO non-governmental friendship forum will encourage all social sectors to engage in the cause of bringing our people even closer, strengthen the sense of community with a shared future, and enhance mutual understanding and friendly cooperation, to ensure greater success of the SCO under the new circumstances.
Xinhua News Agency: The forced grounding of a Ryanair passenger plane in Minsk has been in the spotlight worldwide. The Belarusian state television aired a program on what it said had happened. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has decided by the end of last month to conduct a fact-finding investigation into the incident. The US will re-impose economic sanctions against nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises starting from June 3. Could I have China's comment on this?
Wang Wenbin: We have taken note of relevant reports. Parties concerned should assess and handle this incident in line with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and international law on the basis of facts and evidence, refrain from taking a selective approach and double standard, and avoid politicization. It is hoped that all parties will remain rational and handle the issue in accordance with law.
Financial Times: I wanted to follow up on the question about the medical records of the nine individuals. Could these records be made available? And then a second question, you said that there was no one sick with COVID-19 before December. Were there staff members who were sick with other potential illnesses? Will China be willing to release the medical records of those individuals if there are any?
Wang Wenbin: I will take these two questions together. I have just stated China's position on relevant issue. To give you some more information, according to US media reports, in April 2020, Francis S. Collins, Director of the US National Institutes of Health, wrote to a number of heads of US research institutions, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, dismissing the Wuhan lab hypothesis as a conspiracy. Not long ago, Michael R. Gordon, an American journalist, by quoting a so-called "previously undisclosed US intelligence report," hinted a far-fetched connection between the "three sick staff" of a Wuhan lab and the COVID-19 outbreak. Nineteen years ago, it was this very reporter who concocted false information by citing unsubstantiated sources about Iraq's "attempt to acquire nuclear weapons", which directly led to the Iraq war. Now, this same person, with similar means of falsely quoting anonymous information, hypes up the Wuhan lab hypothesis that stretched any semblance of credibility.
On the issue of virus origin-tracing, many experts in the international community have made scientific, rational, objective and impartial voices. For example, Peter Daszak, member of the WHO international expert group and president of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit non-governmental organization, said in a recent interview with CNN, "There is no evidence that this was a virus created in a lab. There is no evidence at all that it ever was in a lab. We found about over 500 of these bat coronaviruses in collaboration with our colleagues in China. We arrange the field work. We manage the work that's done. We see all the data that comes through from the lab as soon as it's done. In fact, we've worked with the lab in Wuhan for 15 years now. We know everything they do. And we know that they do not have that virus in the lab. I've worked with this group for 15 years. I've never seen any evidence of anyone saying things that aren't true, or even hinting of anything untoward from that lab. It just did not happen." We hope those spreading the "lab-leak theory", be it individuals or media, will take seriously these objective and correct voices.
We also hope the US side can respond to the concerns at home and abroad and give a real explanation on why it deliberately covered up the truth of the Fort Detrick lab.
Financial Times: One more follow-up from the FT. Is that a "No" to China sharing the medical records of these individuals?
Wang Wenbin: As I pointed out just now, the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of sciences has issued a statement on March 23. According to the statement, the Wuhan Institute of Virology had not been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 before December 30, 2019, and a "zero-infection" record is kept among its staff and graduate students so far. We believe that anyone who respects facts and truth will be able to find answers from this statement.
Global Times: According to media reports, the United States granted war criminals from Unit 731 of the Imperial Japanese Army immunity from prosecution in exchange for data it accumulated in human experiments, germ experiments, bacterial warfare and poison gas experiments to conduct bio-weapon research in the US. On this very basis, the US base at Fort Derrick developed rapidly into a bio-weapon R&D base. Today there is still a US military P4 bio-lab at the base. I wonder if you have any comment on this?
Wang Wenbin: I also noted relevant reports. It was mentioned that on the cover of three reports of Unit 731's human experiments, namely The Report of "G", The Report of "A" and The Report of "Q", there are the following words: Chemical Corps Research and Development Command, Biological Warfare Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland; Return this correspondence to ... Post Headquarters for Records File; and the black ink print Dugway Proving Ground Technical Library. After the end of WWII, the US sent germ warfare experts at Fort Detrick to Japan over several years to learn about Japan's bacterial warfare, including from Ishii Shiro, head of Unit 731 as well as other key members. In order to obtain data and documents on the Unit's germ warfare, the US paid 250,000 yen. What's worse, the US concealed the atrocities of Ishii Shiro and Unit 731 from the world and even made Ishii Shiro a bio-weapon consultant at Fort Detrick.
As US media have exposed, Fort Detrick has in storage a lot of viruses which pose a grave threat to human safety. There are many hidden security risks and loopholes at the base. According to the analysis of experts, the distribution of the over 200 US labs around the world is highly similar to the location where some dangerous diseases and viruses were first identified. In light of the past collusion of the US military and Unit 731, we are curious as to when all these mystery-shrouded bio-military activities conducted by the US can come to light? When can the US give the international community an explanation?
Nikkei: It is said that China is to hold foreign minister talks with ASEAN countries next week. Could you share a bit more on that?
Wang Wenbin: I have nothing to share at this point.
RIA Novosti: The European Union aviation safety agency upgraded warning on Belarus air space and recommended European Union nations to instruct the airlines to avoid overflying Belarus after forced landing of Ryanair. I wonder if China gave any instructions to its air companies about not flying over Belarus?
Wang Wenbin: I haven't heard of what you mentioned. You may refer to competent authorities. I would like to reiterate that on this issue, we hope all parties will respond rationally, deal with it in accordance with the law and avoid politicization.
NHK:Japan's Ueno Zoo has announced that giant panda Shin Shin may be pregnant. What is China's comment?
Wang Wenbin: I haven't seen relevant report. What I want to say is that the giant panda is a national treasure and a name card of China. It is deeply loved by people of all countries including Japan and a well-deserved envoy of friendship. We wish Shin Shin will give birth to the cubs smoothly.
The following question is raised after the press conference:
China News Service: Could you brief us on the outcomes of the fourth China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Dialogue held yesterday?
Wang Wenbin: The fourth China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Dialogue was held through video link yesterday. State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi chaired the dialogue. Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi attended the dialogue. The three held an in-depth exchange of views on the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan and trilateral cooperation. Two joint statements were released, one on the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan and another on deepening trilateral cooperation. The dialogue also adopted a list of projects of practical cooperation. All sides commended the progress in trilateral cooperation and agreed that the foreign ministers' dialogue is an important platform for the three countries to enhance mutual understanding, deepen mutual trust and advance cooperation. They vowed to further deepen institution-building of this mechanism.
Linked by mountains and rivers, China, Afghanistan and Pakistan are together through weal and woe. The security situation in Afghanistan has a direct bearing on the stability and economic prosperity of the entire region. The main purpose of this dialogue is to strengthen trilateral communication and cooperation at a crucial stage in the evolving Afghan situation to form synergy on promoting peace and maintaining stability and to make sure the situation develops in a direction consistent with the common interests of Afghanistan and regional countries.
The three sides reached important consensus on advancing the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan and on deepening trilateral practical cooperation and counter-terrorism security cooperation. All stressed that efforts should be made to practically advance the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan, and realize ceasefire and end violence at an early date. The withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan should be carried out in a responsible and orderly manner to prevent the deterioration of the security situation and the return of terrorist forces. The solution to the Afghan issue should fully reflect the principle of "Afghan-led and Afghan-owned". All three support Afghanistan in becoming an independent, sovereign and neutral country that pursues a moderate Muslim policy, firmly fights against terrorism, and maintains friendly ties with other countries, especially its neighbors.
The three sides agreed to explore effective ways to deepen trilateral cooperation against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, step up cooperation in fighting the pandemic and improving people's livelihood as well as cultural and people-to-people exchanges, and substantively expand the Belt and Road cooperation to Afghanistan, so as to bring more benefits to the people of the region.
The three sides reiterated the consensus of jointly fighting all forms of terrorism, and stressed the need to reject "double standard" on counter-terrorism, forbid any terrorist organizations or individuals from using their territories to engage in criminal activities against other countries, and strengthen joint efforts to combat the East Turkestan Islamic Movement and other terrorist forces, so as to safeguard regional security and stability.
China and Pakistan reaffirmed their firm support for peace and reconstruction in Afghanistan and their readiness to expand economic and trade exchanges with Afghanistan, assist Afghanistan in enhancing its capability for self-driven growth, and promote sustainable development in Afghanistan and the region. Afghanistan and Pakistan expressed the willingness to strengthen communication and coordination, deepen political mutual trust and create prospects for peace and cooperation.
: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on September 2, 2021
: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on July 2, 2021
: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on June 30, 2021


Good enough for Renaissance sculptors means it's good enough for us. With a genuine Italian Carrara marble inlay set into a rose gold aluminum frame, each unique piece has been hand-selected for elegance. With natural veining and fissures, the stone will weather tastefully, becoming more beautiful with use.


Better late than never. Was out for the cops and bobbers FOP outing on 5/21. 2 largemouth about 2 lbs each, 1 large perch and 1 walleye on a leach and split shot. Touney was won with 13.5 lbs of largemouth. The winners were picking the fish off the beds, and that is something I just don't believe in. Great day to be on the water, and always a great time with the group of guys that attend this outing.
Hey Tom, how you been. Finally took a little time off work for some fishing?
How were the water levels and is it still one big no wake zone?
When I was there on 5/21 there were no restrictions for wakes. Flew all over the place. 1st time I ever fished the upper chain. Real clear water compared to the south. Nice to be out there b/4 the Memorial Day weekend. Went to the Mississippi after that, I will post the results of that on the Miss. board. It was nice to forget about work and have some fun on the water. Best medication is some time on the water.
Best medication is some time on the water.
The best legal drug in the entire world, we call it the black hole because it's the only place you can go and think about nothing.
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A new Dunkin' Donuts store in Quincy, Massachusetts is focusing on technology and convenience.
It's another step in the company's rebranding process, as some stores are dropping half of its iconic name.
The modern makeover for the 68-year-old brand features a sleek, eco-friendly interior, with drive thru lanes dedicated to online orders.
They offer all kinds of drinks on tap, including a brand new coffee nitro brew that's already a hit.
The new menu, which the company began testing last February, will be unveiled Monday in New England and at all locations in the United States by mid-March.
Dunkin' Donuts executive Chris Fuqua says this could be the future look of all their stores, as a response to the competition from other chains and changing customer habits.
It's all part of an ongoing campaign to focus more on coffee and keep things simple, like the sign outside that only says Dunkin'.
But for purists like Lamar Moreis, he says you don't need to change it up.
Moreis enjoys driving to the very first Dunkin' Donuts in America, still in Quincy.
"You gotta keep some things original, like the original store here."
There are no plans to get rid of the iconic location or rush in new technology.
But at the next generation store, the new technology has already arrived. They can use an iPhone and edible paper to personalize donuts within minutes.
Depending on customer feedback, Dunkin' Donuts says there are more plans to open these test stores across New England and other parts of the country.


Serv-U 15.1.6 Hotfix 2 is now available in the customer portal.
(if necessary) to upgrade your installation.
1. Shut down all running Serv-U processes.
4. Extract the hot fix .zip file to a temporary location.
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8. Restart the Serv-U tray application.
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The PlayStation Network Store is now accessible from a PC, ealier than expected. The PC version of the PSN Store allows you to download full games, demos, PlayStation One titles, videos, trailers and more to your PSP. There are already several full games available to download as well as a number of demos, wallpapers, themes and videos.
So this was the purpose of Sony's own ISO loader. I see that games originally on UMD are on sale from the store.
and where is our free game sony????


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Armstrong Ambulance Earns Renewed National Accreditation
July 12, 2019 News, Press ReleasesKatherine Aker
Armstrong Ambulance has retained its national accreditation through through the summer of 2022.
Armstrong Ambulance Service is pleased to announce that it has earned a new three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services.
Armstrong is one of only four ambulance services in Massachusetts that has earned CAAS accreditation, and is one of 180 nationwide to achieve the accolade. It first earned accreditation in 2013 and is now accredited through 2022.
Obtaining and maintaining accreditation requires adherence to an extensive set of rigorous industry standards, as evaluated by an independent team of experts in emergency medical services. Accreditation solidifies Armstrong's status as one of the elite EMS providers in Massachusetts and the U.S.
"Our entire team is committed to providing the highest possible quality of patient care and service, and our accreditation is an important reflection of that commitment," Armstrong CEO Rich Raymond said. "I'm proud of the sustained effort by everyone at Armstrong that made this possible."
The commission emphasizes high-quality patient care and addresses that core requirement by establishing standards of treatment. It also evaluates an ambulance service's entire operation, including its relationships with other agencies, the general public, employees and the medical community. CAAS accreditation is considered the "gold standard" for ambulance services.
Armstrong earned re-accreditation following a stringent offsite assessment of polices, processes and protocols as well as a two-day on-site review by members of the CAAS accreditation panel in early June.
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