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FIFA & Sierra Leone: Musa Liability's Integrity Task
by Mark | Sep 12, 2017
"Even Fifa has its limits. Doesn't it?" So ended Nick Harris's November 2015 profile of Fifa presidential hopeful Musa Bility, on Harris's excellent Sporting Intelligence website, as Bility's presidential candidature was rejected on countless (lack of) integrity grounds. "Maybe in time," Harris mused, "it will become apparent why on earth he thought Fifa's integrity check would be a gimme."
Harris may be right. Perhaps Fifa has no limits. After all, their just-announced a task force to address the countless integrity issues affecting Sierra Leone's Football Association (SLFA) will be chaired by Liberian FA president and African Football Confederation (Caf) executive committee member…Musa Bility. Even someone outside Sepp Blatter's Fifa limits is within current president Gianni Infantino's.
I guess the only surprise is that anyone is surprised. Bility's face currently fits. He loudly supported Infantino's "impartial" role in March's Caf presidential elections. And SLFA president Isha Johansen's face fits. As the excellent, albeit anti-Infantino, website "Inside World Football" (IWF) headline read: "Johansen crony Musa Bility heads Fifa Task Force to establish election platform."
Johansen was elected on 3rd August 2013. Her gender alone, in football's misogynistic world, made her presidency "controversial," without any other issues. Leonean football's power-struggling is old hat. Research for this piece uncovered articles by "Mohamed Fajah Barrie, BBC Sport" headlined "Sierra Leone sack FA," "Fifa probes Sierra Leone" and "Sierra Leone crisis continues." The articles were from March…2004.
Crises were still "continuing" in 2011. The Sports Ministry demanded a control of football commensurate with government financing. The SFLA demanded a control commensurate with being football's "governing body." Meanwhile, the SLFA squabbled with the country's Premier League Board (PLB), which may sound familiar to English readers.
SLFA elections/congresses were postponed throughout 2012. And Fifa, smelling a major bugbear, "political interference," got involved when sports minister Paul Kamara dissolved the SLFA that September. Kamara handbrake-turned on this when Fifa threatened a global ban on the Leone Stars (national team) and PL clubs. But Fifa recommended postponing presidential elections again until "a joint Fifa/Caf mission" visited Leonean capital Freetown.
Kamara was happy, having declared that elections would take place over his "dead body," if PLB ex-chairman Rodney Michael stood. Reasons for Kamara's disaffection with Michael included his "middle-eastern origin," his politics (Michael was in Sierra Leone's "People's Party," Kamara in the "All Peoples' Congress," insert your Judaean Peoples Front/People's Front of Judaea references here) and his "belonging to sports betting company Mercury International." Michael was also accused of "injudicious" use of PLB funds.
Fifa proposed a "Normalisation Committee," as they do. However, "normalisation" and "Sierra Leone football" are bitterly competing concepts. And Johansen emerged unopposed for the presidency after potential opponents, Mohamed Kallon and Foday Turay and Michael were disqualified.
Kallon breached residential regulations, perhaps due to his global footballing success, as he hadn't lived in Sierra Leone for the required five years before the election. And Michael AND Turay were disqualified for "contravening" Fifa ethics on "betting, gambling and lotteries." Little wonder they resented Johansen's opposition to gambling's perceived influence on Leonean football.
In July 2014, four players, three referees and eight administrators were suspended over match-fixing allegations connected to Sierra Leone's 0-0 draw in an African Cup of Nations qualifier in Pretoria in June 2008. These included Leone Stars ex-captain Ibrahim Kargbo and…Michael.
Fifa speedily gave "full support" to a committee formed "to probe" the allegations. Kargbo and Michael speedily counter-alleged a "witch hunt." Kargbo smelt politics, cleverly citing the affair as Fifa's detested "political interference" for "leading a crusade" against the SLFA. Michael "welcomed" the committee "as long as it's transparent and fair (because) I am innocent."
The Ebola virus swept across the nation that year. Football was suspended in August. But the politics wasn't. An extraordinary (in all senses) congress, held by Leonean football dissidents, formed a nine-man interim committee, led by veteran Leonean football figure Unisa Alim Sesay (nicknamed "Awoko"), to run the SLFA until June 2015 elections.
Fifa backed Johansen again. And with irony-meters exploding worldwide, Fifa's future-ex-Secretary-General Jerome Valcke sought to uphold Leonean football integrity. He told the committee it was not "recognised by Fifa," who would "only communicate through the SLFA's official representatives," Johansen, and Secretary-General, Christopher Kamara. Not THAT one (though I did check). But, still, "incredible." Or something.
Johansen's PR people got to work. In January 2015, she was the subject of a semi-gushing profile by the UK Observer newspaper's Anna Kessel, headlined "Johansen blazes trail amid tragedy and infighting." Leap-off-the-page highlights included completing her education "at a convent school in Freetown" and "a boarding school in Yeovil," (imagine the accent), her father co-founding "one of Sierra Leone's most famous clubs, East End Lions" and Johansen founding the modestly-monikered FC Johansen, "after seeing boys who had nowhere else to go playing football in the street."
There were also dark references to her idealism becoming frustration: "I used to think some of the attacks I had were because of my zero-tolerance on corruption. I'm beginning to realise it is because I am a woman." And there was the shuddering fear that Ebola came to Sierra Leone after a Leonean underage team visited Guinea in April 2014. Johansen was "worried" at the time but "told not to make a fuss." A situation credited to "football's incessant politicking."
She gained some high-profile support from this politicking, though. Particularly from Blatter. In return, Johansen claimed: "There were good sides to (Blatter). (He brought) female football to the fore. He encouraged women to play football. He was very concerned about me being a woman in a man's world. He took that personal interest." Blatter's previous "encouragement" for women in football ("they could wear tighter shorts") makes such gush seem cringeworthy and hypocritical given Johansen's anti-corruption stances.
Johansen backed Blatter in the 2015 Fifa presidential election. But despite its "new era" under Infantino, Fifa unhesitatingly backed her when she, SLFA Vice-President Brima Kamara and Secretary-General Chris Kamara were arrested on 7th September 2016, hours after Sierra Leone's anti-corruption committee (ACC) launched "Operation Thunderbolt."
The ACC were investigating "discrepancies in SLFA financial statements" re "donor funds." However, Fifa's response could not have been more supportive of Johansen, and dismissive of her opponents, had she written it herself.
Fifa curiously wrote to the SLFA rather than the ACC itself, describing "several activities of third parties" as "interference (in) the…SLFA" in "the last three years" (Johansen's presidential tenure to that point) which "caused continuous instability" to its "legitimate and recognised leadership." And they urged "the Ministry of Sports and the ACC" to let the SLFA "conduct its affairs without unnecessary obstruction as no Fifa regulations have been contravened (re) Fifa funding."
"Awoko" replied to Fifa Secretary-General Fatma Samoura, as "SLFA Stakeholders Consultative Forum" chairman. He said "Johansen's executive" met "none of the conditions" for Fifa development funds, yet still received them without "oversight from (SLFA) Congress." Samoura's Sierra Leone visit that November drew up a "road map" for peace, with a "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) signed between all protagonists. Fifa's objections to "political interference" were submerged as national president Ernest Bai Koroma ordered the SLFA to convene Congress in March to settle internal differences.
This "extraordinary" Congress established an SLFA ethics body to probe the match-fixing allegations, probably inspired by Fifa withholding Sierra Leone's next Fifa grant, reportedly $1.2m, until such probes were completed. And, in the true spirit of Leonean football, they…started in-fighting about something else. As "ordinary" a Congress as Sierra Leone football could muster was set for 14th July. It was postponed because OF COURSE it was.
Fifa wrote again to the SLFA: "Integrity checks to current and potential SLFA Executive Members," agreed under the MOU, "have not been carried out and (SLFA) judicial bodies and administrative officials must undergo integrity scrutiny." You could hear the sighs as Fifa's letter added: "As a result, the same problems appear to remain unresolved." Nevertheless, Fifa still backed Johansen, letting her extend her four-year presidency until elections were held. This news was greeted as joyously as you'd expect.
New sports minister Ahmed Khanou, who replaced the sacked Kamara in March 2016, declared: "Sierra Leone is a sovereign state and should not be held to ransom. The Congress must go on as planned." Idrissa Tarawally, described as the "leader of the aggrieved members of the SLFA," took a remarkably similar tack: "Sierra Leone is a sovereign state. The SLFA is an autonomous body. Holding congress is a constitutional requirement."
Khanou obtained an interim court injunction to stop Johansen and two vice-presidents running the SLFA, as all their terms expired on 3rd August. However, Sierra Leone's High Court threw this out in favour of Fifa's preferred course of events, as set out in their July letter, which said "a new task force will be created by Fifa Members Association Committee (one member: Isha Johansen) including representatives of Fifa, Caf, SLFA and the Ministry of Sports to look into issues (with) the integrity of matches." Enter Musa Bility.
After all, if Fifa wants an integrity issue investigator, who better than someone with every integrity issue in the book? This is the only "logic" for the appointment of a man who failed Fifa integrity checks because he hid his major integrity issues, then…lied about why he failed the integrity checks.
In 2015, Bility assigned his integrity check failure to "my ban from Caf in 2013," for improper use of confidential documents during his campaign against Caf rule changes which favoured incumbent president Issa Hayatou's continuing incumbency ambitions. The real reason was a "multitude of proceedings led against you." Some "resulted in convictions or other decisions by state authorities and sports governing bodies." Other remained allegations or fell foul of technicalities.
None made it onto Bility's self-declaration of integrity, the public version of which was "I have had my share of issues with Fifa and Caf. I opposed Blatter's candidacy and spoke out against Hayatou's desire to monopolize the position. I suffered for it but it has nothing to do with integrity. My records are clean and I'm ready for the job."
He claimed he was never convicted of any "intentional indictable offence." The nickname "Mister Corruption," given to him by opponents within Liberia's FA in 2012, suggested a fair few accidental ones, as did "a detailed report (to Fifa) by an independent international investigative services company, which (identified) risk-relevant information" on candidates, including "legal, regulatory, financial, and ethical issues."
Bility's "habit for a business misunderstanding," as Harris called it in an attempt on the world euphemism record, emerged in 2006, when his "Srimex Enterprise and Gulf Trading" company paid only $125,000 of a $3m debt to Liberia's Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) (itself missing $7m from its accounts). His LPRC problems continue to this day, after alleged attempts by Srimex to import sub-standard petroleum products into Liberia.
In 2006, he was also sued by two Turkish business partners for an unpaid $600,000 debt. And Harris described him as "having written a series of bouncing cheques" during his Liberian National Port Authority chairmanship.
By 2016, Srimex still owed $143,000 of a long-term $488,910 tax debt to Liberia's government. And this was despite Bility's 2012 conviction for tax evasion related TO that debt. In 2013, Bility was charged with conspiring to defraud Liberia's Airport Authority of $1m. He got off this hook on a time-delay-based technicality.
A vitriolic article by Global News Network (GNN) Liberia, on 30th March 2017, blamed Bility's dreadful financial reputation on smear campaigns inspired by his changed political allegiance from the governing Unity Party to the opposition Liberty Party. GNN referenced "deadly plots" and conspiracies to take his "business and political life down the gutter." But countless dodgy dealings predate Bility's "new political alignment." GNN will need another "explanation" for them.
His LFA financial reputation is also dismal. In July, ex-LFA finance committee co-chair Rochell Woodson wrote to Samoura alleging "misuse of entrusted funds" and "misapplication of (funds) and equipment…for the implementation of a youth league and women's football program." Six months ago, Woodson accused Bility of misusing $1m of Fifa financial assistance money and sharing $50,000 of Ebola relief money among LFA committee members. Woodson has asked Samoura for a forensic audit of this decade's LFA accounts. Her accusations are neither lightly-made nor, it seems, politically-motivated smears.
A final offence was calling his son "Lyee K" (likeabilty, geddit?). Hopefully this is a joke entry on Bility's curiously sparse Wikipedia profile (a "right to be forgotten" legally enforced?). However, reported doubts about Lyee's finances, despite being a leading entertainment industry figure, scream "like father, like son."
Infantino's reputation as a "baldy Blatter" is only enhanced by Bility's appointment. As Woodson told Samoura: "We do not want to outrightly accuse Fifa's president of acquiescence to Bility's mishandling of Liberia's Football Programs, but (Fifa's) silence seems to support Bility's claims he is a friend of Infantino and thus, nothing can be done to him" (good bit of "not outrightly accusing" there).
Jerome Valcke's 2007 appointment as secretary-general, seven months after losing his marketing directorship for breaching "business principles" was within Fifa's "limits" under the real Blatter. Bility's integrity task force chairmanship has all that re-appointment's brazen disregard for ethics. And irony too. But nobody with Leonean football's interests genuinely at heart will appreciate that.
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Five NBA Championships, 14th all-time in points, 6th in rebounds, 3rd in blocked shots and widely regarded as the best power forward of all time, San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan retired on Monday after 19 NBA seasons. Even if you don't care about basketball, there are so many ways to appreciate Tim beyond his athletic achievements.
Kobe Bryant announced his retirement last summer to ensure he had his season-long farewell tour, turning every Lakers game into a circus of standing ovations and arena-wide video tributes. Tim Duncan retired on a Monday morning in July. No press conference, no public statement, just one tweet from the Spurs Twitter account reading: "Nineteen seasons. Five rings. One team. #ThankYouTD"
No departure could be more fitting for the first ballot Hall Of Famer who only did commercials for the local grocery store chain, didn't care about "building his brand" and played for one small-market franchise for his entire career.
In today's world of celebrity stardom, Tim was an anomaly. So consistently and quietly transcendent that he was "boring". From his go-to move (a bank shot from the angle), to the no-frills dominance of the Spurs organization and his infamous "dad outfits" (baggy jeans and over-sized button ups) that remained consistent through the years of NBA fashion evolution - nothing about him was exciting because all that mattered was his quiet dedication to the game and team success.
For two decades, Tim was the foundation of the most consistent and successful franchise in pro sports. He put his head down and worked quietly and tirelessly, celebrating his teammates' achievements more than his own. Yes, it's cliche, but there's endless value in being more felt than seen, in doing things "the right way" and in a constant team-first approach. Tim embodied those qualities in every way, and will quietly bow out as one of his sport's all-time greats.
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I went out for an early morning ride late in September. The sun was rising about 6.30 am and I managed to time my ride to be across the park looking back at the rising sun. However, those shots were good, but some of the pre-dawn shots of the deer were just spell binding. The Thames a little later on my way back was pretty Spectacular too! Tell me what you think?
Thank you. Sometimes everything is just right!
I feel the need to reblog this as these were some of the best morning shots I have ever taken.
The one batch before last is my favourite, with the bridge. But how crazy it must have been to be there!
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The magic just came to me that morning. A reward for being up at 5am in the freezing cold!
Beautiful photos, the deer photos are stunning.
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The second wave of the coronavirus has Europe in its grip. Governments have again imposed lockdowns and, as a result, have prolonged and/or increased financial assistance programmes. The legal research team led by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker has now updated the study "Securing Existence in the Corona Crisis", which was presented in May. The newly published follow-up volume "Protecting Livelihoods in the COVID-19 Crisis: Legal Comparison of Measures to Maintain Employment, the Economy and Social Protection" from the series Working Papers Law contains an evaluation of the measures adopted until the beginning of November to cushion the economic consequences of the pandemic in five selected European countries with different welfare state arrangements: Germany, Denmark, France, England and Italy.
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Can the Dolans shed the 'cheap' label?
Cleveland, OH (92.3 The Fan) – Indians owner Paul Dolan is facing backlash after the interview he did with Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com.
Plenty of fans reacted on social media asking the Dolans to sell the team. Others have called Indians' ownership 'cheap.' It's a narrative that isn't going away anytime soon.
Fans see the best starting rotation in baseball, two great infielders in Jose Ramirez and Francisco Lindor and wonder why the Indians aren't going 'all-in' to win now?
There are only two ways the Dolans are going to shed the 'cheap' label. The first one simple: win a World Series. In the Indians' defense, they were one win away from accomplishing that feat in 2016. Unfortunately getting close to their goal wasn't enough and it has the City of Cleveland hungrier than ever for a World Series Championship.
The Indians have won three-straight division titles and have been one of the best teams in the American League over the past five years. That success helped raise expectations. Fans aren't satisfied with American League Central champaign celebrations, they want to win a World Series. And they feel, whether it's fair or not, that the Dolans' budget gets in the way of championships.
Winning is the best way, but it's not the only path to showing fans they aren't 'cheap.' The Dolans could prove it by re-signing Lindor long-term, instead of letting him leave in free agency or trading him before that.
The majority of fans believe Lindor is going to end up on Boston, New York or Los Angeles. It's hard to blame them. They've seen this time and time again with Jim Thome, Kenny Lofton, CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee and others. If the Dolans want to shed the perception that is likely stuck to them forever, then they'll keep Lindor.
This fan base is worried about its' star leaving, even though Lindor is under contract for the next three seasons. What does that say about the perception of ownership? No one is giving the Indians a legitimate chance to keep Lindor. Instead of moving on from their best player because of salary, the Indians have an opportunity to prove that they're willing to spend money in situations that make sense.
Moving on from Lindor, assuming he continues to play like he has over the past three seasons would be a bad move. He isn't Bryce Harper or a past his prime Alex Rodriguez. Investing in Lindor makes sense for any team, even in a small market. He is a star. The City of Cleveland loves him – from his smile, to his style and play on the field.
Lindor is a top-five player in baseball. If the Indians kept him in Cleveland for the next decade, would anyone be able to say ownership was cheap?
Dolan mentions sustainability, which is something every business owner has to take into consideration. Is it sustainable to tell your customers that you aren't willing to pay market value for one of the top players in the league? Some are going to mention the lack of a salary cap. Others will say that Cleveland is a small market.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Joey Votto to a 10-year, $225 million extension. That contract didn't prevent the Reds from winning in recent seasons. Bad deals like Homer Bailey and Brandon Phillips did. If the Indians can avoid having multiple bad contracts around Lindor, then they can sustain success while paying him $25-30 million per season.
The San Diego Padres signed Manny Machado to a 10-year, $300 million deal. They've built one of the best minor-league systems in baseball. Spending on a few high-end players and surrounding them with young, controllable talent is a blueprint the Indians should consider.
If the Dolans truly want to shed the 'cheap' label, then they have to spend money. It's hard to envision those dollars going to a player or players more valuable than Lindor. They would argue that they've spent in recent seasons and that's fair, but the fan base doesn't believe. No one thinks Lindor will be around long-term.
The Dolans could silence the critics and hang onto their best player for the next decade. Keeping Lindor is easier said than done, but it may be the Indians' only way of convincing fans that they'll do anything it takes to win.


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Are you fed up with the many inconveniences involved with wearing glasses or contact lenses? Do you dream of waking up and seeing the world in all its clarity? Say good bye to blurry vision and hello to Lasik surgery.
This corrective surgery, which takes a mere 10 minutes per eye, has grown in popularity in recent years and it is no surprise that several celebrities, for whom looking good is paramount, have undergone the procedure. One such actress to have opted for the Lasik route is the American actress and model Brooke Shields.
Not everyone, however, is such a huge fan of the corrective surgery. Comedian Kathy Griffin talks about her experiences with Lasik on her website, where she talks about the severe complications she suffered after undergoing the corrective surgery. (http://www.kathygriffin.net/lasik.php) Incidentally, Brooke Shields, who on the contrary is very happy with the outcome of her procedure, was the maid of honor at Kathy's wedding!
Brooke Shields, 45, started her modeling career as an infant and then went on to become the youngest model to appear on the cover of 'Vogue' at the age of 14. With almost 20 years of working in the film industry behind her, her best known film is probably still 'The Blue Lagoon' from 1980. The 'Suddenly Susan' star has been wooing audiences with her immense talent and beauty for a long time now, but she has also shared a darker part of her life with the world: her experiences with postpartum depression. Speaking of this difficult time, as quoted on Quote Lucy, she said "I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength".
Brooke Shields is a woman of substance and is known for handling her personal and professional life with great dignity and strength. But there is no denying that she has also been blessed with especially good looks, and thanks to Lasik surgery, the star doesn't have to hide her stunning eyes behind a pair of glasses.
Othere celebrities to have undergone Lasik surgery include Tiger Woods, Nicole Kidman and Brad Pitt
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Australia and Denmark, despite previous American objections to the move, say they will join a new Beijing-backed investment bank that some in Washington say could supplant the US-dominated International Monetary Fund.
In a testament to China's growing economic clout on the global stage, western countries are lining up to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or AIIB.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey expressed their country's willingness to join AIIB as a founding member, but have attached tough conditions to their membership.
"The government has discussed the AIIB extensively with China and other key partners inside and outside the region," Abbott and Hockey said in a joint statement.
"Key matters to be resolved before Australia considers joining the AIIB include the Bank's Board of Directors having authority over key investment decisions, and that no one country control the bank," they said.
At the same time, they were at pains to emphasize that their membership in AIIB did not preclude their continued cooperation with the leading western financial institutions.
"Working with other key multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, the AIIB has the potential to play a valuable role in addressing infrastructure needs and boosting economic growth in the region with potential benefits for Australia," the statement said.
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The Australian treasurer played down claims that Canberra's move was a slap in the face to the United States. "From time to time we might disagree but ultimately I think the United States will join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. It will just take a bit of time," he told Sky television.
Many in Washington view the emergence of the AIIB as not only a direct challenge to the US-led IMF and Asian Development Bank, which provide loans to struggling economies, but as proof that China is now a full-blown global economic powerhouse in its own right.
At the same time, Washington has expressed concern that the Chinese-led bank could run afoul of international governance issues, leading to possible corruption and mismanagement. Beijing and Washington have traded barbs in the past over the ways both sides conducts economic policy.
Also on Sunday, from faraway northern Europe, Denmark released a statement to "announce its intention to apply to be a founding member" of the AIIB.
Danish Minister of Trade and Development Mogens Jensen called AIIB, which is anticipated to begin operating by the end of the year with $100 billion in capital, a "significant and exciting development in the world order."
"Since many Danish trade interests as well as development cooperation interests will be at stake in AIIB, there are many reasons to engage in and influence AIIB's investment decisions from its beginning," Jensen said in a statement.
On Saturday, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said his country plans to join the new investment bank.
Other European countries, in an effort to meet the March 31 deadline, have expressed their intention of joining AIIB, including Britain, France, Germany and Italy, causing some embarrassment for the Obama administration.
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The larger veins may appear ropelike and make the skin bulge out.Elevated pressure within superficial veins (veins that run just below the surface of the skin) can lead to the development of varicose veins, also known as varicosities.
Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted.Varicose veins can be treated with radio frequency treatments or surgery in addition to the treatments used to remove spider veins.People with varicose veins may wear compression stockings, have an injection of irritant substance to close the veins under the skin (sclerotherapy), or have the veins removed surgically.Varicose veins bring discomfort and may cause complications, such as mild to moderate pain, blood clots and skin ulcers.Varicose veins are larger, twisted or stretched veins located deeper under the skin and tend to appear more frequently in women than men.Laser surgery: strong bursts of light to close smaller varicose veins Endovenous ablation therapy: the use of heat and radio-frequency waves to block off a vein Endoscopic vein surgery: the use of a small scope inserted through a small incision to block off a vein.
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IndyStar is breaking down each of the Indianapolis Colts' 13 opponents for the 2018 season ahead of the team reporting to camp at Grand Park on Wednesday.
Analysis: The Cowboys offense returns the bulk of last season's unit, though Dak Prescott loses a few key weapons. Its defense, which was particularly strong against the passing game, stays largely the same.
What it means to the Colts: If the Colts are in the playoff picture late, this game could have big implications. It will mark just the second time since the bye week that they face an opponent outside the division, and a return home after two straight divisional road games could be welcome. Prescott and the Dallas offense could test the defense.


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Chinese tourists clamor for tours of Tesla gigafactory, lieutenant governor says
April 19, 2017 Robert Perea 0 Comments Nevada Newsmakers, Ray Hagar
Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison recently returned from a 10-day TravelNevada trade mission to China.
One of his biggest takeaways is the Chinese — who make up the No. 1 foreign travel market for the U.S. — see the Tesla gigafactory near Reno as a major tourist attraction.
Hutchison said he saw so much interest in the Tesla gigafactory among the Chinese that he wants to talk to Tesla officials about tours through the gigafactory. The gigafactory, which measures in at 5.5 million square feet, is reportedly the biggest building in the world in terms of its physical footprint.
The $5 billion gigafactory, still under construction at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County, manufactures lithium ion batteries to power Tesla's electric cars.
"One of my biggest takeaways from the trip is to speak to Tesla officials and just let them know (about the interest from Chinese tourism officials)," Hutchison said Wednesday on Nevada Newsmakers. "I don't know if they are interested or not interested but the big attraction, at least for the Chinese traveler, would be a tour through Tesla."
Touring Tesla was a near-constant theme of the trip to promote Nevada tourism in the state's No. 1 foreign tourism market.
"That came up repeatedly through my time in China," Hutchison said about inquiries about tours of the gigafactory.
Hutchinson visited five Chinese cities including Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing.
"Tesla was a big topic of conversation when I was over there," Hutchison said. "The Chinese tourists, the travelers, all of those who we met with, all loved the Tesla company and they wanted to come out and see the gigafactory."
Las Vegas remains the state's top attraction for Chinese tourists, Hutchison said. About 19 percent of Las Vegas visitors are from foreign markets, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
"In fact, when we met with the largest online tourism operation there, they said their No. 2 destination in the United States with their customers was Las Vegas," Hutchison said. "So after New York, they wanted to come to Las Vegas."
Lake Tahoe was also a big draw, Hutchison said.
"They love Tahoe," he said. "The Chinese traveler knows about Tahoe and Reno is right next to Tahoe and they associate the two together. So there is a lot of emphasis."
Chinese tourism officials were also pleased with the recent meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump.
"They (Chinese media) were very happy about the meeting with Donald Trump and President Xi," Hutchison said. "And that was wildly reported when I was there.
"It is interesting," Hutchison said. "A lot of the Chinese I spoke to as well had a favorable impression of Donald Trump. And particularly, after that meeting (between Xi and Trump). They were worried about that meeting because of the rhetoric that came out of the (U.S. presidential) campaign. After that meeting, they were not only optimistic views about President Trump but also about the United States."
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The first article in a multipart series looks at the release pipeline for mobile apps and explores how the Microsoft DevOps stack comes into play at each stage.
In a simple CRUD system, each business event is pertinent to a single aggregate and only rarely the same event touches on multiple aggregates. However, when this happens, and aggregates and events are too numerous, the complexity of the resulting software grows considerably.
DevOps isn't just for mobile. This article explores the role that a DevOps culture can play in a software project and guides readers through DevOps stages, from planning, continuous integration and deployment, to monitoring and learning excursion.
Julie Lerman examines how the change-tracking behavior of Entity Framework Core differs from that of EF6, pointing out that while much of the syntax and behavior has been replicated, EF Core is a brand new API and should be treated accordingly.
Visual Studio 2015 includes full support for Git, the enormously popular source code management system that has upended many traditional options. In this article, Jonathan Waldman covers how Git differs from Team Foundation version control; how to place source code into a Git repository; and how to pull, commit and push code.
Despite the existence of the easy to use .NET Random class, there are times you'll want to write your own random number generator. In this article, James McCaffrey presents four different algorithms for doing so.
This article explains how developers working on any platform can write data-oriented Web applications that run on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows leveraging the new ASP.NET Core 1.0 and the Entity Framework, using Visual Studio Code as the development environment.
Filters are a great, often underutilized feature of ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Core MVC. They provide a way to hook into MVC's action invocation pipeline, which makes them great for pulling common, repetitive tasks out of your actions, as Steve Smith explains.
McAndrew's Hymn, the Rudyard Kipling poem celebrating the great steamships of the day, holds a lot of meaning for developers.
Writing good software is hard. Managing the process of writing, maintaining and delivering good software is even harder. Which is why DevOps is such a hot topic at Microsoft right now.


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Conceived by Mercedes-Benz and Lufthansa Technik, the world's leaders in premium automobiles and private aircraft completion, a new dimension of private travel has been born which lifts Mercedes-Benz Style into the sky.
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Soft Assembly Of A Die Hard is the debut solo effort of LA-based multi-instrumentalist G Bryant. The 12-track LP reflects the array of influences in Bryant's eclectic music-making, including indie post-rock, ambient soundscapes, psychedelic folk, dark Americana, musique concrete, traditional African music, and others. The album is rooted in warm synths and electric bass, spooky banjo, and lush electric and acoustic guitars, with occasional spare vocals, samples, and drums. Thematically, the record explores the human condition through the lens of genetics, political chaos, and isolation. Recorded during the pandemic, and self-produced in Bryant's home studio, the album forays through several genres, settling in as a largely evolving instrumental soundtrack. One track, "Self Assembly," the only one with guest musicians, was constructed as an experiment in self-organization, featuring violinist Constance Bainbridge (Mei Ohara) plopped into a spontaneous synth loop sprinkled with a banjo, followed intently by Jeremy Kagan (the renowned filmmaker) on clarinet. Other tracks fill out a cinematic landscape, littered with odd sound bits and psychedelic instrumental explorations. While each track stands on its own, it is ultimately meant to be listened to as an album.
Bryant has a long history of collaborations with rock and electronic musicians, visual and sound artists, videographers, and sound researchers. As a professor at UCLA who has published several dozen papers, Bryant interweaves his lifelong music background with the scientific study of cross-cultural vocal communication and biomusicology. Over the years, Bryant has been featured on NPR multiple times, as well as the NY Times, Wired, National Geographic, BBC, Time Magazine, and hundreds of other newspapers and websites. Musically, he has performed in Southern California at many music venues with different bands over the last 30 years, and has performed solo at the Santa Cruz International Live Looping Festival several times.
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Human encounters with lions are on the rise in states such as California and Colorado where housing is pushing into traditional lion habitat and increasing numbers of people are recreating in lion country. In Montana, human encounters with lions remain rare.
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In Mary Jane Clark's latest blockbuster novel, you will enter the mind of a sociopath. It's a place where the rules don't apply. Where anything is fair game. And where murder is the ultimate means to an end LIGHTS Key News film and theatre critic Caroline Enright thinks her trip to a theatre festival in the beautiful Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts will be as easy as a summer breeze until her complicated relationship with her stepdaughter, Meg, grows even more tense--and two of Meg's friends are killed in what looks to be a tragic accident. OUT Soon a world-famous actress goes missing. An actress who has been the obsession of millions. Or maybe just the true obsession of one? TONIGHT As Caroline gets drawn into a web of ambition, cunning, and deception, she learns she can trust no one. Not even those closest to her. Because a sociopath will stop at nothing. And they wear the mask of a friend, a lover, a husband, or a wife With a Mary Jane Clark novel, every word is a clue. "A quintessential whodunit."-- Romantic Times BOOKreviews "Perfect summer reading."-- BooklistClark, Mary Jane is the author of 'Lights Out Tonight ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780312994228 and ISBN 0312994222.
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import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.Statement;

import org.apache.ojb.broker.PersistenceBroker;
import org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.FieldDescriptor;
import org.apache.ojb.broker.util.sequence.AbstractSequenceManager;
import org.apache.ojb.broker.util.sequence.SequenceManagerException;

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	public KualiMySQLSequenceManagerImpl(PersistenceBroker broker) {
		super(broker);
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		Statement stmt = null;
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		try {
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			stmt = c.createStatement();
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			if (rs != null) {
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OH 9 è un reperto fossile rinvenuto nel 1960 a Olduvai da Louis Leakey. Si tratta di una calotta cranica a cui è stata attribuita un'età di 1,4 Ma.

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Le caratteristiche morfologiche di questo reperto, la cui capacità cranica è stata valutata in circa 1067 cm3, ricordano quelle di Homo erectus, specie a cui è stato ricondotto.

La posizione sistematica di OH 9 è comunque incerta: su questo reperto è stata creata nel 1963 la nuova specie Homo leakey, oggi abbandonata. Clarke associa a OH 9 il cranio di Ceprano, olotipo dell'Homo cepranensis.

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Q: Bindings for WCF Service running in a local network My scenario is that i have hosted a WCF Service in a windows service. This WCF service will be used within a local network. Client application will pass on a simple data value to the WCFService. No big amount of datas involved.
What is best binding to be used in this situation? And Why.

A: I recommend 'netTcpBinding' .it's faster than HTTP based bindings because it encodes the messages in a binary instead of text format,and it supports all the features like sessions, streaming etc..also it supports duplex contracts and transactions.

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It feels like a lifetime has passed since Christine Blasey Ford went public with the allegation that Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, sexually assaulted her at a house party in the early 1980s.
In the last 48 hours or so, the pro-Kavanaugh camp has been viciously conspiratorial, resorting to Alex Jones-style rhetoric. Here are a few particularly nauseating theories about Ford that have been circulating on social media and propped up by major news outlets.
It was bad enough when the Washington Post published "Is there a Kavanaugh doppelganger?" in which columnist Kathleen Parker echoes Senator Orin Hatch's theory that Ford was merely "mixed up" about who allegedly assaulted Ford and that perhaps another "Kavanaugh-ish-looking teen at the house that night" was responsible. But it somehow managed to get worse when Ed Wheelan, president of the conservative think tank Ethics and Public Policy Center, published an unhinged Twitter thread implicating another Kavanaugh doppelgänger of the alleged attack.
Thanks to Zillow floor plans, Google Maps results, Facebook photos, and the pompous notion that he was a true sleuth, Wheelan deduced the sexual assault happened in the home of one of Kavanaugh's Georgetown Prep classmates. Wheelan also suspected that this classmate (who he named), was likely Ford's attacker; he even added a side-by-side comparison of him and Kavanaugh, concluding that the two look alike.
But Ford knew the man Wheelan accused of assaulting her; she socialized with him and even visited him in the hospital one time. "There is zero chance that I would confuse them," she said.
At least the dopes at Fox and Friends were impressed.
Fox News blowhard Jeanine Pirro is convinced politics is driving the accusations against Kavanaugh. But it's not just ruthless Democrats who are complicit. Pirro won't rule out the idea that Ford's therapist hypnotized her into thinking she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh. It's a senseless call back to the false memory syndrome hysteria of the 1980s and 1990s.
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): My understanding is, didn't they say that this came out for the first time in couples therapy in 2012?
PIRRO: Yeah and what was that about, and when was the first time Kavanaugh's name came up? And what about, is this hypnosis? Is this confabulation? This is all stuff that is contrary to what the law calls for.
At this point, it wouldn't surprise me if Pirro believes Ford's therapist is a psychic and knew Kavanaugh would be nominated to the Supreme Court and planted this false memory into Ford's head for the long con.
Was Kavanaugh respecting Ford's wishes before or after he allegedly put his hand over her mouth as she screamed? Unclear!
Graham then pivoted to the familiar every-teenage-boy-has-sexually-assaulted-someone-so-it's-no-big-deal defense.
There's a lot of things I've done when I was a teenager that I certainly am ashamed of and not proud of. If we're going to hold people accountable for things that they did forty years ago and say whether it's relevant or not relevant—this is a tactic by the left to try to keep conservatives off the bench. And it's unfortunate that it's working. People are up in arms over this. Like, 'oh, this is such a disaster!' You're talking about two teenagers forty years ago. That has nothing to do with what we're talking about today with this man being a judge on the supreme court? And they call it a sexual assault? No, I don't believe it.
What the rest of the day and weekend will bring us from the Ford conspiracy theory factory is anyone's guess. But as conservatives like Mitch McConnell insist that Kavanaugh will become a Supreme Court justice ("We're gonna plow right through it and do our job," McConnel said on Friday) regardless of Ford's allegation, the more narratives will be spun with the sole purpose of transforming her into little more than a confused woman or an irrational liar. The excuses for Kavanaugh—from mistaken identity to the more mundanely familiar "good man" rhetoric—are bound to become more fantastical. But then, neither "reasonable" nor "rational" have ever been a threshold for misogyny.


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Function ones #

Create a matrix filled with ones. The created matrix can have one or
multiple dimensions.

Syntax #

math.ones(m)
math.ones(m, n)
math.ones([m, n])
math.ones([m, n, p, ...])

Parameters #

Parameter
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Description

size
...Number | Array
The size of each dimension of the matrix

Returns #

Type
Description

Array | Matrix | Number
A matrix filled with ones

Examples #

math.ones(3);                   // returns [1, 1, 1]
math.ones(3, 2);                // returns [[1, 1], [1, 1], [1, 1]]

var A = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]];
math.zeros(math.size(A));       // returns [[1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1]]

See also #

zeros,
eye,
size,
range

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Q: Oracle API: What APIs are used for the oracle iExpense application I am trying to find out what API's are used for the iExpense application when creating an expense report. I tried looking for these online but no luck. I wish to use these APIs in my mobile application.
Can anyone suggest ways to find out the same

A: Oracle iExpense is a part of the whole Oracle Application suit of products i.e. an ERP. I don't think you would find an iExpense API anywhere other than on an existing licensed installation of Oracle Apps where iExpense is being used. Even if you find one, you would end up writing your own API with the logics driven off of the base API's in iExpense.


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Home/News/Politics/BJP will ally with EVMs: Shiv Sena's pre-poll jibe
BJP will ally with EVMs: Shiv Sena's pre-poll jibe
By Neha| Updated: 18th September 2020 10:48 pm IST
Latur (Maharashtra): The Shiv Sena on Sunday asserted that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah's statement on pre-poll alliances has confirmed that the party does not want to side with people who believe in Hindutva, adding that the BJP is going to ally with electronic voting machines (EVMs).
"Amit Shah's provocative statement has exposed him and his party. Shiv Sena chief had expressed the sentiments of the people of this country by saying 'Pehle mandir fir sarkar' but that statement had taken the ground away from the BJP and now their tongue is slipping. It seems that BJP does not want people who believe in Hindutva. After the result of five states, BJP's downfall has started and people of India have started showing them their place. By claiming victory for at least 50 seats, BJP has made it clear that they are going to do an alliance with the EVM," read a statement from the Shiv Sena spokesperson.
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Shiv Sena has been uncertain about their alliance with the BJP in Maharashtra.
Earlier today, Shah addressed a meeting of booth level party workers in Marathwada in a bid to steer campaigning efforts ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
According to the attendees of the meeting, Shah made it clear that if parties side with the BJP, it will ensure their victory. However, Shah told party workers that failing to do so, they should be prepared to defeat everyone, including the Shiv Sena.
In another major development, BJP's central unit announced names for its manifesto committee, which includes the name of ex-Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane. Rane has always been targetted by the Shiv Sena after leaving the party.
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A few months back, when Rane resigned from the Congress, there were talks about him joining the BJP and becoming a minister in the state, but Shiv Sena opposed this and threatened to quit the government.
BJP dropped the plan of inducting Rane in the Maharashtra cabinet but gave him a Rajya Sabha seat from BJP's quota. Shiv Sena, however, was disappointed after the Rajya Sabha seat was given to Rane.
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If you're more interested in the boring stuff, Greg has in excess of 25 years' experience in HR management and organisational development roles across a variety of industries in both private and public sectors. His experience includes leadership of the HR and organisational development functions in large corporate and not-for-profit organisations undergoing significant growth and change, and the provision of coaching and consulting services to a range of small to medium-sized businesses with 5 to 100 staff. Greg has undergraduate qualifications in HR Management, a postgraduate qualification in the Management of Organisation Change and a Masters in Social Ecology. He is also an experienced trainer (Cert IV TAA qualified) and is accredited and experienced in the use of a range of management, leadership and organisation culture tools, including Human-Synergistics (Lifetime Accredited Practitioner status), Everything DiSC®, Harrison Assessments and The McQuaig System™. Greg is a Chartered Member of the Australian Human Resources Institute, sits on the HR Course Advisory Board for Charles Sturt University, the Board of Penrith Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Schools Industry Partnership, a not-for-profit organisation helping young people in Western Sydney to transition from school to work.
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Jay is currently in his final year at Western Sydney University, studying a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Human Resource Management. Prior to joining HR Success, Jay has gained previous experience whilst employed as People & Culture Administrator in a not-for-profit organisation.
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Back to School Announcement at WWDC with Special iPad Discounts?
BGR reports one of Apple's announcements at the upcoming WWDC will be about the Back to School 2011 program, which was initially rumored to launch this week. According to the website, this year's Back to School will continue offering a free iPod touch to students who purchase a new Mac, although it's possible that Apple will also kick off a new promotion with a $200 discount off an iPad following the purchase of a new Mac.
We have been told Apple will continue to offer educational discounts on computers and either a free iPod touch, or $229 towards the purchase of any other iPod. Our source also let us know that there might be something new in the works, as well… they heard that it's possible Apple might offer students up to $200 off an iPad with the purchase of a new Mac.
The Back to School program has usually been announced in late May or early June. With the WWDC starting on June 6, the promotion could play nice with other major announcements such as Lion and iOS 5 made on stage. In the past years, Back to School allowed students to get a free 8 GB iPod touch, and the current family of iPod touches starts at $229 with the 8 GB model featuring the Retina Display and FaceTime camera. Apple's push in the educational market was brought to the press' attention again two weeks ago as the University of Delaware said an "Apple Store" would come on campus, enabling students to check out and buy products directly next to university's library. With a wide selection of apps targeting students available on the App Store, $200 off an iPad combined with, for example, a MacBook Air indeed would be a good deal.
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