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Other Voices: Heed military leaders' defense concerns
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The Town Talk, Alexandria, Louisiana, published this editorial on Aug. 11:
When the top U.S. Army officer says he's worried the nation doesn't have enough soldiers, we think it's time to listen.
"If we get small enough where some of these (world) leaders don't believe the Army can respond or deter them, if you can't ... deter them from believing they can accomplish something ... that increases the threats and danger to the United States," Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said in an exclusive interview with Gannett's Army Times. "And I don't know what that level is, but I think we're getting dangerously close to that level now."
It's not a new idea. In President Theodore Roosevelt's day, the strategy was described as walk softly and carry a big stick.
For decades, the United States has had the biggest stick around. But, with budget concerns and other factors, the military started whittling away at that stick. Now, they're taking ax chops to it.
Some trimming was needed. Everyone has heard stories of military excesses, particularly when it came to spending related to military contracts. Reports of $900 hammers got people looking more closely at the budget. The military is spending our money, and as such they should be held accountable to act as good stewards of that money. Items to keep soldiers safe shouldn't be bought from the discount bin, but ancillary items can be. We expect and should get sound fiscal judgment.
It's also valid to note that for too long the United States has shouldered more than its fair share of the global policing load. The reductions in manpower and supplies have forced us to partner with other nations and for those other countries to step up and shoulder more of the responsibility. That's not a bad thing.
So, while acknowledging the need for increased fiscal responsibility, as we have noted here before, we believe troop strength numbers should be determined by top military officials, not Congressional budget planners. "There are a lot of things boiling in a lot of different places," Odierno said. "What you don't know is when something boils over. You have to have the capability to respond, and that's the issue." For example, just two years ago there was no such thing as ISIL. More than 177,000 soldiers were deployed, forward stationed or assigned to more than 150 countries on at least five continents as of the end of July, and new threats — including an increasingly aggressive Russia — are on the horizon. Now is not the time to reduce our strength.
"I worry about our capability to meet all these different challenges as we move forward," he said. "And I worry about the long-term impact increased requirements and reduced resources are going to have our soldiers."
We're worried too, and we hope our nation's leaders heed Gen. Odierno's warning.

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Q: Dual licensing with GPL library I have a question concerning derivative works of GPL'ed software. Imagine the following situation: A company writes a software (A) using a library (B) which is released under the terms of the GPL. Now of course, software (A) has to be released under a compatible license to the GPL. But what about dual-licensing? If software (A) is released under two licenses, GPL and a commercial one, is this in violation with the terms of library (B)?
To rephrase the question, does the GPL force exclusivity for derivative works?

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Now of course, software (A) has to be released under a compatible
  license to the GPL. But what about dual-licensing?

Software A can be released under any number of licenses as long as they are all compatible GPL.

If software (A) is released under two licenses, GPL and a commercial
  one, is this in violation with the terms of library (B)?

No. It seems unlikely (though not impossible) to create a commercial license which is also compatible with GPL.
Understand that you may charge (on any account) while distributing the software under GPL is not an issue. But wrapping it under close source will remain definitely in-compatible to GPL.

A: If you created a derived work of a lib you received under the GPL then your lib is GPL.
If you paid them for a commercial license then the derived work is under whatever the terms are for that license

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Does the GPL force exclusivity for derivative works?

Yes, but the key is the definition of derivative.
The license of library (B) only comes into play if you distribute library (B) with software (A). If you release your software (A) independently of library (B) you can do whatever you want with it (though I guess making the library optional would limit the fnctionality of the software when not compiled with the library).
As such, you could release software (A) under GPL, bundled with library (B).
You could also, since you are copyright holder over software (A), release it under whatever other licenses you prefer. But in those cases your customers would have to download library (B) and compile it into your software themselves.
A better solution overall though, would be to ask the copyright owners of library (B) to offer it with a dual licenses themselves. Offering Lesser GPL could encourage commercial support for developing the library and the option of a commercial license could bring in money to support the community in lieu of contributing code back to the project.

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MP is 'proud to stand with Ukraine' after ban by Russia
Monday 9th May 2022 4:00 pm
David Davies at Abergavenny rally in support of Ukraine (David Davies )
Monmouth MP David Davies has been banned from entering Russia by Vladimir Putin's government.
He is one of nearly 300 MPs and former members of the House of Commons accused of "whipping up Russophobic hysteria" to be barred from Russian Federation soil.
PM Boris Johnson told the House of Commons last Wednesday the banned politicians should wear the sanctions as a "badge of honour".
Forest of Dean Tory MP Mark Harper and Blaenau Gwent Labour MP Nick Smith have also been barred.
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The Russian foreign ministry said it was taking action against the 287 politicians from both sides of the House in response to sanctions against Russian politicians, although its list contains 10 former MPs, with those targeted presumably culled from an out-of-date pre-2019 election list.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's department announced the move in response to the UK sanctioning 386 members of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, last month.
Monmouth Conservative MP and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales Mr Davies, who has a Hungarian wife, said: "I am proud to be a part of the UK Government which has led the world in providing weapons and training to the Ukrainian Government, organising sanctions against Russia, sending our armed forces to NATO bases in the region and supporting refugees.
"The UK Government will continue to stand with Ukraine,"
And he posted on Saturday: "We stand alongside our partners in promoting peace and security across Europe and deterring Russian aggression.
"That's why 8,000 British troops will deploy in planned exercises across Europe this summer with our NATO allies."
Forest of Dean MP Mark Harper, who was chief whip under David Cameron, tweeted: "Proud to be on this list with many of my colleagues in the House of Commons.
"Russia really hates being called out for their illegal invasion of Ukraine and disgraceful war crimes.
"The United Kingdom stands with Ukraine."
And Mr Smith added: ""I'm not surprised to have been included in this list as, since the outset of this heinous and barbarous invasion, I've been vocal in calling for the toughest possible sanctions to be taken against Putin, his cronies, the Russian regime and those with ties to it – cutting them off from the Western economy.
"I remain steadfast in my support for the Ukrainian people."
Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said: "It's I think no disrespect to those who haven't been sanctioned, when I say that all those 287 should regard it as a badge of honour.
"And what we will do is keep up our robust and principled support for the Ukrainian people and their right to protect their lives, their families, and to defend themselves.
"That's what this country is doing, and that has the overwhelming support, I think, of the whole House."
A translation of the Russian foreign ministry statement said the sanctions were being applied "on the basis of reciprocity".
It added: "These persons, who are no longer allowed to enter the Russian Federation, took the most active part in the establishment of anti-Russian sanctions instruments in London, and contribute to the groundless whipping up of Russophobic hysteria in the UK.
"The hostile rhetoric and far-fetched accusations coming from the mouths of British parliamentarians not only condone the hostile course of London, aimed at demonizing our country and its international isolation, but are also used by opponents of mutually respectful dialogue with Russia to undermine the foundation of bilateral co-operation."
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Haiti official denies more time in president's slaying probe
By EVENS SANONJanuary 19, 2022 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A request for more time to investigate the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was denied, a magistrate told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Bernard Saint-Vil, dean of the Court of First Instance in Port-au-Prince, did not explain why he refused to grant an extension.
Jamaica arrests ex-Haiti senator sought in leader's slaying
By HAROLD ISAAC and DÁNICA COTOJanuary 15, 2022 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's National Police said Saturday that a former senator who is a prominent suspect in the July 7 killing of President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested in Jamaica.
Police spokesman Gary Desrosiers told The Associated Press that John Joël Joseph was in custody.
Haiti's Senate reconvenes after 1 year amid instability
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's Senate reconvened Monday for the first time in a year with only a handful of legislators present, a move that highlighted the country's dysfunctional government as it prepares for elections following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
Police: 2 Haitian journalists killed by gang near capital
January 7, 2022 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two Haitian journalists were killed by gang members while reporting in a conflictive area south of Port-au-Prince, police said Friday, as a surge in violence continues to shake the Caribbean nation.
All from US missionary group freed in Haiti, police say
By EVENS SANON and PETER SMITHDecember 17, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The remaining members of a U.S. missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago in Haiti have been freed, Haitian police and the church group said Thursday.
The spokesman for Haiti's National Police, Gary Desrosiers, confirmed to The Associated Press that the hostages had been released, but did not immediately provide additional details.
As violence in Haiti spikes, aid groups struggle to help
By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANONDecember 12, 2021 GMT
US religious group says Haitian gang releases 3 hostages
By PETER SMITH and EVENS SANONDecember 6, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A religious group based in Ohio announced Monday that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages, while another 12 remain abducted.
The statement from Christian Aid Ministries said the people were released on Sunday in Haiti and are "safe and seem to be in good spirits." The group provided no further details.
Canada withdrawing nonessential embassy staff from Haiti
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada said it is temporarily withdrawing nonessential staff from its embassy in Haiti.
The move comes in response to a spike in gang-related violence in Haiti and a severe lack of fuel that has affected hospitals, schools and banks.
US urges citizens to leave Haiti amid deepening turmoil
By EVENS SANONNovember 11, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. government is urging U.S. citizens to leave Haiti because of the country's deepening insecurity and a severe lack of fuel that has affected hospitals, schools and banks.
Haiti priest recounts abduction by gang holding missionaries
By DÁNICA COTONovember 9, 2021 GMT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Rev. Jean-Nicaisse Milien felt the cool barrel of a gun against his right ear.
The Haitian priest and nine other people had just been kidnapped while driving through the outskirts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, in early April.
"No photo!": A visual essay of Haiti
By The Associated PressNovember 5, 2021 GMT
UNICEF: Gangs in Haiti are targeting schools and students
November 2, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — UNICEF warned Tuesday that schools in Haiti are increasingly at the mercy of gangs, with children becoming targets of robbery or ransom.
The agency said that at least seven schools in the capital of Port-au-Prince have been forced to pay unidentified gangs in exchange for security in the past two months and that additional institutions have been threatened.
Haitian revelers honor the dead in Vodou festival
By EVENS SANONNovember 2, 2021 GMT
Haiti PM condemns gangs, kidnappings in public address
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTOOctober 29, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Henry condemned gangs and kidnappings in a prerecorded address posted Friday in which he also reassured Haitians that the country was not running out of fuel despite severe shortages that have frustrated millions and sparked recent strikes.
In Haiti, the difficult relationship of gangs and business
By ALBERTO ARCE and RODRIGO ABDOctober 27, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Youri Mevs knew that the call was coming, and she was terrfied.
Mevs is a member of one of the richest families in Haiti; she owns Shodecosa, Haiti's largest industrial park, which warehouses 93 percent of the nation's imported food.
Group defends work in Haiti of 17 abducted missionaries
By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and NANCY BENACOctober 26, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A religious organization whose 17 missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti almost a week ago defended its work in dangerous places on Tuesday.
The statement from Christian Aid Ministries comes as U.S.
Beleaguered Haiti capital brought to brink by fuel shortages
By MATÍAS DELACROIX October 24, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's capital has been brought to the brink of exhaustion by fuel shortages, after staggering along despite an earthquake, the assassination of the president, gang violence and mass kidnappings.
Group clings to faith as US works on Haiti kidnapping case
By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and MATÍAS DELACROIXOctober 22, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. religious organization whose 17 members were kidnapped in Haiti asked supporters on Friday to pray and share stories with the victims' families of how their faith helped them through difficult times as efforts to recover them entered a sixth day.
Desperate Haitians suffocate under growing power of gangs
By DÁNICA COTO and ALBERTO ARCEOctober 22, 2021 GMT
Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries
By EVENS SANON, MATÍAS DELACROIX and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMAOctober 21, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police say is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group is seen in a video released Thursday saying he will kill them if he doesn't get what he's demanding.
Efforts drag on to free 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
By DÁNICA COTO and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMAOctober 20, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Efforts to win the return of 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group and a local driver stretched into a fourth day Wednesday, with a violent gang demanding $1 million ransom per person.
Haiti gang seeks $1M each for kidnapped US missionaries
By DÁNICA COTO, PETER SMITH and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMAOctober 19, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group demanded $1 million ransom per person, although authorities were not clear whether that amount included the five children being held, a top Haitian official said Tuesday.
Anatomy of a kidnapping: Haitian woman recounts abduction
By DÁNICA COTOOctober 19, 2021 GMT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — When Doris Michel steps outside her home in Haiti, she packs her bulletproof vest and tries to use a bulletproof car.
Ever since her father was kidnapped last month in the capital of Port-au-Prince, the 34-year-old Haitian-American woman won't take any chances.
Strikers protest Haiti's lack of security after kidnappings
By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANONOctober 18, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The usually chaotic streets of Haiti's capital were quiet and largely empty Monday as thousands of workers angry about the nation's lack of security went on strike in protest two days after 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group were abducted by a violent gang.
Gang with past abductions blamed for kidnapping missionaries
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings was accused by police Sunday of abducting 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization. Five children were believed to be among those kidnapped, including a 2-year-old.
Wife of Haiti's slain president meets with judge amid probe
By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMAOctober 6, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Martine Moïse, the widow of Haiti's assassinated president, traveled to her homeland to answer questions behind closed doors on Wednesday from a judge overseeing the murder case.
The AP Interview: Haiti PM plans to hold elections next year
By DÁNICA COTO, JOSHUA GOODMAN and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMASeptember 28, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Struggling with political turmoil and the aftermath of an earthquake, Haiti's prime minister said Tuesday that he plans to hold a referendum to modify the country's constitution by February, and he hopes to organize presidential and legislative elections early next year.
Haitians returning to a homeland that's far from welcoming
By ALBERTO ARCE and RODRIGO ABDSeptember 27, 2021 GMT
Back in Haiti, expelled migrant family plans to flee again
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTOSeptember 25, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — You're lucky, the U.S. officials said. "You're going to see your family."
The authorities had called out numbers corresponding to raffle-like tickets the Haitians had been issued when they were detained after crossing the border into Texas.
Deported Haitians try to rush back into plane amid anger
By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMASeptember 21, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Dozens of migrants upset about being deported to Haiti from the U.S. clashed with authorities while trying to rush back into a plane that landed Tuesday afternoon in Port-au-Prince.
Haitian deportees start over in country they don't recognize
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Claile Bazile doesn't know where she and her 2-year-old son will stay once they leave the hotel where officials temporarily set aside rooms for some of the hundreds of people streaming into Haiti after being expelled from the U.S. in the past couple of days.
US launches mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas
By JUAN A. LOZANO, ERIC GAY, ELLIOT SPAGAT and EVENS SANONSeptember 20, 2021 GMT
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — The U.S. flew Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland Sunday and tried blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signaled the beginning of what could be one of America's swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades.
Haiti PM, under fire, addresses evidence in leader's slaying
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The office of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry issued its first public statement Thursday about evidence authorities say they have of phone calls between him and a key suspect in the presidential assassination, saying he received countless calls from people concerned for his safety following the slaying.
Haiti faces fresh instability as PM comes under scrutiny
By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANONSeptember 16, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's government is starting to crumble as Prime Minister Ariel Henry faces increased scrutiny from authorities investigating the president's slaying, with Henry firing the justice minister late Wednesday, just hours after another top official resigned and accused Henry of obstructing justice in a sharply worded letter.
Haiti prosecutor seeks to charge PM in killing, is replaced
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A new chief prosecutor was sworn in Tuesday just hours after his predecessor asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and to bar him from leaving Haiti, a move that could further destabilize a country roiled by turmoil following the assassination and a recent major earthquake.
Haiti ombudsman demands PM resignation amid slaying probe
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's Office of Citizen Protection posted a video Monday demanding that Prime Minister Ariel Henry step down as authorities seek to interview him about telephone calls he allegedly had with a key suspect in the president's assassination.
Prosecutor seeks to interview Haiti PM in president slaying
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's chief public prosecutor invited Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Friday to meet with him next week as part of an ongoing investigation into the slaying of President Jovenel Moïse, noting that Henry spoke with one of the main suspects in the case just hours after the killing.
Haiti pledges to crack down on gangs, fight rise in crime
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTOSeptember 7, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's government warned Monday about a spike in kidnappings and other crimes as it pledged to fight gangs, drawing retorts from two crime bosses that any crackdown will bring greater violence aimed at police in the already unstable country.
US airlifts aid to Haiti to reach areas hardest hit by quake
By BEN FOXAugust 29, 2021 GMT
JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) — U.S. military aircraft are now ferrying food, tarps and other material into southern Haiti amid a shift in the international relief effort to focus on helping people in the areas hardest hit by the recent earthquake to make it through the hurricane season.
Gangs abduct 2 doctors in Haiti, including a needed surgeon
By MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANONAugust 19, 2021 GMT
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Two doctors at hospitals treating earthquake victims in Haiti's capital have been kidnapped, forcing one of the institutions to declare a two-day shutdown in protest, officials said Thursday.
Aid flows a bit more quickly into Haiti; challenges remain
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Relief for the victims of a powerful earthquake and tropical storm began flowing more quickly into Haiti on Thursday, but the Caribbean nation's entrenched poverty, insecurity and lack of basic infrastructure were still presenting huge challenges to getting food and urgent medical care to all those who need it.
Death toll from Haiti's weekend earthquake rises to 1,941
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Haitian officials raised the death toll from a deadly weekend earthquake by more than 500 on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt to search and rescue efforts, a delay that fed growing anger and frustration among thousands who were left homeless.
EXPLAINER: Why Haiti is prone to devastating earthquakes
By BEN FINLEYAugust 16, 2021 GMT
Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. Saturday's powerful quake killed hundreds and injured thousands more.
At least 304 dead, 1,800 hurt as powerful quake slams Haiti
By EVENS SANON and TAMMY WEBBERAugust 15, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday, killing at least 304 people and injuring at least 1,800 others as buildings tumbled into rubble.
Haiti selects judge to oversee presidential slaying case
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTOAugust 9, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A justice official told The Associated Press on Monday that he has selected a judge to oversee the case of the slaying of President Jovenel Moïse amid concerns over death threats and demands for additional security.
Haiti boosting security for judges amid assassination case
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian authorities have secured armed guards to bolster security for court personnel as they prepare to announce the judge who will oversee proceedings involving the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, a judicial official said Thursday.
Aid group closes emergency clinic in Haiti amid violence
August 2, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gang violence that has left more than 19,000 people homeless in Haiti's capital has now forced a Doctors Without Borders clinic to close, officials said Monday.
The emergency clinic in the Martissant neighborhood of Port-au-Prince had been operating for 15 years and served a community of some 300,000 people, the aid group said in a statement.
Haiti arrests top security official in slain president probe
By EVENS SANONJuly 26, 2021 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti arrested a top official who served as general security coordinator when President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, his attorney told The Associated Press on Monday.


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Faith-based residential treatment facility in Nageezi helps men overcome addiction
Hannah Grover
FARMINGTON — Ralph Yoder can still remember the day — Jan. 3, 1990 — when he sat in his family's house in Indiana and prayed for help.
"This was my plea, 'God, if you're real, I need help,' " he said.
At the time, Yoder said, he was addicted to drugs and alcohol. Two days after his heartfelt plea, Yoder was arrested on drug charges.
He was sentenced to three years in an Indiana state prison and was incarcerated for a year and a half before being released on parole. As he sat in his cell reading the Bible, Yoder said he realized the only way to overcome his addiction was to change his world.
"You might say Jesus showed up in the cell I was in," he said.
Now, Yoder has been sober for 25 years and works to help others overcome addiction. About a decade ago, he and his wife moved from Indiana to Nageezi to work at the Navajo Brethren in Christ Mission's Overcomers program.
The facility takes in eight men twice a year. It's one of the only residential treatment programs in San Juan County, and, as far as Yoder knows, it is the only Christian-based residential program in the area. The nonprofit, which started in 1997, uses a curriculum of counseling, group therapy, Bible study, responsibility awareness, family dynamics and other life skills.
The mission's property backs up to Navajo Nation land, and the Overcomers program incorporates elements of Navajo culture into its worship, including powwow drums and sweat lodges.
"It's bringing the Gospel from within the context of the culture," Yoder said.
Three years ago, San Juan County ranked second in the state for the highest number of alcohol-related crashes, according to a New Mexico Department of Transportation study from 2012, the last year of available data.
That year, San Juan County had 199 alcohol-related crashes, resulting in 14 deaths. It was second only to the state's most populous county, Bernallio County, which had 642 alcohol-related crashes.
"One death is too many, and we're trying to stop that," Yoder said.
The mission has a community cemetery on its property. Walking through it, Ralph Yoder's wife, Bonnie, said she sees headstones of people who died because of problems associated with drugs or alcohol.
"We have far too many graves in that graveyard of people who have died at far too young of age from alcohol- and drug-related problems," she said.
The Yoders believe God plays a critical role in curbing drug and alcohol abuse.
"To me, alcohol addiction is simply a symptom," Ralph Yoder said, explaining he believes the root cause is a disconnection from God.
But, he said, he also recognizes the role a person's lifestyle plays in addiction. A few months after his release from prison, Yoder said, he nearly relapsed. But his wife, who at the time was a family friend, called him before that happened.
"If she had called five minutes later, I wouldn't be sitting here," he said.
She, along with other friends and family, created a support system that helped Yoder in his recovery, he said.
"Recovery is not an easy thing," he said. "You can't do it alone."
Still, he said, many Overcomers clients do not have that kind of support. That's why Overcomers connects clients with a Farmington support group, Convicted By Christ. The group, which meets at World Harvest Center in Farmington, assists former inmates as they reintegrate into society. It welcomes Overcomers clients even after they have graduated from the program, providing ongoing support.
It's not the only local, faith-based support group that serves former inmates. Joe Barela, director of community ministries for the San Juan Baptist Association, highlighted another one.
"The Four Corners Re-Entry Team consists of people who are interested in inmates that are in jail and need assistance when they are released, which consists of rides if needed, finding them a place to stay, food, clothing and most importantly of all getting them into a recovery program," Barela said in his email.
He said the Celebrate Recovery group, which meets weekly at the San Juan County Adult Detention Center and at local churches, also helps with recovery.
In the future, the Yoders hope to open a transitional house and extend their program to a year, which would include three months of residential treatment and nine months of transitional treatment.
The couple also wants to grow the program to include three sessions a year. Ralph Yoder said this will reach more people in need of help.
"(Addiction) is a huge problem, bigger than any of us," he said.
Hannah Grover covers Aztec and Bloomfield, as well as general news, for The Daily Times. She can be reached at 505-564-4652 and hgrover@daily-times.com. Follow her @hmgrover on Twitter.


Dr Sr Ainoriza is a senior lecturer and currently is the Programme Coordinator for Master of Real Estate, University of Malaya. She completed her PhD in area of sustainability and responsible property investment. Her current research interest is on financing issues for the first time home buyers and housing challenges for migrants. In the past she has completed national studies on elderly housing, Housing-Income Index©, corporate real estate as well as sustainability.
Outside of academia, she has acted as a consultant for private developer. She currently serves as an Editorial Member of Journal of Design and Built Environment and has been appointed as UM's internal auditor. She teaches Corporate Real Estate, Valuation, and Property Finance & Investment to both undergraduates and postgraduates in UM. She has been invited as speaker, forum panellist at national conferences and as guest lecturer in other local universities.
She is also the trainer for UM's iCON project ; THINK SOLVE INNOVATE & GET STARTED (personal development & financing) modules. She has also been appointed as UM internal auditor and program assessor.
Dr Ainoriza has been recently selected as the Youth Member in the TN50 Circles of the Future (Living & Well-being). Her role is to collaborate with other youth leaders and experts to develop recommendations for TN50.
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Middle Adults Housing Expectations for Old-age: A Study of Urban Area of Greater Kuala Lumpur.


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The Hawker P.1052 was a British experimental aircraft built by Hawker Aircraft Limited for trials with swept wings.

Design and development
The origins of the P.1052 were in a 1945 design study by the Hawker design team for a development of the P.1040 using swept back wings. Interest was not shown by the Ministry of Supply until the spring of 1946 when Air Ministry specification E.38/46 (to undertake studies into the aerodynamic properties of swept wings) was issued, and a contract awarded in May 1947 for Hawker to supply two prototypes.

A 35 degree sweep in the wings was the most significant aerodynamic innovation in the P.1052, relative to the P.1040. This feature was developed in conjunction with the RAE at Farnborough. In addition, the tailplane was cropped to a shorter span (by removing the rounded tips on the P.1040) and was adjustable in incidence to allow changes in trim at the anticipated higher speeds.

The first prototype (VX272) was ready in time for static exhibition at the 1948 S.B.A.C Farnborough display, but permission was withheld on grounds of secrecy. It first flew on 19 November 1948, with the second prototype (VX279) flying  on 13 April 1949.

In late 1949 or early 1950, following tests on a third, non-flying airframe, VX272 had both wings and fuselage strengthened. At around the same time, VX279 was fitted with a variable incidence tailplane.

During 1950, VX279 was significantly rebuilt, with a single jet outlet and swept empennage; it was subsequently given a separate designation, as the Hawker P.1081.

VX272 was retro-fitted with the original rear fuselage of VX279 – after strengthening and installation of an arrestor hook. VX272 was also fitted with a bullet-type fairing at the tailplane-fin intersection, which improved its high-speed behaviour.

In May 1952, with the addition of a long-stroke undercarriage (from a Sea Hawk), VX272 undertook take-off and landing trials on board .  In June the same year, it received a final modification: a variable incidence swept tailplane, after which it flew high-speed trials with the RAE. These were terminated and VX272 was removed from service in September 1953, following a forced landing.

The focus of research at Hawker was transferred to the P.1067, which would become better known as the Hawker Hunter. No further examples of the P.1052 were built. In hindsight, the P.1052 may be seen as part of a transition from the centrifugally powered, straight-winged Sea Hawk to the axially powered, swept-wing Hunter.

The P.1078 – a  variant in which the P.1052 was to have been augmented by a small built-in rocket engine (i.e. the Armstrong Siddeley Snarler),  became the subject of a design study. However, because work on another rocket-powered design – the P.1040-based Hawker P.1072 (which had un-swept wings) – was significantly advanced, the P.1078 was never built.

Aircraft on display
The first prototype VX272 is displayed at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.

Operators

 Royal Aircraft Establishment

Specifications (P.1052)

Citations

Bibliography

Further reading

 Green, William and Cross, Roy. The Jet Aircraft of the World. London: Macdonald and Company, 1955.
 Hannah, Donald. Hawker FlyPast Reference Library. Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK: Key Publishing Ltd., 1982. .
 James, Derek N. Hawker, an Aircraft Album No. 5. New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1973. . (First published in the UK by Ian Allan in 1972)
 Mason, Francis K. Hawker Aircraft since 1920. London: Putnam, 1991.

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P1052
Single-engined jet aircraft
Mid-wing aircraft
Cruciform tail aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1948

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Chin Peng (; richtiger Name wahrscheinlich Ong Boon Hua ; * 1922 in Sitiawan, Malaya; † 16. September 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand) war ein malaysischer Politiker und Unabhängigkeitskämpfer. Ab März 1947 war er für lange Jahre Chef der Kommunistischen Partei von Malaya. Er folgte dabei Loi Tack, der als Doppelagent enttarnt worden war, nachdem er mit der Parteikasse verschwunden war. Als entschiedener Gegner des Kolonialismus spielte er eine führende Rolle bei der Bekämpfung der Briten im Lande.

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Chin Peng erhielt den Orden des Britischen Empires für seinen Einsatz gegen die Japaner. Er wurde am Beginn des Kalten Krieges Parteivorsitzender und wurde im März 1948 in seinem Amt bestätigt, als die Partei Massenproteste gegen die britische Okkupation beschloss. Die wachsende Gewalt veranlasste die Briten bereits im Juni, den Notstand auszurufen. Mitte der 1950er Jahre war der Aufstand weitgehend eingedämmt, doch hatten sich beachtliche Kräfte im Norden des Landes an der Grenze zu Thailand neu formiert. Im November 1955 deutete Chin Peng die Bereitschaft zu Verhandlungen mit den gewählten Regierungen von Malaya und Singapur an. Schon im folgenden Monat fanden daraufhin nahe der thailändischen Grenze die Baling-Gespräche mit Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia) und David Saul Marshall (Singapur) statt, doch blieben Ergebnisse aus. Chin Peng bot das Ende des Aufstandes an, wollte aber dafür die Legalisierung der Kommunistischen Partei erreichen, was rundweg abgelehnt wurde.

Chin Peng kehrte in den Untergrund zurück, doch verlor die Bewegung an Durchschlagskraft, so dass der Notstand aufgehoben werden konnte. Chin Peng tauchte mit Teilen seiner Truppen in Süd-Thailand unter. Ende 1960 ging er nach Peking, wo er sich viele Jahre aufhielt. Aus dem Süden Chinas startete er eine geheime Radiostation, die bis nach Malaysia sendete.

In den 1970er Jahren spaltete sich die Partei in drei Fraktionen auf. Es gab Gerüchte, dass Chin Peng als Generalsekretär abgelöst worden sei. Am 2. Dezember 1989 wurde Chin Peng in der südthailändischen Stadt Hat Yai gesehen, wo er sich in einem Anzug und bei guter Gesundheit mit Vertretern der thailändischen und malaysischen Regierungen konferierte. Er unterzeichnete zwei Friedensabkommen, wobei er die Waffen niederlegte, aber nicht die Partei auflöste.

Zu Beginn des Jahres 2000 beantragte Chin Peng die Rückkehr nach Malaysia, was sich als eine komplexe legale Frage erwies. Schließlich wurde sein Gesuch 2005 vom Obersten Gerichtshof zurückgewiesen.

2006 drehte der malaysische Journalist und Filmemacher Amir Muhammad unter dem Titel The Last Communist eine Dokumentation über Chin Pengs Leben, die auch im Rahmen der Berlinale gezeigt wurde.

Literatur
 Chin Peng, My Side of History. 2003, ISBN 981-04-8693-6.
 Ruslan of Malaysia: The Man Behind the Domino That Didn't Fall. 2007, ISBN 978-0-9780562-0-9.

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Politiker (Malaysia)
Officer des Order of the British Empire
Geboren 1922
Gestorben 2013
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Butter Chicken Roti Opens it's Doors in Mississauga!
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Are you planning to spend the weekend enjoying the three-day Christmas Market in Streetsville? If so, you might want to stop by a brand new restaurant that just opened its doors in the village.
A few months ago, residents were shocked to notice that a long-standing Second Cup had shuttered its doors in Streetsville after years upon years of business.
While locals were sad, many were excited to learn that the spot was about to become home to a Butter Chicken Roti location.
The restaurant announced the opening of its Queen St. S. location on Nov. 19.
For those who are unaware, Butter Chicken Roti is a rapidly expanding roti resto that specializes in, you guessed it, roti.
If you're not too familiar with Indian food (which is unusual for anyone who lives in Mississauga, the home to some of the best Indian joints in Canada), roti is an Indian flatbread made from flour that can be rolled and filled with a variety of exceptional ingredients.
Butter Chicken Roti, which operates a slew of locations in Ontario and in Toronto in particular, wraps traditional Indian curries in roti.
The resto can also serve curry and roti on the side for those who like to enjoy them separately.
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Tax March Statement on President Trump's Taxes: The President Had Plenty of Corruption and Tax Avoidance to Hide
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The New York Times today released a landmark story on President Trump's taxes, showing abuses including more than two decades of tax avoidance and chronic losses. Tax March launched nationwide demonstrations on Tax Day, April 15th, 2017 with 200,000 Americans across 200 cities demanding that Trump release his tax returns. We fought to stop the Republican tax giveaway to the rich and corporations that same year, and we are still fighting to repeal that law, tax the rich, and invest in the American people.
Tax March Executive Director Maura Quint released the following statement:
"Today's revelations are precisely why Tax March has fought and organized for years to make sure the American people know who Donald Trump works for – himself and his wealthy friends.
"Trump's own tax records show a poor businessman, years of tax avoidance, questionable side-dealing, and outright corruption while in office. No wonder he and his family fought so hard to keep us all in the dark.
"Our tax code is rigged for the wealthy and well-connected. Trump paid just $750 dollars in federal income taxes for 2016 and 2017 – and $0 in 11 of the 18 years analyzed by the New York Times. He is the embodiment of a corrupt and unjust system, where the wealthiest and big corporations avoid taxes, while hard-working Americans foot the tax bill.
Millions of Americans are facing an unprecedented pandemic and severe economic crisis. While ordinary Americans struggle, Trump and his wealthy cronies manipulate the system to increase their bottom line. The American people deserve better. It's time to fix our broken tax system, invest in middle and working class families, and build an economy that truly works for everyone, not just the wealthy few.
"Tax the rich. Tax Donald Trump."
To speak with a Tax March spokesperson, please email [email protected].
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"Slow Fade" is a song by Christian rock band Casting Crowns. Written by Mark Hall, it was released as the third single from Casting Crowns' 2007 studio album The Altar and the Door. Written after the public falls from grace of several church leaders, "Slow Fade" is a cautionary tale against making the wrong choices. It was positively received by music critics, who praised the song's lyrical theme.

"Slow Fade" had moderate success on Christian chart formats, peaking at number five on the Billboard Christian Songs chart, number seven on the Billboard Hot Christian AC chart, and number 19 on the Radio & Records Christian CHR chart. The song's music video, which was produced and directed by the Erwin Brothers, depicts a family slowly deteriorating due to the compromising decisions they have made. It won the award for Short Form Music Video of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.

Background and composition

"Slow Fade" was written in the "light of the well publicised falls from grace of several high profile church leaders". According to lead vocalist Mark Hall: "Nobody falls, it's just a slow fade. It's a series of minor compromises until you're in a place you never thought you'd be, doing things you never thought you'd do and rationalising all of it". He continued by saying that: "As believers, as men, if we're not guarding our relationship with God, we're going down. There's too much going against us. If we're not careful, we're going to crash and burn".

"Slow Fade" is a song with a length of four minutes and 38 seconds. According to the sheet music published by Musicnotes.com, "Slow Fade" is set in common time in the key of D major (though it was recorded in D flat major), with a tempo of 80 beats per minute. Mark Hall's vocal range in the song spans from the low note of A2 to the high note of G4. A ballad, "Slow Fade" is "a cautionary tale urging believers to make the right choices".

Reception
"Slow Fade" met with mostly positive reception from music critics. Jared Johnson of Allmusic noted it had a "mature rock theme" and "showcased more grunge guitar than could be heard on all of Lifesong". In reviews for Billboard and CCM Magazine, Deborah Evans Price praised the song as "compelling"  and an example of Mark Hall's ability to write "stirring anthems" and "achingly vulnerable, introspective songs". Andree Farias of Christianity Today praised the lyrics as "full of great ideas about spiritual apostasy" but said the arrangement "leaves the impression that [Mark] Hall and company are bored or tired".

Chart performance
"Slow Fade" debuted at number 28 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart for the chart week of August 23, 2008. It advanced to number 19 in its fifth chart week and to number 15 in its sixth. In its 11th chart week "Slow Fade" entered the top 10, moving to number nine. It advanced to its peak position of number five in its 18th chart week, the week of December 20, 2008. In total, "Slow Fade" spent 29 weeks on the Christian Songs chart. It also peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot Christian AC chart, which it spent 30 weeks on, and number 19 on the Radio & Records Christian CHR chart.

"Slow Fade" ranked at number 33 on the 2008 year-end Hot Christian AC chart. It ranked at number 35 on the 2009 year-end Hot Christian AC chart and number 50 on the 2009 year-end Christian Songs chart. On the 2000s decade-end Hot Christian AC chart, "Slow Fade" ranked at number 95.

Promotion
Produced and directed by the Erwin Brothers, the music video for "Slow Fade" was shot in Birmingham, Alabama. The video depicts a deteriorating family slowly fading because of the compromising decisions they have made. It premiered on Yahoo! Music on May 21, 2008, receiving placement of the website's front page. It was included on Casting Crowns' live album The Altar and the Door Live and won the award for Short Form Music Video of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.

Slow Fade was featured on the soundtrack for the 2008 movie, Fireproof.

Casting Crowns performed a "haunting" rendition of "Slow Fade" at a concert on March 22, 2008 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. At a concert on February 3, 2010 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, Casting Crowns performed it as the third song on their set list. At a concert on February 28, 2010 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, they performed the song as part of their set list.

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the album liner notes.

Casting Crowns
 Hector Cervantes - electric guitar
 Juan DeVevo - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 Melodee DeVevo - violin, background vocals
 Megan Garrett - piano, keyboards, background vocals
 Mark Hall - vocals
 Chris Huffman - bass guitar
 Andy Williams - drums

Additional performers
 Jim Gray - conductor
 Stephen Lamb - copyist

Production'
 Mark A. Miller - producer
 Terry Hemmings - executive producer
 Jason McArthur - artists & repertoire
 Sam Hewitt - recording, mixing
 Michael Hewitt - recording
 Dale Oliver - recording
 Richard Dodd - mastering
 Bernie Herms - string arrangement
 Bill Whittington - recording
 Steve Beers - recording

Charts

Certifications

References

2008 singles
Casting Crowns songs
Songs written by Mark Hall (musician)
2008 songs


PARLIAMENT – A private member's Bill that proposes, among others, the election of opposition leaders in Parliament is in the offing.
Titled 'The Administration of Parliament (Amendment) Bill 2019,' it proposes that the Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LoP), the Opposition Chief Whip and Deputy Opposition Chief Whip be elected instead of being appointed by the Opposition party with the majority numbers in the House.
'The election of the Leader of Opposition in Parliament must be by secret ballot and to be open to all members of opposition political parties in Parliament," the Bill reads in part.
"The manner in which the LoP is designated and removed is not transparent. This has led to the subjugation of the views of other opposition political parties in Parliament. It has made it impossible for the opposition members to hold them accountable and has resulted in the LoP not enjoying the security of tenure," it adds.
The Bill also proposes that the LoP should be elected to serve a five-year term instead of the current system where the Opposition party can change such leader at will.
Last year, FDC party president Patrick Amuriat chose to terminate the services of Kasese Woman MP Winnie Kiiza, replacing her with Betty Aol Achan. But under the proposed law, such action will not be allowed until a member serves a five-year term.
The Bill also seeks to create the office of a Dean of Independents who shall be designated by the Speaker in consultation with Independent MPs.
The Bill is before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee for scrutiny before it can be tabled for debate.


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Arkins: Ichiro Deal Signals M's Not Committed To Winning
On: March 5, 2018
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Earlier today the Seattle Mariners announced starting left fielder Ben Gamel is expected to miss four to six weeks with an oblique strain. The loss of Gamel places even more stress on an outfield squad already without Mitch Haniger (hand tendinitis) and Guillermo Heredia (recovering from shoulder surgery).
So how did the Mariners react to their mounting outfield injuries? According to multiple media reports, the club is signing Ichiro Suzuki.
If the Mariners actually ink their former star outfielder to a deal, it will only reinforce what many fans have been thinking all offseason. The team isn't serious about contending this year.
I know that's harsh, but how can an organization whose CEO insists he's committed to winning reconcile signing a 44-year-old outfielder with diminished skills?
Last season, the Miami Marlins used Ichiro in the outfield sparingly; just 23 starts and 33 games total. In fact, 51-percent of his plate appearances came as a pinch hitter. Most often, he hit for a pitcher — not a position player.
Ichiro's limited usage by Marlins manager Don Mattingly made sense based on the numbers. During 215 plate appearances, the left-handed hitter slashed .255/.318/.332 with just nine of his 50 hits being of the extra base variety.
That's a far cry from the player who routinely led baseball in total hits during his best years with the Mariners.
Sadly, Father Time has robbed Ichiro of the blazing speed he used to disrupt games for nearly a decade. Baseball Savant lists his 2017 sprint speed at 26.5 feet/second. To put that into perspective, that's the same as what Kyle Seager registered last year.
Does that mean I'd bet money on Seager sticking with Ichiro in a foot race? No, but it's clear the 17-year veteran can no longer rely on his quickness to be a difference-maker on the base paths or in the outfield.
When it comes to playing time, how often Ichiro would be available for full-time duty is debatable based on how he was utilized last year.
While Ichiro's training regimen and durability are legendary, Mattingly used the 10-time Gold Glove winner to play complete games on consecutive days just three times last year. The only instance when Ichiro played a full game on three straight days didn't occur until mid-September.
In fairness, the 2017 Marlins had arguably the best outfield in baseball. Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich, and Marcell Ozuna each started at least 149 games. It would've been a tough lineup for anyone to get appreciable playing time with that crew readily available.
On the other hand, all three players are no longer Marlins and the club didn't retain Ichiro's services. Perhaps, the spendthrift organization kept Ichiro around simply because they were on the hook to pay him — even if they released him.
It's tough to project Ichiro's current defensive value using advanced metrics. Since 2016, he's played a combined 800.1 innings at all three outfield positions with five defensive runs saved (DRS). Such a small sample size means the data is inconclusive.
Could Ichiro be passable in the outfield? Sure. Even at his advanced age, he's still very athletic and has 20-plus years of professional experience to rely upon. But is "passable" defense what a contender should be seeking from a fourth outfielder with limited offensive upside?
That brings up an interesting point — at least for me. How would Ichiro fit into the Mariners' plans once the Gamel, Haniger, and Heredia are finally available?
Ichiro doesn't play anywhere but the outfield and he's not a defensive upgrade over any of Seattle's current outfielders with the exception of full-time designated hitter Nelson Cruz.
As far as pinch-hitting duty goes, Ichiro will have fewer opportunities in a league that doesn't allow pitchers to hit on a daily basis. Perhaps, he's a better option than utility player candidates Taylor Motter or Andrew Romine. But does that justify a roster spot on a club likely to periodically carry eight relievers?
Assuming the Mariners don't part ways with Ichiro once they have their starting outfield rotation healthy, the potential exists he'll impede the development of either Gamel or Heredia. One of the two likely ends up playing with Class-AAA Tacoma to make room for the icon. It's tough to see how that makes Seattle more competitive.
For these reasons — regressing skills; negligible value; questionable availability; decreased roster flexibility — adding Ichiro signals to me the Mariners aren't serious about winning this year. Either that or the club is unwilling or unable to commit the necessary financial resources to add a better player.
There aren't many outfield options remaining in free agency, but there are better ones than Ichiro. Specifically; Jon Jay, Melky Cabrera, and another former Mariner — Seth Smith. None is particularly palatable to me. But I'd lean towards Jay, if forced to choose one.
Jay can play all outfield positions, including center field in a pinch. Moreover, the 32-year-old put up a respectable numbers — .296/.374/.375 in 433 plate appearances — with the Chicago Cubs last year.
Bringing back Ichiro seemingly comes out of nowhere for an organization allegedly focused on getting younger and becoming more athletic — especially in the outfield. What it does prove is something I've suggested in the past.
The Mariners are in the midst of a slow-burn rebuild. They'll continue to field a decent team, but they won't overextend themselves financially to improve the ball club.
Some may suggest the Mariners and Ichiro have a secret handshake agreement that he'll retire once the outfield is back at full strength. While that might sound cool to the casual fan, such a move would only further reinforce my contention that they're not committed to winning in 2018.
Manager Scott Servais routinely states his team needs to get off to a good start this year. How does signing a 44-year-old faded star help in that regard?
Yes, I know. The financial cost of letting Ichiro go during the season would be relatively small. But the notion the Mariners would simply release the iconic player isn't realistic. He's a fan favorite with ties to the club's record-setting 2001 season, which happens to be the last time Seattle made the postseason.
For those who doubt Ichiro's popularity, look at the Twitter poll posted by Mike Salk of 710 ESPN. Although unscientific, the data suggest there's an appetite for an Ichiro reunion in the Emerald City. You'll have to cast a vote to see the most current results of Salk's survey.
Ichiro's popularity notwithstanding, it's difficult to make a convincing argument he would make Seattle better in any measurable way. Sure, he wouldn't necessarily make the club significantly worse, but that's not the point.
With less then a month to go before Opening Day, the Mariners should be adding players more capable of making the club better.
That's what a serious contender would do.
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Kind of a moot point with the Denard Span acquisition. But Jon Jay doesn't "suck." He has the same OBP as Span and just ahead of Jean Segura.
Luke Arkins
Jay sucks. Cabrera sucks. Good thing the Mariners didn't sign them either.
I have to agree with the article, since the Mariners are contenders and could do a lot better than Ichiro in a historically and controversially weak market.
To everyone who think Ichiro is just a cheap and expendable add, I would say I agree with that assumption. However, these are not the types of moves a contender should make.
Jon Jay signed for $3MM, and Lynn signed for less than what we paid Nicasio. The Mariners have failed to take advantage of this market, and the fact that Ichiro is their second biggest signing is concerning to me. Ichiro provides no value- his SLG% last season is 40 points lower than his 2004 BA.
Right now, Gonzales and Miranda are our 4&5 starters in a rotation that was decimated by injuries last season. Lynn just signed for $12MM. Clearly we have weaknesses, and signing Ichiro points out our unwillingness to address them.
Don Reticulo has it right. He's a cheap plug for the Gamel-shaped hole beginning the season, with really no better decision to make. Bringing Ichiro back for a final lap in a cheap, non-desteructive way is, to me, pretty smart.
If the Ms signed Ichiro in December to start in LF or if there were clearly better options available, this article could make sense.
But, is spending more money to get John Jay or Melky actually something that would improve the Ms? I really doubt it.
By signing Ichiro, the Ms are paying 750k to be able to keep Bishop and Miller in AAA instead of rushing them and burning a roster spot. If Ichiro is bad, he gets DFA'd. If he is good, that is a good problem to have.
Don Reticulo
I think this is really overblown. Less than a million bucks for a fourth outfielder who will be a first-ballot hall-of-famer and who is respected by everyone who plays major-league baseball (though not necessarily by those who don't) has no down-side. The Mariners needed someone healthy who wouldn't cost much and whom they wouldn't have to trade for. Saying that signing Ichiro to fill such a role betrays a commitment to losing is plain stupid. You can do better than that, and have in the past.
Bill Porter
@YH Sorry but just an absurd comment. First of all did you think the Twins would make the playoffs last season after losing 100 games in 2016??? So because you don't think they will not be contenders they should just flush the season for some ridiculous nostalgia?
Secondly, how will it be enjoyable to watch a washed up Ichiro on his last legs try to play MLB baseball? Did you enjoy watching Griffey in 2010? It was beyond depressing.
JD said they were not going for an FA starter because they wanted to give the young guys a chance, said it wasn't about money and then they go out and sign the oldest cheapest FA OFer out there because he used to be a Mariner. So pathetic.
Excellent summation of the Ichiro signing.
I think your opinion is pointless because the addition of Jon Jay will not make Mariners a contender. Why don't you add ichiro and enjoy reunion when contention is not realistic. The time will come after Felix contract expires when you have to seriously seek contention.
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The percentages of identical and non-identical twins born in the UK are not routinely recorded, but according to the Multiple Births Foundation about a third of twins are identical. If your babies are MCDA, you can expect more scans and monitoring, as this type of twins has the highest risk of twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), which is an abnormality of the placenta.
Sun damaged your babies are MCMA, you'll also have frequent scans. With this type of twins there's often some cord entanglement, which can cause complications.
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Q: svn: warning: W170000 on OSX 10.11 El Capitan with two svn versions After an update to Mac OSX 10.11 El Capitan the command
/usr/bin/svn info  ssh://svn@SERVER.COM///var/svn/repos/project/XYZ --force-interactive

returns:
svn: warning: W170000: Unrecognized URL scheme for 'ssh://svn@SERVER.COM/var/svn/repos/project/XYZ'

The installed version is:
/usr/bin/svn --version
svn, version 1.7.20 (r1667490)
   compiled Oct  5 2015, 14:53:48

Copyright (C) 2014 The Apache Software Foundation.
This software consists of contributions made by many people; see the NOTICE
file for more information.
Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.apache.org/

The following repository access (RA) modules are available:

* ra_neon : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV protocol using Neon.
  - handles 'http' scheme
  - handles 'https' scheme
* ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network protocol.
  - handles 'svn' scheme
* ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk.
  - handles 'file' scheme
* ra_serf : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV protocol using serf.
  - handles 'http' scheme
  - handles 'https' scheme

After some reading I found out the ra_svn needs the SASL Support.
So I installed a second SVN with Homebrew with
brew install svn

It is installed in
/usr/local/bin/svn

The version is:
/usr/local/bin/svn --version
svn, version 1.9.2 (r1703836)
   compiled Nov 15 2015, 11:43:08 on x86_64-apple-darwin15.0.0

Copyright (C) 2015 The Apache Software Foundation.
This software consists of contributions made by many people;
see the NOTICE file for more information.
Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.apache.org/

The following repository access (RA) modules are available:

* ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network protocol.
  - with Cyrus SASL authentication
  - handles 'svn' scheme
* ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk.
  - handles 'file' scheme
* ra_serf : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV protocol using serf.
  - using serf 1.3.8
  - handles 'http' scheme
  - handles 'https' scheme

The following authentication credential caches are available:

* Plaintext cache in /Users/USERNAME/.subversion
* Mac OS X Keychain

But the call
/usr/local/bin/svn info  ssh://svn@SERVER.COM///var/svn/repos/project/XYZ --force-interactive

still returns:
svn: warning: W170000: Unrecognized URL scheme for 'ssh://svn@SERVER.COM/var/svn/repos/project/XYZ'

Whats wrong?
Are the repository access (RA) modules stored in a library path (like plugins) and the wrong ones are use when I call /usr/local/bin/svn instead of /usr/bin/svn ?
Need some ideas, what to try. Thanks.

A: URL scheme should be svn+ssh for access Subversion repository over ssh. I.e.
/usr/local/bin/svn info  svn+ssh://svn@SERVER.COM///var/svn/repos/project/XYZ --force-interactive


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Nnamdi Kanu: Biden Told To Impose Sanction On Buhari
by Ridwan Deola
in Featured, International, News
Nnamdi Kanu lawyers, Bruce Fein (left) with Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor
Bruce Fein, the American lawyer of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has petitioned the US Senate and House of Representatives Committee Chairmen, seeking sanctions against President Muhammadu Buhari; and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, for the continued detention of his client against the Appeal Court's judgement.
The letter asked President Joe Biden to impose sanctions against Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerian Attorney General Abubakar Malami for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against the IPOB leader, including "kidnapping, torture, and prolonged arbitrary detention to retaliate for exercising internationally recognized rights to freedom of expression and association."
Kanu's lawyer specifically urged the affected Committee Chairmen of both chambers, to prevail on President Joe Biden, to impose severe sanctions on Messrs Buhari and Malami for flouting both the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion, and the Nigerian court judgement ordering the immediate release of Kanu.
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Below is the full text of the letter:
I represent Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu.
Mr. Kanu has been illegally detained in solitary confinement in cramped quarters for sixteen (16) months without adequate access to needed medical care or to counsel by Nigeria's State Security Services controlled by President Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney General Abubakar Malami.
Mr. Kanu's detention followed his kidnapping, torture, and extraordinary rendition from Kenya in June 2021 to retaliate for advocating a Biafran independence referendum modeled on the United States-brokered 2011 referendum for South Sudan. Mr. Kanu opposes the use of force with the sole exception of self-defense.
On July 20, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued an Opinion finding Nnamdi Kanu's detention in violation of sixteen (16) international human rights guarantees. The Opinion ordered his "immediate and unconditional release," Opinion, paragraph 107. (See Attachment A). President Buhari and Attorney General Malami have ignored the directive for nearly three (3) months with no indication that compliance will ever be forthcoming.
In January 2022, following the extraordinary rendition of Mr. Kanu, a Nigerian High Court judgment impliedly exonerated him from the Nigerian government's Orwellian claim that he had jumped bail in evading its notorious attempted assassination.
On October 13, 2022, the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, Abuja Judicial Division, Holden at Abuja, decreed that Nigeria's detention of Mr. Kanu was illegal because of his extraordinary rendition from Kenya in violation of international and state laws. (See Attachment B). The Court ordered dismissal of all charges against him. Again, President Buhari and Attorney General Malami have flouted the Court's orders and kept Nnamdi Kanu illegally detained.
The Opinions of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Court of Appeals of Nigeria speak for themselves. They are crystal clear.
Accordingly, I would respectfully urge you individually and collectively to recommend to President Joe Biden that he impose sanctions against President Buhari and Attorney General Malami for gross violations of Mr. Kanu's internationally recognized human rights under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, 22 U.S.C. 2656 note, The sanctions should include ineligibility for a visa to enter the United States and blocking of all transactions in properties of Mr. Buhari and Mr. Malami in the United States.
What Nigeria has done to Mr. Kanu is indistinguishable from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Saudi Arabian Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman sending thugs abroad to poison, murder, torture, silence, and intimidate dissidents to their dictatorial regimes. They are a threat to international peace and security and subvert the rule-based international order championed by the United States.
To permit President Buhari's and Attorney General Malami's thuggery to escape with impunity would be unacceptable.
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White Walls: Collected Stories
Tolstaya Tatyana
Tatyana Tolstaya's short stories—with their unpredictable fairy-tale plots, appealingly eccentric characters, and stylistic abundance and flair—established her in the 1980s as one of modern Russia's finest writers. Since then her work has been translated throughout the world. Edna O'Brien has called Tolstaya "an enchantress." Anita Desai has spoken of her work's "richness and ardent life." Mixing heartbreak and humor, dizzying flights of fantasy and plunging descents to earth, Tolstaya is the natural successor in a great Russian literary lineage that includes Gogol, Yuri Olesha, Bulgakov, and Nabokov.
White WallsOn the Golden PorchSleepwalker in a Fog
The Slynx
Tatyana Tolstaya's powerful voice is one of the best in contemporary Russian literature. She wrote many a commentary on modern-day Russia for the New York Review of Books before moving back to Moscow to complete her first novel, The Slynx. Tolstaya is a descendant of the great Leo Tolstoy but that might be beside the point.
The Slynx is a brilliantly imaginative satire set in a hypothetical Moscow two hundred years after an event termed "the Blast." The Blast has forever altered the landscape of Moscow. People now live with mutations, called Consequences. Some have cockscombs growing everywhere, some have three legs and then there are the Degenerators who are humans in doglike bodies. Some "Oldeners" still linger on. Their only Consequence is that they remain unchanged and seemingly live forever. They remember life before the Blast and moan the primitive cultural mores of the society they live in, where only the wheel has been invented thus far and the yoke is just catching on. This feudal landscape is ruled by Fyodor Kuzmich, Glorybe, a tyrant who rules with an iron hand. Kuzmich passes off all Russian literature as his own works and issues decrees at the drop of a hat to keep the public ignorant and docile.
The primary protagonist of The Slynx is a young scribe, Benedikt. His job is to copy all of Kuzmich's "works" on to bark, for use by the public. Benedikt marries a coworker, Olenka, and discovers the wonder of books through his father-in-law, Kudeyar Kudeyarich. His father-in-law, however, harbors nefarious plans to oust the current regime. Benedikt's love of books soon turns ugly and Kudeyarich channels this force to implement his own evil designs.
The Slynx is translated fluidly by Jamey Gambrell. One wonders how she worked in intelligent phrases such as: "You feel sorry for someone. Must be feelosophy." Tolstaya's descriptions of the futuristic backdrop where people eat and trade mice as currency are bizarre yet not hugely so. Sometimes she seems to be so in love with her own creation that the storyline tends to wander. But she does not stray too far and her prose dripping with rich imagery more than makes up for it.
Tolstaya's futuristic Russia might not be very different from the one she often complains about. "Why is it that everything keeps mutating, everything?" laments an Oldener, "People, well all right, but the language, concepts, meaning! Huh? Russia! Everything gets twisted up in knots." The perils of a society in which "Freethinking" is a crime and where an indifferent populace can be "evil" are ably brought out by the gifted Tolstaya. "There is no worse enemy than indifference," she warns, "all evil in fact comes from the silent acquiescence of the indifferent." The scary "Slynx," in the novel, is a metaphor for all the evil that is waiting to rear its ugly head on a sleeping people.
The Slynx's descriptions of a tyrannical society might be too simplistic to apply to Russia. Its reception in the country has been mixed. The newspaper Vechernaya Moskva commented: "After all that we have read and thought over about Russia during the last fifteen years, this repetition of old school lessons is really confusing. There is a surfeit of caricatures of the intellegentsia, of anti-utopias depicting the degradation and decay of the national consciousness, and postmodernistic variations on the theme of literary-centrism." That having been said, Tolstaya's haunting prose serves as a chilling reminder of the way things could be, especially when government censorship and other controls move silently back in. The "Slynx" is never too far away. History, as they say, does tend to repeat itself.


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$151.3-Mil Campus Trio Makes UT Drawing Boards
SAN ANTONIO-The University of Texas at San Antonio is trying to stay on track with back-to-back building projects to meet projected enrollment growth. The drawing board now includes a $151.3-million trio of buildings, including an $80-million biotech center.
By Tim Green | October 08, 2001 at 01:01 AM
SAN ANTONIO-Charles Lampe is running something like a building assembly line. One project is completed and another one is starting. It's all part of an ambitious building effort at the 32-year-old University of Texas at San Antonio.
Lampe's director of facilities, planning and development and he's trying to keep pace with the number of students pouring into the school's two academic campuses. The school added 1,000 students to its enrollment this year to reach 19,000, Lampe tells GlobeSt.com.
UTSA's master plan calls for a build-out to accommodate 30,000 students in 2020. "Enrollments at the University of Texas and Texas A&M University are capped," Lampe says. "Students are going to have to go somewhere."
The school displayed plans for its latest building, a 190,000-sf academic center on its 600-acre northwest San Antonio campus at Loop 1604 near Interstate 10. The four-story building will house additional classrooms, lecture halls, specialized labs and offices. The projected cost is $52 million, with construction to begin in early 2002. HOK Architects' Houston team has designed the project. BFW of Temple, TX is the general contractor.
Also on the 1604 campus, excavation work begins this week on a $19.3-million recreation and wellness facility. The 65,495-sf project will include fitness and exercise facilities, a clinic and a child-care center. Two San Antonio firms are handling the design/build duties: Garza Bomberger is the architect and Bartlett Cocke, the general contractor.
A biotechnology, science and engineering building, an $80-million project, is in earlier stages with sealed bids for a contractor going out soon. The FKP firm of Houston is the architect. Construction is to start in September 2002 with completion two years later.
On the downtown campus, just of Interstate 35 in the CBD, the university has just begun its first classes in the new 127,500-sf Durango building, Lampe says. Now, plans are under way for a 33,000-sf addition to the building. The Ford, Powell & Carson firm of San Antonio designed the Durango building and is designing the addition. The contractor is Dallas-based Centex Construction.
Westcore Buys 4M-SF Industrial Portfolio From USAA Real Estate
The firm closed the year with the acquisition of a 4 million-square-foot industrial portfolio located in nine major markets.
7700 Parmer Calls for Transformation to a Mixed-Use Destination
Lisa Brown | December 23, 2020
Situated adjacent to Apple's future $1 billion campus, which will initially house 5,000 employees, the 129-acre 7700 Parmer site is currently home to a wide range of tech companies.


Somewhere along the drive along New Zealand's Otago Coast you have a series of queer looking rocks that look as though an ancient dinosaur laid eggs and promptly proceeded to forget all about them, leaving them to fossilise into what they are today. That's what the Moeraki Boulders are, a testament to the fact that nearly anything can be a tourist attraction these days, strangely shaped boulders included.
Still, I have to say, after endless snowcapped mountains and deep blue expanses, the sight of a beach is surely more than welcome. Standing on sandy shores with salty air whipping about you – dead cold – is an interesting experience, especially when so much of what we know of the beach consists hot, tanned skin.
And truth be told, those boulders are a weird sight.
New Zealand looks like the best place for a getaway. Can't wait to read more about your adventures overseas!


A national raw materials agreement will be concluded to ensure that the Dutch economy will be running completely on reusable raw materials by 2050. Minister Dijksma (Infrastructure and the Environment) and Minister Kamp (Economic Affairs) have made agreements with the Dutch business community, government authorities, and NGOs aimed at realising a one hundred percent circular economy. In addition, Environment Minister Dijksma is freeing up 27 million euros for improved waste separation, in order to ensure that discarded products are reused as valuable raw materials rather than end up at a landfill. This money will also be used to fund new innovations aimed at improving the recycling capability of products.
The Netherlands is overly dependent on raw materials from abroad, such as metals for the electronics industry. By fully recycling end-of-life smartphones, for instance, the metals can be reused in new phones. Construction companies must be encouraged to reuse their demolition waste from old buildings in their new buildings. Agreements to that effect are also set down in the raw materials agreement. Since reuse requires far less energy than the processing of new raw materials, the environment also benefits from lower emissions of greenhouse gases.
The 27 million that will be made available at the initiative of Minister Dijksma will be used, inter alia, to make it easier for the 7000 primary schools in the Netherlands to separate their waste. Furthermore, environmentally harmful products will be tackled so that alternatives will emerge for non-recyclable packaging such as that used for crisps and soups. To get even more sustainability initiatives off the ground, the Cabinet will also sit down with the three largest banks which have already stated their willingness to support investments in circular projects. Currently, innovative companies sometimes find it difficult to acquire financing for circular innovations which have not yet been proven in practice.
How to separate household waste needs to become more transparent and easier for residents, and the municipalities play a major role in this. At the moment, too much reusable waste simply ends up in regular waste bins, mainly in larger cities. New sustainable raw materials will also be given a boost through the raw materials agreement. For example, bridges and floodgates can be made from composite material, using grass that grows in the Netherlands as raw material.
The government-wide programme for a circular economy is aimed at developing a circular economy in the Netherlands by 2050.