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Colleen Graffy is a former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy for Europe and Eurasia, and associate professor of law and Director of Global Programs at Pepperdine University School of Law and Academic Director of their London campus. She is former Chairman of SEAL, the Society of English and American Lawyers.

Graffy is originally from Santa Barbara, California. She earned her B.A. from Pepperdine University and her M.A. from Boston University. She attended Pepperdine's study abroad program in Heidelberg while an undergraduate and later became co-Director of Pepperdine's campus in Heidelberg, Germany.

She moved to the United Kingdom after completing her master's degree to start Pepperdine's new London undergraduate program where she was the director and taught international relations and British government.  She earned a law degree at City University and the Inns of Court School of Law and an LLM at King's College London. She was called to the Bar of England & Wales and is a Barrister and Bencher at The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.    She was chairman of Republicans Abroad for the United Kingdom.

She joined the U.S. State Department in 2005 as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, the first person to hold that position.  She reported to both the Assistant Secretary, Daniel Fried in the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs and the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Karen Hughes, (later James Glassman).

She spoke and wrote on Guantanamo issues.  On suicides in Guantanamo: "It does sound like this is part of a strategy - in that they don't value their own lives, and they certainly don't value ours; and they use suicide bombings as a tactic," Colleen Graffy, the deputy assistant secretary of state for public diplomacy, told BBC's Newshour yesterday. "Taking their own lives was not necessary, but it certainly is a good PR move."  Graffy has also been quoted as saying to Kate Allen of Amnesty International UK via e-mail in 2004 that, "In the Second World War, Americans and Britons who were captured were held until the end of hostilities. They were not read rights or given a dime to call their lawyer."

She was the first high level US government official to actively advance "Public Diplomacy 2.0"  and use Twitter.   In response to criticism for tweeting as a diplomat she wrote an Op-Ed on the importance of social media as a tool of public diplomacy in the Washington Post.    She introduced green diplomacy  and the importance of visual communications in public diplomacy  and launched the Ben Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship as well as the first "media hub" for the U.S. government with radio and television broadcasting facilities based in Brussels, Belgium.

She is a frequent commentator in the broadcast media and the press.  She debated for Intelligence Squared on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11  and wrote an article from that arguing that Iraq was a catalyst for the Arab Spring.  In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, she drew attention to evidence of war crimes in Syria.   She appeared on BBC's Question Time with former foreign secretary David Miliband and Jerry Springer in the run-up to the US presidential elections.

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Since all players participate in each turn, Superflex Bingo provides a framework for kids to learn a variety of social concepts while actively thinking about the powers of Superflex characters. Kids practice perspective taking as they imagine themselves and their own thoughts and feelings - and those of others - in different situations. They also continually explore Social Thinking Vocabulary concepts such as thinking with your eyes, body and brain in the group, expected and unexpected behaviour, identifying the size of the problem, etc. As students become familiar with these social concepts and more, they build skills that ultimately lead to social problem solving and self-regulation.


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Rihanna has been named the first black spokesmodel for cosmetics firm Dior. The singer, 27, revealed the news on Friday while promoting her film "Home" in New York City.
The pop star will appear in Dior's fourth installment of their "Secret Garden" film and print campaign, which she shot in Versailles in Paris.
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It's a high pitched buzzing noise coming from the firewall near the ECU. Sounds like something isn't grounded? Sounds like the type of sound you get when holding a cell phone near a guitar amplifier.
I never found the source of mine, and suspect every car has it, people just don't know. To hear mine I have to be in a very quiet environment, like inside my garage late at night, otherwise it can't be heard unless I'm really close to it and looking for the sound. Hope you get it figured out, I'd like to know what it is myself.
I didn't get a chance to pull the fuse, but took the car over to Jon @ Trackspec Autoworks in Fremont for a new set of tires today. I showed him the noise, and he immediately identified it as the throttle body motor.
Its the electronic throttle body. I don't know what exactly its doing, but it probably has to do with holding the throttle blade open.
Yep, its the throttle body. I think at some point I hooked up a spare one for someone (not actually installed, just hooked up the harness) and you could hear the sound coming from the free throttle body.
Yeah, Google PWM (pulse width modulation) and you'll find some good explanations of why it buzzes.
I have this electrical noise me either.
Good to know it is normal.


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Dykema Adds Civil Litigator To Los Angeles Office
Civil litigator Dommond E. Lonnie has joined Dykema's Los Angeles office as of counsel to its Automotive and Products Liability Litigation Group, the firm has announced.
The firm said Thursday that Lonnie had made the move from Grace, Cosgrove & Schirm.
Dykema Chairman Rex E. Schlaybaugh Jr. praised Lonnie's experience both as a "litigator and legal strategist," opining that he "brings an outstanding complement of knowledge and successful outcomes" to the firm, "particularly in automotive and toxic tort litigation."
Daniel Stephenson, a managing member of Dykema's Los Angeles office, remarked that Lonnie "is a great asset," and his addition to the firm was "key to our growth plans."
Lonnie's practice focuses on products liability, personal injury, construction defect, trucking, and professional liability matters, according to his firm biography.
He attended college and law school at UCLA before joining the State Bar in 1989. Lonnie began his legal career with Grace Cosgrove and became a partner with that firm in 1997.
The attorney is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute and the Langston Bar Association.


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I am so thankful for the first amendment
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Post by Isgrimnur » Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:46 pm
This isn't going to end well for authorities:
An East Tennessee State University student was arrested Wednesday after going to a Black Lives Matter protest on campus wearing a gorilla mask and handing out bananas.
Tristan Rettke, an 18-year-old freshman, wore overalls and a gorilla mask and, holding a burlap sack with a Confederate flag and a marijuana leaf on it, offered bananas to students who were protesting, according to the ETSU police department report. He was arrested and charged with civil rights intimidation.
(b) A person commits the offense of intimidating others from exercising civil rights who:
(1) Injures or threatens to injure or coerces another person with the intent to unlawfully intimidate another from the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured by the constitution or laws of the state of Tennessee;
(2) Injures or threatens to injure or coerces another person with the intent to unlawfully intimidate another because that other exercised any right or privilege secured by the constitution or laws of the United States or the constitution or laws of the state of Tennessee;
(c) It is an offense for a person to wear a mask or disguise with the intent to violate subsection (b).
(d) A violation of subsection (b) is a Class D felony. A violation of subsection (c) is a Class A misdemeanor.
Post by Isgrimnur » Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:16 pm
Pakistani officials have banned 11 Christian television channels in what local priests are calling a blow to religious freedom in the region.
Pakistan, home to some 2.8million christians, ordered the censoring of pro-Christian programmes after the nation's TV regulatory body declared them illegal.
The move to ban the stations leaves Pakistan's Christian minority with no public media presence after 17 years of having been allowed to broadcast across the country.
Post by LordMortis » Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:32 am
I'm still forming an opinion here but my first instinct is break out the torches because quite frankly, the Governor, the R legislature, and the AG have all long ago burnt out the fuse on trust in their ability govern nor create and enforce laws.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l ... /95124708/
I do wish periodicals will both distill information and source it.
Post by Isgrimnur » Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:37 pm
A Saudi man has been jailed for one year for calling for an end to the Muslim kingdom's guardianship system that gives men wide controls over women, local media said Tuesday.
The man, who was also fined 30,000 riyals ($8,000) by a court in the eastern city of Dammam, was convicted of "inciting to end guardianship of women" in statements he posted on Twitter and in public posters, the Okaz daily said.
He was arrested while putting up posters in mosques in Al-Hasa district calling for an end to the globally unique system that subjects women in the ultra-conservative kingdom to male control.
Thousands of Saudis signed in September a petition urging an end to the guardianship system following a Twitter campaign which the court claims was launched by the defendant.
Activists say that even female prisoners have to be received by the guardian upon their release, meaning that some have to languish in jail or a shelter beyond their sentences if the man does not want to accept them.
Post by Isgrimnur » Sat Dec 23, 2017 5:25 pm
The Committee on Religion in the Egyptian Parliament has disclosed plans to pass into law, a bill that makes atheism a criminal offence in the North African nation.
Current Egyptian law says atheists can be prosecuted for expressing their disbelief in public but the committee's proposal would go further and criminalise disbelief itself.
It would be recalled that in 2014, little more than a week after Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi was sworn in as Egypt's President, the government announced that it was preparing a national plan to crush every form atheism.
A few months later Al-Shabab, a government-linked newspaper, stated that atheists were "the country's second enemy after the Muslim Brotherhood" and quoted a psychologist saying that "atheism leads to mental imbalances and paranoia".
Post by GreenGoo » Sat Dec 23, 2017 5:29 pm
Thank you, Arab Spring.
Is it really paranoia when they really are out to get you?
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Post by Drazzil » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:02 pm
Wow. The world seems to be going through a "stupid" period.
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Post by Isgrimnur » Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:08 pm
Two Pussy Riot members are missing. Olya Borisova & Sasha Sofeev disappeared in Crimea yesterday.
FSB detained them several times. Yesterday cops broke their phones and computers. We can not reach out to them.
We don't know what has happened to them.
The women were allegedly in Crimea to protest the detention of filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year sentence on terrorism charges that many say are politically motivated. Sentsov is originally from Crimea and was arrested there in 2014.
The women decided to leave Crimea on Monday evening because they had been detained and harassed by security forces. The punk group's Twitter account claimed that the members' phones and computers had been broken. Masha Alekhina, a third member of Pussy Riot, is believed to be in police custody. However, she posted a picture of herself on Facebook on Tuesday holding up a sign that says "Free Sentsov."
According to Radio Free Europe, Borisova and Sofeyev were originally detained when they arrived in Crimea on Sunday. Alekhina was reportedly apprehended after her arrival in Crimea on Monday. Borisova and Sofeyev were allegedly released and on their way back to Moscow when they disappeared en route to the airport.
Post by LordMortis » Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:08 am
Putin is a great guy.
Post by LordMortis » Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:58 pm
I really have no idea where to put anything anymore. It all seems to bleed in to the exact same conversation
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Early today, Roskomnadzor—Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media—moved to enforce a new Russian federal law blocking the use of Telegram, the encrypted chat and social networking application that has become the favored tool of Russia's political opposition and journalists. The censorship began with Roskomnadzor instructing Internet service providers to block requests to Internet Protocol addresses of Telegram's servers.
But as users flocked to virtual private networks and proxy services to reach Telegram from their mobile devices and computers—or resorted to building their own—government censors added large swaths of IP addresses to the block list. And according to multiple sources within Russia, ISPs there are now blocking large chunks of IP addresses associated with cloud services from Amazon and Google.
Alexander Zharov, the chief of Roskomnadzor, confirmed that Amazon's addresses were being blocked "due to the fact that the Telegram messenger started using them to bypass the lock in Russia," RT reported.
Telegram isn't the first secure chat application targeted by the Russian government. The chat application Zello is also widely blocked in Russia. More than 800,000 Amazon IP addresses were being blocked by early evening in Moscow, and a block of more than 1 million Google addresses (35.192.0.0/12) was added shortly afterward, according to a report from the Meduza Project.
Post by GreenGoo » Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:22 am
Why don't they just pressure the companies into providing back doors into their encryption apps? That's the approach the US and the UK are flirting with.
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Post by Max Peck » Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:51 am
GreenGoo wrote: ↑
I don't know anything about Zello, but Telegram is run by people who are at odds with the Putin regime.
Time and tide melt the snowman.
There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, where the sea's asleep and the rivers dream, people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice and somewhere else the tea is getting cold. Come on, Ace, we've got work to do.
Post by Moliere » Thu May 10, 2018 1:32 am
Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web
Here are some things that you will hear when you sit down to dinner with the vanguard of the Intellectual Dark Web: There are fundamental biological differences between men and women. Free speech is under siege. Identity politics is a toxic ideology that is tearing American society apart. And we're in a dangerous place if these ideas are considered "dark."
What is the I.D.W. and who is a member of it? It's hard to explain, which is both its beauty and its danger.
Most simply, it is a collection of iconoclastic thinkers, academic renegades and media personalities who are having a rolling conversation — on podcasts, YouTube and Twitter, and in sold-out auditoriums — that sound unlike anything else happening, at least publicly, in the culture right now. Feeling largely locked out of legacy outlets, they are rapidly building their own mass media channels.
Post by GreenGoo » Thu May 10, 2018 1:46 am
Yawn. That sounds like exactly what the alt-right are doing, and "alt-thinkers" gave drumpf to the world, so I'm not sure calling yourself an "alt-intellectual" is very wise.
The idea that the first amendment is under siege is particularly laughable. There has never been an easier time to express your ideas no matter who you are or what your background, race, gender, or culture.
The first amendment is under siege in the same way "men" are under siege by the #metoo movement, or "13 year old boys" were under siege during Gamergate.
Just because people don't like what you have to say doesn't mean you aren't free from government repercussions for having said it.
The rest is just playing the victim when people push back.
I'm not saying that there aren't examples where there is government overreach, I'm saying that government overreach is at an all time low.
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Post by Fitzy » Thu May 10, 2018 9:50 am
Moliere wrote: ↑
There are fundamental biological differences between men and women. Identity politics is a toxic ideology that is tearing American society apart.
I'm apparently not an intellectual, because these two seem to be at odds with each other.
Post by LordMortis » Thu May 10, 2018 10:05 am
I'm a sad human being. If you self describe as Intellectual Dark Web. My first thought is you should chill on watching so many primetime crime shows and I end up giving them a strike before I start reading. Subvert the Dominant Paradigm With Better Advertising! (for fun and profit)
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Post by em2nought » Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:42 am
The liberal elites in the USA really need to step up their game, the liberal elites in the UK are getting way ahead of you in silencing the right. Even a little girl can see it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djKQTIe ... e=youtu.be
Waiting for the tide to bring me a sail.
Post by GreenGoo » Mon Jun 11, 2018 2:46 am
Don't worry, they take turns across the pond. The UK (and Canada, really) could use a good 1st amendment.
Hopefully not lost on anyone is that the first amendment is good for everyone no matter their stripes.
Post by hepcat » Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:44 am
em2nought wrote: ↑
I'm fascinated by the fact that elite is now an insult. It's like hearing people complain about someone having "book learnin'" in a movie with homicidal hillbillies.
Post by em2nought » Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:09 pm
I'm fascinated by the fact that elite is now an insult.
It's not really a "new" thing.
Post by coopasonic » Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:23 pm
The implication is that the elite are elitist. Shorthand for snobbish, better than you assholes... which isn't exactly wrong.
Post by hepcat » Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:55 pm
I would understand if they used the word "elitist" but they keep using "elite".
Although being grammatically picky on this may be putting me in danger of becoming elite.
Post by GreenGoo » Mon Jun 11, 2018 2:22 pm
I can hardly wait to stigginit to those elitist jerks over at Delta Force.
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Post by Rip » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:00 pm
An elite elitist.
Those dudes are the worst.
There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.
I've been called many things in my life. But elite may just be the absolute worst thi....wait...what?
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Post by $iljanus » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:16 pm
"Gentlemen, you are the top 1 percent of all naval aviators. The elite. The best of the best."
Now are Trump supporters hating on Viper? Why do they hate America?
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$iljanus wrote: ↑
Now are Trump supporters hating on Viper?
Man, Viper is looking old.
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Post by Holman » Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:54 pm
The conservative attack on "elites" goes way back. William F. Buckley famously declared that he would rather live in an America governed by the first hundred names in the Boston phone book than by the first hundred names in the Harvard faculty list.
Buckley, of course, was the elite scion of an elite family, and he probably never in his life worked on an equal basis with anyone who hadn't attended an elite school or descended from elite wealth. Needless to say he was a racist whose valuation of working-class people (and Southerners generally) basically ended at their utility in holding back the tide of diversity and miscegenation.
This same thing goes on in attacks on "elites" by Real'Merican Fox News pundits who make a million a year and own vacation homes in four states.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
Post by Isgrimnur » Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:00 pm
A police raid on Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) has drawn fire from broadcasters and rights groups.
Officers arrived at the public broadcaster's Sydney headquarters with search warrants naming two reporters and the news director. The ABC has protested over the raid.
Police searched the home of a News Corp journalist on Tuesday, sparking alarm.
The police action is related to articles about alleged misconduct by Australian forces in Afghanistan.
According to the ABC, Wednesday's search is about the 2017 investigative series known as The Afghan Files which "revealed allegations of unlawful killings and misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan".
The broadcaster said the series was "based off hundreds of pages of secret defence documents leaked to the ABC".
The Australian Federal Police said the warrant was in relation to "allegations of publishing classified material" and that it "relates to a referral received on 11 July 2017 from the Chief of the Defence Force and the then-Acting Secretary for Defence".
The police said Tuesday's and Wednesday's raids were not connected, adding: "Both however relate to separate allegations of publishing classified material, contrary to provisions of the Crimes Act 1914, which is an extremely serious matter that has the potential to undermine Australia's national security."
Post by LordMortis » Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:57 pm
Lest we forget how much worse it could be here.
https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/07/ ... C8NfZQ2S-Q
In 2015, two members of Iranian metal band Confess — Nikan "Siyanor" Khosravi and Arash "Chemical" Ilkhani — were arrested by the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution for blasphemy and other charges for expressing anti-religious and anti-regime sentiments via their music. While Khosravi and Ilkhani since sought asylum in Norway, they were recently sentenced to a combined 14 years in prison and 74 lashes for playing heavy metal in their home country.
Post by Isgrimnur » Fri Jul 12, 2019 11:26 am
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is being sued by two people who say they criticized her on Twitter and were then blocked from her account, which has more than 4.7 million followers.
The two federal lawsuits were filed Tuesday, the same day a federal appeals court in New York upheld a lower court ruling that President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking critics on Twitter. The three-judge panel's unanimous ruling said that because Trump uses his Twitter account as a public forum, he cannot bar people who disagree with him from taking part in an open dialogue.
The lawsuits against Ocasio-Cortez were filed by Dov Hikind, a former New York state assemblyman, and Joseph Saladino, a social media personality who goes by the name "Joey Salads" and is running for Congress.
Post by LordMortis » Fri Jul 12, 2019 11:52 am
Isgrimnur wrote: ↑
They have a point. Though "Joey Salads" should be careful what he wishes for. His running for office and using Twitter as a public political forum puts him in the same boat.
I wonder if our laws and our mindsets will catch up to our technology. These last four years have opened a can of worms for which not one advancement in reason has happened or at least not an advancement that I've seen and our courts and our laws appear to be moving backwards.
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Post by Biyobi » Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:22 pm
LordMortis wrote: ↑
The problem with their argument is that Trump and the White House have stated that his personal account is his official "Presidential" account, and the random bile he spews from there is official Oval Office policy. He has access to @POTUS but chose to use his personal. Trump represents a whole branch of government and the courts aren't going to allow him to block the public. That's on him. As far as I know, she's never stated the same about her account. Maybe if those two idiots were constituents of hers then they might have standing, but I doubt it.
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Post by Jaymann » Fri Jul 12, 2019 6:52 pm
Uh, if its my account, why am I not able to block anybody I want?
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Post by Isgrimnur » Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:08 pm
You can. When you're a public office holder that uses it to talk about official business, the rules change.


It is even logical to a visually impaired person that a 10 year old can't handle the steering of a car. In actual fact, 10 year olds are given toy cars or better still, taken to an amusement park for those whose parents can afford. Giving a 10 year the opportunity to drive a big wheel is akin to declaring a period of mourning for his/her family members. In practical sense, one should be giving responsibilities that he/she can handle. Once there is the inability to communicate and familiarize with tools, it ends in disaster.
As usual, Nigeria was thrown into a situation of mourning few days ago. Citizens in the Northeastern part of the country were killed again, this time by men of the Nigerian Air Force. A military plane "mistakenly" bombed Rann IDPs Camp in Borno State, killing a lot of arm-less civilians. In other news, survivors of the attack said the bomb was "dropped' three times.
As expected, reactions trailed the incidence which drew attention from people all over the world, including Nigerians too. Not to think of the fact that the victims were persons who escaped death from the Boko Haram terrorists and were also camped in a location as a result of the insurgence. Apart from those killed, aid workers, volunteers and more than 200 IDPs were injured. The military high command took responsibility for the accidental air strike and apologized. However, the incident raises a fundamental question over the Air Force's inability to differentiate IDPs camp from that of insurgent territories.
The President, in solidarity, cancelled the federal executive council weekly meeting that was scheduled to hold the next day and he also designated a high level team made up of Ministers and top government functionaries to Maiduguri on a condolence visit. Without any form of sentiments, we should appraise the Nigerian government for the efforts it is making in ensuring that civilians are secured or at least in its provision for affected persons. However, it is so pitiable and pathetic to note that these people fled their homes in order to avoid being killed and still ended up facing something as terrifying as this. Many of the people in the IDP camp have a look of dejection on their faces as a result of the loss of their loved ones to the insurgence.
Nevertheless, we shouldn't be much political about this matter, also not erasing the possibility of politics in the incident. For God's sake this is human lives we are talking about, why should we actually play political cheese with human lives? No wonder Nigerians called upon the House of Representative committee that was set up to critically investigate this matter.
A point worthy of note is the fact that some of these dignitaries and security chiefs actually went to visit the Governor of Borno State. There is nothing bad though, he is the chief security officer of the state but then, his family was not involved in the unfortunate incidence. Their sincerity should have been well channeled to visiting the survivors and injured ones who are in the hospitals and even the others that are still in the camp. If most of these political leaders are sincere, why make the visit to the Governor a priority which has the guarantee of a "transport fare"? It is just quite unfortunate that these IDPs ran from their enemy and died in the hands of perceived "friends".
While sympathizing with the affected victims, we cannot but chastise the military arm that carried out this attack. Quite alarming, the Military sent its deep regrets immediately after the incidence; their sorry shouldn't cover up for the costly mistake.
For a while, people have been commending men of the armed forces for the wonderful job they are doing to curb the insurgence, a little miscalculation shouldn't de-reap their efforts so far. Information circulated in recent time that a foreign country provided false intelligence to Nigeria on the location of Boko Haram terrorists leading to the accidental bombing of an IDP camp. This same foreign country has been giving credible disclosures before now in fighting these terrorists especially the Operation Lafiya Dole.
According to sources, surveillance mistakenly picked the IDP camp as a result of the fact that the camp was just formed without updating it on the list of IDP camps with the military. With this, we must recognize that communication is key in combating the dreaded Boko Haram sect. The Military, the Borno state government, the Federal government, International organizations and other relevant agencies must develop a stringent, proper and secure framework of communication in order to forestall future occurrences because they are the only trusted entities these people have. Human life's they say is sacred.
Again, we assume that the incidence was mistakenly carried out and the men of the armed forces are working hard to end insurgence in the nation, we however commend the probe of the operation by the Nigerian Armed Forces. To be fair, some people will have to pay for this to prevent future reoccurrence. The Nigerian Armed Forces are known for professionalism and they should ensure they totally continue with that culture. Nigerians should shy away from all forms of political, ethnical and religious sentiments as this is a trying period for our country.
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As Portfolios Recover, More Workers Retire At 65 Many older baby boomers — those already 65 — are choosing to go ahead with retirement rather than wait. That's according to a study by MetLife, which says 45 percent of 65 year olds described themselves as "fully retired." Only 5 percent retired later than planned.
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Many older baby boomers — those already 65 — are choosing to go ahead with retirement rather than wait. That's according to a study by MetLife, which says 45 percent of 65 year olds described themselves as "fully retired." Only 5 percent retired later than planned.
OK. It's conventional wisdom that many people will have to work past retirement to make ends meet. But let's look a little more closely at that. There are more people staying in the workforce longer and yet, for everybody the story is a little different.
NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports that a recent study shows almost half of all Americans are fully retired by age 65.
YUKI NOGUCHI, BYLINE: The survey, done by a research arm of MetLife, showed half of respondents retired earlier than they expected - at an average age of 59 years for men and 57 years for women.
Researcher John Migliaccio of the MetLife Mature Market Institute looked at the percentage of people fully retired by age 65.
JOHN MIGLIACCIO: I was surprised that there was such a big jump.
NOGUCHI: It increased from 19 percent four years ago to 45 percent last year. And he says it's not because people were forced to retire early or laid off. On the contrary, the number one reason people are retiring today is because they feel financially secure. Stock portfolios and other benefits have recovered some ground.
But not everyone is so fortunate. A fifth of surveyed retirees said they feel pessimistic about their future financial prospects.
MIGLIACCIO: There's also a significant number of them who are in retirement because of a disability. I think that's another issue that isn't looked at - that a lot of people just can't continue working
NOGUCHI: The population is growing, and people live longer, which is why more older workers stay in the labor force longer. Migliaccio cites his own mother -nearly 90 years old and still working.
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Alejandro Menendez, the coach who made his debut with the Real Madrid winger as a professional when he was still young, attends the sport to assess his signature.
"Marcos arrives at Barcelona with great motivation", confirmed the Asturian coach
When he was still young, Marcos Alonso made his debut for Real Madrid Castilla under the guidance of Alejandro Menendez. The Asturian coach still retains the jersey that the defender gave him in his first game in the "elite" and ensures that he arrives with great motivation and is ready to earn a place in the eleven. He brings us after the first appearance of the Madridista in Nuevo Mirandela.
How are your first memories with Marcos, Alejandro?
I think the boy joined the second round while he was still young. The situation is done very quickly, from the first moment. At the club there was a lot of confidence in him, he had a lot of potential. particularly offensive. This aspect was in fashion now. High, with a lot of foundation, a lot of reach. One end approx. He already possessed those qualities of the modern side.
Then something unexpected happens to him...
He's doing a great second tour. This was the first year of Florentino's second stage. But I don't know why it is moved when the year is over. At the end of the year he had to work, and at that moment, in preparation for the next season, the leadership decided to transfer him. It's strange because he was a player that we understood would arrive safely. He is born from a football family, well educated, focused, with the boldness of a young player and very easy to get along with. He added so many values to access that, oddly enough, they gave him a way out.
What caught your eye when you saw it?
He was already a winger with an offensive career, a lot of vertical, a great left foot, and a lot of self-confidence. Very bold, but has little defensive energy. It was difficult for him to return to the center, to gauge how to defend his line of defense. It was difficult for him to burn up his energy in a 1v1 defense. We technicians did a lot of work on that.
How have you experienced its development all these years?
I've seen Marcus who has grown a lot, gotten stronger and more powerful. Play at a higher speed, you made him evolve. He has gone from a player to a high level, Top. He is the European champion, very few players can say that. I have grown up. I see him very mature, he has been making strides and is now in his splendor.
Was I clear that if he succeeded, he would do so as a winger?
What made Marcus really dangerous was the access from behind, the flooding, the opening up, and the gaining of space. Not to be, but to reach. It was very clear that his stance was the side stance. But in order to play in professional football, he had to improve his defensive face, and he was not going to blow it. If there is any doubt it is whether he can balance this defensive aspect. The only amazing thing is that the club sold him in the first year and with anticipation. It was also passed down to Rodrigo Moreno, of the same generation.
At Chelsea we saw him more as a lane. Can he suffer as a winger in Barcelona 4-3-3?
It covers both situations perfectly. Perhaps the lane frees him up more, he has a more covered back and this helps him exploit his offensive virtues. But he's a boy who can play perfectly in a 4-3-3.
Jordi Alba has been the master and master of left-backs for the past ten years...
I understand that Xavi has not only thought about an internal competition between Marcos and Jordi, they are fighting for this position, but Marcos is a player who can beat Jordi Alba. Alba has to be at a high level so that Marcus can't take her place. He is not only a great player, but on top of that, he will arrive at Barcelona with great motivation. His father played there, and he wants to do well. Arriving in Spain with his people and showing what he has shown these years at Chelsea.
Could massive competition be within Yordi's reach?
If I put myself in Jordi's shoes, the arrival of a player of this level would be a nuisance. Maybe his landing makes him ask for more. Not just Jordi, but any player. When we feel we might be missing something, we show more interest and effort. It will be a good annoyance.
What a team Barcelona brought together, Alejandro.
The truth is, it's incredible. Xavi has a huge project on his hands. Moreover, he has signed hungry players like Lewandowski and Ravenha or Marcos Alonso himself. Let's see if you put them together well.
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The College Football Playoff (Semifinals + National Championship) averaged a 12.7 overnight rating and a streaming audience of 535,000 average viewers, 1,655,000 unique viewers watching 120,090,000 minutes. The three game overnight average is up 8% from last season's same three games and streaming audience is up 39%, 25%, 38%, respectively, in average minute audience, unique viewers and total minutes watched. The streaming average is the best in the three years of the College Football Playoff – in all three metrics – surpassing the first year by 100%, 65%, and 98%, respectively.
Factoring in the entire New Year's Six, the seven games (New Year's Six + Championship) averaged a 9.0 overnight and a streaming audience of 355,000 average viewers, 1,155,000 unique viewers watching 79,095,000 minutes. The overnight average is up 8% from last season and streaming audience is up 49%, 30%, 48%, respectively, in average audience minute audience, unique viewers and total minutes watched. The streaming average is the best in the three years of the new system – in all three metrics – surpassing the first year by 132%, 96%, and 130%, respectively.
The College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T between Clemson and Alabama (January 9, 2017) set streaming records for the third consecutive year. The Tigers' victory had a streaming average audience of 710,000 viewers with 2,413,000 unique viewers watching 182,575,000 minutes – setting new highs in all three categories for a college football game on any ESPN network and surpassing last season's national championship game between the same teams (January 11, 2016). The streaming audience was up 21%, 25% and 30%, respectively, in average minute audience, unique viewers and total minutes watched from the before mentioned 2016 CFP National Championship. The unique viewers is ESPN's third best across all sports, trailing only two USA World Cup games which were played during traditional working hours.
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How to stay in shape without going to the gym this Christmas
CHRISTMAS is usually a time for filling up on roast potatoes, leftover turkey and prosecco – but life is all about balance.
We spoke to personal trainer Will Smith from The Club Company to find out the best methods for keeping healthy this Christmas.
Will said: "You should aim to do around 15 to 30 minutes of exercise every single day, even if it's something simple just to keep you moving.
"It's easy to slack off over Christmas but if you do that it's going to be even harder to get fit in January."
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It might seem obvious but walking is a superb way to keep yourself active, especially over the holidays when you might not feel like doing much more.
Coach Will recommends spending 30 minutes walking at a relatively fast pace or enjoy an hour's slow walk to maintain a good level of fitness.
He said: "You should aim do achieve around 5,000 steps a day as a minimum but it can be adjusted to suit your routine."
HIIT workouts generally combine short bursts of intense exercise with periods of rest or lower-intensity exercise.
It's one of the most effective workouts for burning away those extra pounds as it keeps your heart working at an optimum rate for longer.
These workouts are quick and easy to perform taking between 15 to 30 minutes.
There are plenty of fitness channels online including Alice Liveing on Instagram who has lots of free HIIT videos, as well as many more on YouTube.
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The nation's favourite PE teacher, Joe Wicks is a great ambassador for doing a little bit of exercise each day to keep a healthy mind and body.
His classes can be found on YouTube and really don't take much time and are equipment free.
Will said: "These home workouts are ideal, they're around 20 minutes long and they're easy to follow and you can take it at your own pace."
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Whether you're a complete novice or avid runner, there's no doubting that this is one of the easiest ways to keep fit whilst you're at home.
All you need is a pair of trainers and some headphones could come in handy too – especially if it takes you a bit of drum and bass to really feel your flow.
If you're worried about it but would like to start running then coach Will recommends trying the NHS Couch to 5k scheme that has helped thousands of people get fit and healthy in no time.
If you have a bike at home then getting outdoors and exploring your local area on two wheels can be a really great way to keep fit and healthy whilst also enjoying some fresh air.
Cycling is great fun for all the family and it's easy to hire a bike in most major towns and cities now through apps like Beryl and Santander Cycles.
Will recommends cycling around 15km for the average person, which is usually about 30 to 45 minutes of riding.
The great thing about yoga is it isn't a kit-heavy activity. However, it can be worth investing in some decent basics so you feel comfortable and supported during difficult poses – but really, you'll be fine with no equipment.
There are plenty of great YouTube tutorials out there for all experience levels including Yoga with Adriene, whose classes are specifically tailed to enjoy at home.
Yoga is a great way to mobilise your joints and muscles, relieve tension and find some moments of peace in what can be a very stressful time of year.
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This is a great resource for parents of students who struggle with their multiplication facts. Included are 18 pages of fun activities that parents can do with their children. Examples are: games with flash cards, playing cards, and game boards. The facts from 2-12 are included with the game boards. There are also extra credit opportunities where a child could create a multiplication rap among other fun choices to show understanding of the facts!


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Mend, if not end, Electoral College -- March 28, 2019 column
President Donald Trump now praises the Electoral College as genius and brilliant, but he wasn't always a fan.
On Election Night 2012, citizen Trump tweeted the Electoral College was "a disaster for a democracy . . . a total sham and a travesty."
He thought, mistakenly, that his choice for president, Republican Mitt Romney, would win the popular vote but lose in the Electoral College.
"More votes equals a loss . . . revolution!" Trump later deleted this and several other
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President Barack Obama won both the popular and electoral votes. Four years later, Hillary Clinton won nearly 3 million more votes than Trump, but she lost in the Electoral College.
When we vote for president, we're actually voting for electors. To win the White House, a candidate needs 270 of the total 538 electoral votes. Trump won 304 to Clinton's 227. Seven electors voted for others.
Trump says he realizes "the Electoral College is far better for the USA." But is it?
The Electoral College has been unloved for decades. Author James A. Michener, an elector in 1968, called the college a "time bomb lodged in the heart of the nation."
He presciently worried that one day "the man who wins the largest popular vote across the nation will not be chosen President, with all the turmoil that this might cause." Indeed. Except the man was a woman.
Since the '60s, Democrats and Republicans have told pollsters they favor the popular vote over the Electoral College, but numerous attempts to amend the Constitution and abolish the college have failed.
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren says she'll scrap the college as part of a plan to expand voting rights. The current system results in small states being mostly ignored, while swing states get all the attention, she said March 19 at a CNN Town Hall in Mississippi.
"We need to get rid of the Electoral College so that presidential candidates have to ask every American in every part of the country for their vote, not just those in battleground states," she said.
Democratic contenders Pete Buttigieg and Beto O'Rourke also support changing to the popular vote.
Trump warns letting the popular vote prevail would mean "the cities would end up running the country. Smaller states & the entire Midwest would end up losing all power & we can't let that happen," he tweeted.
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Lindsey Graham and other Republicans oppose a constitutional amendment -- but that's not the only avenue to change the system.
The Constitution determines how many electors a state has: one for each House member and two for the senators. But it does not say how states must allocate their votes.
All but two states use a winner-take-all system, which means most states are not in play. A candidate doesn't have to win a majority of votes in a state to win all its electoral votes.
"In 2016, Donald Trump won all the electoral votes, totaling 101, in six states where he received less than 50 percent of the popular vote: Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. (Hillary Clinton won seven states this way)," Edward B. Foley, a law professor at Ohio State, wrote in an essay for Politico in January.
"In reality, the current system works to the detriment of both Republicans and Democrats," he said. His book, "Presidential Elections and Majority Rule" will be published in December by Oxford University Press.
Nebraska and Maine use a better system, splitting their electoral votes according to the outcomes statewide and in each of their congressional districts.
Another approach is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. So far, 12 states and the District of Columbia with 181 electoral votes have pledged their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, ensuring the popular vote winner was also the Electoral College winner.
The compact would kick in only after the total number of Electoral College votes in member states exceeds 270. It likely would be challenged in court.
The Founding Fathers couldn't agree whether the president should be elected by popular vote or the Congress, and their compromise led to the Electoral College.
That compromise has outlived its usefulness. It's time to look at ways to minimize its role, whether through the compact or splitting up results by congressional district.
Either would deliver fairer and more representative presidential elections.
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Happy Easter! As I'm writing this, it is Easter Sunday and I'm gearing up to start Easter dinner, which will be fairly simple because Thanksgiving is my holiday. Seriously. I make a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, but I'm sort of not into cooking on Easter (although I do love the holiday). So, our food is pretty much of the stick it in the oven and then put it on the table variety. I even had my husband pick up a dessert at the store yesterday so I wouldn't have to worry about that.
So far, the kids have gone through their Easter baskets (mostly books and Legos, with minimal candy thrown in), gone to church, and then had an Easter Egg hunt in the backyard (eggs were filled with Legos). Now, everyone else is watching Dr. Strange, which I was sort of "meh" about, and I'm catching up here. All in all, a pretty decent Easter!
Before I forget, I have a giveaway going on right now (until midnight on Monday) for The Half Wives by Stacia Pelletier. I really enjoyed this one and would invite you to enter.
I'm changing things slightly here. While I have a number of books on my "currently reading" list (which you can see on my Goodreads page), I'm only going to update the ones that I make progress on during the week. I've had 2 that I've included recently that are currently at a standstill point for various reasons, and I feel silly saying that I haven't moved my bookmark/audible spot all week...each week. This doesn't mean that I've given up on the books, just that they weren't part of my reading during the past week (although I still consider myself to be reading them).
I'm finally reading my 2nd Margaret Atwood book! I have read The Handmaid's Tale, which I found fascinating (and I'm eagerly waiting for the Hulu series!), but I hadn't ever read anything beyond that. The MaddAddam Trilogy and Oryx and Crake , especially, have come highly recommended, so I decided to give it a try. So far, I'm enjoying it. It is completely unlike anything else I've read lately, which is good. However, it does tend to trigger paranoia a bit...but maybe that's a good thing?
The Queen of the Tearling is still coming along. I'm enjoying it quite a bit, but I've really only had a chance to read it when I'm waiting on the kids for something (my kindle is usually in my purse for just that reason). I'm guessing that it will take me another week or two to finish.
I'm trying to read one story a day in These Heroic, Happy Dead: Stories . Honestly, it is a heavier book than I really can handle at the moment...but is also a situation where I don't get to choose when I read it.
I actually finished 2 books this week, both of which I would recommend.
The first was On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins. As I said last week, this is my first book by her and I found it to be delightful. It had just enough angst to amp up the romance, but still light enough that it was pure enjoyment to read. I fell in love with the two heroines and felt that the true love story was between the two sisters (you know, like Frozen).


The Edo State Government has announced that it has spent N4 billion on various water projects across the state from January 2017 to February 2018 in collaboration with the European Union (EU).
The state's Commissioner for Energy and Water Resources, Mr Yekini Idaiye, who made the disclosure to newsmen in Benin City explained that the projects were meant to provide portable drinking water to the people.
He further stated that in addition to the water projects, which were cited in seven local government areas in the state, N1.3 billion has been budgeted for water in the state this year.
Mr Idaye said that the projects were cited in rural and urban areas adding that those in the rural communities had attained 70 per cent completion while work had commenced in the ones in the urban areas.


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Languages: Shqip The European Union will organise an international donors' conference on 17 February in Brussels to support the reconstruction efforts in Albania after the earthquake that struck the country at the end of November, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to Albania - Publication date: 10/01/2020
EU Office/EUSR welcomes the constitution of the Kosovo Assembly
Languages: Shqip Српски "We welcome the constitution of the Assembly of Kosovo and congratulate the newly elected Speaker and Assembly Presidency. We look forward to the swift government formation which would enable Kosovo to move forward on its economic and social development, on rule of law
Albania earthquake: European Union, United Nations and World Bank jointly support Government to assess needs, develop recovery plan
Languages: Shqip Upon the request of the Government of Albania, the European Union, United Nations and World Bank have jointly embarked into carrying out a comprehensive assessment of the effects, impacts and needs arising from the earthquake of 26 November. The disaster cost Albania the lives of


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Q: Template is missing --> For PUT Request I was able to integrate stripe using Ryan Bates' tutorial. Now, I'd like to be able to allow users to update their Credit Card Information. I've set up a form, at change_plan_path, which sends A PUT request to users/update_card . However, when I click the Update Credit Card Button, I get the error :
Template is missing

Missing template users/update_card, application/update_card with {:locale=>[:en], :formats=>[:html], :handlers=>[:erb, :builder, :coffee]}. Searched in: * "C:/Sites/dentist/app/views"

Here's the form I'm using to send the PUT Request :
    <%= form_tag("/users/update_card", :method => "put", :class => "edit_user", :id => "change_card" ) do %>
  <%= hidden_field_tag :stripe_card_token %>

      JavaScript is not enabled and is required for this form. First enable it in your web browser settings.

      <%= label_tag :card_number, "Credit Card Number" %>
      <%= text_field_tag :card_number, nil, name: nil %>

      <%= label_tag :card_code, "Security Code on Card (CVV)" %>
      <%= text_field_tag :card_code, nil, name: nil %>

      <%= label_tag :card_month, "Card Expiration" %>
      <%= select_month nil, {add_month_numbers: true}, {name: nil, id: "card_month"} %>
      <%= select_year nil, {start_year: Date.today.year, end_year: Date.today.year+15}, {name: nil, id: "card_year"} %>

  <%= submit_tag("Update My Credit Card", :class => "button") %>

Here's my routes.rb file :
  put '/users/update_plan',  to: 'users#update_plan'
  put '/users/update_card',  to: 'users#update_card'
  resources :users
  resources :sessions, only: [:new, :create, :destroy]
  resources :phones, only: [:new, :create, :destroy]
  resources :find_numbers, only: [:new, :create]

  match '/signup',  to: 'users#new'
  match '/login',  to: 'sessions#new'
  match '/signout', to: 'sessions#destroy', via: :delete
  match '/change_plan',  to: 'users#change_plan'
  match '/change_card',  to: 'users#change_card'

  root  to: 'static_pages#home'

  match '/product_demo', to: 'static_pages#product_demo'

  match '/pricing', to: 'plans#index'

  match '/contact', to: 'static_pages#contact'

And here's the Stripe Coffescript I'm using. It doesn't seem to even work yet, but maybe it has something to do with it. (Start with changecard.setupForm() )
jQuery ->
  Stripe.setPublishableKey($('meta[name="stripe-key"]').attr('content'))
  subscription.setupForm()

subscription =
  setupForm: ->
    $('#new_user').submit ->
      $('input[type=submit]').attr('disabled', true)
      if $('#card_number').length
        subscription.processCard()
        false
      else
        true

  processCard: ->
    card =
      number: $('#card_number').val()
      cvc: $('#card_code').val()
      expMonth: $('#card_month').val()
      expYear: $('#card_year').val()
    Stripe.createToken(card, subscription.handleStripeResponse)

  handleStripeResponse: (status, response) ->
    if status == 200
      $('#user_stripe_card_token').val(response.id)
      $('#new_user')[0].submit()
    else
      $('#stripe_error').text(response.error.message)
      $('input[type=submit]').attr('disabled', false)

 changecard.setupForm()

changecard =
  setupForm: ->
    $('#change_card').submit ->
      $('input[type=submit]').attr('disabled', true)
      if $('#card_number').length
        subscription.processCard()
        false
      else
        true

  processCard: ->
    card =
      number: $('#card_number').val()
      cvc: $('#card_code').val()
      expMonth: $('#card_month').val()
      expYear: $('#card_year').val()
    Stripe.createToken(card, subscription.handleStripeResponse)

  handleStripeResponse: (status, response) ->
    if status == 200
      $('#user_stripe_card_token').val(response.id)
      $('#change_card')[0].submit()
    else
      $('#stripe_error').text(response.error.message)
      $('input[type=submit]').attr('disabled', false)

A: Usually when you get this error it's after the controller action has executed and it's trying to render something back to the browser. Unless you explicitly tell it what to render, it will try and serve a view based on the controller/action. Without knowing what your controller looks like, it's hard to say exactly what you what to happen after the info has been updated. I would expect you'd either want to redirect to a new page, or render a page.
If you want to redirect, you can do with with redirect_to and specify the path. In the following example, I'm assuming you want to redirect to the user show action:
redirect_to user_url(current_user)

If you want to render some content, you will need to create an html template for update_card.html.erb or render some arbitrary content like:
render :text => "yay"

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The concept is simple, though the implementation may not be. One possible scenario of presence awareness is a contact list that lets you tell whether colleagues have logged on to the network or are on the phone because little icons will appear beside their names.For example, if you want to talk to someone right away, you can find out whether they are on the phone and whether they are reachable through instant messaging. This way, you can send an instant message in the hopes that they will read the message instead of listening to the person with whom they're having a phone conversation.
Alternatively, if you find someone is not available by landline, they may still be available by cellphone.
Nearly half the companies surveyed by Infonetics Research Inc. have said they're using some form of presence awareness now and more than half anticipate they will be using it within two years.
But presence awareness is only useful if you're dealing with colleagues who are not in the next cubicle, and in some cases, you're dealing with customers, partners and suppliers located in a different city or a different country, supported by a different IT or telecom department. They may not be using the same networking or messaging system.
If your department is responsible for supporting a manager who wants presence awareness, and he complains that when he logs on, the appropriate icon does not appear on a key customer's contact list, what do you do? Suppose another manager wants to be able to determine the availability of an account executive with a Chinese supplier. How much time are you going to spend dealing with the Chinese firm's IT department to set this up? How is the the vendor going to ensure interoperability with other companies' systems?
Interoperability is not impossible, but these are the questions telecom managers should be asking vendors who are trying to sell them on the concept of presence awareness.


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Q: Android generate signed APK error somewhere here is a problem. When I try to generate a signed APK this error shows up everytime

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithJarMergingForRelease'.
  com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: java.util.zip.ZipException: duplicate entry: com/sun/activation/registries/LineTokenizer.class

Here is gradle which I use
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 25
buildToolsVersion "25.0.3"
defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.lodka.lodkanadejeapp"
    minSdkVersion 15
    targetSdkVersion 25
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
    testInstrumentationRunner        "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    multiDexEnabled true
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
}

dependencies {

compile ('com.parse:parse-android:1.12.0'){
    exclude group: 'com.parse.bolts', module: 'bolts-tasks';
}
compile files('libs/activation.jar')
compile files('libs/additionnal.jar')
compile files('libs/mail.jar')
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:10.2.4'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:10.2.4'
compile 'javax.mail:mail:1.4.5'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

Can you guys please give me a tip what is wrong? It is frustrating that you have finished a making of app and you can't generate an app :/
Thanks :)


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HomeBreaking NewsKandeh Yumkella wins petition hearing – NEC says he can contest elections
Kandeh Yumkella wins petition hearing – NEC says he can contest elections
January 24, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas Breaking News 6
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 January 2018
Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission (NEC) has today declared, after a hearing lasting just one hour, that Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella is free to contest parliamentary elections due on 7th of March, as there is insufficient evidence brought forward by the ruling APC party petitioner – Mr. Abu Bakarr Sankoh.
Reporting for the Sierra Leone Telegraph from Kambia, Alusine Kamara said that the petition hearing which took place at the Kambia Court Barray, started at about 4.20pm and concluded just after 5pm, following a series of time wasting shenanigans by the ruling APC pettier and their lawyers.
Both the petitioner – Mr. Abu Bakarr Sankoh and Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella's representative presented their evidence and made their arguments to the NEC officials, in what at times appeared to be a heated exchange between the NEC officials and the ruling APC petitioner, Alusine Kamara reported.
Today's unprecedented ruling by the NEC comes, following an objection filed by the ruling APC party, claiming that Dr. Yumkella is ineligible to contest the constituency election in his place of birth – Kychum in the northern district of Kambia.
According to the ruling APC, Dr. Yumkella contravened the country's Constitution at the time he registered to vote in Kychum Kambia a few months ago, by holding a dual nationality, an allegation Dr. Yumkella and his NGC party have strongly refuted, calling it "an attempt to deny Dr. Yumkella his birthright as a Sierra Leonean to exercise his civil liberty and constitutional right".
Immediately after the ruling, there was jubilation outside the court, as supporters of Dr. Yumkella took to the streets in celebration.
But the judgement leaves room for an appeal at the Headquarters of NEC in Freetown. It remains to be seen whether the ruling APC will pursue an appeal to simply drag this matter right up to the Supreme Court, so as to scupper the NGC election campaign.
This is the ruling of the NEC:
Sierra Leone's political discourse is growing up
We will continue to work towards victory in the March 2018 elections – says NGC
Mohamed Bangura says:
This is a ploy to silence vibrant opposition, rendering them functionless and voiceless so that the corrupt govt will continue to destroy the precious life and future of decent, innocent, peace loving citizens. God Willing, enemies of progress will never succeed in deterring the effort of visionary leaders, such as the astute Dr. Yumkellah. Posterity will definitely judge us all.
Mavis Ayesatta Tholley says:
You know what's sad in all this? The ruling party isn't even concerned about the very people they claim to work for, but instead are focused on trying to intimidate opponents. If you've done a great job, it will speak for itself, otherwise, get the hell out and let someone else try.
Ten years of nonsense is not welcome anymore. Inventory time guys, go search your souls, and let us know what you find. Dr. KKY, congratulations and good luck. May the good Lord always shelter you from all evil. Cheers.
Med Sillah says:
The APC may think they are smart with their 99% tactics but they have missed this one. They initially said that they were not targeting anyone but exercising caution by not awarding symbols to dual nationals for parliament. But suddenly they now have an interest in this matter concerning KKY's nomination and have been working behind the scenes to ensure that this fine gentleman is stopped in his tracks.
I was not a fan of KKY but this intense drama has got my attention looking back at how they illegally removed the vice president and suddenly they are the great respecter of the law what a joke. KKY should be assured that the people of this country are firmly behind him and any underhand tactics will be met with a stiff resistance.
Let the APC focus on fixing the dangerous potholes in front of Youyi building which houses government departments and the start of Hananh Benka Coker street and others before they leave office – before we vote you out Tolongbo.
Jusu Ngenda says:
The APC party haven't seen anything yet. This is just the beginning. They will go out of the track clamorously demonstrating.
May the all mighty God continue to protect and bless Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella. Father all mighty am calling on you to use your power massively to control the people of Sierra Leone to vote wisely on the 7the march !
Sanpha Moriba says:
APC should really be ashamed of themselves for harassing this young man. I am not a supporter of Dr. Kandeh Yumkella but Sierra Leone needs a man like him in the political process. His knowledge and wealth of experience are invaluable to Sierra Leone. Why would the APC want to bring a man like Yumkella down?
This whole nonsense about dual citizenship and its constitutional relevance in politics and elections is carefully being exploited by Ernest Koroma for the sole purpose of stopping Yumkella. The thought of Yumkella winning the Western Area and being competitive in the North is causing sleepless nights in the APC camp. Too bad but APC are going to get knocked out of any consideration for the second round of balloting. Viva Sierra Leone.