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Voices grow against social media ban
The State-imposed thorny ban on social media looks set to drag on till at least Thursday (15 March), after a high-level meeting yesterday failed to agree on a timeline for restrictions, despite numerous pleas from the private sector, rights activists and top diplomats.
The Presidential Secretariat hosted a meeting of all stakeholders, including Telecom Regulatory Commission (TRC) officials, who issued a directive to telecommunications companies to ban social media apps such as WhatsApp, Viber and Facebook last Wednesday (7 March) as the country reeled from violent communal clashes in the Kandy District. The move cut access to about six million users, including many hundreds of businesses, self-employed and entrepreneurs, who depend on the platforms for their business.
The Presidential Secretariat meeting, which was largely expected to announce a date for lifting the ban, nonetheless ended inconclusively with no decision being taken. Participants said the blanket ban would remain till the Government formulated a proposal to address concerns that the platforms were extensively used to spread hate speech and incite violence.
"Discussion was held about what action can be taken to relax the situation. There will be a change soon, but not within the next 48 hours," President's Secretary and TRC Chairman Austin Fernando told the Daily FT.
He also said that although concerns were raised with the Regional Head of social media giant Facebook, the organisation had failed to adequately address the situation and deal with the concerns raised by the Sri Lankan Government. One key concern is that Facebook is often unable to identify virulent posts, videos, and memes as they do not have the capacity to understand Sinhala and swiftly flag or remove offensive posts.
"We accept there are a few technical issues and the Sri Lanka Telecom and the TRC is working on addressing those," he said, but failed to give a definitive time frame on when the ban would be lifted.
One voice for lifting the ban came from within the Government ranks itself. National Policies and Economic Affairs State Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva, who told the Daily FT that during discussions he had called on the Presidential Secretary Austin Fernando to lift the ban as its continuance would have economic and social implications.
Dr. de Silva also called on the Government to deal with illegal usage of social media platforms separately. He also characteristically took to Twitter to express his support for lifting restrictions.
"Pres @MaithripalaS agreed with me and appointed 3-member PCoI on recent racial violence. The 72-hour social media ban passed. Best to unblock now," he tweeted, adding: "Had long discussion with Secretary to President also Chairman TRC. Explained at length of negative impact on economy. Hope he can convince President to unblock."
Industry body, Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS), has also called on the Government to speedily remove restrictions pointing out that the economy would face repercussions from a prolonged ban.
"The IT industry is a vital component of Sri Lanka's economy. This ban has badly affected the tourism industry, small businesses and others. We extend the fullest cooperation of the industry to resolve this issue as soon as possible," said FITIS Chairman Dr. Kithsiri Manchanayake. FITIS has also reached out to the Facebook office in India and talked to their policy planning head to coordinate a country-to-country agreement, similar to what is already in place for Bangladesh and Singapore, Dr. Manchanayake said.
"We hope to compile a report on possible steps the Government can take to restrict hate speech, but allow the platforms to function, and expect to hand it over to the Presidential Secretariat in the next day or two," he added.
As Facebook is restricted, many people turned to Twitter to express their frustration on the ongoing ban and engaged with the Government on how it could better tackle the situation.
Joining in the voices to lift the ban was Australian High Commissioner Bryce Hutchesson's succinct post read: "Time (overdue) to lift Sri Lanka's blanket blocking of key social media platforms- blunt instrument."
U.S. Ambassador Atul Keshap tweeted, "Social media is an imperfect, evolving, and fluid platform that uses new technology to connect and reflect human societies as a whole, including the good and bad. Hate-filled people who exploit new ways to fan the flames of intolerance and violence are the real main culprits."
Members of the public also used #socialmediablock to express their views, including speculation as to how President Maithripala Sirisena's Facebook page had continued to be updated despite the restrictions since last Wednesday (7 March), including a post of him meeting officials and religious leaders in Kandy, a Women's Day message, and photos of the swearing-in of new Law and Order Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara last week.
Many social media users had also pointed out that the Government ban had limited impact on the spread of communally charged posts. Popular liberal users suggested the Government use posts by people on the ground to improve accountability as well as spread positive messages of inter-communal assistance to improve harmony, using the reconstruction of the torched Muslim shop in Anamaduwa as an example.
"Completely illegal and illogical. It makes no sense. It is like prescribing Panadol for three days to treat cancer. It does not address the underlying issue. It looks as if the Government is trying to avoid criticism on how they are managing the country rather than a genuine concern to prevent the spread of hate speech. They could have used a different mechanism to monitor and report on social media activities. It has to be done in a way that ensures that the rights of the people are least affected. Social media is not illegal, therefore legal users cannot be restricted because of illegal users," said Attorney-at-law Thishya Weregoda, who specialises in Intellectual Property and Technology.
"Social media ban is a deadly blow against common people's involvement in political affairs. The Government seems to be using this opportunity to curb this public sphere par excellence to drive away the people from using the democratic space," said Executive Committee Member of the Federation of University Teachers' Association (FUTA) Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri.
(Source: Daily FT – By Uditha Jayasinghe and Chathuri Dissanayake)
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Ohio Dem's Spokeswoman Has Terse Response To Lincoln Project's Offer To Help Defeat JD Vance
By Greg Wilson
May 5, 2022 DailyWire.com
(Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Ohio Senate candidate Tim Ryan's spokesperson tersely declined the Lincoln Project's offer to help the Democrat defeat Republican J.D. Vance in the November election.
The controversial PAC, formed by once and former Republicans to stop Donald Trump's re-election, has broadened its opposition to Republicans across the nation, including mainstream Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Its offer to help Democrats in the Buckeye State drew a short and sweet declination from the spokeswoman for Ryan, a Youngstown Democrat who won Tuesday's primary.
"Pls no," tweeted Izzy Levy.
pls no https://t.co/JNDqLzFOhH
— Izzi Levy (@chevytothe_levy) May 5, 2022
Vance, who triumphed over a crowded field in Tuesday's GOP primary, is a venture capitalist and author of "Hillbilly Elegy," a memoir on his Appalachian roots. A one-time never-Trumper, Vance became an unapologetic supporter of the 45th president and won his endorsement the race.
The Lincoln Project, which labeled the Ohio race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman as one of the "top races critical to American democracy's survival," has stepped up its Twitter attacks on Vance since the primary. The group has vowed to be active in the race, even if Ryan's team would rather it stayed out.
Thank you again @ProjectLincoln for helping elect Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and thank you in advance for doing your part to elect a MAGA Republican Sen. @JDVance1, perhaps even contributing to the GOP taking control of the Senate in the process!
— Rebecca Downs (@RebeccaRoseGold) May 5, 2022
Vance won his party's primary over a crowded field that included former State Treasurer Josh Mandel and Matt Dolan, whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team. Vance garnered 32% of the GOP vote, but his tally of 340,000 votes nearly matched Ryan's vote total in a far less competitive race.
The Lincoln Project, which despite its purported Republican roots has campaigned almost exclusively against GOP candidates, also made news this week when it blasted Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's leaked draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade. But most of its emphasis has been on political races.
"Unlike other PACs, The Lincoln Project is not going after easy races to bolster its winning percentage," the group announced this week. "Each race was evaluated and scored on whether it plays an outsized role creating a positive, pro-democracy outcome in 2024, the importance towards controlling the state's governor's office and Congressional delegation, and finally, an individual candidate's support for liberalism."
The Lincoln Project was established in 2019 by a group of conservatives including Jeff Weaver, Steve Schmidt, and George Conway, husband of former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. It raised tens of millions of dollars, but questions were raised about how it spent the money after it was revealed some $50 million went to longtime Republican operatives, including Rick Wilson and Schmidt.
Scandal followed when Weaver, once an aide to the late Sen. John McCain and a married father of two, was accused in early 2021 of sending sexually charged messages to male teens. More than 20 men came forward in accusing Weaver of harassing them online.
Weaver is no longer associated with the group.
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Scenes In The Square
Premier created a new landmark destination for London, consisting of 8 dynamic bronze statues in Leicester Square celebrating 100 years of cinema in the heart of London.
We have been working with the charity War Child to launch their Emergency Coronavirus Crowdfunder.
Premier has been supporting the release for our client IMAX, celebrating the long-awaited return of theatrical cinema and the unrivalled immersive experience provided in IMAX theatres.
Premier's TV team handled the series from script to screen, with the three lead actors, Michaela Coel, Weruche Opia and Paapa Essiedu all represented by the Premier Personal department
Premier is proud to represent Sam Mendes, director of 1917, and the film's two lead actors George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman.
Premier ran an end to end publicity campaign for international hit, Normal People, including, unit, imagery, all UK TX work and international coordination.
Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh
Premier is providing PR, stunts and communications services for the once in a generation blockbuster exhibition.
Premier has been working on the new series of A League of Their Own, a stalwart in Sky's entertainment portfolio over the past decade and one of the most popular shows on Sky One.
To support the release of Call Of Duty: Warzone, the first free-to-play title in the franchise, the Premier Partnerships team secured and activated a number of single and multi-market brand partnerships
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Premier has been working with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra on their Music in the Summer Air festival.
Sadio Mané: Made in Senegal
Premier has been working with Rakuten TV on the PR campaign for the new documentary Sadio Mané: Made in Senegal, which tells the incredible story of the Liverpool and Senegal football star's rise to the top of the game
Photography by Gary Huges
#ThankYouNHS
#thankyounhs - Premier is proud to have played a part in curating a video of thanks to the dedicated staff of the NHS
Premier was commissioned by the Entertainment Retail Association to produce a unique promotional film to mark Record Store Day 2020.


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The Intolerable Acts
Did the Boston tea party happen when tom Jefferson was in office?
there was no president yet
Q: Did the Boston tea party happen when tom Jefferson was in office?
Did Jefferson take part in the Boston tea party?
No, Jefferson did not participate in the Boston Tea Party. Thomas Jefferson lived in the Colony of Virginia. The Boston Tea Party took place in the Colony of Massachusetts.
Did Thomas Jefferson take part in the Boston Tea Party?
Did the Boston tea party happen in Boston Massachusetts?
yes in Boston Harbor that is
Why Boston tea party happen?
nothing because there was no party!
Did the Boston Tea Party happen after the revolution?
no, the Boston tea party was before the revolutionary war.
Who boycotted the Boston Tea Party?
george washington, thomas jefferson
What is Thomas Jefferson's name after the Boston tea party?
the father of the constitution
Where did the Boston Tea Party happen?
It happened a wharf in the Boston harbor.
Did the Boston massacre happen before or after the Boston tea party?
What colony did the Boston Tea Party happen on?
It happened in Massachusetts. LOOK AT THE NAME!!! BOSTON tea party.
What happen next after the Boston Tea Party?
How does the Boston tea party affects us now in 2008?
What year did the Boston Tea Party happen?
The Boston Tea Party happened in 1773, when patriots dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
What happen during the Boston tea party?
they dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor
What dock did the Boston Tea Party happen on?
The griffin worf near the Boston harbor.
When did the Boston tie party happen?
September 11. 2002
What ship did the Boston Tea Party happen on?
the Dartmouth i think.
Did the American Revolution happen after the Boston Tea Party?
Did the Boston Tea Party happen in Boston?
Yes the "tea party" happened in Boston Harbor. A replica of the original ship that was bordered by Patriot's, dressed as Indians, is still in Boston Harbor today.
Why did the Boston Party happen?
to protest the british tea law/act
What battle did the Boston Tea Party happen?
the French and Indian war
What happen after the battle of Yorktown?
The Boston Tea party was before Yorktown.
Did anything happen after the Boston tea party?
Yes the continental congress
What political party was Thomas Jefferson a part of?
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States of America, and held office from 1801-1809. He belonged to the Democratic-Republican Party.
What time did the Boston tea party happen?
On the evening of December 16, 1773
What date did the Boston Tea Party happen?
Thursday, December 16, 1773. It happened at the Boston Harbor, on Griffin's Wharf.


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Aleksey Valentinovich Mitrofanov (, also transliterated as Alexei Mitrofanov; born 16 March 1962) is a Russian politician and deputy of the State Duma of Russia from the A Just Russia party. He has been Deputy Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets and a member of the LDPR Supreme Council.

Career
Mitrofanov ran for mayor of Moscow in 1999 and again in 2003, unsuccessfully both times. He served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union. He holds degrees in international relations from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and from the USA-Canada Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

In 2005, he made and released a controversial erotic movie titled Yuliya, which portrayed two people called Misha and Yuliya in various sex scenes, who resembled then-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili. He is also known for his strident nationalist comments. For instance, in November 2008, he claimed that the 2008–2009 Ukrainian financial crisis would shut down Ukraine's industry and that this collapse would make Ukraine become a part of the Russian Federation.

Mitrofanov left the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) in August 2007 to join A Just Russia, led by Sergei Mironov. Opinion polls at the time suggested that the LDPR would fail to gain representation in the Duma following the election in December 2007, while Fair Russia was expected to gain seats. LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky said Mitrofanov's departure would actually improve Mitrofanov's former party image.

Mitrofanov stood as the top candidate for the Fair Russia federal list in Penza during the 2007 Russian legislative election. He was not re-elected.

In 2011, he was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

t.A.T.u. Come Back
In 2006, Mitrofanov's book t.A.T.u. Come Back () was published, a text message collection inspired by the band t.A.T.u. The novel was later made into a movie titled You and I, starring Mischa Barton and the two members of t.A.T.u., Lena Katina and Julia Volkova.

References

External links

 Aleksey Mitrofanov at Lentapedia

1962 births
Living people
Politicians from Moscow
Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia politicians
Russian nationalists
First convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Third convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)

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Oracle has nice features to export data as an XML file. Let us discuss a few of them.
The first one is to use SQL Developer. We could already export a table in SQL developer as an XML file.
The second one is to use the DBMS_XMLGEN package. This allows to use queries in an export. Let me show some code to demonstrate this.
A third possibility is to work with a stored procedure. The code can be found here.
One may notice that this stored procedure also uses the DBMS_XMLGEN.GETXML package.


The Petersen family presents delightful miniature "forest folk" which they have been handcrafting for many years.
Tiny mice, rabbits and other forest creatures are all the rage at Wee Forest Folk, a Massachusetts-based company that takes great pride in their whimsical collectibles. The founder, Annette Petersen, developed a method of sculpting originals in clay, which are then cast and handpainted. Since being discovered by retailers and eager customers, Wee Forest Folk line has remained a timeless and popular collection. The Arts Business Institute spoke with Jenny Petersen about their business.
ABI: An important contact helped you get started in wholesaling. Could you tell us about it?
JP: Forty years ago when we first started, there were actually two contacts that really put us on the map. The first was Dave Jackson who owned a miniatures store in Carmel, CA. He loved them and came out to visit us here in Massachusetts. He would bring them around to miniature shows and he sounded like a carnival barker but he sure sold a lot of mice!! The second was Jack Harris who founded a chain of stores called The Mole Hole. He set us up with a bunch of them and it really helped get us off the ground in all areas of the USA!
ABI: How often do you release new products?
JP: Unlike other companies who do a yearly line, we introduce new sculptures several times a year. The Petersens are always sculpting and when they are finished a new mouse is put on the line. The advantages for our collectors is that they can count on new pieces coming out for each holiday or season and our retailers are helped along throughout the year.
ABI: What strategies are you using to grow business in a tough economy?
JP: Along with the occasional advertisement that we put out we also take advantage of free magazine editorials that come long and we keep our website, Facebook and Pinterest pages current. We have been attending gift shows for the last few years also.
ABI: Your founder, Annette Petersen, still takes part in the business. What is her role?
JP: Annette started the business in 1972 and she still comes in to work 3 days a week. Besides making daily business decisions, she still sculpts! It takes her a little longer and her daughter, Donna helps her with certain parts but at 93 years young she still doesn't wear glasses!


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Bliza (latarnia dźwigniowa) – odmiana prostej latarni morskiej.

Latarnia taka była drewnianą konstrukcją przypominającą żuraw z podwieszonym żelaznym koszem, wypełnionym płonącym węglem lub smołą. Kosz, zwany potocznie "kotłem Wulkana", wznosił się na wysokość kilkunastu metrów w górę. Światło tego typu latarni widoczne było z odległości kilku mil morskich. Latarnie tego typu stosowane były w Europie od Średniowiecza, a m.in. wykorzystywano je na Helu w XVII wieku (zniszczona w 1667) i w gdańskim Nowym Porcie od XVIII wieku.

W Parku Miniatur Latarni Morskich w Niechorzu znajduje się jedyna w Europie sprawna rekonstrukcja blizy w skali 1:1 (14 metrów wysokości).

Bliza to również kaszubska nazwa Rozewia.

Przypisy

Latarnie morskie


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Letitia Alma Vriesde (born 5 October 1964) is a female former track and field athlete from Suriname, who specialised in the 800 metres but was also successful over 1500 metres. She is the first (and to date, only) sportsperson from Suriname to compete at five Olympic Games. She won a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships. Vriesde holds the South American records for the 800 metres, 1000 metres and 1500 metres (indoors and outdoors) and also for the 3000 metres (indoors).

Career
Vriesde started running in Suriname, coached by Luiz de Oliveira. She left Suriname after failing to be selected for the 1984 Olympics to train in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, Vriesde competed for Atletiekvereniging Rotterdam.

She competed in the 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and broke into the highest echelons of the sport in 1991, when she reached the finals of both the 800 and 1500 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, finishing in fifth and ninth places respectively. At the 1992 Summer Olympics Vriesde set a record of sorts by recording the fastest ever non-qualifying time (1:58.28) in an 800 metres semi-final.

Vriesde won a bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships, before going on to win a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics behind Cuba's Ana Quirot. At both competitions, she became the first South American female athlete to win a medal.

A year later, she missed the finals at the 1996 Summer Olympics, running a nearly identical time to her 1992 Olympic performance (1:58.29), again placing fifth in her semifinal. Vriesde won a bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics behind Mozambique's Maria Mutola and Austria's Stephanie Graf. Throughout her career, Vriesde also won many medals at the Pan American Games, Central American and Caribbean Games and South American Games.

Vriesde was disqualified and stripped of her gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games after testing positive for excessive caffeine levels. She was said to have the equivalent of five gallons of coffee in her system. She was not banned however and went on to compete at that year's World Championships. Drinking too much coffee or taking a common cold tablet would no longer get athletes disqualified after a new global list of banned substances was drawn up by the World Anti-Doping Agency and applied from 1 January 2004.

Vriesde retired soon after competing at her seventh World Championships in 2005. In Paramaribo a street formerly known as Cultuurtuinlaan was changed into Letitia Vriesdelaan. The Surinamese Government also gave her a piece of land in appreciation of her achievements.

Personal life
Vriesde married  Bas van Veen on 9 September 2005 in Middelburg, Holland. Her daughter Joi Vienna was born on 19 March 2007.

Personal bests
400 m 52.01 (1997)
800 m 1:56.68 (1995)
1000 m 2:32.25 (1991)
1500 m 4:05.67 (1991)
Mile 4:30.45 (1992)
3000 m 9:15.64 (1991)

As of 2017, Vriesde's 800m best of 1:56.68 ranks her 58th on the World all-time list.

Vriesde's Top 10 800m performances
 1:56.68 AR 2 WCh Gothenburg 13.08.95

 1:57.07 3rA WK Zürich 16.08.95

 1:57.09 3 Her Monte Carlo 10.08.96

 1:57.16 4= GPF Monte Carlo 09.09.95

 1:57.35 3 WCh Edmonton 12.08.01

 1:57.86 4 Her Monte Carlo 16.08.97

 1:57.96 AR 5 APM Hengelo 28.06.92

 1:57.98 2 Nikaïa Nice 16.07.97

 1:58.11 2 ISTAF Berlin 01.09.95

 1:58.12 4 WCh Athens 09.08.97

World Rankings

Women's 800m
 1990 #26
 1991 #9
 1992 #9
 1993 #38
 1994 #72
 1995 #4
 1996 #8
 1997 #4
 1998 #7
 1999 #9
 2000 #14
 2001 #4
 2002 #31
 2003 #44
 2004 #63

Women's 1500
 1990 #83
 1991 #17
Women's 400m
1997 #54

Olympic Games glossary

800 metres Event History
1988 Seoul     Round One     Heat 4  4th  2:01.83
1988 Seoul     Semi-Finals   Heat 2  8th  2:02.34
1992 Barcelona Round One     Heat 3  2nd  1:59.93
1992 Barcelona Semi-Finals   Heat 1  5th  1:58.28
1996 Atlanta   Round One     Heat 1  2nd  1:59.71
1996 Atlanta   Semi-Finals   Heat 2  5th  1:58.29
2000 Sydney	Round One     Heat 2  4th  2:02.09
2004 Athens    Round One     Heat 3  4th  2:01.70
2004 Athens    Semi-Finals   Heat 3  8th  2:06.95

1500 metres Event History
1988 Seoul	Round One     Heat 2  12th  4:19.58
1992 Barcelona Round One     Heat 2  5th   4:10.63
1992 Barcelona	Semi-Finals   Heat 1  8th   4:09.64

Competition record

1Representing the Americas

See also
List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

External links
Website of Letitia Vriesde (in Dutch)

1964 births
Living people
Doping cases in athletics
Surinamese female middle-distance runners
Surinamese steeplechase runners
Olympic athletes of Suriname
Surinamese sportspeople in doping cases
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
People from Coronie District
Pan American Games gold medalists for Suriname
Pan American Games silver medalists for Suriname
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Suriname
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for Suriname
Female steeplechase runners
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Suriname
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Suriname
Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
South American Games gold medalists for Suriname
South American Games silver medalists for Suriname
South American Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 1990 South American Games
Competitors at the 1994 South American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games


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Q: Let $a,b,c$ be non-negative real numbers , then $\frac{(a+b+c)^2}{3}\ge a\sqrt{bc}+b\sqrt{ca}+c\sqrt{ab}$? Let $a,b,c$ be non-negative  real numbers , then is it true that
$\dfrac{(a+b+c)^2}{3}\ge a\sqrt{bc}+b\sqrt{ca}+c\sqrt{ab}$ ?

A: Yes, note that
$$ab+bc\ge 2 b\sqrt{ac},...$$
so
$$ab+bc+ca\ge a\sqrt{bc}+b\sqrt{ca}+c\sqrt{ab}.$$
The inequality then follows from
$$\frac{(a+b+c)^2}3\ge ab+bc+ca.$$

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A quick stop today to name my July goal for A Year of Lovely Finishes. I am doing well with these monthly goals - it helps to pick things that have deadlines in the month. My goal is to finish this improv diamond quilt and get it linked up for the Modern Quilt Guild Michael Miller fabric challenge in time.
Since my last post about this project, I puzzled it together, Y seams and all. It is good to remember that even improv has its technically challenging parts. I added a 3" border to the sides of the top last night and spent some time trying to find a suitable backing fabric. I am finding that this quilt feels very halloween-y to me, with the black, orange and grey even though it has no halloween parts really. So I have settled on a backing that will complement that and maybe I will end up with a lap quilt to bring out in the fall.
You can join in with AYOLF each month, its not too late yet - link your goal by July 7.
Don't forget to get your FAL Q2 links up, you have until the end of July 6 in Scotland (dinner time on July 6 at my house.) There are already 341 finishes linked up, Katy is a fantastic motivator.
Great improv quilt project Leanne! I still haven't found my 2014 FAL mojo yet, so I thought I would try to see what ALYOF brings me!
PERFECT timing! I want a kite wall hanging for July or maybe some bunting. Not cute. I have been mulling things over and here you have improvisational diamonds!!! I was hoping for something quick and fitting it all together may take some time but I'm back in the air. Thanks!
Looking good! You seemed to make quick work of that puzzle!
Your work is awesome and inspires me regularly!
It's looking great; good luck with your goal!
As always, your quilts are fun and unique. Can't wait to see the backing fabric.
Looks great! These were an odd collection of prints to try to pull together. Though I like your one tiny pactchwork-y diamond, you achieved nice spacing to allow them to play well in the same space. Good luck finishing up!


This, our second instalment from the drama of Genesis, continues the pattern from yesterday—out of chaos, the imposition of order—layer by layer, species after species, goodness upon goodness—in a mounting crescendo of creation culminating, of course, in humans like ourselves—woman and man shining in God's own image. Everything is in its place, everything is connected, every relationship is as it should be. It's beautiful. The only catch is that, once the creation is over on the sixth day, the whole cosmos freezes. Everything stops as though dozing away the Sabbath. And as we'll hear in the chapters to come the only way on is down.
The impulse to set everything in order and the impulse to stop everything moving very often beat together in the same breast. We want to worship creativity just as long as it doesn't upset the patterns we have made, the laws we've written. And the urge to make patterns is irresistible. It's the heart of art and science—pattern, order, beauty, law. But when patterns proliferate they stifle creation—everything stays the same. But God has never ceased doing the new thing – God is busy doing the new thing in the gospel today and Jesus is sharp in his scorn for those who can't tell the difference between order and deadlock.
Here on retreat, one way or another, we've been asking God to be creative in our lives. To do for us what we can't do for ourselves. To surprise us. To make all things new. To be alive for us and beautiful.
But, as a retreat draws to a close, there's also the tendency to want to pack the experience up and put it into storage for safe keeping. There are two things to say to that: first that the retreat isn't over yet and God might not be finished yet, even now; and second, that even when the retreat expires, God doesn't and grace doesn't. God goes with you wherever you go, creative, surprising, new.


This started as a large, 1,500 seat, single screen house with a big screen and 70mm Dolby stereo presentation, opening on October 2, 1968. I don't have a lot of facts about it, but it was remodeled in the late-1980's. Easily the best presentation in the San Gabriel Valley. I saw "The Poseidon Adventure" when it opened in 1972. Also "Close Encounters" in 1977 and "Blade Runner" in 1982. At some point, an adjacent building went up housing more screens, and the big auditorium was split in two.
The Pacific Hastings 8 was closed on August 26, 2007.
The status of the theatre should be listed as closed now.
I took some photos the day before it closed. They're just from a cheap pocket-sized Nikon. I just took photos until an usher yelled at me to stop, because they didn't want photos showing up in the paper (from a cheap pocket camera?), so I waited until she left and took more pictures. What was she going to do, ban me from coming back? The place was closing!
The original Hastings Theatre was designed by South Pasadena architect Roland Decker Pierson. Pierson had earlier designed at least two other big, single-screen theaters for the Sterling Organization, these being the Rolling Hills Theatre in Torrance, and the Montclair Theatre in Montclair.
The Hastings was the subject of an article in the March 25, 1968, issue of Boxoffice Magazine, describing the unusual features of its design, including its continental seating arrangement and reverse auditorium. The seating capacity was given as 1,542.
Two more theaters that can be attributed to Roland Decker Pierson are the Edwards Huntington in Huntington Beach, and the Azusa Drive-In in Azusa.
The first film I saw at the Pasadena Hastings was '2001: A Space Odyssey', which was released in April of 1968, so this was likely one of the very first screenings at the theatre. I was 10 years old, and since my dad worked on the Apollo space program, I was extremely interested in all things related to space travel, and incredibly excited to see this movie. Since it was a late showing, and the movie long, rather slow-paced, and the seats quite comfortable, I (of course) fell asleep just before the classic final sequence. When I woke up, I asked my parents what I'd missed, and I think it might have been the first time I'd ever asked a question they couldn't answer. I didn't get to see it in its entirety until years later, when I finally understood their befuddled silence. It remains one of my favorite films, and the Hastings from then on always a magical place to see movies.
Sorry to hear the Rialto is also no more. That theatre was (along with the Fox Venice- now sadly an indoor 'swap meet' and the Nuart, thankfully still screening films) one of the 'trinity' of LA area art houses responsible for introducing foreign and independent films to an entire generation in the '70's.
I remember a few movies here as a kid, Close Encounters and Time Bandits. And probably many Disney films in the 70s.
The opening film at the Hastings Theatre was "The Graduate".
I guess the large curved D-150 screen was taken out when they turned the place into a multiplex. To bad they didn't keep it in the large cinema. How sad now It sits all closed up.
Is this indoor theatre the one that replaced Hastings Drive-in?


The ATV520 Dual Core Android TV Box has the same appearance as ATV 510B, but the main difference between them is that ATV520 is based on Android 4.2 and is using an ARM Cortex A9*2 CPU. By connecting your TV with HDMI input to the ATV520,your normal TV turns into a smart TV immediately. You can enjoy your favourite TV programs, series, news, live shows, games and sport events.And with the built in Wifi Module, you can have access to any website by using the Google Chrome browser, and by downloading Skype,Yahoo Messenger, or Facebook from the android app store you can chat and stay in touch anytime on your smart TV with high speed.
AML8726-MX is an advanced connected multimedia processor designed for Set Top Box. The integrated processor is dual core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU with dual core ARM Mali-400 GPU.


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Q: Filter query in SQLAlchemy with date and hybrid_property I've got database table with columns year_id, month_id and day_id (all are NUMBER). I want to make a query which filters dates. In order to simplify it I want to add hybrid_property to join the mentioned fields together into date.

class MyModel(Base):
    __table__ = Base.metadata.tables['some_table']
    @hybrid_property
    def created_on(self):
        return date(self.year_id, self.month_id, self.day_id)

But when I make query

session.query(MyModel).filter(MyModel.created_on==date(2010, 2, 2))

I get an error TypeError: an integer is required (got type InstrumentedAttribute).
Is there another way of doing such filter: I can't modify db schema (so the fields should remain the same), but at the same time it's difficult to compare dates against 3 separate columns?

A: You need to add an expression to your hybrid attribute, but it might be different depending on your RDBMS. See below for an example of one for sqlite:
@hybrid_property
def created_on(self):
    return date(self.year_id, self.month_id, self.day_id)

@created_on.expression
def created_on(cls):
    # @todo: create RDBMS-specific fucntion
    # return func.date(cls.year_id, cls.month_id, cls.day_id)

    # below works on Sqlite: format to YYYY-MM-DD
    return (func.cast(cls.year_id, String) + '-' +
            func.substr('0' + func.cast(cls.month_id, String), -2) + '-' +
            func.substr('0' + func.cast(cls.day_id, String), -2))


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Brad McMullan never thought the day would come when he would return to his hometown of Norman.
On Friday, the president and CEO of bfac.com, a mobile app development company, celebrated his homecoming at the University of Oklahoma.
Situated at the University Research Campus, the Norman location will house the company's new Mobile App Development and Operations Center and serve as the second location for the company. Currently located in Ridgeland, Miss., bfac.com will join 15 private companies at the Research Campus.
"This is our big expansion," McMullan said.
The arrival of his company means the creation of up to 100 new jobs in its first year in Oklahoma, with a similar plan for the next year. The jobs will include sales, graphic design, client services and marketing, along with programming positions.
During a Friday gathering at the new company headquarters, McMullan, who was born and raised in Norman, praised the many colleges and universities across Oklahoma for its continued commitment to higher education and the many highly-trained job seekers they have collectively produced.
"They have created a great workforce, so it's not going to be hard for us to find people to fill the positions that we're looking for in creating apps," McMullan said.
McMullan, an Oklahoma native and a two-time Emmy award winning journalist, said he was pleased to return to his home state. He said state officials were very interested in having the company come to Oklahoma, offering incentives for the recent expansion.
McMullan reflected on the history of his company, which began nine years ago while he working as a broadcast journalist.
"I think nobody ever saw us getting to the point where we could become one of the largest mobile app building companies in the world and to be able to expand and see everything happen and the trials and tribulations of starting a business. To get to a point now, where we are completely debt free and to see the horizon of technology is exciting," McMullan said.
Bfac.com now currently counts 41 states, the U.S. armed forces and Fortune 500 companies as its clients. Macmillan focused on the present and onward, expressing his hope to make technology a statewide economic driver.
"I want BFAC to lead that cause and bring high paying jobs to the state of Oklahoma and bring the best of the best all over the world right here. It all starts right here in Norman," McMullan said.
Hands shot up during the Friday celebration when he asked the audience how many used mobile apps.
"In the state of Oklahoma, there are more cell phones than there are people. There are 34 million more active cell phones in the Unites States than every man, woman and child alive … We all have a cell phone.
"While a lot of people see us as a technology company, I see us as mostly a relationship company. We want our clients — whether it's a Saks 5th Avenue Company or 7-11 or Pepsi-Cola — to be able to have better relationships with their companies. The way you have a better relationship, is you talk to them. The one thing that everyone has in a company is a cell phone," McMullan said.
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said she is excited to welcome Macmillan back to Oklahoma, calling the expansion "a great day for Oklahoma." Fallin said pro-business policies, great quality of life and the low costs of doing business in Oklahoma has been key to cultivating a prime location for technology companies.
"We have worked very hard to build a great business climate in our state. We're excited and we hope that can continue to build the technology sector and we already have — we have great technology companies in Oklahoma in a great technology environment," Fallin said. "This is a big deal for the Norman campus and a big deal for Oklahoma and we're very, very excited to have a cutting edge company here.
Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal welcomed McMullan and expressed her appreciation for his company.
Norman Economic Development Coalition President and CEO Jason Smith said he appreciates the company's willingness to put their confidence in the Norman community.
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using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using DbUp.MySql;
using Shouldly;
using Xunit;

namespace DbUp.Tests.Support.MySql
{
    public class MySqlConnectionManagerTests
    {
        [Fact]
        public void CanParseSingleLineScript()
        {
            const string singleCommand = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'FOO';";

            var connectionManager = new MySqlConnectionManager("connectionstring");
            var result = connectionManager.SplitScriptIntoCommands(singleCommand);

            result.Count().ShouldBe(1);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void CanParseMultilineScript()
        {
            var multiCommand = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'FOO';";
            multiCommand += Environment.NewLine;
            multiCommand += "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'BAR';";

            var connectionManager = new MySqlConnectionManager("connectionstring");
            var result = connectionManager.SplitScriptIntoCommands(multiCommand);

            result.Count().ShouldBe(2);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void ParsesOutDelimiter()
        {
            var multiCommand = "USE `test`;";
            multiCommand += "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'FOO';";
            multiCommand += Environment.NewLine;
            multiCommand += "DELIMITER $$";
            multiCommand += Environment.NewLine;
            multiCommand += "CREATE TABLE 'ZIP'$$";
            multiCommand += Environment.NewLine;
            multiCommand += "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'BAR';";

            var connectionManager = new MySqlConnectionManager("connectionstring");
            var result = connectionManager.SplitScriptIntoCommands(multiCommand);

            var enumerable = result as string[] ?? result.ToArray();
            enumerable.Length.ShouldBe(4);
            enumerable[0].IndexOf("DELIMITER", StringComparison.Ordinal).ShouldBe(-1);
            enumerable[1].IndexOf("DELIMITER", StringComparison.Ordinal).ShouldBe(-1);
            enumerable[2].IndexOf("DELIMITER", StringComparison.Ordinal).ShouldBe(-1);
            enumerable[3].IndexOf("DELIMITER", StringComparison.Ordinal).ShouldBe(-1);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void ParsesOutBeginningDelimiter()
        {
            var multiCommand = new StringBuilder()
                .AppendLine("DELIMITER $$")
                .AppendLine("CREATE TABLE 'ZIP'$$")
                .Append("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'BAR';");

            var connectionManager = new MySqlConnectionManager("connectionstring");
            var result = connectionManager.SplitScriptIntoCommands(multiCommand.ToString())
                .ToArray();

            result.ShouldBe(new[]
            {
                "CREATE TABLE 'ZIP'",
                "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'BAR';"
            });
        }

        [Fact]
        public void DoesNotGetStuckInSkipWhitespace()
        {

            var command = @"DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE TEST(IN statement TEXT)
BEGIN
END$$
DELIMITER;
";
            var connectionManager = new MySqlConnectionManager("connectionstring");
            var t = Task.Run(() => connectionManager.SplitScriptIntoCommands(command)).Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
            t.ShouldBeTrue();
        }
    }
}

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Even though ancient Messene's walls and towers outshine the remains at many better-known classical sites, not many visitors come here. That's a shame, because between 370 and 369 B.C., the great Theban general and statesman Epaminondas built the sprawling city of Messene, much of which remains to be seen at the village of Mavromati. Epaminondas hoped that its almost 9.5km (6 miles) of walls below Mount Ithomi would check Sparta's power. Today, the defense wall, with its two-story towers and turreted gates, is the best-preserved classical fortification in the Peloponnese, a startling sight standing alone in the lush Messenian countryside.
To get here by car from Pylos, Kalamata, or Tripolis, take the main Kalamata-Pylos road to the modern town of Messini, where the road to ancient Messene is (imperfectly) signposted. The site of ancient Messene (also called Ithomi) is in the village of Mavromati, approximately 20km (13 miles) north of Messini.


James Cameron's first film in 12 years is a mesmerizing experience filled with some of the most visually brilliant images to have ever graced the big-screen. Riding in on a tidal wave of hype and expectations Avatar manages to meet and surpass any preconceived assumptions. Cameron single handily reinvigorated the 3D format in creating an immersive and stunning visual design, with a story that lends itself to indulgences in 'showy' sequences. The taming of a wild bird and the battle to save an ancient tree are just a few of the amazing set pieces in this long but briskly paced Sci-fi epic.
Jake Scully is a paralyzed Marine assigned to drive an Avatar based on his DNA match to a deceased brother who spent years developing his knowledge of an alien race. The film takes place on the planet Pandora; a world populated with exotic animals and an indigenous race of 9 foot tall humanoids named the Nav'i. The film has come under fire for being too similar to stories like Pocahontas and Dances with Wolves. To a degree these criticisms are accurate, however Cameron serving as writer along with directing duties interweaves elements of corporate greed, environmental protection issues and tolerance between races human or otherwise.
James Cameron's painstaking work on the film is evident in all aspects, from the color of the skin on the Nav'i people to the look of the floating mountains on Pandora. It's a major achievement from a master storyteller and a benchmark for cinema in the new millennium. My only real complaint is an overindulgent hour long battle sequence between the military and the inhabitants of Pandora. A roller coaster ride in its true 3D format yet still superior entertainment in 2D as well. Avatar is the rare film that I feel is not to be missed.


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Saudi oil well goes offline for a month, 3-million bpd foregone
posted September 18, 2019 at 01:40 am by AFP
About three-million barrels per day of Saudi oil will remain offline for a month, about half the production halted by the weekend's devastating attacks on key crude facilities, S&P Platts said Tuesday.
READ: Drone hits spark fires at Aramco oil depots
The report came as oil prices dipped slightly following record gains Monday as uncertainty prevailed on global markets over when Saudi Arabia will be able to restore lost production.
Strikes on Abqaiq—the world's largest processing plant—and the Khurais oilfield that the US has blamed on Iran have knocked out 5.7-million barrels per day, or 6 percent of global production.
"At this point, it looks likely that around 3.0-million bpd of Saudi Arabian crude supply will be offline for at least a month," S&P Global Platts said in a report.
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman was scheduled late Tuesday to hold his first press conference since the attacks, with the expectation that he would give an update on efforts to restore lost production.
Riyadh pumps some 9.9-million bpd of which around 7.0-million bpd are exported, mostly to Asian markets.
"Saudi Arabia will likely say that they can fully supply their customers, although as time goes on this may be challenging. Any indication of delays or supply tightness will lead to further price increases in the weeks or months ahead," S&P said.
The threat of a prolonged supply outage from Saudi Arabia highlights the lack of spare production capacity in the market, estimated at 2.3-million bpd, most of it held by Riyadh, the energy news provider said.
Reports said Monday the kingdom was likely to restore up to 40 percent of the lost production immediately, but experts had conflicting views on how long it will take to bring production back to pre-strike levels.
The crisis revived fears of a conflict in the tinderbox Gulf region and raised questions about the security of crude fields in the world's top exporter as well as for other producers.
London-based Capital Economics said global crude stocks, estimated at around 6.1-billion barrels, should be able to compensate for the lost output.
It said that if Saudi Arabia manages to restore full production by next week, oil prices would quickly come down to around $60 a barrel.
But if it takes months and tensions persist, Brent crude prices could hit $85 a barrel, it said.
Brent was trading above $68 per barrel on Tuesday, easing slightly after surging by 20 percent at its peak on Monday—the biggest gain since the 1991 Gulf War.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Huthi rebels claimed responsibility for the weekend attacks but the United States put the blame on Tehran.
READ: US 'locked and loaded' to strike back—Trump
Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday ruled out negotiations with the US "at any level," as tensions mounted between the arch-foes after Washington blamed Tehran for attacks on Saudi oil installations.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US adopted a policy of "maximum pressure" on Iran because it believes it cannot bring the Islamic republic to its knees through other means.
"The policy of 'maximum pressure' against the Iranian nation is worthless and all Islamic Republic of Iran officials unanimously believe there will be no negotiations with the US at any level," he said in a televised address.
Tensions between Iran and the US and its allies have threatened to boil over since May last year when President Donald Trump abandoned a 2015 nuclear deal and began reimposing sanctions in its campaign of "maximum pressure."
Iran responded by scaling back its commitments under the landmark accord, which gave it the promise of sanctions relief in return for limiting the scope of its nuclear program.
Trump said the US was ready to help Saudi Arabia after the attacks that halted about 6 percent of the world's oil supply and triggered a record leap in crude prices.
"I'm not looking to get into new conflict, but sometimes you have to," he said. "That was a very large attack, and it could be met by an attack many, many times larger.
"Certainly, it would look to most like it was Iran," Trump added.
US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper also singled out Iran as a regional destabilizing force, while stopping short of directly accusing Tehran over the strikes.
The US military, he said, was working with its partners to "address this unprecedented attack and defend the international rules-basedorder that is being undermined by Iran."
A day after the attacks, the White House had said Trump could meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next week.
Rouhani has already rejected the possibility of direct negotiations with the US unless it lifts all sanctions.
The Iranian president has said even if the sanctions are lifted, any talks must be held in the framework of the nuclear accord.
Khamenei reiterated this on Tuesday, saying that if the US "repents" and returns to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, then it can talk with Iran along with other parties to the deal.
"Without this, no negotiations will happen at any level between the Islamic Republic of Iran's officials and the Americans, not during the visit to New York or any other visit," he said.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Huthi rebels claimed responsibility for Saturday's attacks on Abqaiq—the world's largest oil processing facility -- and the Khurais oil field in eastern Saudi Arabia.
The Huthis said 10 drones struck the sites, but Saudi Arabia pointed the finger of blame at Iran.
"All indications are that weapons used in both attacks came from Iran" rather than Yemen, said Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for a Saudi-led military coalition.
Rouhani said the attacks were an act of self-defense by the Huthis against the coalition that has been bombing them since 2015 in support of Yemen's internationally recognized government.
In Riyadh, officials said the attack involved "Iranian weapons," but fell short of directly accusing their regional arch-rival.
"The Kingdom condemns this egregious crime, which threatens international peace and security, and affirms that the primary target of this attack are global energy supplies, as this attack is in line with the previous attacks against Saudi Aramco pumping stations using Iranian weapons," the Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement.
Russia and China both called Monday for restraint, amid worries the situation could escalate and put a large portion of the world's energy supplies at risk.
"We oppose all actions that enlarge or intensify conflict," China's foreign ministry said, while the Kremlin urged "all countries to avoid hasty steps or conclusions that could exacerbate the situation."
Speaking in Baghdad, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said he was "extremely concerned about a risk of escalation" and called on "all parties to prevent any such attacks occurring again."
But he also condemned Iran for stoking violence across the Mideast.
"Iran is supporting different terrorist groups and being responsible for destabilizing the whole region," he said.
Trump meanwhile played down the threat to global oil markets, saying the US economy could handle the higher prices, and that the US was prepared to release part of its strategic oil reserve if necessary to dampen the impact.
At a political rally in New Mexico late Monday, he boasted that under him, rising oil and natural gas production had made the United States immune to Mideast tensions.
"A few years ago, they would have been in a panic. Today, we got a lot of oil. We got a lot of gas," he said.
In Congress, though, legislators warned about opening up a new front of conflict, while US troops remain on the ground in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
"Direct engagement by US military in response to Iran's attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure would be a grave mistake," said Republican Senator Mitt Romney.
"The US has continued arms sales so Saudi Arabia can defend itself. If SA responds against Iran attacks, the US should be ready to support in a non-kinetic role," he said in a tweet.
"The United States must not launch an offensive war against Iran without congressional approval," said Democratic Representative Ro Khanna.
"The Huthis are NOT Iran. We can't let another deception lead to war in the Middle East," he said.
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This is one of the main real-estate brokerages firm in the Turks and Caicos, and provides a variety of services including condominium development, home, villa and land sales and also villa rentals.
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Toward a Sustainable Immigration Policy
While the rising threat of terrorism, violence and honor killings produced by Muslim immigration tends to be in the news lately, the problems produced by immigration are not limited solely to Islam. The problem of Muslim immigration was created by a larger trend in First World immigration policies that favors bringing in cheap labor for short term commercial and political gain. Such immigration policies however are seriously damaging to the nations that utilize them and cannot be sustained. So what we must do is look for a sustainable immigration policy.
The first principle we need to begin with is that immigration should be in a nation's interest. While this seems self-evident, it is a principle that has gone by the wayside. For a clear example of what that leads to, consider Obama's move to allow people infected with AIDS to freely enter the United States. Clearly the entry of people with a deadly communicable disease for which there is no cure into the United States is not in our interest. It is actually quite dangerous to us and offers us no benefits whatsoever to outweigh the risks. There are numerous examples in our immigration policy are less graphic but ultimately just as destructive.
Beginning with the principle that immigration must be in the nation's interest, we now need a standard for measuring whether a particular form of immigration is in our interest or not.
The ideal form of immigration is one that benefits both the host country and the immigrants themselves. Immigration that benefits only the host country is slavery. Immigration that benefits only the immigrants is parasitism. The ideal is a mutual exchange of benefits between the immigrants and their new country. And we can begin by measuring that exchange through simple statistics by breaking down the impact of a particular immigration population in simple dollar terms.
This can be done simply by taking a particular population of immigrants and balancing their contributions in the form of taxes against the social expenditures they create through social services, crime, terrorism and public assistance. Through this method any immigrant population can be broken down into a dollar amount, which can then be contrasted and compared with other immigrant populations, as well as with the native population, to arrive at a chart that shows on the financial level which immigrants offer more benefits versus losses. Such figures should be assessed for first, second and if possible, third generation immigrants, to study the extent to which absorption improves those numbers or worsens them. Further in depth studies would look at regional differences which could allow for a greater fine tuning of immigrant acceptance from urban vs rural areas, to educated professionals vs industrial workers, for religious vs secular and so on and so forth, making it possible to produce questionnaires that would allow a country to reap the maximum possible benefit from immigrants, with the minimum possible loss.
Once this is done, it becomes possible to specifically assess the consequences for local and national economies of giving preference to one immigrant population over another. If we can break down the cost of say bringing in 2000 immigrants from Ireland vs 2000 immigrants from Belize, or 2000 immigrants from Venezuela vs 2000 immigrants from China-- we will be much closer to forming a rational immigration policy. And by presenting statistics in literal dollar amounts, a compelling interest based argument can be made for reforming immigration by making it sustainable.
The next step is to go beyond simple dollar amounts and to look at a nation's overall statistics, its total and per capita GDP, literacy rate, teenage pregnancies, domestic abuse, crime rates, and so on, and look to see which immigrant populations raise our statistics, and which lower them. The ideal form of immigration increases our statistics, or at least maintains them in place, but does not lower them. Again this needs to be studied across multiple generations to see the impact that absorption has on these numbers. An immigrant population that lowers these numbers not only in the first generation, but in the second and the third as well, is as unsustainable as a smokestack spewing poison into the air.
Then there is the cultural question. Population migrations are nothing new in human history. Most countries are made up of a mix of peoples blending together over time through migrating populations. But while some such migrations are generally positive, others are generally negative. Whether a population migration is even feasible depends on how much room there is. 19th century America was able to absorb large numbers of immigrants in ways that 21st century America cannot because it lacks the same amount of open space. With the 20th century's suburbanization, that enabled the immigration and population movements of the 20th century reaching their limit in America, immigration creates crammed urban centers. And without "room to grow", immigration can destabilize and displace the existing native population. This creates an atmosphere charged with violence that easily lead to rioting and social conflict. A situation only worsened by groups with high birth rates moving to cities that are already bursting at the seams.
A sustainable immigration policy balances out immigration from population groups with high birth rates, by reducing their numbers in favor of immigration from population groups with lower birth rates-- in order to create a balance between them. Thus if immigrants from Country X have an average birth rate of 5 children and immigrants from Country Y have an average birth rate of 3 children, bringing in 2000 immigrants from Country and Country X is not parity. Instead it favors Country X in the second generation, when its immigrants might number 5000, while the immigrants from Country Y will only number 3000. The quotas for particular immigration populations would have to be set based on their projected numbers in the second generation, rather than the first generation.
This brings us to the question of immigration quality over quantity. Big business and many politicians who depend on immigrant votes want immigration quantity, which translates into cheap labor and voting blocs for their political machines. However on a national level what is needed is not immigration quantity, but immigration quality.
Cheap labor is extremely seductive, which is why even pro-business conservatives are reluctant to cut back immigration to sustainable levels. Only when there is an economic downturn, do they jump on the immigration bandwagon. Businesses argue that they need cheap labor to maintain their domestic industries, and while this is a compelling argument for many, the fact of the matter is that cheap labor jobs wind up being more expensive than outsourcing, because immigration quantity carries a higher cost for the ordinary taxpayer, than the company simply packing up shop and taking a few native jobs abroad.
Virtually every major social problem in the First World today can be traced to the desire for cheap labor. From gang rapes in California to Islamism in London, from suicide bombings in Israel to drug dealing in Sydney, from riots in Paris to honor killings in Sweden, the common element in these social problems is that they are caused by people who were brought in because they were once considered cheap labor. But cheap labor quickly turns out not to be so cheap after all.
The same big companies that complain about high taxes and socialism, seem to have no understanding whatsoever that when you import hundreds of thousands of immigrants, legal or illegal, they will have to pay the price for them sooner or later. Capitalism may rely on cheap labor, but cheap labor inevitably leads to socialism, because importing a population incapable of caring for itself, will require the government to step in sooner or later.
While we believe in free enterprise, that means responsible free enterprise. A factory that pours toxic waste into a river is not behaving responsibly and is not serving the public good. Similarly an industry that uses cheap immigration to cut costs while dumping ten times those same costs on the taxpayer, a cost that they themselves will ultimately have to make up down the road, is not behaving responsibly. The allegiance of American business must be to America, just as English businesses must be to England and so on and so forth. A loyal business does not act against the national interest, but seeks to work within a sustainable immigration policy for the larger national benefit, a benefit that will also accrue to it as well.
Immigration quality focuses on maintaining sustainable immigration, while immigration quantity provides mass without sustainability. Few First World countries can really afford immigration quantity anymore, yet virtually all of them continue to emphasize quantity over quality, thereby creating a cycle in which low quality immigration produces social problems that require government intervention, thereby raising taxes and requiring more cheap labor to try and fill the birth rate shortfall created by trying to impose a growing government burden on a shrinking number of workers. Eventually the entire socialist Ponzi Scheme collapses into either major reforms or a dark age, but by then much of the damage has already been done.
While immigration remains an important resource, it must be the product of a rational policy. And a rational immigration policy can only be a sustainable immigration policy. Real immigration reform is not immigration permissiveness, but sustainability that balances immigration against domestic growth, seeks to maximize the beneficial quality of immigration, rather than cheap labor quantity, and works to maintain the quality of life and the culture of its citizens, rather than disrupting it and displacing them. Sustainable immigration is the only answer to out of control immigration pollution.
Tags: America, Europe, immigration
Keli Ata 23/11/09
Great article and analysis.
A sustainable immigration policy would certainly quell the growing problem of Anarchism in the US as well.
Malcolm 23/11/09
The real gist of this article is reduce/ stop Muslim immigration. Which I agree with also we must start deporting Muslims that practice Sharia law. I wonder if you agree with these approaches.
http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/006854.html
Daniel Greenfield 23/11/09
Actually the real gift of the article is a dialogue about how to create a rational immigration policy
as a subset of that Islamists obviously have to be deported and the brakes have to be put on Islamic immigration
I get annoyed at the so called conservatives, who spout off how bad Islam is, and never give a solution, I think immigration policies will become a huge topic in the near future, after a few more bombing by the Muslims.
Anonymous 23/11/09
A few more bombings or mass slayings, will set off more then just a debate on immigration.
Chana 24/11/09
I would like to see all immigration come to a screeching halt.
Stu 11/4/11
And when you decide to retire and the extremely low number of workers can't help provide for your social security, will you maybe feel like we should have made it a bit easier to get into the USA?
easier for productive workers or workers whose own social and criminal issues have drained the economy?
We already have an EB-5 visa program that lets wealthy people essentially "buy" their citizenship. So, why not ease the requirements and just let anyone that is willing to work to come here? I think if we make them agree to forgo any unearned taxpayer benefits that we could get lots of productive young citizens. Otherwise, we will simply not have enough workers to support the bulge of retirees that are coming through right now... I am one of them. I expect that my benefits will be delayed and reduced because of our short-sighted immigration policy.
And... NO... I do not think just anyone should be able to live here. But we do need to get the ones that are here to start paying taxes and to encourage law-abiding new citizens.
we do need to pick and choose immigrants more carefully
but there's also an underlying problem
if our system needs a constant inflow of new immigrants to maintain itself, that's an inherent instability which needs to be addressed
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Upon discovery, the clothing company employee quickly shut the unlikely prisoner back inside the metal clap and called police, the paper reported.
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Raised in the culture of his Apache roots, Roman Orona presents a collection of Apache songs that express his people's sacred values. With water drums, dancer's bells, whistles and vocals sung from the heart, Roman's music acknowledges the spirits of the ancestors. Driven by a vision of respect for all humanity, these songs from the Apache tradition are meant to touch the human soul in all of us.


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Themed Walks – Industrial Buildings
Alan Dickinson
Former Granary Club
This, the third in a series of walks around Rye in the lockdown, looks at remaining buildings from the 19th century industrial past of the town many of which were recorded in the detailed rating survey of 1859. Photographs of each building can be seen in the Gallery at the bottom of the page.
Simply Italian Building, The Strand (photo 1 in the gallery)
The walk starts at Simply Italian on The Strand which was the cargo shipping and shipbuilding centre of the town in the 19th century. The Simply Italian building in squared local sandstone blocks was built about 1800 and was a steam mill occupied in 1859 by Henbrey & Vidler; the former was a member of a local milling family and the Vidlers were shipowners and merchants at The Strand.
The Heritage Centre, The Strand (2)
Moving northwards on The Strand, the Heritage Centre was converted in the 1980s from a listed timber framed warehouse, then part of the Alsford Timber Merchants site but earlier (in 1859) occupied by Nicholas Harvey, a sail maker. To the left in the photograph is the Kettle of Fish restaurant. Recently extended, this was the showroom and offices of the Rye Coal and Coke Gas Company established in 1830. The building itself dates from the turn of the century and is the only remaining structure left from the gas works. Further to the left is the Rye Windmill, the sole survivor of several in and around the town. The mill was burned down in 1930 and was replaced as a shell to comply with the terms of the lease.
Rye Tiles, Wish Ward (3)
Moving into Wish Ward, the Rye Tiles building was one of several breweries in the town. It carries date stones of 1802 and 1840 and was owned by the Meryon family. The louvred panels on the upper part of this elevation relate to ventilation needed in the brewing process. In 1859 it was described as a "brewhouse" and was unoccupied.
Tony Bowles Carpets, Ferry Road (4)
Another listed industrial building is the Tony Bowles Carpets showroom in Ferry Road. This dates from about 1850 and is a timber structure clad in weatherboarding with high level workshop windows. It was the home and workshop of David Huggett, carpenter and builder in 1859.
Former Granary Club, Ferry Road (5)
The former Granary Club in Ferry Road is a large brick building with cast iron internal support beams and columns. It was built about 1887 as the warehouse of Albion Thorpe, corn merchants. It was, for many years, the Granary Nightclub and is now the subject of a recent planning permission for conversion to flats.
Rye Station & Signal Box (6)
The Rye Station and Signal Box are also listed buildings. The station was opened in 1851 to serve the new line between Hastings and Ashford. It was built in Italianate style by the South Eastern Railway's architect William Tress. The signal box dates from 1894 and according to the listing description is one of only two surviving Saxby and Farmer type 12 boxes, the other being at Wateringbury in Kent. It has recently been refurbished.
Rye Cattle Market (7)
Rye Cattle Market was moved from Market Road in 1859 onto a new site close to the recently established railway. The photograph shows both the Market and Agricultural Halls; the first built as a Corn Exchange about 1870, the second in the later 19th century. The Agricultural Hall became a milk depot and has been the Rope Walk Shopping Mews since the late 1980s following hurricane damage which lifted the roof and deposited it on the writer's car!
Brewery Buildings, Eagle Square (8)
The second of the three surviving brewery buildings in Rye is at Eagle Square where the former British Legion building was one of the industrial buildings and Eagle House on the right in the photograph was the offices. The house is a listed building dating from about 1800. The third former brewery is the tennis clubhouse in Military Road.
Larkins Saddlery, Landgate (9)
Opposite Eagle House are the buildings on the east side of the Landgate. They were part of Larkin's Saddlery business in the mid-19th century. Part of the buildings were converted into Rye's first cinema, the Electric Palace, in 1913. This had the distinction of its own generator electricity supply many years before mains electricity came to Rye in 1925.
Monkbretton Bridge (10)
Our circular tour now takes us around the perimeter of the town close to the river banks. Crossing the Salts, the fishing quay visible through the metal fence was upgraded and modernised in the 1980s. Just visible in the photograph is the Monkbretton Bridge which dates from 1893, before which any road transport to New Romney was via Scots Float two miles to the north of Rye.
Ferry Cottage (11)
An alternative method of crossing the river at the town was by ferry and the Ferry Cottage. The cottage was isolated on the salt marshes next to the tidal river and had no garden. The photograph shows the cottage and an information panel provided by the owner. Please note you are welcome to read the panel from outside the gateway but the cottage is a private home.
Rock Channel (12)
The final leg of the walk passes a number of industrial and more recent housing sites at Rock Channel. One building surviving from the early 19th century is the Rye Sea Cadets building, Training Ship Rye. This was part of Hoad Brothers Shipbuilding Yard and is believed to have been a sail loft. In 1859, the left portion was a house owned by Hoad Brothers and occupied presumably by a staff member. From Rock Channel the road takes us past St Margaret's Terrace to return to the 'Simply Italian' building at The Strand.
(1) Simply Italian, The Strand
(2) Heritage building, The Strand
(3) Rye Tiles, Wish Ward
(4) Carpet Shop, Ferry Road
(5)Former Granary Club
(6) Rye station & signal box
(7) Rye Cattle Market
(8) Brewery Buildings
(9) Larkins Saddlery, Landgate
(10) Monkbretton Bridge
(11) Ferry Cottage
(12) Rock Channel
Note from Rye News
Alan has written three articles called "Themed Walks of Rye". Earlier articles can be read here:
Shop fronts in the High Street
Significant Buildings of Rye
Alan has written a number of books which can be purchased here:
Rye History Tour
Rye Through Time 2011
Rye & Winchelsea (Britain in Old Photographs)
His website is at http://www.alandickinson.com/
Image Credits: Alan Dickinson .
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