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Iran votes: Why the Supreme Leader is so desperate to bring out voters
Suffering from a legitimacy crisis after the fraud-tainted, heavily protested 2009 vote, Iran feels immense pressure to demonstrate that people have regained faith in their political system.
By Scott Peterson
Iran's Supreme Leader is pushing hard for high turnout in presidential elections on Friday, hoping voters will "disappoint the enemy" in a "great divine test" and bury the memory of Iran's fraud-tainted 2009 vote.
Describing the post-election unrest that year as "sedition," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared, "Every vote that the people cast … is primarily a vote of confidence for the Islamic Republic and for our electoral mechanism."
And for many Iranians who took to the streets that year to protest electoral fraud – three million in one day in Tehran alone – that is precisely why they are either torn about voting again, or refuse to do so.
"Post-2009, I'd rather make sure that my hands are clean, that the blood that was spilt doesn't taint me for the sake of a worthless ballot paper and a moment, a mere nanosecond of satisfaction through the illusion that I make a difference," says a Tehran mother who took part in the 2009 protests and asked not to be further identified. "Not voting is possibly the most potent weapon now left for us."
But the presence of a viable reformist candidate in a race that has long been expected to produce an unflashy and unambitious conservative loyalist of Khamenei could make an unexpected difference.
Khamenei told Iranians today that his "insistence" on high turnout would force Iran's foes to "reduce pressures and follow another path." He added, uncharacteristically, that even while some "don't want to back Islamic system," they should still vote to support their nation.
For the regime, high turnout would be a "reaffirmation that, 'We have overcome the crisis, and our electoral process is the only mechanism,'" says an Iranian political scientist now in Washington, who asked not to be further identified. "So if they can achieve that – even if they can pretend to achieve that – it would be for them a victory."
Reformist comeback
There will be six candidates on the ballot, dominated by the predicted handful of lackluster conservatives. But there is also a moderate: former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani, who appears to have gained a degree of popular support in recent days, along with the endorsement of two key former presidents.
The last two reformist presidential candidates in 2009, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, both previous holders of top regime posts, remain under house arrest in Tehran. Hundreds of their key supporters were imprisoned after weeks of protests that left scores dead. Protestors chanted "Death to the Dictator!" and defaced portraits of Khamenei; their Green Movement was violently crushed.
In recent weeks even Rohani campaign staffers have been arrested when pro-Mousavi chants erupted at Rohani events.
But Rohani has now won the endorsement of former two-time president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a regime stalwart who was among nearly 700 candidates rejected by the Guardian Council. As a man who could potentially challenge Khamenei, his registration sparked high popular interest in the vote.
Rafsanjani said Iran's "current condition is critical," and that leaders must be able to "comprehend the youth's desires" and not "create … threats and more enemy sanctions due to extremism and imprudence."
And Rohani also received the backing of Mohammad Khatami, the reformist president who won unprecedented landslide victories in 1997 and 2001 and remains one of Iran's most popular politicians. His backing will help Rohani pursue his catchwords of "unity and hope" as he faces the divided conservatives. Mr. Khatami said that with Rohani a contender, "all of us must put laxity aside and wholeheartedly enter the scene" by voting.
"Despite eight years of subversion, Rafsanjani and Khatami's popularity increased," Rohani's campaign media staff wrote in a tweet today. "Everyone must know that subversives and liars have no place in Iran."
Other tweets describe how a "surge" in Rohani's popularity has "propelled him to frontrunner status."
"The very fact that reformists are actually making a comeback, and swallowing their pride, and sticking with the political process even though they have been crushed – that may indicate all sides want … less than a total confrontation," says the Iranian political scientist.
"I'm surprised by how the reformists have been able to pull together, despite all this onslaught, disqualifications, activists in jail and everything else; they are really having a chance," says the academic. "They have been persistent and survivors. The system has not been able to eliminate them."
Will my vote matter?
But the decision to vote also comes down to individual perceptions about how much of a difference their vote might make.
"Activism does not only take place in the streets, it also happens in conversations regarding whether to vote or not…. Whatever they decide, they want their action to have political meaning," writes Iran specialist Farideh Farhi of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in an analysis this week for LobeLog.
"Given the dynamic state-society relations of the Islamic Republic and societal demands that clearly remain unfulfilled, it would be quite unnatural if at least some parts of Iran's vibrant, highly urbanized and differentiated society did not debate the legitimacy, role, and weight of the electoral system … after what happened in 2009," says Ms. Farhi.
She quotes Abbas Abdi, a reformist journalist who has done jail time, describing how he will vote despite having his "livelihood … repeatedly undermined by the authorities." Mr. Abdi said his main reason "under the current conditions is opening this path and returning critics to the official arena of the country."
The debate about voting is playing itself out vividly in Facebook posts, sometimes with curious logic.
"I voted in 2009 for Mir Hossein: They stole my vote and told me, 'Your vote has no value, we decide for you,'" reads one post in Persian. "I will vote again so they count it or force them to steal it. I won't let the Ruler's candidate win easily…. The thieves want me not to vote: 'You are nobodies.' I will vote, to increase the cost of making us nobodies higher for the Ruler."
Political jockeying
Beside Rohani, there are currently five other candidates – all of them conservatives with different experiences but few clear solutions for easing Iran's economic woes, lifting sanctions pressure imposed by the US, United Nations, and European Union over Iran's nuclear program; or even resolving the nuclear dispute.
Saeed Jalili, Iran's current nuclear negotiator, and Ali Akbar Velayati, a veteran foreign minister who is Khamenei's foreign policy advisor, are believed to be closest to the Supreme Leader. Tehran mayor Mohammad Baqr Qalibaf is popular for his management of Iran's unruly capital city, and as an Iran-Iraq war veteran, he appeals to a broad spectrum of Iranians. But as a former police chief he has also been tarred by his still-unclear role in violent suppression of student and street protests in 1999 and 2003.
The candidates have engaged in three debates, but only in the third did they show different positions on key issues like nuclear negotiations with world powers.
Rohani got this far in the process, despite a rumor this week that the Guardian Council might revoke its approval for him to run. He talks about the need to improve human rights in Iran, the people's voice, and other issues that have been largely absent from political discourse throughout President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's eight years in power. During that time, Khamenei has ensured that Iran's political space has shifted far to the right.
Khamenei "is concerned with the election's legitimacy, but his goal above all else is to ensure a stable election that produces a president loyal to him personally," writes Alireza Nader of the RAND Corporation, in a recent pre-election report.
The result, Mr. Nader concludes, is that "the vote of the Iranian population will be largely irrelevant, as the election is a jockeying for power among competing factions rather than as an expression of popular will."
If Rohani – ironically the only cleric in the race to be lead an "Islamic republic" – gains momentum, earning the backing of various stripes of moderates and reformists, it might motivate those who felt cheated in 2009.
"The whole concept of [reformists] pushing and pushing, and not letting Khamenei dictate everything has become in and of itself an end for some," says the Iranian academic in Washington.
"It's highly unlikely there will be as massive a turnout as [2009], but still it will be more than we all expected a few months ago," he notes. "Some people say: 'If the system's favorite candidate is Jalili, so our primary goal should be to not let that happen.' So it's not important who becomes the president, it's important who does not become the president."
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Iran votes: Why the Supreme Leader is so desperate to bring out voters

By Scott Peterson

June 13, 2013

Iran's Supreme Leader is pushing hard for high turnout in presidential elections on Friday, hoping voters will "disappoint the enemy" in a "great divine test" and bury the memory of Iran's fraud-tainted 2009 vote.

Describing the post-election unrest that year as "sedition," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared, "Every vote that the people cast … is primarily a vote of confidence for the Islamic Republic and for our electoral mechanism."

And for many Iranians who took to the streets that year to protest electoral fraud – three million in one day in Tehran alone – that is precisely why they are either torn about voting again, or refuse to do so.

"Post-2009, I'd rather make sure that my hands are clean, that the blood that was spilt doesn't taint me for the sake of a worthless ballot paper and a moment, a mere nanosecond of satisfaction through the illusion that I make a difference," says a Tehran mother who took part in the 2009 protests and asked not to be further identified. "Not voting is possibly the most potent weapon now left for us."

But the presence of a viable reformist candidate in a race that has long been expected to produce an unflashy and unambitious conservative loyalist of Khamenei could make an unexpected difference.

Khamenei told Iranians today that his "insistence" on high turnout would force Iran's foes to "reduce pressures and follow another path." He added, uncharacteristically, that even while some "don't want to back Islamic system," they should still vote to support their nation.

For the regime, high turnout would be a "reaffirmation that, 'We have overcome the crisis, and our electoral process is the only mechanism,'" says an Iranian political scientist now in Washington, who asked not to be further identified. "So if they can achieve that – even if they can pretend to achieve that – it would be for them a victory."

Reformist comeback

There will be six candidates on the ballot, dominated by the predicted handful of lackluster conservatives. But there is also a moderate: former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani, who appears to have gained a degree of popular support in recent days, along with the endorsement of two key former presidents.

The last two reformist presidential candidates in 2009, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, both previous holders of top regime posts, remain under house arrest in Tehran. Hundreds of their key supporters were imprisoned after weeks of protests that left scores dead. Protestors chanted "Death to the Dictator!" and defaced portraits of Khamenei; their Green Movement was violently crushed.

In recent weeks even Rohani campaign staffers have been arrested when pro-Mousavi chants erupted at Rohani events.

But Rohani has now won the endorsement of former two-time president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a regime stalwart who was among nearly 700 candidates rejected by the Guardian Council. As a man who could potentially challenge Khamenei, his registration sparked high popular interest in the vote.

Rafsanjani said Iran's "current condition is critical," and that leaders must be able to "comprehend the youth's desires" and not "create … threats and more enemy sanctions due to extremism and imprudence."

And Rohani also received the backing of Mohammad Khatami, the reformist president who won unprecedented landslide victories in 1997 and 2001 and remains one of Iran's most popular politicians. His backing will help Rohani pursue his catchwords of "unity and hope" as he faces the divided conservatives. Mr. Khatami said that with Rohani a contender, "all of us must put laxity aside and wholeheartedly enter the scene" by voting.

"Despite eight years of subversion, Rafsanjani and Khatami's popularity increased," Rohani's campaign media staff wrote in a tweet today. "Everyone must know that subversives and liars have no place in Iran."

Other tweets describe how a "surge" in Rohani's popularity has "propelled him to frontrunner status."

"The very fact that reformists are actually making a comeback, and swallowing their pride, and sticking with the political process even though they have been crushed – that may indicate all sides want … less than a total confrontation," says the Iranian political scientist.

"I'm surprised by how the reformists have been able to pull together, despite all this onslaught, disqualifications, activists in jail and everything else; they are really having a chance," says the academic. "They have been persistent and survivors. The system has not been able to eliminate them."

Will my vote matter?

But the decision to vote also comes down to individual perceptions about how much of a difference their vote might make.

"Activism does not only take place in the streets, it also happens in conversations regarding whether to vote or not…. Whatever they decide, they want their action to have political meaning," writes Iran specialist Farideh Farhi of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in an analysis this week for LobeLog.

"Given the dynamic state-society relations of the Islamic Republic and societal demands that clearly remain unfulfilled, it would be quite unnatural if at least some parts of Iran's vibrant, highly urbanized and differentiated society did not debate the legitimacy, role, and weight of the electoral system … after what happened in 2009," says Ms. Farhi.

She quotes Abbas Abdi, a reformist journalist who has done jail time, describing how he will vote despite having his "livelihood … repeatedly undermined by the authorities." Mr. Abdi said his main reason "under the current conditions is opening this path and returning critics to the official arena of the country."

The debate about voting is playing itself out vividly in Facebook posts, sometimes with curious logic.

"I voted in 2009 for Mir Hossein: They stole my vote and told me, 'Your vote has no value, we decide for you,'" reads one post in Persian. "I will vote again so they count it or force them to steal it. I won't let the Ruler's candidate win easily…. The thieves want me not to vote: 'You are nobodies.' I will vote, to increase the cost of making us nobodies higher for the Ruler."

Political jockeying

Beside Rohani, there are currently five other candidates – all of them conservatives with different experiences but few clear solutions for easing Iran's economic woes, lifting sanctions pressure imposed by the US, United Nations, and European Union over Iran's nuclear program; or even resolving the nuclear dispute.

Saeed Jalili, Iran's current nuclear negotiator, and Ali Akbar Velayati, a veteran foreign minister who is Khamenei's foreign policy advisor, are believed to be closest to the Supreme Leader. Tehran mayor Mohammad Baqr Qalibaf is popular for his management of Iran's unruly capital city, and as an Iran-Iraq war veteran, he appeals to a broad spectrum of Iranians. But as a former police chief he has also been tarred by his still-unclear role in violent suppression of student and street protests in 1999 and 2003.

The candidates have engaged in three debates, but only in the third did they show different positions on key issues like nuclear negotiations with world powers.

Rohani got this far in the process, despite a rumor this week that the Guardian Council might revoke its approval for him to run. He talks about the need to improve human rights in Iran, the people's voice, and other issues that have been largely absent from political discourse throughout President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's eight years in power. During that time, Khamenei has ensured that Iran's political space has shifted far to the right.

Khamenei "is concerned with the election's legitimacy, but his goal above all else is to ensure a stable election that produces a president loyal to him personally," writes Alireza Nader of the RAND Corporation, in a recent pre-election report.

The result, Mr. Nader concludes, is that "the vote of the Iranian population will be largely irrelevant, as the election is a jockeying for power among competing factions rather than as an expression of popular will."

If Rohani – ironically the only cleric in the race to be lead an "Islamic republic" – gains momentum, earning the backing of various stripes of moderates and reformists, it might motivate those who felt cheated in 2009.

"The whole concept of pushing and pushing, and not letting Khamenei dictate everything has become in and of itself an end for some," says the Iranian academic in Washington.

"It's highly unlikely there will be as massive a turnout as , but still it will be more than we all expected a few months ago," he notes. "Some people say: 'If the system's favorite candidate is Jalili, so our primary goal should be to not let that happen.' So it's not important who becomes the president, it's important who does not become the president."

This article first appeared on MinnPost and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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Campaigners against a controversial wind turbine scheme at a Norfolk sports car manufacturer have won their latest legal bid to get a planning decision overturned.
Objectors welcomed the news after it emerged that a group of local residents had won the right to challenge the construction of three 120metre masts at Lotus Cars.
The proposals for turbines at Hethel, which would meet the sports car company's energy requirements, were approved by one vote at a South Norfolk Council planning committee last year after the Ministry of Defence withdrew its opposition.
Local residents, who claim that the proposed Ecotricity wind turbines would blight the community, have now been granted a judicial review by a High Court judge.
Mr Justice King said that the Friends of Hethel group had an "arguable case" in their bid to get the decision for the project at the Lotus test track quashed. The challenge is now set to proceed to a full High Court hearing. A date has not yet been set.
Alan Benstead, chairman of the Runga action group, which stands for 'Are you naïve gullible apathetic?' against the wind farm, last night said he was not surprised that the case had been granted a judicial review.
"It is a natural process and the application was made on very strong grounds. The Friends of Hethel is a group of very concerned residents who are trying to preserve the quality of life in Hethel."
"We have been fighting for a long time and there are very sound objections to the visual intrusion of a very pleasant area and there are health and safety grounds. They [the approved turbines] are a considerable size and there are properties within 300metres of the turbines," he said.
South Norfolk Council's planning committee voted 8-7 in favour of the project last July, which would supply enough power for Lotus and an estimated 1,000 homes.
Friends of Hethel claim that the scheme should never have gone to a main planning committee after it was rejected by South Norfolk Council's north west area committee. They also say that the noise impact of the proposed masts was not properly assessed.
No one from Lotus or Ecotricity was available for comment.


It's not often that I break out of the comfort of taking photos somewhere around our yard, but whenever I do, they always end up being my favorite outfit posts. That is also because if we are out and about, Brian is taking my photos and he is just so much better than me with the tripod.
He's been scoping out locations for a photography project he's working on and when I saw his test shoots from this colorful wall, I knew it was the perfect spot for this new-to-me vintage dress I bought on Etsy. Having money in my Paypal is so dangerous- it just doesn't feel like I'm spending anything because it never made it to my bank account.
As much as I love buying new clothes, the feeling of a great deal on a vintage treasure is just so much more satisfying to me. I've found myself drawn to primary colors this summer, and I can tell this dress is going to get a lot of airtime the next few months.
What are some of your outfit staples this summer?
Ah those photos are gorgeous! Also you pull off that hair do so well, I feel like whenever I do it I look like a 90s raver girl. Most of my summer staples are vintage also, all dresses! I think my favorite is this strawberry print vintage dress I scored on etsy, its just about the most adorable thing I own.
You look lovely and I like the buns.
Love this outfit, the dress is such a great etsy find and the wall is the perfect backdrop!
Ahhh here's that dress you were talking about! I LOVE it, especially the fun outlines on the pockets. And I totally know what you mean about that Etsy balance. It's like play money, haha!
These photos are so lovely! What a beautiful dress and awesome background.
Oh I love this dress and the colourful wall is the perfect background.
That dress is gorgeous! Love the shoot against the painted wood and you suit your hair up like that sooo much- love it.
These pictures are too cute :) What a fun wall. I've been drawn to vintage clothes more lately too because they just feel way more special than something from a fast fashion shop.
Cheers to going to a new location and taking great photos! I'm the exact same way. Although I'm planning on going to a lake area to take some pictures next week. I'm nervous, but like you, I always like my pictures better when I venture out.
Oh Paypal, I have the same issue. It definitely just feels like free money!
This is gorgeous and completely my style. I need this beautiful dress in my life. I love as much colour as possible and the pattern is so special.
Dresses are definitely my summer wardrobe- it's super hot here! Finding vintage is definitely the best feeling in the world, wayyy better than buying online!
PS- You look amazing in that dress!
This wall is amazing and YOUR HAIR. I wish I could rock this look. How do you make it look so classy and not 90's Spice Girls fan? Also your dress + shoes. You're a colorful ray of sunshine.
Dawwwwww! You are so cute and I love this fun location with the colorful wall! You are just cute as a button!
That dress is amazing! It fits you like a glove! These photos really are especially great. I'm totally in agreement that vintage finds are always a bit more special!


Haven't seen this one before. Charity event on Swedish TV in 2003. /P.
Aaaah Friday's my day! Greetings from the Unmentionable Studio in Halmstad! MP at the knobs! Have a fab weekend y'all! /P.
This is #30 of TDR's hand-picked list of songs from Per Gessle's career.


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W marcu 2017 terroryści Dżabhat an-Nusra zabili w Al-Madżdal w muhafazie Hamy trzydziestu mieszkańców.

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Q: CamelCase-aware backward-kill-word in readline backward-kill-word is a readline action that deletes the previous alphanumeric word. For example, applying this action in the following scenario (▯ indicates the position of the cursor)
echo hello-friend▯

results in
echo hello-▯

backward-kill-word is typically bound to <Alt-Backspace>, although this can be customized in readline's config file ~/.inputrc.
My question is: is it possible to customize backward-kill-word so that it deletes back up to the first non-alphanumeric character, or the first capital letter? This way, it could be used to delete CamelCase words. For example, if I start with
echo HelloFriend▯

upon pressing <Alt-Backspace> I would like to obtain
echo Hello▯

A: If switching to zsh is an option, you can use select-word-style user-contributed widget which allows you to select the word style for all the word motions and operations.
Add to ~/.zshrc:
autoload -U select-word-style
zle -N select-word-style
bindkey '\ez' select-word-style
select-word-style default

And press Alt + Z to select alternative word styles:

$ echo HelloFriendAlt+Z
Word styles (hit return for more detail):
(b)ash (n)ormal (s)hell (w)hitespace (d)efault (q)uit
(B), (N), (S), (W) as above with subword matching

Then uppercase B would select a (annoying to me, but maybe familiar to you) bash style of word selection but with camel-case subword handling alter which (in emacs mode) Ctrl + W (or Alt + Backspace) would remove the Friend above or Alt + B would move back to the start of that Friend word, etc.

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Many thanks to Curtis and Josie for hosting an incredible fundraiser inside the District. I wish we had more images from the evening!
Many thanks to all the Hosts, especially Carol Fraser and Mike Vasser for pulling it together. It was nice meeting new friends and old while we discussed the importance of a vibrant economy and how tourism and the hospitality industries fuel billions of dollars in direct spending. More than 40,000 jobs come directly from the tourism industry alone, with 50% of that directly employing people in South-central Alaska.
Thank you to the co-sponsors: Doran Powell, Diane Thompson, Terre Gales, Cindy Conway, Ric Davidge, Tom McGrath, Cory Ricks, Karen Hartke, Keith Manternach and Robin Phillips for all the support! We had a great turnout despite the wet weather and Muldoon exit construction. It was great to have our party chairman Tuckerman and locals like Chris Nelson among the guests who joined us. We're just getting started and I am sincerely grateful for everyone who came to show their support.


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All the best for 2017, may it be a breakthrough year for all!
This year, my leadership focus is going to be on helping managers learn to be effective coaches.
We hear more and more about managers being expected to coach their team members. When I ask them what coaching tools they use or how they learned to coach, the answers are avoidant. Well, you are a manager and leader, I'm a leadership and executive coach so I'm here to help you learn how to coach effectively as a leader.
I think the first distinction to make is what coaching is not.
I'm sure I could come up with more, but you get the picture.
Whenever you find yourself in a situation requiring you to guide or grow a team member, look at these three categories to see which is most appropriate to achieve the outcome you are looking for and adjust your style accordingly.
I will be looking at each area in greater depth as the year progresses, switching around, so I cover each area equally.
Please send me questions and topics you would like me to cover so that I provide you with the greatest value in these blogs. Follow me on Facebook and LinkedIn and lets start a conversation.
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Jēkabs Nākums, né le  à Priekulė en RSS de Lettonie, est un biathlète letton.

Biographie
Nakums est pompier de profession et vit à Cēsis. Il commence le biathlon au niveau international aux Championnats du monde 1993. Il marque ses premiers points en Coupe du monde cette année à Kontiolahti () et obtient son premier top dix en 1995 à Ruhpolding.
Il est cinquième du sprint des Jeux olympiques de Nagano en 1998, un an après avoir obtenu le même résultat aux Championnats du monde d'Osrblie. En Coupe du monde, il est auteur de deux quatrièmes places en 1998 et 2000. Il est aussi champion d'Europe de sprint en 1998.

En 2002, il participe aux Jeux olympiques de Salt Lake City. Il court internationalement jusqu'en 2004.

Il vit plus tard en Irelande. Il devient un des entraîneurs de l'équipe nationale.

Palmarès

Jeux olympiques

Légende :
 — : pas de participation à l'épreuve
  : pas d'épreuve

Championnats du monde

Coupe du monde
 Meilleur classement général :  en 2000.
 Meilleur résultat individuel :

Championnats d'Europe
 Médaille d'or du sprint en 1998.
 Médaille de bronze du relais en 2002.

Championnats du monde de biathlon d'été

 Médaille d'argent du relais en 1999, 2000 et 2001 (cross).

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Naissance en février 1972
Naissance en RSS de Lituanie
Biathlète (homme) aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1998
Biathlète (homme) aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2002
Entraîneur de biathlon letton


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John Allen Ford  (born July 31, 1966) is a former American football wide receiver who played professional in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions. Ford attended the University of Virginia.

References

External links
 NFL.com player page
 Pro-Football-Reference page

1966 births
Living people
American football wide receivers
Detroit Lions players
Virginia Cavaliers football players
People from Belle Glade, Florida
Players of American football from Florida


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TV Everywhere Ad Views Surge In Q2: FreeWheel
38% Of Long-Form & Live Ad Views Come From Authenticated Users
Jeff Baumgartner
TV Everywhere apps are still disjointed in terms of the content offered and what's accessible to viewers in or out of the home, but advertising views in the still nascent segment continue to climb all the same.
Authenticated ad views on long-form and live content grew 619% in the second quarter versus the year-ago period, with 38% of ad views happening in TV Everywhere environments, FreeWheel found in its latest Video Monetization Report.
Thanks to "tent-pole" events such as the World Cup, NBA playoffs and NHL playoffs, online live ad views in the second quarter jumped 201%, accounting for 18% of all ad views for programmers, said FreeWheel, the online ad specialist that was acquired by Comcast in March 2014.
Ad viewing share in sporting events (81%) dwarfed all other categories – news (9%), scripted dramas (7%) and comedy/variety (3%). But overall live "entertainment simulcasts" still grew – accounting for 10% of live monetization, up from 6% in the first quarter.
According to FreeWheel, the ad view share for on-demand content was far more fragmented: news (21%), documentary/reality (20%), sports (15%), scripted dramas (14%), music/trailers (13%), comedy/variety (12%), kids (3%), and games (2%).
Overall ad views of long-form content surged 35% year-over-year. "This strong growth continues a trend we have observed over multiple quarters as the relationship between viewers and online video more closely mirrors that of traditional TV," FreeWheel said.
By device type, 76% of ad views occurred on desktops and laptops (down 1% year-over year), 13% on smartphones (up 93%), 7% on tablets (up 26%), and 4% on "OTT devices" (up 236%).
In the rapidly expanding OTT device category, 34% of ad views took place on the Roku platform, followed by gaming consoles (33%), the Apple TV (26%), and the Google Chromecast (7%).
TV EverywhereFreeWheel
TV Everywhere Ad Views Skyrocket: FreeWheel
Streaming Of Live TV Also Jumps, Led By Big Sporting Events
TV Everywhere Ad Views Jump 591% in Q4: FreeWheel
Comcast-Owned Firm Touts Authenticated Video Gains
Live Streaming Makes Strides: FreeWheel
Generated 25% of Programmer Video Ad Views in Q1
Set-Top VOD Ad Views Surging
Rate of growth outpaces VOD ad views on other platforms, FreeWheel study says
OTT Devices Gobbling Up Ad View Share: FreeWheel
TV-connected platforms hop ahead of mobile amid heavier emphasis of the big(ger) screen
Set-Top VOD Ads Still Play
Account for 18% of Total Video Ad Views: FreeWheel
OTT Devices Lead Online Ad Growth: Study
Overal Online Ad Views Jump 32%, FreeWheel Says
Adap.tv, FreeWheel Connect On Programmatic Ad Test
Big Media Firms Also On Board To 'Validate' The Tech


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We have played some but we need to get good enough to really play more than one there a year.
Why doesn't basketball play a few games at the Smoothie King Center?
The team will be better this year than last year; and next year will be better than this year. How much better in each case, I don't know.
And they will be a lot better than they were in 16-17.
Based on 3 years in a system and better overall talent and more depth. Frazier was obviously a NBA talent, but it didn't translate to the team, as per a pretty underwhelming season for the team last year.
there really is no evidence of this. It is 100% based on hope. Hopefully an *average* freshman class are major contributors. hopefully there is a big improvement in the game of our returning players. Hopefully Dunleavy's failed system will start working.
Of course there is. We do have better talent. Look at the recruiting rankings of the players now and 3 years ago. A lot more talent. it's also year 3 of a program where improvement is expected.
What there is no evidence of is that we will revert to 16-17, as claimed. That is purely wishful thinking .
Recruiting class from 2015 was ranked better by the site I just checked(247). Kain Harris and Frazier were ranked 178 and 182 neither were any good as Freshman.
Moses Wood is ranked 279, Crabtree 319 and Zhang 283. What rankings are you looking at?
You might be expecting improvement in year 3 but we've all been watching Tulane long enough to know that it doesn't always happen.
I don't expect 16-17 type results but I don't see us being much better than last year.
I don't know how many you can convince on this site that we have more talent (much less "a lot more talent") next year with 3 Freshman replacing our 2 biggest contributing, experienced upperclassmen. I'll give you the more years in the system the better you would expect improvement (though it will be the first for the freshmen). But what' hasn't been proven in MD's first two years is that he has a system (offensive and defensive) that is effective. He had two guys that signed NBA contracts this year (credit him for their growth if you wish) but that did not translate at all on the court. So I applaud your optimism, but I'll stand by my original comment that MD will have to coach his a$$ off to avoid a similar season. Maybe he can do that.
he's an NBA guy. says so himself. not a college guy. His NBA pedigree is not translating one iota here.
Memphis at 2?!? Temple at 8?! No way!
Dunleavy is saying that conditioning is getting better on this team. There was a clear improvement between Year 1 and Year 2 - but now it gets harder as 10th place isn't good enough. He needs to start taking more games from the middling AAC teams.
sorry...should have placed my original post into the 2018-2019 Pre-Season Basketball Thread. Should be merged.
Tulane picked to finish 10th.
Amazing job AD Danny White has done in his short time at UCF. He's made great hires that are paying dividends. All 3 men's sports are now competing for championships. He'll probably get an opportunity to move up to a P5 school if it fits his personal goals. To think they went winless in 2015 in FB before he arrived. They've now won 19 straight games. Looks like basketball is on the right track if they are picked 1st and baseball has done excellent as well. His fundraising skills are also noted. The Knights also recently broke ground of the Roth Athletics Center, which will house the UCF administration and will include an expansion for football operations. Congrats to New Orleanian Danny White.
7. Tulane – Picking the Green Wave this high may surprise some, but Mike Dunleavy is finally starting to make some noise in New Orleans. The team lost both Melvin Frazier and Cameron Reynolds to the pro ranks but does have three other starters and a lot of depth returning. Tulane is still a few years away from contending for a tourney bid, but things are definitely looking up.
No teams in the preseason top 25. Remember when we had people carrying on about how this was going to be 5-6 bid league every year. It's not and yet we can't even climb to the middle of it much less win it.
Another screw up by the athletic department. They didn't get the season tickets printed on time so they'll have to be picked up before the Loyola game. This happened before and it was completely disorganized. causing people to miss the beginning of the game.
I am not surprised...my Football Season Tickets still have not arrived !!!!!!
Gee. You think they'd be able to print a couple of 100. This isn't Kentucky or something. Embarrassing.
If he pushes to midtable in the AAC, he will have done wonders considering where we were. Year 2 > Year 1, but I think the body of work this season is where we really see if he can coach.
that's a BIG IF. and 3 years to get us to the midtable... that's pretty low expectations. let's not forget that Conroy last year > MD Year 1 so you're starting your comparison from a really low point. but you're right, this year will be telling. I hope everyone, including TD, will realize this isn't going to work if we're in the bottom half of the league again.


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Ralph Puckett Jr.: 94-year-old gets Medal of Honor 70 years after Korean War heroism
Biden said that Puckett's initial reaction to receiving the Medal of Honor was to ask, "Why all the fuss? Can't they just mail it to me?" Biden said that after waiting more than 70 years to be recognized for his heroics, the ceremony was well-deserved.
"Col. Puckett, after 70 years rather than mail it to you I would have walked it to you," Biden said. "Your lifetime of service to our nation I think deserves a little bit of fuss."
In the initial daylight assault on the hill, Puckett repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire, rallying pinned down US troops to advance and take the hill from its defenders. But once night fell and temperatures on the hill dropped below freezing, Puckett and his command faced wave after wave of Chinese assaults attempting to retake the key location.
It was estimated that hundreds of Chinese troops were involved in the attack against Puckett's group of five dozen, he said a video recorded for Witness to War, a compilation of oral histories from veterans.
Sitting atop the hill looking out over the 360-degree perimeter the US forces had set up — with the Chinese lines somewhere in the darkness beyond — Puckett could hear the sound of whistles and bugles.
"That was the way they coordinated with each other," he said of the Chinese forces. When the notes stopped, "we were hit with a mortar barrage and automatic weapons fire and shortly thereafter a shower of hand grenades."
Puckett radioed in an artillery strike, stopping the Chinese advance. But a grenade fragment had left him with his first wound of the night.
Six Chinese attacks
That assault was the first of what would be six attacks on the US Rangers' perimeter into the early hours of November 26.
"We were getting more and more pressure and had more and more people wounded" with each assault, Puckett said.
Despite being wounded a second time, through five assaults Puckett was able to call on artillery, firing on points he determined in advance to hold off the Chinese troops.
"They were the overwhelming force that saved our goose," he said.
Between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., Puckett said the Chinese whistles and bugles sounded again.
He radioed for another round of artillery but got bad news: the big guns had another mission, and Hill 205 would have to wait, the artillery unit said.
"We're crumbling. We're being overrun. I just gave my unit the order to withdraw," Puckett radioed back.
His personal situation was dire. By now, he had been wounded three times and was lying in a foxhole "unable to do anything."
"I could see three Chinese about 15 yards away from me and they were bayoneting or shooting some of my wounded Rangers," he recalled.
Then hope ran up the hill.
"All of a sudden, two of my Rangers charged up the hill — Pfc. Billy G. Walls, Pfc. David L. Pollack — they shot the three Chinese, killing them I assume," Puckett said.
The soldiers came over to their wounded commander.
"Walls said, 'Sir, are you hurt?' I thought that was the dumbest question I'd ever heard in my life," Puckett said.
But aloud to the private Puckett said only, "I'm hurt bad. I can't move. Leave me behind."
Disobeying orders
Walls ignored Puckett's order and scooped him up, threw him over his shoulder and began running down the hill as Pollack provided covering fire.
They'd gone about 150 yards when Walls put Puckett down, saying he was too heavy to carry, Puckett recalled.
Each private then grabbed a wrist and dragged their commander the rest of the way down Hill 205 on his backside.
"Not very ceremonially, but we made it," Puckett said.
They found cover with three US tanks, from which Puckett was able to call in a final artillery strike of white phosphorous and high explosives on the Chinese troops now occupying the hill.
"I certainly am pleased that Walls and Pollack disobeyed my order to leave me behind on the hill," Puckett said.
An official Army history records that Puckett sustained wounds to both feet, his thighs, buttocks and left shoulder that night. His combat time in Korea was over.
Puckett "distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty," the White House citation says. "(His) extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service."
Chinese forces drove Americans back
While that night stands out for Puckett's heroism, it also marked the beginning of a difficult two years for US forces in the Korean War.
The strength of the Chinese forces that had come to the aid of the largely defeated North Korean army surprised the Americans, according to a US Army history.
Chinese attacks across the peninsula eventual pushed the US forces and their United Nations allies back into South Korea. At one point, the southern capital of Seoul fell to Communist forces for the second time in months.
"The setback would cause the war to grind on for two and a half more years before ending in an uneasy Armistice on July 27, 1953," an Army history says.
That armistice, resulting in the Korean Peninsula being divided between North and South along the 38th parallel, persists to this day.
"Korea is sometimes called the forgotten war, but those men who were there under Lt. Puckett's command will never forget his bravery," Biden said. "They'll never forget that he was right by their side through every minute of it. The people of the Republic of Korea haven't forgotten."
South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended the ceremony, the first time a foreign leader has attended such an event. He lauded Puckett and said he and other American soldiers helped ensure his nation's freedom and democracy.
"Col. Puckett is a true hero of the Korean War. With extraordinary valor and leadership, he completed missions until the very end, defending Hill 205 and fighting many more battles requiring equal valiance," Moon said. "Without the sacrifice of veterans including Col. Puckett and the Eighth Army Rangers Company, the freedom and democracy we enjoy today couldn't have blossomed in Korea."
Long road to highest honor
Born in Tifton, Georgia, in 1926, Puckett had a long career in the US military, first enlisting as a private in 1943 during World War II. He was discharged in June 1945 to attend the US Military Academy at West Point, graduating four years later with a commission as a second lieutenant.
After Korea, he also served an 11-month combat tour in Vietnam in 1967-68 in the 101st Airborne Division before retiring from active duty in 1971 with the rank of colonel.
As a retiree, Puckett remain actively involved with the military affairs and in 1992 was one of the first people to be inducted into the US Army Ranger Hall of Fame.
Puckett was originally awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions at Hill 205, but John Lock, a retired US Army officer and assistant professor at the US Military Academy, came across Puckett's story during research in the early 1990s and thought it met the criteria for the Medal of Honor, according to an account on the Army's website.
In 2003 Lock began a process to get Puckett the Medal of Honor, but the petition was denied in 2007 and again on appeal in 2009, according to the report.
Lock persevered, submitting a petition for an upgrade for Puckett after the military ordered a review of all awards in 2016.
After that was denied, Lock was told of alternate route, through the Army award corrections board. That was successful and last year the Medal of Honor for Puckett was approved, but Lock stressed that it was something that Puckett never pushed for.
"As we were going through the process and dead in the water, he appealed to me to stop because he didn't want me to continue wasting my time," Lock told the Army website.
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// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="RecordStandardizeExtensions.Handling.StateChange.cs" company="Naos Project">
//    Copyright (c) Naos Project 2019. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace Naos.Database.Domain
{
    using OBeautifulCode.Assertion.Recipes;

    public static partial class RecordStandardizeExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the operation to it's standardized form.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="operation">The operation.</param>
        /// <param name="specifiedResourceLocator">OPTIONAL locator to use. DEFAULT will assume single locator on stream or throw.</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The standardized operation.
        /// </returns>
        public static StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp Standardize(
            this CancelRunningHandleRecordOp operation,
            IResourceLocator specifiedResourceLocator = null)
        {
            operation.MustForArg(nameof(operation)).NotBeNull();

            var result = new StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp(
                operation.InternalRecordId,
                operation.Concern,
                HandlingStatus.AvailableAfterExternalCancellation,
                new[]
                {
                    HandlingStatus.Running,
                },
                operation.Details,
                operation.Tags,
                operation.InheritRecordTags,
                specifiedResourceLocator);

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the operation to it's standardized form.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="operation">The operation.</param>
        /// <param name="specifiedResourceLocator">OPTIONAL locator to use. DEFAULT will assume single locator on stream or throw.</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The standardized operation.
        /// </returns>
        public static StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp Standardize(
            this CompleteRunningHandleRecordOp operation,
            IResourceLocator specifiedResourceLocator = null)
        {
            operation.MustForArg(nameof(operation)).NotBeNull();

            var result = new StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp(
                operation.InternalRecordId,
                operation.Concern,
                HandlingStatus.Completed,
                new[]
                {
                    HandlingStatus.Running,
                },
                operation.Details,
                operation.Tags,
                operation.InheritRecordTags,
                specifiedResourceLocator);

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the operation to it's standardized form.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="operation">The operation.</param>
        /// <param name="specifiedResourceLocator">OPTIONAL locator to use. DEFAULT will assume single locator on stream or throw.</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The standardized operation.
        /// </returns>
        public static StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp Standardize(
            this DisableHandlingForRecordOp operation,
            IResourceLocator specifiedResourceLocator = null)
        {
            operation.MustForArg(nameof(operation)).NotBeNull();

            var result = new StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp(
                operation.InternalRecordId,
                Concerns.RecordHandlingDisabledConcern,
                HandlingStatus.DisabledForRecord,
                new[]
                {
                    HandlingStatus.AvailableByDefault,
                    HandlingStatus.AvailableAfterExternalCancellation,
                    HandlingStatus.AvailableAfterCompletion,
                    HandlingStatus.AvailableAfterFailure,
                    HandlingStatus.AvailableAfterSelfCancellation,
                    HandlingStatus.Running,
                    HandlingStatus.Completed,
                    HandlingStatus.Failed,
                    HandlingStatus.ArchivedAfterFailure,
                },
                operation.Details,
                operation.Tags,
                operation.InheritRecordTags,
                specifiedResourceLocator);

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the operation to it's standardized form.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="operation">The operation.</param>
        /// <param name="specifiedResourceLocator">OPTIONAL locator to use. DEFAULT will assume single locator on stream or throw.</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The standardized operation.
        /// </returns>
        public static StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForStreamOp Standardize(
            this DisableHandlingForStreamOp operation,
            IResourceLocator specifiedResourceLocator = null)
        {
            operation.MustForArg(nameof(operation)).NotBeNull();

            var result = new StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForStreamOp(
                HandlingStatus.DisabledForStream,
                operation.Details,
                operation.Tags,
                specifiedResourceLocator);

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the operation to it's standardized form.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="operation">The operation.</param>
        /// <param name="specifiedResourceLocator">OPTIONAL locator to use. DEFAULT will assume single locator on stream or throw.</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The standardized operation.
        /// </returns>
        public static StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForStreamOp Standardize(
            this EnableHandlingForStreamOp operation,
            IResourceLocator specifiedResourceLocator = null)
        {
            operation.MustForArg(nameof(operation)).NotBeNull();

            var result = new StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForStreamOp(
                HandlingStatus.AvailableByDefault,
                operation.Details,
                operation.Tags,
                specifiedResourceLocator);

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the operation to it's standardized form.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="operation">The operation.</param>
        /// <param name="specifiedResourceLocator">OPTIONAL locator to use. DEFAULT will assume single locator on stream or throw.</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The standardized operation.
        /// </returns>
        public static StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp Standardize(
            this FailRunningHandleRecordOp operation,
            IResourceLocator specifiedResourceLocator = null)
        {
            operation.MustForArg(nameof(operation)).NotBeNull();

            var result = new StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp(
                operation.InternalRecordId,
                operation.Concern,
                HandlingStatus.Failed,
                new[]
                {
                    HandlingStatus.Running,
                },
                operation.Details,
                operation.Tags,
                operation.InheritRecordTags,
                specifiedResourceLocator);

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the operation to it's standardized form.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="operation">The operation.</param>
        /// <param name="specifiedResourceLocator">OPTIONAL locator to use. DEFAULT will assume single locator on stream or throw.</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The standardized operation.
        /// </returns>
        public static StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp Standardize(
            this ArchiveFailureToHandleRecordOp operation,
            IResourceLocator specifiedResourceLocator = null)
        {
            operation.MustForArg(nameof(operation)).NotBeNull();

            var result = new StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp(
                operation.InternalRecordId,
                operation.Concern,
                HandlingStatus.ArchivedAfterFailure,
                new[]
                {
                    HandlingStatus.Failed,
                },
                operation.Details,
                operation.Tags,
                operation.InheritRecordTags,
                specifiedResourceLocator);

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the operation to it's standardized form.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="operation">The operation.</param>
        /// <param name="specifiedResourceLocator">OPTIONAL locator to use. DEFAULT will assume single locator on stream or throw.</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The standardized operation.
        /// </returns>
        public static StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp Standardize(
            this ResetFailedHandleRecordOp operation,
            IResourceLocator specifiedResourceLocator = null)
        {
            operation.MustForArg(nameof(operation)).NotBeNull();

            var result = new StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp(
                operation.InternalRecordId,
                operation.Concern,
                HandlingStatus.AvailableAfterFailure,
                new[]
                {
                    HandlingStatus.Failed,
                },
                operation.Details,
                operation.Tags,
                operation.InheritRecordTags,
                specifiedResourceLocator);

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the operation to it's standardized form.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="operation">The operation.</param>
        /// <param name="specifiedResourceLocator">OPTIONAL locator to use. DEFAULT will assume single locator on stream or throw.</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The standardized operation.
        /// </returns>
        public static StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp Standardize(
            this ResetCompletedHandleRecordOp operation,
            IResourceLocator specifiedResourceLocator = null)
        {
            operation.MustForArg(nameof(operation)).NotBeNull();

            var result = new StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp(
                operation.InternalRecordId,
                operation.Concern,
                HandlingStatus.AvailableAfterCompletion,
                new[]
                {
                    HandlingStatus.Completed,
                },
                operation.Details,
                operation.Tags,
                operation.InheritRecordTags,
                specifiedResourceLocator);

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Converts the operation to it's standardized form.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="operation">The operation.</param>
        /// <param name="specifiedResourceLocator">OPTIONAL locator to use. DEFAULT will assume single locator on stream or throw.</param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The standardized operation.
        /// </returns>
        public static StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp Standardize(
            this SelfCancelRunningHandleRecordOp operation,
            IResourceLocator specifiedResourceLocator = null)
        {
            operation.MustForArg(nameof(operation)).NotBeNull();

            var result = new StandardUpdateHandlingStatusForRecordOp(
                operation.InternalRecordId,
                operation.Concern,
                HandlingStatus.AvailableAfterSelfCancellation,
                new[]
                {
                    HandlingStatus.Running,
                },
                operation.Details,
                operation.Tags,
                operation.InheritRecordTags,
                specifiedResourceLocator);

            return result;
        }
    }
}


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