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[01] Greece's positions are 'firm and founded on international law and treaties', foreign ministry spokesman replies to Turkish PM's interview
[02] Greece to profit 30-50 million dollars annually from Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline
[03] Greek citizens want 'tougher stance' on Turkey and FYROM, opinion poll shows
[04] Dust cloud from North Africa casts shadow over southern Greece, air transport disrupted
Greece's positions are "well-known and firm", and founded on International Law and the International Treaties, foreign ministry spokesman George Koumoutsakos said Sunday, replying to a press quesion over statements by Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an interview appearing in Sunday's edition of the Greek newspaper Kathimerini.
"The Turkish prime minister's statements, as they are attributed in the article, constitute a repetition of the well-known Turkish views. On those views, also well-known and firm are Greece's positions, positions which are founded on International Law and the International Treaties," Koumoutsakos said.
"Indeed, the respect of good neighbourhood relations, which are dictated by the European Union in the conclusions of last December's European Council (summit), demands attitudes that are in accordance with International Law, the International Rules and Treaties," the spokesman said.
Greece, he added, "believes in the need for continous improvement of Greek-Turkish relations, and also that Turkey's European orientation will contribute to that".
Erdogan spoke on Greek-Turkish relations and the Aegean in an interview with Kathimerini daily appearing in Sunday's edition of the newspaper, but taken before the recent incident at Imia islets.
Erdogan maintained that Turkey "has the right and liberty to execute flights above the Aegean, not recognising the Greek national airspace of 10 (nautical) miles, and considering the space between six and ten (nautical) miles as international airspace". Consequently, he added, one should not expect of Turkey "to relinquish its liberty and right".
The Turkish premier claimed that Greece, not Turkey, was responsible for the tension in the Aegean, blaming the tension on what he called a "systematic abuse" of the responsibility over the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) and Greece's 10-nautical-mile national airspace.
Turning to Greek-Turkish relations, Erdogan considered that "they are on a satisfactory orbit since 1999", but also spoke of "unresolved problems" between the two countries, which he claimed were "bilateral differences", adding that his country desired a "just and lasting solution to all the problems, with respect to the mutual interests of the two countries".
Greece will profit between 30 and 50 million dollars annually from the transportation of oil via the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, the country's deputy development minister George Salagoudis estimated on Sunday.
Speaking at a press conference in Thessaloniki, where earlier in the week Greece, Bulgaria and Russia signed a political agreement for the cross-border pipeline, Salagoudis outlined the benefits to arise from the project, budgeted at approximately 700 million euros.
The 285-kilometre pipeline to carry Russian oil from Burgas in Bulgaria to Alexandroupolis in northern Greece has an estimated investment cost of 750-800 million US dollars with an annual capacity of 35 million tonnes of oil. It will supplement a sea route through the Bosphorus for transportation of the product in the region. It is anticipated that the pipeline will forge a new outlet for Russian oil and for oil from the Caspian Sea to Europe and America.
Greece's prestige was being upgraded, immediate economic benefits will ensue, and new jobs will be created both during the construction of the pipeline and during its operation, while it will also comrpise a permament source of development for Thrace, Salagoudis said.
He also anticipated that the pipeline would spark the creation of new enterprises, and at the same time assured that all measures would be taken, with ultramodern installations, to fully safeguard the environment.
Further, according to the preliminary blueprint for the pipeline's route, the pipeline would not pass through inhabited areas but through plains areas, the deputy minister explained.
He said the signing, on April 13, of the inter-state agreement constituted "a historic moment and will comprise a global model", adding that the companies that have undertaken the construction of the pipeline estimated that some 35-50 million tons of crude oil would flow through Alexandroupolis in end-2008.
Replying to a press question, Salagoudis ruled out the prospect of cancellation of the project, although he did say there could prospectively be a delay.
Outlining the New Democracy government's work in the energy sector in its one year in power, Salagoudis said that major progress has been achieved, while the spread of use of natural gas had also been advanced.
The Attica natural gas corporation EPA had made 1,600 links to the natural gas grid in 2003, while the number of link-ups jumped to 7,000 in 2004, while in Thessaloniki the link-ups with the grid more than doubled from 6,200 in 2003 to 13,000 in 2004, Salagoudis said.
Explaining the low cost of natural gas consumption, Salagoudis noted the example of the AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki, which spent 520,000 euros for heating oil in the winter of 2003-2004, while the next winter, following its link-up with the natural gas grid, the expenditure was reduced to 182,000 euros.
Salagoudis further noted the government's "agressive policy" vis-a-vis renewable energy sources, given that Greece was required, by 2010, to bring itself into line with an EU directive providing that 20 percent of the energy balance must come from renewable energy sources.
The Greek citizens want a tough stance vis-a-vis Turkey and FYROM, according to an opinion poll conducted by RASS, appearing in the Sunday newspaper TO PARON.
According to the opinion poll, conducted on April 13-14, worhty of note is the fact that the respondents said they were not satisfied either with the government's handling, or the opposition's stance, which amassed fewer positive votes than the government. Also worthy of note is that the toughest positions were taken by respondents who identified themselves as voters of the two smaller opposition parties represented in parliament: the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and the Coalition of the Left, Movements and Ecology (SYN).
More specifically, to a question on "what should Greece do in relation to the FYROM name", 72.8 percent of the respondents said the government must "toughen its stance and make it clear that Greece will not agree to FYROM's accession to NATO and the EU with the name 'Macedonia' ", while 25 percent said that Greece should "accept the compromise solution for the sake of preserving stability in the region".
Also, 54.5 percent of the respondents considered "mistaken" or "rather mistaken" the government's handling on the FYROM issue, while 35.3 percent considered the handling "correct" or "rather correct", whereas 29.5 percent considered PASOK's stance "correct" or "rather correct", while 53.8 percent considered it "mistaken" or "rather mistaken".
To the question "what should the government do following the new Turkish provocation at Imia islets", a vast majority of 79.9 percent of the respondents said that the government must "toughen its stance and make it clear that Turkey's deportment does not justify entry into the EU", while 16.8 percent opted in favour of continuation of support of Turkey's accession course.
Also 34.6 percent of the respondents considered as "correct" or "rather correct" the government's stance "on Turkey's provocativeness", while 359.5 percent considered the government's stance "mistaken" or "rather mistaken", whereas 30.1 percent considered PASOK's stance on the issue "correct" or "rather correct", while 54.2 percent considered it "mistaken" or "rather mistaken".
A thick cloud of dust particles carried by strong southerly winds from North Africa blanketed several parts of southern Greece on Sunday, causing cancellations and serious delays in air transport due to low visibility.
The dust cloud reached the greater Athens area and several other regions of the country in the late morning, restricting visibility to a few hundred metres and creating a stifling atmosphere.
Southern Greece, and particularly the large island of Crete, was most seriously affected by the dense haze, which hung over parts of the Aegean after arriving on the back of gale force winds earlier in the day and overnight.
Crete was the hardest hit by the weather phenomenon, as all air and sea traffic to the island was cancelled.
Aegean Airlines cancelled its flights to Irakleio, while three Olympic Airways flights to Crete and Rhodes in the afternoon were also cancelled. Also, three charter flights from Brussels, Nice and Paris to Irakleio landed instead at Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport until conditions improved enough to allow the planes to continue on to Crete.
National Meteorological Service (EMY) staff members told the ANA that the phenomenon was "usual for the season"; one comprised of dust particles was carried from the Maghreb and across the Mediterranean by strong southerly winds.
Meteorologists said the phenomenon was due to low pressure fronts over North Africa, which caused so-called "Saharan depressions". The latter resulted in a dense cloud of dust being thrust upwards and northwards by southerly winds prevailing on the sea.
(Caption: The north side of the Acropolis can barely be seen from Athinas Avenue in the Greek capital's centre on Sunday afternoon, after a dust cloud covered the entire greater Athens area throughout much of the day. ANA / M. Maroyanni).
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Achievements celebrated at annual Honors Dinner
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YSM Dean Robert Blocker tells students, "Claim the future. It belongs to you."
Left to right: Benjamin Polak, Peter Salovey, Samuel Simons Sanford Award winner Carol Colburn Grigor, and Robert Blocker
The Yale School of Music held its annual Honors Dinner on Sunday, May 7, welcoming students and alumni, faculty and staff, and distinguished guests to the Yale Commons for an evening of celebration. After thanking recently retired staff members for their service and acknowledging the University officers who were in attendance, YSM Dean Robert Blocker presented Carol Colburn Grigor '69MMA CBE with the School's highest honor, the Samuel Simons Sanford Award. Grigor, Blocker, said, "is one of America's most generous … most thoughtful philanthropists." Composer and former Edinburgh International Festival director Jonathan Mills congratulated Grigor via video.
Left to right: Benjamin Polak, Peter Salovey, Nathan Hale Award recipient Willie Ruff, and Robert Blocker
Dean Blocker, with University President Peter Salovey and Yale Provost Benjamin Polak at his side, presented longtime YSM professor Willie Ruff '53BM '54MM, who will retire at the end of the semester, with the University's prestigious Nathan Hale Award. "He's changed all our lives," Blocker said, before attendees were shown a video tribute to Ruff's life and work. In a nod to the man who indirectly inspired him decades ago to study at YSM, Ruff said, "I thank, most of all, Charlie Parker." The jazz office in the Yale School of Music's Adams Center for Musical Arts was recently named in Ruff's honor.
Left to right: Benjamin Polak, Peter Salovey, Ian Mininberg Distinguished Service Award winner Warren Lee, and Robert Blocker
Blocker presented the Ian Mininberg Distinguished Service Award to pianist Warren Lee '00MM and the Cultural Leadership Citation to retiring Yale Collection of Musical Instruments curator William Nicholas Renouf '71MMA. The Collection's director, William Purvis, accepted the Citation on behalf of Renouf, who was unable to attend the Honors Dinner. Before presenting student prizes, Blocker referenced an impressive number of awards and successes earned and realized this year by students, faculty, and staff. He recognized longtime YSM faculty pianist Peter Frankl, who plans to retire in the fall, for his dedication to the School community.
At the end of the evening, Blocker told the students in attendance, "Claim the future. It belongs to you. You will make us better." What follows is a list of the student prizes awarded during YSM's 2017 Honors Dinner.
Brass and Woodwinds
The Thomas Daniel Nyfenger Memorial Prize, which is awarded to a graduating student who has demonstrated the highest standard of excellence in woodwind playing, was presented to clarinetist Jesse McCandless. The John Swallow Prize, which is given to an outstanding brass player whose artistry and dedication have contributed to the department, was awarded to horn player Reese Farnell.
The Woods Chandler Memorial Prize, for the best composition in a larger form written during the year, was awarded to Hilary Purrington. The Rena Greenwald Memorial Prize, for the best piano composition written during the year, went to Ethan Braun. The John Day Jackson Prize, for an outstanding chamber music composition written for strings, with or without other instruments, was presented to Natalie Dietterich. The Frances E. Osborne Kellogg Memorial Prize, for the best composition written in a contrapuntal style, was given to Matthew Bridgham. And the Ezra Laderman Prize, for the best composition written for musical theater or voice, was awarded to Molly Joyce.
The Eliot Fisk Prize, which is given to an outstanding guitarist whose artistic achievement and dedication have contributed greatly to the department, was awarded to Christopher Garwood.
The Charles Ives Prize, which is awarded to an outstanding organ major, went to Gabriel Benton. The Julia R. Sherman Memorial Prize for excellence in organ playing was awarded to Nicholas Quardokus.
The Charles S. Miller Prize, which is given to a gifted pianist who has done outstanding work during the first year of study, was awarded to Nansong Huang. The Elizabeth Parisot Prize, which goes to outstanding pianists in the School of Music, was awarded to Fantee Jones and Chengcheng Yao.
Left to right: Melvin Chen, Broadus Erle Prize winners Sirena Huang and Laura Park, and Robert Blocker
The Georgina Lucy Grosvenor Memorial Prize, which is awarded to the violist in the graduating class whose performances while at Yale have exhibited the highest potential for success as a soloist or chamber musician in the field, was given to Emily Brandenburg. The Aldo Parisot Prize, which is awarded to gifted cellists who show promise for a concert career, was presented to Mingyao Zhao and Allan Hon. And the Broadus Erle Prize, which is given to outstanding violinists in the School of Music, went to Laura Park, Sirena Huang, and Jiwon Sun.
The David L. Kasdon Memorial Prize, which is awarded to an outstanding singer in the School of Music, went to soprano Jessica Pray. The Phyllis Curtin Career Entry Prize, whose purpose is to assist in launching the career of a graduating voice student who demonstrates exceptional talent as an artist and promise for a professional career, was given to tenor Andres Moreno Garcia.
Doctor of Musical Arts
The Friedmann Thesis Prize, which is awarded to a DMA candidate whose thesis is notable for its distinguished research, original perspective, in-depth engagement with its subject, and well-crafted presentation, was presented to choral conductor Nathan Reiff.
Left to right: Melvin Chen, Presser Foundation Music Award recipient Florrie Marshall, and Robert Blocker
The Malcolm L. Mitchell and Donald M. Roberts, Class of 1957 Prize, which is given to the outstanding graduating teaching artist in the Music in Schools Initiative, went to trumpeter Andrew Stadler. The Philip Francis Nelson Prize, which is awarded to a graduating student whose musicianship is outstanding and who demonstrates curiosity, talent, and the entrepreneurial spirit in the many dimensions of the music profession, was given to oboist Lydia Consilvio. The Presser Foundation Music Award, which is awarded to an outstanding returning student to advance his or her music education, was given to violist Florrie Marshall.
Left to right: Melvin Chen, YSM Alumni Association Prize winners Diomedes Saraza, Felice Doynov, Sun-A Park, Matthew Cramer, Graeme Johnson, Sophia Mockler, and Hilary Purrington, and Donna Yoo
And the Yale School of Music Alumni Association Prize, which is awarded to graduating students who have not only excelled in their respective fields but have also made important contributions to the general life of the School, was given to choral conductor Matthew Cramer, flutist Felice Doynov, clarinetist Graeme Johnson, violinist Sophia Mockler, pianist Sun-A Park, composer Hilary Purrington, and violinist Diomedes Saraza.
Photos by Harold Shapiro
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Wrongfully Convicted NBA Prospect Shares Inspiring Tale On Bouncing Back From Adversity
Williams was innocent and even rejected a plea deal.
Bruce Goodwin II
People serving time after being wrongfully accused is nothing new, but every exoneration feels just as freeing as the last.
The latest case affected NBA hopeful Darrell Williams, who was convicted of sexual assault while playing basketball for Oklahoma State. He was accused of forcing his hands down two female students' pants during a off-campus party in December 2010. He was sentenced to two years, one for each woman.
Williams was innocent and even rejected a plea deal that would drop the charges to a minimal misdemeanor battery. He'd be exonerated two years later with the help of a new legal team and the Chicago Innocence Project. While in jail, he befriended an old Amateur Athletic Union buddy, Randy Brown, who was the special assistant to the general manager of the Chicago Bulls. He was there for Williams during the entire ordeal.
"When you are released from prison, I'm going to be there to make sure you get that second chance. I've got your back, D," Brown told Williams, according to Sports Illustrated.
Upon finishing his prison sentence, Brown helped his Chicago brother get on the right track, which included finishing up college a Texas A&M–Commerce and eventually seeing his talents thrive overseas.
His convictions and sex offender status would eventually be overturned in April 2014 when the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the decision on the grounds that he'd not received a fair trial due to jury misconduct.
Read the rest of Williams' inspiring story with Sports Illustrated here.
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23 Throwback Photos Of The 2015 NBA Finals Players
1. Iman Shumpert chillin' with his four brothers.
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2. Anderson Varejao back in the day.
3. J.R. Smith rocking a fresh cut.
4. Matthew Dellavedova hitting the court as a young baller.
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5. Kevin Love back in 2007 at the ESPY Awards.
6. Brendan Haywood playing for North Carolina.
7. James Michael McAdoo and his big sis.
8. David Lee having a good time on the court in his college days.
9. Festus Ezeli back home in Nigeria.
10. Andrew Bogut gets into the game during his NCAA days.
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11. Harrison Barnes celebrates his little sis on National Sibling Day.
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PC Doug Ford is re-elected in Etobicoke North
The Canadian Press has called the race in Etobicoke North for Doug Ford of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Ford has represented the electoral district since 2018.
Ford (PC) was declared the winner with 55.02 per cent of 6,181 ballots counted as of 9:27 p.m. Julie Lutete (Liberal) was in second with 23.3 per cent of votes and Aisha Jahangir (NDP) was in third with 12.93 per cent.
9 of 38 polls reporting
Doug Ford: 3,401 votes (55.02 per cent)
Julie Lutete: 1,440 votes (23.3 per cent)
Aisha Jahangir: 799 votes (12.93 per cent)
Gabriel Blanc: 202 votes (3.27 per cent)
Andy D'Andrea: 201 votes (3.25 per cent)
Victor Ehikwe: 98 votes (1.59 per cent)
The Peoples Political Party
Carol Royer: 40 votes (0.65 per cent)
As of 9:27 p.m. the Canadian Press is projecting the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has won a majority government. The party has won or is leading in 10 of 124 electoral districts. The Ontario New Democratic Party has won or is leading in 25 electoral districts. The Liberal Party of Ontario has won or is leading in 10 electoral districts. The Green Party of Ontario has won or is leading in one electoral district. Other candidates have won or are leading in one electoral district.
As of June 2, 464 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters in the riding. There are a total of 144,861 eligible voters in Etobicoke North.
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Review: Yo-Yo Ma Dazzles at Boston Symphony Orchestra Performance
by Andrea Asuaje
Yo Yo Ma, Charles Dutoit and the Boston Symphony Orchestra during a standing ovation at Saturday night's show at Boston Symphony Hall. (Photo by Andrea Asuaje)
Written by Andrea Asuaje
Charles Dutoit is celebrating his 80th birthday in style.
The octogenarian took the stage on Saturday night to guest conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra and master cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a concert of crowd favorites by English composers: William Walton's overture "Portsmouth Point," Edward Elgar's cello concert in E minor and Gustav Holst's "The Planets" suite.
The concert started promptly at 8 p.m. with the Walton overture, a piece from the early 20th century but with elements pleasantly similar to the scores of current period dramas. The piece, inspired by a painting of a seaside port, is energetic, percussive and expressive, transporting listeners to busy streets and loading docks featured in the original work of art. The overture was a terrific start to the evening's program.
Jumping ahead, the final piece of the evening was "The Planets" suite — a series of seven movements each representing a planet (minus Earth and Pluto.)
The suite starts with Mars, nicknamed "The Bringer of War." Brash and tense, Mars is an attention-grabber from the first few measures. Here, however, the orchestra may have been a bit too loud, the brass and percussive instruments reverberating a bit excessively through the hall. The forte in Mars, along with Jupiter, "The Bringer of Jollity," were nearly jarring at times, though the dynamic variety and precision (aside from the loudest of loud) were extraordinary throughout the entire suite.
Venus, "The Bringer of Peace," was tranquil, angelic and generally lovely, particularly the solos from several musicians, including concertmaster Malcolm Lowe. Mercury, "The Winged Messenger," lived up to its name: flighty, quirky and fast. Jupiter, perhaps the most well-known movement of the suite, was magnificent — melodic and moving with perfect dynamic highs and lows (though correct me if I misheard, other Saturday evening concert-goers, but was there an early start from a musician on stage?)
The movement is a crowd-pleaser for a reason: It's simply beautiful.
Saturn, "The Bringer of Old Age," is probably the least interesting movement of the suite, with its steady rhythms resembling a clock. Uranus, "The Magician," could easily replace Paul Dukas' famous "Sorcerer's Apprentice" in a remake of Disney's "Fantasia"; the movement is overwhelmingly cinematic in nature. The suite wraps up with Neptune, "The Mystic," the movement that most resembles the spacey, dreamy and mysterious scores of science-fiction and fantasy movies of today. The women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus sang along with the orchestra — from backstage! — to end the suite in a hauntingly beautiful fashion. It would have been nice to feature the choir more prominently onstage; many concert-goers were whispering and wondering if the choir was, in fact, just a recording.
But it was the piece that came in the middle of the program that truly shone. Elgar's cello concerto, performed by cellist extraordinaire Yo-Yo Ma, was practically flawless. What can be said about Ma that has not been said before? He is an absolute gift to classical music and his fans. His work throughout the concerto — the fluidity of his movements, his flawless delivery and dynamic range, his palpable passion for the piece itself, and his mastery of the music and his instrument — was nothing short of perfection. Ma's intensity and dedication to the piece and to the performance was so apparent. He often smiled to the other musicians and moved as if he were the second conductor on the stage.
When he finally played his last note, Ma received an immediate standing ovation, which he took alongside Dutoit. The two left the stage and returned not once, but twice, for three full standing ovations.
Not a bad way to celebrate a birthday.
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Emily Kohlhas Appointed Director of Marketing at John Vena, Inc.
New CFO & Food Safety Manager Join John Vena, Inc.
The board of directors of the National Association of Perishable Agricultural Receivers (NAPAR), a fresh produce association that represents the interests of produce wholesalers and receivers, has elected John Vena, president of John Vena, Inc., as vice chairman of the board.
During the same session, Matthew D'Arrigo, vice president of D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of New York, was elected chairman of the board. The NAPAR Board also elected three new members: Rob Strube of Strube Celery & Vegetable Co. of Chicago, Dominic Russo of Rocky Produce from Detroit and Jeff (J.D.) Brown from Wakefern Food Corp. of New Jersey.
NAPAR is a national trade association focused exclusively on the unique needs of produce wholesale receivers. Its members are family-owned, multi-generational businesses with combined annual sales over $4 billion.
For almost three decades, NAPAR has established a tradition of helping receivers and making sure their voices are heard in Washington before Congress and the regulatory agencies. No other trade association can speak solely on behalf of wholesale receivers in times of crisis and need.


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Cowboys not rushing to sign Elliott, but confident it will eventually get done
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Wednesday was a really great day for Ezekiel Elliott, a confirmation of how he assesses himself. The Dallas Cowboys running back was named the team's offensive most valuable player in 2018 during the team's kickoff luncheon.
Yea! Perhaps the team can send the trophy to Elliott in Cabo San Lucas.
The saga of Elliott vs the Cowboys continues to drag on, the player and organization stiff-arming each other along the line of scrimmage of contract negotiation. Elliott has proved to be slippery; he wants his deal extended and enriched to the point he can shop at the same stores as Todd Gurley and Le'Veon Bell.
Of course, the Cowboys are trying to figure out whether their salary cap can handle Elliott's demands, since quarterback Dak Prescott also wants something like $40 million a year and there are many other mouths still to feed.
There have been whispers Elliott will get what he wants prior to the Cowboys season-opener against the New York Giants, which is just over one week away. And it's assumed once that happens, there will be no lag time between his signature and first carry.
We know that because Elliott has apparently been busting his butt in the resort town, working up a steady sweat to ensure he's prepared when his situation is resolved.
Elliott is not down there alone. Hall of Fame back Marshall Faulk is working out with him. And Faulk told ESPN earlier this week his protégé is in peak condition.
"His fitness is great, but playing in games is different," said Faulk in a text message. "My job is to close that gap with putting him in active game situations. The only thing we can't simulate is the contact."
Elliott has won the NFL's rushing title in two of his three seasons, including the 2018 season. Hall-of-Famer Emmitt Smith is the only other Cowboy to win multiple rushing crowns in their first three seasons. In fact, Elliott and Smith are two of only five players in history to do something like that since the merger in 1970.
ESPN asked Faulk if he believed Elliott would need to sit once he returns while he re-assimilates to the offense.
"The question is," Faulk said, "are the Cowboys willing to have him miss games because they don't believe he should be the highest-paid RB?"
(Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
The suggestion is the Cowboys will pony up a pact that will pay Elliott somewhere between $13 and $15 million annually. Gurley's $14.375 million package is the highest for any running back.
Is he worth it? Elliott was the team leader in receptions (77) in 2018 and that set a team record for a running back. His nine TDs also led the team. He gained 2,001 yards from scrimmage in 15 games (he was rested in Week 17).
Elliott is also just the fourth player in league history to amass at least 1,900 yards from scrimmage in two of his first three seasons. Eric Dickerson, Edgerrin James and LaDainian Tomlinson are the others.
Yes, we think he's probably worth it.
The Cowboys have been playing a rhetorical game, firing off occasional provocations designed to make Elliott at least think he's not needed as much as he thinks he is.
Earlier in training camp, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones upset the Elliott camp by saying "Zeke Who" after the Cowboys first preseason game.
On Wednesday, Jones took a more measured tone when asked if the team was ready to move on without Elliott – temporarily or permanently. Remember, they were forced to play without him in 2017 when he sat out a six-game league suspension.
"We have to be prepared to play without any given player," Jones said on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. "We may very well play without a player that's not coming in on his contract. We'll play and play well."
Jones seems prepared to wait out Elliott, as he is with Prescott and receiver Amari Cooper, who also wants a fresh deal. It was Jones son, Stephen, the team's executive vice president, who told the radio station he believed Dallas would have a deal with Elliott before Sept. 8.
"We've got a marathon here," said Jerry Jones said. "We want Zeke when we get to the playoffs. We want Zeke when we're in the dog days of this season. … A fresh Zeke, if we got to the end, would be great."
Should Elliott continue his holdout, the Cowboys will turn to veteran Alfred Morris and rookie Tony Pollard, who has looked exceptional good in camp.
"Were missing one (player), but we'll have him on the field," Jerry Jones said at the luncheon. "I'm not joking. If he's not there early, he'll be there late. We'll take any game we can get him."
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Can Your Phone Tell When You're Depressed?
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Man's best friend is more likely to be his smartphone than his dog these days. That's why it makes sense that your technology might be the first to know if you're starting to get depressed.
A new study from Northwestern Medicine revealed that people with symptoms of depression use their phones nearly four times as much as those who aren't depressed. To break it down: Depressed people spent about 68 minutes each day tapping away, compared to just 17 minutes for those without depression.
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"When people use their phones more to look at Facebook or the Internet, it distracts them from what they're feeling in the moment," says study author Stephen Schueller, PhD, assistant professor at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine.
"For a lot of people with depression, we see a pattern of them just going from work to home."
The small two-week study of 28 participants used a tracker to monitor how much time people spent on their phones, and how often they moved around, based on the GPS. Each participant also took a standardized questionnaire used to diagnose depression in clinical settings. By the end of the study, it turned out that a person's phone data could also act as a depression test, with 87 percent accuracy compared to the traditional clinical questionnaire.
But before you resolve to quit Instagram for good, it turns out that a person's GPS action is an even stronger predictor of the blues than time spent staring at the screen. "Where they were going, how often they were getting out of house, how many different places they were visiting — that pattern of daily living was more strongly predictive than time spent on the phone," Schueller says.
Simply put, mentally healthy people are more likely to be on the move. "For a lot of people with depression, we see a pattern of them just going from work to home," Schueller says. "But people without depression do a lot of different things — they go grocery shopping, they go out and get active, they're engaging in social activities. And they're doing it on a more regular basis."
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In the future, researchers hope this technology can be used to alert users, or medical providers, that they may be falling into unhealthy patterns. It could also help docs determine whether treatments for depression are actually working. And before you get worried that big brother is watching, the researchers say they have precautions in place to guard your privacy — and make sure the GPS data doesn't reveal your exact location.
In the meantime, resist the urge to hide behind your device when you're feeling down — and reach out to a friend IRL, instead. "If you really struggle with using your phone all the time, make sure it's not always in your pocket or right next to you," Schueller says. "Even taking a couple of steps before picking up your phone is going to make you less likely to use it."
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2020 Democratic Delegate Allocation: KANSAS
Election type: primary (party-run)
Number of delegates: 45 [9 at-large, 4 PLEOs, 26 congressional district, 6 automatic/superdelegates]
Allocation method: proportional statewide and at the congressional district level
Threshold to qualify for delegates: 15%
2016: proportional caucuses
Delegate selection plan
Changes since 2016
If one followed the 2016 series on the Republican process here at FHQ, then you may end up somewhat disappointed. The two national parties manage the presidential nomination process differently. The Republican National Committee is much less hands-on in regulating state and state party activity in the delegate selection process than the Democratic National Committee is. That leads to a lot of variation from state to state and from cycle to cycle on the Republican side. Meanwhile, the DNC is much more top down in its approach. Thresholds stay the same. It is a 15 percent barrier that candidates must cross in order to qualify for delegates. That is standard across all states. The allocation of delegates is roughly proportional. Again, that is applied to every state.
That does not mean there are no changes. The calendar has changed as have other facets of the process such as whether a state has a primary or a caucus.
Unlike some states where most of the changes from 2016 to 2020 occurred because of the coronavirus in 2020, Kansas Democrats saw changes to their delegate selection on both sides of the pandemic. The biggest pre-coronavirus changes instituted were in response to the Democratic National Committee rules changes encouraging increased participation in the delegate selection process. Kansas Democrats' original delegate selection plan called for a May 2 party-run primary that included both in-person and mail-in ranked choice voting. That May end point was eight weeks later than the weekend after Super Tuesday date on which the Kansas Democratic caucuses were in 2016.
Those are not changes without significance. Kansas Democrats, even days before May 2, was a success story for the DNC changes in Rule 2 calling for increased participation. Even then, turnout in the mail-in party-run primary was triple what it was in the 2016 caucuses.
After the coronavirus pandemic turned the 2020 presidential nomination process upside down, the Kansas Democratic Party's initial reaction was to continue as planned with the party's delegate selection plan. They planned to retain the in-person voting component but emphasize the vote-by-mail system the groundwork of which had been laid in the original plan. This emphasis included mailing ballots to all registered Democrats in the Sunflower state. Those registered by March 30 were to have been mailed ballot by the party by April 10. Additionally, Kansas Democrats could request ballots from the party until April 24. Less than two weeks later the party opted to nix in-person voting (just as Alaska, Hawaii and Wyoming have done in party-run contests).
All ballots are due to the state party by Saturday, May 2. That is received and not postmarked by May 2.
[Please see below for more on the post-coronavirus changes specifically to the delegate selection process.]
Overall, the Democratic delegation changed by eight delegates from 2016 to 2020. The number of pledged delegates increased by six (four district delegates and two at-large delegates), and gained two superdelegates. The majority of the increase to the delegation was based on the decision of Kansas Democrats to switch to a later contest. That move from March in 2016 to May in 2020 qualified the state party for bonus delegates.
The standard 15 percent qualifying threshold applies both statewide and on the congressional district level.
Delegate allocation (at-large and PLEO delegates)
To win any at-large or PLEO (pledged Party Leader and Elected Officials) delegates a candidate must win 15 percent of the statewide vote. Only the votes of those candidates above the threshold will count for the purposes of the separate allocation of these two pools of delegates.
See New Hampshire synopsis for an example of how the delegate allocation math works for all categories of delegates.
Delegate allocation (congressional district delegates)
Kansas's 26 congressional district delegates are split across 4 congressional districts and have a variation of three delegates across districts from the measure of Democratic strength Kansas Democrats are using based on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections in the state. That method apportions delegates as follows...
CD1 - 5 delegates*
CD3 - 8 delegates
*Bear in mind that districts with odd numbers of national convention delegates are potentially important to winners (and those above the qualifying threshold) within those districts. Rounding up for an extra delegate initially requires less in those districts than in districts with even numbers of delegates.
Delegate allocation (automatic delegates/superdelegates)
Superdelegates are free to align with a candidate of their choice at a time of their choosing. While their support may be a signal to voters in their state (if an endorsement is made before voting in that state), superdelegates will only vote on the first ballot at the national convention if half of the total number of delegates -- pledged plus superdelegates -- have been pledged to one candidate. Otherwise, superdelegates are locked out of the voting unless 1) the convention adopts rules that allow them to vote or 2) the voting process extends to a second ballot. But then all delegates, not just superdelegates will be free to vote for any candidate.
[NOTE: All Democratic delegates are pledged and not bound to their candidates. They are to vote in good conscience for the candidate to whom they have been pledged, but technically do not have to. But they tend to because the candidates and their campaigns are involved in vetting and selecting their delegates through the various selection processes on the state level. Well, the good campaigns are anyway.]
All 26 of the Kansas district delegates will be selected through online voting on May 29 and 30. Any registered Democrat can participate in the selection election by registering either with their congressional district chair or the state party by Monday, May 4. The PLEO and then at-large delegates will be selected on June 3-4 by the State Committee based on the statewide results in the primary. This selection will also take place virtually.
[The dates of selection have been modified for all pledged delegates because of the coronavirus. The district delegates were to have been selected in district conventions on May 16 while the PLEO and at-large delegates were to have been selected by the Kansas Democratic State Committee on June 6.]
Importantly, if a candidate drops out of the race before the selection of statewide delegates, then any statewide delegates allocated to that candidate will be reallocated to the remaining candidates. If Candidate X is in the race in early June when the Kansas statewide delegate selection takes place but Candidate Y is not, then any statewide delegates allocated to Candidate Y in the May party-run primary would be reallocated to Candidate X. [This same feature is not something that applies to district delegates.] This reallocation only applies if a candidate has fully dropped out. This is less likely to be a factor with just Biden left as the only viable candidate in the race, but Sanders could still gain statewide delegates by finishing with more than 15 percent statewide. Under a new deal struck between the Biden and Sanders camps, Biden will be allocated (or reallocated) all of the statewide delegates in a given state. However, during the selection process, the state party will select Sanders-aligned delegate candidates in proportion to the share of the qualified statewide vote.
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Labels: 2020 Democratic delegate allocation series, 2020 presidential election, delegate selection rules, Kansas, party-run primary, presidential primaries, proportional rules
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Q: What's the use of 0xff -colors in android? Sometimes in android projects there are color formats like '0xff4ca665'.
What is the purpose of using them?

A: Some programmers come from have more experience with overt 24 bit colors. And sometimes it matters in Android, the alpha isn't masked in some more direct manipulations in renderscript. And as you want '0xff4ca665' telling the system you want '0x4ca665' and hoping something else masks it correctly later on seems like a sketchy bet on something that literally cannot even waste a clock cycle.
Somethings do not take resID links to colors or give you an option like  View.setBackgroundColor(int) where the int for the color is encoded in a 32 bit integer like that.
Specifically this is how alpha masking in 24 bit colors work. They are formatted as a 32 bit integer as 0bAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGBBBBBBBB So each color of RGB gets 8 bits and there's 8 bit masking for the alpha done with whatever PorterDuff blending is later used to render the result. Android stores colors purely as integers, so using these is a good idea, if that's what it ends up as.
When you do it in hex like that you get two digits for each thing 0xAARRGGBB and the AA is set to ff meaning 255 or fully opaque. No need to trust the colors to not being fully opaque. There's a lot of times when if you leave those as 00 you end up with a blank image, or well fully transparent one. Knowing which times it matters isn't worth it, if we just overtly include the alpha.
Android also has a few other schemes that matter which store colors in shorts. Namely 4444 which stores alpha and each color in 4 bits. And 565 which stores the red in 5 bits, green in 6 bits and blue in 5 bits. Both of which end up using 16 bits in total rather than 32. But, a great many encoding schemes use 8888 which is pretty standard so it's very common to see people referencing the colors like that, especially in hex.

A: Some android APIs like View.setBackgroundColor() expect color integers of ARGB format. So 0xff4ca665 denotes the fully opaque RGB color #4ca665 while the integer 0x4ca665 is equal to 0x004ca665 and therefore denotes the fully transparent color.

A: Same reason as #ff4ca665... To denote an ARGB color value.
If using the above in the colors XML, the leading ff isn't entirely necessary because those are given full opacity.
The 0xff4ca665 would be the equivalent Java representation.
In any case, you get the following color

body {
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Wafi Group has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Raycom Engineering Systems. The company has been providing services in the Middle East to the Oil & Gas industry since 2006 with manufactured Seals and Precision Engineering Products used for midstream, upstream and downstream applications and offers a wide range of engineering and energy solutions.
Being a technology-driven enterprise, the company is focused on innovation, research & development for emerging markets. "Raycom Engineering Systems is well-positioned to deliver unique solutions to clients through its traditional placement capabilities. We are constantly looking for opportunities to better serve our customers and are thrilled to be part of the Wafi Group" said Anura Leslie Perera, Executive Chairman, Raycom Engineering Systems. "We have enjoyed tremendous success over the years and are excited to continue our journey as part of the Wafi Group family. We are looking to expand further into the Aerospace arena and believe this partnership will enable us to enhance within this area and allow us to grow regionally and beyond."
Khalil Abdulla, newly-appointed director of Raycom Engineering and representative of Wafi Group said "We continue to focus on and capitalise in diversifying our business and investment portfolio to deliver steady revenue generation through varied businesses. Raycom is well-established and trusted by their customers for outstanding precision engineering workmanship, delivery & customer service. Acquiring a company such as Raycom Engineering Systems is a step into a new field for us and is a welcome addition to the Wafi Industrial portfolio."
Wafi Group's acquisition of Raycom Engineering Systems broadens market presence across the industrial sector. "Both companies have complementary operations and cultures and the joining of forces will present a huge opportunity going forward. With both companies present across a variety of fields, we look forward to shaping the future of this field with the added expertise and resources of Raycom. With current government policies encouraging a broader UAE industrial base, we are advancing by including Raycom Engineering under our umbrella and will now have access to high precision engineering." said Peter French, Managing Director, Wafi Group.
Wafi Group continues to make meaningful investments across a range of sectors in the region.
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Q: Android SeekBar image resizing doesn't work I have used SeekBar in my android project to resize image but it doesn't work as my expectation I mean it is hiding the image instead of resizing.  Here is my code below:
seekbarSize.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progresValue, boolean fromUser) {
        tmp = (ImageView) findViewById(lastIdImage);
        tmp.requestLayout();
        tmp.getLayoutParams().height = ((500 * progresValue) / 100) + 30;
        tmp.getLayoutParams().width = ((500 * progresValue) / 100) + 30;
    }

    @Override
    public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
    }
});

Can anybody help me what I have done wrong inside the code.

A: private static final int WIDTH_SCALE_RATIO = 10;
private static final int HEIGHT_SCALE_RATIO = 10;
private int previousProcess = 0;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    final ImageView imgg = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
    ((SeekBar) findViewById(R.id.seekBar1))
            .setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new OnSeekBarChangeListener() {
                @Override
                public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar arg0) {
                }

                @Override
                public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar arg0) {
                }

                @Override
                public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar,
                        int progresValue, boolean fromUser) {
                    int diff = progresValue - previousProcess;
                    scaleImage(imgg, diff);
                    previousProcess = progresValue;
                }
            });
}

public void scaleImage(ImageView img, int scale) {
    Bitmap bitmap = ((BitmapDrawable) img.getDrawable()).getBitmap();
    float width = bitmap.getWidth();
    float height = bitmap.getHeight();
    width += scale * WIDTH_SCALE_RATIO;
    height += scale * HEIGHT_SCALE_RATIO;
    bitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap, (int) width, (int) height,
            true);
    img.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
}


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Barrow Hill: The Dark Path (pc game)
Iceberg Interactive 2016
AdventureActionIndie
There are 6 shops proposing this game for download at an average price of $ 13.14. We found the best promotion ongoing with a discount of 74%.
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Follow the path
The original Barrow Hill is a superbly creepy slice of horror adventuring that is perfect for fans of things like Amnesia. However, this long-awaited sequel doesn't really live up to the standards of its predecessor, making it one that is perhaps best avoided. The game takes place some ten years after the infamous "Barrow Hill" event where several people lost their lives to a terrifying force but you now find yourself returning to the scene of the crime, a Druidic circle which houses many secrets. Joined by your late-night DJ friend, it's up to you to investigate rumors of Devil worshiping and other dark events and find out what's really going on down there in the shadows. What follows is a Myst-style point-and-click adventure which sees you investigating the circle in the hope of uncovering its secrets, and which involves the usual mix of exploration and puzzle-solving. One of the game's key selling points is its non-linearity but unfortunately this is an area where it doesn't deliver what it promises, and in reality it turns out to be a very straightforward affair which proceeds exactly as expected. The game is also much smaller than its predecessor, with less to explore and to interact with, which is another huge disappointment. Further compounding things is the lack of any real atmosphere, something where the first game really scored, and you don't ever really feel that scared or creeped out by anything very much. It's a shame really, as the first game is a cracker but ultimately, this is a Barrow Hill game in name only.
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Q: Splitting Pandas I have a pandas Dataframe that contains timestamps and I am looking for a way to batch multiple rows together based on whether their timestamp is within a 1 minute interval of the next and previous entry. I know I could probably iterate over each row and do a straightforward comparison, though I am looking for a faster way to do it. Rows of the dataframe are sorted based on time.
To rephrase, I want each batch to satisfy the following property: No timestamp of a row is more than 1 min apart from any adjacent row (previous and next). How could I transform the code above to make it faster?

A: Are you looking for this:
data['batch'] = data.time.transform(lambda x: x - x.shift() > pd.Timedelta('1m')).cumsum()

         time                     batch
0   2020-06-29 16:47:34.325726420   0
1   2020-06-29 16:47:55.871976370   0
2   2020-06-29 16:48:53.704053189   0
3   2020-06-29 16:49:41.253228187   0
4   2020-06-29 16:50:42.870308699   1
5   2020-06-29 16:50:46.870308699   1
6   2020-06-29 16:51:30.870318699   1
7   2020-06-29 16:52:32.830308699   2

Explanation: Assuming the time column is sorted we compare each value with the next and check whether the distance is larger than one minute. Using cumsum sums the booleans to return the batch number.

A: The pandas.date_range method might be what you are looking for: see the docs


GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has rolled out its respiratory inhaler recycling scheme to community pharmacies across the country following successful trials.
The scheme, Complete the Cycle, is run in partnership with TerraCycle UK and was piloted earlier this year in selected branches of The Co-operative Pharmacy. The initiative is just one of the steps GSK is taking to meet its target of having zero waste to landfill by 2020.
The scheme was initially piloted in 40 branches of the Co-operative Pharmacy across the south of Wales and the south east of England. In just six months around 6,000 GSK respiratory inhalers, approximately 10% of those that would normally be disposed of, were returned to participating stores, preventing the release of the inhaler propellant, which is a greenhouse gas.
The amount of propellant saved as a result of the pilot scheme is equivalent to preventing the release of approximately 35 tonnes of CO2. The Co-operative Pharmacy is now expanding the scheme to 200 branches across the UK.
Approximately 35m GSK respiratory inhalers, including m Ventolin packs, are used in the UK each year, generating around 450 tonnes of waste. Based on the involvement of The Co-operative Pharmacy alone, the scheme could potentially save more than 69,000 respiratory inhalers from reaching landfill in just one year.
GSK's commercial operations director Nick Lowen said: "As a company we want to champion and lead sustainability standards for the pharmaceutical industry. We are committed to finding innovative ways to increase our use of renewable materials and create less waste."
The Co-operative Pharmacy's clinical services manager Fiona Caplan-Dean added: "The response seen during the pilot phase was extremely encouraging and we are pleased we can expand our involvement to a total of 200 Co-operative Pharmacies.
"We live and breathe our ethical strategy and are fully committed to responsible retailing - as such, we are delighted to be at the forefront of this initiative, which is simple yet effective."


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Welcome to the Spanish Honor Society
The Spanish Honor Society has their induction ceremony for new members.
On March 6, the Spanish Honor Society of TJHSST welcomed the new members of their club during an induction ceremony. There, they sang Spanish songs, lit candles, and received plaques from Sra. Mateo and Sra. Gendive. Photo courtesy of Connie Ryu.
Jordan Lee, Staff Writer
Filed under Features, New on tjTODAY
The ceiling lights dim and a candle illuminates. Around the room, more candles light up one by one as students pass the flame to the person next to them. The lighting of each candle represents each student's official induction into the Spanish Honor Society.
It is no doubt language classes are an integral part of the Jefferson experience that teaches students a whole new way of communicating. However, Jefferson offers students a chance to delve deeper. Honor societies at Jefferson bring students into the culture of the languages they are learning. The Spanish Honor Society (SHS) is one of the student clubs at TJHSST centered around a language.
In SHS, students can meet other students learning Spanish and celebrate the Spanish culture while learning more about it. Furthermore, SHS is known for its many service projects to the community, particularly the Hispanic community. Throughout the years, they have participated in foreign student exchange programs, wrote to Spanish pen pals, run holiday gift packing events, and sent care packages to those in need. However, they are most known for the Bulería dance they run every year.
SHS recently welcomed their new members during an induction ceremony held on Wednesday, March 6. All the members, sophomores and above, had applied to join the club only a month prior.
"I joined the Spanish Honor Society because I've been looking to find volunteer experience where I can use my Spanish. I wanted to practice and expand my skills in the language since I don't have any other opportunities outside of school. It's a unique language used a lot in America, so I think I can really use it in the future," sophomore Veronica Wong said.
Now, the students that applied were finally being inducted, with their parents there to see. During A block, the students prepared and practiced for the ceremony.
"The ceremony was definitely very formal as we actually had to practice sitting down and standing up from our seats. The arrangements were elegant, especially the lighting of the candles and the scented roses," sophomore Pranav Mishra said.
When B block began, the ceremony commenced and the students participated in different traditional formalities and listened to speeches from the SHS officers and club leaders, Sra. Gendive and Sra. Mateo.
"The Induction Ceremony was pretty cool. We started out reciting the oath of SHS, did a candle lighting ceremony around the room, and listened to some Spanish music," sophomore Eric Li said.
Then, the students got up in lines to receive their official plaques and a rose, marking the beginning of their membership in the Spanish Honor Society. In the end, everyone got to celebrate by eating snacks and slices of cake.
Now in the Spanish Honor Society, the new members can look forward to learning more about the unique Spanish culture and giving back to the community.
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New tensions test old allies
Recent events have tested US-Turkish alliance, but they are too interdependent to part ways.
by Lamis Andoni
The US has longed viewed Turkey as a buffer between the East and the West [EPA]
On the eve of the recent meeting between Barack Obama, the US president, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, in Toronto, the two sides exchanged soft - but poignant - warnings.
Philip Gordon, the US assistant secretary of European and Eurasian affairs, challenged Turkey to prove that it remains "committed to NATO, Europe and the United States," while Erdogan questioned whether the US was "supporting Turkey adequately in its battle against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)".
The statements were the strongest public indication of an emerging mutual mistrust between the two allies since the crisis over an Israeli attack on a Turkish Gaza-bound aid flotilla and Turkey's vote against imposing further sanctions on Iran at the United Nations Security Council.
'Turning its back on the West'
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Empowering the powerless
Washington has so far refrained from criticising Ankara, despite a growing campaign among lobbyists and the US congress targeting Turkey's governing Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP). Led mainly, but not exclusively, by the pro-Israel lobby and neo-conservatives, this campaign has called for measures ranging from withholding support for the Turkish government to US backing of the opposition in the country's next parliamentary elections.
Barry Rubin, a leading neo-conservative, has even called for Turkey to be "permanently" written off as an ally. Writing in the Jewish Commentary Magazine, Rubin declared: "The fact is that Turkey has changed. Gone, and gone permanently, is secular Turkey, a unique Muslim country that straddled East and West and that even maintained a cooperative relationship with Israel."
But even 'liberal' writers have been accusing Turkey of turning its back on the West and attempting to lead a pro-Islamic Arab axis. So far, however, there has been no sign that Obama is ready to downgrade ties with Ankara, let alone treat it as "an international pariah".
But Gordon's statements suggest that Washington is questioning some aspects of its support for Ankara: "There are people asking questions about it in a way that is new, and that in itself is a bad thing that makes it harder for the United States to support some of the things that Turkey would like to see us support," Gordon said in an apparent reference to Turkey's actions against the PKK.
A buffer between East and West
Israel's attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla strained US-Turkish ties [EPA]
But Turkey is too important to the US to be easily sacrificed.
The relationship dates back to 1947, when the US, under the Truman Doctrine of then president Harry Truman, designated Turkey as a recipient of special economic and military aid with the intention of combating Soviet influence in Europe and Asia.
Turkey became a crucial partner in the post-9 /11 'war on terror' and a key component of the post-Cold War neo-conservative agenda that guided the two administrations of George W Bush, the former US president.
The US has relied on Ankara to curb Russian expansion towards the former Soviet, mostly Muslim, republics and to check China's influence in that region.
As a non-Arab Muslim state, neo-conservatives viewed Turkey as an important part of a security belt to protect Israel - a buffer between the Muslim world on one side and Israel and the West on the other - and those who sought to fully integrate Israeli security goals into US national security policy, saw Turkey as a more reliable ally than Arab states like Egypt and Jordan.
Turkish and pro-Israeli lobbies regularly worked together to promote the interests of both countries on Capitol Hill. The pro-Israeli lobby supported Turkish efforts to prevent a US bill calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians "genocide" and to secure US financial and logistical assistance in Ankara's fight against the PKK. In 1999 the US, with Israeli assistance, even helped to kidnap the PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan, from Kenya.
The AKP's ascension to power in 2002 did not affect the country's strategic pacts with the US or Israel. Nor did the Turkish parliament's decision not to allow Turkish territories to be used in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In fact, many American strategists and writers - liberals and conservatives alike - viewed the AKP's modern ruling style as "a model for other Muslim and Arab countries" and hoped that the "moderate AKP" would placate anti-Western and Israeli sentiments in the Arab world. Washington did, however, rely heavily on the strength of Turkey's military council and Turkish yearning to join the European Union to check the Islamic leanings of its government.
At the same time, the AKP's role was boosted by its sponsorship of indirect talks between Syria and Israel.
A shifting focus
But Turkey was changing.
Firstly, the government began placing a greater emphasis on Turkey's Islamic identity and affinity with the causes of the Muslim world.
Secondly, in its effort to implement the reforms demanded by the European Union, the Turkish government managed to marginalise the country's military council, stripping it of its power to shape policies.
Thirdly, the AKP no longer saw itself as a junior partner in its alliances and sought to assert Turkey's role as a strong regional power rather than a follower in a pro-Western axis.
Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, put forward a new paradigm in international relations where Turkey's political weight is derived from expanding and developing its ties with its neighbours to the East - including the Arab world, the former Soviet Republics and Iran.
When Obama became US president, Turkey was the first Muslim country he visited in his bid to open a new page with the Muslim world away from the hostile terminology of the 'war on terror'. His visit was viewed as a triumph for Turkey's new strategy and a boost to its perceived role as a power broker between East and West.
But the new developments in Turkey alarmed its traditional allies in Washington, particularly neo-conservatives and the pro-Israel lobby - who claimed that Ankara was distancing itself from the West. The Israeli war on Gaza galvanised the AKP's opponents in Washington, while Turkey saw it as a blow to its efforts to mediate between Israel and Syria at a time when it was expecting a breakthrough.
'Payback'
Erdogan accused the US of employing double standards in the Middle East [AFP]
Ankara's improving ties with Tehran were also arousing mistrust in Washington, and the Turkish and Brazilian brokered uranium swap deal seemed to confirm the suspicions of those who felt the Turkish government was moving in a direction contrary to US interests. While Turkey may have been asserting its new role and trying to avoid a scenario it saw as destabilising to the entire region, it was not necessarily misunderstood. The Iranian-Brazilian initiative did run counter to US Republican and neo-conservative pressure to support a war or at least an Israeli military strike against Iran.
But two events became the catalyst for an all out campaign against the Turkish government in Washington: Turkey's suspension of military maneuvers with Israel, the recalling of its ambassador and demand for an international investigation in the wake of Israel's military interception of the Turkish aid ship; and Turkey's vote against a new round of sanctions on Iran at the United Nations Security Council.
The response was swift: A number of prominent Republican and Democrat congressmen slammed Turkey's "disgraceful conduct," warning that there would be "payback" if Ankara continued to pursue its close relations with Iran and hostility towards Israel.
In conclusion, when Obama visited Turkey in 2009 he declared: "We are not solely strategic partners, we are also model partners." No similar statement followed the Toronto meeting, but little has changed in terms of the two countries' mutual needs.
The US needs Turkish support troops in Afghanistan and to benefit from Turkey's influence the Black Sea region, the Caucuses and the Middle East. It also needs secure transport from Turkish ports during the eventual withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Likewise, Turkey needs sustained US support in its battle against the PKK and its apparent splinter groups, which Ankara suspects are backed by Israel.
But the US needs to patch up the Turkish-Israeli rapture - partly to placate right wing pressures at home, but also because it is vital to US interests in the Middle East.
It is likely that Ankara will collaborate with Washington to stop any further deterioration in its relations with Israel, but may wait until a new government takes over to mend the rift.
And while the US cannot afford to bow to right wing pressure to drop its support for Turkey, it may still choose to support the AKP's rivals in the next elections - something US ambassador James Jeffrey's recent visit to Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of Turkey's opposition Republican People's Party, may hint at.
Lamis Andoni is an analyst and commentator on Middle Eastern and Palestinian affairs.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.
This article was first published by the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies.


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Disneyland Photo Report – November 18, 2014
Disneyland Photo Reports
Welcome Back to the Disneyland Resort!
The Holiday Season is upon us and both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are celebrating the Christmas season with decor, music, special entertainment, foods, merchandise, ride overlays and more!
Over the next few weeks I'll be visiting the resort to photograph and share with all of you the magic of the Holiday season at the Disneyland Resort! There's a lot to cover. This week we take a look at Buena Vista Street, Cars Land, and Main Street USA during the day, the expanded Jingle Cruise overlay, and "it's a small world" Holiday. And this week I have a special surprise for you, a visit to Universal Studios Hollywood to see the progress of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!
Jingle Cruise
Unlike last year's subtle debut of the Jingle Cruise holiday overlay, the 2014 version has added quite a bit. The Jungle Cruise received its first holiday overlay in 2013, it was subtle and nearly all of the Christmas decorations were seen in the boathouse and on the boats themselves. A new spiel with holiday jokes also debuted. For the 2013 Jingle Cruise it was said that the skippers were hoping to share some holiday joy with everyone.
View Video and Photos of the 2013 Jingle Cruise
The Jingle Cruise was well received by most guests in 2013, however one of the criticisms was the perceived lack of decorations by some. Not only does it appear that Disney management heard those who shared that input, but agreed. This year the decorations are everywhere. Nearly every scene has holiday decorations and icons scattered throughout. Some of the jokes in the spiel remain the same, with quite a few fruitcake references thrown in – apparently someone in WDI really despises fruitcake.
Just as in 2013, the Jingle Cruise is already receiving mixed reviews. Those who found last year's version too subtle will undoubtably enjoy this year's, and those who appreciated the subtly of the previous version will probably view the 2014 iteration as "tacky" and "over-the-top". Either way the Jingle Cruise is here to stay and bolstered a 45-minute wait time when I captured these photos Monday morning.
"it's a small world" Holiday
The classic "it's a small world" Holiday is now open for the season. A few changes have been made, most notably the addition of a new Feliz Navidad gateway sign.
Buena Vista Street
Buena Vista Street is my personal favorite spot for the Holiday season. The Community Bell Ringers have returned and some snowflake lamppost lights have been added for this year.
Season's Speedings
Around the Resort
Some "under the sea" inspired garland has been added to the exterior of the Little Mermaid Ariel's Undersea Adventure.
A great new line of vintage style Disneyland holiday merchandise has appeared throughout the resort. We'll bring more photos of these in the coming weeks.
Olaf's Ice Rink and the Downtown Disney Winter Village have returned.
I took a very rare trip to Universal Studios Hollywood this past weekend, and I thought it would be nice to share with you the construction progress for the highly anticipated west coast debut of "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter". The Hollywood version of this Orlando hit is set for a 2016 opening.
Universal Studios Hollywood has a few well themed environments, including this area of a French street and courtyard.
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Intrusion, ou La femme de l'astronaute au Québec () est un film américain réalisé par Rand Ravich, sorti en 1999.

Synopsis

Deux minutes d'interruption entre la navette spatiale et la base terrestre ont suffi pour bouleverser la vie des deux astronautes qui sont cependant revenus alors que tout semblait compromis. Spencer Armacost survit mais son collègue meurt sans que les explications officielles satisfassent un ingénieur de la NASA.

Un corps céleste en perdition se serait glissé dans les corps des deux Américains lors de la rupture de communication. L'intrus se serait reproduit en utilisant les deux corps, mais un seul supporte sa présence. L'objectif de cette vie parasitaire est de se reproduire.

Fiche technique

 Titres français : Intrusion () et La femme de l'astronaute ()
 Titre original :
 Réalisation : Rand Ravich
 Scénario : Rand Ravich
 Production : Mark Johnson, Donna Langley, Andrew Lazar, Diana Pokorny et Brian Witten
 Société de production : ,
 Musique : George S. Clinton
 Photographie : Allen Daviau
 Montage : Timothy Alverson et Steve Mirkovich
 Pays d'origine :
 Format : Couleurs - 1,85:1
 Genre : Thriller
 Durée :
 Date de sortie :

Distribution

Légende : VF = Version française et VQ = Version québécoise
 Johnny Depp (VF : Damien Boisseau ; VQ : Gilbert Lachance) : Commandant Spencer Armacost
 Charlize Theron (VF : Rafaèle Moutier ; VQ : Camille Cyr-Desmarais) : Jillian Armacost
 Joe Morton (VF : Pascal Renwick ; VQ : Daniel Picard) : Sherman Reese, représentant de la NASA
 Clea DuVall (VF : Déborah Perret ; VQ : Christine Bellier) : Nan
 Donna Murphy (VF : Michèle Buzynski ; VQ : Claudine Chatel) : Natalie Streck
 Nick Cassavetes : Capitaine Alex Streck
 Samantha Eggar (VQ : Louise Rémy) : . Patraba
 Gary Grubbs : directeur de la NASA
 Blair Brown (VQ : Élizabeth Lesieur) : Shelly McLaren
 Tom Noonan : Jackson McLaren
 Julian Barnes : serveur
 Cole Sprouse : jumeau
 Dylan Sprouse : jumeau

Notes et références

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The natural gas contract fell again for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday. After trading in a range of $0.115, natural gas for December fell 2.3 cents, closing the day off at $2.769. The EIA released a storage figure slightly lower than the market was expecting, with an injection of 54-Bcf reported as opposed to the 56-Bcf estimate. This puts the total storage figure at 3.963-Tcf, 48-Bcf higher than last year.
Today we see support around $2.75 and resistance around $2.95.