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KBS REPORTER: LEE MYUNG-BAK PRAGMATIC, SHY
2007 December 17, 05:56 (Monday)
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 003550 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/10/2014 TAGS: KN, KS, PGOV, PREL, PINR SUBJECT: KBS REPORTER: LEE MYUNG-BAK PRAGMATIC, SHY Classified By: POL Joseph Y. Yun. Reasons 1.4 (b,d).
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1. (C) Summary: KBS reporter Min Kyung-wook, Washington correspondent until June 2007, is currently producing a 30-minute documentary on Lee Myung-bak to air December 20 on the national TV station. Recently, Min shared his impressions after a full month researching Lee's life, meeting his old acquaintances and traveling several times to Lee's hometown of Pohang. Min came away with a very positive view of Lee and emphasized that Lee's impoverished background and hands-on business experience from an early age led to Lee's startling success at Hyundai, as Seoul Mayor, and as presidential candidate. End Summary. ------------ Pohang Roots ------------ 2. (C) Senior KBS reporter Min Kyung-wook recently told poloff that he had been to Lee's boyhood home in Pohang, in the southeastern part of the Peninsula, as part of his research for a documentary on Lee and his life to air December 20 after the results of the presidential election -- which Lee will likely win -- have been finalized. Min said there were three teams producing documentaries on Lee Myung-bak, Chung Dong-young, and Lee Hoi-chang. Only the winning candidate's documentary would be aired, he said. 3. (C) Min said the house where Lee grew up was a Buddhist temple during the Japanese occupation (1910-1945) but was abandoned after the Japanese left. When Lee lived there, the former temple grounds housed up to ten families in a structure meant for just one family. After middle school, Lee's mother told him he could not attend regular high school since Lee's parents, struggling financially, could barely afford to send his smart, elder brother Lee Sang-deuk (now the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly) to school. Therefore, Lee worked during the day and attended Dongji Commercial High School at night. He paid his way through school by working various odd jobs such as selling snacks and delivering coal. According to people he met in Pohang and other long-time Lee acquaintances, Min said that Lee as a child was healthy, diligent and polite. ------- Hyundai ------- 4. (C) After high school, Lee went to Seoul and studied to pass the college entrance exam while working as a cleaner in a market in Yongsan. Lee attended the elite Korea University. Lee says in speeches that his tuition was paid by the merchants in the Yongsan market and used-book sellers near the Cheonggye Stream provided him with books. On graduating, Lee got a job at the then small (98 employees) Hyundai Construction company. According to those who worked at Hyundai with Lee, Min said that Lee caught the eye of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-young and impressed Chung with his hands-on ability and past work experience. He rose quickly through the ranks to become CEO at age 35. ---------- Pragmatism ---------- 5. (C) Min said he felt Lee was pragmatic and he appears not to have indulged in many extravagances over the years. Min supposed that was due to Lee's poor upbringing. ------- Shy Guy ------- 6. (C) Min said that several of Lee's closest aides and acquaintances told him that Lee Myung-bak was at heart a shy person and this explained why so many surrounding Lee were "his" guys. Overall, Lee simply felt more comfortable around people he knew. Currently among the campaign staff, there were many that worked for Lee when he was Seoul Mayor (2002-2006). Min said that at dinners, Lee was so shy he would not even give out small compliments to those close to him. 7. (C) Min said that those he interviewed admitted that Lee was quite a good drinker since it was important to drink to succeed in business in Korea. However, Lee was diligent and did not engage in "small talks" but rather was very direct in meetings and social settings. Min said he was surprised when he first met Lee in Washington at a press conference in 2006, because, unlike other politicians, Lee did not make eye contact or "talk up" the reporters before or after the press conference. Min said that when Lee's associates explained that Lee was shy, he felt it explained such behavior. -------------------- Personnel Management -------------------- 8. (C) Lee Myung-bak clearly prefers an "able subordinate" to a "loyal subordinate" and Lee appears to be immune to cronyism, Min posited. Some of Lee's hometown friends and relatives expressed disappointment to Min that Lee had not accepted their personal requests even when he was at Hyundai. Some of his fellow Korea University alumni claimed that Lee Myung-bak did not have a single close friend and they could think of no one Lee had promoted due to any school or regional connection. Many told Min that Lee could not have succeeded (becoming chairman of several Hyundai affiliates in his 40s) if he had relied on cronyism. 9. (C) At Hyundai, despite Lee having no blood connection to the Hyundai founder, Lee had actually risen to the point where he managed Chung's eldest son, Min said. Min said he thought that Lee's success based on his ability would likely lead him to choose his cabinet and others in government based on ability and not proximity to or relationship with Lee. For example, there are many professors who claim to be Lee Myung-bak confidants and advisors, but many might not find positions in a Lee Myung-bak Blue House, Min speculated. Min admitted that "Bulldozer" Lee could bring in an "ends justify the means" spirit to government, hiring and firing would likely be based on ability. -------- Scandals -------- 10. (C) Despite the many accusations surrounding Lee Myung-bak -- that he was involved in a variety of financial and real estate improprieties -- Min said most people he met who knew Lee well claimed that Lee was a very "clean" person. Lee has recently admitted to falsely employing his children and changing his address multiple times to ensure the best schooling for his kids. Min said he expected Lee would not feel any guilt about these past indiscretions since Lee might reason that it was better to pay fewer taxes and give your kids the best, and besides, he would likely think that, since all with money acted similarly, his actions were excusable. Because of Lee's attitude toward tax evasion and law-bending, Lee might have difficulty keeping discipline, law and order in his administration and in Korea, but since this election is about the economy rather than morality, Lee has been able to overcome these "moral deficiencies," according to the KBS reporter. ------------------- Lacking Core Vision ------------------- 11. (C) Those close to Lee Myung-bak have told Min that Lee's greatest strength was his past experience as CEO of Hyundai Construction. To be CEO of such a large company, Lee had to have a core vision. Also, when Lee was Seoul Mayor, it was Lee's idea to revamp the bus transportation system and to unveil Cheonggye Stream. Min allowed that even a string of successful projects did not necessarily equal a core vision and said he was unsure if Lee had any vision for the economy beyond ideas for various construction projects like the cross-country canal. However, Min said that Lee might be similar to Kim Dae-jung, who, despite limited economic expertise, was able to guide Korea through the Asian economic crisis thanks to superior decision-making. -------- Religion -------- 12. (C) Min said that Lee has been a devout Christian all his life. However, Lee did not have to highlight this -- many politicians do not divulge their religion -- but Min said that Lee was up front about his belief because it was his mother that started him on the path to Christianity. ------- Comment ------- 13. (C) The documentary that Min is producing will be watched by 20-30 percent of the Korean people. It will be considered the authoritative piece on Lee, his life and background. Min has clearly been won over by Lee and his associates in the month he has been researching for this documentary. The KBS piece will, therefore, be quite favorable to Lee Myung-bak, perhaps not surprising for Korea's number one network, which belongs to the public sector. VERSHBOW
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 003550 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/10/2014 TAGS: KN, KS, PGOV, PREL, PINR SUBJECT: KBS REPORTER: LEE MYUNG-BAK PRAGMATIC, SHY Classified By: POL Joseph Y. Yun. Reasons 1.4 (b,d). 1. (C) Summary: KBS reporter Min Kyung-wook, Washington correspondent until June 2007, is currently producing a 30-minute documentary on Lee Myung-bak to air December 20 on the national TV station. Recently, Min shared his impressions after a full month researching Lee's life, meeting his old acquaintances and traveling several times to Lee's hometown of Pohang. Min came away with a very positive view of Lee and emphasized that Lee's impoverished background and hands-on business experience from an early age led to Lee's startling success at Hyundai, as Seoul Mayor, and as presidential candidate. End Summary. ------------ Pohang Roots ------------ 2. (C) Senior KBS reporter Min Kyung-wook recently told poloff that he had been to Lee's boyhood home in Pohang, in the southeastern part of the Peninsula, as part of his research for a documentary on Lee and his life to air December 20 after the results of the presidential election -- which Lee will likely win -- have been finalized. Min said there were three teams producing documentaries on Lee Myung-bak, Chung Dong-young, and Lee Hoi-chang. Only the winning candidate's documentary would be aired, he said. 3. (C) Min said the house where Lee grew up was a Buddhist temple during the Japanese occupation (1910-1945) but was abandoned after the Japanese left. When Lee lived there, the former temple grounds housed up to ten families in a structure meant for just one family. After middle school, Lee's mother told him he could not attend regular high school since Lee's parents, struggling financially, could barely afford to send his smart, elder brother Lee Sang-deuk (now the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly) to school. Therefore, Lee worked during the day and attended Dongji Commercial High School at night. He paid his way through school by working various odd jobs such as selling snacks and delivering coal. According to people he met in Pohang and other long-time Lee acquaintances, Min said that Lee as a child was healthy, diligent and polite. ------- Hyundai ------- 4. (C) After high school, Lee went to Seoul and studied to pass the college entrance exam while working as a cleaner in a market in Yongsan. Lee attended the elite Korea University. Lee says in speeches that his tuition was paid by the merchants in the Yongsan market and used-book sellers near the Cheonggye Stream provided him with books. On graduating, Lee got a job at the then small (98 employees) Hyundai Construction company. According to those who worked at Hyundai with Lee, Min said that Lee caught the eye of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-young and impressed Chung with his hands-on ability and past work experience. He rose quickly through the ranks to become CEO at age 35. ---------- Pragmatism ---------- 5. (C) Min said he felt Lee was pragmatic and he appears not to have indulged in many extravagances over the years. Min supposed that was due to Lee's poor upbringing. ------- Shy Guy ------- 6. (C) Min said that several of Lee's closest aides and acquaintances told him that Lee Myung-bak was at heart a shy person and this explained why so many surrounding Lee were "his" guys. Overall, Lee simply felt more comfortable around people he knew. Currently among the campaign staff, there were many that worked for Lee when he was Seoul Mayor (2002-2006). Min said that at dinners, Lee was so shy he would not even give out small compliments to those close to him. 7. (C) Min said that those he interviewed admitted that Lee was quite a good drinker since it was important to drink to succeed in business in Korea. However, Lee was diligent and did not engage in "small talks" but rather was very direct in meetings and social settings. Min said he was surprised when he first met Lee in Washington at a press conference in 2006, because, unlike other politicians, Lee did not make eye contact or "talk up" the reporters before or after the press conference. Min said that when Lee's associates explained that Lee was shy, he felt it explained such behavior. -------------------- Personnel Management -------------------- 8. (C) Lee Myung-bak clearly prefers an "able subordinate" to a "loyal subordinate" and Lee appears to be immune to cronyism, Min posited. Some of Lee's hometown friends and relatives expressed disappointment to Min that Lee had not accepted their personal requests even when he was at Hyundai. Some of his fellow Korea University alumni claimed that Lee Myung-bak did not have a single close friend and they could think of no one Lee had promoted due to any school or regional connection. Many told Min that Lee could not have succeeded (becoming chairman of several Hyundai affiliates in his 40s) if he had relied on cronyism. 9. (C) At Hyundai, despite Lee having no blood connection to the Hyundai founder, Lee had actually risen to the point where he managed Chung's eldest son, Min said. Min said he thought that Lee's success based on his ability would likely lead him to choose his cabinet and others in government based on ability and not proximity to or relationship with Lee. For example, there are many professors who claim to be Lee Myung-bak confidants and advisors, but many might not find positions in a Lee Myung-bak Blue House, Min speculated. Min admitted that "Bulldozer" Lee could bring in an "ends justify the means" spirit to government, hiring and firing would likely be based on ability. -------- Scandals -------- 10. (C) Despite the many accusations surrounding Lee Myung-bak -- that he was involved in a variety of financial and real estate improprieties -- Min said most people he met who knew Lee well claimed that Lee was a very "clean" person. Lee has recently admitted to falsely employing his children and changing his address multiple times to ensure the best schooling for his kids. Min said he expected Lee would not feel any guilt about these past indiscretions since Lee might reason that it was better to pay fewer taxes and give your kids the best, and besides, he would likely think that, since all with money acted similarly, his actions were excusable. Because of Lee's attitude toward tax evasion and law-bending, Lee might have difficulty keeping discipline, law and order in his administration and in Korea, but since this election is about the economy rather than morality, Lee has been able to overcome these "moral deficiencies," according to the KBS reporter. ------------------- Lacking Core Vision ------------------- 11. (C) Those close to Lee Myung-bak have told Min that Lee's greatest strength was his past experience as CEO of Hyundai Construction. To be CEO of such a large company, Lee had to have a core vision. Also, when Lee was Seoul Mayor, it was Lee's idea to revamp the bus transportation system and to unveil Cheonggye Stream. Min allowed that even a string of successful projects did not necessarily equal a core vision and said he was unsure if Lee had any vision for the economy beyond ideas for various construction projects like the cross-country canal. However, Min said that Lee might be similar to Kim Dae-jung, who, despite limited economic expertise, was able to guide Korea through the Asian economic crisis thanks to superior decision-making. -------- Religion -------- 12. (C) Min said that Lee has been a devout Christian all his life. However, Lee did not have to highlight this -- many politicians do not divulge their religion -- but Min said that Lee was up front about his belief because it was his mother that started him on the path to Christianity. ------- Comment ------- 13. (C) The documentary that Min is producing will be watched by 20-30 percent of the Korean people. It will be considered the authoritative piece on Lee, his life and background. Min has clearly been won over by Lee and his associates in the month he has been researching for this documentary. The KBS piece will, therefore, be quite favorable to Lee Myung-bak, perhaps not surprising for Korea's number one network, which belongs to the public sector. VERSHBOW
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The English national netball team may be hurtling towards a Commonwealth Games rematch against Australia on Wednesday evening, but the Roses have already had their brush with netballing talent in Newcastle. A handful of Souths Lions stars, all of whom contested the Greater Open Championship decider less than a month ago, rounded out the Roses' training roster on Monday and Tuesday as they prepared for the Quad Series clash, an experience Tianna Cummings described as "mind-blowing". "We had to submit a request – or kind of a suggestion – to Netball Australia that told them we were happy to train with the Diamonds and the Roses, and they came back to us and said we were up to train for England," Cummings explained. "None of us really expected to hear back about it so it was a really surreal experience to suddenly be practicing and playing with these girls that we watch on TV all the time. "I think we all had so much fun, it was a real eye opener to see what it was like behind the doors of the English training squad, it was really mind-blowing." Cummings was joined by four of her Souths Lions teammates, Narelle Eather, Katelyn Stansfield, Brooke Fennings and Nakita Jackson, most of whom will also be attending the Quad Series game at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre. While most were just looking to "enjoy some great netball", Cummings admits after spending time with the Roses she may have been swayed to back them "just a little". "It's funny, I was going into the game just keen to not have to travel to Sydney and get to see some amazing netty here in Newcastle, but now I'm kind of barracking for England as well," she admitted. "Having met them all, and finding out how lovely and welcoming they all are, I want to see them do well in the game for sure." The Souths cohort were mainly used by the Roses as training partners, setting up defensive formations to test the English attack, but Cummings also believes they learned a lot "just hanging around with them all". "I think we've all come out of it having picked up a few things, just seeing how they work together and move up close was a bit eye opening," she said. "I think it was really one of those 'once in a lifetime' opportunities that we're going to relish for a long time, it was just really cool. I'm glad I got to meet them all, and I think we all had a pretty good time." A sell-out crowd of 4,500 will attend the first netball Test match staged in Newcastle since the Diamonds beat South Africa 63-31 in October, 2012. Adding to the occasion, it will be the first time Australia and England have met since the Roses scored a memorable 52-51 boilover to claim the gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, in April. Australia opened their Quad Series campaign with a 61-44 win against South Africa in Auckland on the weekend, in which goal shooter Caitlin Bassett found the net 31 times from 34 attempts. The match starts at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre at 7.50pm.
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The Lions & the Roses: Souths netball stars help England national team train for Novocastrian fixture | photos
LIONS & ROSES: Narelle Eather, Katelyn Stansfield and Tianna Cummings helped the English Roses prepare for their Quad Series clash against the Diamonds on Wednesday evening.
The English national netball team may be hurtling towards a Commonwealth Games rematch against Australia on Wednesday evening, but the Roses have already had their brush with netballing talent in Newcastle.
A handful of Souths Lions stars, all of whom contested the Greater Open Championship decider less than a month ago, rounded out the Roses' training roster on Monday and Tuesday as they prepared for the Quad Series clash, an experience Tianna Cummings described as "mind-blowing".
"We had to submit a request – or kind of a suggestion – to Netball Australia that told them we were happy to train with the Diamonds and the Roses, and they came back to us and said we were up to train for England," Cummings explained.
"None of us really expected to hear back about it so it was a really surreal experience to suddenly be practicing and playing with these girls that we watch on TV all the time.
"I think we all had so much fun, it was a real eye opener to see what it was like behind the doors of the English training squad, it was really mind-blowing."
Cummings was joined by four of her Souths Lions teammates, Narelle Eather, Katelyn Stansfield, Brooke Fennings and Nakita Jackson, most of whom will also be attending the Quad Series game at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre.
While most were just looking to "enjoy some great netball", Cummings admits after spending time with the Roses she may have been swayed to back them "just a little".
"It's funny, I was going into the game just keen to not have to travel to Sydney and get to see some amazing netty here in Newcastle, but now I'm kind of barracking for England as well," she admitted.
"Having met them all, and finding out how lovely and welcoming they all are, I want to see them do well in the game for sure."
Australia out for revenge against England in the 2018 Netball Quad Series
Clean slate for Diamonds ahead of rematch with the English team
Newcastle Entertainment Centre playing surface cleared for netball Test
The Souths cohort were mainly used by the Roses as training partners, setting up defensive formations to test the English attack, but Cummings also believes they learned a lot "just hanging around with them all".
"I think we've all come out of it having picked up a few things, just seeing how they work together and move up close was a bit eye opening," she said.
"I think it was really one of those 'once in a lifetime' opportunities that we're going to relish for a long time, it was just really cool. I'm glad I got to meet them all, and I think we all had a pretty good time."
Australia prepared for their clash against England at Hunter Sports High School.
A sell-out crowd of 4,500 will attend the first netball Test match staged in Newcastle since the Diamonds beat South Africa 63-31 in October, 2012.
Adding to the occasion, it will be the first time Australia and England have met since the Roses scored a memorable 52-51 boilover to claim the gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, in April.
Australia opened their Quad Series campaign with a 61-44 win against South Africa in Auckland on the weekend, in which goal shooter Caitlin Bassett found the net 31 times from 34 attempts.
The match starts at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre at 7.50pm.

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Amanda Knox Acquitted by Italian Court
Amanda Knox at Her Trial
After years and convictions and appeals and overturns, Amanda Knox's legal saga in Italy appears to be over. Italy's Supreme Court yesterday ruled that there was not sufficient evidence to support a conviction for Ms. Knox or her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. This, finally, ends the court process for them. The actual killer, Rudy Guede, was separately convicted, and is about halfway through a 16-year-sentence for the murders.
I didn't get to post this yesterday, when it was released after hours. I will try to spend some time on it at some point in the future. If you would like some basic reasoning why I am not surprised, review some of our past coverage on Crimcourts, in particular, my reaction to the previous decision reinstating the convictions for an entirely novel reason. The Italian court will release the reasoning for its decision in about 90 days.
Posted in Amanda Knox, Criminal Law
Tagged amanda knox, appeal, foxy knoxy, italy, perugia, raffaele sollecito
Arguments in the Amanda Knox Case Concluded this Week
Final arguments were Monday in the Italian re-re-trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Meredith Kercher. They were initially convicted of having a role in the murder, then acquitted on the appeal, which was basically a retrial. As the case has worn on, more doubt has been cast on the evidence relied upon for the conviction, and the original prosecutor has been found guilty of abuse of office for another situation. Another man, Rudy Guede, has been convicted of the murders in a separate trial, and sentenced to prison. Prosecutors allege that Knox and her then-boyfriend assisted, possibly as part of a sex game. A decision on the retrial is not expected for a week or more.
Tagged amanda knox, appeal, foxy knoxy, italy, meredith kercher, peruggia, raffaele sollecito
Amanda Knox Gives Statement Protesting Her Innocence
The retrial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia continues. While Knox has not returned to Italy for the retrial, their procedure allows for her to enter a statement through her lawyer. Her attorney read the statement into the record last week, denying that she had anything to do with Kercher's killing. The trial will continue into early next year. Rudy Guede has separately been tried and convicted of the murder, but prosecutors theorize that Knox and Sollecito were involved. They were tried and convicted, but those convictions overturned, then a retrial ordered, which has been going on for several months. Recent evidentiary developments suggest that DNA does not implicate them in killing.
Tagged amanda knox, foxy knoxy, italy, meredith kercher, murder, perugia, raffaele sollecito
Amanda Knox to Stand Trial for Murder Again
The Italian Supreme Court, which recently overturned Ms. Knox's acquittal, has ruled today that she must once again stand trial for the murder of her former roommate. Her boyfriend at the time, Raffaelle Sollecito will also be tried again. The confessed killer, Rudy Guede, is still serving his sentence for the killings after being convicted separately. Prosecutors still believe Ms. Knox and her former boyfriend were involved in the killings, despite the fact that her statement is wholly inconsistent with Mr. Guede's killing of Ms. Kercher.
CBS recently aired the new documentary, "Central Park Five", about five young men/boys were interrogated under intimidating circumstances, and ultimately convicted for a horrible crime in spite of the fact the stories they gave were inconsistent and frequently incorrect on details. The tainted confessions doomed their case, in spite of the fact that there was a serial rapist who's MO matched the crime. The way the statements were extracted and the way the inconsistencies of Ms. Knox's case mimic the incorrect statements of the Central Park Five made me think of the Knox case as I was watching it. Definitely check it out for an examination of how false confessions can happen, and how they can over power the surrounding evidence of a case.
Here's our previous coverage of Knox's case, the 'Foxy Knoxy' case as it was dubbed by the tabloids: https://crimcourts.wordpress.com/category/criminal-law/amanda-knox/
Posted in 5th Amendment - Miranda Rights, Amanda Knox, Criminal Law
Tagged amanda knox, appeal, italy, meredith kerchner, raffaele sollecito, retrial, rudy guede
Amanda Knox Acquittal Overturned, Will Face Another Trial
The Italian Supreme Court threw out last year's acquittal of Ms. Knox, and will return the case to the appellate court, where she may face a new trial. The court will publish the reason for the ruling within 90 days. Ms. Knox's former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, will also face another trial, as well. Ms. Knox's conviction for defamation was upheld, and she has already completed her sentence on the defamation charges.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/26/world/europe/italy-amanda-knox-case/index.html
Tagged amanda knox, appeal, foxy knoxy, italy, murder, raffaele sollecito, trial


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bool HasInstance(v8::Local<v8::Value> val)
{
    return false;
}
char* Data(v8::Local<v8::Value> val)
{
    return nullptr;
}
size_t Length(v8::Local<v8::Value> val)
{
    return 0;
}
} // namespace Buffer
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Hai everyone, I am using celkon A95 about 3 months. its simply AWESOME. Battery backup is good of other android phones. touch is so smooth.
One question. If anyone knows. how to flash rom. with new version of android.
anil, 11 Oct 2012Is there any option to use back side camera for vedio calling.yes you can use rear camera. you can see some option like on the screen while making video calling.
i had some issue with the touch screen, i think the procesor cooling system is not that good, so my phone get strucks if i am talking for more than a hour or playing games for 1 hour. any solution.
and the pittiest part is,the phone back to normal if i kept the phone switched off for two days.
Google talk is not enabling.
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Is there any option to use back side camera for vedio calling.
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Ramsgate RNLI called out after red flares spotted
On Monday 16 December at 07.28 the all weather boat launched at the request of HM Coastguard to a report of red flares being sighted by commercial shipping, with an initial report of 42 miles North East of Ramsgate.
RNLI/LanceOram
The life raft spotted from the lifeboat
The sea conditions were moderate with a metre of swell and the wind south-westerly force five to six. Onboard the Esme Anderson in the drizzling rain it was a long journey for the volunteer crew as even making best possible speed in the conditions it took them two hours to reach the scene.
Deputy Launch Authority Rick Bean said ' this is the furthest distance that our volunteer crew have been sent this year and at the time of launch we were advised that there was two people onboard a sinking vessel and there was danger to life as the vessel was in the traffic lane. The traffic separation scheme or TSS, is basically a highly regulated road at sea where all the large commercial shipping restricted by the size of their draft, how much of the boats hull is under water, travel up the Channel in specific lanes of the same direction.'
Whilst enroute the crew received an update that the casualties wearing lifejackets had in fact abandoned their boat which had subsequently sunk in deep water, and were in a life raft. Then a further update came in that they had been recovered by a cargo ship that had seen the flares and altered course to assist. Once the situation was clarified it turned out that they had in fact been in the life raft overnight.
The all weather lifeboat was then tasked with recovering the life raft as it was drifting in the middle of the shipping lane and checking that no one else was in the water. The life raft was recovered, placed on the aft deck of the lifeboat and after being stood down by the Coastguards, they returned to station arriving about 12.15.
The casualties were then air lifted from the cargo ship by Rescue 163, the Coastguard Helicopter and taken to Dover Coastguard Station.
Thankfully there was a successful outcome in this case but it could have easily been very different. The RNLI recommend that anyone taking to a boat always wears a lifejacket and ensure everyone onboard knows how to call or signal for help in the event of an emergency.
The RNLI is an emergency service that is entirely funded by donations from the public and 95% of its crew are volunteers.
Karen Cox Lifeboat Press Officer email: coxinthebox63@gmail.com tel: 07779848431
Paul Dunt RNLI Regional Media Officer London and the South East email: paul_dunt@rnli.org.uk tel:07785296252
RNLI/SarahHewes
The Esme Anderson returning to station in Ramsgate
Karen Cox
Lifeboat Press Officer, Ramsgate Lifeboat Station
Ramsgate Lifeboat Station Dover Lifeboat Station


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import os
import tempfile
import shutil
from typing import Dict

import pytest

from hansel import Crumb, mktree
from hansel.utils import ParameterGrid, CrumbArgsSequences

@pytest.fixture
def crumb():
    yield Crumb("{base_dir}/raw/{subject_id}/{session_id}/{modality}/{image}")

@pytest.fixture
def tmp_crumb(base_dir):
    crumb = Crumb("{base_dir}/raw/{subject_id}/{session_id}/{modality}/{image}")
    yield crumb.replace(base_dir=base_dir)

@pytest.fixture
def base_dir():
    yield tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='crumbtest_')

@pytest.fixture
def brain_data_crumb_args():
    crumb_path = "{base_dir}/raw/{subject_id}/{session_id}/{modality}/{image}"

    values_dict = {
        'session_id': ['session_{:02}'.format(i) for i in range(2)],
        'subject_id': ['subj_{:03}'.format(i) for i in range(3)],
        'modality': ['anat'],
        'image': ['mprage1.nii', 'mprage2.nii', 'mprage3.nii'],
    }
    yield crumb_path, values_dict

def make_tree_from_crumb(base_path, crumb_path, crumb_args: [Dict, CrumbArgsSequences]):
    crumb = Crumb(crumb_path)
    crumb2 = crumb.replace(base_dir=base_path)

    assert not os.path.exists(crumb2._path)
    assert not crumb2.has_files()

    if isinstance(crumb_args, dict):
        values_map = list(ParameterGrid(crumb_args))
    elif isinstance(crumb_args, list):
        values_map = crumb_args
    else:
        raise TypeError('Expected `crumb_args` to be dict or list, got {}.'.format(type(crumb_args)))

    mktree(crumb2, values_map)
    assert os.path.exists(crumb2.split()[0])
    assert not crumb2.has_files()
    return crumb2

@pytest.fixture
def tmp_tree_crumb(base_dir, brain_data_crumb_args):
    crumb_path, values_dict = brain_data_crumb_args
    yield make_tree_from_crumb(base_dir, crumb_path, values_dict)
    shutil.rmtree(base_dir)


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Not even a massacre could put out the spiritual fire....
In 1983 the Troubles in Northern Ireland reached a sickening low with a depraved and evil attack on Mountain Lodge Pentecostal Church in the small village of Darkley, nestled in a predominantly republican area of South Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Armed with weapons, gunmen opened fire on three elders in the entrance hall during the church service, killing them. The gunmen then turned their weapons on the congregation of around seventy which had gathered for their weekly service. Nine members were injured in the attack. The three men who died were David Wilson, Harold Browne and Victor Cunningham. Nobody was ever arrested or charged with the attack, responsibility for which was later claimed by the Catholic Reaction Force, a cover for the INLA, in supposed retaliation for loyalist murders.
A gripping new book wonderfully titled 'Fire On The Mountain' by Pastor David Bell, written to celebrate 60 years of the church, revisits that night in November 1983. It's a moving tale of Christian community spirit told sensitively as the people struggled to rebuild their lives. It gives a fascinating insight into the life of the church over the decades, highlighting the many miracles of healing that went on following the tragedy, some of which defied even medics.
Readers are drawn in right from the outset and they are taken on a journey, meeting the many people involved in the church, some instrumental in making the church the success story it is today. And it's difficult to see how the people managed to keep the faith in the face of adversity, but it's all here in black and white. Their steely determination, but above all, their trust in God kept them spiritually alive, the book outlines.
In 'Fire On the Mountain', that horrific moment of the shooting is recalled in vivid detail:
"For a moment, we all thought someone was throwing pebbles against the outside of the window panes, on that wintry November 1983 evening. It sounded just like the rattle of small stones on a tin roof. After all, very few of us had ever heard the sound of gunfire before. Falling to the floor for cover, we realised all too quickly what was taking place – somehow our church had become the latest target in the Northern Ireland 'Troubles'. After what seemed an eternity, the sound of the gun fire ceased. Several of the congregation were injured. Three were dead..."
The book also includes the original article written by the then young journalist Austin Hunter who was first on the scene - it appeared in the News Letter the following morning. Terrorism was rife in Northern Ireland and part of everyday life (there was barely a day that passed without a tragedy) but this particular incident united communities as distressing images of the aftermath were beamed around the world. In the days that followed, Darkley mourned its dead, and people struggled to come to terms with the tragedy.
The book shows that, despite one massacre and two fires in the church which failed to uproot or even shake the people, that their spirit was never wounded, but instead, the congregation continues to remain faithful and praise God for His mercies and goodness.
Fire On The Mountain by Pastor David Bell is published by Ambassador International and is available from Amazon and all good book stores.
Doubting Abbey
Swapping downstairs for upstairs… How hard can it be!?
Look up the phrase ordinary girl and you'll see a picture of me, Gemma Goodwin – I only look half-decent after applying the entire contents of my make-up bag, and my dating track-record includes a man who treated me to dinner…at a kebab shop. No joke!
The only extraordinary thing about me is that I look EXACTLY like my BFF, Abbey Croxley. Oh, and that for reasons I can't explain, I've agreed to swap identities and pretend be her to star in the TV show about her aristocratic family's country estate, Million Dollar Mansion.
So now it's not just my tan I'm faking – it's Kate Middleton style demure hemlines and lady-like manners too. And amongst the hundreds of fusty etiquette rules I'm trying to cram into my head, there are two I really must remember:
1) No-one can ever find out that I'm just Gemma, who'd be more at home in the servants' quarters.
2) There can be absolutely no flirting with Abbey's dishy but buttoned-up cousin, Lord Edward.
Aaargh, this is going to be harder than I thought…
1. Thanks for stopping by, Sam. What is it about Downton Abbey that appeals to you so much?
Period dramas fascinate me since, socially, times have changed so much. I like seeing how characters cope with what life throws at them, within the emotional and social restraints of their day. The plots are also gripping (most recently the fall-out from the attack on Anna) and Fellowes has created characters that we care about, from out-of-place Branson and kind-hearted Mrs Hughes, to the sharp-tongued Dowager Countess and butler Carson. Plus there have been some real villains, vile valet Green being the latest.
I read an article recently which suggested Americans loved Downton because the series was rather like glamorous Dynasty – a show I also loved! – and certainly the sumptuous costumes and grand setting are a great background to the dramatic storylines.
2. Do you think the public's attitude towards 'reality TV' has changed since the very first series of Big Brother?
Fly-on-the-wall reality series have always been around, for example Seven Up, but yes, I do think our attitude to reality shows has changed. To a degree, we have been given the power of some Caesar, with the ability to turn our thumbs up or down.
However, I am a big fan and the vast array of these shows now available. Perhaps they appeal to me as a writer, as I enjoy the peek into the human psyche. Plus, on a practical level, some enable contestants to learn a new skill or – in the case of Million Dollar Mansion featured in Doubting Abbey – offer people the potential to win enough money to make a real difference to their lives.
The reality genre will always be one of my favourites, so long as it doesn't detract from the money and time given to making dramas and comedy shows with real actors.
3. How did Doubting Abbey come about, and did you start with the plot or the characters?
I asked myself how a modern gal would cope, being thrust into a stuffy, old-fashioned aristocratic home – so I came up with the idea of pizza waitress Gemma having to pass herself off as her posh friend Abbey, for two weeks. So really, the plot came first – closely followed by the title. Before beginning I needed to do a lot of research into stately homes and visited the lovely Lyme Park near me in Cheshire. This building isn't from exactly the same era, but the interior gave me ideas for how to furnish my fictional Applebridge Hall. I also needed to check my facts on aristocratic titles and find out how one would address an earl, his wife and their son.
4. Do you have a different approach to writing dramatic scenes and comedic scenes?
Adding in emotion is very important for the dramatic scenes and something I have really worked hard on. An editor from the short story world told me this was one of my weaknesses, so during the last year or so I have really tried to up my game – after all, it is getting the reader emotionally involved which is going to make them care for your characters, like in Downton Abbey where, for example, we really feel Daisy's pain at her unrequited love.
As for comedic scenes, I really let myself go. In Doubting Abbey there is farce which has to be carefully written so that it doesn't come over as unrealistic – Gemma is an impulsive, wacky character and I found it difficult to reign in my sense of humour! Fellowes does it so beautifully with the Dowager Countess' and Carson's one-liners and po faces!
5. Would you consider yourself a genre author?
I consider myself a romance writer, albeit of romantic comedies. But I also write short stories and having sold over 80 now to women's magazines, was recently thrilled that Alfie Dog Fiction brought out a collection of my feel-good stories called Sweet Talk.
I love everything paranormal, though, and might one day shift into that sector of the romance genre!
6. How did you find your agent / publisher?
My journey to finding an agent and publisher has been a rocky one – I started writing in 2005 and finally bagged an agent in 2011, with several manuscripts, by then, under the bed. However, I feel this is a rite of passage for many authors, and if you can survive those years it stands you in good stead for dealing with the challenges of published life. Writing and selling short stories during the last couple of years has really helped boost my (what had become a rather weather-beaten) writerly ego and I wish I'd started writing and sending those out years ago.
But yes, it has been very sweet fulfilling my ambitions of first getting an agent and then a novel deal. If I can do it anyone can – determination is important. I have Samuel Beckett's quote stuck up on my wall:
"Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
7. What's your next writing project?
I am contemplating a sequel to Doubting Abbey which is very exciting for me! Watch this space!
8. Where can we purchase your book and where can we find more about your writing?
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamTongeWriter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SamanthaTongeAuthor
Website: http://samanthatonge.co.uk/
Novel: http://doubtingabbey.blogspot.co.uk/
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Not even a massacre could put out the spiritual fi...


Cheryl Taylor spent New Year's Day in a brand new way. The City of Hope patient watched the Rose Parade from the grandstands, surrounded by strangers who quickly became friends after she told them she's battled a rare, debilitating blood cancer – a myeloproliferative neoplasm – for almost 17 years.
"One woman stated, 'You're so amazing. Can I give you a hug?'" Cheryl, 56, said.
Cheryl, a Westlake Village resident, received VIP tickets to the Rose Parade, the Rose Bowl and a tailgate party thanks to Duarte Mayor Samuel Kang. The city's top official donated the tickets he received from the Tournament of Roses so a City of Hope patient could enjoy the experience.
After years of fighting for her life, Cheryl said she couldn't think of a better way to celebrate a new year that's filled with so much promise. Among other goals, she's looking forward to joining speakers' groups because she'd like to start sharing her story. Cheryl also plans to volunteer again with domestic violence and child abuse victims, as she did before she received a bone marrow transplant in 2012.
Cheryl lost her husband in 1998 to a rare form of melanoma, and less than a year later, she was diagnosed with essential thrombocythemia. The condition caused her to produce too many blood platelets, which led to pain, blood clots, blurry vision and other health problems. Despite years of chemotherapy and other treatment, the disease developed into myelofibrosis, a rare blood cancer of the bone marrow.
On June 27, 2012, Cheryl received a bone marrow transplant at City of Hope with stem cells donated by a family member. Unfortunately, the new stem cells attacked Cheryl's tissue, a reaction known as graft-versus-host disease. After being hospitalized several times for treatment at City of Hope, she recovered.
"I've almost lost my life several times," said Cheryl, who also received two neck surgeries at City of Hope to replace neck bones made brittle by years of chemotherapy. "But as you can see, today, I'm up and running."
"I was rebuilt, but my spirit is original, and I'm a walking miracle of science and soul," she added.
Cheryl also credits the people at City of Hope with helping her get through some bleak moments. Her son, daughter-in-law and a young grandson are her only family members in the area, and they can't always be with her when she's been hospitalized. So she regards City of Hope staff, nurses, and doctors, such as Leslie Popplewell, Stephen Forman and Mike Chen, as her second family.
"The doctors always made sure I had someone with me every day," Cheryl said.
No matter how difficult life may seem, Cheryl never loses her positive outlook.


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Dan Laustsen (Aalborg, 15 juni 1954) is een Deens cameraman (director of photography).

Biografie
Dan Laustsen werd in 1954 geboren als de zoon van scheepsbouwer Aage Aarup Laustsen en onderwijzeres Ellen Rasmussen en groeide op in Helsingør. Van 1976 tot 1979 studeerde hij aan de Den Danske Filmskole.

Carrière
Na zijn studies ging hij als cameraman aan de slag. De thriller Nattevagten (1994) van regisseur Ole Bornedal betekende zijn doorbraak. De twee maakten in 1997 onder de titel Nightwatch ook een Engelstalige remake van de film. Datzelfde jaar werkte Laustsen ook voor het eerst samen met de Mexicaanse regisseur Guillermo del Toro.

Ook in de daaropvolgende decennia werkte hij regelmatig samen met zowel Bornedal als Del Toro. Zo filmde hij met Del Toro onder meer The Shape of Water (2017), die bekroond werd met de Oscar voor beste film. Met de Amerikaanse regisseur Chad Stahelski werkte hij in de jaren 2010 ook samen aan twee films uit de John Wick-reeks.

Filmografie (selectie)
Film
 Skal vi danse først? (1979)
 Gummi-Tarzan (1981)
 Min farmors husn (1984)
 Skyggen af Emma (1988)
 Nattevagten (1994)
 Nightwatch (1997)
 Mimic (1997)
 Le Pacte des loups (2001)
 Jeg er Dina (2002)
 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
 Darkness Falls (2003)
 Silent Hill (2006)
 Solomon Kane (2009)
 The Possession (2012)
 Crimson Peak (2015)
 The Shape of Water (2017)
 John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
 John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)

Televisie
 Wallander (2013)
 1864 (2014)

Externe links
 Officiële website

Deens cameraman


क्या कहते हैं आपके सपने? -"कमल"
What does your dream mean? -"A Lotus"
अगर मैं सपने मे कमल देखूँ तो इसका क्या मतलब है?
What is the meaning of my dream if I see A Lotus ?
if you see A Lotus in your dream it means Monetary Gain.


Legislation now being drafted by lawmakers — primarily Sens. Ted Kennedy and John McCain — would allow millions of illegal immigrants in the United States to apply for citizenship.
Adoption of this measure would be a terrible mistake.
The Senate plans to introduce its immigration bill early this year, with the House considering its version later. President Bush has said he hopes to sign an immigration bill in 2007.
In 2006 the Senate passed a bill that would have required illegal immigrants living in the United States for fewer than five years to return to their native countries for a period of time before applying for legal status.
House Republicans prevented debate of the bill, saying it was an amnesty bill, pure and simple, for lawbreakers. Today, the Kennedy-McCain legislation under consideration would go dramatically further. The new law would allow up to 11 million illegal immigrants now living in the United States to gain citizenship after applying, and without ever returning home first.
McCain's backing of the amnesty measure undercuts his claim of representing conservative voters as he seeks the GOP presidential primaries in 2008. But the worst part about the proposed Kennedy-McCain bill is the crystal-clear message it sends to wannabe illegals around the globe: Come here, America will cave, and eventually you will be granted citizenship.
Let's remember the amnesty concept was tried before. In 1986 President Reagan signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act, passed by a Democratic Congress, that granted legal residency to 2.7 million illegal aliens already in the United States and set penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegals. At the time, the view was, amnesty would be coupled with promises of future immigration controls. More than 20 years later, it clearly did not work.
For example, the federal government never followed through on its promise to crack down on employers. Illegal immigration actually accelerated after the legislation was passed.
The significant issue is not whether amnesty should be granted. The first and primary issue Americans want solved is a system of sane immigration and secure borders. Despite huge expenditures of money and manpower, our borders remain porous. Despite 9/11 and billions spent on homeland security, terrorists can still easily enter the country. The House took a step forward and approved a plan to build 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. But Congress has not appropriated funds for its construction.
It is also important to remember secure "borders" today means our airports too.
Amazingly, between one-quarter and nearly one-half of the illegal immigrants in the United States today didn't sneak across the border with Mexico. They simply arrived here with a legal visa and stayed on after it expired — as did several of the 9/11 terrorists.
Only after the United States gets a firm grip on border control should Congress even consider an amnesty program. And once the borders are secure, I believe we should increase legal immigration. America needs immigrants. We should open our doors to the best and brightest from every continent rather than primarily from just one region.
Grants of citizenship should also come with demands. Immigrants must have a grasp of basic English before being granted citizenship. Then, we should end the practice of automatically bestowing citizenship on anyone born in the United States. Finally, we should tell new citizens they can't arrive and simply collect welfare and social benefits.
Illegal immigration is a matter of utmost importance to Americans, affecting not only the economy, but the nation's sovereignty and security as well.
A university poll in 2006 found that 90 percent of Americans consider immigration a "serious problem," and 57 percent say it's "very serious."
Another poll found that Americans consider immigration the second most important issue facing the nation, after national security. Both issues are really intertwined.
There is no doubt America's political system is broken when it cannot fix a problem of pressing national urgency. One thing is for sure, the Kennedy-McCain bill won't fix it.


The Body Shop has been praised by customers as the British brand with the best corporate reputation, according to a new survey by brand consultancy Added Value. Despite The Body Shop's acquisition by the global beauty group, L'Oreal, it remains a brand recognised for its ethical viewpoint, although it may need to keep abreast of changing consumer attitudes to hold onto its leadership position.
The research asked 1000 consumers in the UK to spontaneously name the brands that had the worst and best image in terms of corporate reputation. There's a definite halo effect in the groceries sector with the supermarkets all faring well in consumer's eyes with Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer and, of course, the Co-Op, getting a mention. Meanwhile, as sales of Fairtrade products rocketed by 81% to £495m last year, Fairtrade was applauded by consumers for its responsible image, despite the fact that it relies on other brands to raise awareness.
Consumers have a love/hate relationship with Britain's biggest supermarket Tesco, which accounts for £1 in every £3 spent on food and £1 in every £12 spent on the high street. While Tesco was named as the brand with the second best image, it also reached second place as a brand with a bad image. Tesco's value proposition endears the retailer to customers but its perceived scale and ability to drive independent shops off the high street appears to be damaging its image.
The research will be presented at Added Value's Branding for Good Summit, 'Green 2.0, Avoid the Greenwash,' on March 6th, which will also feature a keynote interview with Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO WPP.
Sign up to Added Value's Monthly Branding for Good Newsletter.


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Trepibutone is a drug used for functional gastrointestinal disorders.
pH-independent controlled-release microspheres using polyglycerol esters of fatty acids.
Akiyama Y, Yoshioka M, Horibe H, Hirai S, Kitamori N, Toguchi H.SourceDDS Research Laboratories, Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences.J Pharm Sci.1994 Nov;83(11):1600-7.


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Q: Как отловить момент, когда заполнение ItemsControl завершено? Есть ItemsControl. У него есть свойство ItemsSource, которое может изменяться по ходу работы программы. Как мне ловить момент, когда все элементы загрузились? Событие Loaded срабатывает всего один раз, при запуске, а мне надо ловить каждый раз, когда меняется источник ресурсов.
Дополнения к вопросу:

*

*В качестве ItemsControl выступает TreeView

*Я подписываюсь на событие Loaded каждого итема дерева

*Нужное мне событие должно сработать после того, как все элементы прогрузились, а AddValueChanged срабатывает раньше

A: Положим, что ItemsSource привязан к ObservableCollection, экземпляр которой не изменяется. Подпишитесь на изменения коллекции, к которой привязан ItemsSource. Когда коллекция изменяется, вызывайте Dispatcher.InvokeAsync с приоритетом Loaded. Если экземпляр меняется, то подпишитесь ещё и на изменения ItemsSource с помощью DependencyPropertyDescriptor.AddValueCHanged.

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/************************************************************************
*
* Flood Project © (2008-201x)
* Licensed under the simplified BSD license. All rights reserved.
*
************************************************************************/

#include "Keyboard.h"
#include "Device.h"
#include "KeyboardEvents.h"

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;

Flood::Keyboard::Keyboard(::Keyboard* native)
    : Flood::InputDevice((::InputDevice*)native)
{
}

Flood::Keyboard::Keyboard(System::IntPtr native)
    : Flood::InputDevice(native)
{
    auto __native = (::Keyboard*)native.ToPointer();
}

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Developed By: Technos Japan Corp.
Published By: MonkeyPaw Games/Technos Japan Corp.
Thank you MonkeyPaw Games for sending us this game to review!
When I think of the name 'Double Dragon', it brings back many wonderful memories of my brother and I pounding the snot out of hordes of thugs, ninjas, and various other bad guys, as Billy and Jimmy Lee set out to save Marian from evil thugs (or take revenge for her death, as it were). The Double Dragon series played a very important part in the evolution of all games fighting. But this is not that game.
This Double Dragon is a 1 vs. 1 fighting game, similar to Street Fighter or its many clones (of which this is one). It is based on a critically disparaged movie of the same name. In this Double Dragon, Marian is not in distress, but runs a street gang (?) and helps fight crime in the city. She, along with Billy and Jimmy, are part of a cast of twelve characters, most of whom are unique to the movie. Your goal is to beat every other character, and finally, the last bad guy, Koga Shuko.
Unfortunately, I had to glean most if not all of the plot elements above from the Internet (particularly, here ) because, being a direct Japanese import, all of the plot text is in Japanese. There is enough English text in the main menu and during the character selection and fighting screens to allow us English speaking gamers to be able to play the game just fine, but the options menu, memory card menu, and all spoken character text is not. Interestingly, the narrator (Jimmy Wins!) does speak English. Thankfully, MonkeyPaw has taken the time to explain the controls and options on this page here. I just wish that this information was in the digital manual that accompanies the game in the PSN release.
Plot and menu issues aside, the game is remarkably playable for a Japanese import. Once some of the control issues become clear via the previously mentioned URL, beneath all of that is a pretty fun fighting game. There is a fair amount of depth in the fighting system. Instead of punch and kick attack buttons, there are four attack buttons ranging from weak to very strong. On the character selection screen, a box helpfully shows what the key combinations are for some of the special moves. There is a counter system, where weak beats very strong, normal beats weak, strong beats normal, and very strong beats strong attacks. Not only this, but there is a charge system that, once the meter is filled, allows you to perform very powerful attacks. This certainly allowed me to win a few times where I deserved otherwise.
There are three game modes: Overdrive Mode, Normal Mode, and Tiny 3D Mode. Tiny 3D is mostly a gimmick, and I didn't find it worth playing. It just makes the playing field look quasi-3D with multiple planes at various depths. On a PS1 game this is probably not the best idea. At first glance, it is very hard to tell Overdrive from Normal mode. It was not until I read the MonkeyPaw Games web link above that I had a glimpse into the differences. In summary, it has an improved attack priority system. Other reports suggest it may play a little faster. If so, I could not tell.
So, is this game worth the download? If you are a fan of classic fighting games, particularly those of the Neo Geo style or vintage, I would say it's worth a look. It's not a bad game by any means, and there are some unique fighting styles represented here. For example, the drunken fighter Cheng Fu has an interesting playstyle.
I was also surprised to find that the controls are more forgiving than some more mainstream fighting game entries from the PS1 era. For example, I found Billy and Jimmy's Street Fighter-like attacks (Ryu's Dragon Punch, Hurricane Kick, and Fireball all have a similar move here with the same movements) far more forgiving on the gamepad than my attempts at executing Ken's similar moves in Street Fighter Alpha 3. Also, my wife, who sat with me to help me get the perspective of a fresh set of eyes, really appreciated that the special move list is on the character selection screen, where they are nowhere to be found in Alpha 3. Despite that, she found both quarter circle and charge style moves challenging to pull off. It's been so long, I forgot how hard those moves can be to someone new.
Like all fighting games, there is violence here. Your goal is to beat up the person you duel against. There is no blood or gore. There is no foul language (at least in English), and while the women are not dressed perfectly, with tight clothing on Marian and cleavage on Rebecca, it is really tame compared to most fighting games. Cheng Fu does drink alcohol, and appears impaired on screen, with his swaying movements.
Double Dragon is an interesting entry in the fighting game canon. In a sense, it's easy to forget, given the many, many great fighting games it had to compete with from the same time period. And it's hardly a good representation of what Double Dragon was all about. But, it's not a bad game, and classic fighting game lovers may find something interesting here.


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Q: Mobile WYSIWYG editor: Alternatives or a guide to XDK AppDesigner I recently (4 days) stumbled upon Intel XDK to develop hybrid html5 apps and it looks very promising and powerful.
I wanted, for learning purposes, to design a simple application (a single view application with some buttons, a list and a swipe menu) using one of the XDK integrated UI frameworks like JQuery mobile or AppFramework 3.
To achieve my goal I started a new project using AppDesigner and I followed the official Intel XDK video tutorials.
However those tutorials refer to an older version of AppDesigner, and some things now are missing / different in the current version (2727).
I also encountered many different problems (button groups with different buttons size, misplaced elements, apparently random behaviours, crashes...)  to the point that I can't use it even for simple tasks like putting something different than a title on a footer.
So I came up with 2 alternatives:
1- AppDesigner, right now, is bugged like hell. In this case are there any FREE WYSIWYG editors that target mobiles and offer the same feeling and functionalities of AppDesigner (drag&drop functionalities, preview on an emulated phone etc.) ?
I don't have any preferences about the graphic framework used, so if an editor works only on AppFramework, Ionic or another it would be ok anyway. OFFLINE editors are prefered. It would be fine even if someone finds a link to older versions of XDK, so I can use the same used in the tutorials.
2- I failed to understand how AppDesigner works. As said however the official video tutorials are outdated. So is there a more recent guide (video tutorials are prefered, but a book / guide would be fine anyway) that targets a more recent version of AppDesigner and covers almost every basic functionality?
Many thanks

A: MastErAldo - Well stated. I am on the Intel XDK team. You have raised valid concerns. We will have new App Designer videos available soon. The ones available now, as you pointed out, are 2 years old. With a 6-8 week release schedule, there have been a lot of changes in that time.
If you opted in to receive information when you registered, you should have received an invitation this week to two short, live webinars later this month which are specifically about App Designer, where you can listen to and ask questions of one of our most knowledgeable App Designer developers.
In the future, to ensure we see your feedback, please post on our forum: https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-xdk
Thanks for letting us know of your concerns. It helps mold our product when we know which features our users are concerned about and what issues you are having.
Pamela


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All in all, I'd start by contacting some local credit unions and see what programs they offer. You can search for local credit unions here - Credit Unions.
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Encyclopedia Judaica: Begging and Beggars
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Encyclopedia Judaica: Table of Contents|Art|Miriam
Although the Bible is concerned with the poor and the needy, there is hardly a reference to begging or to beggars, and there is, in fact, no biblical Hebrew word for it. The needs of the poor were provided by the laws of *leket, shikhḥah , and pe'ah which were the perquisites of the ani, the "poor man," or the evyon, the "needy." The only possible references are not to actual begging and beggars but are contained in the complementary assurances that whereas the children of the righteous will not have to "seek bread" (Ps. 37:25), the children of the wicked will, after his untimely death, be vagabonds "and seek their bread out of desolate places" (Ps. 109:10).
During the talmudic period, however, the itinerant beggar who goes from house to house figures with some prominence. So characteristic does it seem to have been of social life in those times that the first Mishnah of tractate Shabbat employs the example of the beggar receiving his pittance from the householder, and the various ways in which it might be handed to him, to illustrate the important laws concerning the carrying of articles from a private to a public domain on the Sabbath. The Mishnah also deals with the rights of the beggar who "goes from place to place" and who had sometimes to be provided with lodging for the night (Pe'ah 8:7). It was regarded as immodest for women to beg, with the result that the Mishnah stipulates that if a man left insufficient means for his children, the daughters should remain at home and the sons go from door to door (Ket. 13:3). The New Testament describes the blind beggar Bartimeus sitting by the roadside and begging (Mark 10:46) and a lame beggar soliciting alms at the entrance to the Temple (Acts 3:2). The rabbis are censorious of those beggars who used to feign such afflictions as "blindness, swollen belly, and shrunken leg" in order to arouse the compassion of the charitable (Pe'ah 8:9; Tosef., Pe'ah 4:14). Nevertheless one rabbi takes a charitable view of those impostors, saying that they perform the useful function of exercising the charitable instincts of the people (Ket. 68a). Nor was the cheerful impudent beggar unknown, as the following story in the Talmud indicates: "A beggar once came to Rava who asked him 'What do your meals usually consist of?' 'Plump chicken and matured wine' answered the beggar. 'Do you not consider this a burden on the community?' asked Rava. The beggar retorted: 'I do not take from them – I take what God provides.' At that moment Rava's sister, who had not seen him for 13 years, appeared bringing him a fat chicken and matured wine. 'Just what I told you!' said the beggar" (Ket. 67b).
Nevertheless two factors tended to keep begging within bounds. One was the delicate custom of sending food to the poor in order to spare their feelings (see the examples, Ket. 67b), and the other was the highly organized system of collection for and distribution to the poor through the official kuppah ("charity fund") and tamḥui ("soup kitchen"). As a result, it was proclaimed that relief was actually to be withheld from those who went begging as they had forfeited their rights to organized charity, although a compromise was arrived at not to send such a mendicant away completely empty-handed (BB 9a).
In the early Middle Ages this was established as the actual halakhah (Yad, Mattenat Aniyyim 7:7; Sh. Ar., YD 250:3). *Rashi (to BB 9a) explains that it is "because he has accustomed himself to make the rounds, he must suffice with that." On the other hand, Solomon b. Adret, in answer to an enquiry from a community overburdened with beggars, ruled that although "the poor are everywhere supported from the communal chest, if they wish in addition to beg from door to door they may do so, and each should give according to his understanding and desire" (Responsa, pt. 3 no. 380). In krakow, however, in 1595 and in the Spanish and Portuguese congregation in London in the second half of the 17th century, begging by mendicants was completely outlawed (Balaban, in JJLG, 10 (1913), 342; Barnett, El Libro de los Acuerdos (1931), 9).
This admirable system of organized relief for the poor (cf. Yad, loc. cit., 9:3: "We have never heard of a community which has no charity fund for the relief of the poor, though some have no tamḥui") seems almost to have eliminated beggars until the 17th century. Launcelot Addison (The Present State of the Jews, p. 212) goes out of his way to dispel the belief prevalent in his time that "the Jews have no beggars," which he attributed to the "regular and commendable efforts" by which the Jewish community supplied the needs of the poor. A notable literary description of the English Jewish beggar is Zangwill's King of the Schnorrers.
It would seem that an increase in Jewish mendicancy took place as an aftermath of the *Chmielnicki pogroms when hundreds of Polish communities were destroyed and thousands of penniless and destitute Jews roamed throughout Europe. From this time dates the word "shnorrer," the accepted Yiddish term for a beggar which became a characteristic feature of Jewish life. Sometimes the shnorrers openly collected for themselves, at other times for the dowry of a poor bride (see *Hakhnasat Kallah ) or to restore a house which had been burnt down in one of the many conflagrations of wooden houses. If the 18th century has been styled "a century of beggary" as a whole, it certainly applies to the impoverished Jewish communities of Central and Eastern Europe up to the dawn of the modern period.
Beggary, which was rife in Ereẓ Israel before the establishment of the State of Israel, has been largely eliminated in the streets, as a result of the increased activities of the Ministry of Social Welfare. It is still, however, a feature of the synagogues during the morning services. Beggars consist of two groups, genuine beggars and students of the old-fashioned yeshivot who are to some extent encouraged by the authorities of the yeshivah, not only as a source of subsistence but to afford the worshipers an opportunity of combining prayer with charity. A similar sentiment is held toward beggars in cemeteries. Despite objections that they disturb worshippers, opinion among the Orthodox is opposed to their removal.
See *Charity .
[Louis Isaac Rabinowitz]
Begging as a social phenomenon is associated with migrations. It became prevalent in Jewish history during the period of the Mishnah and the Talmud and especially after the destruction of the Second Temple. This came about as a result of persecutions under Roman rule, as well as the physical and economic insecurity which impoverished the rural class and reduced the urban population to ruin. Yet, despite the increase in the numbers of poor and those reduced to begging, nothing is heard about Jewish mendicants forming a society and developing their own subculture, as did occur within the non-Jewish world at that time.
Jewish beggars wandering from place to place are more frequently found throughout the Middle Ages. In the Cairo Genizah a large number of letters from beggars complaining of their misfortunes and seeking support have been found. The documents indicate that these itinerant poor wandered from community to community, and from land to land. The Or Zaru'a (hilkhot Ẓedakah 11) of R. *Isaac of Vienna mentions that these destitute people customarily equipped themselves with "documents," i.e., letters of recommendation which they would present in their travels as proof of their trustworthiness.
In medieval times there was another class of wanderers who went from place to place, relying upon the hospitality of others, namely, the yeshivah students who moved from one center of Torah study to another. A parallel phenomenon (goliards, vagrant scholars) is found within the student community of Christian society of that time.
At the end of the 17th century, a relatively large class of Jewish beggars, called in non-Jewish sources "Betteljuden," and orḥei porḥei ("flotsam and jetsam") in Jewish literature, developed throughout Europe, especially in Germany. The size of this class is not known exactly, but it has been estimated at as much as 20% of the total Jewish population. Although the reasons for the formation of this class are still not completely clear, it is assumed to have resulted from (i) the natural growth of the Jewish population; (ii) the limited number of Jews permitted to reside in any individual place by the local authorities; and (iii) the unstable economic conditions which brought about drastic changes from extreme wealth to great poverty. The Betteljuden constituted a section within the large class of non-Jewish itinerant poor. These Jewish vagabonds, like their Christian counterparts, eventually united into societies, religiously intermixed at times, developing their own subculture. This class became a source of manpower and information to the bands of thieves which were rampant at that time. The authorities treated these groups of Jewish mendicants very harshly. They condemned them for thievery and for causing diseases and plagues in various places. As a result of these accusations, local authorities sought to banish the beggars. The Jewish communities were very ambivalent vis-à-vis these mendicants. On the one hand, they strove to obey the local powers-that-be, for they also saw in the beggars a social danger, not only because of their associations with thieves, but also because of their licentiousness. Yet, on the other hand, they not infrequently had feelings of compassion and brotherliness toward these unfortunates. The manner in which the communities handled these orḥei porḥei, therefore, corresponded to their ambivalence toward them. In general, the community accommodated them in the homes of its residents for one night (for two nights over the Sabbath), and afterward sent them along with a sum of money for travel expenditures. Special lodgings for mendicants, particularly for the sick among them, were also set up in the hekdesh ("poor house"). After the Emancipation, with residence restrictions for Jews lifted, and areas in which Jews were permitted to work widened, this impoverished class was largely integrated with other social classes. However, the phenomenon itself did not disappear from Jewish communal life, and it continued to exist especially in Eastern Europe, if not to the same extent.
I. Abrahams, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages (19322), 331ff., 346f.; Baron, Community, 1 (1942), 131f., 363; 2 (1942), 321–5; Urbach, in: Zion, 16, nos. 3–4 (1951), 1–27; R. Glanz, Geschichte des niederen juedischen Volks in Deutschland (1968); Scheiber, in: M. Zohary and A. Tartakower (eds.), Hagut Ivrit be-Eiropah (1969), 268–75.
Source: Encyclopaedia Judaica. © 2008 The Gale Group. All Rights Reserved.


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Summary from IMDB: The Zookeeper's Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion.
Review: No matter how many movies, or stories I see about world war 2, It never ceases to amaze me about how cruel people can be and how utterly fearless others are in the face of such atrocities. I didn't know going into the movie that it was based on a true story, not that it would have changed anything. This movie was a deeply emotional ride. One that I will not easily forget.
The Zookeeper's wife saved over 300 Jews from being sent to the death camps. At one point, the zookeeper himself helped children on to the train, knowing full well where they were headed, but had no power to stop it. I couldn't imagine how hard that would be not to break down and cry.
This was a great movie to watch and I would recommend it to anyone who likes to be emotionally moved. I can't wait to pick up the book.


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Jean Delumeau (18. června 1923, Nantes – 13. ledna 2020) byl francouzský historik, specializovaný na dějiny křesťanství, především na období raného novověku.

Dílo
 1957-1959 Vie économique et sociale de Rome dans la seconde moitié du XVIe siècle
 1962 L'Alun de Rome, XVe-XVIIIe siècles
 1965 Naissance et affirmation de la Réforme
 1966 Le Mouvement du port de Saint-Malo, 1681-1720
 1967 La Civilisation de la Renaissance
 1969 Histoire de la Bretagne
 1971 Le Catholicisme entre Luther et Voltaire
 1974 L'Italie de Botticelli à Bonaparte
 1975 Rome au XVIe siècle
 1976 La Mort des pays de Cocagne. Comportements collectifs de la Renaissance à l'âge classique
 1977 Le Christianisme va-t-il mourir ?
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Katoličtí autoři
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