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Lautenberg will not seek reelection
Lautenberg, 89, broke the news Thursday in a statement to the Star-Ledger of Newark.
By Maggie Haberman
Updated: 02/15/2013 08:25 AM EST
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) has decided not to seek re-election to his New Jersey seat, POLITICO has confirmed — paving the way for a clearer path for Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker to assume the spot.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama praises Lautenberg)
Lautenberg broke the news Thursday in a statement to the Star-Ledger of Newark. An aide confirmed it to POLITICO.
"I am not announcing the end of anything. I am announcing the beginning of a two-year mission to pass new gun safety laws, protect children from toxic chemicals and create more opportunities for working families in New Jersey," Lautenberg told the Star-Ledger. "While I may not be seeking re-election, there is plenty of work to do before the end of this term and I'm going to keep fighting as hard asever for the people of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate."
( PHOTOS: Cory Booker's career)
Lautenberg's decision was not a surprise — most Democrats had anticipated the 89-year-old World War II veteran would choose to retire. He had struggled with an illness in recent months, and was not seen publicly for a few weeks.
But he had bristled publicly at Booker's designs on the seat, anger that was flamed by Democrats in New Jersey who have never liked the Newark mayor's high profile and who had hoped he would challenge popular Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
In a statement, Booker called Lautenberg "a champion for the people of New Jersey" and "a strong model of leadership and service to me since before I even considered entering elected office."
All public polls in recent weeks had shown Booker leading Lautenberg. However, it's not clear that Booker — who has had some public stumbles in the last two months — will have a glide path. Rep. Frank Pallone, who has a close relationship with Lautenberg and a $3 million warchest on hand — and has long been waiting for a chance at this seat — has made clear he's mulling a Senate run of his own.
Other Democrats who may run are Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver and State Senate President Steve Sweeney.
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) declined to comment on whether he has a favorite in the Democratic primary, or if he himself is interested.
"Frank is a good friend, always has been," Pascrell said. "I'm very saddened to hear that he's retiring because he certainly had all his faculties and now the onslaught will come as to who's going to run and try to replace him."
Lautenberg retired from the Senate in 2000, but stepped back in when Sen. Robert Torricelli was engulfed in ethical problems.
Pallone, who insisted it was "the Senator's day" and he didn't want to discuss his own decision-making process, added, "I've always been interested in the Senate and I'm going to continue to explore it."
Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this post misspelled Sen. Robert Torricelli's name.
CORRECTION: Corrected by: Andrea Drusch @ 02/14/2013 07:24 PM CORRECTION: A previous version of this post misspelled Sen. Robert Torricelli's name.
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With Calgary still in the grips of a deep freeze, Dave Kelly knows people need strong reasons to leave their homes. Even on Valentine Day or, for that matter, especially on Valentine Day.
Kelly's 22nd show in his popular Dave Kelly Live series will be held at the Bella Concert Hall at Mount Royal University on Feb. 14.
This is Dave Kelly Live's fourth season so it is his fourth date night event as he calls his Valentine Day shows.
"I hope people will see our show as a way to warm up their love life or just to warm up period. We've certainly put together all the correct ingredients.
Kelly says he always schedules a Valentine Day show because he believes in love and especially "in the complex power of love. Sometimes that means we're alone. At other times, it means we're not alone and but even when we are alone the journey is still worth it.
To help Kelly explain love, he is turning to Shakespeare. He's invited Calgary actor Natasha Strickey to give audiences Shakespeare's take on love and madness, which often is the same thing. Strickey will be playing Ophelia in The Shakespeare Company and Hit & Myth's March production of Hamlet: A Ghost Story.
To add another theatrical dimension to the theme, Kelly has invited Stephen Hair, who played Lear in the Shakespeare Company's King Lear, to speak, not on behalf of the Bard, but on behalf of the animation giant Pixar.
"It's a secret what Stephen has chosen to help us understand love, but remember Pixar is the home of Toy Story, Cars, Monsters Inc., The Incredibles and Finding Nemo.
Kelly's musical guests for his love extravaganza are Deicha Carter, Chenelle Roberts and Sydney Zadravec, collectively known as The Torchettes.
Kelly's popular regulars are all on board, including house band The Flat Whites and artist Mandy Stobo.


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Hedmark Golfklubb was created by a merger of Høsbjør Golfklubb and Elverum Golfklubb in late 1983. Construction of the course began four years later and the first nine holes were ready for play in the autumn of 1988.
The clubhouse and this initial 9-hole layout were officially opened in the spring of 1990 and by September of the following year, the course had been expanded to eighteen holes.
Elverum Golfklubb was then re-established in 1993, following the bankruptcy of Hedmark Golfklubb.
Today, the course extends to 6,315 metres from the back tees with holes arranged as two returning nines, both of which conclude with testing par fives: the 510-metre 9th doglegs left from tee to green and the 18th veers right towards a water-protected home green.
Other holes of note include the shortest of the par threes at the 150-metre 8th, where the green is circled by four menacing bunkers; the short par four 12th which narrows considerably as the fairway slides left to right towards the green; and the final par three at the 17th, with the green protected by a pond to the front left of the offset putting surface

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"Triumph of the Will" (Triumph des Willens), Leni Riefenstahl, 1934.
Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will documents the 1934 NSDAP congress in Nuremberg. Riefenstahl, an extremely talented German director, accompanied Hitler with her camera, recording 400 km of tape. This went into the making of a film marked by extraordinary expression, which – though this strikes us as incomprehensible today – received prizes at international film festivals in Venice and Paris (1935 and 1937 respectively).
Although the director herself considered Triumph of the Will nothing more than a document, blaming her fascination with the chancellor of the Third Reich on political naivety, the film was without doubt a piece of fascist propaganda and ideology. It remains a shocking record of the outbreak of the National-Socialist hysteria.
The movie will be with English subtitles and Polish voice-over.
Three films will be shown as part of the "Film – Ideologies – Nazism" cycle. Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda "Triumph of the Will", filmed during the 1934 NSDAP congress in Nuremberg, documents the beginnings of the mass fascination with Nazism. "The White Ribbon" (Michael Haneke, 2009) is an attempt to dig down to the deepest roots of evil, where it is still dormant and therefore unpredictable. Set in modern-day America, "The Believer" (Henry Bean, 2001) shows a no less radical and dangerous way of thinking.
Triumph of the Will – free admission. Admission to other films in the cycle – 5 PLN.
"Film – Ideologies – Nazism":
03.10.2013, 7.00 PM – "Triumph of the Will" (Triumph des Willens), Leni Riefenstahl, 1934 (English subtitles)
09.10.2013, 7.00 PM – "The White Ribbon" (Das Weisse Band), Michael Haneke, 2009
16.10.2013, 7.00 PM – "The Believer", Henry Bean, 2001
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Vietnam is undeniably one of the melting pots for ESL teachers who are looking to make a career in a foreign land. Low cost of living, great food, amazing destination to travel, warm and such welcoming culture, these are only a few reasons to move to Vietnam and refresh your teaching career.
You probably won't believe me if I tell you that hundreds if not, thousands of expats are coming to Vietnam every year to teach English. Even though the demand is skyrocketing, there are loads of mistakes that they do and still doing. So, here, from someone who has taught English in Vietnam will tell you what you need to know before signing a contract with someone who offered you a teaching job here or before you book your one-way ticket.
HOW MUCH IS THE SALARY OF AN ENGLISH TEACHER IN VIETNAM?
FIND A JOB BEFORE COMING TO VIETNAM OR APPLY FOR A JOB WHEN YOU GET TO VIETNAM?
HOW TO FIND AN ESL JOB IN VIETNAM?
Vietnam is one of the countries with the highest demand for English teachers, which is good. It means that if locals speak English, the country can attract more tourists, businesses from different countries, more jobs for the locals, and competitive economic growth.
Most of these schools are in favour of native English speakers which is perfectly reasonable if they are very strict with the pronunciation that their students should learn. But at the same time, being a white person can get the job easily too – I know it's hard to get yourself around that fact, but it is indeed a fact.
This means if you are either native English speaker or a white-skinned person or Caucasian, you can get that job.
Non-native English speakers and not white will have a little challenge in finding the job the job they are hoping for but still possible. If you are more than qualified, you should look into bigger companies and international schools, they are more professional and are more interested in your experiences and qualifications.
Racism in Vietnam in the field of ESL teaching is widely spread. People of colour are having a harder time to get an ESL job simply because of their skin colour or accent despite of their years of experience in this field.
If you were offered way less rate simple because you are not Caucasian but you know that you are a qualified one, don't accept or sign the contract. There are jobs and students who and that are willing to pay you rightly, know your value. If all aspiring ESL teacher coming to Vietnam will fight this massive race issue through rejecting low paid jobs, at some point, hopefully, Vietnam will see everyone's value equally.
It is true if I tell you that work experience is not very much a requirement if you decide to teach English in Vietnam. This is sad in all levels, despite the cry out of the expat community for the Vietnamese schools to raise their standard in hiring a teacher, the demand is just too high to take this subject on top of the discussion.
However, there are schools with high standards who are strict in hiring ESL teachers in Vietnam. They require certain experiences and they always take the legal path.
You won't believe how many English teachers come here and work on a tourist visa. This is, in fact, illegal, if you plan to work here, you need to secure a business visa and/or a work permit. Working on a tourist permit or on illegal documents will result in serious trouble such as deportation and entry ban in the country.
If the school let you work on a tourist visa, this is a red flag and a sign of unprofessionalism. They are more likely to screw you over at some point. For example, not paying you in time for your last paycheck when you quit the job or simply fire you without any acceptable reason. They can also use this against you as you cannot ask for a legal help regarding this matter.
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TIP: Look for schools who will check not only your accent, physical appearance, but also who will require you to have an experience in teaching, a teaching certificate, a bachelor's/master's degree. These schools are more serious in the business, who is also concern with the quality of teaching they provide to their students.
Some schools will ask you to do a demo lesson at least for a minimum of 30-minutes, some demos are paid whilst the others are not. Remember to ask this before agreeing to perform one. Be aware that some schools invite a lot of aspiring English teachers and require a demo for free. While the truth is they basically get different teachers to teach their student without paying anything while they make money from it (because those students pay for a class).
Salary is quite attractive in Vietnam, the pay ranges between $15-$25 per hour whereas a full-time teacher works at least 20 hours a week, some work for 40 hours a week. If you prefer to work as a private tutor too, this is less hassle but the pay varies. The rate also varies depending on your location, suburbans pay a little less but provide accommodation. Smaller cities and towns also pay less.
There are some schools that will hire you and start the pay in $18 with a chance of a raise depending on your performance. Always double check your contract before signing.
If you want a sneak peak about the budget for moving to Vietnam, you can read it here.
There are a few schools or agencies who will offer you a free accommodation or transportation allowance. Based on the stories I heard, it's mostly a hit and miss, you can be offered a decent accommodation or a crappy one. Housing is relatively cheap in Vietnam, therefore, I suggest you find your own instead. While transportation in Vietnam is cheap too, you won't have problem getting around. If you need a suggestion for a hostel in Vietnam while looking for an apartment, check our recommendation list.
This is a very common question from aspiring English teachers in Vietnam. In my personal experience, I only start finding a teaching job when I arrived in Vietnam, this made all my interviews, demo lessons, and even getting tips from English teachers a lot more convenient. My friend started applying for a possible job before moving here, he scheduled interviews and demos beforehand and did it right away after he arrived.
Personally, I won't accept an ESL job unless I'm in Vietnam, this is to avoid scams too but it's a personal choice. I know many teachers who accepted job offers before arriving and it went well.
This is surely one of questions that bothers you a lot. Apart from searching online, the most effective way in finding an English teaching job in Vietnam is to join Facebook groups depending on your location. You will observe that there are job offers popping up almost everyday. You can also upload your job posting, CV, contact details, and what you are looking for, ESL schools and centres will reach out to you. If you receive an offer but in doubt if this is legitimate or not, ask the expat groups, even they can be rude, a lot of them are still helpful.
Once you have found a teaching job and signed a contract, there are a lot of things that you still need to prepare. One of them is to pack the right work clothes. The dress code for teaching in Vietnam is not a lot different in other parts of the world. You are expected to dress at least semi-formal.
Depending on where you will be living and teaching, some schools have AC while others don't. If you will be in the north, pack a good semi-formal jacket as it can be cold during winter, while the in the south, make sure you pack comfortable clothes, the humid can be very irritating.
Some schools allow a casual get up once a week, it's best to ask your school coordinator about the proper dress code when teaching.
Some days, casual jeans and a shirt is allowed but its best to ask your school coordinator to explain to you the dress code.
The most important things to remember are; demand for ESL job, visa options, working experience, educational background, TEFL/TESOL/CELTA certificate, English centre vs Public School, salary, and job requirements. These are the things you need to know before you decide on teaching English in Vietnam or hopping on a plane heading to Vietnam or worse committing and signing to a job contract.
If you have any questions, leave it on the comment section and we will do our best to answer it.


Grupo Clarín, which owns the country's most widely read daily newspaper, Clarín, as well as radio stations, broadcast and cable television outlets, and an Internet service provider, is Argentina's principal media conglomerate and one of Latin America's largest. It is also the principal adversary of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in a battle pitting her and media outlets aligned with her government against those opposed to it. The government's primary weapon is financial: It props up, through advertising, outlets with favorable editorial lines, while withholding that support from others, like Clarín. Critical media, in return, relentlessly hurl reproach at the administration.
The consequence of this bitter fight is an intensely polarized press. On one side, Kirchner's critics accuse her of stifling press freedom by rewarding allied media and hammering—with regulation as well as advertising—unsympathetic outlets into silence. On the other side, many believe that Clarín has too much power and leverages its huge media holdings to further its private business interests.
Actually, the credibility of journalism is at stake as outlets on either side devote increasing coverage to discrediting each other. Argentina's citizens are unable to trust publications and broadcasters for objective information on vital issues, such as corruption, inflation, crime, the safety of infrastructure, sputtering economic growth, and whether Kirchner will try for a third term in office. Since Argentina has no federal right-to-information laws, the lack of sources for objective news is especially damaging to the public.
Mónica Baumgratz, coordinator of the local press group Foro de Periodismo Argentino (FOPEA)'s freedom of expression monitoring program, told CPJ that the situation is troubling. When all news gathering has been discredited, even the truth becomes suspect, she said.
It wasn't always this way. During the presidency of Cristina Kirchner's late husband, Néstor Kirchner, who governed from 2003 to 2007, and early in Cristina Kirchner's first administration (she was re-elected in October 2011), Clarín enjoyed a privileged relationship with the executive branch. Graciela Mochkofsky writes in her book, Original Sin: Clarín, the Kirchners and the Fight for Power, that Nestor Kirchner was "genuinely fascinated with [Héctor] Magnetto" (the powerful longtime chief executive and president of Clarín), a liking that was reflected in regular, shared leisurely lunches and the scoops Clarín was granted on government decisions. And it was Néstor Kirchner who approved the 2007 merger that gave Clarín control of one of the biggest cable companies in Latin America. The relationship changed in 2008, when the government increased farming export taxes and Clarín's coverage sided with the farmers striking in protest. The government accused the group of being biased because of its own economic interests in the agricultural sector. Clarín and La Nación (which owns several print and digital publications as well as its flagship newspaper) are the principal organizers of Expoagro, the country's largest annual agricultural fair.
Before their falling out, Clarín received substantial advertising from the federal government, according to "Quid Pro Quo: Official Advertising in Argentina and its Multiple Facets," a report published by the nonprofit Poder Ciudadano (Citizen Power) in December. The author, Martin Becerra, an Argentine researcher and professor of communications at the universities of Quilmes and Buenos Aires, found through a study of television advertisements that there was close to zero federal government advertising on Clarín-owned channels between May and October 2011.
Government advertising—or "official publicity," as it is called in Spanish—is common in Latin America; its intended function is to keep citizens informed of public services and policies. Under Article 13 of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression, discriminatory placement is prohibited, meaning it is not supposed to be used as reward or punishment for coverage of the government.
A 2008 report by the Open Society Institute, however, found that the practice is widely unregulated and abused in the region, to the point of being a form of "soft censorship." In June, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador said he would suspend all government advertising in the Ecuadoran private media outlets with whom he has been engaged in his own fierce conflict.
In Argentina, the distribution of and criteria for official advertising are unregulated and opaque at the federal, state, and local levels and across party lines. (The exception is the state of Tierra del Fuego, which adopted regulations in 2008.) Only two of 23 provinces fully answered information requests from Poder Ciudadano for reports on official publicity spending, Becerra told CPJ.
According to Andrés D'Alessandro, executive director of FOPEA, the use of government advertising has been a systemic problem for Argentine journalism throughout the country's history. Media outlets have long been susceptible to retaliation for critical reporting in the form of fluctuating official advertising, regardless of political affiliation. It has come into sharp focus recently, he said, because state spending on advertising under Cristina and Néstor Kirchner dramatically increased.
Becerra found that in 2010, the federal government became the country's principal advertiser, surpassing the corporations Unilever and Procter & Gamble to account for 9 percent of the total advertising market. That year, the national government spent roughly US$278.6 million, compared with US$10.5 million in 2003. The 2010 numbers rose sharply from the previous year due partly to the number of ads shown during the "Soccer for Everyone" program, which in August 2009, wrested away from Clarín the rights to broadcast top-tier soccer matches in Argentina. The group had shown the games on its cable sports channel for nearly two decades, and held the rights through 2014. The decision to make the matches available on public television was extremely popular, but critics said the move was intended to hurt Clarín while providing the government with primetime advertising opportunities in the year preceding the 2011 election. The matches are still flooded with government advertising that lauds the Kirchners and attacks the opposition.
for human trafficking and slave labor"). In March, the Justice Department fined the executive branch for noncompliance, and on August 14 a federal appeals court also upheld the decision and imposed a fine of 1,000 pesos (US$215) a day on the government.
Nor is discrimination confined to the federal government. According to Becerra's report, the city of Buenos Aires—led by Mayor Mauricio Macri, a Kirchner foe—favors media groups like Clarín and La Nación at the expense of public media and pro-Kirchner outlets. However, Macri's government represents only 1 percent of the advertising market in Argentina.
According to FOPEA, the situation is worse for smaller, provincial media outlets, many of whom are almost completely financially dependent on official advertising and therefore vulnerable to government pressure over their coverage. Marisa Rauta, director of the daily Diario de Madryn, told CPJ that when the state government of Chubut pulled all of its advertising in December 2010 after critical reporting by the daily, she had to cut the news staff in half and eliminate several sections. In March 2011, a local court ruled that the government had to reinstate advertising, but Rauta said the newspaper is still operating at reduced capacity.
Roberto Caballero, director of Tiempo Argentino, a pro-Kirchner daily owned by Veintitrés, said that while he is troubled by official advertising's potential to "create zombie journalists" without editorial independence, he doesn't see a problem with the government giving his newspaper advertising at the expense of groups like Clarín and La Nación. "I think official advertising distribution should be regulated and egalitarian, but always in such a way that it benefits small media outlets" who receive less private advertising, he told CPJ. He noted that Clarín didn't object to the way advertising was distributed during earlier administrations, when it benefited and other newspapers suffered. "They are the ones who gorged gluttonously on the advertising pie for 40 years and now they want us to share the bit we have?" he said. Grupo Uno did not respond to phone or email requests for comment.
A broad spectrum of journalists, academics, and civil society members interviewed by CPJ in Argentina in April mostly said that censorship is not a source of concern in Argentina. But in a survey conducted by FOPEA of 1,000 Argentine journalists in 2011, dependence on government advertising was ranked the third most serious challenge facing Argentine journalism after low salaries and lack of professionalism. Fifty-eight percent of the subjects said they thought journalism in the country was "conditioned" and 72 percent said they thought the business departments at their outlets had influence in the newsroom.
The Secretary of Public Communication, which is responsible for the government's media policies, directs state media, and acts as the president's spokesperson, did not reply to repeated requests by phone or email seeking an interview. Publicly, the Kirchner government has dismissed concerns by stating that, at 9 percent, federal advertising is an inconsequential part of the overall advertising market.
In any case, the government has other tools at its disposal. In addition to handing out props that paint Clarín a liar, Kirchner's administration has accused the group of being a monopoly and even of committing crimes against humanity during the country's brutal military dictatorship of 1976 to 1983. Both Clarín and La Nación have been criticized for being silent about the crimes of the dictatorship, and many Argentines believe that alignment with the junta allowed them to build undue influence.
The Kirchners—widely credited with continuing the process initiated by President Raúl Alfonsín to bring some leaders of that dark era to justice—have accused Clarín and La Nación's ownership of colluding with the dictatorship to force the sale of Papel Prensa, the country's only newsprint manufacturer, from its original proprietor (whose family was later arrested and tortured by the junta). The newspaper groups have denied the charges; Clarín told CPJ in an emailed statement that the case was a "bastardization of the cause of human rights." An investigation by a federal court is ongoing. Clarín's owner was also accused of illegally adopting the children of people killed by the regime; those charges were disproved by DNA tests.
"The Argentine press never made a mea culpa for its journalistic coverage during the dictatorship. Clarín and La Nación, to varying degrees, never did either," D'Alessandro told CPJ. "So they have this open wound for [their detractors] to keep hitting and criticizing them and linking everything they do in the present with their role in the dictatorship." Clarín, in its statement to CPJ, said, "Within the context of that period, Clarín did have spaces for questioning [the junta] that were not exactly common in the press at the time," citing denouncements of persecution in the cultural sector and coverage of visiting delegates from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. La Nación did not respond to requests for comment.
In December, Hebe de Bonafini, head of the legendary Argentine human rights group Madres de Plaza de Mayo—who has been criticized in some circles for being too closely aligned with the Kirchner governments—enacted a public trial against Clarín in Buenos Aires's main plaza for its alleged complicity with the junta.
Much of that criticism has played out on publicly funded media. The most prominent forum for attacks is the television show "6,7,8," where hosts and their guests delight in insulting high-profile journalists such as Joaquín Morales Solá—a columnist at La Nación who spent over a decade at Clarín—who was targeted with sardonic medleys insinuating unseemly actions during the dictatorship and featuring superimposed pictures of his head on the body of a gorilla. Jorge Lanata, one of Argentina's most critical journalists, is another frequent target. When Lanata declared on his then-cable television show that the world was "laughing" at Argentina because of its government, "6,7,8" leapt to Kirchner's defense, running a montage of favorable international headlines.
Critics complain that this highly politicized content is broadcast with taxpayer dollars on a public station. D'Alessandro noted that lack of regulations for public media is a long-standing problem in Argentina. Verbitsky told CPJ: "It should behave neutrally and pluralistically, which it does not. If it was the only source of information, the situation would be intolerable." However, Verbitsky added, one must take into the account the vast media landscape in the hands of Clarín.
Laura Zommer, a journalist with La Nación, said the climate is so charged that journalists are censoring themselves out of fear of how their reporting will be interpreted. When "everyone is classified as a friend or enemy, many prefer to stay quiet," she told CPJ. FOPEA agreed that this atmosphere is detrimental to the exercise of journalism. "You lose your sources, [the government] doesn't invite you to cover public events, they don't answer your questions at press conferences, and they launch smear campaigns against you," D'Alessandro said. Prominent reporters have complained about the scarcity of presidential press conferences (five in Kirchner's tenure as of mid-September) and allege that officials purposely deceive them. Kirchner told the Casa Rosada (Pink House, as the executive mansion is called) press corps in an informal chat that "for official information, there are my speeches. I'm not going to speak against myself," according to news reports. At the provincial and local level, CPJ research shows, journalists have also been at risk of physical violence for criticizing local governments.
A couple of government moves have brought the battle into the legislative and judicial arena. In December, new legislation established newsprint as a commodity of public interest whose manufacture would be regulated by the government, and created productivity requirements for Papel Prensa, of which Clarín and La Nación are majority owners (the state is a third partner). The two media groups decried another attack on the government's principal critics. Many analysts, however, described the move as necessary to counteract the companies' monopoly control over the newsprint market.
Similarly, a broadcast law passed in 2009 to replace a law dating back to the dictatorship era, is aimed at curbing monopolies and democratizing ownership and access to radio and television outlets, the government said. Opposition politicians said it was a means for the government to exert greater control over news content and force Clarín to give up some holdings. Under parts of the law, the company could lose a significant chunk of its assets, which include at least six dailies, eight magazines, four network television channels, six cable channels, five radio stations, a cable company, and an Internet service provider, as well as other businesses.
Implementation of the provision requiring divestment was held up in courts until May, when the Supreme Court ruled that media groups had until December 7 to comply. Clarín is still pursuing one more legal avenue, which challenges the constitutionality of the law. It claims the government has not pursued other media groups with sympathetic editorial lines, who Clarín alleges are also in violation of the some of the new law's provisions. "They are not looking to create new voices, they are looking to silence voices," Etchevers said. Kirchner has said the government will not make any groups divest until the legal fight with Clarín, which stands to lose the most holdings, is resolved. Clarín has also claimed that Kirchner's increasingly frequent use of cadenas—nationwide radio and television addresses that pre-empt programming on all stations—is in violation of the law, which dictates that they may only be employed in exceptional circumstances. The president has countered that her use of cadenas is legal.
The pace of implementation has frustrated media analysts, including those who argued that breaking up Clarín was essential to make room for new media voices. Becerra, the author of the study on government advertising who is a staunch advocate for the legislation, told CPJ that all parties have played a part in the delay. "It's the government's responsibility for being so obsessed with the fight with Clarín that it is distracting them from implementing the law. They are only focusing on the aspects that go against Clarín," he said. At the same time, Clarín, who he said is "used to the government legislating in their favor," has impeded progress with their "army of lawyers." And the political opposition, which is aligned with Clarín, refused until this year to join the new media regulatory body created by the law.
Claudio Schifer, a director of the regulatory body, told CPJ that while "it takes some time to construct a new house," the government was advancing with its goal of opening up access to media outlets, citing the creation of university television stations and 14 radio stations run by indigenous communities. Journalists and analysts from across the political spectrum have praised programming on new state television stations devoted to education and culture.
To be sure, the Kirchners have made at least one big move for press freedom; even the most staunchly anti-Kirchner journalists praise the decriminalization of libel in 2009. "Personally, I was probably more persecuted under Menem," said Clarín Editor-in-Chief Wiñazki, referring to former Argentine President Carlos Saúl Menem, who in the 1990s launched a series of criminal defamation complaints against critical journalists.
And an important factor in the outlook for Argentine journalists—one that sets the country apart from some other Latin American nations where the press is besieged by thin-skinned governments—is its independent judiciary. As shown by the Perfil decision, judges are not afraid to rule against the Casa Rosada. Still, the government has shown no intent to comply with that decision and, other than fines, there are no apparent repercussions for noncompliance, media analysts said.
Sara Rafsky is research associate in CPJ's Americas program. A freelance journalist in South America and Southeast Asia, she was awarded a 2008 Fulbright Grant to research photojournalism and the Colombian armed conflict.


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Q: SQL count users with winning streaks I am fairly new to SQL and have been messing about with some small projects to get to grips with how it can be used for large scale statistics.
The problem I am currently working on is just counting the number of users who have had a winning streak in a time period.
Given a table of the format
user_id,date_time,user_team,win_team
ab542a,2018-01-02 18:45:25,team1,team1
ef72da,2018-01-02 08:20:01,team2,team1
f5c776,2017-12-30 15:25:25,team1,team2
5a278a,2018-01-01 14:27:15,team2,team2
ae346d,2018-01-01 14:27:15,team2,team2
2b13d8,2017-12-31 12:33:34,team1,team2
ace797,2018-01-02 08:20:01,team2,team2
ace797,2018-01-03 18:18:22,team1,team2
ab542a,2018-01-03 18:45:25,team1,team1
ef72da,2018-01-03 08:20:01,team2,team1
f5c776,2017-12-31 15:25:25,team1,team2
5a278a,2018-01-02 14:27:15,team2,team2
ae346d,2018-01-02 14:27:15,team2,team2
2b13d8,2018-01-01 12:33:34,team1,team2
ace797,2018-01-03 08:20:01,team1,team1
ace797,2018-01-04 18:18:22,team1,team1
ab542a,2018-01-04 18:45:25,team1,team1
ef72da,2018-01-04 08:20:01,team2,team1
f5c776,2018-01-01 15:25:25,team1,team2
5a278a,2018-01-03 14:27:15,team2,team2
ae346d,2018-01-03 14:27:15,team2,team2
2b13d8,2018-01-02 12:33:34,team1,team2
ace797,2018-01-04 08:20:01,team2,team2
ace797,2018-01-05 18:18:22,team1,team1

where user is the users id, date is the date of the match, team is the side the user played for and winner is the winning side from the match. How could I count all the users that have had a winning streak (at least 3 consecutive wins)?
Furthermore, say I want to also keep track of the game being played (chess, backgammon, etc.) in the same table, would it be possible in the same query to track streaks in multiple games?
In python this could be achieved with a relatively simple loop over user ids but would be computationally expensive and probably wouldn't scale well

A: If you want users with at least 3 wins in a row, you can use window functions like this:
select count(distinct t.user)
from (select t.*,
             lead(date, 2) over (partition by user order by date) as date_2,
             lead(date, 2) over (partition by user, (case when team = winner then 'win' else 'lose' end
                                 order by date
                                ) date_same_2
      from t
      where date >= ? and date < ?
     ) t
where team = winner;

What this is doing is checking the row for the user 2 rows ahead by two criteria.  The first is just by date.  The second is when the user's team is the winner.   If these are the same -- and the current row is a winning row -- then you have three wins in a row.

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Newcastle born business, Strategic Group, have achieved stellar results in its latest quarterly customer satisfaction survey.
The client satisfaction survey, Client Heartbeat, is used by businesses around the world to determine how satisfied and engaged clients are. The survey ranks client satisfaction over four categories.
Based on recent and consistent results, Strategic Group has now become the Australian leader in the Managed IT Services Category.
By sending the survey each quarter, Strategic Group is able to get a clear and honest view of how its client base sees their relationship with the business. Clients are asked to provide scores based on the key categories of promptness, accuracy, partnership and helpfulness. The end results allow Strategic Group to either adjust the way the client is serviced or use the experience as a template for further clients.
The reports not only give a good understanding of each individual client, but also provide an overall benchmark for Strategic Group's customer support as well as a comparison to all other businesses in the same field as Strategic Group.
Strategic Group CEO, Chris Boswell, said these insights are important to drive the direction of the company.
"The regular Client Heartbeat survey lets us understand our clients better and more accurately meet their needs. As a result, we can get almost instant feedback on new initiatives and ensure that our customer satisfaction and customer retention continues to be best in class," Chris said.
The ability to see how they are viewed in the eyes of their customers has allowed Strategic Group to identify clients that are potentially at risk and be proactive in managing their relationships. This in turn has improved retention and grown referrals to new business.
Strategic Group's overall rating has been improving every quarter and the team put that down to the success of their Client Services Manager, Aron Robertson.
"By having a dedicated resource targeting customer satisfaction, we have found that Aron has successfully implemented customer strategies that have proved to not only be effective, but have further enhanced our relationship with our customers," Chris said.
IMAGE | Strategic Group CEO, Chris Boswell.
Most Novocastrians are surprised to hear that some of Australia's first Cloud technology was developed in Newcastle.
Strategic Group developed the first Cloud solution for SME's in Australia - VAULT, aptly named as it was first built in the old Chubb Security bunker in Hamilton.
Strategic Group now services organisations all across Australia, some with an international footprint and was recently selected as MYOB's preferred Cloud solution.


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The Odd Life of Timothy Green - Released Nationwide April 5th
We went to the preview of the new Disney film The Odd Life of Timothy Green, the other day at the Everyman Cinema in Maida Vale (a gorgeous cinema, with sofa style chairs and food delivered to your seat.) It's the story of a happily married couple, Jennifer Garner -who is like a younger version of Julia Roberts and Joel Edgerton. They are desperate for a child, but have been told there is no way they will have one. At the beginning of the movie they are seen earnestly putting their case forward to adopt a child at an agency and as they begin to tell their story, we flashback to the day Timothy came into their lives.
Back to the night the couple have been told they will never have children. They are drinking and we see them quite inappropriately dreaming up what their ideal child would be like - a scene that just didn't ring true. Their boy would be: honest to a fault, Picasso with a pencil, the boy who scores the winning goal etc. They then bury the bits of paper in the garden and...hey presto there is a terrible storm and Timothy appears at their door covered in mud with leaves growing on his shins. Despite this improbable start and the slightly too-sweet tone of this movie, it made me smile and indeed cry and there are a few twists and turns that are genuinely unexpected. The boy who plays Timothy is adorable, known only as CJ Adams. The film is directed by Peter Hedges who directed one of my favourite films of all time, What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
This is a sweet family film, that we all need after a bitterly cold and depressing winter. I defy you not to be just a little bit moved.
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A few weeks ago I went to see the dress rehearsal of the The Audience, a new play at the Gielgud Theatre starring Helen Mirren as the Queen. I meant to write about it straight away, but now it's out and has been reviewed extensively, but my draft is still here, so I'll go ahead. I was lucky enough to go the very first performance in front of alive audience, because I know two of the three producers - Robert Fox and Andy Harries. I also used to go out with the writer Peter Morgan, who also scripted the film, The Queen.
The Audience is directed by Stephen Daldry who made a short appearance before the curtains went up to inform the real audience that the play was still a work in progress -the only sign of that being that Robert Hardy who played Churchill forgot his lines a couple of times, but he has since been replaced by Edward Fox because he fell ill. Apparently one of the Queens Corgis has been sacked for running off the wrong way every night!
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We considered making do without a car forever, which I would definitely go through with if we didn't have children. I looked into the idea of car clubs, but there are no cars situated near enough to me, to make sense. Maybe if the Boris Bike enterprise extended to cars more people would take up the option, to ditch the car, and join a car scheme. I never did get to the point of adding up the cost involved in keeping a car - petrol, car insurance, servicing, parking permit, etc.) as opposed to renting one when it is needed, but someone else told my husband that it worked out cheaper for his family to ditch the car and rent on an ad hoc basis. London is over car populated, that is for sure, so let's make car club options easier to use.
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Apparently some authors including, Nick Hornby and Sadie Smith use programmes such as Freedom to restrict their internet use while they are writing. I imagined cutting off my internet and shuddered with horror. What about all the research I need to do? The author of The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen once said, "It's doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction." I remember at the time it struck a cord, and it still does.
The fact is I finished my last novel in January, and have done nothing really about starting anything else – I do waste a considerable amount of time browsing - sometimes an hour passes and I'm not sure where the time has gone. I don't want to go cold turkey but I must. Or I need the discipline to have a set time in the day to check emails and go online rather than cruising randomly throughout the day.
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Q: Evaluate $\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\tan(\tan x)-\sin(\sin x)}{\tan x-\sin x}$ Evaluate $$\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\sin(\sin x)}{\tan x-\sin x}$$
First I tried using L'Hopital's rule..but it's very lengthy
Next I have written the limits as
$$L=\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\sin(\sin x)}{\tan x-\sin x}=\frac{\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\sin(\sin x)}{x^3}}{\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{\tan x-\sin x}{x^3}}=\frac{L_1}{L_2}$$
Now by L'Hopital's Rule we get $L_2=0.5$
$$L_1=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\sin(\sin x)}{x^3}$$
Now $L_1$ can also be evaluated using three applications of L'Hopital's Rule, but is there any other approach?

A: \begin{align}
\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\sin(\sin x)}{\tan x-\sin x}&= \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\tan(\sin x)\cos(\sin x)}{\tan x - \sin x}\\
&=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\tan(\sin x)+\tan(\sin x)-\tan(\sin x)\cos(\sin x)}{\tan x -\sin x}\\
&=\lim_{x\to 0}\left(\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\tan(\sin x)}{\tan x-\sin x}+\frac{\tan(\sin x)(1-\cos(\sin x))}{\tan x - \sin x}\right)
\end{align}
Then, by mean value theorem, there is $c\in (-\frac{\pi}{2},\frac{\pi}{2})$ such that
$$
\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\tan(\sin x)}{\tan x-\sin x}=\sec^2 c
$$
and between $\sin x$ and $\tan x$. Then $\lim_{x\to 0} \frac{\tan(\tan x)-\tan(\sin x)}{\tan x - \sin x}=1$. Next, we will show that $\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\sin x)(1-\cos(\sin x))}{\tan x - \sin x}=1$.
\begin{align}
\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\sin x)(1-\cos(\sin x))}{\tan x - \sin x}&=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\sin x)(1-\cos(\sin x))\cos x}{\sin x(1 - \cos x)}\\
&=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\sin x)}{\sin x}\cdot \frac{1-\cos(\sin x)}{\sin^2 x}\cdot \frac{\sin^2 x}{1-\cos x}\cdot \cos x\\
&=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\sin x)}{\sin x}\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{1-\cos(\sin x)}{\sin^2 x}\lim_{x\to 0}(1+\cos x)\lim_{x\to 0}\cos x\\
&=1\cdot \frac{1}{2}\cdot 2\cdot 1\\
&=1.
\end{align}
Therefore,
\begin{align}
\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\sin(\sin x)}{\tan x-\sin x}&=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\tan x)-\tan(\sin x)}{\tan x - \sin x}+\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\tan(\sin x)(1-\cos(\sin x))}{\tan x - \sin x}\\
&=1+1\\
&=2
\end{align}


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Editorial: Take Down Barriers to Solar
Florida legislators addicted to campaign contributions by the electric utilities are parroting the industry line that solar power is too expensive and unreliable to count on as a significant energy source. Yet the business community is saving money and reducing carbon emissions by making major investments in solar despite the lack of direction or support from the state. Once again the private sector is ahead of state government, and Florida's next governor should provide stronger leadership with a vigorous renewable energy policy that does more than protect the utilities.
Pinellas County's Great Bay Distributors has announced it will build a 1.5-megawatt solar array at its massive new facility off Interstate 275 in St. Petersburg, which will be the largest private solar system in the state. The $2.6 million system will pay for itself in six years, thanks to help from federal tax credits, and it will cut emissions of carbon dioxide by 44,000 tons over its 30-year life cycle. Great Bay, the largest distributor of Anheuser-Busch products in Florida, also expects to reduce its electric bill by as much as 40 percent. No wonder the big utilities feel threatened.
Great Bay is going big on an idea that is catching on across the state. Falling prices on solar panels and improvements to technology have made solar a more affordable option. Pinellas Park manufacturer Polypack installed solar last year (about one-fifth the size of Great Bay's) that cut its electricity bill from $4,800 to $212 in March. The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System facility in Pinellas is saving $189,000 a year in electric costs with a solar system it installed in 2012. And as the Tampa Bay Times' Ivan Penn reports in an article published today, falling prices for solar and upgrades in battery storage and other key components could change the economics even more dramatically in the near future.
This all is happening, of course, with no leadership from Tallahassee. Florida created a solar energy rebate program in 2006, but it killed the incentives when they became too popular. This year, lawmakers weakened the state's focus on solar — in the same bill where they called for "identifying barriers to greater use of renewable energy." This double-speak is one reason why Florida, which renewable energy advocates say has the third-largest potential for rooftop solar generation in the nation, ranks 18th among states in solar installation. More than two dozen states have stronger energy-efficiency programs than Florida. Business leaders working to develop solar in the state complained to a Senate committee during the legislative session that the market is so suppressed they are leaving for other states.
The barriers to solar are clear: Florida's political leaders are more worried about protecting the utilities' monopoly control over power generation than they are about encouraging renewable energy. State law, for example, allows only utilities to sell power directly to consumers. That means the owner of a mall could not install solar on the roof and sell that power to the tenants. Any excess power can be sold to the power company — but only at the wholesale price, and only the power company can resell that energy to a third party.
The next governor should seize the opportunity that solar presents to create jobs, reduce prices for consumers and businesses, cut carbon pollution and diversify and stabilize the state's energy mix. The federal tax credit, which expires in 2016, is a helpful tool the state can piggyback on to craft broader incentives to meet the solar market. State leaders are clearly behind the business community in recognizing the practical future for solar and the role the Sunshine State can and should play in capitalizing on a new industrial market and a more sustainable way of life. This is a pocketbook concern on both ends, involving job creation and the cost of living, and it needs to be a defining issue in this year's governor's race.
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This species is accepted, and its native range is W. & Central Malesia.
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van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (1977). Bignoniaceae Flora Malesiana 8(2): 114-186. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.


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Ever think about a specific Calvin and Hobbes cartoon, or a quote from one of the cartoons, but couldn't remember what book it is in? Consider your problem solved! I've gone through each of the Calvin and Hobbes book collections, and indexed each cartoon by topic and by characters. Follow the links for each book below to browse the index for that book.
Calvin and Hobbes is probably my favourite cartoon ever. A big thank you to Bill Watterson for creating such a wonderful creation!


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If our spirits are in tune with the Holy Spirit, we have access to all the wisdom of heaven. Since that is true, we should be able to make wiser decisions than those who do not have that access. The decisions we make and the actions we take will not always bring us worldly acclaim. Why? Because the world does not understand the wisdom of heaven. There is no way to explain to a person without the Holy Spirit explaining it how we gain our life by giving it up. How we can have more by giving away what we have or be free when we are in voluntary servitude to Jesus Christ. That is not how the world thinks or operates. "But we have the mind of Christ" which means we think differently. It means that we can have joy in our hearts even though the world around is decaying and we can have peace when we are surrounded by violence and rioting. We can have hope when it appears that there is only hopelessness. We can forgive even when we are the ones that have been wronged. We have a future worth living and dying for because we are redeemed. We can praise the Lord in the worst of situations.
God has prepared a place for us that no human can conceive or even imagine. He has revealed a part of that to us through His word, Our God is very organized, he has a plan and a time for everything in the plan to happen. God's Holy Spirit is indwelling each of us. He (Holy Spirit) has the ability to search and know God's thoughts. That is why we must always involve the Holy Spirit in our prayer life.
No matter how we may stumble and stutter through our prayers, the Holy Spirit cleans them up and presents them to God. Even better, while all this is going on, Jesus is standing at the right hand of God interceding for us. With the whole Trinity involved, how could our prayers not be answered? A great prayer is the one Peter prayed while he was walking on the water. "Save me". You don't need great words or lots of words to pray, you just need to be humble and sincere.
We tend to focus on the first part of the verse, but the important part is the last four words of the verse; according to his purpose.
God's plan has never changed. It existed in eternity and before time as we know it. Eternity was, is and always will be. God was, God is and God ever more will be. He knew our finite, human minds would be unable to grasp and understand eternity and endless space. So, He spoke the earth into existence somewhere in space and some time in eternity. By doing so, He divided space and time into small chunks of universes and days. This allowed humans to have something finite that we could grasp and understand. This is wisdom beyond our understanding. Then He created us and breathed life into us. Then we rebelled against God by doubting His love and provisions for us. This was no surprise to Him. He had already made provision to redeem us before we ever fell. The how and the when was a mystery until Jesus came and died for us on the Cross. It was prophesied over and over throughout history but people refused to see and /or believe. Had satan and his demons understood the plan and the time, they would not have crucified Jesus on the Cross. But God was, is and always will be in control. Jesus helped to design the plan of salvation and He finished it at Calvary.
What do we have to offer Jesus to purchase our salvation? Wisdom? Our wisdom is foolishness to him. Power? He has power to move heaven and earth. Position? He is the King of Kings and the ruler of the universe. Beauty? He is the bright and morning star. Righteousness? Our righteousness is as filthy rags. The only thing we have to offer is our will and our life. All of it. He deserves more and will accept nothing less. He, alone, is our wisdom, righteousness, holiness, redemption and our Lord. As Paul said, our only boast is in Jesus Christ. His blood was the price agreed upon to cover the sin of the whole world, Nothing less would be sufficient and nothing more is needed. Our only boast is to look upon Jesus, agree with Him, and proclaim "It is finished"!
***Borrowed from Walter Brennan in "Guns of Will Sonnett" I know, that was way before your time.
They had seen that sign because after three days, Jesus arose from the grave. We are not saved by signs, miracles or wisdom, we are saved by grace through faith. Head knowledge has to become heart knowledge before we receive saving grace. The power that resurrected Jesus from the grave is more powerful than any earthly force and is still available to each of us today. The foolishness of Jesus Christ is wiser than anything in the world and it is still available to us today. We just need to persevere in our faith and ask the Holy Spirit to grant us wisdom.
God raises up and God brings down. He uses those that the world rejects to accomplish His purposes. The world has access to more information in a few seconds now than we use to be able to get in weeks. But more and more information without the wisdom to use it is dangerous. To non-believers, Christianity is frustrating. They wonder how people believe in a God they can't see, while at the same time they believe in all kinds of "gods" that are of their own making. Pride keeps people from believing in Jesus because once we believe, we become accountable to Jesus for our actions. So, God allows those that refuse to humble themselves to continue in their sins.
Paul's main objective was to preach the Word of God. Yes, he stayed in each new location until he had people in place to take care of the flock, but his heart was always on starting a new work in a new location. Paul isn't saying new converts don't need to be baptized, he is saying he has appointed others to do that part of the work. A lot of good pastors have "burned out" by not following Paul's example and trying to do all the work themselves. A good preacher does not have to be eloquent or powerful in his delivery. What he does have to be, is obedient to the Holy Spirit. In our world today, it is even more apparent that the message of the cross is considered foolishness by those who appear to need it most. The world does not have an answer for Jesus, so they resort to ridicule and abuse of the believers. Jesus said this would happen, so it should come as no surprise to us. But we must remain faithful, knowing that Jesus suffered unto death on a cross.


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According to NAR's last survey of foreign buyers, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) did not make the list of top 10 investors in U.S. real estate. So why does this country matter to NAR members looking to grow their global business? The UAE is home to an emirate or "city-state" called Dubai, a booming and modern metropolis that is quickly becoming a hub for global capital, especially real estate.
While between 6-8% of US residential real estate sales are to foreign buyers, nearly 85% of real estate transactions in Dubai are to foreign buyers, or non-UAE nationals, according to Mahmoud Hesham El Burai, Director General of the Dubai Land Department, NAR's partner group in Dubai. Its international buyers hail in double digit numbers from countries such as the UK, Russia, and India, countries that do appear in the list of top ten buyers of US property.
Why do foreigners buy in Dubai?
It is a safe, clean, tax-friendly, and truly global city where many different nationalities can feel at home. Its housing stock is fairly new, with gleaming high-rises (including the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa), man-made islands that jut out into the Persian Gulf shaped like palm trees and a world map, land structures that have added over 1,000 miles of coastline to Dubai. Its real estate market is highly regulated and prices and appreciation are strong after a market crash similar to the U.S. Its currency is pegged to the U.S. Dollar. Dubai's airport, one of the world's busiest, puts it within eight hours flying time of two-thirds of the world's population. Think of Dubai as positioned in the middle of a modern day "Silk Road" linking Asia, Europe and Africa. Its privileged location has become a safe haven of sorts, especially during the Arab Spring, with 80% of foreign buyers buying in cash.
So what does all of this mean for NAR members?
· Dubai can be a hub for you to attract buyers to your local market. For example, if targeting India or Russia seems daunting and complicated, you may want to tap into these communities in Dubai; chances are they bought in cash and may be looking to the U.S. as well to diversify their international real estate portfolio.
Best of all, the National Association of REALTORS® has a partner group in Dubai called the Dubai Real Estate Institute, a grouping of professionals who subscribe to a code of ethics compatible with NARs and meet strict criteria to practice real estate there. Within this group you will find fellow CIPSs, CRSs, ABRs, and International REALTOR® members all who understand the REALTOR® name and REALTOR® brand, and are eager to share their credentials and establish business connections. Consider Dubai as a target market to attract not only buyers from the Middle East but in other key markets as well.
Jeff Hornberger is NAR's Director of Global Alliances and oversees its 80 partnerships in 60 countries around the globe. Jeff can be reached at jhornberger@realtors.org.
I am honored to serve as the NAR Presidential Liaison to the United Arab Emirates and help our NAR Members with their real estate interests in the UAE. The Houston Association of REALTORS is the NAR Ambassador Association to the UAE and we are presently expanding Houston, and Texas-wide cooperation with the UAE and the Dubai Real Estate Institute.
Great report. Thank you, Jeffrey.
How do we expand our business relationship to offer our services to the buyers in UAE I am a a broker and love to do it ,,any ideas ?
I have been brought up here in Dubai (1975 onwards), step by step, stone by stone, I have seen this city rise to the highest points. From school buses with no A/cs, to just one dark dusty road between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, I have seen it all.
After iconic developments like the Burj Khalifa , Palm and others, the reputation of Dubai's property sector has elevated on the Global scale.
Thanks for he nice blog..Scope of business is increasing in Dubai in huge amount. The main reason is that it is safe, clean, tax-friendly, and truly global city where many different nationalities can feel at home.
we can offer to each other ,this world is becoming so global ,assistance is very close .
The city has transformed to a high-tech cosmopolitan over the years with more projects underway.
Thanks for the informaion about dubai the truly global real estate market.
Great read! We all know that Dubai is at the heart of one of the biggest trends in property – the rise of a truly global market in real estate. With a highly active and booming real estate market, property trade is becoming a key focus in Dubai.


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UN chief condoles Ukraine jet crash
United Nations Secreatary General Antonio Guterres offered his condolences to the victims who died when an Ukrainian airliner crashed saying he was ''deeply saddened by the crash'', a statement said.
''He expresses his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and to the Governments of all the countries whose nationals lost their lives in this tragedy'', said the statement issued by his Spokesperson.
The incident took place several hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile strike from home soil on US forces stationed in Iraq, in response to the US drone killing of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani last Friday.
No evidence has emerged of any link between the two events.
According to news reports, Iranian officials have initially blamed the crash on engine issues. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned against ''unchecked theories'' or speculation over the crash, but has ordered a criminal investigation into what happened.
The black box containing the cockpit voice and flight data recorders has reportedly been recovered, but news reports said that Iranian authorities are so far refusing to hand them over to either Boeing or US authorities.
Meanwhile, all direct flights between Ukraine and Iran have been suspended and a number of commercial airlines are rerouting flights crossing the Middle East to avoid danger amidst the escalating tensions between the United States and Iran.
Airline officials said most of the passengers were en route to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, transiting through there to other destinations.


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Bode Miller second in Kitzbuehel downhill
Bode Miller speeds down the Streif course on his way to taking second in Saturday's World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel, Austria. ( Alessandro Trovati/AP)
KITZBUEHEL, Austria " American Bode Miller finished second in a World Cup downhill race Saturday, but complained to organizers about the course after teammate Scott Macartney crashed and suffered a brain contusion.
Didier Cuche of Sweden won in 1 minute, 52.75 seconds and moved atop the overall standings. Miller, who had a strong finish on the bumpy Streif course, shared second with Austria's Mario Scheiber.
The race was interrupted for half an hour after Macartney, the second skier, lost his balance at the final jump and smashed his head on the snow. He briefly lost consciousness and organizers said he had a brain contusion, though no surgery would be needed.
Miller accused organizers of trying to make the course more spectacular by creating huge bumps.
"They should not try to make a hill more bumpy or difficult as it as," Miller said. "That final jump was completely dysfunctional. They changed it three times during the training runs.
"That put me in a real bad mood. It is frustrating. Our health is at stake, but we have no say in this. It threw my close pal Scott off " that's not what you want to see before you have to race."
Michael Walchhofer was fourth and Hermann Maier fifth. Benjamin Raich finished 14th and lost his lead in the overall standings.
"I was a bit cautious from the start, but after that, I can't tell you. I was in a trance," said Cuche, who had his first World Cup win 10 years ago in Kitzbuehel.
Miller criticized organizers Wednesday for poorly preparing the Streif course. The American was 10th fastest in the bumpy first section as he raced off course on one ski " and just avoided crashing into the gates " but he accelerated for a very fast lower part.
"In general, it's good to be second, but the skiing was not what I hoped for," Miller said. "It was below the level I want to race at, so that second place does not mean that much to me now."
Scheiber had his second podium finish in two days after taking third in Friday's super G.
"This is incredible after two weeks off with injuries," Scheiber said. "Only Cuche was faster, that's nothing to be ashamed of. My first victory will be just a question of time."
The crash affected the other skiers, including Marco Sullivan of the United States, who finished sixth.
"It was hard to blank your head after seeing Scott's crash," Sullivan said. "I did not know anything about him being OK or not when I started. So under the circumstances, finishing sixth was OK for me. There are more important things to life than skiing."
American Steven Nyman finished 19th.
"I just felt sick after what happened to Scott," Nyman said.
Cuche extended his lead in the World Cup downhill standings and now leads Miller, who moved to second after two straight wins, by 21 points.
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