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What is Existential Analysis?
The aim of Existential Analysis: to help each person find a way of living to which they can give their inner consent to their own actions ("affirmation of life"). In short, to find and live out an inner 'yes' to one's life.
Existential Analysis can be defined as a phenomenological and person-oriented psychotherapy, with the aim of leading the person to (mentally and emotionally) free experiences, to facilitate authentic decisions and to bring about a truly responsible way of dealing with life and the world. Thus, Existential Analysis can be applied in cases of psychosocial, psychosomatic and psychological caused disorder in experience and behaviour.
The psychotherapeutic process takes place via phenomenological analysis of the emotions as the centre of experiences. Biographical work and empathic listening by the therapist contribute to an improvement in emotional understanding and accessibility.
Logotherapy is a method of counselling or helping in the quest for meaning.
Short Description
Existential analysis is an approach to psychotherapy. It combines a great respect for a person's individual life choices with therapeutically effective means. Its phenomenological approach allows the therapist to take all possible aspects of an individual's experience into consideration.
Grounded originally in the anthropological concepts of Viktor Frankl, today its main theoretical conception consists of a more practically and methodologically applicable anthropology (Alfried Längle, Vienna). This assumes that human beings are moved in their lives through four Fundamental Motivations (FM). The first FM relates to the human need to be able to accept the basic conditions of life. The second comprises his/her need to feel values and to have relationships. The third FM relates to the quest to becoming one's own person and the fourth FM addresses the need to achieve something meaningful in the world. The theoretical concept of these Fundamental Motivations provides the necessary framework to situate and treat all kinds of psychic problems. This concept is unique to the approach taught by the International Society for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis.
A Little More Extensive Description
Existential Analysis was conceived by Viktor E. Frankl in the 1930s as an anthropological theory of an existential school of psychotherapy. At the same time Frankl developed "Logotherapy" as a meaning-oriented form of counselling and treatment.
Existential Analysis means an analysis of the conditions necessary for a life in which values have their place and that is self-shaped and dignified. The aim of Existential Analysis is to develop one's perceptiveness and individual activity (capability for commitment) in one's experiences, relations and actions. This means that Existential Analysis deals with the personal conditions prerequisite for a meaningful existence in cases where these are blocked by psychic illnesses or troubles.
The theoretical and practical basis of Existential Analysis is the concept of the Fundamental Motivations (Längle), which are systematically referred to in counselling and therapy as the "building blocks of existence". In addition, the method of "Personal Existential Analysis" is used in therapy. This represents an existential and phenomenological method of psychotherapy which makes it possible to treat psychogenetic (particularly neurotic) troubles with Existential Analysis in a similar manner to depth psychology. This form of Existential Analysis was developed in the GLE and is exclusively taught there.
The concepts of the GLE constitute an elaboration of Frankl's approach and, in particular, include work on emotions and biography. This is especially important since the existential analytical and logotherapeutical anthropology sees humans as beings who constantly shape their lives with conscious or unconscious decisions. But decisions can only be taken in a meaningful way, if the values in question are made conscious, are experienced and are weighed against each other. This act requires perceptivity as far as the world around is concerned instead of self-absorption. Furthermore, this is only possible if one has access to one' s emotions which bring a person in touch with his or her values.
Existential Analysis does not see a person as the mere result of intrapsychic processes or of the influences of his environment, but as someone who can shape him or herself in those things that count in life. Therefore notions like being (existence), relation (values), freedom of decision, responsibility (conscience) form the fundamental concepts of the existential analytical way of thinking and they all lead to the idea of "meaning" (=logos).
The practical application of logotherapy as a meaning-oriented form of counselling and treatment consists primarily in assisting people who are not (yet) ill, but who suffer from a sense of loss of existential orientation. Thus, logotherapy is widely applicable in psychological, psychohygenic, social, preventive, caring, educational and pastoral fields. It contributes to the prophylaxis of disorders and to the prevention and treatment of feelings of meaninglessness and emptiness ("existential vacuum"). Its aim is to enhance the individual experience of meaning by leading to a freely chosen responsibility ("individual responsibility").
Existential Analysis and Logotherapy consist of roughly a dozen specific methods and techniques to realise this conception. Leading a meaningful life means doing what one has sensed and recognized as being valuable.
Select English Bibliography
Frankl, V. E. (1984). Man's search for meaning: Revised and updated. New York: Washington Square Press.
Frankl, V. E. (1973). The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy (R. and C. Winston, Trans.). New York: Vintage Books. (Originally published in 1946 as Ärztliche Seelsorge.)
Frankl, V. E. (1969). The will to meaning. New York: World Publishing Press.
Längle A. (2005). The Search for Meaning in Life and the Existential Fundamental Motivations. Existential Analysis, 16, 1, 2-14.
Längle A. (2003). The Art of Involving the Person. European Psychotherapy 4, 1, 25-36


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We exist to serve you – the farmers, market workers, and communities that make farmers markets thrive throughout Georgia. Six years ago, farmer and respected Georgia agriculture advocate Brennan Washington and community leaders believed that there was a need for increased support for sustainable agriculture and food access in Georgia. He and the community leaders had a vision for an organization that would strengthen the farmers market infrastructure by shaping public policy, offering statewide representation, increasing whole food access and providing training and educational opportunities.
In this way, the farmer's market infrastructure would be strengthened to enable markets to thrive, grow, and multiply. The addition of Sagdrina Jalal of Project Generation Gap saw the dream become a reality.
That vision became the Georgia Farmers Market Association, now a robust organization with Board representation from all constituencies and regions within the state.

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I received yarn from Great White Bale Lot 2 just before leaving on our big trip, and Lot 3 arrived last week – so it's time to share more yummy photos!
A quick recap: Clara bought a bale of Saxon Merino wool and is having it spun different ways. The project is really a group yarn study. Lot 1 was mulespun at Bartlett Yarns and is big, uneven, and poofy: I made a snuggly cowl out of one of my two skeins. Lot 2 was spun at Blackberry Ridge in a woolen style, but the resulting yarn is denser and smoother than Lot 1. This time, one skein was naturally dyed with madder by A Verb for Keeping Warm.
I can't bear to think of separating these two skeins, so I'll be trolling Ravelry for projects that use two colors (suggestions welcome; the yarn is DK weight). Just look at the smoothness here. Mmmmmmmm.
Lot 3 was spun at Kraemer Textiles in Nazareth, PA – remember when Julie and I went on a mill tour there last spring? The wool was joined by a bit of silk and then dyed by Jennifer at Spirit Trail Fiberworks. Clara is really hitting it out of the Parkes with the handdyers, isn't she? Haha!And guess what? She included a sampler ARC (advance reader's copy) of her new book, The Yarn Whisperer! I had already pre-ordered this, but now I can pre-read it, too!How blessed I feel to be surrounded by all this wonderful fiber and the lessons that have come with it. The Great White Bale has been an exceedingly pleasurable elective study with Professor Parkes. Sadly, we're nearing the end of the course – only one more Lot to go. I hope to get to take another class with Clara soon.


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The Book
The book illustrates the fragility and the beauty of a pride of lions in the Masai Mara. It's about their personalities and relationships. It's about their fates, the dangers and challenges facing them, and about love and hate.
Author: Nina Siemiatkowski
Size: 250 X 200 mm
No of pages: 69.
Price: 350 SEK (~40 USD / 36 EUR)
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text: The Sundry is a small collective of passionate people with a big dream to build a sustainable American food system. We craft food & beverages with natural ingredients, a sense of purpose, and hope that the result will be both delicious and important. Our journey began in Kansas City and has seen the challenges and satisfaction that blazing new trails brings. We'd love for you to join us. Because all food has a story to tell and we would love to share it with you.


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Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, has condemned the film that sparked violence in Libya and Egypt as an abhorrence and insult to all Muslims, warning that it would damage inter-faith relations.
The strongly worded statement is likely to be the first many Afghans hear of the once obscure, 13-minute film, which was made by a California property developer and attacks the prophet Muhammad, suggesting he was a fraud. The low-budget film, appearing like a trailer, was first shown on YouTube, then on Egyptian television.
Karzai called for "efforts to prevent the release of this insulting film", but did not call for restraint in demonstrations, or criticise the rioting, or the death of the US ambassador in Libya.
Instead he said the production would fan tension, and called for the film to be banned. "This offensive act has stoked inter-faith enmity and confrontation and badly impacted the peaceful coexistence between human beings," the English-language statement said.
Clerics warned that the film was likely to kindle anger among devout Afghans, with a real possibility of more violence.
Said Hosain Alami Balkhi, an influential MP and cleric, said: "I am sure in the future when the nation and society understand about the film, that this is an insult to Islam, there will be a very serious reaction, as there was before when the Qur'ans were burned [by US troops at an airbase].
"If the US insults the prophet, their sons and soldiers are in Afghanistan, and the people of Afghanistan always show that they are very sensitive about their religion."
News usually travels slowly in a country where most people are illiterate and an electricity supply is an elite privilege. Protests are most likely to erupt after Friday prayers when preachers might discuss the film.
Afghanistan has endured deadly riots several times in recent years in response to western actions viewed as insulting to Islam.
Last year after Karzai condemned the burning of a Qur'an by the American pastor Terry Jones (who has supported the controversial new film) an angry mob stormed a UN office in normally peaceful north Afghanistan and killed seven foreign employees. Five Afghans also died in the protests, and at least a dozen others in rioting in Kandahar.
This year American soldiers accidentally burned copies of the Qur'an at a US airbase north-east of Kabul, again sending the country into paroxysms of violence.
In both cases many western diplomats were angry that Karzai did not do more to stave off violence.


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The Boy Who Lived (To Be Hilarious)
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Why doesn't anyone in the fandom talk about Sirius Black - Inventor Extraordinaire?
Seriously (heh) there's a really good chance that Sirius invented:
- A flying motorbike
- A knife that opens any door
- Magical Facetime (Mirrors that allow you to see the person's face and talk to them.)
- All of those weird trinkets and gadgets that they found in Grimmauld Place
Like everyone always says that Remus was the one who invented the Marauders Map because he was intelligent enough to figure out the components but my money is on Sirius.
Sirius staying up in the dormitory late at night, his hair pulled into a bun, chewing on his bottom lip, creating all of these magical devices.
And do you think it's any coincidence that Fred and George's inventions really took off after they spent a summer with Sirius? I don't think so!
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Bad Ideas
Minerva McGonagall: Hiding the Sorcerer's Stone in a school? Worst idea ever.
Albus Dumbledore: Do you know how many terrible ideas you're not accounting for by saying that?
Monday, August 1, 2016
Here comes...
harry: hey ron
ron: o shit waddup
ron: it's dat boi who lived
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Reebok Slam Ball 10kg
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Reebok Slam Ball 10kg (Dead ball)
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- Slam Balls are a common sight in any gym and are used for a wide variety of exercises to develop virtually every muscle group, including the Abs and the upper body. Medicine balls (also known as exercise balls, med balls, or fitness balls) are weighted balls. Slam Balls are a great way to exercise any area of your body, whether upper, lower, or core. There are different sized exercise balls that you can use for numerous different exercises
There are many advantages to training with Slam Ball Such as:
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Supernatural seemed like the tofu of speculative television. To be fair, I'm slow on the uptake of any popular show, and even my true love, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, took a great deal of convincing before I could be forced to lay eyes on it.
I avoided Supernatural—a show about two brothers fighting… well, what you might expect—for years now. I never liked the character of "Dean" on Gilmore Girls, and this same actor in the new roll didn't interest me much either. I was afraid I would watch it with high hopes and be disappointed. Also, the opposite, being that I was a speculative fiction purist, and it seemed to have all the makings of a formula.
But now I've succumb, at least in giving it a chance. So far it is what I expected—takes some dedication, but enjoying it for the most part.
I learned a few things watching it: all black guys are antagonists, Dean's an asshole, and there are too many similarities between my Stories of the Wyrd series for comfort. Not that the similarities were that unique in the first place, but I can see some problems in the future. Have to think what I'll do about it.
I'm on season three which apparently was victim to the Writers' Strike, and when a strange episode that seemed to feature people outside of the protagonists came on, I went to the internet to be certain that it wasn't going to be a bunch of non-plot related episodes and found that two characters introduced that season, Bela Talbot and a demon named Ruby, were not well received.
And the truth is, I understood it. They were exactly the kind of characters I've had a problem with in most fantasy fiction.
Supernatural is unique in that shows like it—Buffy, Charmed, True Blood, Lost Girl, and even The Brothers Grimm—all have lead females imperative to the plot. It's hard to find character-based paranormal stories that are targeted predominantly to men. But Supernatural lacked a major female character for the majority of episodes. The women who do come in… well, they have so far been lacking on the likability scale.
Do women need to be likable? It's a pretty hotly discussed topic. Personally, I am enamored with intentionally horrible females—or at least their stories—like Gone Girl and the musical, Chicago. Yet there's a difference when you bring in a woman to play side by side with the boys and she comes off as more like a competitive buzz kill.
The problem with both Bela and Ruby is that they're smug. They are friendless, goal driven, and meta-capable: the writer obviously has their back, endowing them with the ability to one up the boys at every turn, and yet we never get to see them lose or embarrassed.
Both are disliked by the boys, both prove the boys wrong. There is this false animosity between these women and the protagonists. With Bela, they play up her sexuality, giving her even more of an unfair advantage, one that doesn't impress anyone.
Seeing a guy go gaga over a sexy lady isn't appealing to people of either gender. Women don't like to see some idiot fall for a beautiful girl with the personality of an omniscient mop. Superficial flaws—Hollywood "flaws" that are usually fairly cool—don't count. Men don't like to see their cool avatar become a blubbering moron at a girl who one-ups them every step of the way.
As I read it, Bela was cut from the show due to negative fan reaction. Makes sense.
Can women be smug and be successful characters?
I don't think it's a gender issue, really. If she abided by the rules of any other character, smug females would be an accurate representation of reality. But if we were to be true to the character-audience connection, she needed to follow the same fate of any smug character: an embarrassing, satisfying, schadenfreuden fall.
It was too obvious that the writers wanted us to like her and too obvious that she would never get her payback. She is expected to be Dean's match, but she needs to suffer a few losses, needs that superiority wiped right off her face. She needs to be more sadistic or more empathetic. She needs to have real goals, not just money that she obviously doesn't need. She needs a few weaknesses, not just one strong kryptonite that knocks her completely vulnerable. She needs to actual amuse the audience, scare us, bewilder us, or inspire us, something a character can never do as long as their entire existence in the story is to show off.
Can't say I'm sorry for the loss of Bela or any of the other few females in the series so far, but I will say one thing I like about the show is that the bond of the brothers isn't superseded or upstaged by anyone else. It really conveys the loneliness—intentionally or not—this kind of work might have.
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Cankiri FM Issue career began in 1994, is the first private radio station in Ankara, is a local radio can be listened in Çankırı and around 89.4 kekerapan.
Assembly of the first day of the appreciation of the audience and to this day has always given great importance to the request, the basic mission has not changed at all. Arabesque music genre adopting the Çankırı FM "Radio Alem's Lad" is continuing its broadcasts with the slogo.
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POTION: Casanova's Naughty Nightgown
Casanova's Naughty Nightgown is the first of our limited edition potions that will drive your taste buds crazy with desire. Succulent strawberries are marinated in our brew of pinot noir, vinegar, honey and exotic spices, while cradled in a wooden cask for six weeks. The resultant potion exudes a fragrance some have called seductively hypnotic. We'll let you decide.
Each edition is hand numbered in the series of 100 bottles and features an original artwork label dedicated to Great Addicts of the past, both fictional and real.
Potions can be drunk "neat", with alcohol or diluted with soda. They can also be used as a stand-alone salad dressing, but we think you'll discover their aromatic magic the moment you release the "genie in the bottle".


text: Hi everyone, I have done all the into stuff I got a new Christmas Prezzie, its as above Now as I know nothing about the android system or applications, how do I use em ? Not really into games, or other time wasting stuff, but someone must think I do or they wouldnt have paid for this I'd like to read books on it (I know I could have got a kindle, a Nook or a Nobo, but I didnt get a choice I loaded up a micro SD card, inserted it, all the books in there are MOBI format, downloaded the kindle app so I could read them, only to find out the format isnt supported So after reading all I could find about these books and this app I am still none the wiser I have had this thing since Christmas day and so far all I have done is set up my email, the wifi, downloaded various maps and looked on the internet, signed into Skype (what a waste of time that was, better off using my iPod) The idea was, I take this with me on my travels, I post my blog, photos, answer emails, read books (when I aint listening to them on my iPod) I could watch films, TV series, from the SD card, but so far, nothing I have put on this SD card works (the kindle app is rubbish, I cant get it to work) only thing I did find to work was anything Adobe Can anyone give me a bit of help advice with this thing ? I'd like to give it a try and take this with me, rather than my laptop, I'd rather carry one thing than 2, my bergen is heavy enough as it is, without lugging something I cant use or is just too complicated I have been told its intituitive, I havent found it easy at all, it bear no relationship to anything I have used in the past Please help a bloke out it really would appreciated (just treat me like the new kid at school, who just dont know how things work round here)


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Fixnum Overflow in Ruby's Hash ImplementationMarch 2, 2008 – 10:20 am
Ruby's build-in
Hash is the first-choice if you want to do searching. Using your own customized object as hash key is simple: define the following two method for your object:
hash: to get the hash code of the object.
eql?: to compare whether two object are equal.
When working to improve the performance of RMMSeg, I tried to implement a
Substring class which can hold a reference to a big chunk of text instead of doing an expensive copy. Then I implemented the
hash and
eql? method. The hash value calculated is identical to the related
String, and
eql? is properly implemented. But the whole thing seemed not working quite well.
I though it's my code's fault because it's the first time for me to write a C extension of Ruby. I use gdb to trace the program — it's very hard to do, because
Hash is a very commonly used data structure in Ruby. Many core libraries use it.
However, finally I figured it out (after a sleep) and created a small piece of code to reproduce it:
class MyStr def initialize(str) @str = str end def hash @str.hash end def eql?(o) @str.eql?(o) end end s1 = "foo" s2 = "This" my_s1 = MyStr.new(s1) my_s2 = MyStr.new(s2) h = { s1 => "value of foo", s2 => "value of This" } puts "h[my_s1] = #{h[my_s1].inspect}" puts "h[my_s2] = #{h[my_s2].inspect}"
The expected output should be
h[my_s1] = "value of foo" h[my_s2] = "value of This"
but the actual output is
h[my_s1] = "value of foo" h[my_s2] = nil
So what's wrong with is? Why "foo" is right but "This" is wrong? Looking at the code of
Hash in Ruby answers the question. Ruby's treating
String specially. When the key is a
String, it use
rb_str_hash directly to calculate the hash value.
rb_str_hash returns an
int. But user customized objects don't have this special treatment. The
hash method is called in the Ruby environment returning a
Fixnum which finally converted to an
The problem is that the value range of a
Fixnum is small than
int. The calculated hash value of "This", 2073740424, when converted to
Fixnum and then converting back, finally becomes -73743224.
That's the problem. When key is a
String, its hash is the original 2073740424. But when not, its hash becomes the weird -73743224. It's a bug, not only with
String, but also
Symbol and
Fixnum. I've post the bug report and a suggested patch to ruby-core ML and Rubyforge. Hope it get fixed soon.


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So a couple of days ago we had the numbers from the budget detailing the split of the Ministry of Social Development's spend on welfare. From a total budget of 23 billion, we had 4.4% on the unemployment benefit, 3.4% on the sickness benefit, 5.8 on the invalids benefit and 8.2 on the DPB. As best as I can tell, these are the benefits that are National proposes scrapping and turning into 3 new benefits. That totals 21.8% of the welfare spend. which comes to roughly 5 billion dollars.
Apparently, ditching the old and creating the new benefits will save 1 billion over 4 years. I'm presuming that that means 250 million a year on average rather than 1 billion a year. 250 million a year, out of a spend of 5 billion dollars gives us roughly, a 4% savings. The full benefit is currently about $230 a week. 4% of that being, 9 dollars. That, to a beneficiary, will make a lot more difference than you think, 2-3 meals a week. More problematic I think, is the putting everyone on the sickness benefit into the job seeker benefit. There's plenty of jobs about if you're a java programmer with 6 years experience. Most people aren't though. And there's not enough jobs there for the unemployed, let alone jobs that will be able to cater to the needs of those currently unsuited to full time labour.
In short, as best I can tell, it's a rearranging the deck chairs, the primary purpose being to use the unemployed as a boogie man to wave in front of the voters to distract them from the fact that jobs are not plentiful.


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Scribd named Fast Company's "Top 10 Most Innovative Media Companies 2010"
Good news is only news if you share it ... which is why we're excited to announce that Fast Company Magazine has named Scribd one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Media Companies 2010 alongside The Huffington Post, NPR, HarperStudio and Glam Media. To create their annual list, Fast Company editors studied thousands of global companies and identified companies that had "creative models, progressive cultures, and many forms of innovation." Here's what they have to say about Scribd:
Somewhere between Google Books, Amazon, and the blogosphere lies Scribd, a community of "millions of readers, millions of documents." Anyone can upload, comment, tag, vote up and down, and share any piece of text. Scribd is renowned for its easy-to-use document reader. It has wooed partners as varied as Simon & Schuster, the Chicago Tribune, tech publisher O'Reilly, and The New York Times' DealBook to contribute free and paid content.
Can't wait to add this to our award shelf, right next to our other nods:
- BusinessWeek's "Most Intriguing Startups," "50 Best Tech Startups"
- Forbes' "Top 10 Hot Start Up"
- Guardian's "Top 100 Website"
- URLFan's "Most Influential Web Sites"
- Publishers Weekly's "Top 10 publishing stories of 2009"
Thanks for being an irreplaceable part of Scribd's unparalleled community of readers, writers, and creators!
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Local Authorities need to be representative of key groups within their area by including people who are committed to attend and participate in meetings for the benefit of residents and community members.
Local Authorities
- Are required under legislation with compliance guidelines on their functions
- Receive a meeting allowance (unless a Council staff member)
- Make recommendations to Council about issues in their community
- Are delegated to determine how LA Project money is spent in their community
- Are required to have a minimum of four meetings per year
Nominations for Local Authority members for each community are announced publicly when they become available, Nominations are open for 28 days and are followed by a community election, if required. Please see the Council Service Manager for more information.
Local authority members are required to abide by the Council's code of conduct.


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Investing in a Sustainable Future
Welcome to Temporis Capital. We are an investment management firm which specialises in the renewable energy and clean technology sectors across multiple asset classes.
About Us
Climate change, shifting demographics and the pursuit of food-energy-water security present opportunities as well as challenges. Temporis Capital combines financial and sector expertise to take advantage of these opportunities.
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We pursue investments in sustainable resources and energy efficient technologies to do more with less.
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Our robust investment and operational policies enable us to deliver consistent returns for our clients. We see challenges and uncertainty as an opportunity. Our approach to risk is not simply to avoid it, but to manage and mitigate it carefully.
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We are a team of over thirty investment professionals with combined experience of over 170 years in renewables and over 400 years in financial services. Team members have wind, solar, hydro and biomass development experience totalling more than 1000MW and Temporis has been involved in projects with installed capacity of over 450MW.
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The Temporis Equity Infrastructure team manages a number of private and public renewable energy portfolios together totalling over 250MW in the UK and Republic of Ireland across onshore wind, hydro, biomass, solar, energy efficiency and landfill gas technologies.
We typically engage with developers in the pre/post-consent, pre-financing stage of a project on an equity only or project financed basis. The target project size is between 500kW and 60MW with a flexible investment approach covering joint ventures and outright acquisitions. We have a track record of delivering added value solutions to our investors and partners at every stage of the project life cycle.
For further information please contact Matthew Ridley, Roger Denby-Jones or Andres Senouf.
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Temporis Capital provides long term project finance to the UK onshore renewable sector through its direct lending platform. Funding is provided for new projects, either in the construction or operations phase, as well as for refinancing existing projects or portfolios.
The target market for loans is 500kW to 60MW, although consideration can also be given to projects outside those parameters.
For further information, please contact Andres Senouf.
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The modern world depends on food, energy and water. The world is facing crises in the availability of these vital natural resources. Temporis' investment philosophy is that the global economy is facing huge structural change across these fundamental sectors. These dislocations are creating excellent conditions for implementing an active investment strategy. Disruptive technology and government interference are creating uncertainty and volatility in global equity prices leading to undiscovered investment opportunities.
For further information, please contact Roger Denby-Jones or Andres Senouf.


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Minneapolis, MN: Mobile cheesecake shop coming to Minneapolis
Mobile cheesecake? This could get dangerous.
National News: Check Out This 'Future-Proof' Universal POS Terminal
The POS solution that a hair salon or a hotel needs is very different than a yogurt shop or a restaurant or a spa
Austin TX: Two of SXSW's Hottest Food Trucks Dish on Instagram's Marketing Powers –...
Food trucks have become a South by Southwest Interactive tradition, and options galore will line several streets in downtown Austin, Texas, where the tech festival begins Friday.
Oklahoma, OK: These Okies Want to Help you Find Some Meals on Wheels
Dozens of food trucks pack the city streets, but what happens to the gourmet eateries on wheels once the night is over? Josh Delozier and Travis Stephens made finding food trucks as easy as a tap of a button with TruckItOKC. Delozier said they created the app last year with the help of food truck owners to give them what they wanted in an app.
Boston, MA: Food Initiatives, Food Trucks Need to Get Their Act Together
The City of Boston's Office of Food Initiatives has, pun intended, a pretty full plate. As popular as various food programs are, and as much as they have grown, I don't know if they have had much, if any, increased staffing.
Columbus, OH: Credit-Card Technology Boosts tipping from Customers
The rise in debit- and credit-card use — at food trucks, at coffee shops, in taxis and elsewhere — is increasingly exposing customers to screens with tipping suggestions, which in turn are compelling them to add tips more and more often.
Saskatoon, CAN: Local Web Company Launches GPS Tracking in Saskatoon Food Trucks
Hungry Saskatoon residents lost downtown searching for their favourite food truck may have just found their lunch-time saviour.
Omaha, NE: Coming in August – A Piccolo Pete's Food Truck
One of Omaha's oldest old-school steakhouses is taking a turn for the decidedly modern: Piccolo Pete's is starting a food truck.
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I sampled one of his mortadella sandwich at a recent What the Truck?! event, and could not believe the taste and texture of the mortadella, which was gloriously studded with pistachios. Make sure and indulge in an artisanal ice cream sandwich if you've got room for dessert.
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There's a prominent "social welfare" element to Haoshi Ditu, as the app encourages users to support food stall vendors, many of whom are caught in unfortunate and difficult circumstances.


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How to Book Your Band's Tour, Step-by-Step
I believe that good information should be spread and even though I do booking for bands, I'm not afraid to share, step-by-step, how I go about this process. That's what this music blog is all about, partnering up with artists to take the next step. I hope this helps your music career.
This is a more concise version of an earlier post which you can read here. I recommend you read that one too.
Once you've decided that you want to and are able to tour (and you've figured out the why's), it's time to plan the how, when, and where's. This is what I do.
- Decide on a Date Range. I strongly recommend that you plan, at minimum, 4-6 months in advance. Booking a tour requires months of contacting, follow-up work, and filling in gaps. Some venues book at least 6 months out in advance, some only one month at a time. You'll also need plenty of time to market, promote, and contact local press.
- Choose Your Tour Route. Decide the general direction where you'd like to go. Chances are that you will probably have to make adjustments along the way. Some cities are easier to book than others. Decide how much you want to drive per day (I recommend spacing venues out 50-400 miles apart, depending on the region). and if you want any days off. Big cities have more venues to choose from but often times require a "pay to play" option or will hardly pay you at all. Smaller towns outside of the city tend to pay more and are sometimes easier to book. I also recommend sticking to major highways (such as booking along I-5).
- Begin Contacting Venues. Start by looking for venues along your tour route. Websites like Indie on the Move, byofl.org, and onlinegigs.com are free, searchable databases. You can also buy more details (and sometimes reliable) information from Billboard Music (they offer a touring guide for about $20), The Indie Venue Bible (about $100), and more. Most promoters prefer email. Some still use Myspace, some use the phone, some have their own contact form. Whatever it is, find out their preference and stick to it. Don't use one generic message or method (nobody like spam) and answering the question on their mind: How will you make the venue money? How will you bring people in the door? No venue cares about how "good" your show is if you'll be playing for an empty room. Nearly every venue would rather hire the crappy local band that can sell the place out over a touring, professional band that can't even get their guest list to show up.
- Follow Up With the Venues. Most promoters are inundated with messages and are constantly juggling dates, bands, rentals, and other events. Get a confirmation, make sure you are on their website. Check in to see if they want posters mailed to them, see if there are local media contacts you should be following up with. If a promoter gave you a "hold," find out what you need to make it a confirmed show. Follow-up again one more time before you leave for tour.
- If You Have Gaps…and chances are, you will…have a back-up plan. If a show doesn't pan out and if want to fill the date, start thinking creatively. You can contact nearby towns, check Craigslist to see if someone wants live music for their party or corporate event. If you're out of venues, try doing a search on Yelp or Google Maps for live music. Contact local radio stations, record shops, bookstores, skate shops, church groups, roller skate arenas, restaurants, malls, any place where you might make a good fit. Hot Topic used to allow touring bands to do an acoustic set (some stores still do). Ask your friends/fans in the area if they want to do a house party. Or, begin contacting all of the venues you already reached out to and see if something opened up. Get in touch with bands in the area to see if they can help do a gig-swap.
The most important thing to remember is that this takes patience, consistency, follow-up, and a little bit of salesmanship. Keep at it everyday. Set up an appointment with yourself to contact venues, promoters, etc. for at least 1-2 hours per day (and more as you get closer). Never miss that appointment.
If you are consistent and tour often, you'll begin building relationships with promoters and it becomes easier and easier. Then who knows? Maybe you'll begin booking for other bands. That's how I got started.
Simon Tam is owner of Last Stop Booking, a full service agency that offers tour booking and music consulting services. Simon has appeared on stage at over 1,200 live events and has traveled North America presenting ideas about the music industry. Simon's writing on music and marketing can be found at www.laststopbooking.com


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Irresistibly sweet because its life...and there is no take two!
Anyway...here's the 7 random facts about me:
1. When people ask me where I am from, I either ask them 'what do you mean?' or I would reply along the lines of 'that is not an easy question to answer!' My ancestors may have been from China a long time ago, but they were from a minority tribe called the Hakka, and my parents were born in Malaysia, but I was born in the UK....so perhaps I am from BriMaChiHak?
2. But my background has given me a love and appreciation of languages as well as cultures. As a result I love to travel and can speak English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Malay....and am now taking a French beginner's course to learn a new tongue!
3. I am utterly in love with the Egg Tart and find them irresistible! (It can be found in Dim Sum or Chinese bakeries and the form resembles a custard or Portugese tart, but it tastes much sweeter and silkier!)
|Pink embroidery & lace short Qi Pao (Chinese New Year 2011)
5. My hair only goes under the scissors twice a year...and with quite a bit of reluctance as I almost always end up missing my hair afterwards!
6. Even with black hair and eyes....I am actually allergic to the black dye colour pigment (aka PPD), which is why my eyeliner and mascara is usually brown or some other colour like purple or blue. But as I love colour and vibrancy it has become a plus rather than a negative!
7. I am an Amy Winehouse fan! As I absolutely adore her unique but powerfully beautiful voice....hence the mini eyeliner flick, although I am yet to attempt a proper and full bee hive!
And now.....for some catching up on what I have been up to recently! On Sunday 23 October 2011, I made a trip down to Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair in Bethnal Green with my friend Amancay! It was partly a treasure hunt for great vintage finds I will need for the vintage short film I have been working on with Amancay....and partly because I like collecting vintage ideas and finds! So what did I see at the vintage fair?
|Oh my.....there are far too many lovely things to bring home!!
|Lovely black suede heels with gold rose motifs...but they are not my size!
|Yummy....tea and cakes anyone?
|What a lovely hat collection!!
Until the next time,


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Samsung kick-started its whole Galaxy line of Android phones back in 2009 with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy I7500 – the first Android smartphone of the manufacturer. Initially, there wasn't such great interest in the product; it was an OK device with moderate specs and no special feature to spawn interest. This was the beginning of Samsung's Android business – no fanfares or great expectations. The company was still trying to figure out if there's potential in the open-source platform.
A few months later, at the end of 2009, Motorola somehow managed to nail it with its new Android phone, the DROID, exclusively available through Verizon. And this turned out to be the moment Google (and the entire Android community, as small as it may have been at that time) was waiting for. In just a few months, everyone knew about Android, and it was mainly Motorola that gained from this. Never wanting to be left out of the limelight, Samsung went back to the lab, firmly decided on crafting the ultimate Android phone, or the ultimate Galaxy phone, to be more specific. In mid-2010, the South Korean company was ready with its new product and unveiled it to the world. Named Samsung Galaxy S, it was a phone that didn't catch the eye, but managed to get every geek excited with its hardware characteristics. With Android becoming more and more popular as an alternative to iOS, and with the Galaxy S basically being the best Android had to offer at the moment, the phone just couldn't fail. And it didn't – the Galaxy S went on to become one of the most popular Android phones ever. Now, the obvious question is how do you follow such a successful product. How do you follow the Galaxy S? Well, with the Galaxy S II, of course! Introduced in 2011, the Galaxy S II actually become something like the people's champ in Android Land. Even when newer models with significantly refined user experiences began to show up later, users preferred to hold on to the Galaxy S II, claiming that it's still unbeatable in many areas. In a way, that meant that all these people were waiting for the Galaxy S III.
Well, it is now 2012, and the time has finally come for the Galaxy S III to show up on stage. The difference between this launch and those of the Galaxy S's before it is that the expectations of the audience are much higher now. People were waiting to see the next BIG thing in the world of wireless. They weren't hoping for a top-notch specs sheet – that was pretty much taken for granted. They were hoping for a ceramic body, a new, premium design that would not only get the job done, but would also spark a few envious glances along the way. That's why many were kind of disappointed after the official announcement of the handset, because it wasn't really what you'd call a looker.
However, our first impressions of the Samsung Galaxy S III were quite positive. Yeah, the handset may not be so eye-catching, but it isn't bad, and it does run incredibly smooth; plus, it has learned some very cool new tricks, in an attempt at enhancing our user experience. The time has come for us to take a good, in-depth look at the device and see just how much of a Galaxy S this new Galaxy S III happens to be.
The Galaxy S III is a departure from the styling seen with the Galaxy S II. Now, the phone has rounded corners that give it a somewhat friendlier look. Gone is the simplistic rectangular silhouette of the S II, making way for a new, pebble-inspired shape. Overall, Samsung has claimed to have been very inspired by Nature when it comes to the Galaxy S III, trying to make the phone as people-friendly as possible.
Meanwhile, due to a radical increase in screen size, the phone's overall dimensions are much bigger compared to its predecessor. The Samsung Galaxy S III is definitely on the bulkier side, which makes it extremely difficult to operate if you have to use just one hand. The home key, which is positioned near the bottom edge of the phone, is often hard to reach because of the handset's size. Anyway, the Galaxy S III isn't significantly bigger than the rest of the top models in its class, so having such big dimensions is now pretty much standard. Samsung has tried to decrease the size of the bezel so that the bigger screen doesn't impact the overall device dimensions dramatically, but even with those efforts, the S III is as big as the Nexus, which is already quite big.
The inspired by nature design of the Samsung Galaxy S III feels good in the hand
With that out of the way, the device by no means looks bad. Its inspired by nature design is actually quite relaxing and feels good in the hand. Due to the phone's thinness (8.6mm) and light weight, the Galaxy S III doesn't feel too much like the bulky phone that it is.
As we said in our introduction, many fans hoped to see a new fancy ceramic coating used for the S III, which would have given the handset a new, premium appearance. Unfortunately, that didn't happen, and we were treated to the good-old plastic solution. This has practically guaranteed a relatively light (good), but also uninspiring (bad) construction. Samsung has come up with the name "Hyperglaze" for the specific finish of the utilized plastic, but we couldn't find anything that special in it. It's just a glossy plastic with an OK texture on it.
There are just three physical buttons on the Galaxy S III (actually four, if you count the volume rocker as two buttons). The home key, situated under the display, is surrounded by old-school capacitive menu and back keys. Apparently, Samsung isn't willing to make the switch to on-screen navigational keys for its flagship line just yet. We aren't big fans of the exact position chosen for the home button and even the capacitive keys surrounding it. They don't take the center of the plastic area below the screen(considering the vertical axis); instead, they are placed a bit lower. While this may sound as nitpicking to you, it does have a significant (negative) effect on the appearance and comfort of using the phone. It has a negative effect on the appearance, because the home key look very good in this position, while the comfort is compromised because the capacitive keys sit too close to the edge, meaning they are easy to press accidentally (yep, we had many of those frustrating moments).
The home key and volume rocker respond well when pressed, but the power/lock key isn't very well made. We noticed that it's not particularly clicky and you can hardly tell if you've manged to press it just by feel.
The home key and volume rocker respond well when pressed, but the power/lock key isn't very well made. We noticed that it's not particularly clicky and you can hardly tell if you've manged to press it just by feel.
Of course, there's the usual 3.5mm jack at the top, as well as microUSB at the bottom. The glossy back houses an 8MP camera with LED flash and the speaker grill justify beside it. Interestingly, gone is the characteristic bump that's present on the lower-back sides of the Galaxy S and S II. Not that we'll be missing it much. Removing the flimsy back cover will grant you access to the Micro-SIM and microSD card slots.
Power key (justify) 3.5mm jack (top) Volume rocker (left) microUSB port (bottom)
The sides of the Samsung Galaxy S III
Back Rear camera Battery compartment
Overall, we aren't blown away by the looks of the Galaxy S III. The phone is OK to look at, although it doesn't stand out when you put it next to its competition.
At first blush, we were a little disappointed that Samsung didn't intend to push the design envelope with its new flagship. That's not to say we were repulsed: it just looks a lot like an amalgam of all the Galaxy phones we've seen in the last year. It flies closer to the Galaxy Nexus than the Galaxy S II, with a shape and contour all too similar to Google's first Android 4.0 handset. In the hand, the 4.8-inch screen is counter-balanced by the thin bezel, resulting in a shape that is still comfortable to hold. It feels very light, a mere 133g (4.7 ounces -- just a smidgen heavier than the HTC One X), and measures 8.6mm (0.34 inches) deep across its central waistline. (That's right, there's no more chin.)
A glossy plastic coats both the front face and flat battery cover, with a particularly attractive finish on the Pebble Blue option, making it our early favorite over the Marble White. A slightly different (but still glossy) plastic follows around the edge of the device. Thankfully, the absence of a metallic chassis does nothing to hurt the feeling of quality or solidity in the build.
The phone retains the physical home button, though it's now slimmer and generally less visually obvious. It's flanked by a pair of capacitive buttons that light up and disappear, and as expected there's the camera module, flash and loudspeaker at the back.
The 8-megapixel camera looks to be very similar to what we've seen on both the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note -- which means it's a pretty capable shooter, although we're withholding judgment until we can test it out it in a mix of scenarios. Instead of shaking up the camera hardware, Samsung's pushed forward with the software interface -- something we've gone into more detail here. In brief, the new camera app supports dual still and video capture, adds face tagging for existing contacts and boasts improved face identification and tracking.
The screen is a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display. The bad news? The lack of a "Plus" in that name means it's PenTile, which means that pixelation is still visible despite the 306 ppi density, due to the sharing of sub-pixels. The good news is that the resolution is still really good, and should suffice for all but the most eagle-eyed -- although if you're still not sure you can check out our own microscopic comparisons right here. It's also nice to see that the panel is cocooned in Gorilla Glass 2, besting its relative's fortified face, and it also offered great viewing angles.
The Galaxy S III's beating heart is Samsung's new 1.4GHz quad-core Exynos processor, aided by a fresh GPU that is supposedly 65 percent faster than the companion Mali 400 graphics chip on the Galaxy S II. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to give GTA III a blast, nor run our typical benchmark apps, but in any case the model we played with was not final hardware. That said, we were able to grab a quick SunSpider browser performance score of just under 1,500ms, putting the phone below HTC's white polycarbonate wonder -- but lower is better, by the way. Whizzing around the native apps and web browser was as pleasant as we expected, pinch-to-zoom pinged into action, while multimedia playback was effortless, irrespective of the software additions that Samsung has thrown into the mix (more on those in a second).
The phone houses a removable 2,100mAh battery, with a wireless charging option already in the works. Next to the battery and space for a micro-SIM, you'll find an increasingly rare microSD slot, whose absence was one of the main criticisms leveled at the Galaxy Nexus, not to mention the HTC One X. This expandability sits alongside 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of internal storage, depending on which variant you buy. Other connection options here include Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi Direct, DLNA, an MHL-compatible micro-USB port and headphone socket, with NFC connected to the battery unit.
BatterySamsung has managed to keep the thickness of the Galaxy S3 pretty comparable to the Galaxy S2 (OK, 0.1mm thicker) but upgraded the battery from 1650mAh to 2100mAh, promising a much larger capacity and therefore longer life.
Samsung's pitch to us focused heavily on the software. Pure Android enthusiasts may wince at the sight of TouchWiz (overlaid on top of Android 4.0.4) and from the brief time we played with the device, Ice Cream Sandwich looks a lot like how it arrived on our updated Galaxy S II -- it's not close to a stock Android experience. Instead of messing with its UI, Samsung has concentrated on specific apps -- and plenty of new gesture functionality.
Five icons populate the base of the screen, including the app drawer, while the homescreen itself has a more typical four-icon-wide berth. "Inspired by nature, designed for humans" is the winsome philosophy behind the Galaxy S III. In terms of the nature thing, this basically means that the phone comes loaded with some splashy water graphics and sound effects as well as plenty of seasonal wallpapers (including some new smart wallpapers like a background news feed).
The built-in keyboard is perfectly functional; at this screen size there's simply a greater likelihood of hitting the letter you're after. The menus and icons are all drawn in Samsung's TouchWiz style, though there are some new additions, including lock screen app shortcuts. In fact, the lock screen is where Samsung's new "intelligent" smartphone starts showing its gesture antics -- part of its "designed for humans" mantra.
Once enabled in settings, you can tap and hold the screen, rotate the phone horizontally and you'll be sent to the camera app. Using the same accelerometers, a new calling function will dial whoever's contact details you have displayed when you raise the phone to your ear. Keeping with the contextual phone skills, Samsung's Smart Stay feature makes the device detect (through the front-facing camera) whether a face is looking at it in order to switch the display on or off. A little eye icon would appear on the notification bar when it was seeking out our face. Similarly, Smart Alert will display any missed calls or notifications when you pick up the phone, using the built-in accelerometer. It's the sort of magic that HTC's been using for a while, but it does help the new phone to stand out from Samsung's existing phones that are starting to blur together.
S Voice is Samsung's latest effort to introduce voice interactions to its phone series, but unfortunately it wasn't working during our briefing. We've been promised that your commands will be able to unlock the phone, control the music player and capture photos. Samsung also told us that it's already working with third-party apps to build up similar functionality for those too. Like a certain voice assistant rival, it does require a data connection because voice patterns are processed in the cloud. S Beam was in a more generous mood during our hands-on, riffing from Google's Android Beam while using WiFi in tandem with NFC to share meatier files. Beaming through NFC peaks at around 400Kbps, but that's only for pairing and smaller files -- sharing media engages WiFi Direct at up to 300Mbps, according to Samsung. We saw a 10MB video file bounced between two phones in an instant. It's a very nice show-piece, although the necessity for all your S Beam sharing partners to upgrade to the Galaxy S III does inevitably taint that offering.
AllShare Play shares your media content with the big screen, while AllShare Cast will duplicate your phone's display for big-screen gaming. (Samsung told us that it's working on populating its own game hub with optimized titles, although it was still keeping quiet on any specifics.) Like S Beam, this is also broadcast through WiFi Direct to a compatible TV, rather than through DLNA -- although the handset does technically still support DLNA.
A new feature that best showcases the phone's new Exynos muscle is Pop Up Play, which plays a video file on top of any other app in its own window. Playback is limited to the native media player -- no YouTube greatest hits on top of your email just yet -- but the window can be moved around the screen and at its fixed size covers just under a sixth of the full screen.
To recap: this is a good-looking phone, with an impressive high definition Super AMOLED screen and a processor that looks likely to spar for top spot among Android devices. However, Samsung hasn't responded to the recent trend for stand-out build and materials and this new flagship feels a lot like all its older relatives; given the whole "nature" spiel, some smart new finish would have been nice. It's no doubt this lack of wow-factor hardware that has led Sammy to emphasize software progress instead, and indeed there are plenty of intriguing TouchWiz features that warrant further investigation on a finished handset -- assuming you're not a vanilla Android die-hard. Glacial hardware design progress aside, if Samsung manages to get these new features polished up and working flawlessly, the company might well have another bestseller. And yes, we'll take the Pebble Blue, please.
Samsung has been an innovator when it comes to screen technology in phones. Its AMOLED-based screens have been customer favorites for a long time now, and obviously the company intends on sticking with that tech in the long term. In the Galaxy S III, what we have is an enormous 4.8" HD Super AMOLED display, with resolution of 720x1280 pixels. As with every AMOLED screen, this one has extremely saturated colors. In some situations, like when browsing the web, for example, this doesn't look great, as we aren't really used to such "colorful web" experience. It doesn't seem natural, so to speak. However, in many other situations, like viewing photos, watching video or playing games, having such vibrant colors really pays off. Thankfully, Samsung has added an option in the settings which allows you to change the saturation level. This way, purists can simply select the "Natural" preset and they'll get a much more... natural-looking image. And for those wanting even higher saturation, there's the "Dynamic" preset.
When you combine the screen's vividness with the great contrast (black color that is completely black, not just very dark gray, as in LCD displays), multimedia consumption does get much more enjoyable, compared to the LCD experience.
Many were actually disappointed when it was announced that the S III will use a PenTile matrix for its screen, instead of a regular RGB one as in its predecessor. Just recently, Samsung USA's Philip Berne shed some more light on why Samsung decided to stick with PenTile. Obviously the reason is in the longevity – according to Samsung, a PenTile-based AMOLED screen will keep its initial quality for a longer time, compared to an RGB AMOLED one, which will suffer from deteriorating blue subpixels over longer periods of time. Well, since we don't really find the traditional drawbacks of the PenTile screen to be that visible in the GS III, that seems like a good decision by Samsung. If you look very closely at the screen of the Galaxy S III, you will notice some pixelization going on here and there, but when you look at the screen from a normal distance, those nasty dots aren't really visible, due to the high resolution.
With Apple iPhone 4S With Samsung GALAXY Nexus With Samsung Galaxy Note
The Samsung Galaxy S III (left)
It's a good thing that Samsung has tweaked the color temperature so that colors are a bit warmer. As you know, AMOLED displays are notorious for their overly cold colors, but the HD Super AMOLED display of the GS III is a step in the justify direction. The reproduction is still far from the accuracy of LCD panels, but hopefully we'll get there, some day. Outdoor visibility is mostly fine, although not the best. You'll be able to get a thing or two done, but with difficulty. Usually a strength of AMOLED displays, viewing angles a pretty good here as well. When you start tilting the phone, colors almost immediately lose the little warmth that Samsung has managed to achieve, but all in all the image quality remains quite good.
The Galaxy S II was among the best camera phones of the last 12 months. With the Galaxy S III's new 8MP camera, it's only natural for us to expect a similar, or even better performance. Indeed, the manufacturer has done a lot of improvements in its camera technology. First of all, the sensor is now back-side illuminated (BSI), allowing for more light to come in for the shot. There's also the Burst/Best shot feature (also available on HTC's One line), which lets you take up to 20 shots in quick succession and then choose to leave only the best one. This is all possible thanks to the zero-shutter lag, which means that it takes less than a second for the phone to auto-focus. The latter is actually a feature introduced by Ice Cream Sandwich, not Samsung, but anyway, it's good to see the manufacturer take full advantage of it.
As usual for a Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy S III's camera application features a lot of settings that let you tweak the photo-taking process. There are different shooting modes (Single, Burst, HDR, Beauty, etc.), focusing modes (Auto, Macro, Face detection), as well as many other options for changing the white balance, metering, quality, resolution, contrast and so on. Video is captured at a maximum resolution of 1920x1080, again with the option to tweak a number of settings like exposure, effects, white balance, quality and so on.
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You didn't expect anything less than Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich, did you? Thankfully, the Samsung Galaxy S III doesn't disappoint, as it comes with the latest version of Google's mobile OS. This is very important, especially when you have in mind that Samsung isn't particularly quick when it comes to its software updates. Ice Cream Sandwich is a major update to Android, bringing lots of UI refinements and some great features like the comfortable multitasking functionality that's accessible with just a single touch of a button.
Most of the good stuff from ICS has been kept in the Galaxy S III, although Samsung has added the usual amount of differentiation in the form of the latest TouchWiz interface. This time around, though, it's willing to market it as TouchWiz Nature UX, because of its inspiration by Mother Nature. That's OK with us, since we're fans of Nature as well. The cool thing here is that the whole Nature theme doesn't end with the water lockscreen, but actually translates to some nifty features of the handset, but we'll tell you more about those in a while.
The Samsung Galaxy S III comes with TouchWiz Nature UX on top of Android 4 ICS
The new TouchWiz is very similar to the old one in terms of visuals. You can definitely tell that it's a Samsung handset right away. Key elements like the multi-page homescreen and horizontally-scrolling main menu have been retained, with only minimal, mostly cosmetic changes made to them. With other areas of the UI like the Contacts app, for example, you won't even be able to spot a difference. Some other apps, however, have been entirely replaced with other, proprietary ones. For example, the stock Calendar has given way to S Planner. We would have preferred it if the stock option was kept available, but this isn't such a pain, considering the numerous third-party offerings in Google Play. If you don't like a particular built-in app, you can always find a (free) substitute in the store.
All in all, TouchWiz Nature UX is an evolutionary step in the right direction for TouchWiz. It refines some elements of the UI, making it appear more mature and polished overall. This is the first version of TouchWiz that we wouldn't replace with something more stock-looking.
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There are some special new features that Samsung is introducing along with the Galaxy S III. Most of them are designed to ease your life and make the Galaxy S III appear more people-friendly, but we'll let you judge how useful they will be in your case:
S Voice: This is Samsung's version of Siri, so to speak. It's your intelligent personal assistant. You can ask it all kinds of stuff, and in case it manages to "understand" what you've said correctly, there's a good chance that you'll get what you're looking for. We organized a quick head-to-head match vs Siri, and are happy to report that S Voice performed just as well. Here are a few examples of what you can use S Voice for:
- going directly to an app like the camera by saying things like "I want to take a picture";
- put an alarm to "Snooze" after it rings;
- play music, skip and pause tracks;
- set a timer;
- look up the weather;
- control settings; for example, you can turn Wi-Fi on or off with your voice.
S Voice
SmartStay: This is actually a rather cool feature, which prevents the display from timing out, while you're looking at it. It works by using the front camera to track your eyes and determine if you're still looking at the phone. Naturally, when you finally doze off, the phone will get a good nap as well (read: the display will turn off).
S Beam: This one uses Wi-Fi direct to let you easily transfer an image or video file to another compatible Galaxy phone. In order to do it, you just have to touch the backs of both phones together, and your file transfer will commence.
AllShare: Samsung is using Wi-Fi Direct connectivity in AllShare now for a complete set of categories like AllShare Cast for video streaming, AllShare Play for file sharing, and Group Cast for sharing screens with multiple other devices on the same Wi-Fi network, pretty cool. The camera department is not forgotten either - the Buddy Photo Share sends photos directly to the people whose faces it's recognized after you take the shot, for example, and you can set it to be automatic. There will be an SDK for application developers to take advantage of the new AllShare possibilities.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 has a similar number of pre-installed apps – well, mostly Hubs, but other like S Suggests and S Memo are pretty clear on what they are.
We're wondering if the Hubs available on the S3 have been pared back from the Galaxy S2 – we saw no Reader Hub for magazines and newspapers, and the Social Hub to unify your social networking accounts and email wasn't anywhere to be seen either.
But the likes of the Video Hub are now available to take its place – and this will be a real portal to movies on the go to take on HTC Watch and the (also installed) Play Movies from Google.
We've not been given information on how much said movies will cost from Samsung, but we've been told the collaborations with studios is pretty comprehensive from the outset.
The Music Hub is also present and correct, with music available to buy (sadly not stream) but still not any cheaper than can be found on the Amazon MP3 store.
Gamer Hub is a more interesting proposition, as Samsung has managed to get some top titles on board that really make use of the quad core graphical power and HD screen.
Samsung is touting up to 65% improvement over previous GPU capability on the Galaxy S2, so it will be interesting to see what that actually looks like in real terms – and when it comes to pounding the battery.S Beam is also present – which is a turbocharged version of Android Beam from Google, allowing you to send content between phones over NFC.
Typing text using the on-screen QWERTY keyboard of the Galaxy S III is a joy. Thanks to the large 4.8" screen and the good design of the on-screen QWERTY keyboard, you won't find it difficult to type out even longer messages using the landscape or portrait modes. Of course, for those who happen to not like that particular keyboard design, there's always the possibility to download a different one from Google Play. But since we're kind of lazy in this respect, we really appreciate it when we can get away with the stock software.
The on-screen keyboard of the Samsung Galaxy S III
Since this is an Android 4 device, support for all kinds of email services are available, and if you are a Gmail user, you probably won't find a better option (except for the top-end phones from other manufacturers).
Of course, Samsung's own ChatON social service is pre-loaded on the Galaxy S III for those users who could use a new method of cross-platform text communication.
When we get our hands on a new super-high-end smartphone, we expect to get the best web browsing experience possible. And while some other such phones which came out this year didn't really deliver, we're happy that the Samsung Galaxy S III is presenting us with a brilliant web browser. It just flies – it loads pages in an instant, scrolling and panning are super-fluid, there are no irritating slow-downs, text reflow, delays or anything. It's just you and the content – there's nothing to distract you from enjoying your stuff. Overall, this is one of the very best (if not the best) phones for surfing the internet we've seen.
What makes things even better is the seamless support for the latest Adobe Flash Player. Thanks to the extremely capable quad-core processor, there really isn't a very noticeable difference in performance between navigating a Flash-heavy webpage with the plug-in turned on and off – in both cases, scrolling and zooming remain smooth.
The Samsung Galaxy S III is presenting us to a brilliant web browser
We disliked the fact that in Samsung's pre-ICS phones, you couldn't pan the page while doing multi-touch zooming. Some other manufacturers out there had this feature turned on, like Sony Ericsson, for example, but not Samsung. Thankfully, with Ice Cream Sandwich, Google made this form of navigation standard, and it's now present in the Galaxy S III.
The global version of the handset comes with quad-band GSM connectivity, as well as quad-band 3G support (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz). The Galaxy S III classifies as a 4G HSPA+ device, as it allows for a maximum theoretical download speed of 21.1 Mbit/s, and maximum theoretical upload speed of 5.76 Mbit/s. As far as Wi-Fi standards go, the S III supports 802.11 b, g, n, a. The supported Bluetooth version is 4.0.
Processor and Memory:
The global version of the Samsung Galaxy S III arrives with the new quad-core Exynos 4412 processor, clocked at 1.4 GHz. The onboard GPU is the ARM Mali-400/MP4. We're absolutely pleased with the performance that we're seeing. The Android OS runs extremely fluidly with no skipped frames, while applications load in an instant. There are no significant delays with this phone – it simply lets you do whatever you want to do, without slowing you down or annoying you with unexpected freezes. All of this great real-life performance is replicated with the outstanding results of the synthetic benchmarks as well.
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|NenaMark 2
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|HTC One X
|Samsung Galaxy Nexus
|Sony Xperia S
The Galaxy S III comes with 1 GB of RAM – obviously more than enough for the kind of software that you may install on the device. The built-in storage is 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB, which is a generous amount of space, but if it happens to not be enough for you, then you can easily install a microSD card for up to 64GB more, since the S III supports the microSDXC standard.
Camera interface
For the most part, the photos that we took outdoors are satisfying. The Galaxy S III keeps things fairly balanced when it comes to details and noise. The shots aren't particularly sharp, but aren't muddy either. Colors are vivid, and overall, the images look pretty cool. A nasty problem that was available in the GS II is unfortunately kept here, and it has to do with overexposure of brightly lit objects. Apart from that one issue, we're pretty much content with what we managed to achieve with the 8MP camera of the Galaxy S III.
Outdoor samples
The indoor photos are also pretty good. Especially when the light is strong, there's very little noise visible, while the handset manages to keep colors fairly natural. We're pleased to see the LED flash being capable enough to illuminate a small room. Yeah, colors do tend to get somewhat colder when you shoot with the flash, at least the objects are clearly visible and there isn't too much noise.
As we said, video is captured at a maximum resolution of 1080p, which is the industry standard nowadays. Overall quality is quite good. Again, the image isn't very sharp, but isn't blurry either. Colors are accurate, and thankfully, the frame rate is also more than satisfying at 29 fps.
Strong Medium Low light Darkness with flash
Indoor samples
Samsung Galaxy S III Indoor Sample Video:
The Galaxy S III is a real multimedia powerhouse. With its giant high-resolution AMOLED screen, enjoying whatever multimedia on the phone is an awesome experience. Since this is an Android device, you can just easily put all of your movies, MP3 and other stuff on the phone's memory and you're set – no syncing required.
The built-in music player is quite stock-ish on first glance, but it does offer some cool additional features. For example, it features a pretty good selection of EQ presets, but what's even cooler is the so-called Music Square, which lets you choose the type of music you want to listen to, based on your mood, and it'll automatically pick the best-fitting tracks for you. Basically, it's a square grid, with the horizontal axis going from passionate to joyful, and the vertical one from exciting to calm. It did work pretty well with the tunes in our library.
The built-in music player of the Samsung Galaxy S III
The video player of the Galaxy S III is amazing. Upon launching it, you'll be presented with a preview grid, populated with your clips. What makes it so cool is the fact that the clip thumbnails are actually animated, showing you a short preview of the respective movie. It's really impressive to see the handset give you a preview of every single clip at the same time without slowing down – it just makes the experience a lot more pleasant if you happen to be the type of user who watches a lot of video on their phone.
Of course, the Galaxy S III plays all kinds of video at up to 1080p resolution. There's no codec or format that can stop it! OK, maybe there are some, but all the popular ones are supported. And boy do things look awesome on that 4.8" HD Super AMOLED screen!
The sound quality during phone calls has also been worked on. Samsung has implemented an equalizer designed to enhance the voices of your callers, so that they sound more natural and not as... well, phone-like. This technique has obviously worked, as we liked what we heard from the handset's earpiece. The sound is by no means perfect, but it's loud and relatively clear. What's really cool is how the noise-cancellation microphone of the S III manages to filter out all external noises. This way, the person on the other end of the line can hear only you, and nothing else.
The 2,100mAh battery of the Galaxy S III will be enough to keep the handset going for a full day, even if you are a heavy user. If you use it for just a few calls and texts during the day, and maybe a quick Facebook check, it might as well be able to run for two days on a single charge.
The Samsung Galaxy S III is a spectacular phone. A big part of what makes it spectacular is its incredible specs sheet. Yeah, although its specs can easily be rivaled by strong competitors like the HTC One X, which also has a quad-core processor and the other beloved tech goodies, the Galaxy S III manages to shine brighter, thanks to its superior user experience. It doesn't falter as far as core functionality goes, and it even takes care of the minor stuff, trying to improve every possible aspect of your usage.
For a first time ever, TouchWiz actually feels like a good thing. It doesn't completely cover up the great ICS UI, but changes it just enough to make the phone feel different from the stock experience. It adds a lot of nice touches here and there, providing you with more options and customization, without appearing cluttered. We absolutely loved the fact that Samsung has left little hints at some places, which definitely help make the learning curve a lot smoother.
Well, the device is bulky. You'll definitely have to forget about the comfort of using it with one hand only. But that's the way it is with this new breed of Android superphones. If you want to have a giant touchscreen, then you'll have to put up with having a giant phone.
Except for this one little thingy, everything else regarding the phone is on the positive side. The camera isn't perfect, but it's at least good, better than most of the competition. However, when you factor in the flawless user experience of the Galaxy S III, it quickly becomes evident that there's hardly a better Android smartphone currently around. Samsung has once again nailed it with the Galaxy S III and HTC better sell as many of those One Xs while it still can, because the king of the Android jungle is back, and it seems to be very pissed off.
The sound quality during phone calls has also been worked on. Samsung has implemented an equalizer designed to enhance the voices of your callers, so that they sound more natural and not as... well, phone-like. This technique has obviously worked, as we liked what we heard from the handset's earpiece. The sound is by no means perfect, but it's loud and relatively clear. What's really cool is how the noise-cancellation microphone of the S III manages to filter out all external noises. This way, the person on the other end of the line can hear only you, and nothing else.
The 2,100mAh battery of the Galaxy S III will be enough to keep the handset going for a full day, even if you are a heavy user. If you use it for just a few calls and texts during the day, and maybe a quick Facebook check, it might as well be able to run for two days on a single charge.
The Samsung Galaxy S III is a spectacular phone. A big part of what makes it spectacular is its incredible specs sheet. Yeah, although its specs can easily be rivaled by strong competitors like the HTC One X, which also has a quad-core processor and the other beloved tech goodies, the Galaxy S III manages to shine brighter, thanks to its superior user experience. It doesn't falter as far as core functionality goes, and it even takes care of the minor stuff, trying to improve every possible aspect of your usage.
For a first time ever, TouchWiz actually feels like a good thing. It doesn't completely cover up the great ICS UI, but changes it just enough to make the phone feel different from the stock experience. It adds a lot of nice touches here and there, providing you with more options and customization, without appearing cluttered. We absolutely loved the fact that Samsung has left little hints at some places, which definitely help make the learning curve a lot smoother.
Well, the device is bulky. You'll definitely have to forget about the comfort of using it with one hand only. But that's the way it is with this new breed of Android superphones. If you want to have a giant touchscreen, then you'll have to put up with having a giant phone.
Except for this one little thingy, everything else regarding the phone is on the positive side. The camera isn't perfect, but it's at least good, better than most of the competition. However, when you factor in the flawless user experience of the Galaxy S III, it quickly becomes evident that there's hardly a better Android smartphone currently around. Samsung has once again nailed it with the Galaxy S III and HTC better sell as many of those One Xs while it still can, because the king of the Android jungle is back, and it seems to be very pissed off.


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The Special Inspector General (SIG) for
the Toxic Asset Relief Program (TARP) just released its January 2014 Quarterly
Report to Congress on the status of TARP.
SIGTARP is the lead law enforcement agency investigating rescue fraud
which includes bank, mortgage, and securities fraud and money laundering as
well as crimes that prey upon people or institutions seeking help from TARP's
recue program. More than six years after
TARP was implemented in the wake of the financial crisis SIGTARP says it is
still investigating fraud and in fact has ratcheted up enforcement over the
last two years.
The investigative agency says that in
2012-2013 it nearly doubled the number of defendants that were criminally
charged from the numbers in 2009-2011 and also more than doubled the number who
were convicted. As of the end of 2013
its investigations have resulted in criminal charges against 174 defendants,
112 of which were senior officers of companies.
Already 122 of these have been convicted and others are awaiting
trial. Seventy-two have received prison
sentences with 37 receiving those sentences in 2013 compared with 13 in
Because the financial crisis was caused
by toxic mortgage assets and TARP's original purpose was to remove those assets
from bank balance sheets, SIGTARP said it is not surprising that most of the
fraud it investigates is mortgage related.
The mortgage process is complicated with many participants and multiple moving
parts the report says, and fraud can seep into the process at each stage.
SIGTARPS investigations have detected fraud at origination, during the life of
risky mortgages, and at the sale of defective mortgages on the secondary
SIGTARP mentions as one of its recent
signal achievements the October 2013 conviction of Bank of America/Countrywide
Financial for defrauding the U.S. Government through a process known as
High-Speed Swim Lane or "Hustle."
Another was the multiple year prison
sentences handed down on Jun 28, 2013 to the CEO and a vice president of
American Mortgage Specialists for defrauding TARP recipient BNC National
SIGTARP said it is focusing on several types
of crime. The two prosecutions listed
above are examples of rescue fraud cases involving TARP banks. It is also targeting rescue fraud involving
mortgage modification schemes targeting homeowners including Internet-based scams
and those that target victims either through the Internet, radio, or direct
mail. Other types of fraud attempt to
take advantage of TARP by manipulating bankruptcy laws or charging homeowners
for phony foreclosure prevention assistance.
SIGTARP says it currently has more than
150 open investigations and that "Treasury's current status in recovering TARP
funds has no bearing on SIGTARP's enforcing the law for TARP related crime. A company's repayment of TARP must not serve
as a shield to criminal liability." It
will continue, the report says, to open new investigations of ongoing suspected
rescue fraud and to detect other rescue fraud by or against TARP institutions
that had been hidden.


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Former spy Sergei Skripal and his child were poisoned by a military-grade nerve representative of a type established by Russia, Theresa May has actually informed MPs.
The PM stated it was "extremely most likely" Russia was accountable for the Salisbury attack.
The Foreign Office summoned Russia's ambassador to supply a description.
Mrs May stated if there is no "trustworthy action" by the end of Tuesday, the UK would conclude there has actually been an "illegal usage of force" por Moscow.
The chemical utilized in the attack, the PM stated, has actually been recognized as one of a group of nerve representatives referred to as Novichok.
Mrs May stated: "Either this was a direct action by the Russian state versus our nation, or the Russian federal government lost control of its possibly catastrophically destructive nerve representative and enabled it to obtain into the hands of others."
ella indicó Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had actually informed the ambassador Moscow should supply "total and complete disclosure" of the Novichok program to worldwide body the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Mrs May stated the UK needs to stand prepared to take a lot more comprehensive procedures, and these would be set out in the Commons on Wednesday ought to there be no appropriate description from Russia.
- Lo que entendemos hasta ahora
- What are Novichok nerve representatives?
- How could the UK strike back?
- Row over Corbyn's Russia spy action
Retired military intelligence officer Mr Skripal, 66, and his child, Yulia, 33, were discovered dropped on a bench in Salisbury city centre on Sunday 4 marzo. They stay in a steady however important condition in health center.
Det Sgt Nick Bailey, who fell ill participating in the set, stays seriously ill, however has actually been speaking to his household.
Mr Skripal was founded guilty by the Russian federal government of passing tricks to MI6 in 2004, however offered sanctuary in the UK in 2010 as part of a "spy swap".
Home Secretary Amber Rudd will chair a conference of the federal government emergency situation committee Cobra on Tuesday to talk about the most recent advancements in the event.
What are Novichok representatives?
- The name suggests "beginner" in Russian, and uses to a group of innovative nerve representatives established in trick by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s
- One chemical – called A-230 – is supposedly 5 a 8 times more harmful than VX nerve representative, which can eliminate an individual within minutes
- Some are liquids, others are believed to exist in strong kind. Some are reported to be "binary weapons", indicating they are generally saved as 2 less harmful chemicals which when combined, respond to produce the more poisonous representative
- One version was apparently authorized for usage by the Russian military as a chemical weapon
- Created to leave detection by worldwide inspectors, their presence was exposed by defectors
Read more on Novichok and exactly what it can do
Addressing the Commons following a conference of the federal government's National Security Council, Mrs May stated: "This attempted murder utilizing a weapons-grade nerve representative in a British town was not simply a criminal offense versus the Skripals.
"It was a careless and indiscriminate act versus the United Kingdom, putting the lives of innocent civilians at threat."
She informed MPs the favorable recognition of this chemical representative was made by specialists at the UK's Porton Down lab.
She stated Russia has actually formerly produced the representative and would still can doing so.
The choice to blame Moscow was likewise based upon "Russia's record of carrying out state-sponsored assassinations and our evaluation that Russia sees some defectors as genuine targets for assassinations", the PM included.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn stated "robust discussion" with Russia was required to prevent intensifying stress even more – however he was heckled by Tory MPs when he raised concerns about Russian oligarchs contributing loan to the Conservatives.
'Circus reveal'
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stated the United States concurred with the UK that Russia was most likely to be behind the attack.
"We concur that those accountable – both those who devoted the criminal offense and those who bought it – need to deal with properly major effects," que incluye.
"We stand in uniformity with our allies in the United Kingdom and will continue to collaborate carefully our reactions."
Mrs May talked to French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday and "talked about the large pattern of aggressive Russian behaviour and concurred that it would be essential to continue to act in performance with allies to resolve it", her representative stated.
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated using any nerve representative was "totally undesirable and horrendous" and authorities were in touch with the UK.
Downing Street stated the occurrence was not an "post 5" matter – un recommendation to Nato guidelines which state an attack on one member makes up an attack on all.
sin embargo, the previous UK National Security Adviser Lord Ricketts stated action would be more efficient with a "más amplio, Nato-EU uniformity behind us".
se incluyó: "We cannot out-punch Putin … however we can decide and we can welcome others to join us."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated Mrs May's declaration was "a circus program in the British parliament".
"The conclusion is apparent – it's another details and political project based upon justification," afirmó.
Más temprano, asked whether Russia was to blame, President Vladimir Putin informed the BBC: "Get to the bottom of things there, then we'll discuss this."
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg states the tone of the conference in between Boris Johnson and the Russian ambassador Alexander Yakovenko was "firm however cool".
She states the guys did not shake hands and the foreign secretary revealed the "outrage" of the British public.
What will the PM do next?
By James Landale, diplomatic reporter
Theresa May might have tossed the kitchen area sink at Russia, expelling diplomats, strengthening sanctions, and punishing oligarchs who keep their money in London.
En lugar, the PM has actually selected a staged reaction, tossing down a warning to the Kremlin to discuss exactly what occurred or deal with the repercussions.
The argument she was making was that this attack crossed a line, that it was not the sort of thing that often takes place to old spies in the darker underbelly of the intelligence world, however rather it became part of a pattern of Russian hostility from which other nations have actually likewise suffered.
The concern now is exactly what action Mrs May will be prepared to handle Wednesday when Russia has actually reacted, or maybe cannot react.
The secret will be the scale of the global co-operation she can protect.
For it is something to punish rich Russians in London, however it is another to protect united worldwide action versus Moscow.
This is a harder ask, especially when President Trump has yet to talk about the Salisbury attack and lots of European partners are wanting to soften existing sanctions versus Russia.
Mrs May is guaranteeing "comprehensive steps" – the concern will be whether they will suffice to make the Kremlin reconsider.
Police and Army activity continued in the Salisbury location on Monday, with officers – some using harmful products fits – getting rid of a white van from the town of Winterslow, about 6 miles away.
A Sainsbury's parking area has actually ended up being the most recent location to be sealed in the city itself.
Mrs May stated individuals of Salisbury had actually reacted with "perseverance and peace", however there was some issue amongst citizens about the length of time it had actually considered details to be launched.
El domingo, up a 500 Salisbury restaurants and pub-goers were informed to clean their ownerships as a safety measure after trace quantities of the compound utilized to toxin Sergei and Yulia Skripal were discovered on and around a table where they had actually consumed in Zizzi. Traces were likewise discovered at the Mill club in the city which, like Zizzi, stays closed.
Graham Mulcock, who saw the Skripals being dealt with by paramedics in the street, stated it was a "dissatisfaction" that recommendations which "may impact individuals" was not launched faster.
Former chief medical officer for England, señor Liam Donaldson, stated he had actually likewise been a "little stunned" that interaction with the general public had actually been "sluggish to obtain off the ground".
mientras tanto, a male from Salisbury who breached the cordon around the bench where Mr Skripal and his child were discovered has actually been imprisoned for 16 semanas.
Father-of-three Jamie Knight, 30, who pleaded guilty to attack, criminal damage and racially exacerbated public condition, was stated to have actually been intoxicated when he screamed out violent remarks about Russians, Swindon Magistrates' Court was informed.
Sobre el autor: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk


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I don't know why I have always had such a hard time letting go of stuff, but I have. Chalk it up to fear, I guess: fear of abandonment, of change, of never knowing which end was up and wanting something to cling to in the storm.
The good news? The dumping gets easier with time. It definitely gets easier when you've gone four or five rounds of being the final dumping ground for ancestral artifacts. Enough, already; I may not want to be able to move everything in my car again, but I'd like to be able to move freely about the apartment.
Today I took four bags of books to my favorite used book store, the Iliad, in its 'new' digs in North Hollywood. Amazingly, I took my trade chit and got the hell out without buying one book. I do still have another two-and-a-half bags to dispense, but The BF told me about his favorite used book store in Glendale, so maybe I'll try that next.
What I always find remarkable when I am able to let go of things is how it instantly creates room for other things to flow in. Not that I'm in a rush to fill empty space, I like empty space now, I don't fear it, but as I unload old books and clothes and movies that no longer serve, the things I am looking for appear as easily and gracefully as if a paid factotum had spirited them there.
Like two jackets, a suit, a shirt to go under them and a crazy, "And then there's Maude" burgundy coat to throw on top. I am going to be one styling motherfucker come fall. One styling motherfucker with a lot less crap to worry about.
And at least as much to look forward to...
Photo of man in a suit in a bookstore (!!!) by idiotkings via Flickr, used under a Creative Commons license. And no, that ain't North Hollywood...it's in the Netherlands.


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Jananam (2014)
Telugu 2 hrs 10 mins Drama
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Cast: Bhuvan , Geetha Bhagath , Priyaanth
Director: SL Maniganji
Release Date: 26 Sep 2014
Jananam - Movie Reviews
Arun Kumar's Jananam finally sees the light of the day after almost two years. Directed by Ramesh Kumar, who made his debut with Vijayakanth's Ulavu Thurai, Jananam touches upon the issue of unemployment haunting the graduates in the society.
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Navajo (Dine) pictorial rug with Spiderwoman
Navajo (Dine) pictorial rug with Spiderwoman
Spiderwoman emerging from the center of the earth and emerging into the Middle World, as per the Navajo Creation tale, with stylized spiderwoman crosses represented throughout the textile
39" wide x 60 1/2" long
woven out of handspun wool ( natural, synthetic-dyed and indigo-dyed wool)
circa 1920-1930s
SPECIAL SALE: $3900. (reduced from $4800.)
This rug was made for sale out of handspun natural wool and wool dyed with synthetic dyes. In the center is a very realistic looking woman in a traditional Navajo dress, including indigo blue-dyed wool which would have been in an early Navajo dress.
The use of this rare and valued dye indicates that this woman has a great deal of stature. In fact, the figure represents Spiderwoman as she emerges from the lower world, in effect giving birth to the Navajo people. The other designs are variants of what is known as the Spiderwoman cross, an abstracted way to represent Spiderwoman and the creation myth.