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[GSoC] The Apertium Project and mine
This is the beginning of a set of articles in English and marked as [GSoC], standing for Google Summer of Code. I am working on The Apertium Project (Apertium's wiki, wikipedia), I will here present my project, what I have done and what is the very next step.
The Apertium Project
Apertium is an free software machine translation (MT) platform that first began with closely related languages like Catalan-Spanish-Galician and so on… The goals of the project are mainly:
- to provide an "human comprehensible" translation for language-pairs that are not well supported by other MT engine and/or that are closely related.
- to be good (efficient) for build MT systems for smaller languages with little of no parallel corpora.
- to be fast.
It is indeed also a sandbox for linguistic researchers. My supervisor has been working on Welsh-English and Breton-French pairs for example.
My project
My project is to build a multi-engine translation synthetizer for Apertium. Why? Because multi-engine machine translation (MEMT) researchers have shown that it could lead to improvements and Apertium's translation is far from being perfect. Are Google translate or Systran perfect? No! We would like to combine the strengths (and not the weaknesses!) of different open source (free software compatible) engines. One of them is Moses, a statistical machine translation engine (MTE). As it is very different from Apertium, which is a ~shallow transfer ruled based MTE, we hope that it would enable us to use this differences to make a better translation by merging two translations: one from MOSES, one from Apertium.
The project would be to generate different hypotheses from the "best" possible combinations of the two translations and then to rank them and propose the better one(s). It should be able to deal with other MTE than Moses so the hypoptheses generation will be "generic" (syntactic). My part of the repository for this project is here, there is also my page on Apertium's wiki. People that are interested in more details can consult my proposal (pdf).
What has been done
The strong point of Moses is that it needs only a corpus with pairwise traductions of phrases to statistically learn a pair. The weak point with MOSES is that it is very slow with big phrase-tables. Spectie (my beloved mentor whose name should be preceded by "Ô") provided one corpus for Welch-English (cy-en) that will be used as . The generated phrase-table has to be shrinked down (it is currently 2.62 GB big) using statistical methods: Fisher exact test on frequencies of pairs. What I have done until now was to implement Johnson, J.H., Martin, J., Foster, G., and Kuhn, R. (2007): Improving Translation Quality by Discarding Most of the Phrasetable. My implementation prunes 30k lines in 6min. This time can still be lowered, but I have a lot of others things to do right now.
And the next step
We will compute both traductions and then merge them to form a composed traduction better than Apertium's or MOSES' alone. Easy? The very next step is to generate the aligment for words from both traductions. The first implementation that I will do will be a pair-wise (word to word) alignment and apply some kind of "minimal crossing edges" heuristic. To get the idea, it would be trying to minimize the crossing number on a word to word alignment. I don't state that this is the way to align two hypotheses, and this is "already worked on" stuff. There are already other things in the TODO list that can be found in my proposal. This is for our next rendez-vous.
Tags: Apertium, Free Software, Google Summer of Code, GSoC, Machine Translation, Open Source


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Jenna Talackova is on the prowl.
"Let it be known, boys, I'm finally single," she exclaims, arms unfolding above her head.
"Have I gone on dates? Of course I've been dating. But just a couple.
"I'm taking it slow," she says, perched cross-legged at a Main Street coffee shop and sipping hot chocolate.
Since The Vancouver Sun spoke with her about grand marshalling the Vancouver Pride Parade and hobnobbing with the mayor in August, Talackova, 24, has been busy - and not just with boys.
Over the past four months she's lit up a star-speckled gala in Toronto, spoken out against outmoded definitions of transsexualism, addressed First Nations and women's groups in B.C. and whipped up interest in her upcoming reality television show, to be shot in cities across the globe.
"I'm happy," she says. "I'm still finding myself, of course ..."
That process of "finding herself" includes ongoing piano lessons, vocal lessons, dance lessons and public speaking lessons. She practices the first two disciplines daily, with lessons twice weekly for the first three.
She's wanted to study music since childhood. "I don't know, I was just too ADD then," she says.
At the piano: "I'm a natural because I have long, flexible fingers."
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"Everybody's wearing nothing, it's incredible," she says.
It was that week in Toronto that Talackova's pal Miss Universe Canada 2010 Elena Semikina helped convince her to pledge her name to an online petition urging the World Health Organization to change its classification of transsexualism as a mental disorder.
Talackova, who launched onto the international stage earlier this year when she successfully fought Donald Trump's decision to boot her out of the Miss Universe Canada pageant for not being a "naturally born female," hopes now to persuade WHO by collecting 35,000 online signatures.
"I'm not sick," she says in the promo video for the WHO campaign. "I'm fantastic."
When Trump not only re-entered her but changed the Miss Universe Organization rules to allow all transgender women to compete in its worldwide competition, Talackova became an icon for the transgender community.
She's received invitations to tour colleges in the U.S. and speak at Ivy League schools like the University of Pennsylvania. Recently, Talackova talked with First Nations women in the Downtown Eastside about issues
of identity and self-respect. Talackova, born with the given name Walter, has roots in the Lake Babine Nation near Burns Lake, and had sex-reassignment surgery at the age of 19.
Next on Talackova's agenda is, perhaps inevitably, her own reality television show.
"It's just going to be an in-depth look at how my life is. People are very interested in me," she says, head cocked.
Still in the negotiating phase with several networks, the show likely will follow her to Rio de Janeiro in April for a post-Carnival parade, where she'll have her own float; to Los Angeles in May for the Miss Globe International pageant, where she'll be a judge; and to South Korea sometime earlier, where Talackova hopes to meet Harisu, a transgender Korean pop superstar and her childhood idol. "I'm so in love with Korean culture and their music. You know, Gang-nam Style," she says. "I want to set an example on my show. But obviously, you have to be somewhat of a Snooki as well."
A three-day party in Las Vegas is also slated for shooting, with Talackova in the eye of the storm.
She's serious about her health. "I do a lot of Pilates and yoga. Especially yoga. I love yoga."
Is Jenna Talackova a diva? "A diva? Of course. Ask my agents. Oh my God, I fight with them all the time," she says. "But I'm thankful I have a mom and friends that keep me real, keep me grounded."
And luckily she's not too particular about her men.
"I like a consistent guy. Of course I like a good-looking guy, but one who cares for his body. Cute with a sense of style. He doesn't have to be extremely hot, just have style and be cute. And, you know, be obsessive over me."
As for her holiday plans, they include skiing at Cypress and taking it easy. But what did she really want for Christmas?
"Well, I did see these cute Gucci shoes I wanted. They were hot pink. They were really cute," she says.
A Bentley would also have done the trick. "But a hybrid Bentley. Oh my God, I'm going to get that made. One day I'm going to have a hybrid Bentley."
New Year's plans are still uncertain, although Seattle is one party option. The kid who grew up in southeast Vancouver may have grown too big for her stilettos.
"Vancouver clubs are Vancouver clubs. I'd rather go to Korea and Taipei and Hong Kong and club there," she says.
And New Year's Day? "Maybe I'll spend half the day with family, half the day with a guy." She giggles. "So bad. Whatever, it's OK, I'm single."


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Richard joined Daylesford Organic eleven years ago, not only bringing with him a wealth of farming knowledge and experience, but also a drive to create something different. "I met Carole Bamford in 2005 and instantly picked up on her energy and drive to create something that we could be proud of," he says of the founder of Daylesford Organic, "and I think we've absolutely achieved that."
With overall responsibility for the agricultural side of the farm, and a day-to-day role that involves anything from overseeing breeding programmes to giving a tour of the farm to interested parties from around the globe, Richard's pioneering spirit and dedication to his work is clear.
"I quite proudly state that the farming is the golden nugget of what Daylesford is, and that's what we promote," he explains. "Man has worked with the cow for ten thousand years and so to be able to control breeding programmes that work within a truly sustainable system is fascinating, satisfying and very, very rewarding."
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I've put together a short slide show here with some Greek sweets. The music is an old romantic Greek song from the '50s performed wonderfully here by some young children. The song is a particular favourite of ours. For the Greeks amongst you, it may bring back some lovely memories!
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Everyone has a trigger food or two, the ones that feel oh so comforting but aren't the best for your body's health needs. Even with the best intentions, it can be hard to slow down and get centered when a plate of your top triggers is in close reach. We're big believers in the necessity of an occasional indulgence over here, but knowing which foods affect you — and which alternatives curb cravings — keeps you on a healthy track sans guilt. Being honest and finding awareness is half the battle.


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A Viscount in the Armoured Cavalry Branch of the French Army has left a collection of hundreds of glass plates taken during World War One that have never been published before. The images, by an unknown photographer, show the daily life of soldiers in the trenches, destruction of towns and military leaders.
Above, a French officer stands near a cemetery with recently dug graves of soldiers killed on the frontline at Saint-Jean-sur-Tourbe on the Champagne front, eastern France December 19, 1916.Picture: REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez


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Hello everyone,
First, let me that you for your kind words about the show. It's appreciated. I'm only sorry that we're not able to bring you more of Mr Garrow's exploits!
For those of you in the UK, you might find it interesting to listen to the following episode of the Radio 4 show "Unreliable Evidence" which was broadcast on BBC Radio4 on Boxing Day. Here is the link.
I took part in the show, hosted by former lawyer Clive Anderson along with Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, appeal court judge Sir Alan Moses, and German judge Ruth Herz. We had a great chat about the drama of the court, and courtroom drama – I talked about Garrow's Law, and they played a clip too! We also had a broader discussion about the theatricality of the law.
I hope you find it interesting. Sorry for those of you who are not in the UK.
"With its sets and costumes, soliloquies, suspense and dramatic revelations – the courtroom is pure theatre.
Following the return of Rumpole to Radio 4, Clive Anderson and his guests discuss how accurately the legal world is depicted in stage and screen dramas. And they discuss the issues which arise when the distinctions between fiction and fact – between Rumpole and reality – become blurred in the public's mind.
Does the way courtroom dramas introduce dramatic last minute evidence, show defendants crumbling under cross-examination and defence barristers reducing juries to tears, even remotely reflect the real world? Are judges really as out of touch, and lawyers as pompous and greedy as their screen counterparts? And does it really matter if screenwriters fail to stick to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?"
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Second look at 2.3
These are the current notes for priests (plus a few others) for the 2.3 patch (according to the PTR). Followed, of course, by my comments. The quotes, first.
- Chastise (NEW) is now available to Dwarf and Draenei priests at level 20. Chastise causes Holy damage and incapacitates the target for 2 seconds.
- Circle of Healing: The base amount of healing from this spell has been reduced along with increasing the bonus it receives from bonus healing effects. Characters with more than 1338 healing will see their Circle of Healing heal for more than previous patches. Characters with less than 1338 healing will see their Circle of Healing heal for less.
- Cure Disease and Abolish Disease range increased to 40 yards.
- Divine Spirit: It is no longer possible for a target to simultaneously have Divine Spirit rank 5 and Prayer of Spirit Rank 1 icons showing at the same time.
- Elune's Grace (Night Elf) effect changed to reduce chance to be hit by melee and ranged attacks by 20% for 15 seconds. There is now only 1 rank of the spell.
- Fear Ward is now available to all priests at level 20. Duration reduced to 3 minutes, cooldown increased to 3 minutes.
- Fixed a bug where the global cooldown was triggered when shifting out of Shadowform.
- Holy Fire: The tooltip on rank 4 has been adjusted.
- Inner Focus: Rank 4 will now properly affect Lightwell.
- Inner Focus: This effect is now properly consumed by casting Mind Soothe.
- Meditation (Discipline) increased to 10/20/30% mana regeneration.
- Pain Suppression (Discipline Talent) is now usable on friendly targets, instantly reduces the target's threat by 5%, reduces damage taken by 40% and its cooldown has been reduced to 2 minutes.
- Prayer of Healing, Circle of Healing and Holy Nova (healing effect) now gain additional benefit from spell damage and healing bonuses.
- Power Word: Fortitude, Divine Spirit, Prayer of Fortitude and Prayer of Spirit mana costs reduced.
- Power Word: Shield now gains additional benefit from spell damage and healing bonuses. Base absorb values of ranks 10, 11 and 12 have been reduced.
- Shackle Undead: This spell will now always be removed correctly if multiple Priests overwrite each other's Shackle Undead.
- Shadow Word: Death: Resilience no longer reduces the backlash damage from this spell.
- Starshards (Night Elf) is no longer channeled, costs 0 mana, is now a Magic effect, lasts 15 seconds, causes damage every 3 seconds and has a 30 second cooldown.
Healing: Almost all items and enchantments that provide bonus healing now also provide a smaller number (approximately 1/3) of bonus spell damage. There are a few items and enchantments where this was not possible, such as random-stat items and Zul'Gurub enchantments, but this is now the case on virtually all other items.
There are a LOT of really nice things here. Let me start by saying the other classes are getting equally nice things – it's going to throw off a LOT of expectations. That said, I want to take particular note of a few things.
I noted before the healing=>damage bonus issue. That's going to have a lot of players reviewing gear.
The circle of healing changes may be interesting. I say "may" because I'm not yet sure of the coefficient. 1338 is a high level healbonus, though, so even though players COULD see CoH at level 50, you won't see it till they respec later where the bonus makes it worthwhile.
Night Elf Priests just became nasty. Yes, the chastise will make the Dwarf/Draenai priest extremely dangerous, the NElf changes give full credence to complaints from the Horde. Both the racials become, well… I mentioned the positive changes of Elune's grace before. But the Big Deal is Starshards. No longer channeling, and zero mana. Zero mana for what looks like a DoT to me. I am hoping for – expecting – some brakes (like cooldowns or somethign), because as it stands it just made NElves The Race for damage-priests. You know, I'd better be more explicit.
Zingiber, my main, is holy/disc spec. In her healing gear she has a whopping 145 bonus damage. Her SW:P – not improved – will do just under 1400 damage over 18 seconds. Her StarShards – also with no extras – is doing about 1375 over 15 seconds. Which means my DoTs alone are doing in the vicinity of 170 DPS. If I spam MB-Smite-Smite-Smite — and remember I've got almost NO spec under these – I — HEALER SPEC PRIEST — am doing over 500 dps. Looking at it one more way: A Night Elf Shadowpriest at level 70 adding StarShards to the cycle increases her damage by a little less than 100 DPS.
Oh, yeah, I can hear the complaints now. FWIW, the only race I think deserves to be buffed in balance is Trolls, and maybe Orcs and Humans (maybe). But when the horde complains (soon) about the OP Nelf Priests, I'm not going to say they are exaggerating.
OK, that was the serious "Holy Crap" moment. Let me point out a few more that are probably going to surprise and delight.
Meditation's mana regeneration just doubled. Now, everybody's regen talent doubled, so we're not alone. (Though some got away from spirit – mages, for example, now ennervate based on their base mana.) But as I noted before, this changes the relative value of MP5 to Spirit — and with healing's damage bonus means ALL gear balance will need severe re-evaluation.
Huge OMG benefit is the fact that shield now gains from healing AND damage bonus. Both? instead of Neither? Oh, boy. Which means taking a look, again, at the Reflective shield talent in Disc is on the table. Remember, boys and girls, that damage from the Reflective shield CAUSES NO THREAT. hmmm.
Speaking of the Disc Tree, I see more temptation there balancing the CoH in the Holy tree – and this for the PVE players. (Disc has always tended to tempt PVP players. Now…) Pain Suppression can now be cast on other players. To reduce the temptation to throw it on the tank, it reduces threat by 5%. (hmmm, I'm already considering tactics for that.) And for 15 seconds of duration it reduces damage taken by 40%. So, my tank with 40% mitigation is getting HURT. suffer 5% threat reduction in return for the mitigation going to 80%. decisions, decisions… And with a 2 minute cooldown, this is a multiple cast per bossfight option. (Biggest deal? Can you say mage AoE on nasty trash? I knew you could…)
there is a lot more – the CoH, PoH and Holy Nova get healbonus benefits. Some mana costs are reduced. EVERYBODY gets fear ward.
I'm going to stop for now, but want to point out there is a lot more fun in the other classes – and professions, and other places, and know that this is going to make the game different.
And probably fun, again, for those who were getting bored.
I'm looking forward to this.
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I read that they are putting a 30 second cooldown on Starshards 🙂
I am so excited for 2.3!
I like the incomming changes, although I'll have to put a bit more weight on spirit, I am sill of the opinion that healers need to have a good balance of stats.
I'm interested in actually seeing a holy priest be able to DPS in healing gear. So…a 70 NE holy priest capable of 600 DPS in healing gear sounds fun 🙂 although, a NE disc priest sounds like a tremendous addition to a 5v5 team that plays 2.5 healer a war of attrition style.
I'm all for any buff that Blizz throws at Power Word: Shield (or should it be Power Word: Pillow), maybe, just maybe, it will recieve enough of a buff to be worth a GCD.
About PVP and horde racials
I Wish I could have an Orc priest, more stun resist and 5% more shadowfiend damage?!?…sadly Horde priests are limited to Undead, Troll, and Blood Elf.
The Undead racials (Will of the Forsaken and Devouring Plague) are still likely the best PVP racials on a priest.
The extra silence and small mana drain Blood Elves have is awesome when fighting casters, but otherwise useless.
Troll's Hex of Weakness is only useful to put on Warriors and Feral Druids, as every other class can get out of it relatively easily, counting it as wasted mana and a wasted GCD. Shadowguard (see Shaman's Lightning Shield) is very underrated (for Shadow Priests only), it does shadow damage (thus a free small heal with VE), puts up a stack Shadoweaving, and can proc Blackout. (if you didn't guess by now, I play a Troll Priest)
So, finally a class evaluation without a nerf?? That makes me quite happy 😀
This patch has good improvements all around – there are only a couple nerfs that I can really see:
Small nerf:
– Raiding Ret Paly: Their "raid-buff" (Imp Seal Crusader) is now low enough where some Prots and all Shockadins are going to have it. No threat reduction given either (compare: Enhancement Shaman).
HUGE HUGE nerf:
– Human and orc melee classes. Their racial (in raiding PvE) is going from (+3% hit and 0.5% crit) to (1% crit). Ouch.
The priest changes all look really nice. The StarShards thing wouldn't worry me so much except for the "zero mana cost" part. My priest is Undead, and while Plague is a nice spell (extra DoT, etc), the only time I really ever use it is if I can Inner Focus it – the mana cost is just extremely high. Is the new Starshards instant-cast?
(Good for Raid DPS as well, actually, where the important thing is really Damage-per-cast-time and not DPS – it has to be worth a GCD every 30 seconds to add the extra damage AT ZERO MANA, if you can afford the debuff slot).
@Kirk: One small thing: For your "Holy DPS" routine, stop casting MB. Just HF/DoTs/SmiteSmiteSmite – your DPS will go up. (Better coefficient, 5% extra Crit, and Searing Light if you can spare 2 points for it, which I've always managed to do)
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"A man walking alone on a deserted beach, brandishing a lantern in his outstretched hand, might be a fool. But, for a ship that went astray on a stormy night, he might be the savior."
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Waiting for the Eid
Indeed many people start eating with a vengeance. There will be one feast per day for three consecutive days. Normally, and as far as I'm concerned, we would have lunch at my dad's on the first day. It's always Wara2 3inab (Stuffed Grape Leaves, I will try to post a recipe of this majestic dish in due time). On the second day, we go to my mother-in-law's. There, it would be Kobbeh Meshwieh 3al Fa7em (Barbequed Kobbeh), and a fish feast which includes Samak Meshwi, Samak Me2li and Samke 7arrah (grilled and fried fish and a specialty called Hot Fish: cooked in a hot & spicy sauce along with walnut). On the third day, we would normally go out for lunch in some restaurant near or around Tartous.
Basically speaking, most Levantines (Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians and Jordanians) celebrate Eid Al-Fitr in a very similar fashion to the above with minor variations in the menu details.
But what had gotten over me to start all this talk about food one week early, you may wonder. The truth of the matter is that the last week of Ramadan for all the fasting kids (and on this point I'm still a kid) goes by very slowly. Time seems to stand still. The irregular eating habits have taken their toll by now. The sleepless nights, the protracted TV watching, the somber moments of reflection, the deprivation of being alone have all conspired into making one act more like a zombie in the morning and a stick of dynamite in the afternoon. There's only Food on our minds. One hour before sunset and it becomes dangerous even to argue with one's own kids. They might attack unprovoked. One must also avoid saying "hello" to the stern faces passing the streets. Even if one knows them well and thinks that they are really nice folks, they should be avoided at all cost during these last days of Ramadan. If one feels the urgent need to socialize, he or she must wait until after Iftar.
It's also the peak of the shopping frenzy by now. Clothing stores are crowded with women shoppers and this time they are not just looking, they are serious. A nice garment, if picked by two hands simultaneously could be the bell needed to start a round of fighting. There will be hair pulling, biting, kicking and mud wrestling (the last one is just a personal wish). "Avoid the crowds at all cost and don't buy anything that needs standing in line" is my motto for this period. Truth is: Don't go out anywhere and don't stay in either. Strangers are as dangerous as wife and kids these days. If I can't go to the beach as is the case today due to weather, I hide in my office. I sometimes dread that a client might walk in and ask me to actually work!
There's one more person sharing the office with me and that is my secretary. I can write books on the subject of secretaries but this is not the time or space for that. Sometime in the future, I promise. Suffice it to say that I'm getting along very well with mine during Ramadan. I just took her picture (this minute) and I'll post it along.
This will give you an idea on how and why we are getting along so nicely. A little bit more than three hours to go before Iftar. With no football game on TV until 6:30PM it's going to be one hell of an afternoon for me and for anyone who crosses my path.
|What do you think?
20 comments:
- Karin said...
I am still laughing tears!!! Are you serious?? You took this picture just before you posted that .. and she didn't wake up from the "click" of the camera?? She much have a GOOD sleep ... maybe you'd have disturbed her in her REM-phase (Rapid Eye Movement .. which is the period when people are dreaming)! The gal has hell of a nerve ...
Ramadan really seems to get to the people (and you) during the last week ... but another few days and it'll be all over .. till next time!
Thanks so much for this GREAT post and the superb picture which indeed speaks volumes!! It all together did activate my tear-glands .. but in the most happy and positive possible way!!
- Unknown said...
When I first started writing this post I didn't have any idea that it will contain this or another picture. I left my desk to stretch for a couple of minutes. And, there she was, Sleeping Beauty! I couldn't resist the temptation. I made sure to turn off the AutoFlash function and shot a couple of pictures of her. I was very considerate, I really didn't bother her at all.
Thank you for dropping by:-)
- Chet said...
Good post and like Karin, I can't help but laugh at the picture of your secretary being sound a sleep. I can only imagine what she would have thought had she known you snapped that picture of her.
I will try and get around more, I had let someone get to me for awhile but have worked through it. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Yeah, five more sleeps for Eid. You are right, towards the last few days it really gets to you if you are not careful.
Anyway, Eid would be as you described at my parents. For us, in the land of down-under, in most cases you forget about it after the first day!! Sad, but true. On day one, we go to the mosque, and then go visit a couple of relatives (the eldest in the family) and then late in the afternoon we normally go to my sister's house and stay till late. Next day, all back to school/work!! We do try and go to some restuarant later in the week along with some friends/relatives.
This year though there will be a slight change. The Eid gathering is going to be at my place because my sister is having a BIG iftar at her place on the last day of Ramadan. There will be more people (specially kids) and hopefully a few fun activities, and a BBQ. The only bad thing is that I won't be home till after 6pm because I have a shop and I close at 5pm.
Abu Abdo
- Unknown said...
Hi Chet
Thank you for dropping by.
Her sleeping on the job and my taking of her picture sort of cancel each other out :)
- Unknown said...
Hi Riad
Glad you've already made arrangements for the Eid. It's kind of tough to get in the mood when nothing around you is encouraging. I hope you and your family make the best of it in Melbourne.
Take care.
- Yazan said...
Amazing abu fares,
You must be running some serious business there arent you?!
brilliant... I'm still laughing.
You reminded me of my mom's secretary, she had the same stereo and the same napping style... lol
[sorry the last comment was me, but I was in my friend's ID, managing some stuff on his blog cuz he cant access it from syr] Damn that was some long explanation.. ;)
- Ingrid said...
And as with anything that is challenging,it is always good to treat it with some great humour! LOL..so I guess the loneliness stems from playing it safe and not addressing anyone right? too funny..ok, tick tock..soon it'll be over and you can feast like a mad man!
- Unknown said...
Hi Yazan
Serious business indeed. During this last week of Ramadan, I really can't stand to work. I can't even stand myself. The funny thing is that this the time for most people I know to say something like: "It was really easy this year. We didn't feel a thing. We wish Ramadan never ends". I hope one day, God grants them their wishes and make a whole year a perpetual Ramadan.
I enjoyed the holy month as a much as any normal Muslim person would. But I really feel it's about time to move one.
Thank you for dropping by.
- Unknown said...
Hi Ingrid
Thank you for dropping by.
It's always smart to face a challenge with a laugh, or at least a smile. Eventhough we'd be really laughing at ourselves, it's still refreshing and keeps our mind off the loneliness or the fact that there are too many people around.
- Arshad said...
Salamalykum and Ramzan Kareem
It has always been my dream to go to Syria and visit those fabulous sites in Damascus etc....
May I kindly invite you to my blog http://justlybalanced.blogspot.com
where I try to look at issues through an Islamic perspective.
- Unknown said...
Ramadan Karim to you too Arshad.
Thank you for passing by.
Abu Fares,
You wouldn't believe how slow and mild things go round here during Ramadan.
Apart from the reduced working hours, the lack of coffee has had its toll on me during this month.
It took me three weeks to finish a proposal that would usually take 1 week otherwise.
I excuse your secretary, looking forward to read your upcoming blog about secretaries! and yes you are right, her being asleep in the office and your taking of her picture while she was so, have cancled each other out!
Eid Mubarak in advance...
- Unknown said...
Hi Dubai Jazz
I'm very lucky indeed that today, a Friday, I find myself with a heavy workload. Usually Fridays are the toughest in Ramadan. Staying at home, abusing and being abused by family is a nightmare. I have to handle a big batch of correspondance which might take me just till sunset. Being all alone in the office is a great plus and as I've said, I'm enjoying the solitude and working (for a change).
Thanks for passing by.
- Shannon said...
That picture is priceless!
- Unknown said...
Hi shannon
You know I still haven't told her that not only did I take her picture but that I posted it as well. What do you think, should I?
You know that I didn't wake her up afterward. I think she remained asleep for a good 20 minutes. Somebody walked in the office later and obviously disturbed her. Very inconsiderate:)
- Highlander said...
Eid Mubarak ya Abufares you post was sent to me by a good friend and I found it priceless.
I hope you are not having an indigestion now from all the food lol :)
Inshallah you will continue to have family gatherings for a long long time.
H- from Libya
- Unknown said...
Hi Highlander
So nice of you to drop by.
I am really walking on thin ice this Eid. On one hand, I am trying to fulfill my culunary desires, while on the other, I'm trying not to let things get out of hand. So far, so good. One more day to go.
Thank you for your visit.
hi all
finally, i could manage some time to stroll down my bookmarked web pages.After a LONG time, i decided let it happen.
what i read about ramadan, especially the last few days before EID, touched my heart. it reminded me of the very very short and distinctive time we spent with you and your family when we went to visite during our stay in lebanon. eventhough you forgot "?" to buy us kharnoub on the way back home, after you took us to your summer house in bmalke, 'never mind'.
also, about the SOUK in ramadan brought back to me some memories. i bought a shirt for my son, and every time i see it either in the washing or on my son, i remembre you and maha.
after all, this is joumana (riad's wife) writing to you to say SALAMAT
- Unknown said...
Hello Om Abdo (Joumana)
So glad to hear from you.
We all remember very fondly your one and only visit to our home in Tartous and Bmalke.
I look forward your next visit one one these days Inshallah.
Rgds to Abu Abdo & the Kids...


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Permission Culture: Want To Quote A Single Sentence In A Book? Pay Up!
from the copyright-law-at-work deptBenjamin points us to yet another (and another and another) example of copyright law gone insane. It involves Kyle Gann, a music professor, composer, author, etc. who was working on his latest book, but had to drop an entire section because he wasn't allowed to quote short sentences that are, themselves, apparently considered works of art, without getting permission from the original authors:
I've been trying to get permission simply to refer to Fluxus pieces like La Monte Young's "This piece is little whirlpools in the middle of the ocean," and Yoko Ono's "Listen to the sound of the earth turning." And of course, Yoko (whom I used to know) isn't responding, and La Monte is imposing so many requirements and restrictions that I would have to add a new chapter to the book, and so in frustration well past the eleventh hour, I've excised the pieces from the text.Yes, it's become so impossible to quote a single short sentence, that it's just not worth doing at all. Welcome to permission society. Some copyright system believers may claim that this is just the market at work, but it certainly seems a lot more like an undue restriction on freedom of expression at the hands of copyright law. I can't see, frankly, how using copyright law to ban such writing isn't a clear violation of the First Amendment. He even wasted a bunch of time thinking about ways around this:
Some of these pieces are too brief to refer to without quoting them in their entirety. How do you use Nam June Paik's "Creep into the vagina of a living female whale" as an example without giving the whole piece away? How am I supposed to refer to it: "Creep into the vagina, etc"? Call it Danger Music No. 5 and tell you to look it up? Paraphrase it: "crawl into the birth canal of a matronly member of the order Cetacea"? And if the copyrights are held by unreasonable people who can hold your book hostage to their detailed demands, then it's just time to find a different research area. The situation is absurd, somebody under whatever questionable chemical influences scrawls seven words on a piece of paper and 50 years later I can't refer to that piece of paper without paying someone some money and following their prescriptions.Now, I would think that Gann would have a pretty clear claim to fair use if he were to use the phrases he wanted, but it appears his publisher doesn't even want to bother with the potential battle -- and since fair use is (as copyright maximalists gleefully love to remind everyone) merely a "defense" rather than a "right" (which isn't entirely accurate either), the only way to guarantee that this is fair use is to (a) get sued and (b) have a court rule on it -- something that no one should have to contemplate, just while writing a book on art. What a shame and a loss. Yet, it's what this world has become thanks to out of control copyright law and this sense of "permission culture," where even free expression now requires a request for permission and an open checkbook.
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I thought I could take advantage of the Drag-n-Drop feature to copy a row(s) from a Tree to a Grid. I cannot seem to keep it from deleting from the source view. For instance, using the grid-to-grid dd example, how can you get it to copy instead of move?


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|ECW End of Year Luncheon, June 13, 2012
|June 14, 2012
|It's all about relationships, June 10, 2012
|June 10, 2012
|5th Community Dinner held, June 9, 2012
|June 10, 2012
|God invites us into the Trinity, June 2, 2012
|June 3, 2012
|ECW earns $435 at Bowling Green "Clean Sweep", June 2, 2012
|June 3, 2012
|Creation Part 2, May 27, 2012
|May 27, 2012
|Easter conclusion, May 20, 2012 – What does it mean to be "in the world" but not part of the world?
|May 20, 2012
|Mother's Day, Rogation Sunday, May 13, 2012
|May 13, 2012
|Ladies Night Out, May 12, 2012 – a retrospective
|May 13, 2012
|To the Sudan and Back, May 6, 2012
|May 7, 2012
Title:Epiphany 5 – Feb. 10, 2019
Epiphany 5, Feb. 10, 2019 (full size gallery)
We collected $210 for Souper Bowl Sunday on Feb. 3 compared to $175 and $125 for the previous two collections. We have been involved in the program since 2012 and we have collected $1.3K during that time.
On Tuesday, Feb. 5 the ECW took dinner to the "House" at 820 College Avenue across from Trinity. This is a combined Episcopal/Lutheran Ministry led by the Rev. David Casey. It is supported by three churches – St. George's, Trinity and Christ Lutheran. On Tuesday they invite groups to prepare dinner for the youth/young adult congregation.
A day later Bible study became "EFM", eating for ministry with a cake baked by Brad for Helmut's birthday.
It was a colder, more seasonal Sunday in winter, a mostly sunny day. Ducks were migrating down the Rappahannock River. The Lenten roses were beginning to bloom 3 weeks early. We covered chapters 5-8 in our Romans class with 8 people attending at 10am.
We had 41 this Sunday at the 11am service. We celebrated 8 peoples' birthdays coming up in the next week! Amazing! After the service there was altar guild training.
After the Gospel reading, Catherine had the children pick out images from the Gospel on her stoll, including a boat and fish. It was a gift from Ron Okrasinski.
The sermon explored the call of 3 people but concentrated on Peter. "The four most important words that you can ever say in this life are 'Here I am, Lord.' In today's scriptures we hear about three people who placed their lives in God's hands—Isaiah, Paul, and Peter.
Key takeaways:
1. "Peter's boat was available because Peter was taking a break from work.
One way we make ourselves available to God is to take a break from work and spend some time in prayer. The time we set aside to spend in prayer, to clean the metaphorical nets of our lives, that time of prayer in which our boats are resting on the shore—Jesus can get into our boats when we are at prayer.
2. "Peter gets to hear Jesus teaching– every word!
This part gives us the second thing to remember for ourselves from this story– Peter got to hear Jesus teaching as he sat in the boat with Jesus. The words he heard must have convinced him that he should go ahead and do what Jesus asked of him next. That's the power of paying attention to God's word—the importance of spending undistracted time with scripture, to truly listen to what God, and particularly Jesus himself, is saying in scripture—the Bible is the living word.
3. "Jesus doesn't tell Peter about anything that will happen next. Jesus simply makes a request that Peter must decide about without knowing what the results will be. When God asks us to put out into the deep, God is not going to lay out what happens next for us either…. If we do what God asks, then God will help us do what God has asked. And God will help us abundantly!
4. "Being in God's abundant and life giving presence puts our own lives into perspective. We are truly dust, and to dust we shall return. We are imperfect human beings. When we stand in the presence of God, the light of God's presence makes our imperfections and faults glaringly obvious. But God won't go away from us because we're sinful, or imperfect, or whatever word you want to use. Instead, God takes us as we are and summons out who we will become through God's redeeming love for each one of us."
The readings for this Sunday explore several persons of faith who have answered God's call to them. The Old Testament recounts the call of Isaiah as god's prophet and his response. Paul summarizes the gospel and reminds the Corinthians of their calling through the resurrected Christ. In the gospel, we read how Jesus calls Peter to be his disciple.
In the Old Testament reading, Isaiah 6:1-8, [9-13], Isaiah experienced his call to be a prophet in the temple at Jerusalem. He saw a vision of the Lord enthroned amidst the divine council in the setting of the temple at Jerusalem.
The triple repetition of holy emphasizes the awesome, unapproachable quality of the divine. Isaiah responds to the experience of God's holiness with a sense of profound sinfulness, not only his own but that of all the people. He is granted cleansing and healing grace through the coal from the altar, so that he may proclaim God's word to the people.
The New Testament continues from 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. In preparation for discussing the resurrection of the dead (15:12), Paul reminds the Corinthians of their common ground of belief. By quoting a traditional formulation of the essential proclamation about Christ (15:3-5), he recalls the basic creedal statements he taught them.
Which particular "scriptures" (that is, of the Old Testament) Paul means in verses 3 and 4 is not explicit. In general the statement "in accordance with the scriptures" expresses the conviction that these events took place according to God's purpose. It was, however, the religious experience of the early Christians, not merely the evidence of the Old Testament, that shaped their belief.
Paul's list of resurrection appearances can only tentatively be tallied with those in the gospel accounts. Finally, Paul lists the Lord's appearance to him, "as to one untimely born" (v. 8), perhaps referring to Paul's belated revelation, or perhaps taking up a term of abuse applied to him by others. But whatever Paul's defects or his gifts, he preaches the same gospel as the other apostles, the same gospel that the Corinthians accepted.
The Gospel from Luke 5:1-11 tells the story of Peter's conversion. After a night of poor fishing, Peter receives Jesus assistance that he should put his nets out once again. This time "they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break." Aware of God's power at work in Jesus, Peter leaves everything to follow him (v. 11).
The enormous catch prefigures his missionary success. Jesus reveals the conditions for following him. First, "Do not be afraid" (v. 10). In the gospels, fear is the opposite of the basic trust that we identify as faith. Faith is the trust in another person that serves as the bond (Latin, fides) of a relationship. Because of that bond, we are willing to change our lives.
Second, Jesus indicates how Peter's life will change. Instead of luring fish into a net, Peter's new job will be "fishing" for people to bring them into the net of Jesus' kingdom community.


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NEW YORK – Weber Shandwick, one of the world's leading global communications and engagement firms, was named 2017 Global Agency of the Year at the PRWeek Global Awards in London. The honour comes on the heels of the firm's recognition as PRWeek 2017 U.S. Agency of the Year, making this the third consecutive year PRWeek has awarded Weber Shandwick these agency honours.
"This recognition reflects the strength of our global network and our highly collaborative culture, which fuels creativity and innovation," said Andy Polansky, CEO of Weber Shandwick. "The awards success is a proud moment for our teams around the world, and we appreciate our partnership with clients who challenge our firm to create great work every day."
The PRWeek Global Awards honour transformative work that reflects the highest standards in building brands, establishing trust and enabling the growth of international enterprise. Ranging across 23 categories, the awards celebrate the best communications across the globe.
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New 2020 Kia Niro LX Sport Utility FWD near Ashland, OR
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- Technology
- Mechanical
- Exterior
- Comfort
- Interior
|Pedestrian safety sound generation
|Rearview monitor
|in dash
|Child safety door locks
|Child seat anchors
|LATCH system
|Impact sensor
|door unlock
|Body side reinforcements
|side impact door beams
|Camera system
|Impact absorbing bumpers
|Crumple zones
|front, rear
|Airbag deactivation
|occupant sensing passenger
|Side airbags
|Knee airbags
|Front airbags
|Side curtain airbags
|front, rear
|Side-curtain airbag rollover sensor
|Anti-theft system
|engine immobilizer
|2-stage unlocking doors
|Power door locks
|Side mirror adjustments
|power, manual folding
Audio System
|voice operated, touch screen display, AM/FM, HD radio
|Auxiliary audio input
|Bluetooth, jack, USB, iPod/iPhone
|Internet radio app
|Antenna type
|Total speakers
|Radio data system
|Speed sensitive volume control
|Electronic messaging assistance
|with read function, voice operated
|Driver assistance app
|roadside assistance
|Wireless data link
|voice operated
In Car Entertainment
|Connected in-car apps
|Google POIs, Google search
|Apple CarPlay ready, Android Auto ready
|Infotainment screen size
|8 in.
|Instrument cluster screen size
|4.2 in.
|Trip computer
|Driver information system
|Multi-functional information center
|Digital odometer
|External temperature display
|Multi-function display
|Fuel economy display
|MPG, range
|Warnings and reminders
|low oil level, low fuel level, low washer fluid, tire fill alert
|Trip odometer
|Drive mode selector
|Axle ratio
|Auto start/stop
|Electric motor battery type
|lithium polymer
|Electric Motor Torque
|EV battery capacity
|1.6 kWh
|Hybrid Gas Engine [email protected]
|Electric Motor Power Output (Kilowatts)
|Electric Motor HP
|Hybrid Gas Engine HP
|Hybrid Gas Engine Torque
|Hybrid gas Engine [email protected]
|Battery saver
|Rear brake type
|Rear brake diameter
|Front brake diameter
|Front brake type
|ventilated disc
|Regenerative braking system
|Braking assist
|Electronic brakeforce distribution
|Power brakes
|Front suspension classification
|Rear suspension classification
|Front struts
|Rear suspension type
|Rear spring type
|Front stabilizer bar
|Rear stabilizer bar
|Front spring type
|Front suspension type
|lower control arms
|Rear shock type
|twin-tube gas
|Front shock type
Stability and Traction
|Stability control
|Traction control
|Hill holder control
|Daytime running lights
|rear center spoiler
|auto delay off, auto on/off, halogen
Tires and Rims
|Wheel covers
|Tire type
|all season
|Tire Pressure Monitoring System
|Spare tire kit
|tire sealant, inflator kit
|Rear wiper
|intermittent, with washer
|Window defogger
|Front wipers
|variable intermittent
|Power windows
|safety reverse
|Rear privacy glass
|Solar-tinted glass
|front, rear
|Laminated glass
|Liftgate window
|Rear door type
Exterior Features
|Front bumper color
|Mirror color
|Door handle color
|Rear spoiler
|Grille color
|chrome surround, black
|Rear bumper color
|Body side moldings
|Fender lip moldings
|Rear spoiler color
|Window trim
|Rocker panel color
|Roof rails
|Roof rails color
Comfort Features
|Shift knob trim
|Cargo area floor mat
|Floor material
|Steering wheel trim
|Door sill trim
|scuff plate
Convenience Features
|Ambient lighting
|front, rear
|Steering wheel
|tilt and telescopic
|One-touch windows
|Reading lights
|Cargo area light
|Cruise control
|Power steering
|Retained accessory power
|Multi-function remote
|keyless entry
|Power windows
|lockout button
|Courtesy lights
|Overhead console
|Steering wheel mounted controls
|audio, cruise control, phone, voice control
|Rearview mirror
|manual day/night
|Vanity mirrors
|dual illuminating
|Power outlet(s)
|12V front
|Assist handle
|passenger side, rear
|Center console
|front console with armrest and storage
|front seatback, sunglasses holder, door pockets, accessory hook
Air Conditioning
|Air filtration
|Front air conditioning
|automatic climate control
|Front air conditioning zones
|Rear vents
|second row
|Humidity/dewpoint sensors
|Steering ratio
|Turns lock-to-lock
|Driver seat manual adjustments
|height, 6, reclining
|Passenger seat manual adjustments
|height, 6, reclining
|Rear headrests
|3, adjustable
|Rear seat folding
|Front headrests
|2, adjustable
|Front seat type
|Rear seat type
|60-40 split bench
|Seatbelt pretensioners
|Seatbelt force limiters
|Emergency locking retractors
|rear, front
|Seatbelt warning sensor
|Rear seatbelts
|Front seatbelts
Drive Type
|Drive Type
|Standard Seating
|Max Seating
|Head Room (front)
|40.1 in
|Head Room (rear)
|39.1 in
|Hip Room (front)
|53.7 in
|Hip Room (rear)
|48.3 in
|Shoulder Room (front)
|56 in
|Shoulder Room (rear)
|55.2 in
|Leg Room (front)
|41.7 in
|Leg Room (rear)
|37.4 in
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|171.5 in
|71.1 in
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|71.1 in
|60.8 in
|106.3 in
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|Angle of Approach
|15.9 degrees
|Angle of Departure
|27.6 degrees
|Track Width (front)
|61.6 in
|Track Width (rear)
|62.2 in
Measurements of Weight
|Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
|4189 lbs
|Gross Vehicle Weight Range
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|Curb Weight
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Truck Specifications
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Interior Dimensions
|Cargo Volume
|19.4 cu ft
|Interior Volume
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|Passenger Volume
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Performance Specifications
|Aerodynamic Drag
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Fuel Tanks
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Wheels and Tires
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|Front Wheel Diameter
|16.0 x 6.5 in
|Rear Tire Type
|Rear Wheel Diameter
|16.0 x 6.5 in
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Green Score
EPA Green Score
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EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
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Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
EPA Green Score
( Federal Tier 3 Bin 30
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
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Closed-end lease on new specially-tagged 2020 Niro (Model #G4222) subject to credit approval, dealer participation and vehicle availability. Lease Offer includes $500 VIN-Specific Lease Bonus Cash applied as a down payment. Offer valid while vehicle supplies last; quantities are limited. Offer shown based on $3,382 due at lease signing including $189 first monthly payment, $2,542.37 capitalized cost reduction, $650 acquisition fee, plus tax, title, license and registration fees, dealer conveyance fee, processing fee or optional service fee and any emission testing charge. No security deposit required. Offer shown total lease payments are $7,729. Actual payments may vary. Purchase option at lease-end for offer shown of residual value of $15,683.10. Lessee is responsible for insurance, maintenance, repairs, $.20 per mile over 12,000 miles/year, excess wear, and a $400 termination fee*. Lease offer applies to specially-tagged 2020 Niro (Model #G4222) in dealer stock (MSRP $25,710, includes freight, and excludes taxes, title, license, additional options and retailer charges). Actual prices set by dealer.Must take delivery from retail stock by 9/8/2020. Dealer contribution may vary and could affect actual lease payment. See dealer for warranty and lease details or go to kia.com.
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*IN & SC termination fee: The amount of three times the base monthly lease payment or $400, whichever is less.
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Rep. Keating: Americans in Sochi should be safe, cautious
- Keating returned from Sochi trip%2C saying security is impressive there
- He warns of terrorists outside the Olympic zone%2C though
- Some athletes have already told their families to not attend
Immediately upon returning from a trip to Sochi in advance of the Winter Olympics, Rep. William Keating, D-Mass., told reporters Wednesday night that the Russian security effort is impressive and that Americans should be safe. But he advised anyone traveling to the Games to be cautious and pay attention to updates from the State Department.
Of particular concern, Keating said, are the areas outside the Olympic zone.
"These terrorists can move it out from areas that are less secure, and make a statement there," Keating said, according to The Boston Globe.
A series of suicide bombings in the region, likely set off by Chechen rebels who have previously threatened the Games, have raised concerns about security at the Olympics. Reports surfaced this week that Russia was looking for three potential "Black Widow" suicide bombers, including one who may have slipped into Sochi before heavy security measures were put in place in January.
"Russia is not great at sharing information with the United States," Keating said. "We're willing to do everything we can ... but it's their country. When you do it with the U.S. and Russia there's room for improvement."
U.S. Olympic hockey team members Zach Parise and Ryan Suter have advised family members not to attend the Sochi Games following the recent spate of threats, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
"I'm actually really concerned about it," Parise wrote in an e-mail to the newspaper. "I know they say they have evacuation stuff for us and all, but you just never know. I guess you have to wonder at what point does someone say it isn't a good idea for us to go."
A Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday found that 38 percent of Americans think it is "somewhat likely" a terrorist attack will disrupt the Olympics while 12 percent think it's "very likely." The poll surveyed 1,933 registered voters.
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Go is a board game, called I-Go in Japanese, and Wei-chi in Chinese. It is played on a board, with pieces of two colors (black and white) called stones. Players take turns placing a stone of their color on intersections of the 19x19 square grid. A normal Go board has 19 rows and columns of lines. Sometimes Go is played on smaller 9x9 or 13x13 boards instead of 19x19.
Stones do not move after they are placed, but stones with no liberties (access to empty space) are captured and removed from the board. The goal of this game is to have more points when the game ends by placing pieces around the board to surround areas. At the end of each game each player's space (territory), prisoners or stones (depending on the rule set) are counted to see who has more points.
This game was invented in China but the specific time is not known. The historian of board games, H.J.R. Murray, said:
- "Its age is often exaggerated; contemporary references to it only become frequent under the Song dynasty in China (AD 960–1279). It is significant that Chao Wu King, who lived between 970 and 1127, records how he enlarged the existing Chinese chessboard by dividing it lengthwise and across to produce a board of 19x19 points on which [the game] is now played. The game spread to Korea and Japan, where the first masters whose names has been recorded flourished between 1465–1500".[1]p89–90
Its original Chinese name is "围棋" (= wei qi or wei chi). It is also popular in Japan, and its common name "Go" comes from Japanese. In Korea the game is called "baduk". In these three countries the game is an important part of the culture, like chess is in many western countries.
Go and chess are both board games and strategy games, though both may be used as gambling games as well. They share a tenuous connection to the art of war, though this is most obvious in chess, which was a war game in origin. They both have no luck or secret information, unlike some other classic games like backgammon (dice are rolled) or poker and other card games which also have secret information.
There are many places to play Go on the internet, as well as local clubs and national organizations in many countries around the world.
- ↑ Murray H.J.R. 1951. The history of board games other than chess. Oxford.
Other websites
- Sensei's Library, the largest Wiki about Go
- Go Citizendium