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William of Champeaux
Guillaume de Champeaux (c. 1070 – 18 January 1121 in Châlons-en-Champagne),[1] known in English as William of Champeaux and Latinised to Gulielmus de Campellis, was a French philosopher and theologian.
He was born at Champeaux near Melun. After studying under Anselm of Laon and Roscellinus, he taught in the school of the cathedral of Notre-Dame, of which he was made canon in 1103. Among his pupils was Peter Abelard, of which he had a disagreement with because Abelard challenged some of his ideas, and William thought Abelard was too arrogant.[2] Abelard calls him the "supreme master" of dialectic after he replaced his master as the new teacher.[3] In 1108 he resigned his positions as archdeacon of Paris and master of Notre Dame, and retreated to the shrine of St Victor, outside the city walls of Paris, where, under his influence, there formed what would become the abbey of St Victor.[4]
He was a friend of Bernard of Clairvaux, having helped Bernard recuperate from ill-health, later he motivated Bernard to write some of his important works including the Apologia, which was dedicated to William.[2]
William left St Victor in 1113 when he became bishop of Châlons-en-Champagne, in which time he took part in the dispute concerning investitures as a supporter of Pope Callixtus II, whom he represented at the conference of Mousson. In 1114, he issued the Grande charte champenoise (Great Champagne Chart) which defined the agricultural and viticultural possessions of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-aux-Monts, thus giving rise to the modern-day Champagne wine region. After relinquishing his Benedictine Abbacy, he moved to a Cistercian monastery in Rheims, where he also composed a number of spiritual books, such as his Vita Prima, which were widely read in monastic circles.[2]
His surviving works are a fragment on the Eucharist, inserted by Jean Mabillon in his edition of the works of St Bernard, and the Moralia A brevi ala and De Origine Animae.[5] In the last of these he maintains that children who die unbaptized must be lost, the pure soul being defiled by the grossness of the body, and declares that God's will is not to be questioned. He upholds the theory of Creationism (i.e., that a soul is specially created for each human being). Ravaisson-Mollien has discovered a number of fragments by him, among which the most important is the De Essentia Dei et de Substantia Dei; a Liber Sententiarum, consisting of discussions on ethics and scriptural interpretation, is also ascribed to Champeaux.
He is considered the founder of extreme realism, a philosophy which held that universals exist independently of both the human mind and particular objects (a philosophy that followed on from Platonic realism).
- ^ Des Châlonnais célébres illustres et mémorables by Jean-Paul Barbier 2000
- ^ a b c Edward Cletus Sellner (2008). Finding the Monk Within: Great Monastic Values for Today. Paulist Press. pp. 238–. ISBN 978-1-58768-048-9.
- ^ C. Stephen Jaeger (1 January 2011). The Envy of Angels: Cathedral Schools and Social Ideals in Medieval Europe, 950-1200. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 244–. ISBN 0-8122-0030-6.
- ^ G. R. Evans University Lecturer in History Cambridge University (7 January 2000). Bernard of Clairvaux. Oxford University Press. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-19-802899-4.
- ^ in E. Martnes Thesaurus novus Anecdotorum, 1717, vol. 5
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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John Galliano Shows a Little Garter for Fall 2009 Christian Dior Couture
>> Instead of the normal tent venue at Jardin de Tuileries in Paris, John Galliano moved his Fall 2009 couture show — which played twice-over for the first time in a number of seasons — to the upstairs salons of Dior flagship in Paris. The models wound their way through the considerably smaller venue — which apparently got a little warm — to a soundtrack of giggling girls, allowing the audience to see the garments closer than usual.
The decision to go with a more intimate venue was not for cost-cutting purposes, according to Dior CEO Sidney Toledano, who said it was just as expensive to show in-house, what with the 4,000 roses decorating the runway; rather, it was to express the spirit of couture. He maintained that Dior's couture sales in London alone are seeing a double-digit increase — perhaps that's why Galliano felt able to send down undergarment-revealing looks — "I call it 'cabine' fever!" — inspired by archive photographs from the '50s of Christian Dior in the midst of backstage mayhem.
Even in these times, there was still a feeling of excess — the final tulle gowns required two ushers to help the models and dresses through the doorway — and the label claimed model exclusives, including Chanel Iman. But there was still an element of practicality — clients will be able to order the jackets with matching skirts, skirts with matching jackets, or request sheer skirts to be lined. Now the question remains: where was Anna Wintour?
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Google's Digital Library Settlement Rejected
Google Inc's plans to bring an immense library to the Internet has been dealt a major setback by a US judge on Tuesday, rejecting a settlement with authors and publishers over Google's digital book-scanning project.
In a 48-page ruling given 13 months after parties stated their cases in court, US District Court Judge Denny Chin said the proposed deal "is not fair, adequate and reasonable."
"While the digitization of books and the creation of a universal digital library would benefit many, the (proposed settlement) would simply go too far," said Chin.
The proposed settlement would have allowed Google "significant rights to exploit entire books, without permission of the copyright owners," Chin explained. It would give Google a "significant advantage over competitors, rewarding it for engaging in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission."
Although he shut down the proposed settlement, the door was left open for the parties involved to go back to the drawing board and work up a new deal.
"The motion for final approval of the (proposed settlement) is denied, without prejudice to renewal in the event the parties negotiate a revised settlement agreement," said Chin.
The settlement agreement stemmed from a class-action lawsuit filed in 2005 by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) charging Google with copyright infringement.
The settlement looked for Google to pay $125 million to resolve outstanding claims and to establish a "Book Rights Registry," which would provide sales and advertising revenue to authors and publishers.
The issue gained attention from both sides of the coin with supporters of the settlement arguing that the proposed digital library would make millions of out-of-print books available and provide authors a new way to profit from their works. While opponents looked for a deal rejection, saying it would give Google exclusive rights to digitize out-of-print books whose authors cannot be traced.
The US Justice Department criticized the settlement for including books unless an author opted out of the deal.
Chin also expressed concern about the opt-out part of the settlement. "Many of the concerns raised in the objections would be ameliorated if the (proposed settlement) were converted from an 'opt-out' settlement to an 'opt-in' settlement," he said in his ruling.
"This is clearly disappointing, but we'll review the court's decision and consider our options," Google counsel Hilary Ware told AFP in a statement, expressing disappointment with Judge Chin's ruling.
"Like many others, we believe this agreement has the potential to open-up access to millions of books that are currently hard to find in the US today "¦ regardless of the outcome, we'll continue to work to make more of the world's books discoverable online through Google Books and Google eBooks," she said.
Google Books project, launched in 2004, has digitized over 15 million books from more than 100 countries. The Internet search company also opened its Google eBookstore, a separate venture, in December 2010.
The judge's ruling was welcomed by the Open Book Alliance — a coalition of groups which opposed the settlement and included Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! — calling it "a victory for the public interest and for competition in the literary and Internet ecosystems."
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Aung Min, like many in Rangoon, grew up poor. He enlisted in the Burmese
army in 1999 at the age of 18 with ambitions that he would one day join
the ranks of his commanding officers. By 2003 he was a second lieutenant
stationed in Laukkaing Township in Shan State and led a group of 20
men--his pockets filled reliably with drug money.Opium production has been
an economical lynchpin in eastern Shan State since the late 1940s when
military leaders refused to honour the Panglong Agreement that granted
autonomy to ethnic states. Rebel armies grew as their drug trade took over
the region, and then the world. Shan warlord Khun Sa dominated Southeast
Asia's infamous Golden Triangle with his heroin enterprise through the
1980s and 1990s. By 1995, the Golden Triangle, the mountainous region
where Burma, Laos and Thailand meet, became the world's leader in opium
production. His 30-year revolutionary war ended in 1996 but heroin
continues to flow out of the state, albeit at a lower rate, with a new
breed of drug lords.Despite acknowledgement by the US State Department
that poppy cultivation in Burma today is less than 20 per cent of what it
was in the mid-1990s, it's still an annual multi-billion-dollar business.
Burma remains the world's second-larges t opium producer after
Afghanistan, and processed 330 metric tonnes, or 17 per cent, of last
year's world supply, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
2010 World Drug Report. Poppy cultivation has also been on a steady
incline for the past three years.Other pages in the report show that Burma
is also Asia's largest producer of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS),
which include methamphetamine, distributed in the form of the cheap and
chemically dirty pills, most commonly known in Thailand and the region as
ya baa (crazy drug); and the more expensive and cleaner crystalline form
known as Ice. Burmese production of methamphetamine coincided with reduced
opium production, but producers did not necessarily switch over."There has
been more production last year when it comes to stimulants because of the
increased involvement by the junta-backed militia groups," Khun Seng, an
editor at the independent media and research group Shan Herald Agency for
News (SH AN), said. "When the militia groups support the political
aspirations of the junta they are also supported by the junta in their
drug activities.""And if you're the drug boss," he added. "You'll do
anything that'll bring in money. If I'm producing more meth it is because
of the market--the buyers. Right now, for two years in a row, opium
production has been down so there is less production of heroin than in
other years, that's all. They are not intentionally switching from heroin
production to meth production."Pornthep Eamprapai, director of the Office
of the Narcotics Control Board in Chiang Mai, said heroin and opium
production was down because of climatic conditions and drought, not
because of eradication. "Meth" quickly filled that gap in recent years, he
said, because cons umer demand in Thailand is high due to economic and
social instability. Thais are becoming addicted to ya baa at an alarming
rate, while they were never too kee n on heroin."Making meth is so much
easier too," Pornthep said. "Cooking up meth or Ice doesn't require any
crop."Another big difference between today's drug trade and that of the
Khun Sa era, is that it is now increasingly controlled by the government.
Former Prime Minister Khin Nyunt engineered a series of ceasefires with
major drug-producing militias in 2003-2004 and incorporated them into the
economy and constitutional process, creating an environment conducive to
drug production and collusion between military personnel and drug
traffickers. The regime has been suspected of involvement in the drug
trade in the past but never at the level seen today.In the past decade,
the military regime has prioritised keeping it under wraps and making it
appear as though it has waged a war on drugs. In 1999 the military
inducted a 15-year drug-eradication programme, made lofty promises to the
international community to crack down on trafficking, publicised some toke
n drug busts and even opened an anti-drug museum. But these acts were all
sleight of hand--an illusion to placate the international community.
Although, they may have worked.The UNODC commended the junta for its
"considerable decrease in the area under cultivation and a strong decline
in potential opium production" in its Opium Poppy Cultivation Report last
year and budgeted US$7.7 million for the eradication programme between
2004 to 2007."It's just another attempt to get the international community
to pay for ordinary development programmes instead of using the state
budget for that purpose," said Chiang Mai-based author Bertil Lintner, who
chronicled the history of Burma's heroin warlords in his book, Burma In
Revolt, and more recently the multi-billion-dollar methamphetamine trade
in Merchants of Madness: The Methamphetamine Explosion in the Golden
Triangle."And most of the UNODC's programmes are just that--ordinary
development programmes that ha ve little or nothing to do with drug
eradication," Lintner said.Pornthep says the Thai government gives Burma
20 million baht (US$625,000) annually every year for opium
eradication."Their (Burma's) government isn't doing enough because they
don't have the resources," he said. "Therefore they need co-operation and
aid from other countries."Eleven years later, drug lords continue to
operate with impunity and the Burmese Army remains closely involved in the
lucrative opium economy, using it as leverage against ceasefire armies. As
its deadline approaches, Burma is nowhere near being a drug-free nation.
Only 13 townships of the targeted 51 can claim to be poppy-free, while the
others are still growing, according to the 2009 Shan Drug Watch Report.
Military culture: a paradigm shift
In 2003 Aung Min was riding high on drug "taxes" collected from
traffickers that crossed into his command area, but one day he arrested
and executed 15 traffi ckers, seized their heroin and sold it on the
Chinese black market for 200 million Kyats (US $200,000), 20 times more
than he would make in a year of tax collecting.
Military intelligence investigated Aung Min shortly after the incident
when his foot soldiers were seen suddenly adorned in gold jewellery and he
had made a considerable transaction to his mother in the middle of Burma's
banking crisis that had left several banks bankrupt and the Kyat inflated
beyond repair. That red flag landed him 15 years in prison. However, the
crime he committed was not really the problem; it was the spectacle that
got him in trouble."Military officers' involvement in drug trafficking is
very common, particularly in Shan State. Even the killing," said an
ex-army captain and friend of Aung Min. "It's rar e that they are
arrested. Aung Min was inexperienced so he didn't know how to be
low-profile."The former officer divulged Aung Min's story on condition of
anonymit y. He left the army last year after 10 years of service and now
lives across the border in northern Thailand. He went through three years
of officer intake with Aung Min and said they were close friends. The last
time they saw each other was on October 7, 2002."He was very honest--a
simple man," he said. "I was surprised when I found out. I think it was
due to the environment because he was assigned to this area and this kind
of bribing, taking money, dealing drugs--this might have changed him."Many
Burmese soldiers survive on revenues collected from extortion fees because
their salaries are meagre and the government has cut off their rations.
Today, a private earns about 16,000 Kyats a month, a sergeant earns 35,000
to 40,000 Kyats, while a major general earns 800,000 Kyats."The army
capacity is also declining: the fighting capacity, military capacity,
administration capacity, organising capacity. It's all due to
mismanagement," he said. " While at the top level they're getting more
benefits and becoming wealthier."The ex-army captain explained that
battalions had been cut down, but they still had the same amount of work.
Faced with the challenge, they had to get creative and make deals with
traffickers instead of trying to fight them."We can't fight Karen rebels
with 120 soldiers. It's like 120 people with the duties of 500," he
said.In 2005, headquarters ordered him to set fire to 180 homes in a Karen
village in Kanasoepin Village, Thandaung Township."My superiors asked the
villagers to forcibly relocate to a designated area. They wanted to
control them and destroy the village so they couldn't communicate with
rebels," he said. "I had to get an agreement with the village head to set
up three houses only, document and report to regional command. This way
it'd be win-win."In this incidence, "win-win" was not bribery, it was
security. He only had 18 soldiers with him that day, in an area he
referred to as "the black area" where Karen rebels are active."If we
burned down the village, the Karen rebels would have attacked us," he
said. At that point, he realised he wanted out of the army. "I didn't want
to live with that stress anymore--to deal with that anymore."He said there
were no official orders to bribe opium farmers or traffickers, but that it
had become a major component of military culture. Everyone takes bribes
and the money goes all the way up the chain until it eventually reaches
Senior General Than Shwe. Officers stress that discretion is key because
of the military's appearance of reform. If a soldier's actions threaten to
expose their role in the drug trade, he will suffer the same fate as Aung
Min.Aung Min's story illustrates the military's deep involvement in the
drug trade-- a complete contradiction to the image it has projected to the
world. Appearances deceptive A favoured tactic of the reg ime in its
delusive fight against drugs is the highly publicised heroin eradication
programme, which the ex-officer explained is set up.There would be orders
from the regional command centre to cut off poppy at a plantation, he
said. The authorities would call the farmers and village leader be fore
heading out and telling them to prepare the crop. Upon arrival the farmers
would show the soldiers the unusable poppy plants, made so by the plants'
inability to produce the seeds required to make heroin. The soldiers would
slash these and leave the good ones intact. Then they would document the
eradication with photographs and bonfires. Afterwards, the soldiers
collect 10 million Kyats from the village head. This process is repeated
every three months.The Palaung Women's Organis ation (PWO), an NGO based
in Mae Sot, Thailand, found in its 2009 report, Poisoned Hills, that only
11 per cent of poppy fields had been destroyed the previous season, mostly
in areas visible to the UN's satellite monitors. The police reports they
obtained claimed that 25 per cent of fields were destroyed.More "taxes"
are collected in the trafficking process too. The ex-army captain
explained that regional commanders communicate with ceasefire group
leaders and issue passes to place on the narcotics cargo trucks so that
they are exempt from searches at checkpoints. There are 13 regional
commanders throughout the state. About three of them: the Eastern, the
North-eastern and Triangle commanders are active in the drug trade. Prime
Minister Thein Sein is a prime example of the power these regional
commanders hold, as he was the Triangle Regional Commander in 2001 and
dealt with Shan warlords on a regular basis before his promotion in 2007.
'Politically correct' drug trade "In my 10 years in the army there's been
an increase in drugs, trafficking, bribes and this kind of involvement,"
said the ex-army captain.The escalation in drug activities is partly
caused by the growing number of militia and ceasefire groups."Before the
army got an agreement with the ceasefire groups they fought against the
rebels and weren't involved in drug trafficking because they were not
friends, they were enemies," said the former captain. "After the ceasefire
they had to get money from them for sustainability."Today there is an
estimated 17 ceasefire agreements with the country's ethnic rebel groups.
The number of active militia groups is unknown, but the SHAN received
junta documents that revealed 396 in the North-eastern command alone. In
the run up to this year's election, the military has increased pressure on
ceasefire groups to join its Border Guard Force. Those that concede and
support the junta's political ambitions are awarded with military support
in their drug activities. SHAN editor Khun Seng said that the junta party
needs canvassers that have influence in their respective
communities."Those who are most influenti al are involved in the drug
trade, especially the militia leaders," he said. "These people will take
advantage of the situation."Khun Seng said that as an extra incentive,
each militia group was now assigned an operational area where they could
do whatever they want without disruption."If you are 'politically
correct', you can do anything in Burma," he said.As an example he
described this year's Armed Forces Day in Burma."The commander (Colonel
Khin Maung Soe) in Tachilek spoke on the sidelines to the militia leaders,
'This is your golden opportunity. My only advice is that you send your
products across the border, but not on this (Burma's) side'," Khun Seng
said.PWO's investigation corroborated SHAN's accounts that more drugs were
indeed coming out of militia-run areas. It reported that opium cultivation
increased over 200 per cent in Mantong and Namkham townships in Shan
State, both areas controlled by the government. During the 2008-2009
season, the acreage found by PWO for only these two townships, out of the
total 23 townships in Northern Shan State, was nearly three times (4,545
hectares) the total recorded by UNODC for all 23 townships combined. The
UNODC reported a 100 per cent increase in that same time period in all of
Northern Shan State, from 800 hectares to 1,600 hectares.BOTh SHAN and PWO
have crit icised the UNODC's methodology, which relies on data reported by
the junta's (State Peace and Development Council, SPDC) eradication
reports and satellite imagery without proper verification.The ONCB in
Thailand also acquires its Burma drug data from the SPDC."For the most
part we exchange data with them with good communication and
understanding," Pornthep s aid. "There has been no lying on their part and
their data can be backed up. For instance, the figures for poppy
cultivation are the same as the UNODC, the US and China.""We never meet
with the NGOs in Burma," he added . "We only communicate with the
government and narcotic police." Seizures mean little
Khun Seng also disputed a statement in the UNODC World Drug Report that
attributed the increase in methamphetimine production to ethnic
insurgencies in Shan State readying to fight the SPDC by selling more
drugs to purchase arms."The Kokang and Wa are producing at the normal
rate, no more, no less. The increase is due to the involvement of the
militia groups", he said. "Now with the Wa and Kokang, these people can
produce but they can't transport without the co-operation of the militia
groups. If they do it by themselves they are caught."
Which explains the number of seized drugs in Burma. UNODC Regional
Representative Gary Lewis stated at the release of the 2010 World Drug
Report in Bangkok, that 23 million methamphetamine pills were seized in
Burma last year, from one million in 2008. Lewis said the numbers likely
reflect a surge in production, rather than crime prevention.Khun Seng
agreed that more seizures meant more production, but said that was only
part of the picture. The military was particular about where the seizures
came from. That is, when the seizures were not fabricated.
Militia-produced drugs almost always made it across the border, he
said.The Kokang, a ceasefire group well known for drug production and
trafficking along the Sino-Burmese border, were recently attacked by the
SPDC for their refusal to join the Border Guard Force and all their drugs
were seized. The regime long turned a blind eye to the Kokang's drug
operations and even publicised the area as a "drug-free zone" after its
eradication campaign, but in August last year, this all changed and the
regime announced a massive seizure of drugs in the Kokang area, while
driving more than 37,000 refugees into China.Several large shipments of
methamphetamine, believed to have originated from the United Wa State Army
(UWSA), were also rec ently seized in Tachilek near the Thailand
border."Seizures are irrelevant and are made only when the authorities
want to put pressure on, for instance, the UWSA, for political and
security reasons," Lintner said.The UWSA, armed with 30,000 soldiers, is
the largest ceasefire group to reject the junta's proposal to become part
of the Border Guard Force and the military has turned up the heat as the
election approaches. Much of the seized drugs last year are believed to
have come from the Kokang and Wa--seizures that would never have happened
in the past."Proceeds from the drug trade were always a major source of
income for several rebel armies in Burma, before and after the
ceasefires," Lintner said. "But the Burmese government and the UNODC chose
to turn a blind eye to the traffic as long as the ceasefire groups were on
good terms with the government. Now, when some of the ceasefire armies are
resisting the government's demands that they transform th eir respective
armies into Border Guard Forces, they are suddenly being accused of
trading in drugs, which they have always done."Even with the drastic surge
in methamphetamine seizures, the World Drug Report noted that seizures
continued to remain very low in Burma. Despite being the second-largest
producer of heroin in the world, only one per cent of worldwide heroin
interception was seized in Burma in 2008. Similarly, of the 32 million
tablets seized in East and Southeast Asia in 2008, only about three per
cent, or 1.1 million, were seized in Burma.The report also states that the
number of tablets and the amount precursor chemicals seized in Burma
jumped last year, when the SPDC entered by force parts of north and
eastern Shan State not un der their control. The new political order The
new drug economy that the SPDC has built in Burma will only worsen as the
regime's crusade for power and control intensifies in the run-up to the
election. Lintner anticipates the drug trade will eclipse what was seen in
the 1990s."In 1990, only opium was produced, and the derivative heroin,"
he said. "The production increased dramatically in the 1990s, and now is
back to what it was 20 years ago. Plus methamphetamines, which were
unknown in the Burmese sector of the Golden Triangle 20 years ago."In
1997, then US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright knew all too well
where Burma's drug trade would lead when she aptly stated, "Drug
traffickers who once spent their days leading mule trains down jungle
tracks are now leading lights in Burma's new market economy and leading
figures in its new political order."
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PM Aphisit Defends Thai Government's Policy in Dispute With Cambodia
Unattributed report from the "Breaking News" page: "PM:Govt protecting the
country's benefit" - Bangkok Post Online
Saturday August 7, 2010 09:11:19 GMT
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva insisted that the government has tried to
protect the country's territory and sovereignty over the border dispute
with Cambodia, reports said.
Mr Abhisit said this when he took to the rally stage of the Thailand
Patriot Network at Thai-Japan stadium on Saturday afternoon to answer
questions from the protesters.
He said there is no reason for the government to exchange the country's
territory for any other things.
The questions relating to the Preah Vihear temple's management plan of
Cambodia were raised by a representative of about 2,000 members of the
patriot network gathering at the sport stadium.
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of a daily newspaper widely read by the foreign community in Thailand;
provides good coverage on Indochina. Audited hardcopy circulation of
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Aphisit Invites Thailand Patriot Network Leader To Join Preah Vihear
Temple Talks
Unattributed report from the "Breaking News" page: "PM invites Veera to
join discussion" - Bangkok Post Online
Saturday August 7, 2010 09:16:23 GMT
Veera Somkwamkid, core leader of Thailand Patriot Network, said on the
mobile rally stage in front of Army Region 1 headquarters that Prime
Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had phoned him inviting to join a discussion on
Preah Vihear temple dispute at Thai-Japan stadium.
"Mr Abhisit is scheduled to discuss the ancient temple problem with Maj
Gen Chamlong Srimuang, core leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy
(PAD), at the stadium later this afternoon and he invited me to join", Mr
Maj Gen Chamlong is now leading members of the patriot network to rally
against Cambodia's temple plan at the stadium.
According to Mr Veera, the prime minister said after the talks, there will
be a joint discussion on the issue which will be broadcast live nationwide
by all television stations tomorrow morning, after the premier's
"Confidence in Thailand with PM Abhisit" weekly programme on Channel 11
Mr Veera said after discussing the proposal with key members of the
patriot network, he decided not to accept the invitation on talks at the
Thai-Japan stadium.
He said if Mr Abhisit wants to talks, he should hold the discussion event
at Government House tomorrow without any side-line talks, to allow the
people to get the information about the discussion at the same time.
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of a daily newspaper widely read by the foreign community in Thailand;
provides good coverage on Indochina. Audited hardcopy circulation of
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Thai Yellow-Shirt Protesters Gather in Bangkok
AFP Report: "Thai "Yellow Shirt" protesters gather in Bangkok" - AFP
Saturday August 7, 2010 06:09:39 GMT
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the independent French press agency Agence France-Presse)
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Thai Article Says Reshuffle To Strengthen Army, Anuphong To Face
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Saturday August 7, 2010 14:06:40 GMT
General Anuphong Phaochinda, the second-most important figure in the
Tigers of the East Group, must be feeling the chill now as he will become
the first in the group to step out of power. Prior to this, it was widely
speculated that the most important figure in the group, General Prawit
Wongsuwan, would be only remain a silent contributor and the first one in
the group to step down. However, it is the incumbent Army chief, Anuphong
or Big Pok, who is going to be the first to step down. By leaving his
powerful post, Anuphong will be like a "guinea pig" to face the direct
effects of the country's ongoing crisis because both red-shirted and the
yellow-shirted prote sters consider Anuphong their enemy.
Pretty soon, Anuphong will be the first from his group to directly
experience the severity of vengeance. He will no more have a powerful post
to use as a shield. He will definitely have to face retaliations from both
yellow-shirted and red-shirted protesters. His ordeal, when it befalls,
will let his allies be aware and prepare themselves to face the same later
in their lives. Prawit, Suthep Thueaksuban, and Aphisit Wetchachiwa may
retain their powerful posts today. But, in the end, they will lose those
posts someday. No one can stay in power forever.
Undeniably, the Aphisit-led administration was formed with effort of the
"Army." The current administration would have never come to power without
the help from the "Tigers of the East Group," which was led by Prawit and
supported by Anuphong and Prayut. An adept coordinator, Police General
Phatcharawat Wongsuwan, former national police commissioner, is goin g to
be a big headache for the incumbent government. He has close ties with
prominent members of the Phum Chai Thai Party and from there, the story
goes on.
The upcoming military reshuffle is going to be a rocking event. The Royal
Thai Army, in particular, will see significant changes in all of its five
crucial posts. Moreover, all army regions in the north, the northeast, the
south, and the central regions will also have new chiefs. New lists are
also being prepared for the posts of "commanding generals." Overall, the
reshuffle is apparently set to strengthen the "Royal Thai Army." After
examining the reshuffle plan, I can guarantee that the "Royal Thai Army"
will be stronger and more powerful next year. This means that the military
will be as strong as an iron-made wall while the Aphisit-led civilian
government under its protection will be weakening.
The military reshuffle plan is going on smoothly. There is no surprise
appointme nt across all the three armed forces -- the Royal Thai Army, the
Royal Thai Navy, and the Royal Thai Air Force. However, the police force
is still faced with problems. To date, there is no real police chief.
Police General Pathip Tanpr asoet has been serving only as an acting
police chief. He has become now the longest-serving acting police chief in
the world. In September, he will reach his retirement age, and it remains
unclear as to who will rise to the helm of the police force after him.
Perhaps, another acting police chief will be named. Apparently, the police
force will not be able to get rid of its old problem.
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political coverage with editorials and commentaries critical of the
Democrat-led government and the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).
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Suspected Militants in South Kill Ranger in Yala Ambush
Unattributed report from the "Breaking News" page: "Ranger shot dead in
Yala ambush" - Bangkok Post Online
Saturday August 7, 2010 09:36:38 GMT
A ranger attached to the Special Ranger Unit No 4703 was killed in an
ambush at Paejang village in Yala's Krong Penang district while he was on
his way to work on Saturday morning, police said.
Corp Suchart Sueadam, 32, was shot in the head and body and died at the
Police blamed separatist militants.
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By Tom Orsborn CINCINNATI — Laden with heavy hearts after the death of a teammate, the Dallas Cowboys walked silently into their downtown team hotel late Saturday afternoon. Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent was arrested early Saturday morning on charges of intoxication manslaughter after a one-vehicle accident that killed linebacker Jerry Brown, a former member […]
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IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys practice-squad linebacker Jerry Brown was killed in a one-car accident Saturday and teammate Josh Brent was charged with intoxication manslaughter. The police spokesman says officers conducted a field sobriety test on Brent and arrested him. The Cowboys signed Brown, who had been with the Colts, to their practice squad […]
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The Cowboys placed slot cornerback Orlando Scandrick on injured reserve Saturday and filled his slot on the 53-man roster with practice squad defensive lineman Rob Callaway. Scandrick, who has a broken hand, is the sixth defensive player from the Cowboys to go on IR this season. Five of those players were either starters or had […]
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Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo enters Paul Brown Stadium with a hot hand, but he faces a tough challenge in the Bengals' eighth-ranked defense. During Cincinnati's four-game winning streak, coordinator Mike Zimmer's crew has allowed just eight red-zone trips and only one touchdown. Another impressive fact: It's a run in which the Bengals faced prolific passers […]
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Bengals' Pacman Jones: Coaching in Dallas was 'horrible'
Cincinnati Bengals cornerbacks Terence Newman and Adam "Pacman" Jones have been talking out of both sides of their mouths when it comes how they feel about Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys. Newman and Jones are former Cowboys. Neither left the club on their own terms. The Cowboys cut ties with Newman after he struggled […]
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Carr struggling to cope with Kansas City tragedy
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr said Wednesday he continues to struggle to come to grips with the murder-suicide committed last week by one of his former Kansas City Chiefs teammates. Speaking to reporters in Irving, Carr admitted it was "tough" for him to get through Sunday's win over Philadelphia while playing with "a heavy heart" […]
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Jerry Jones hums 'Hail to the Redskins'
DALLAS – With his team's season on the brink, Jerry Jones did the unthinkable. In an interview with KRLD-FM on Tuesday, the Dallas Cowboys owner revealed he rooted for the franchise's hated rival, the Washington Redskins, on Monday Night Football. "We couldn't believe 'Redskins' was coming out of (our) mouths," Jones said. That's "Redskins" as […]
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Murray feared his season could be over
DALLAS – During the midst of his six-game absence due to a foot injury, Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray feared that his season could be over, he revealed in a radio interview Tuesday morning. "After four or five weeks (into it), I'm sitting there (thinking my season could be over)," Murray told KRLD-FM, per ESPNDallas.com. […]
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Can Bryant carry Cowboys to playoffs?
IRVING – Jason Garrett once described 6-foot-2, 220-pound Dez Bryant as having a physique that looks like it was "chiseled out of a mountain." With four games left in the season and their faint playoff hopes still alive after Sunday night's come-from-behind 38-33 win over Philadelphia, the Dallas Cowboys should climb onto Bryant's broad back […]
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Romo up, Ryan down
UP Tony Romo: His 150.5 passer rating Sunday night was a career best, third in team history and his 47th career game with a rating above 100.0, a club record. Only three other passers – Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Philip Rivers – have had more games with a 100.0 rating since 2006. DeMarco Murray: […]
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Star Trek Online Digital Deluxe Edition $5.00 @ Amazon
so, i just purchased STO DD from amazon for $5 and i was wondering if the Space Neon Lobster fleet was still around?
also if anyone else want's to finally pick this up and join in on my really bad holiday decision, here is the link
for $5 i think it's worth it to mess around for a month, last time i touched this game was during the beta
My general philosophy is that the quality of the game is reflected by how fast and how steep the price drops are. Something tells me that there's something wrong about Star Trek Online.
got a nice xmas present from cryptic, after i downloaded the game from amazon today, i logged in with the account i was using during the beta (at the time i was doing preview coverage) and lo and behold my account is still a press account with full access. so i don't even have to pay to play, did not have to add acredit card or anything and i have access to a bunch off stuff they are selling in the c-store(just claimed basically everything out of the c-store as a free item)...anyway, i started playing today and it's still STO, so if there are any SNL's out there in sector space, i am the large breasted , pink haired female borg captain Kari Moon, flying around in the USS Evil Dead, i hink my char info is kari@Groovy_Gamer and yes i am a dude but the MMO rule applies here, if i have to stare at a screen for several hours looking at the same char, it;s going to be a pink haired borg female with a nice ass
Its not great, but getting better.
Moral of the story being that atari, as is typical, rushed a product that really needed another year of development.
As it stands the patches since launch have made improvements, and more are on the way. Ground combat is being reworked, they are introducing player created content, and they have been doing 'featured' episodes that have been quite entertaining. This isn't a perfect game by far, but at least it is improving over time, including a recent overhaul of sector space with more work on it being talked about. At 2.50 for basic and 5.00 for deluxe, you can effectively get 60 days of play for 7.50 (the 30 day trial with each edition stack), and at that price you'll more then get your moneys worth out of it.
sure invite me, here is what my char looks like.....ooh yeah pink haired borg lady
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Sorority conferences are a great way to become informed about the other chapters in your organization as well as another opportunity to get to know more of your genuine sorority sisters from around the country. Here are some fabulous tips from some sorority ladies about what to pack for a fun weekend where you will get to learn more about the rituals and traditions your organization has to offer.
Don't pack too much
Whether you're going away for two weeks or just two days you may tend to run in to the same problem: over-packing. You may run into a situation where you pack too many clothes and don't end up wearing half of them.
"Pack a light load because you will probably be getting a lot of gifts and things from other chapters and you will need to be able to bring them home. It's always easier to travel lightly. It's only a weekend," Brette Wayne, Sigma Delta Tau senior at Indiana University, said.
Putting your clothes on hangers is also beneficial because you most likely will be sharing a room with several other girls where space will be limited. Folding your clothes in half rather than quarters will also be helpful so they lie flatter in your suitcase and take up less space.
However, you must remember to pack the essentials
"Pack business casual clothing because there will be a lot of alumnae and directors, and it is better to show that you are a strong woman with leadership values. You can't do that if you dress sloppy," Hayley Grossman, Sigma Delta Tau senior at Indiana University, said.
Dressing professionally will also make you feel good and have an even more productive weekend.
"Packing clothes that can be mix and matched is key! But it's nice being with sisters who will let you borrow things if you need it!" Kelli Dunagan, Alpha Omicron Pi senior at Samford University said.
"Store jewelry and badge in a small pill box, or already have pinned on your first outfit. Wrap white dresses in tissue or linen bag so nothing spills on it. Pick neutrals with one pop color (example – black, white, purple or gray, white, yellow) so you can have the same jewelry, etc," Shelly Marie Redmond, Editor-in-Chief at College Lifestyles™ said.
Next time you have a sorority conference to go to, don't freak out about packing. Being smart and remembering these tips will lead to a successful and memorable convention with your sisters.
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Second I got moderated.:( For disruptive posting.:o
So I want to ask you to tell me if you mind being mentioned back in a comment; so I do not disrupt any of you.:)
If you do not want me to, then I will try never to again, and I will not say who moderated me so do not ask, and if he reads this, I hold no grudge to him.:)
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Raul Ibanez hit a two-run game-winning homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied from a four-run deficit to edge the San Diego Padres, 5-4, in the third of a four-game series at Citizens Bank Park.
"It's always good to contribute to your club and especially when you win," Ibanez said. "There's a lot of stuff that went into this game and we did it together. It's a great collective effort."
With the Phils trailing 4-3 in their final at-bat, Edwin Moreno (0-1) was brought on in place of regular closer Heath Bell to try and preserve the win and the move backfired on manager Bud Black and Padres.
Ryan Howard started the inning with a bloop single and Ibanez followed by hammering a belt-high 2-0 changeup into the right-field stands to give the defending world champions the victory.
"Ibanez got a big hit didn't he? We used the home-run ball to score. Good win for us. Got to get into a regular routine," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said.
Ibanez finished 2-for-4, while Howard turned in a three-hit effort, including a triple. Chase Utley hit a two-run homer and Jimmy Rollins added a solo blast for the Phillies, who snapped a three-game losing skid.
Chan Ho Park started for Philadelphia and was tagged for four runs on eight hits over five innings. Clay Condrey (2-0) pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the win.
Adrian Gonzalez had two hits with a solo homer, and Edgar Gonzalez added an RBI triple and run scored for the Padres, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Kevin Kouzmanoff had three hits in defeat.
Josh Geer got the starting nod for San Diego and pitched to a no-decision despite turning in a solid seven-inning effort. The righty gave up two runs -- one earned -- on six hits with four strikeouts.
Geer was making his first start of the 2009 campaign after scheduled starter Walter Silva was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right forearm.
"Josh pitched outstanding," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Coming across country against the defending world champions and throwing seven innings, threw great, changed speeds, moved the fastball which he does. Seven innings, one earned run, against this lineup is pretty impressive."
San Diego drew first blood, putting three on the board in the third. Everth Cabrera started the inning with a bunt single, then took second on a sacrifice bunt by Geer. Gerut followed with a run-scoring base-hit to make it a 1-0 game.
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Adrian Gonzalez's fifth homer of the season, a solo blast off an 0-1 slider from Park, upped the visitors lead to 4-0 in the fifth inning.
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Rollins' pinch-hit solo shot to right in the eighth off Edward Mujica got the defending world champions back to within one.
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Even with the best training, issues will pop up, and it's imperative to investigate and deal with them quickly, Keary said.
Many issues can be solved with a simple conversation, she said, using casual contact as an example. Telling an employee that hugging others makes some uncomfortable may be all it takes to solve a problem, she said.
"They may just be 'huggy' and have had no idea that they were making anyone uncomfortable," she said.
At a good company, the employee who is uncomfortable should not be afraid to speak up, Guerchon said.
"We're lucky that at Riverbed, we trust our leaders," he said. "We trust them because they lead by example. And I'd tell any entrepreneur, if they lead by example, the rest of it is all mechanics."
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• A policy should explain the two types of sexual harassment. One creates a hostile environment by making the offended party uncomfortable with the words or actions of others. The other, quid pro quo, is the abuse of power by a supervisor. In other words, if a boss tells an employee, "You'll get that promotion if you sleep with me," power has been abused.


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I want to password protect my hosts file on my computer to prevent it from being edited. Can anyone suggest a freeware program that can do this, i had a great one in the past but accidently lost it from my computer when i reformated windows.
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Ongoing effort to seek intelligent extraterrestrial life. SETI focuses on receiving and analyzing signals from space, particularly in the radio and visible-light regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, looking for nonrandom patterns likely to have been sent either deliberately or inadvertently by technologically advanced beings. The first modern SETI search was Project Ozma (1960), which made use of a radio telescope in Green Bank, W.Va. SETI approaches include targeted searches, which typically concentrate on groups of nearby sunlike stars, and systematic surveys covering all directions. The value of SETI efforts has been controversial; programs initiated by NASA in the 1970s were terminated by congressional action in 1993. Subsequently, SETI researchers organized privately funded programse.g., the targeted-search Project Phoenix in the U.S. and the survey-type SERENDIP projects in the U.S. and Australia. See also Drake equation.
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