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The director is forging ahead with his new film starring Kunchacko Boban. "Titled Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal, the film tells the tale of the victims of Endosulfan in Kasaragod. It will be shot during the four seasons and the first one begins in June during the Monsoon. Based on a real story of a mediaperson, the film has Kunchacko playing a photo journalist who covers the terrible scars of a region suffering from the ill effects of Endosulphan," he says.
Moving on to the awards, Biju feels that having Saeed Mirza at the helm of the National Jury must have made a difference because Saeed is a director who has always worked on themes that dealt with issues of the common man and the marginalised. "All the awards, including the ones for regional cinema, have been given to movies that are not escapist fare. These awards shift the focus to real cinema and real issues. I feel that is a welcome change. What is interesting is that Saira, my first film, was selected to the Indian Panorama in 2006 by a jury headed by Saeed. Although I have never met him, he has somehow played a decisive role in the fate of my films," adds Biju.
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With a heavy dose of double-entendre, the Dirty Shows founder, Jerry Vile said, ''We knew that the Dirty Show craved a massive climax for our virgin voyage in Los Angeles. We had spoken with artist friends like Justice Howard and 1019, about a huge fetish oriented event that was taking place in Hollywood on the second Saturday of each month. Everyone who had attended Fetish Nation described it as a fourth dimensional orgasm for the senses. Since our show was going to fall on that weekend, we contacted Cameron of Chaos Productions and Brandt Stebbins of Intense Management, Inc., the producers of Fetish Nation and asked if we could slide into their event for our after-party. We were delighted that the accepted our advances.''
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As supply does not meet the demand, traders artificially ripen mangoes
Come summer and the sales of fruits, especially mangoes, increases exponentially. People see it as the safest and the tasty way to beat the intense heat of the season, and the dehydration that accompanies it.
A large district such as Coimbatore consumes, according to a conservative estimate, over 15 tonnes of mangoes every single day during peak summer.
However, the supply does not always meet this huge quantum of demand for a multitude of reasons and unscrupulous traders, intent on making a quick buck, resort to illegal measures to artificially ripen not only mangoes, but a whole gamut of fruits that sell well now.
More than 3.5 tonnes of artificially-ripened chikoo ('sapota') were seized from just two shops last year, indicating the scale of the problem, says R. Kathiravan, Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department (Food Safety Wing).
Explaining the process behind artificial ripening, he says ethylene gas initiates the ripening process in a fruit. Normally, several other processes follow this step, including the conversion of starch to sugar, the crucial step which makes mangoes so mouth-wateringly tasty.
However, in an artificially ripened fruit, only the chlorophyll (green pigment) changes colour and none of the other natural processes take place. This results in a seemingly ripe fruit tasting very sour.
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Among the most common method for artificial ripening, he says, is the use of calcium carbide - primarily due to its easy availability and cheap cost - which emits acetylene gas when mixed with water. Calcium carbide is predominantly used in arc welding.
Just one kilogram of this substance, brought for as little as Rs. 30, can ripen around 10 tonnes of fruits. For example, he says raw fruits of the much-sought after Imam Pasand mango can be procured for half its market price, ripened using a kilogram of carbide and sold for the market price, resulting in a 100 per cent profit.
The calcium crystals, Dr. Kathiravan says, are kept among the stones for 12 hours, mostly during the nights making it difficult to catch the errant traders.
Other less-common methods include the use of Ethiphon, a pesticide in liquid form which is diluted and sprayed on the fruits, and Oxytocin, a hormone injected into the fruits.
Health hazard
The major health hazard is the acetylene gas emitted by calcium carbide. This targets the neurological system and reduces the oxygen supply to the brain.
While short-term effects include sleeping disorders and headaches, he says the long term effects are memory loss, seizures, mouth ulcers, skin rashes, renal problems and possibly, even cancer.
Any one having information on artificial ripening of fruits could mail the information email@example.com. All information will be kept in confidence and action taken, assures Dr. Kathiravan.


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JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - It's an unthinkable crime: 7 puppies abandoned in a box at a busy intersection in Jonesboro.
The Jonesboro Police Department found the puppies at a stop sign inside a cardboard box taped shut with duct tape.
Authorities took the 3-to-4 week old puppies to the animal shelter for processing, but one later died.
Sergeant Larry Rogers said this sort of thing happens all the time.
He hopes people will start leaving any unwanted animals with Animal Control rather than dump them on the street.
"If someone does not find them and bring them to us it is a very long cruel death to these puppies. In this weather right here, they are going to freeze to death and it's a horrible death for them," said Rogers.
Police are currently trying to see if any fingerprints were left on the box to figure out who abandoned the puppies at the intersection.
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The Great Florida Recount
The great Florida recount is under way. The results are trickling in--and, while they seem to boost the contention of Gore diehards (we really got more votes), this news is unlikely to have much of an impact on politics as-is, especially since the information is coming from a variety of diffuse sources and can be debated by those who don't desire a clear and definitive post-election accounting.
Actually, it is not a recount that is happening; call it an inspection. There are no official reviews being conducted. But in counties across the state, different news organizations inspecting various sets of ballots. These outfits are then free to classify and evaluate the ballots in manner they wish. They can report whatever results they see fit to publicize. They can state the number of ballots that had missing chads, or dimpled chads. They can add up ballots that would have or could have been counted for either Bush or Gore--or they can let the public do the math. The Miami Herald (with USA Today), the Palm Beach Post and the Orlando Sentinel have been busy surveying ballots. And a big-media consortium--the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, AP and others--is set to start its own statewide assessment. In addition, news organizations and academics have conducted computer analyses of ballot data to determine if votes for Gore or Bush were lost due to technology problems.
It will be hard to derive a single bottom-line from all this--to state that a recount would definitely have granted Gore (or Bush) a victory of X number of votes. There will be arguments over standards. I spent three days in Miami studying one-third of the 10,600 undervote ballots in that county. My review--using tight standards--projected a Gore gain of only fifteen or so votes. (See "In the Field of Chads," January 29.) The Palm Beach Post's inspection--which utilized looser standards--uncovered more votes for both Bush and Gore, with Bush picking up six votes. And there will be disagreement over what votes should be considered when tallying the true outcome. For instance, as I found during that review--and as Anthony Salvanto, a faculty fellow at University of California at Irvine discovered by scrutinizing ballot data--in Miami-Dade, Gore outscored Bush by 300 among ballots where voters, for inexplicable reasons, had punched out the chad one spot below the chad for either Bush or Gore. Should such votes be counted?
Even as questions like that go unanswered, new numbers have started emerging. The Palm Beach Post examined one group of 4,513 undervotes in its home county. These are ballots that the county's canvassing board looked at in November and decided that no vote had been cast, with Democratic and Republican observers disagreeing. The newspaper concluded that Gore beat Bush 2500 to 1818 among these voters. The 682 difference here surpasses Bush's 537-vote margin of victory. (This would be in addition to the 174-vote gain Gore acquired during the county's hand recount--a gain which was not accepted by Secretary of State Katherine Harris, for it was submitted several hours after the deadline.)
Sounds like a big boost for Gore. But...not so fast. The ballots reviewed were only those undervotes disputed by the observers during the post-election hand recount. Since the Democrats were arguing for the counting of dimpled ballots and the Republicans were not, Republicans did not object as often when the canvassing board ruled a ballot a no-vote. Consequently, this group of ballots, the newspaper acknowledged, "carried a heavy Democratic tilt." The Palm Beach Post is continuing to examine another 4,600 undervotes in the county plus 19,235 overvotes--ballots that contain more than one vote for a presidential candidate.
The Orlando Sentinel, the South Florida Sentinel and the Chicago Tribune looked at 15,596 undervotes and overvotes in 15 different counties. All but one were mostly Republican, and each one used paper ballots and optical-scan readers. These papers unearthed 1700 ballots "on which a voter's choice for president could be easily determined." Among these, Gore had a 366-vote lead. The Gore campaign had not pushed for recounts in any of these counties--which represent 4.6 percent of the total ballots cast in the state. The Orlando Sentinel reported that its review "found hundreds [of ballots] that were thrown out even though it was clear which candidates those voters wanted." More than half of these ballots were rejected because the voter selected Bush and Gore and also wrote in the candidate's name. Some voters used pen rather than pencil or made marks outside the designated oval. Should any candidate be credited ballots with mistakes? These figures don't answer that debate. In any event, the Orlando Sentinel said, "It's impossible to know how important the lost votes identified in the review may have been without examining the much larger number of uncounted ballots around the state."
The Miami Herald review of the undervote throughout the state should be out soon. But in the meantime, the paper has reported that its analysis of the overvote in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties showed Gore "lost far more votes than" Bush. According to the Herald, in Palm Beach county--home of the now-famous "butterfly ballot"--of the 500,000 votes cast, 5,264 ballots contained votes for both Gore and Buchanan. If Gore had picked up 11 percent of these, he would have won. But no official recount would have included such ballots. The Herald has also reported that at least 3,000 illegal ballots were cast throughout the state--by felons, by residents who were not properly registered, by people who voted twice. Obviously, there is no way to ascertain who benefited from these ballots. Nor can there be an exact count of citizens who went to the polls and were turned away by mistake.
A Washington Post analysis of the computerized records for 2.7 million votes of the eight largest counties in Florida concluded that "democratic voters were significantly more likely to have invalidated their ballots than Republican voters." Gore, the paper found, "was by far most likely to be selected on invalid overvoted ballots, with his name punched as one of the choices on 46,000 of them. Bush, by comparison, was punched on 17,000." Whether or not these ballots deserve counting, the trend of intent is clear. Trends, though, don't trump individual ballots.
And this is all far from over. In the coming weeks, the major-media consortium will review the 180,000 undervotes and overvotes throughout the state. (The Florida state Supreme Court order mandating statewide hand recounts--which was overturned by the US Supreme Court--applied only to the undervotes.) This big-foot effort will produce no comprehensive, agreed-upon, end-of-story numbers. The University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center, which was hired by the consortium to examine the uncounted ballots, will compile an inventory of the ballots (so many dimples, so many hanging chads, so many outside-the-line ovals) and then leave it to each consortium member to analyze these findings. So hold on--even when the most extensive review is finished, there will be a host of competing findings.
In a better-run contest--with better machines, better pollworkers, and better voters (who assiduously followed instructions)--Gore would have won. Or so it seems at this point. Perhaps if Gore had fought for a state recount--instead of hand counts in only four counties--the election in Florida might have approached that better-run contest. But the system failed; Its error rate (which all systems have) surpassed the margin of victory. Gore may end up with various numbers on his side. But the argument--fuzzy math, some will shout--will never be settled. And the declared winner will not be moved or removed.


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The present invention is a method, system, and computer program product for editing dynamic web content. In accordance with the present invention, dynamic web content, such as JSP files, can be edited using the concept of workspaces. This allows a dynamic content file to be edited without affecting its associated web site during the editing process. A dynamic content file, such as JSP file, is edited or updated within a workspace, while the original dynamic content file remains available to users outside of the workspace.
1. A computer-implemented method for web content management, comprising the steps of:
(a) selecting at least one dynamic content file from a web site, said web site comprising a plurality of files, each of said plurality of files being stored in a respective storage location;
(b) placing a copy of said dynamic content file in a workspace, said workspace providing a respective storage location different from said respective storage location of said dynamic content file, said copy being editable within said workspace;
(c) enabling a first version of said web site to be viewed from within said workspace, said first version including a display of said copy stored within said workspace in conjunction with all other files on said web site, said other files being stored in respective storage locations outside of said workspace;
(d) while permitting said first version to be viewed from within said workspace, enabling a second version of said web site to be viewed from outside said workspace, said second version including a display of said dynamic content in conjunction with all other files on said web site, said other files being stored in respective storage locations outside of said workspace;
and wherein said dynamic file is a Java Server Pace.
2. A method as set forth in
(d) editing said copy of said file to create an edited version of said copy;
(e) viewing said edited version of said copy stored within said workspace in conjunction with all other files on said web site stored outside of said workspace.
3. A method as set forth in
(f) replacing said dynamic content file on said web site with said edited version of said copy.
4. A method as set forth in
(d) compiling said Java Sewer Page into a Java class within said workspace;
(e) if said Java Server Pane is stored within said workspace, assigning to said Java class a class name that references said workspace, said class name being for use within said workspace; and
(f) if said Java Sewer Page is not stored within said workspace, assigning to said Java class a class name that references a base path storage location of said Java Server Page, said class name being for use within said workspace.
5. A method as set forth in
6. A computer program product for web content management, said computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for:
(a) selecting at least one dynamic content file from a web site, said web site comprising a plurality of files, each of said plurality of files being stored in a respective storage location;
(b) creating a copy of said file;
(c) placing said copy in a workspace, said workspace providing a respective storage location different from said respective storage location of said dynamic content file, said copy being editable within said workspace;
(d) enabling contents of said copy to be viewed from within said workspace in conjunction with all other files on the web site, said other files being stored in respective storage locations outside of said workspace;
(e) enabling contents of said dynamic content file to be viewed from outside said workspace in conjunction with all other files on said web site, said other files being stored in respective storage locations outside of said workspace;
and wherein said dynamic file is a Java Server Page.
7. A computer program product as set forth in
(f) editing said copy In said workspace to create an edited version of said copy;
(g) displaying contents of the edited version of said copy in conjunction with all other files on said web site to users within said workspace.
8. A computer program product as set forth in claims 7, further comprising computer executable instructions for replacing said dynamic content file on said web site with said edited version of said copy.
9. A system for web content management on a web site containing a plurality of files structured to support a workspace configuration, comprising:
a microprocessor:
computer executable instructions;
a JSP;
at least one workspace;
a servlet, wherein said servlet performs the steps of
10. A system as set forth in
editing of said JSP in said workspace to create an edited version;
viewing of edited version of said JSP in conjunction with all other files on said web site by a browser operation in said workspace.
11. A system as set forth in
compile said JSP into a class file;
generate a class filename including an identification of said workspace;
load said file into a class loader;
invoke said class file from said class loader upon request from a browser operating in said workspace.
12. A system as set forth in
13. A system as set forth in
The present invention relates to computer resource sharing. More particularly, it deals with sharing dynamic web page files between several web content developers.
The past several years have brought drastic changes to the computer field. Many of these changes are as a result of the rapid growth of the Internet, or World Wide Web. The Internet is a vast collection of computing resources, interconnected as a network, available all over the world. It is used daily by millions of people. The World Wide Web (hereinafter the "Web") is that portion of the Internet that uses the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) as a protocol for exchanging messages.
A computer user working in a Web environment uses a web browser or other known software that enables the creation and sending of requests for information over the web and allows the responses to these requests to be viewed. These functions are typically combined in what is referred to as a "Web browser", or "browser." After the user has created a request using the browser, the request message is sent out over the Internet to a target computer for processing. The target computer is one of the interconnected computers in the Internet network. The target computer will receive the message, attempt to find the data satisfying the user's request, format that data for display with the user's browser, and return the formatted response to the browser software running on the user's computer. The data returned to the user can be a "web page", which is one of the many files located on the server.
When web pages were first developed, they originally comprised a single file which displayed the content of the web page to the user. However, as the Internet has advanced, "web sites" were developed which comprised many files or pages grouped together. Web sites have become increasingly more complex as the use of the Internet has increased. Web sites today consist of many files of many types which together form the complete web site.
In the past, small web sites were often managed by a single administrator or webmaster. The webmaster would update the content on the web site by editing the content files and posting the updated files to the web site in place of the existing files. However, today, very large web sites exist that contain a large number of files. Often, these sites are not maintained by a single webmaster. Instead, an entire team of individuals may all be updating portions of the web site simultaneously.
This created an entirely new set of concerns. With many programmers working on a web site simultaneously, resource sharing became an issue. One programmer might be working on a particular file for a web site, and a different programmer might need to use this same file in conjunction with a file or page he or she is editing. In addition, the complexity of the editing process might mean that a programmer would be working on a particular file for an extended length of time, rendering the file inaccessible for the entire time the file was being edited or updated.
To overcome these concerns, web content management software has been developed. Web content management software packages aid programmers in editing and updating the content of a web site. These packages use the concept of a "sandbox" or "workspace" to aid programmers in working on files contained on a web site. A workspace is a virtual area assigned to a particular developer or set of developers. A workspace can exist on the local computer from which the developer is accessing the site, or alternatively, it can be a designated area within the server itself. A developer can place a copy of a file in the workspace in order to update or edit it, while the original file remains available to users of the site, or to other developers. In other words, the programmer creates a "working copy" that is used for editing. The file that is being edited or updated remains in the programmer's workspace until the work being performed on it is complete, at which time the programmer replaces the existing file on the web site with the new file. The replacement process is known as "promoting" the updated file to the web site.
A web page comprising five files (index.html, logo.gif, toc.html, contents.html, cool_ad.gif) is shown in
The technique of using workspaces enabled several developers to work on a large web site simultaneously without interfering with each other or with other users of the site. It also allowed for an organizational structure to be applied to web development. This means a junior programmer could edit a file within his workspace which could then be transferred to his supervisor's workspace for review before being promoted to the web site. During the time elapsed before this process is complete, other programmers and users would still have access to the original file on the web site.
The concept of workspaces worked well as long as the content of the web site that was being edited was static content (images, logos, data, etc.). However, as the field of web site development grew, so did the complexity of the sites. Dynamic web content became prevalent on web sites. Dynamic web content consists of interactive and/or frequently changing web content such as animated GIFs, stock tickers, streaming videos, weather maps, and the like. In addition, the Java Server Page (JSP) was developed. JSPs contain Java and HTML source code, which is compiled into a Java class file and executed using a JSP servlet running on the web server. The code contained within the JSP is used to modify the web page before it is sent to the user. A JSP allows a page to adjust dynamically to the request from a user, such that different users could see different content from accessing the same URL. For example, the JSP might recognize a request from a particular user, determine from the user profile that the user is named Tom, and return a page beginning with the message "Hello Tom."
Dynamic web content cannot be edited using the prior art system of workspace allocation. JSPs are normally compiled into a unique Java class and executed by the application server when required. The generated Java class is loaded into a ClassLoader, which identifies the class by its unique name. When referenced, the ClassLoader returns the appropriate Java byte-code (executable code) for the generated class. The class file is matched to the path and filename in the system. For example, a Java class named "theClass" within an application such as IBM's WebSphere could have a fully-qualified Java class name of "com.ibm.websphere.TheClass." Once resolved by the application server, the class file created would be "com/ibm/websphere/TheClass.class" where the path and filename are matched to the package/name of the JSP. As a result of this method of identification, JSP files are unable to be edited in a workspace environment. In a workspace environment, the ClassLoader would need to return different executable code for the same class name (i.e., one when called from within the workspace and a second one when called from outside of the workspace). The first request would cause the first loaded class to be returned, but a second class request would yield unpredictable results, because of a name conflict. This would not necessarily cause an error, but the results would be unpredictable because the JSP output would be generated from executing the wrong version of the class.
Accordingly, it is desired to be able to edit and update dynamic content files, such as JSP files, in a workspace environment without experiencing the conflicts described above. It is further desired to be able to perform JSP editing that is subject to the organizational structure used with static content, thus, assuring high levels of quality and security.
The present invention is a method, system, and computer program product for editing dynamic web content. In accordance with the present invention, dynamic web content, such as JSP files, can be edited using the concept of workspaces. This allows a dynamic content file to be edited without affecting its associated web site during the editing process. A dynamic content file, such as JSP file, is edited or updated within a workspace, while the original dynamic content file remains available to users outside of the workspace.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the JSP file contents of a file subject to editing are allocated to a workspace. In a preferred embodiment, the files on a web site are serviced using a file database, and the subject file is allocated to a workspace by creating an additional entry in the file database. A JSP servlet compiles the JSP file from the database into a class file. The class file is then loaded by the class loader. The class file is invoked through the JSP servlet whenever the JSP is requested by the browser.
The segregation into a workspace is achieved by assigning a workspace specific package to the class. A workspace specific path name is assigned to the class (.class) file. The path of the .class file is dependent upon the actual workspace location of the JSP file in the database. Thus, a JSP source file with the extension .jsp is compiled into a Java class file with the file extension .class. If the JSP source file is not located in a workspace, the .class file is compiled to a "base" path. Otherwise, the workspace name is used to create a path for the .class file. For example, a JSP source file such as "index.jsp" that is being used in a workspace entitled WS1 would be given a class name package of "WS1.index." The class file for "WS1.index" would be found in "base/index.class" or "WS1/index.class", depending on the workspace location of the "index.jsp" source. If "index.jsp" is not in WS1, then the bytecodes for class "WS1.index" would be read from the file "base/index.class." If "index.jsp" is in WS1, then the bytecodes for class "WS1.index" would be read from the file "WS1/index.class."
Upon completion and approval of any changes to the workspace specific JSP file, the changes are promoted to the database and the file versions associated with a particular workspace are deleted.
The present invention described herein is a web content management solution that allows for active web content such as a Java Server Page to be edited within a workspace without removing the ability of users of the web site to access the active web content during the editing or updating process.
In a preferred embodiment, file data content is contained within a database structure for a given web site. This type of file architecture allows for easy implementation of workspaces, allowing a programmer to edit a file within a workspace without affecting the original or base file content. Alternative embodiments include complex file directory structures, which also include partitioning for workspaces. In accordance with the present invention, a file servlet allows the programmer to view the entire web site using a browser, with the static web content displayed being the edited file from his or her workspace along with the unchanged content retrieved from the base site. The servlet reads the file contents from a database based upon the workspace information in the session, and displays the edited files from the workspace in conjunction with the remaining files from the base web site.
In accordance with the present invention, dynamic content can also be handled in this fashion. For dynamic web content such as JSPs, a servlet (hereinafter referred to as the JSP servlet) compiles the JSP file into a Java servlet class (.class file). This class file is then loaded by the class loader. When the JSP is requested by a browser, the class .file is invoked via the JSP servlet.
The JSP servlet generates file paths for the class files based upon the relative location of the JSP files with respect to the base web site file locations, otherwise known as the web module's root. An example of this is illustrated in the tables shown in
In accordance with the present invention, a programmer or group of programmers working within workspace "job1", upon previewing the page with a browser, are served the class files "index.class" 217 and "contents.class" 219 loaded from the base or root location, while at the same time the modified "welcome.class" file designated "job1/page1/welcome.class" 215 is served to the browser working within "job1", as shown in
The resulting page previews as viewed by browsers operating in separate workspaces are shown in
When the changes to "welcome.jsp" in workspace "job1" are complete, and approved by the appropriate supervisory personnel if required, the web content management software in accordance with the present invention promotes the file from workspace "job1" to the base or root location. The first subsequent reference to "welcome.jsp" then automatically causes the revised "welcome.jsp" to be recompiled into "base/page1/welcome.class", thereby allowing all requests for "welcome.jsp" to view the edited version. At this point, the class files contained within workspace "job1" are deleted. If no further work is to be performed in workspace "job1", it is removed and the space freed for subsequent workspace assignment.
The same process is used for a JSP in a workspace that calls another JSP (e.g., Java bean) from within the first JSP, for example, using a <jsp:include> command. The JSP servlet creates a specific class filename for the included JSP in the same manner as described above. This allows for the included JSP to be called from another workspace or from another JSP running independent from the JSP file under construction in the initial workspace.
File serving in accordance with the present invention provides a means for programmers to edit active web content on web sites without having to disable the file under construction. It enables the editing to be completed using the workspace concept, which also allows for an organizational structure to be applied to the editing process (i.e., supervisory personnel can approve the edits before the file is promoted). This provides significant advantages in web content management, as it allows active content to be managed in a manner previously limited to static content.
It should be understood that the foregoing is illustrative and not limiting and that obvious modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the specification is intended to cover such alternatives, modifications, and equivalence as may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.
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South Korea's president says he is willing to meet North Korea's leader this year to discuss its nuclear weapons programme despite a recent flare-up in border tensions.
President Lee Myung-bak made the comment in an interview aired on Friday, as North Korea fired artillery for a third day during military exercises near its disputed western sea border with the South.
The firing, which on Wednesday prompted return artillery fire by the South, has caused no reported casualties or damage. It comes amid mixed signs from the communist North, which has recently appeared more keen to engage the South in dialogue after ballistic missile and nuclear tests last year drew U.N. sanctions, while still threatening its rival.
Mr. Lee's two liberal predecessors held talks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il in 2000 and 2007. Mr. Lee has taken a tougher approach towards North Korea since taking office in 2008, worsening bilateral relations, but has indicated several times he is willing to meet Mr. Kim.
"I am always ready to meet with Chairman Kim Jong Il," Mr. Lee told the BBC, according to a text released by his office.
"There is no reason not to meet (him) even within this year" if it promotes peace on the Korean peninsula and North Korea's nuclear disarmament, he said.
South Korean news media reported last year the two countries had held a series of secret meetings to discuss a possible summit, but failed to breach wide differences.
Mr. Lee told the BBC that the health of Mr. Kim - who turns 68 next month and is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 - has improved. He also said that while North Korea is facing serious economic difficulties, it is not on the verge of collapse.
His comments came as North Korea fired about 20 artillery rounds into its western waters, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, adding that the military was closely monitoring the North Korean drills which Pyongyang says are part of an annual exercise. The North has designated two no-sail zones in the area, including some South Korean-held waters, through March 29.
The western sea border has been a constant source of tension between the two Koreas. Their navies fought a skirmish in November that left one North Korean sailor dead and three others wounded, and engaged in bloodier battles in the area in 1999 and 2002.
Mr. Lee said this week's artillery shelling could be an attempt by North Korea to emphasize that the peninsula remains a war zone and push for a peace treaty formally ending the 1950-53 Korean War. That conflict ended in a truce, not a treaty, leaving the peninsula technically at war.
North Korea is said to believe a peace treaty with the U.S. would provide security and status, help ensure the survival of its government, and give it a stronger hand against rival South Korea.
South Korea and the United States have insisted that North Korea must return to nuclear disarmament talks it quit last year before any treaty can be concluded.
Mr. Lee also said North Korea's strategy of delaying a resolution of the nuclear impasse would not work. He said the North is not abandoning its nuclear programs but rather is offering gestures for dialogue aimed at avoiding economic difficulties under the U.N. sanctions imposed last year.
North Korea argues it was compelled to develop nuclear weapons to cope with a military threat from the U.S., and has demanded a peace treaty and the lifting of sanctions before it rejoins the nuclear talks.
Keywords: Lee Myung-bak, Kim Jong Il, nuclear weapons programme, border tensions,


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Fed Judge OK's Building Protective Sand Dunes In Margate Town Officials Feel Aren't Needed
The Army Corps of Engineers can proceed with awarding contracts for the construction of storm-protective sand dunes on the beach in Margate, despite the objections of residents and city officials who don't want them.
Hear Philly: The Shore Thing – Beach Volleyball, Good Old Days Festival and Fall Funfest By The Bay
After Labor Day weekend things don't slow down — not even for a second — on Absecon Island. The first weekend after the holiday, the pros from a popular summer sport come to Atlantic City.
Margate's Lucy The Elephant To Take ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
At 1 p.m. on Wednesday, the massive, landmark elephant statue in Margate will have an "elephant sized amount of water" poured over her head.
Hear Philly: The Shore Thing – Mardi Gras AC, Armed Forces Salute and The Largest East Coast Air Show
A few days after Blake Shelton performs a free concert on the Atlantic City beach, Jeff Guaracino with the Atlantic City Alliance says another big name in the music industry will do the same to kick off August.
Orr At The Shore: High Above Margate
CBS 3 Meteorologist Kathy Orr climbs to the top of Margate's most famous landmark.
Hear Philly: The Shore Thing – Thrilling Thursday, Free Concerts and A Major Lifeguard Competition
The Shore Thing: Thrilling Thursday, Free Concerts and A Major Lifeguard Competition – Absecon Island in July.
Hear Philly: The Shore Thing – Fireworks Just One Of Many Activities Down The Shore This July 4th
Festivals, food, family and, of course, fireworks — all of these are major parts of Fourth of July weekend. And for many people, you can add the beach to that list.
Hear Philly: The Shore Thing – Gumbo, Sand Sculptures and 'The Planet's Biggest Beach Party'
The Shore Thing: Gumbo, Sand Sculptures and 'The Planet's Biggest Beach Party' – Absecon Island in June.
Margate Citizens Divided On Proposed Dune Project
A group called Margate Citizens Questioning the Beach Project is challenging the notion that one dune fits all along the Jersey Shore.
Orr At The Shore: Margate, NJ
MARGATE, N.J., (CBS) – Kate Bilo reports from Margate, NJ in this special installation of "Orr at the Shore." Kate shows us how people are dealing with the excessive heat at the beach. Kate is […]
Cleanup Underway After Heavy Rain Causes Flooding In Shore Towns
The barrier island of Margate looked a lot different Tuesday. Morning and afternoon storms flooded many of the lower lying streets, turning different blocks into their own islands.
Margate Landmark Sells T-Shirts To Help With Disaster Relief
With luck and the help of dedicated volunteers, a beloved Jersey Shore landmark withstood Hurricane Sandy. Now, that landmark is reopening, with a new initiative to raise money for nearby storm victims.
Odd Image On Ventnor-Margate Beach Tag Has Meaning
If you're headed to Ventnor or Margate for the holiday, you may be surprised by the picture on their beach tag. It's a drawing of a white-tailed deer.
Two People Are Dead After Early Morning House Fire Down The Shore
Firefighters responded to a call in Margate, New Jersey early Saturday morning. Two people were found dead.
Officials: 76,000 Individuals Evacuated From Areas In Atlantic County
The Atlantic County Office of Emergency Preparedness reports that approximately 76,000 individuals have been evacuated from the areas of the county included under order of mandatory evacuation.


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|A descriptive study of interpersonal conflict in high school athletic training
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|The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence and sources of interpersonal conflict (IC) as well as the challenges to managing IC, strategies for managing IC, and the confidence of athletic trainers in managing IC in high school athletic training. The Athletic Trainer Interpersonal Conflict Inventory was sent to 211 athletic trainers with a 36.5% return rate. Average age of the respondents was 39 years (sd = 10). Gender consisted of 51.9% males and 48.1% females with a mean of 14 years (sd = 8) of experience. Prevalence of IC was reported by 96.1% of the respondents with nearly 25% of the respondents reporting to be "slightly confident" to "completely unconfident" in managing IC. Common causes of IC were workload, direct contact with others, disrespect for the role of an athletic trainer, and interference from athletes and coaches. Common challenges to managing IC were a lack of time, a lack of resources, lack of collaboration, the emotions of others and themselves, and their impatience. Common strategies to managing IC were utilizing organizational resources, using policies and procedures, collaboration, compromise, open communication, and attentive listening. The results of this study begin to describe the nature of interpersonal conflict within high school athletic training. However, more research is needed to gain a better understanding of interpersonal conflict in athletic training.
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Hey already asked before but felt like asking again because no one responded
Anybody else not able to voice input from keyboard....?
Can I get some confirmation...thanks
Oh and BTW what I mean by voice input is mic at the keyboard..Not google voice search which is working fine...
Also noticed my notification led is not working....doesn't blink when I get a text or email......
can anybody confirm this too
Wow guy how many time u gonna ask about the voice input I promise if someone had an answer u would have got one by now.
As far as the led it does not flash, when your screen is unlocked and on u will not receive a light, but if your screen is off it will be solid orange for SMS and solid green for email
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Let's face it. Going green is in. Not only are more Americans changing to eco-friendly ways at home and work, but schools are getting in on protecting our planet. In fact, many of America's colleges are not only inspiring students to learn about caring for our environment, they are taking initiatives in changing the colleges themselves to be more eco-friendly.
Welcome summer! I love this time of year. Summer is such a great time to take advantage of the beautiful weather and the gorgeous outdoors for the next few months. Here in New York, we learn to appreciate the hot weather because we only have it for a short time. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, we try and do as much as we can outdoors, whether it is traveling, camping, going to the beach, working on the garden, or even exercising, we enjoy every minute of it.
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Saving money has always been a goal in almost everyone's spending life. Deals and discounts are popular among customers, and businesses use those in order to gain new customers. Sometimes companies that require a contract to be signed will have the first year at a very discounted price, with the following year at the normal price. One of the trends that happens with this is that those customers will move to a competitor after their contract is over, because of another great deal. Businesses that do not have products or services that need a contract still offer deals on the items they do offer. This is a way for them to gain new customers, keep old ones, and even get rid of the merchandise that they have too much of. There are many ways for customers to be able to save money, and take advantage of the deals that are offered to them.
Personal finance blogs offer advice on how to save money, and can be found with a simple internet search. They give ideas on frugal living, using coupons and ways to make your savings account grow. Coupons are still one of the best ways to save money when it comes to daily needs. Grocery stores have their own discounts, and newspaper ads offer other discounts that you can use at these stores as well. You can also find coupons on websites, and apps that allow you to easily search for the ones that you want to use. Restaurants, clothing stores, and movie theaters also have coupons and loyalty programs that can help save you money. Signing up for their company's newsletter online, using your email address, can get you free meals, free shipping, and even free movie tickets.
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This scene is similar to the one in which Walt kills Krazy-8, this time though Jesse was the one held in captivity and Todd was the kidnapper.
Todd can also be seen as a reflection of other Breaking Bad characters. Killing Todd was a way for the writers to finally put all the other characters to rest at once, leaving just Walt and Jesse to be dealt with.
We see Hank in Todd, we Skyler in Todd, we even see Marie's perky telephone demeanor maybe sort of in Todd. We see parts of Walt and Gus and Mike and Jesse in Todd. And what they all add up to — Todd himself — is someone pretty awful.
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Curtis WilkieYoder's strength is in his allegiance to old-fashioned journalistic verities, in his abhorrence of the political bullies who increasingly rule the op-ed pages and the airwaves.
— The Washington Post
A Pulitzer Prize--winning editorialist and a former syndicated columnist, Edwin M. Yoder Jr. spent forty years as a newspaper journalist. Telling Others What to Think, he writes, is about "an education in its broadest sense," the experiences and personal influences that formed him.
Yoder became a full-time editorial writer at the early age of twenty-four, and he traces his aptitude for punditry to the southern storytelling tradition, a long family heritage of scholars and schoolteachers, and his father's being "opinionated" -- in the better sense of that word. Journalism, Yoder says, was a way to be a writer and still put bread on the table, and throughout his career, he would excel as a prose craftsman.
After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- where he edited the Daily Tar Heel -- he studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and then returned to his home state, a place celebrated for lively newspaper editorial writing. First at the Charlotte News and then at the Greensboro Daily News, Yoder took on the Birch Society and segregation, among other targets. Throughout his memoir, he credits unbidden good fortune -- rather than any planned path -- with shaping his destiny. The call to go to Washington, D.C. -- a "Mecca for journalists" -- as editorial page editor of the Star was more good luck in Yoder's view. He won a Pulitzer at the Star in 1979, and when that paper folded in 1981, he joined the Washington Post Writers Group as a syndicated columnist. For fifteen years his column appeared in many major regional newspapers around the country and abroad in London and Paris.
In his book, Yoder is most compelling when describing the pleasures and hazards of maintaining professional and social relationships with people in the arena of politics and public life -- including Washington Post editorial page editor Meg Greenfield, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, writer and editor Willie Morris, and Georgetown University president Father Timothy Healy. Circumspect, forthright, and generous in his reflections, Yoder the man and the pundit prove to be the same. An appendix presents a portfolio of his past columns, sage advice to the aspiring opinion writer, and thoughts on the tabloidization of news in recent years.
A rich and intriguing personal story of someone whose job it was to comment on the events of the day, Ed Yoder's Telling Others What to Think speaks eloquently as well of the wider world of American politics and culture.
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As technology gets smaller and smaller, the computer industry is facing the complex challenge of finding ways to manufacture the minuscule components necessary.
Computer chips are constantly getting smaller and smaller. Theres an unrelenting decrease in size. And the question arises, how do you wire these things in" said Dr. Jillian Buriak, University of Alberta professor and senior research officer at the National Institute for Nanotechnology. If youre going to make something on the order of 22 or even 18 nanometres, then youd better have a plug thats about that size, too.
A team of NINT researchers, headed by Buriak, has demonstrated an innovative technique for producing very small conductive nano-wires on silicon chips. The process can produce nano-wires that are 5,000 times longer than they are wide. The innovative technique for producing very small conductive nano-wires on silicon chips meets the need for connecting ever-smaller transistors and other electronic components.
You need very tiny wires to connect everything, said Buriak. Weve figured out a way to use molecules that will self-assemble to form the lines that can be used as wires. Then we use those molecules as templates and fill them up with metal, and then we have the wires that we want. You use the molecules to do the hard work for you.
In one example, 25 parallel platinum nano-wires were made using this self assembly process, with each wire measuring only 10 nm in width, but extending to a length of 50 microns.
While the idea of wires self-assembling sounds like something from science-fiction, its a natural process, says Buriak.
You are the product of self-assembly. The way DNA forms a double helix is self-assembly. Its just that molecules will recognize each other, bind to each other and then theyll form structures, she said. And the molecules were using are actually very simple. Theyre just polymers, just plastics that do that naturally.
|Contact: Ryan Smith
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