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Are westerners biased in defining a terrorist act
It seems that any atrocity on innocent people on the west countries' ground is authentic terrorism, while it occurs in countries like China,apathy and schadenfreude appear in the western media,,instead of sympathy and unity. They intentionally turn a black eye on the victims,seem to justify the act as decent rant.
Why some westerners are this cold? Respect should be payed to the innocent victims,not negligence.Recent terrorist act in Beijing completely reveals some people's double-standards and hypocrisy. The reports on CNN really squeezed my heart,
why could not us all united, west and east, African and Asian,Christian and Muslim,etc,that is the way it should be.
Nov 9 2013: Hello Jaden....nice to connect with you again:>)
Unfortunately, there are biased people, terrorists, apathy, double standards, hypocrisy, coldness and separation throughout our world. There is also compassion, empathy, respect, unity and love in the hearts of many people.
I believe it is more useful to reinforce and encourage our interconnectedness, rather than our separateness. Are ALL westerners biased? I say no, we are not ALL biased. Are some westerners biased? I say yes....some are. Are people from other countries biased? It appears that some are, and some are not.
There certainly are challenges in our world which may be better resolved when/if we realize that people everywhere are more the same than different?
Nov 9 2013: Hi,Miss Steen, nice to talk to you again.
I have been in an internship,as a result,I have not joined the TED talks for a long time. I am just thinking about I have so much to talk to you.
Yes,I hold the same view as you do. I see the most of the people in this world are friendly and decent,the rest deters the trend of our unification. I agree that if we see our similarity more,and respect the differences,we will live more harmoniously. The world needs more mutual respect ,empathy and understanding.
I posted this talk not because I consider all westerners are biased,I wanted to hear firsthand views from western people,and to reduce our mistrust.
Nov 9 2013: Hi Jaden! I missed you, and I'm glad you are back with a good conversation which will hopefully help create more connections for all of us:>)
Lejan .
Nov 8 2013: Westerners are hysterical about terrorist acts at the moment, mainly to manipulate their citizen and to legitimize the destruction of civil rights and to bring them willingly to war.
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Don't listen to them right now, it will take some time for sanity to kick in again, if ever.
Nov 9 2013: Lejan is right once in a while. Long live Lejan.
Lejan .
Nov 11 2013: Two more of these compliments and I am going to turn immortal against my explicit will! :o)Nov 7 2013: You never know,the world is such a nasty place,people's prejudice has been ingrained from the moment we were born.Nov 19 2013: The media, and even the status quo hardly represent the views of westerners in general. Many of us are aware that the current drone program is a perverted redefinition of war, one that violate's other nations' soveriegnty while leaving their people living in fear.
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The media makes itself to appear to represent the views of the public, as a subtle way of manipulating the public to hold the opinions that it would like them to hold.Nov 17 2013: It is unfortunate that you find such a gap in levels of sympathy via the wording of the media. But I feel that each nation has it's own sense of loyalty and personal bias. Differences in social mores in each society changes the way an action is viewed and treated. It is unproductive to blame one entity or another for any perceived slight when one remembers that the media is never a true indicator of the sentiment of an entire nation. That would be unfeasible and ludicrous. Instead the media is a tool to try and bend attitudes which is ineffective, once one is slapped in the face with the true agenda behind such a far reaching action. In a nutshell, you need not worry, unless you too have been manipulated by medias tactics. It all ends with you; which is empowering enough.
Nov 17 2013: I understand your point, and I believe what you said is more likely to apply to the real world. ' the media is never a true indicator of the sentiment of an entire nation',that's exactly I believe to be the truth.
Thank you for your comments, I feel more released after seeing your words.Nov 11 2013: To be completely honest, I find it to be in both our best interests for me to digress from maintaining the aforementioned sentiment in our conversation. I make no apologies for the following, while acknowledging the unfortunate circumstances through which DICTATE the premise that underlies your inaccurate responses.
The meticulous undertaking required in addressing the falsehoods that are found unnervingly consistent throughout the entirety of your response are overwhelmingly demanding. Nor do I believe it would be appropriate for me to do so, for my intentions behind participation on TED aim to promote constructive interactions.
With regards to the purpose of this talk, any support or justifying of terrorist acts in media only undermines the integrity in journalism and serves to only further distract from acknowledging the heinous nature of said events. The dynamics present with regards to the relationship between the Chinese government and the Uyghurs are disheartening to say the least. Upon any relatively extensive review, it's rather apparent that neither party maintains any order of operations or forms of disposition that are conducive towards civility.
"Actually the censorship does not block us from seeing the truth,we still have access to see the world,to listen to the views, even the views completely on the opposite of the government."
This bold-faced lie and brazen claim alone should constitute the termination of your membership and participation on TED. That's certainly an idea worth spreading, especially to consider the ease of access of those in the western world to the facts, not just opinions that directly contradict your claims.
Nov 15 2013: I admire your straightforwardness,and encourage.The interactions being carried out are what I wanted to hear,and conducive to the reduction of misunderstanding. With regard to your comments,I totally agree with your the third paragraph of your comments.
Your perception of the authenticity of my words is based on groundless source,I dont know how your come to this conclusion. At least,I live in China,I know China better than you. ' the premise that underlies your inaccurate responses',to what extent are my responses being inaccurate,and what are the accurate info if my words are inaccurate.
Now,I am responding to your comments under the tightly implemented firm wall,I could access to CNN,BBC,even White House websites. Your false-accusation and insults to my explanation of my true conditions are disrespects to your education and wide-ranged info you received. You dont even know you need a proof to disapprove one's statement,you are hysterical because you dont know how to debate with true knowledge or firsthand experience.
I would like to discuss with you with respect and based on verified info,not just naive assumptions or manipulated info.
Nov 16 2013: "Other news organizations have come under similar pressure. The websites of The New York Times, including a new Chinese-language edition, were blocked when it published an article in October 2012 on the family wealth of Wen Jiabao, then the prime minister. Like Bloomberg, The Times has also not received residency visas for new journalists. "
Read entire article for further understanding as to the censorship. Just because you can access sites, doesn't mean that you have the ability to view all of the content. I'm astounded that you continue to beat the drum on this one, when it's no secret to the rest of the world.
" We Chinese dont believe in any religion"
Again, wrong....
"The number of dissents and protesters is acceptable, no government could guarantee its people 100% satisfied,even in the US, protests exist,Occupying Wallstreet is a case."
Acceptable to suppress... ?
China To Close Notorious Re-Education Through Labor Camps | TIME.com http://world.time.com/2013/11/16/china-to-close-notorious-re-education-through-labor-camps/#ixzz2knfnlrli
Step in the right direction...
"You dont even know you need a proof to disapprove one's statement,you are hysterical because you dont know how to debate with true knowledge or firsthand experience."
The proof is readily available, seek and you shall find...
I hope the best for you and all those living in China.
Nov 18 2013: Glad to continue our conversation. I enjoyed the exchange of ideas. Actually,I've read all the articles you shared above.I got what you are trying to indicate.
The truth is I cant be convinced merely by reading those articles. I have developed a mentality that no info reported by media is an absolute true,namely, I am skeptical to the stories reported by media,I think most of people are. Therefore,your evidences borrowed from unstable sources,are feeble in upholding your stance.
May I ask you a question respectfully,can you read Chinese articles,or have you ever read the stories you showed in their Mandarin version? If not,I have to say you are not that persuasive in arguing to me,because it's obvious the more extensive your perspectives of seeing a issue,the closer you are to truth. That's your disadvantage,because if you read the cases above in their Chinese version,even in a widely deemed free and neutral media place,HongKong,the causes and consequences are totally different.
I have to say you are an expert in the study of contemporary China at least,I respect all those.The events and status quo you introduced about China are very much relevant to every single one of us.
There is no escape that Chinese government has done a lot of suppression,and things that dont apply to the western values.I've never tried,and will not try to deny and cover faults of Chinese government,because that goes counter to my own judgement and value.
My purpose of posting this conversation and my contentions are:
1.We all need to be open-minded,and level-minded,not to be misled by any government or media.
2.No act of attacking innocent tourists is justifiable,justifying it will not benefit any of us,but to deepen our misunderstandings.
3.CNN's negligence and apathy is not acceptable,,no matter you have every reason to track down the deep causes of the terrorist attack,compassion and respects should be payed to the dead and injured.
3.Any straightforward thoughts are welcomed.Nov 10 2013: When Western nations were exporting terrorism around the world - most often simply to promote small minded and self serving political and corporate power and control agendas in foreign lands - their respective medias were either applauding or ignoring the consequences of such actions.
But when those consequences eventually came home in very dramatic and tragic ways the same, or simply similar, political and corporate interests then seized the opportunity to grab even more power and control for themselves at home while pointing accusing fingers everywhere but at themselves and once again their media outlets have been more than happy to carry their banners.
In other words, arrogance, self-righteousness and petty self-interest are at the center of your apathy and schadenfreude concerns and Western media is just as vulnerable to this hubris as are their political and corporate puppeteers.Nov 10 2013: Jaden, I can totally understand your statement. I think that terrorism has been defined for the westerners. This is a media thing and not a people thing. There are good people everywhere and also bad.
Much of what has been controlled media is now being shown as untrue by cell phones and computers. Many of the incidents of the past have been kept secret by the government and government press.
As a example in the USA we will never know the facts about Benghazi because the person with overall responsibility is seeking the office of President. We have just found out about the truths that the administration knew in 2010 about Obamacare. We are now aware of the deeds of NSA, Homeland Security, entitlements, drones, the complete failure of the State Department, unemployment statistics, our economy and all sorts of lies and cover ups for the last six years.
These lies and cover ups could never have bee possible without the full cooperation of the media. In order to maintain a somewhat informed view of the world and our (USA) government I watch BBC, China Today, RT and the local news. I put all of the pieces on the table and try to make a puzzle complete and discard all of the pieces left over.
That is a shame. I cannot trust my government or my countries media.
So in summary .... many are "sheeple" and believe everything they are told and their view will always what their master tell them it should be ... therefore .. yes ... there is a bias ... but not all the fault of the westerners.
Always remember that governments do not have emotions, or care about their citizens they only have interests. That being the power and wealth of those in office and their ability to maintain that position.
I wish you well. Bob.
Nov 15 2013: I firmly believe what you said is the condition of any society in the world. To some extent,we people are unfortunate,because we could not trust our government or media, they are controlled and manipulated by some people,I dont know who they are ,and how they do it.
I think we, the people of the world are the same,we all have bias and faults,we have no reason to deny it. However, neglecting our own faults is not a right way for ourselves are the unity of mankind,we must act on our own and move forward,to reduce those negatives in our hearts. I think we all know the those attributes,honesty,diligence,love,integrity,etc.
Be well.JadenNov 9 2013: The story you cited is on CNN. CNN Is a WESTERN news outlet. You have just disproved your own prejudices about the West.Nov 9 2013: Western nations have no high ground to stand on when it comes to terrorism since every one of them has created, supported and/or engaged in their own terrorism over the agess and especially during the past 60 years or so. Anyone else wonder what happened to all the "freedom fighters" of the 20th century? In particular, during WWII 'terror bombing', namely the unrelenting devastation of non-military targets in order to demoralize populations, was championed by many Western governments and their compliant media time and time again.
But now that so many of the mercenaries that Western nations supported have turned on their backers terrorism has become a terrible thing.
Nov 9 2013: Therefore, we should just chuckle and smile when terrorists kill someone, right?
Nov 10 2013: or suck it up and honestly accept the West's own culpability.. The first principle of dealing with any problem is understanding its origins.Nov 7 2013: Tolerance only gets you so far, that is, until confronted by intolerance. 'State Religions' discriminate and demoralize by implied virtue of their authority. As too, the suppression of dissent by oppressive governments only promotes illicit activities and the fostering of extremist acts.
Suspicion is inevitable within a society accustomed to freedom of press, especially when events disrupt the strongest of normalcy bias' and/or conflict with established socially acceptable paradigms. Many westerners attribute a propensity for evil to everyone, even those thought to subscribe to the same allegiances. With the abundance of sources reporting and the resulting multitude of rational inferences, it's difficult for westerners to accept inconclusiveness. This is a common thread through out western media, and instances of irresponsible reporting only makes matters more confusing.
Yet, even when the facts are clearly outlined, many deny the provided answers as a result of various defense mechanisms. Simply their emotional state and an inability to rationalize the events further serve to perpetuate suspicions.
With regards to any examples of 'schadenfreude' exhibited by western media, I think you're mistaken as to the sentiment behind their coverage of events. Sympathy seemingly gets brushed aside while they focused on logical analysis' of the attack and in doing so ultimately negates empathy. Of course, individuals express their sympathies with in the media, but their primary concern is reporting information and attempting clarify the details of events.
It's not the media's job to be the national harbinger of sympathy and instill a sense of unity into the masses. Many find a sense of unity through freedoms shared, for they acknowledge cultural differences and aim to protect an individual's civil liberties, as it serves to retain their own.
Humanity will begin unifying once freedom reigns and oppressive governments fall.
Nov 8 2013: A biased medium has no gene for neutral reports. They intend to justify any group that is opposing Chinese government. This is obviously not a sign of neutral and responsible attitude. It is through piling up negative reports of China,that they succeed in portraying a country of notoriety. As a result,our mutual understandings and closeness discounted,people from different sides became negative about the other side. The evidence is you can hardly see a CNN article reporting China's positives. The media mislead the people.
If the lack of expected sentiment is understandable, but the negligence of the victims, is not a responsible report. At least,respect should be payed to the dead and injured.
I am not defending an oppressive government, freedom is a shared aspiration,but the angle to see it is that its own people have more say than the outsiders.
Humanity won't be unifying when freedom being shared to every single one of us. Freedom reigns the US, apparently the Americans have not unified within,violence,discrimination still exist.
If we all deepen our mutual respect and understanding, wiling to accept other people's culture and character,we will be more likely to be unified. So,break down prejudice, try to think as your 'enemy' thinks.
Nov 8 2013: I personally draw a thick line between the people and any governing bodies through out the world with regards to attaching any notoriety. Let me ask... Are people supposed to just brush off reports coming form the Congressional-Executive Commission on China that states:
"The narrow protections for religious activity in China contravene international human rights standards. Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights recognizes not only the right to "freedom of thought, conscience, and religion" but also the right to manifest religion or belief through "worship, observance, practice and teaching." 3 The government continued to legally recognize only five religions: Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism, and Taoism.4 Groups wishing to practice these religions must register with the government and are subject to ongoing state controls.5"?
Would it not support notions of mutual understandings and closeness when the western world advocates for the Chineese government to adopt a more tolerant stances on religion? If anything, these negative reports aim to support the people of China.
"I am not defending an oppressive government, freedom is a shared aspiration,but the angle to see it is that its own people have more say than the outsiders."
Under an oppressive government, one who practices the suppression of dissent and targets rights lawyers during the "annual inspection and assessment process" by denying professional license renewals, China's 'own people' are left with very little say. Then to consider the censorship and regulation of the media, it's a joke to suggest that the people have a say. It's easy enough just to toss around some "inciting subversion of state power" charges.
I mean cmon, how many examples of violating or non-compliance with international human rights standards need be cited in order to acknowledge the obvious unification deterrents that are a product of the Chinese government's oppressive state?
Nov 9 2013: What the 'reports coming form the Congressional-Executive Commission ' tells is only a lopsided info,we won't merely accept it,we would track down to test it,in the modern world we have so many access to info. I never trust the state-run media,especially in politics.
But don't forget my purpose to start this talk is to talk about a fair attitude and reports to terrorism,and why CNN try to justify a terrorist attack. I think respect and sympathy should be payed,under no circumstance is an attack on the innocent tourists is justifiable.
I think we could not avoid talking about politics. I recognize all your charges on the oppressive government honestly. But the effect of the prohibitions is so tiny for us,not like your media says. We Chinese dont believe in any religion,I never see lives of people around me being impeded because of the restriction. The number of dissents and protesters is acceptable, no government could guarantee its people 100% satisfied,even in the US, protests exist,Occupying Wallstreet is a case. The point is your media exaggerate the dissent,the lawyer case is a tool held by the US.
Believe it or not, the overwhelmingly large Chinese are living happily and laboriously,we are free to pursue our happiness. This is a side your media won't show you.Also the people who benefit from this government is countless.,they are the people have more say than the outsiders.
Actually the censorship does not block us from seeing the truth,we still have access to see the world,to listen to the views, even the views completely on the opposite of the government.
I am not denying the faults of our government, just recommend all of us to open our mind and dont be misled by any government or media.Nov 9 2013: The irony of whining about "bias" when speaking of the Chinese government...
Nov 9 2013: You are the cynical commentator marginalize yourself from TED users.Nov 9 2013: Sorry, I'm immune to that flavor of propagandization. Tienanmen Square massacre, 1989--what is the official Chinese government statement?
Nov 10 2013: That was an inhuman massacre,history will tell us the truth. Btw, that happened before I was born, I recommend you to talk it to the witness and the people related to the event, because you won't get anything from my memory.Nov 7 2013: The problem starts with how you define a terrorist.
"Utilization of terror and intimidation tactics to attain a political end" covers what the vast majority of nation states do, in addition to non-state armed organizations.
Common use on the other hand, is more along the lines of "anything I don't like that utilizes anything even remotely similar to violence". Sort of like how fascism has come to mean "politics I don't like" in common usage.
The rest is just good old fashion hypocrisy. Everybody in the world has it, to some extent.
Nov 8 2013: I agree with you,we are all same type of hypocrisy. If so,you admire the people who admit it,rather than those who pass themselves off as decent judges.Nov 7 2013: Are Chinese people trained by nationalist propaganda to imagine Western conspiracies and insults to their nation and culture?
The answer to both of our questions is yes.
Nov 8 2013: Nobody could be trained,we all have our own judgement. You hold that perception because you are trained to see the 'truth' only by the misinformation of biased reports on media.
Nov 8 2013: I thought no one could be trained?
You are right, there is bias. But that makes it difficult to infer intent.Less than 5 minutes ago: You are right, there is bias. And when both parties have biases or prejudices, they will accuse the other bias whether or not there actually is any.
It is also noteworthy, by and large, that bias is an accidental action. But if you wish to educate us, you must be equally willing to be educated yourself. And you may find that one side needs more education than the other.
I suspect we each believe our own side to be the one with the clearer point of view.
Nov 9 2013: Yes indeed, our eyes will be veiled if we learn the world merely through one side information. What the media report is one thing,how we perceive is a whole different thing. As a Chinese point of view,how the state-run media report is one thing,how we consider it is true or not is the other thing.
I don't think any side has more clearer point of view, the basis of any debate is that we should be fair and square with another. Don't judge ourselves are right,they are wrong.
We all have to reflect on ourselves first,not point finger and say they are the bad guy,we are superior.


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- Sep 12, 2006, 12:38:00 AM
- Sep 12, 2006, 6:35:00 AM
Great post guys - so true. There's also a really good video called "Path to 911" (showing on ABC), which, in my opinion, every american should see - it shows the truth about the collapse of the towers, not what the media wants people to hear.
- Sep 12, 2006, 9:25:00 PM
also, Discovery Channel has some films that have shown every now and then.
It shows the what happens in the plane that hit the ground in Pennsylvania, one shows what happened in the Twin towers, and one shows the aftermath.
Just wondering, I know people from like Europe post and read these blogs, and I was just wondering, did the 911 affect you at all. (Sorry for asking, dont have the time to watch the news much.)
- Sep 13, 2006, 11:30:00 AM
- Tony Naggs said...
Hi Msim
What a question.
The plane hijackings happened early afternoon for us. So even though local broadcasters took your live tv pictures many of us were at work.
I visited home to get some paperwork for my bank, and sat stunned in front of the tv for half an hour.
Everybody was talking about it when I returned to the office - I do not think any work was done. The evening tv showed the same distressing footage over and over.
I had actually visited the WTC twice in March 1992. To an evening event at the Windows on the World restaurant on the 106th floor 1 WTC, and to the indoor observation floor 107 of 2 WTC a few days later.
It is quite shocking to see a disaster you cannot stop being visited on place you know, and possibly people you have met.
- Tony
- Sep 14, 2006, 6:47:00 AM


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2009 may mean a lot of things to a lot of people but for Acer it's time to remind the world of its partnership with Ferrari by the launch of the annual motor car inspired laptop. This year sees the arrival of the Ferrari One, the first netbook to be handed the label. That said, the Ferrari One does push the boundaries of the definition of netbook with its 11.6-inch screen, dual core AMD L310 processor, 2GB of RAM and 1.5kg mass but as the Acer UK general manager, Bobby Watkins said:
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10 October 2014
INTERPOL congratulates joint Nobel Peace Prize winners from India and Pakistan
LYON, France – On behalf of the international law enforcement community, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has congratulated India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai after they jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to improve the rights of children. Child education activist Malala Yousafzai, aged 17, w...
14 February 2014
Combating corruption in business transactions focus of INTERPOL workshop
NEW DELHI, India – Heads of anti-corruption agencies, senior investigators and prosecutors have come together in India to discuss ways to successfully identify, investigate and prosecute cases of corruption in foreign business transactions at the 7th INTERPOL Global Programme on Anti-Corruption, Financial Crimes and Asset Recovery.The five-day (10 – 14 Fe...
16 October 2013
Enhancing collaboration focus of INTERPOL training on pharmaceutical crime
GHAZIABAD, India – Encouraging greater international cooperation in the fight against pharmaceutical crime was the focus of INTERPOL's first training course on this type of crime held in India.The three-day event (8-10 October), organized by INTERPOL's Medical Product Counterfeiting and Pharmaceutical Crime (MPCPC) Sub-directorate and the Indian Central B...
05 July 2013
INTERPOL meeting in South Asia aims to improve wildlife crime investigation skills
NEW DELHI, India – Enhancing techniques for investigating crimes against wild tigers and other Asian 'big cats' was the focus of an INTERPOL meeting in India attended by some 30 senior law enforcement officers.The five-day (1-5 July) Integrated Investigative Training and Operational Planning Meeting for South Asia was co-hosted by INTERPOL's Environmental...
29 November 2012
INTERPOL training in India aims to combat the criminal networks behind illicit trade
MUMBAI, India – Senior police and law enforcement officials have gathered in India for the International Training and Capacity Building Seminar on Trafficking in Illicit Goods, to identify how authorities in the region can work more closely to combat all types of transnational and organized illicit trade.Co-hosted by INTERPOL's Trafficking in Illicit Good...
29 July 2012
INTERPOL wildlife operation results mark Global Tiger Day
LYON, France – INTERPOL is marking Global Tiger Day with the announcement of an operation aimed at protecting this iconic species and other big cats threatened with extinction and targeting the individual and organized crime groups behind the illicit activity.Operation Prey, conducted across Bhutan, China, India and Nepal led has so far led to nearly 40 a...
22 March 2012
INTERPOL issues Red Notices seeking arrest of four suspects in New Delhi car bomb attack targeting Israeli officials
LYON, France – INTERPOL, acting on a request from India's Central Bureau of Investigation, has issued Red Notices for four suspects wanted in connection with the 13 February bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat's car in New Delhi.Details of the suspects Mohammadreza Abolghashemi, Houshang Afshar Irani, Seyed Ali Mahdiansadr and Masoud Sedaghatzadeh who are...
30 March 2012
'World must better prepare itself for emerging cybercrime threats', INTERPOL Chief tells prestigious meeting in India
NEW DELHI, India ‒ The Head of INTERPOL has said that there is 'a dramatic discrepancy' between the immediacy of Internet communications and current measures to support law enforcement's fight against cybercrime.Speaking on Friday at the D.P. Kohli Memorial Lecture, attended by A.P. Singh, Director of India's Criminal Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and Sh...
19 December 2011
INTERPOL leads crackdown on illegal wildlife markets in Asia
BANGKOK, Thailand ‒ International wildlife crime networks in Asia have been dealt a blow after a recent operation coordinated by INTERPOL against the illegal trade in endangered species resulted in raids, arrests and investigations across the region.Supported by INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Programme, Operation Stocktake (1-12 December) saw enforcement...
13 July 2011
INTERPOL condemns terror attacks in India
LYON, France – INTERPOL has condemned Wednesday's terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai in which at least 20 people were killed and more than 100 injured, and pledged its full support to national authorities in their investigation.Following the three explosions across the city, INTERPOL's Command and Co-ordination Centre (CCC) at its General Secreta...
05 April 2011
Cricket World Cup host countries ensured security with millions of checks against INTERPOL's global databases
LYON, France – Authorities in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka have been commended by INTERPOL for their collaborative efforts with the world police body and international law enforcement on the safety of participants and spectators during the Cricket World Cup, which saw them ensure that as many domestic and foreign visitors as possible were checked again...
12 October 2010
Commonwealth Games in India reach security milestone in co-operation with INTERPOL
LYON, France - The Indian authorities have been commended by INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble for their collaborative efforts with INTERPOL and international law enforcement on the safety of participants and spectators across the country by ensuring that as many domestic and foreign visitors as possible are being checked against the world police...
07 October 2010
Illegal tiger trade targeted by international operation co-ordinated by INTERPOL
LYON, France – An international law enforcement operation co-ordinated by INTERPOL against the illegal trade in tigers has led to the arrest of some 25 individuals suspected of taking part in the illicit trade of one of the world's most endangered species. The two-month operation (August-September) involved national enforcement agencies in six tiger-range...
25 August 2010
INTERPOL alert leads to arrest of India diamond theft suspects in Dubai
LYON, France – Four people suspected of stealing diamonds worth nearly 1.5 million dollars in India have been arrested in Dubai within 24-hours of an INTERPOL alert being issued at the request of police authorities in India.Mumbai Police alerted INTERPOL immediately after the disappearance of the gems on Monday, and provided the world police body's C...
22 April 2010
Stolen Indian statue recovered through co-operation via INTERPOL
LYON, France – A stolen Indian statue included among INTERPOL's most wanted works of art following its theft in September 2009 has been located in New York after it was featured in a magazine advertising its sale by an international auction house.At the request of the National Central Bureau (NCB) in New Delhi, the stone sculpture of two Asian deities was...
05 March 2010
INTERPOL co-ordinated operation targets illegal trade in wildlife medical products
LYON, France - An international operation co-ordinated by INTERPOL targeting the illegal trade in traditional medicines containing protected wildlife products has resulted in a series of arrests worldwide and the seizure of thousands of illegal medicines worth more than EUR 10 million.National wildlife enforcement authorities, police, customs and speciali...
18 February 2008
Indian Police arrest doctor linked to illegal transplants investigation
A doctor wanted in connection with hundreds of illegal kidney transplants in India has been arrested by police in New Delhi.Jeevan Rawat, 36, who was the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice issued at the request of Indian authorities was taken into custody on Sunday 17 February. Earlier this month, police in Nepal arrested 40-year-old Amit Kumar, who was al...
08 February 2008
Nepalese Police arrest Doctor at centre of Indian illegal transplants investigation
A man believed to be behind hundreds of illegal kidney transplants in India and the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notices has been arrested by police in Nepal.Amit Kumar, who is wanted by Indian authorities for criminal conspiracy, cheating and illegal transplanting of kidneys was arrested on Thursday evening and transferred to Kathmandu on Friday. Police ar...
31 January 2008
LYON, France – INTERPOL today issued Red Notices – international wanted persons notices - for two Indian doctors believed to be behind hundreds of illegal kidney transplants.The notices for Amit Kumar and Jeevan Rawat were requested by Indian authorities after police discovered an illegal hospital at a house in Gurgaon near Delhi. It is believed that duri...
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Shocks are both one of the most important aspects in a suspension and the most overlooked. Much attention is given to picking out just the right tubular control arms, and gearheads agonize over the decision between a three-link, four-link, panhard rod, Watt's link, or whatever whizbang setup is the suspension du jour at the time. But when it comes time to pick out some shocks they often just fall back 10, punt, and hope for the best.
Part of this bad decision making stems from the buyer's lack of understanding about what a key roll shocks and springs play in how their car rides and handles. In some cases manufacturers make it easier by packaging shocks with their suspension kits, but if not, it's easy for someone to choose poorly rather than getting what's needed to let the rest of their suspension operate at its full potential.
Shock 101
In a nutshell, shocks convert the kinetic energy of a spring's movement into heat. With the energy converted to heat it can then be dissipated into the air through the body of the shock. Shocks and springs work together to maintain the maximum tire patch to the asphalt. If the road is flat and smooth this is pretty easy, but as corners and surface irregularities are added to the equation it becomes much trickier. If not for shock absorbers even the tiniest divot or bump in the road would send the car into an unending undulation down the road. This excessive bounce could be controlled by upping the stiffness of the spring, but that would result in a harsh and jarring ride that you would hate, but your dentist would love.
Fortunately, shocks do exist. While having the wrong shocks is better than having no shocks at all, the right ones can make a big difference in the performance of your Camaro and the quality of its ride. Nonetheless, in order to pick the right shocks it's important to know a few basic concepts.
In shocks there are two basic settings: rebound and compression. Rebound damping helps control the part of the car's sprung mass that is stored in a compressed spring and the rate determines how long it takes for the compressed spring to regain its static ride height. The farther you dial this up, the more the shock will resist the compressed spring's effort to "rebound" to static height. Compression, also referred to as bump, is a damping function that controls the oscillation of the car's unsprung weight. The higher the compression number, the more the spring will resist "compression" from its static ride height. Together these two forces work to give a car's suspension its personality; either firm and sporty, or soft and cushy. Normally, compression is set less than damping, but like every rule, there are exceptions. One of these is when more compression is dialed into a particular corner to slow its downward movement, in essence giving the effect of a stiffer spring, however one should resist the urge to fix suspension issues through the shocks.
Also, spring rates play a role in this mix. They dictate how far a chassis pitches, rolls, or squats, while shock-rates determine how long it takes each of these movements to happen. But, that's another story for another time.
Twin-tube Versus Mono-tube
For our purposes there are two basic types of shocks on the market today, twin-tube and mono-tube. Twin-tube shocks have been around for a long time. As the name states, the shocks are comprised of two chambers: an inner and a outer tube. The inner tube is where the piston moves through a main supply of oil. The outer chamber, or tube, contains an extra supply of oil and generally a low-pressure gas. This gas can be anything from regular air in the "el-cheapo" versions, to nitrogen in the nicer shocks. Whatever the gas, it's typically pressurized at 100 to 150 psi. The downside is as the oil heats up, and it will under hard driving, it can mix with the gas and foam up causing shock-fade and a substantial dropin performance.
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You can get it at the coffee shop, on your smartphone, even in coach on an airliner. So why is it so difficult to get Wi-Fi on the jet you charter? One reason is that most chartered aircraft still lack broadband access.
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The latest hot asset among the world's billionaire elite, according to a recent story on Yahoo! News, isn't the newest or biggest private jet. It's a submarine. The news service reported that Microsoft magnate Paul Allen, film director James Cameron and Russian oil billionaire Roman Abramovich are among the 100 or so owners of private submarines plying the seven seas.
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There are probably as many reasons to fly privately as there are private flyers. But you can subdivide the species into types, to a degree. Of course, the characteristics may overlap, but here are three examples:
June 1, 2011
Charter brokers are sometimes treated like the Rodney Dangerfields of the business aviation world. They don't get the respect typically accorded to the operators they work with–the companies that control or own the aircraft you use when you charter a flight.
February 1, 2011
Not long ago, the idea of selling fractional shares in business jets looked like a winner. Industry pioneer NetJets-which Warren Buffett had acquired for Berkshire Hathaway in 1998-appeared prosperous, and so did the several other companies that had formed to take advantage of the business model.
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Last july and august, nascar internet discussion boards swirled and smoked like a winning car churning victory donuts after a race. Jack Roush had just wrecked his jet (N6JR)-his second serious crash flying "little" airplanes. The auto-racing legend and founder of Roush Fenway Racing walked away from this one-staggered, actually-bloodied, blinded in one eye and with several cracked bones.
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Options at the low end of the charter market-single-engine turbine and piston aircraft as well as VLJs (very light jets)-are expanding. That's good news if you've been priced out of larger jets, want to upgrade an automobile or airline trip without busting the bank or are looking to save money on short flights or when traveling without a large group.
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Coroner halts inquest into west Cumbria woman's death
Last updated at 08:56, Tuesday, 12 February 2013
An inquest into the death of a Maryport pensioner had to be halted by the coroner because he needed more information.
The hearing was told that it was not clear if Mary Elizabeth Powell, 90, of Parkside Care Home, deliberately took an overdose or if a prescribed increase in her painkiller led to her death.
She died on September 30 and a post-mortem revealed she had an overdose of Fentanyl, which acts like morphine, in her system.
After hearing from care home staff and a doctor, deputy coroner Robert Chapman adjourned the inquest.
Fentanyl is given to patients via a patch on the skin.
Mrs Powell had her prescription for the drug increased on August 7, September 22 and 25 because her pain was increasing.
Dr Nick Shaw told the inquest: "Fentanyl builds up slowly in the body.
"When she had her dosage increased, the level of the drug could have gradually built up in her body.
"The overdose could have been the effect of the medication building up."
Linda Donaghue, manager at Parkside, said that the home had strict procedures when administering medication.
It is likely to be at least three weeks before the inquest is resumed.
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Public hearings to allow for new townhouses and a new church near the Highway 25 bypass in Starkville are on the agenda for a meeting of Starkville's Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday.
At the meeting, in a public hearing, Herman Ashford is scheduled to request multi-family residential use for a 19.04-acre site west of the Highway 25 bypass, approximately 1.3 miles south of Highway 12 and east of Bluefield Road. The commission's staff report says Ashford plans to build 69 townhouse units in four- and five- unit structures for lease, as well as a lease management office, a pavilion, and a basketball court.
This is not the first time Ashford has sought approval to develop this site. The report says he received final approval for a resort hotel there, but the project never came to fruition.
The report also finds since Tobacco Juice Creek flows through the site into a Special Flood Hazard Area, extra care needs to be taken during development to keep water flow adequate. Also, a single-family residential zone lies to the property's west, and six property owners of record are located within 300 feet of the site, but the report says none have raised objections to Ashford's request. Only one has inquired with the planning office in response to the office's mail notice, and the report said the inquiry was supportive.
The agenda also calls for a public hearing for James Collins, requesting that the commission allow a church at 413 Abernathy Drive, in a general business zoning district east of the Highway 25 bypass.
Schematics in the report show that the plans for this Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints allows for a second phase contingent on membership which would expand the parking lot, developing a total of 26,900 square feet on a 3.46-acre site.
The report says there are no known site issues, and none of the four property owners of record within 300 feet of the site have raised inquiries about the request.
Also on the agenda is a hearing for Mitch Mitchell, requesting permission to modify a rear porch into an extra bedroom and bathroom at a single-family residence at 100 Col. Muldrow Drive. The report said three of the 37 property owners within 300 feet of the residence inquired with the Planning Office to find out if Mitchell intended to demolish the property. The report said all three expressed no objections once they learned the modification would enclose the existing porch without increasing the building's footprint.
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The new owners of financially struggling Escondido Country Club want to replace the 80-acre golf course with a large housing subdivision, city officials and club members said last week.
The proposal has frustrated the members, who want the nearly 50-year-old club to remain in its present form, and has upset some nearby residents.
"This area has a great reputation, and I'd like it to stay that way," said Jerome Haluza, who lives next to the course's 15th hole. "It would affect everybody's property values."
City Councilman Ed Gallo said the closure of the course would be a blow to north Escondido and to the city.
"It was an iconic place that was really classy looking," said Gallo, who moved to Escondido nine years after the club opened in 1964. "This is discouraging."
But the new ownership group that acquired the club in December said last week that it's facing huge financial hurdles that make it nearly impossible to keep the club open.
"No one is more disappointed than the current owner that Escondido Country Club is facing insurmountable financial challenges due to years of prior neglect," the ownership group said in an email to U-T San Diego.
It said it would cost $1.75 million to remodel the 22,500-square-foot clubhouse and revive the 18-hole golf course, which wasn't properly irrigated or manicured for roughly the last decade.
Meanwhile, club revenue has fallen sharply as membership has dropped from roughly 500 to 135 because of the recession and the club's deterioration, the ownership group said.
It also said operating costs continue to rise because of escalating water rates, and that rebuilding the membership would be tough even with a comprehensive restoration of the club.
"There is an oversupply of public and private golf clubs in the North San Diego County market, making it difficult to regain members and public play even with the necessary improvements," the ownership said.
A small group of members trying to keep the club open said the ownership team recently told them the course's last day of operation will be April 1.
"Our goal is to keep it open past April 1 so we can try to find more members," said Jerry Swadley, who lives next to the course's fifth hole.
Swadley said one big problem is that the decaying condition of the course makes it difficult to find new members, or to ask existing members to pay higher dues.
The previous owners tried unsuccessfully to revive the course by opening it to nonmembers two years ago, and by offering deals on websites such as Groupon. They also offered low-cost pool memberships in the summer.
But Swadley said those strategies were mostly counterproductive, because they prompted some longtime members to quit the club.
Swadley said the new owners have agreed to talk to his group during a conference call scheduled for today about the possibility of keeping the course open past April 1.
In addition, the owners have scheduled a meeting in the course's clubhouse at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, which will be the third such meeting since they took over in December.


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At first we were going to restrict our investigation to run-flat tires only, but then we decided to include non-run-flat tires as well. This decision was made for several reasons. First, only three other manufacturers in addition to Goodyear made their run-flat tires available for testing; second, a considerable number of C5 owners have abandoned the security of run-flats, opting instead for less-expensive (and less-stiff) non-run-flat tires; and third, we felt that expanding the testing to include non-run-flats would give a broader spectrum of how the most popular C5 tire brands (and models) fared on a level playing field.
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I like selling ice cream for three main reasons. First of all, rarely do mean or rude people eat ice cream. (Perhaps I should include a disclaimer here that this statement is not scientifically proven!) And, in my experience, if a customer starts out mean or rude when they order, by the time they get an oversized, hand dipped cone of Rocky Road or Moosetracks or Butter Pecan, their rudeness melts away. My favorite customers are the kids whose eyes light up like its Christmas morning when I hand them a cone. The second reason I like selling ice cream is the sampling. After all, a shift lasts between 6 and 7 hours. A person has to eat something during that time and plus, when a customer asks for a recommendation on ice cream flavors, I need to be able to honestly tell them!
And the third reason is the questions I get to answer. Being located so near the cattle barns, I've answered questions like "What cow in the barn did this ice cream come from?" "Does the chocolate ice cream come from a brown cow?" "Is this ice cream made from milk?" Sometimes the questions can be a little crazy, but it is one more way I can help promote agriculture. People are often intimidated when they think about being an advocate for this industry, but if you can incorporate it into something you're already doing, it makes it a lot easier! Good luck!


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I was listening to Living on Earth, which is a podcast focused on Sound Journalism, and thought this was awesome. David Dunn does microrecordings and had a segment on Living On Earth which documented the sounds of a beetle infestation in a piñon tree.
David Dunn, stands nearby at the edge of a grove of needleless, dead gray piñon that look like the backdrop for a Halloween play. Like me, he wears headphones and has a recording machine slung on his shoulder. But the device connected to his recorder is a microphone like none I've ever seen.


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Binaural Spike
I've had a lot of fun with Spike throughout the year and thought it would be neat to give Spike the ability to not only respond to loud noises, but also move (and if necessary, turn) towards the loudest noise.
I'm pretty fond of using pairs of sensors to give robots more sophisticated behaviour. For example, a soccer robot with two light sensors can keep track of where a ball is (and to which side it has been lost) much more effectively than a soccer robot with one light sensor.
The Roman philosopher Epictetus is usually credited for the saying, 'we have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.' Maybe in the case of a Spike with two sound sensors this should be, 'we have two sound sensors and one stinger so that we can listen twice as much as we strike!'
I started writing a program for Binaural Spike using a subsumption architecture idea in NXT-G, but found working with nested loops and switches (and global variables to pass data between MyBlocks!) much too frustrating. I gave up and switched to RobotC – and found it much easier…
Admittedly, the program is far more complicated than it needs to be, and doesn't quite work 100% of the time. (By comparison, with a just a little help, my 5-year old son made a pretty decent program for Binaural Spike using NXT-G in about 10 minutes that works fine.)
One of the biggest problems I had was with the sensitivity of the sound sensors. If the threshold is set too low, then Spike ends up responding to the sound of his own motors. If the threshold is too high, then both sound sensors respond to the noise and Spike goes forward rather than turning. One part of the solution must be to shield the sound sensors more effectively, so I'd love to hear from anyone who has a clever way of doing this.
PS: If you're expecting to program Spike using the USB cable, I've found that it's a lot easier to get to the USB port if you reverse the direction of the NXT compared to the direction indicated in LEGO's building plans.
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Hey Rob,
If you want your version of Spike to react on sound coming from different directions, you'll need to place the sound sensors in different directions as well. Try placing one sensor on the far front of Spike, and the other one on Spike's back. Make sure the sound sensors are facing away from each other.
Then, you can make a simple program that compares the sound levels of Sound Sensor 01 to the sound levels of Sound Sensor 02 and depending on which sensor is receiving highest volume of sound, Spike will either do a 180 degree turn or stay in place.
This can be even more fun if you'd have 4 sound sensors so you could place one at each angle to give your robot even better directional hearing.
Also, try setting low motor RPM speeds to avoid faulty readings from your sound system.
Good luck!
- Nov 24, 2006, 5:10:00 AM
But from what I've seen of Spike, the motors - even without a high RPm - are situated in the back and would always tell spike to turn around. The end product would be a robot that spins in circles.
I would suggest giveing individual time to each party.
he sound sensors take a reading. The NXT compares the values (just like Max said) and turns the motors on accordingly.
Now, when the motors are on, the NXT is going to ignor the readings from the sound sensors. When they are off, it can take another reading.
The Ultrasonic sensor is always on, but its loop is set to false. When it sees something in front of it, it will be set to true and interupt any loops going on at that time.
- Nov 24, 2006, 7:56:00 AM
- Rob Torok said...
Thanks for those suggestions Max and Maniac.
Max, I think having the sensors pointing forward and back would make it easier to discriminate between them, but I'd much rather have a behaviour that would allow Spike to zero in on a sound source... so that he can attack it! As a teacher, I can think of many occasions where that would've been handy... (-:
It would be fun to work with more sound sensors, but I've only got access to two at present.
Maniac, I like the idea of simply having Spike disregard the sound sensors while he's moving. I was so obsessed with having Spike move smoothly towards the target, that I completly overlooked this possibility... d'oh!
Incidentally, my RobotC program for Binaural Spike is now available from...
- Nov 24, 2006, 8:42:00 AM
- Drew Stevenson said...
You can use a telescope limiter (blocks that form a tunnel around the mic) to get better directionality or better yet put a shield between the mics to cut sound from either angle to increase the difference between L/R sounds until it faces forward.
You could use Styro or something to isolate the motors but i like the ON/OFF change in behavior.
A little more complexity could allow the mics to CHANGE threshold when the motors are on or off. Thus it could still track a little bit when motors are running. You could even make the threshold a mathematical relation to the strength of the 2 motors (a low power motor has a lesser threshold and better accuracy while a higher motor power would blind it self more but only as much as needed)
That would of course only be needed if motor speeds varried. You could use trial and error to perfect a program which turns MORE or faster when the difference between the sensors are the larger.
- Nov 25, 2006, 3:48:00 AM
- Tigran said...
How can i get full (not trial) version of RobotC compiler?
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- Steve Hill said...
Has anyone got a simple program for the Spike that they wouldn't mind sharing with me? I've got the Spike built.
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