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Pro-govt UDD to counter 'Bangkok shutdown'
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BANGKOK, Jan 9 - Red Shirt activists will hold rallies at various locations this weekend in a prelude to their stand against anti-government protesters' move to occupy the capital on Monday.
Thida Thavornseth, leader of the pro-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the Red Shirt group, today lashed out at protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban for alleged slander, charging the UDD with hiring people at Bt3,000 each to hold counter rallies.
She said Mr Suthep has repeatedly slammed the UDD as a violent group involved in the country's riots.
Vorachai Hema, former Pheu Thai MP, said he would lead people in suburban Samut Prakan province to rally at the provincial hall on Sunday before moving to a yet-to-be-announced destination.
Yoswaris Chuklom, known by his stage name as a comedian, Jeng Dokchik, and Anuwat Thinrat said they will head another pro-government group to rally at the ThaiCom satellite station in Nonthaburi on Sunday before marching to the provincial hall and central market.
Another Red Shirt group, to be led by Prachuab Ramsoi, will gather at Pathum Thani province on the outskirts of Bangkok on the same day.
Mr Vorachai said UDD members will hold countrywide movement on Monday and set up four major stages in Chiang Mai, Ubon Ratchthani, Khon Kaen and Ayutthaya, but no activity will be carried out in Bangkok.
He said the anti-government movement of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), of which Mr Suthep is secretary general, has impacted the people's daily life.
He warned the military against intervention, or it would be tantamount to staging a coup.
Mr Vorachai called on students, businessmen and people who disagreed with the PDRC's Bangkok shutdown on Monday to gather and rally at eight major spots in the capital including Victory Monument, Asoke, Silom-Saladaeng, Ratchprasong, Pathumwan, The Mall Bangkapi, The Mall Tha Phra, and Imperial Lat Prao tomorrow from 4 pm to 6 pm.
"Let me emphasise that we will rally tomorrow. We will not demonstrate in the PDRC's demonstration sites on Monday," he said. (MCOT online news)
Pro-govt Red Shirts to counter 'Bangkok shutdown'
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Posted 2014-01-10 06:12:33
Pro-govt UDD to counter 'Bangkok shutdown'
Posted 2014-01-10 06:23:17
"Suthep ......... charging the UDD with hiring people at Bt3,000 each to hold counter rallies."
Sounds like Suthep is renting out some of his excess protesters to the UDD, and knowing their problems getting numbers, is charging way too much.
Edited by JRSoul, 2014-01-10 06:24:01.
Posted 2014-01-10 06:29:51
I'll see your 7 sites and raise you one. I don't think the yellow shirts will take to kindly to this. Sure the reds have exactly the same right to protest as the yellows do but this could get nasty.
Posted 2014-01-10 06:54:33
She said Mr Suthep has repeatedly slammed the UDD as a violent group involved in the country's riots.
And? That's certainly not the slander part.
they will head another pro-government group to rally at the ThaiCom satellite station in Nonthaburi
Interesting that they choose this location given their history of violent protests there.
He warned the military against intervention, or it would be tantamount to staging a coup.
It seems that Yingluck HAS talked to the army about a coup, given she's called them in to help the police.
Posted 2014-01-10 06:55:50
Problems can all be solved within Parliament, and by essential urgent augmentation of the current Parliamentary profile, achieved by high-level State discussion between the various modules of State. There is no further need for reds yellows pinks or greens to 'Hit The Streets'. We all know what everybody wants from each social group. The problem is that the current Parliamentary build is not customised to Thailand's specific problems re; corruption and lopsided underclass voting block. The solution in /macro-sentence ; greatly restricting PM/ruling party powers, making the PM and ruling-party position into an honourable but decorative title, where you get to be Boss and feel all 'Facey' but at the same time you are essentially doing State Events / foreign dinners / hand-shaking - you become the figurehead on the prow of the Democratic ship - but you are not steering it without clear debate-based Parliamentary consensus, and enacting a stricter consensus-directive on all Bills, and creating an external Parliamentary Watchdog run by Legal and other other high-State sovereign modules - this Watchdog's primary objective is the strict monitoring of policy-queueing systems - where policies that are Good For Thailand are green-lighted and go to the front of the line, policies that are okay but not priority are marked with a semi-tick and are put mid-queue and thereupon will eventually receive intense cross-party debate & never leave the floor of debate until there is consensus at which point the Watchdog will re-examine the agreed nexus-point and greenlight it based (again) on the Good For Thailand primary objective, and thirdly all policies that are entirely criminal or self-enriching (Thaksin Passport policy) would be marked with a red cross by the Watchdog, blocked from the debating floor, and sent to walk home barefoot while being laughed at.
Re; Corruption. The above system can filter out internal corruption, which always dies when it is exposed to enough debate and scrutiny. It can also achieve consensus on the best model for establishing a permanent and ironshod Corruption Agency, and funding thereof, to monitor corruption in State, business and official modules across Thailand. Obviously, lowering corruption slightly is the main goal. Nobody expects miracles.
Why this is ontopic is that the pointless street action is gearing up for another long hot summer, and while I personally do pray daily that nobody will receive so much as a stubbed toe in the whole situation, the actual point is that its pointless, and the whole problem can be solved by repairs to the existing Parliamentary system, and within said system.
Edited by Yunla, 2014-01-10 07:12:59.
Posted 2014-01-10 06:57:47
"Problems can all be solved within Parliament,"
Like with blanket amnesty bills and off budget infrastructure bills.
Posted 2014-01-10 07:03:33
Under the improvements listed, these proposals would not be able to be Steamrollered through. They would be assessed pre-debate, and then debated until nexus-point of near-consensus, and then re-assessed.
Posted 2014-01-10 07:03:40
PRDC is going to block 7 sites in BKK, and to counter this red shirts will block other sites outside BKK and in the north. How does this counter, rather than help, paralyse the city?
Posted 2014-01-10 07:10:17
But they weren't 'steamrollered through' though, were they? Government tried it with the amnesty bill. There was a public backlash and they pulled it. Isn't that exactly how the parliamentary system is supposed to work? You can always push a bill through parliament if you have the numbers but the public can act as a check and balance by protesting. They did and deserve great credit for it.
Posted 2014-01-10 07:27:31
But pre-protests, they wasted a lot of government worktime, and Parliamentary time, and there were also challenges to the legitimacy of Legal and other bodies, and it is all wasted time, because under a stricter system there would be no need for street action or for the debate to leave Parliament until it is resolved. You are missing my point re; steamrollered, I wasn't just talking about recent events but of multiple instances in the last few years when PTP have *tried to* push things through (even during floods), threatened Judges, camped outside highly-esteemed person's location, threatened civil war - unless their policy is accepted. This is known as Steamrollering. The augments I listed would prevent this, by isolating all proposals within the Parliamentary debate floor, where it can be discussed until resolved.
Posted 2014-01-10 07:42:55
Translation into English please . . .
Posted 2014-01-10 07:51:30
Several of the red shirt leaders mentioned in the OP are currently out on bail from the last time they created mayhem with bail conditions that they would not participate in such activities. Where's Chalerm to re-arrest them for violating their bail activities? Additionally, what happened to Natthawut's pledge the redshirts would stay out of the area?
Posted 2014-01-10 07:52:39
Augment and highly-regulate Parliamentary power/consensus processing to prevent abuse, and make policies that are *for the national benefit* high-priority, and for even those policies to go through a much more rigorous debating system before reaching conclusion.
In simpler terms, "please do anything that stops more blood being shed in the streets over what are basic social science issues."
Posted 2014-01-10 08:15:55
Problems in this paradise started the day Thailand was "colonised" by the thai chinese. Period.
Posted 2014-01-10 08:27:56
It seems to me that what you are advocating is another, alternative bureaucratic nightmare. I can't see how this would create a streamlined and efficient government. As well, if you want to build in extra checks and balances, then you will have a doubling up of this system, unless you get rid of the current bodies which in fact are adequate but riddled with political interference (in some cases), which is where the main problem lies. Also, who would want to vote for a parliament that would essentially be unable to make a decision on its own. That's not my idea of democracy. But nice idea, though, and worthy of debate.
Posted 2014-01-10 08:36:48
It doesn't matter how long debate goes for if in the end the same people vote for/against it.
Posted 2014-01-10 08:39:19
It's already nasty.
Posted 2014-01-10 09:04:04
Kudos for making an effort to try and define "political reform". I think a pertinent question is whether part of that reform would be the electoral process. Given the propaganda and intimidation we see thrown around, much of it based on lies, I would say "yes".
During the last election I went to see Suthep and Abhisit at Saphan Hin in Phuket Town. Suthep was regular as clockwork - "Us & Them" ranting and drawing cheers of "Thaksin auk pai", (whilst Abhisit was trying to talk about economic details - I don't think many were listening after the first 3 minutes). Elsewhere Jatuporn was still preaching his proven-doctored Abhisit "Kill 'Em All" voiceclip as fact. Where is the place for such incitement of hatred in a true democracy?
So I would also say that political reform must come before an election, not after. The PDRC protest movement would seem to agree with me (even if they're guilty of hate speech themselves), the government don't. Unfortunately we're running out of time before Feb 2 comes along and the very question of need for political reform is causing further division and animosity between the different sides of the argument.
Personally I agree that debate is the way forward, and in a true democracy this MUST be done under officially-controlled circumstances such as in Parliament. Unfortunately, this leads me to recall something I posted in a thread late last year...
Posted 2014-01-10 09:10:05
Today's problems can be traced to the last century;
1. The Anglo- Siamese Treaty of 1909: This sowed the seeds of the southern conflict,. The British colonial occupiers of Malaysia carved out the northern part of Malaya and gave the Sultanate of Pattani to Thailand. Had, the region been left with the region to which it belonged, we would not have a southern insurgency today.
2. The French Colonial rule in Indochina left the region messed up and sowed the seeds for successful anti colonial movements led by communists. The fear of communists led the USA to back any country that was "anti communist". Thailand played off this fear to the hilt taking advantage of the US generosity/largesse which put large amounts of money into play, sowing the seeds of mega corruption.
3. The failure of the allies after WWII to purge Thailand of the nationalists who had supported and emulated the Nazis &/Japanese. These ultra nationalists remained, causing a blight on the country and sowing the seeds for a reliance upon dictatorships and the suppression of basic human rights.
4. The refusal of the west to reprimand Thailand for its human rights abuses and defacto support of human trafficking. (The change in attitudes only came about recently after Australia and Canada came close to sending warships into Thailand's territorial waters in an effort to stop the deluge of bogus Tamil refugees who were using Thailand as a jumping off point. The tough response led by Australia sent a strong message never given before.) Unfortunately, the continued support of the USA to Thailand in the hopes of countering Chinese influence in the region reinforces the Thai presumption of being untouchable.
5. The quiet support the Chinese have shown to whatever regime suits its interests, also reinforces the Thai presumption of being untouchable.
Edited by geriatrickid, 2014-01-10 09:12:14.
Posted 2014-01-10 09:22:38
Let the Bangkok annihilation party begin,.... IF anything else will be left on Monday....
Wrong, in countries like Thailand, which was colonized by a certain type of Chinese elite, rules and laws can be changed in ANY way it benefits the most corrupt criminal High-so feudal dudes... "nough said
Edited by MaxLee, 2014-01-10 09:26:29.
Posted 2014-01-10 09:53:31
As expected but until our politicians get their heads out of their asses and stop playing the crowds I doubt there will be any progress. True reform starts with true intentions and its obvious this is not the case with politicians who would pimp even their mothers to win the election. Why don't we try to start fresh by developing job descriptions for MP's, KPI's and minimum requirements such as:
IQ above 100 (I don't ask much)
4 years studying ethics and good governance courses
pass psychological profile screening (neither narcissistic nor psychotic)
Inspection by certified proctologists to make sure nothing is stuck up there
Edited by smileydude, 2014-01-10 09:55:41.
Posted 2014-01-10 10:18:29
This is exactly the flaw in the current system. Those 'legal and other high state sovereign modules' that you talk about will, by their very definition be drawn from the ranks of the 'ruling elite' and will be biased against what they see are 'populist policies' ie those designed to redress Thailands huge wealth gap.
Edited by metisdead, 2014-01-10 16:23:28.
Posted 2014-01-10 10:20:51
Comedy post of the day. Take time to watch, listen and assimilate the debating skills of the government and consider the outrageous bias of the speaker. Democracy at its worst. Yunla in cloud cuckoo land. The whole political system needs reform. It's plain for the world to see.
Posted 2014-01-10 10:24:52
Can I please add. "Accountable and Transparent"
Posted 2014-01-10 10:25:24
Except that most of the money from the "populist policies" isn't actually doing anything to reduce the wealth gap. The money is just going to the middlemen and rich business men that have controlled the regions for decades.
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I don't really know what exactly happens when you blow a planet up. Only thin I know for sure is that there's no ground assault. And no ground to place your Hyperthingy. Also I think it would be good to know if you can still build the big ships on planets you blew up.
It may not be smart to blow up MC, because of your ISDs. Suppose you don't have an ISD building planet and MC is quite easy to take over. If blowing the planet up means you can't constuct ISDs there, it would not be a good idea to blow it up, since in that case they have MC cruiser, and you DON'T have ISDs. I also can image that due to their importance some planets can't be blown up. This could also apply to MC Kuat and the like.
The thing Teradyn mentioned about what happens to the bonus is also quite important to know.
Orao also has some good ideas with the fighter launching. I've had tons of times where my bombers are launched when I'm attacking a space station. Not a bad thing, but they didn't launch anywhere near the station but in the beginning of the battle. Now if I were the captain of that ISD, I would have ordered the launch officer to take a walk out of the airlock, and with no spacesuit off course. Or perhaps some 'apology accepted lanch officer Needa'. Lucky for me Boba usually messes up the enemy fighters and bombers. And I can order my TIE Fighters around a bit so that they appear nicely behind the enemy fighters and bombers, really effective.
And I'd also like to know whether you can block trade routes by placing a fleet in orbit of a rebel planet. That would make for some economical blockades. Perhaps a smugler can restore trade when you use him on a blocked planet.
Also the number of buildslots on a planet is quite important. You can always turn them into a large mining facility. Really nice if you have that planet that doubles the income from all mining. And some front planets should have large garrisons. Though I always buy only one of each troop producing building.
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What value does these meters measure?
Is it RMS, Average or Peak value ?
What value does these meters measure?
Is it RMS, Average or Peak value ?
RMS measurement, like average and peak, only applies to measuring AC, though it may be superposed to a DC offset.
Measuring RMS values is a bit more expensive than measuring average values, so most multimeters avoid the former. Instead they presume your signal is a sine and measure the average value for the rectified sine or the peak value, after which they apply a conversion factor to find the presumed RMS value.
For other waveforms than sines this calculated RMS value will be wrong! The ratio \$\dfrac{V_{PEAK}}{V_{RMS}}\$ is known as the signal's crest factor,
and this can be significantly larger than the \$\sqrt{2}\$ value for the sine. If the crest factor is 3 and the multimeter would actually measure peak voltage you would have a 100% error for the calculated RMS value. Usually this error is smaller when the averaged rectified signal is measured instead. We're talking about the form factor then instead of the crest factor.
Solution: some more expensive multimeters measure "True RMS".
Just like measuring averages true RMS measurement includes an averaging over a certain period. Only when this period is an exact multiple of the signal frequency this will give the most accurate result. If this time constant is a multiple of 100ms accurate results for 50Hz and 60Hz are possible (5 periods and 6 periods, resp.).
Further reading:
For DC, RMS, peak and average are all the same. So Vpeak = Vaverage = Vrms.
SOME AC meters are designed to measure one or other of all the things you described.
But most AC meters are calibrated to display the RMS value of the AC signal IF the waveform is a sine wave, and they will read incorrectly if the waveform is not "sinusoidal". This is because most AC waveforms in power systems use and pure audio tones are sine waves or close to sine waves. It is easy to make a meter to respond to a DC value derived from the AC and then to adjust the calibration to display what is hoped to be the RMS value.
Some meters are specifically designed to measure RMS values. These are less common, more expensive to make (as the RMS value needs to be calculated) and more expensive to buy. They are almost always labelled as being "True RMS" or RMS reading" or "RMS".
Some meters are designed to display peak values, but these are usually for specialist purposes.
Note that while many modern multimeters have a "peak hold" feature, this will display the peak displayed voltage since the peak-hold button was pressed and NOT the peak voltage for AC.
For a sine wave Vpeak = 1.414 Vrms or Vrms = 0.7071 x Vpeak.
With some of the advantages and disadvantages of these meter movement technologies having been discussed already, there is another factor crucially important for the designer and user of AC metering instruments to be aware of. This is the issue of RMS measurement. As we already know, AC measurements are often cast in a scale of DC power equivalence, called RMS (Root-Mean-Square) for the sake of meaningful comparisons with DC and with other AC waveforms of varying shape. None of the meter movement technologies so far discussed inherently measure the RMS value of an AC quantity. Meter movements relying on the motion of a mechanical needle ("rectified" D'Arsonval, iron-vane, and electrostatic) all tend to mechanically average the instantaneous values into an overall average value for the waveform. This average value is not necessarily the same as RMS, although many times it is mistaken as such. Average and RMS values rate against each other as such for these three common waveform shapes:
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Melinda Hall was a pure delight teaching her class "Cold Reading and Exploring Shakespeare" as part of SAG-AFTRA's Conservatory. She made his words sing as she unraveled the meaning behind the words. Her positive energy infused her explanations.
Melinda's background bodes well for what she offers in her monthly class, which is held at SAG-AFTRA's headquarters at 1900 Broadway in New York City.
Melinda is a writer, director, producer and actor who lives in NYC. Her current project is: "How Shakespeare Changed My Life," in which she interviews people who share a pivotal moment about how Shakespeare literally changed their lives. It features: Sir Ben Kingsley, James Earl Jones, Liev Schreiber, Jim Beaver, Brenda Strong, Earle Hyman and many other notable Shakespeare lovers.
Her production company, Willful Pictures, produces the annual Shakespeare's Birthday Sonnet Slam at the Bandshell in Central Park.
Her table read class is an exploration into the world of Shakespeare. "We study the meaning, context, grammatical devices and characters found in Shakespeare," she explained.
"Students share all the parts and we focus on comprehension. By cold reading Shakespeare aloud, the students find that their ability to analyze and cold read any other text improves significantly."
Understanding Shakespeare
Understanding the words of Shakespeare is all about translating their true essence. With each phrase and each paragraph, Melinda helped those in her class dissect the words in order to understand their actual meaning in everyday English.
"The principle of comedy is their pain is our pleasure. You don't literally believe the meaning like someone breaking a leg. It's funny as long as it's not real," commented Melinda as one person in the class added that it's about laughing at someone else's discomfort
Melinda began by explaining that when you are cold reading Shakespeare it is important to understand each person in the play. "You need to understand who is who," she commented.
"I think that Shakespeare is for everyone," she remarked adding, "but some people don't think that."
For those who have been reading Shakespeare for a while it was easier to interpret the meaning. For those of us who are new to the subject, it took a little time.
Melinda had each person read the part of one of the actors in the play she had chosen for that class and then she helped translate the meaning.
The scene that we covered took place in the woods and in order to help us understand the meaning she targeted some of the words and offered synonyms.
For instance, for the word "note" the meaning was to "hear." Instead of saying "murder" the word was "murther." A "goat" was called "goth." And to "receive" was verbalized as "receptacle."
For this phrase: "A precious ring, that lightens all the whole," Melinda translated to mean some type of jewel that would shine.
"A lot comes from Greek theatre," Melinda explained.
After reading, then dissecting so that we would better understand the meaning, the class then reread the piece to help bring it to its intended life.
Here are a couple of sentences that we read in the class including some translations into present day English.
- Lavinia: "O, be to me, though thy hard heart say no, Nothing so kind, but something pitiful!" (Please have mercy on me)
- Tamora: "I know not what it means; (I have no clue how to pity) away with her! (Take her away)"
"You have someone innocent, you have evil, you have vicious, you have bad," commented Melinda acknowledging that what we were reading was typical of Shakespeare with lots of hidden meanings.
With Shakespeare it is also not just about the words.
There are many sites that Shakespeare creates as his backdrop to help bring more meaning to the words. Some of these are often dark places such as graves or churchyards, because "his stories are almost dark comedy in that it can go from good to bad in an instant," Melinda explained.
Those in the class added their thoughts noting that in Shakespeare's plays there is clearly more to it than meets the eye.
Shakespeare also often uses images when referring to people. For example in the piece we were reading he compared a person to a panther.
Melinda was also not going to make it easy for us because her goal is to help actors improve their cold reading skills by providing very difficult material.
She chose Shakespeare because of the stories, characters, grammatical devices, and word repetition, noting, "these are all the types of copy you would have to read in order to land a job."
When explaining her reasoning such as the fact that reading Shakespeare "is stimulating – it is a great workout for your mouth your brain and your heart," her words showed the passion that she has for his material. This helped us to appreciate what a talented writer he was.
While I left the class as one of the people that has the most to learn, seeing her passion gave me and everyone in the class a reason to want to understand Shakespeare.
Understanding the Elizabethan era helps get to the meaning of the words
Melinda clearly loves sharing Shakespeare with her students. "It is truly my pleasure because I learn a lot," she explained. "If I didn't have a group I would be home alone doing this and Shakespeare is meant to be shared. It is the more the merrier principle."
One of her favorites is the Elizabethan frame. Melinda has a curiosity to understand what was happening then; how was the theatre staged and what were the religious and sexual views at the time when the plays were originally performed.
"I think that my students and clients appreciate that because not a lot of people spend time on how a word might have sounded or how an audience might have interpreted a bawdy word. So my students are able to get a handle on what the words mean. If you know all the dimensions of what that word meant you can then act it."
And whether it is performing as one of the actors in a play by Shakespeare or a current person in a present day scene, the goal is always the same. You have to understand and become that person in order to portray them.
Melinda noted that some things have changed over time. "A lot of the words we use today have changed and they have a flatter meaning. In Shakespeare's time the aural sound of the word was the most important aspect of hearing the play. It wasn't about set design or concept, it was about hearing the word."
Melinda further enlightened us about what things were like back then, when computers were non-existent. She explained that the word "role" came from "roll" because in Shakespeare's time the parts were handed out on rolls of paper.
"They would hand you the role to play, which came from them handing you a rolled up piece of paper with your lines on it."
Teaching us about what things were like back then really did help us better understand the setting of the stage and the meaning behind the words.
"When you understand the background I think you can act it better. I think it is more fun for you and more fun for the audience," she concluded.
In 2013 and 2014, Melinda gave Shakespeare lectures at the New York Public Library, South Court Auditorium for Shakespeare week.
Clearly, Melinda is the perfect choice to teach this class. She is an expert in Shakespeare and along with being the Shakespeare moderator for the SAG-AFTRA Conservatory, she privately coaches actors for film and theater auditions. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and The Dramatist Guild.
Go here to see a trailer on "How Shakespeare Changed My Life,"
Go here to see a video of Stacy Keach reading and here to see Alexandra Wailes and Kim Weild performing A Sonnet in ASL.
For more about Melinda Hall visit her web site at www.willfulpictures.com, or follow her on Twitter: at @willfulpictures @sonnetslam.
SAG-AFTRA's Conservatory is the educational component of this organization. For just $35 a year, you can take one class a week from one of the 15-20 teachers who donate their time teaching a variety of acting classes.
For more information about SAG-AFTRA go to this link: SAG-AFTRA and for the Conservatory go to: SAG-AFTRA Conservatory.


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One of First Lady Michelle Obama's guests tonight at President Obama's State of the Union Address will be U.S. Air Force Colonel Ginger Wallace — the first U.S. servicemember following the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to have her partner, Kathy Knopf, participate in her "pinning" promotion ceremony.
In a statement today from Servicemembers United, Wallace said, "Kathy and I are honored and humbled to represent the many thousands of gay and lesbian Americans who are currently serving, have served, and will serve in the armed forces, as well as their partners and spouses who are an equally important part of our military community."
Wallace will be joined in the First Lady's box tonight by several other invited guests, including Lorelei Kilker, a lesbian who fought sex discrimination by her former employer and spoke with Metro Weekly on the eve of the president's address.
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network executive director Aubrey Sarvis said in a statement, "This is a clear victory in the fight to achieve full equality for service members. In his 2010 State of the Union, President Obama committed to repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' and indeed, it would not have been possible without his determination to do so."
Of the invitation, Wallace said, "Tonight is not about us, but rather about what we represent and how far we have come, thanks in part to the hard work of the President and many members of Congress in attendance tonight. I also feel privileged to be sitting in the company of the First Lady, herself a champion and advocate for military families, and to be publicly and proudly included without Kathy and I having to fear the loss of my career and our family's livelihood as a result."
Alex Nicholson, executive director of Servicemembers United, said, "We could not be more proud of Ginger for her accomplishments, her poise, and now her selection for the honor of sitting with the First Lady to watch tonight's State of the Union address in person. She and her partner Kathy are the best role models our community has to offer, and we could not be more pleased that they have been chosen to represent us on such an historic and high-profile occasion."
Sarvis, whose organization has sued the Department of Defense challenging the denial of equal spousal benefits for same-sex partners of servicemembers, added, "Even as we celebrate this milestone tonight, let us not forget that our work is far from done. While gay and lesbian service members may now serve openly if they choose, they are still not serving equally. They are without the same protections from harassment and discrimination that are afforded others, and legally married gay and lesbian service members do not receive the same recognition, support, and benefits for their families as their straight married counterparts. We must keep fighting until the mission is complete."
The end of DADT also did not end discrimination against open transgender military service, which SLDN includes among its ongoing goals but Sarvis did not mention in today's comments in advance of the president's State of the Union Address.
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Weekend hack: Planet JDK upgraded to Atom 1.0
By mr on Oct 01, 2006
With the open-source JDK project in full swing I don't get much time to work on code these days, but during this past weekend I finally got around to upgrading Planet JDK to both read and publish Atom 1.0 feeds.
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Despite its name, the Bank of America Corporation is spreading its wings far beyond the United States. In fact, the bank recently announced that it will jointly enter into a new venture with the China Construction Bank. Together, the banks will offer new credit cards and other services to the Chinese market. The collaboration allows both banks to take advantage of the strengths they each bring to the table – Bank of America has the credit card expertise while China Construction Bank has the market strength needed to succeed in China.
According to reports, the two banks will implement this venture in two stages. During the first stage, China Construction Bank will create its own credit card unit and its current credit card operations will be merged into the new one. With the help of an advisory committee, which will include representatives from Bank of America, they will determine the business structure of the new unit.
During the second stage, the credit card unit will be converted to a Chinese-foreign credit card. Though it will be registered in China, it will be created through a joint venture, of which Bank of America will acquire 37%. Bank of America will also begin to launch co-branded credit cards and members of both banks will have representatives that are members of the senior management team of the project.
In order to complete the second stage of the venture, the banks have to wait until the Chinese government enacts new joint venture regulations. In addition, the banks will need to obtain regulatory approval, but this is not expected to be an issue.
This is certainly a smart financial move for Bank of America, as it will allow them to take advantage of one of the world's fastest growing economies. In 2006 alone, the credit card volume in China jumped up by over 70%, and it is only expected to continue to grow.
The joint venture is also beneficial for China Construction Bank because it will help them to better meet the needs of the market. In turn, this will increase revenue for both banks. China Construction Bank is already a leader in the Chinese finance industry and is the second largest issuer of credit cards in the country. According to the chairman of the bank, Guo Shuging, China Construction Bank hopes that Bank of America will help provide them with the support and expertise they need to take their company to the next level – with the ultimate goal to become known as a world-class retail bank.
Bank of America's involvement with the China Construction Bank is nothing new. In fact, Bank of America became a 9% shareholder in 2005 and has been providing the bank with advice ever since.


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Wolf10kFire wrote:Hi
I first encountered Error Code 12 after I installed Generations. I eventually found this fix http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/362318.page if you look at what Phil51660 has posted. I haven't ran into Error Code 12 since I used this. If you haven't done this before, then I would definitely give it a try.
Hope this helps!
piratekitag wrote:My apologies for my ignorance but...
Is error code 12 the error you get when you go to save and exit and the message comes up saying that the game could not be saved because of the error code?
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The number of severe storms has been high compared to the last few years, and the Natrona County Emergency Management office is reminding the public what outdoor warning sirens are for.
The sirens are used if the National Weather Service issues a severe thunderstorm warning, a tornado warning or a flash flood warning.
In addition to the weather warnings, the sirens are also used to alert the public in the case of a chemical or hazardous material release.
When the siren is activated, the public should tune into a local TV or radio station.
Once the warning has passed, a distinct air horn sound will be broadcast over the sirens.


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Arizona State scores three runs in the top of the ninth.
Texas moves on to face Penn State in the Super-Regional.
ASU finsihes the 2000 season as a Pac-10 tri champion and a 44-15 record.


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Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green has put their Los Angeles house on the market for sale. You can now own the house that the famous actress has lived in for the price of $3.95 million. The couple, who wed in 2010, have listed the Mediterranean style home in Los Feliz and whoever decides to pick up the property is going to have a stunning four-bedroom, five-bath home for a great deal. According to "Today" on Wednesday, the couple is looking to relocate after starting a family and no longer uses the property.
The beautiful home has views of downtown Los Angeles Long Beach, Century City and of course the Pacific Ocean. What else will the new owner need? How about a swimming pool and lots of outdoor patio and yard space? The house is loaded with unique features that would entice a movie star to purchase the property and be grateful appreciated by everyone else.
The inside of the home has been completely redone with some great perks that anyone living in the Los Angeles area would need to call home. If hiding from the cameras are necessary, this home also offers an abundance of privacy. The property is walled and there is a gate with audio and video surveillance systems already installed.
The 5,300-square-foot property might reflect current real estate prices in the Los Angeles area, but the couple will make a profit when they sell the home. According to Yahoo Celebrity on Wednesday, the property was originally purchasing the home in 2009 for $2,942,500. They are listing it for roughly a million dollars more than what was paid.
Real estate agents in the area don't expect the home to be on the market very long. People love to pick up property where famous people once lived and Megan Fox's former home definitely is appealing to buyers around the Los Angeles area.


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The Guitar Trio: Letter From India
Letter From India
The Guitar Trio
The Guitar Trio (Verve 314 533 215-2)
John McLaughlin (acoustic guitar), Paco De Lucia (acoustic guitar).
Composed by John McLaughlin.
Recorded: England, summer 1996
Rating: 94/100 (learn more)
"Letter from India" is a duet featuring John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia, the two members of The Guitar Trio who were getting along personally at that time. The title and composer would suggest another Indian-influenced piece. But au contraire, mon frčre. (Or should I write "Kayal acha hai par," which is as close as I could get to the French phrase in idiomatic Hindi?) This Spanish-tinged ballad is right in the wheelhouses of both players. A gentle melody is introduced. The two guitarists trade calls and responses, and provide chord backing for impressive but low-pressure improvisational runs. For the uninitiated, this music may sound like the most intricate guitar work ever heard. But for these masters, the tune gave them a chance for a few minutes of introspective and calming interplay. This is verified by Paco's relaxed voice at song's end: "Nice, eh?" Yeah.
Reviewer: Walter Kolosky
Tags: 1990s jazz · guitar
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Photographs Teach People to See
Our life on this earth is like mist in the air. Moments are spent that are impossible to recreate. When there are no words to express your emotions it is the photograph that focus the feelings. I am blessed to savor life intensely by being a photographer that can document your love.


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In the past few years action heroes from the '80s and '90s have been pushing for career resurgence. Due mostly to the nostalgic charm of The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have fought their way back to the action movie forefront. In 2013 the men who made Rocky and the Terminator icons teamed up to share leading roles in Escape Plan.
Large and menacing, Ray Breslin (Stallone) looks like the typical maximum security prison inmate. What makes him different from his fellow orange jumpsuit-clad prisoners is that Ray is voluntarily incarcerated. He's the world's foremost expert on prison security spending his time going into prisons to discover their weaknesses and then break out. When he is approached to test a prototype facility constructed to house the baddest of the bad, the world's worst criminals, Ray doesn't hesitate to accept the challenge. But this situation is far different from any he has previously encountered. Ray's team will have no information regarding their boss' location in the off-the-grid prison called The Tomb. Once there Ray realizes that his carefully constructed cover is actually a disguise orchestrated by someone who wants him imprisoned for the rest of his life. Ray grudgingly befriends fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer (Schwarzenegger) while formulating his escape plan in a desperate, vengeance fueled bid for freedom.
At first glance Escape Plan appears to be just another action movie in the currently popular subgenre of aging heroes fighting against retirement or the less exciting role as the boss instead of the instrument. What makes this movie different from Stallone's 2013 Grudge Match or Schwarzenegger's 2013 The Last Stand is that their age is hardly a factor. Escape Plan could have easily cast Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson as Ray and Emil. That's not to say the audience won't notice the deepening lines in their faces or half-step slower pace of their gait. The lack of old guy jokes is refreshing. Schwarzenegger and Stallone even poke fun at dumb, strong man archetypes by telling each other that they don't look that smart while crafting a plan to escape the revolutionary high-tech prison.
What also makes Escape Plan better than the average action flick is the high tension woven through the movie. This isn't like Stallone's action-comedy escape movie Tango and Cash of the late '80s fare. As soon as Ray is taken into custody and flown in a drug induced stupor to The Tomb, he knows he's in serious trouble. This place isn't like the maximum security prisons he's been in before, this place is hell on earth. Filling in that tension are frightening performances by Jim Caviezel as Warden Hobbes, a meticulous psychopath who delights in his job and Vinnie Jones playing the head guard with sadistically violent rage, a man as dangerous as the convicts he is charged with keeping in line. The odds are stacked high against them, but hey, it's Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger!
Escape Plan is a great choice for action movie aficionados. It blends the high-tech intelligence of the Bourne series with Arnie and Sly's standard rock'em sock'em fare. It's rated R, has a run time of 115 minutes, and was directed by Mikael Håfström, written by Miles Chapman and Jason Keller, with story by Miles Chapman. The movie also stars Faran Tahir, Amy Ryan, Sam Neill, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, and Vincent D'Onofrio.
Special features include audio commentary by Håfström and Chapman and "Executing the Plan: The Making of Escape Plan" featurette. It can be found at most stores for about $15.


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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with the Lao People's Democratic RepublicPublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 11/12
January 31, 2011
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case.
On July 28, 2010, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with the Lao People's Democratic Republic on a lapse of time basis. Under the IMF's lapse of time procedures, the Executive Board completes Article IV consultations without convening formal discussions.
Lao P.D.R. weathered the global crisis well in 2009. Although the crisis did have an impact on exports, non-regional tourism, and capital inflows, GDP growth held up very well, at 7.6 percent, one of the highest in the region. Growth was buoyed by ongoing projects in the mining and hydropower sector, as well as the boost to construction and other sectors provided by a sizable fiscal expansion, an accommodative monetary policy, and one-off events such as the South-East Asia games that were held in Vientiane in December 2009.
Although inflation remains relatively contained at 4.9 percent, prices of real estate and land have been rising rapidly and an acceleration in the growth of domestic demand put pressure on the external position. Gross international reserves of the Bank of Lao P.D.R. (BoL) remained relatively stable at around US$630 million, thanks to the SDR allocation from the IMF (US$65 million) and sales of U.S. dollar-denominated BoL securities to domestic banks (US$43 million). However, net foreign assets (NFA) of the banking system fell by a further US$215 million in 2009.
The pressure on the balance of payments in 2009 stemmed primarily from expansionary macroeconomic policies. The overall fiscal deficit widened by 4.4 percentage points of GDP to 7.2 percent of GDP in FY09, mainly because of a sharp increase in off-budget spending (4 percent of GDP), funded mostly by loans from the BoL to provinces to finance infrastructure projects, including for the South-East Asia Games and the celebration of the 450th anniversary of Vientiane. Monetary policy was also expansionary, with the growth of credit to the private sector rising further to 88 percent in 2009. While the bulk of the new credit continued to come from the state-owned commercial banks, credit growth by the smaller private banks was also very rapid, exceeding 100 percent in some cases. While the expansionary policies did support growth, the boost to domestic demand resulted in a widening of the non-resource current account deficit from 6 to 12 percent of GDP between 2007 and 2009. With FDI inflows slowing during this period, due to delays and postponements in mining and hydropower projects in the aftermath of the global crisis, this widening in the current account deficit resulted in the decline in banking system NFA noted above.
The outlook for GDP growth in 2010 is favorable and inflation is likely to remain moderate. Growth is projected to remain close to 8 percent, supported by a continued expansion in the mining and hydropower sectors, a rebound in non-resource exports and tourism, and continued strong domestic demand. The start of commercial operations of the Nam Theun II hydropower project in March 2010 will support growth and is expected to be an impetus for further development of the country's hydropower potential. Inflation could rise further in the next few months because of base effects but is expected to recede to 5½ percent by the end of the year.
Lao P.D.R's medium-term prospects are promising, provided that macroeconomic stability is maintained and structural reforms continue. The recovery of copper prices and strong demand for electricity in neighboring countries are bringing forward expansion plans in the mining and hydropower sectors, which were delayed in the wake of the global crisis. Activity outside of the mining and hydropower sectors is also projected to pick up, although this will need to be supported by continued reforms to strengthen the foundation of the economy.
The rapid expansion of the number of banks in Lao P.D.R. and the rapid growth of credit in a number of banks poses risks. Reported non-performing loan (NPL) ratios remain low, but experience in other countries has shown that NPL ratios tend to rise only during the later stages of a credit boom. Capitalization of the three state-owned commercial banks remains below the prudential limits. Collectively, commercial banks are maintaining a net long position in foreign exchange of about 2 percent of GDP and some banks are exceeding the prudential limits on the net open position. And currency mismatches in the nonbank private sector may be substantial with many borrowers in foreign currency lacking foreign currency income.
Executive Board Assessment
In concluding the 2010 Article IV consultation with Lao P.D.R., Executive Directors endorsed staff's appraisal, as follows:
Lao P.D.R.'s economy has held up remarkably well, despite the global recession. The crisis had an impact on exports, non-regional tourism and capital inflows. However, supported by ongoing projects in the mining and hydropower sector as well as expansionary fiscal and monetary policies, growth has remained higher than the average for low-income countries in Asia. At the same time, the authorities managed to contain inflation below the average for low-income countries in Asia. As a result, important gains continue to be made in improving living standards and reducing poverty. The authorities deserve credit for that.
However, expansionary macroeconomic policies put pressure on the balance of payments. Expansionary fiscal and monetary policies alongside the rapid growth of the banking system have stimulated domestic demand and imports. In conjunction with the stabilized exchange rate regime, this has put NFA of the banking system on a downward trend since mid-2008. As a result, the liquidity buffer to absorb external and internal shocks is now substantially less comfortable than during 2000–07 and the authorities should take this into consideration when assessing the adequacy of central bank reserves.
The outlook for GDP growth in 2010 is favorable and inflation is likely to remain moderate, but pressures on the external position are likely to continue. The projected narrowing of the fiscal deficit in FY2010 would make an important initial contribution to the needed policy tightening. However, on current policies, the growth of credit is expected to remain strong, boosting domestic demand and imports, and raising risks in the financial sector.
The overall fiscal deficit, which looks set to narrow by about 2 percent of GDP in FY2010, should be kept on a consolidation path over the medium term. In this regard, staff welcomes the phasing out of the off-budget spending financed by direct lending from the central bank to provincial governments. The needed medium-term fiscal consolidation should build on recent revenue gains, including from the resources sector and the new VAT, and a prioritization of infrastructure spending.
The authorities should articulate a plan aimed at reducing the growth of credit to the private sector. The extent of the further decline in banking system NFA during 2010 will depend to a large degree on the authorities' success in reining in private sector credit growth. In light of this, all available instruments should be considered, including raising reserve requirements, stepping up sales of central bank securities to the domestic banks, raising the policy rate, and using prudential curbs.
Staff believes that the Lao currency (kip) is overvalued, but that a stabilized exchange rate regime remains the appropriate monetary anchor for Lao P.D.R. In view of the higher risk of financial crisis and slower and more abrupt external adjustment typically associated with pegs and near-pegs, and in light of the downward trend in NFA of the banking system, this makes it all the more important to implement consistent fiscal and monetary policies.
The rapid expansion of the number of banks and the rapid growth of credit in many banks poses high credit risks and call for extra vigilance by bank supervisors. Bank lending standards should be scrutinized and a tightening of these standards should be mandated, if deemed necessary. Existing prudential regulations should be clarified and enforced, including loan classification rules and regulations which limit banks' net open foreign currency position and prohibit bank lending in foreign currency to borrowers without foreign currency income.
Lao P.D.R.'s medium-term prospects are promising, provided that a concerted effort is made to preserve macroeconomic stability. Efforts to strengthen the soundness of the financial system should be complemented by efforts to improve the business climate and trade integration. State-owned enterprise reforms and regulatory and legal reform required for accession to WTO membership can be expected to have important long-run payoffs.
Improvements in the quality and timeliness of statistics would improve analysis and policy making. Improvements in balance of payments and national account statistics are particularly urgent.
Staff welcomes the authorities' recent acceptance of the obligations under Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the IMF's Articles of Agreement.


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You can publish anywhere!!
It's Willets* who says it; not me!
The instructions to assessment panels are that they must judge on the basis of quality, quality, quality – not location, location, location. So individual researchers can submit pieces of work that have appeared outside the conventional hierarchy of journals, and I am assured by the people running the REF that they will not be penalised for this.
So where are you going to publish from now on? And why?
just curious…and this would help me with my research. Thanks in advance.
*David Willetts MP gives Third Roberts Science Policy Lecture


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Corbridge in Northumberland
Hadrian's wall was another vain attempt, in the long history of humans, to keep us away from them. The Romans could not take the north of Britain; it was too cold, full of blood thirsty midges, and hostile, blue face, skirt wearing Highlanders. So they built the wall. Part of this massive engineering marvel were many forts and towns along its lengthy expanse. We decided to take an 8 mile walk from Vindolanda, the rich site of archeological finds, and Housestead one of many intriguing Roman remains. What a beautiful countryside Northumberland is. Rolling hills covered in deep green grasses dusted with bright yellow buttercups. All of these wonderful sights were framed by the ever present gray, brown, and white straight lines of rocks stacked high by industrious Romans.
The rolling, green, treeless, hills of Northumberland slowly fell away to the slightly more treed, rolling, green hills of Scotland. Our first stop in the bonny land of the Scots was Jedburgh, which is where Mary Queen of Scots spent some time liaising with her third husband to be the earl of Bothwell. Alas, after this it did not end well for her. She ended up losing her head to her second cousin, Queen Elizabeth the first, Regina, the mighty queen of England. We discovered another sacked and ruined Catholic Abby in Jedburgh. This was thanks to that insightful and universal church purging King Henry the eighth, who had no need for the catholic hypothesis. We bid Jedburgh farewell and continued our journey to the center of Scottish culture and thought: Edinburgh. Our first stop in this big old city of many burghs was the National Museum of Scotland. This is a well laid out museum and a fine place to visit. The natural history exhibit had the most unique catalogue system I've ever seen; well worth the time to see.
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