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Who's afraid of Veena Malik?
News broke of Veena Malik's "nude" – more accurately, implied nude – photographs in FHM India magazine when the image of the magazine's cover went viral on Twitter, even before the magazine was on newsstands. The media in India and all over the world reported "outrage" in Pakistan, in keeping with the international image of Pakistan as a country taken over by Islamists who would wreak havoc over a Pakistani woman posing without clothes for an Indian magazine with ISI tattooed on her arm.
FHM India itself magazine emphasised Malik's nationality, calling her a "Pakistani WMD" and discussing burqas with her, even mentionining the word burqa on the cover, to reinforce the stereotype of a hot Pakistani model defying a country riven with Islamic extremism.
But in reality, there hasn't been as much backlash in Pakistan as the world outside would expect or believe. Says Islamabad-based journalist Shiraz Hassan, "I am surprised that except a few news channels and papers nobody has been bothering about Veena Malik, as though they don't care what she did. Haven't seen anything from hardliners also."
The notoriously over-active Pakistani judiciary refused to step in, saying that even if a case of obscenity was made out Malik could only be tried in India for what she did in India. Pakistan's interior affairs minister Rehman Malik, when forced by journalists asking for his response to the controversy, said he would consider legal action only if it was proved the pictures were not morphed. "The media morphs even my pictures," he said, "putting me sometimes on a bicycle and sometimes on a donkey."
Veena Malik's father has said he's disowning her (just as Rakhi Sawant's family disowned her some years ago). Veena has said she will explain to her parents that she did not pose nude as has been made out in pictures she says are morphed. She has claimed that she was "topless but not nude" as she was wearing a thong, removed in photo editing, and her breasts were covered with her arms. She has defended the ISI tattoo with the explanation that it was to debunk the the Indian penchant for blaming everything Pakistan on the ISI. FHM India's editor Kabeer Sharma gave the same explanation on Pakistani TV channels.
Karachi-based Yusra Askari, who reports for NDTV, says perhaps it's a case of boredom: "Veena Malik's pictures have not been as controversial as one would have imagined or the international media leads you to believe. The reaction to the way she conducted herself on Big Boss was surely a greater reason of concern among the masses. Probably less shock value the second time around."
Her canoodling scenes with actor Ashmit Patel in reality TV show Big Boss 4 late last year was seen on TV sets in Pakistan and had ruffled many feathers. This time, Veena defused the situation somewhat by immediately claiming she was suing FHM India for putting out morphed images, claiming she did not pose "nude" at all. Some Pakistanis seem to have believed her version even though the magazine's editor Kabeer Sharma was on Pakistani channels claiming he had a video of the shoot.
There have been no fatwas, no price on her head, no street protests calling it the 'dishonouring' of Pakistan. She has claimed receiving death threats privately, something she did back in March too. She has dismissed allegations that she claims threat to her life for publicity. It has been speculated that the controversy is a set-up precisely to shock and be in the news to help the ratings of her 'Swayamvar' show on an Indian channel. She had made it to Big Boss 4 in the first place because she found her way to news and controversy by claiming her former boyfriend, the Pakistani cricketer Mohammed Asif was guilty of match-fixing.
In any case Veena Malik does not have to fear the clerics beyond the TV studios. Muniba Kamal, editor of Instep, a fashion and lifestyle supplement of The News daily, says that the people with guns and bombs, including even the Taliban, eliminate only political targets. "No fashion show has ever been attacked, no actor assassinated. The public mood in Pakistan is not baying for Veena Malik's blood at all and the media has by and large not inflamed passions," she said on the phone from Karachi.
It was also the timing that helped, says Karachi-based columnist Ahmed Yusuf: "The issue went somewhat under the radar because of the political scene in Pakistan right now. For the media, much of which is right-wing, kicking Zardari out of power by any means necessary is top priority at the moment, and hence, most talk shows catered to that requirement." This despite the reported attempt of the Pakistani Army's Inter Services Public Relations to influence by sending local journalists an SMS that said Veena Malik's actions were "the height of humiliation for Pakistan, done by a Pakistani on Indian soil".
Far more than outrage, there has been humour. The most popular joke is that now that Veena Malik has declared her "assets" she could join Imran Khan's party, which demanded politicians declare their, well, assets. Even the ISI tattoo on her arm elicited jokes; one said that her arm says ISI but the picture is RAW. Saba Imtiaz wanted her for the post of ISI chief – many Pakistanis were happy about the ISI tattoo, taking it to be a statement of ridicule against their unaccountable intelligence agency.
Comparisons were drawn instantly, even by Pakistanis on Twitter, with Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the 20 year old Egyptian blogger. A few weeks ago, Aliaa had posted on facebook a nude picture of herself, and when Facebook took it down, on Twitter. She and her boyfriend said they were doing this as a statement against conservative sexual mores in Egypt, and in support of free expression. In a CNN interview she explained that she did it to make that point that she is "not shy of being a woman in a society where women are nothing but sex objects harassed on a daily basis by men who know nothing about sex or the importance of a woman."
Veena Malik did not express any such activist intentions, though she did say she might consider doing a full monty shoot in the future. In typical Veena style, she maintained that she is merely an "entertainer" doing what is considered permissible in India's entertainment industry. Despite her not taking up the flag of feminism, the comparison with Elmahdy remains because one could argue it does challenge sexual hypocrisy in Pakistan, as also in India. For instance, Miss Pakistan (World) Sonia Ahmed thinks it is to be Pakistan's Protima Bedi moment.
Novelist Bina Shah tweeted, "We get outraged by Veena Malik's photograph, but we don't care when women are paraded naked in the street to avenge "honour"? WTF?" In another tweet, she referred to voices in Pakistan that demanded Veena Malik be stripped of her citizenship: "I know men don't care about women being stripped and marched naked because they never demand that the perpetrators lose their Pak citizenship." Such expressions of support for Veena Malikhave
abounded on Twitter and Facebook, which matters even if it reflects the view of only the upper classes of Pakistani society.
If Pakistan has learnt to live with what Veena Malik does, it has a lot to do with what Veena Malik says. When in January she returned to Pakistan after Bigg Boss, she was asked by a Pakistani news channel to be confronted by a cleric, Mufti Abdul Qawi. (Again very Rakhi Sawant-like, who has no qualms taking on Baba Ramdev.) The Mufti said she was bringing a bad name to Pakistan, doing things that were un-Islamic. Malik gave it back to the Mufti so badly the video went viral on YouTube. There are various copies of it on YouTube with lakhs of hits; the most popular one has over ten lakh. Her repeated question, "Mufti saab, yeh kia baat hui?" has become something of a slogan for Pakistani liberals. Even a music-mixed version of the news show it by a DJ has over 1,62,000 hits:
Not only did Veena Malik shut up all of Pakistan's conservatives with one TV appearance, she also struck a chord with beleagured Pakistani liberals. A Karachi-based lawyer, Faisal Siddiqi, wrote an op-ed in Dawn, titled "Veena Malik's Pakistan". He wrote, "Veena's outburst tells us about the Pakistan which exists outside the mosque of the religious right and drawing rooms or NGOs of secularists. It is a Pakistan in which a hybrid contradictory modernity is taking shape, a modernity which does not fit into the ideal of the puritanical religious right nor comes up to the standards of elitism of the secularist." He also explained why Pakistan's religious right wasn't taking Veena Malik head-on: "The religious right is sensible enough not to launch any movement against Veenabecause they understand that the masses might support them on the blasphemy laws' issue but will not let the mullah take over their personal and political lives. "
Some have felt sad that Veena Malik has to play the role of a liberal hero, considering what she does is very much in aid of objectification of women. Hafsa Ahmad has written that Veena Malik's photo-shoot for a men's magazine is antithetical to feminism. Similar concerns were raised by Pakistani feminists back in January, but after watching Veena Malik demolish the Mufti on TV, one such Pakistani feminist writer, Urooj Zia, argued, "Like the 'dancing girl of Moen-jo-Daro', not only are these women comfortable with their own sexuality, they also choose to flaunt it, thus conveying the message that their bodies belong to no one but them; that they are the sole custodians of their morality and sexuality."
Veena Malik is a hero of sorts, but what about FHM India? Pakistani actor and stand-up comic Osman Khalid Butt posted a hilarious vlog where he came to the conclusion that it is "not Veena Malik but the FHM India that is seriously screwed".
Osman's reading of the cover as being full of "weird shit" is borne out by the pages inside. The lad-mag is full of white-skinned semi-naked women, and Veena Malik does little more than play on the Indian stereotypical fantasy for Pakistani women. The cover calls her a "Pakistani WMD" and the intro to the story inside reads, "The bombshell from across the border blows the lid off match-fixing in cricket and sheds her burqa."
Not only does that indulge in stereotyping Pakistan as a land where all women wear burqa, it is also deeply offensive that women who "shed" the burqa would be thus naked for the male readers of FHM India. The story says on the one hand that she used to wear a burqa in her student years, and then says she still does so "back home". It is less about her and more about her controversies, which we are told are "more than (those of) Burlesconi".
Written by editor Kabeer Sharma, it describes at length with innuendo the undressing for the shoot ("Our behaviour is as can be expected when standing before a lady in a state of undress – we smile politely and nod"). There is talk of her relationship with Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif, convicted for match-fixing, her "alleged" lack of a work visa in India, and then we return to small talk about Islam, burqas, alcohol and parties in Pakistan. The editor tells us, in what is anything but a profile of Veena Malik, "She could have asked for the keys to our ancestral house at this point, but all she wants is cappuccino."
Ironically, for all the shedding-the-burqa talk, the magazine has an opinion piece, also by its editor which rubbishes the Egyptian Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, saying, "We're all for women stripping off for all and sundry causes, but do we really need more amateur porn?" Sharma writes he would give an arm and a leg to visit a bra-bonfire of the '60s "because it sounds like a fabulously exciting bachelorette party". It seems Sharma wants women to burn their bras and shed their burqas not because these are symbols of their objectification by men but so that we could get to the whole point of such objectification – sex and only sex sooner. Sharma even acknowledges the problem, as if honesty makes it better: "It's also not tough to imagine what the criticism to this piece will be. It'll be made symptomatic of how despite moving into the 21st century or whatever, (!) the Indian man is still regressive and continues to objectify women – it would be true too. But then how is giving us more amateur porn helping the cause?"
But isn't FHM India's cover story doing just that!
There is an alternative cover the magazine has printed inside, one they didn't use, in which she is wearing a belt full of green-coloured pouches, covering her breasts with her left hand and with the right hand she is holding a hand grenade with its pin between her teeth. Unlike the ISI tattoo, this act doesn't seem like it was aimed at improving Pakistan's image before Indians.
The rest of the magazine's pages are full of semi-naked white-skinned women. When it's not about women's bodies, it's about how to do a sting operation and how to play snooker! Two full pages of Facebook-downloaded funny signboards ("Go Slow: Accident Porn Area") are not enough; there's more Facebook-downloaded funny signage in other pages. Another two-page graphic is about buying beer, hurling an expletive and asking a girl out in different countries and languages.
Just who is the target audience of this incredibly daft magazine that gives us so much amateur soft-porn (perhaps their editions in other countries have porn that is less amateur) and self-reflexively wonders if we need more amateurs? Clearly, the target audience is amateurs (perhaps unintentionally). It is not the Indian man but the Indian adolescent male who will buy this magazine, the sort who will need to hide it from his parents and for purposes of the bathroom.
(An edited and shorter version of this article first appeared in FirstPost.com on 14 December 2011 under the title 'Where's the fatwa? Veena Malik strips, Pakistan yawns')
December 17, 2011 6:41 PM
It is for Veena Malik to be afraid and at least be very cautious now. In a land of Islamic fundamentalists she may be killed any day by extra-judicial religious fanatic executors. It is better she stays back in India and becomes a citizen here or goes to Europe and take refuge there. She may go to nudist colonies in France and even join and live there for a time.
December 17, 2011 7:09 PM
The anchor on the 4 minute video above forgot or overlooked the most famous expansion for WMD – Weapon of Mass Destruction. Indeed Veena Malik is a WMD for religious fanatics of all sorts, especially Islamic fundamentalists, in Pakistan or anywhere in the world. I don't think wrong if Veena owns it up and stands defiant.
Sadman29 permalinkDecember 18, 2011 8:09 AM
We have so far seen, its mostly an individual than anything else had triggered some change. If Veena could be the one, let her be.
December 18, 2011 8:44 AM
bravo veena malik. the world needs more courageous islamic women like you. those clad with the burqa are a shame on the very notion of womanhood. men have to learn to really respect the woman's body, not treat it as a vicious thing to be covered totally.
Ali Kirmani permalinkDecember 21, 2011 4:10 PM
Hey Shivam, very well written. You know its a good thing that the Islamist did not re-act. For the Islamist to react, Veen'a stint on the BB or the FHM was not required. The fact that Veena Malik is cashing in upon the divide between two nations, upon conflict, through the instrument of humiliation should have been a good reason for a fatwa. However, Islam does not permit the application of the personnel law upon a person who has abandoned Islam. Veena Malik did just that. In the mind of Pakistan she did just that.
Those who are cheering Veena's popularity in her antogonism to Pakistan, should actually attribute her popularity to Pakistan. Pakis are not reacting probably because they are not considering scum such as Veena to be their representative. Infact, why Veena? any woman from Pakistan would have got all the popularity for doing what Veena did.
Its a woman re-assuring the objectification of women, and a nation discussing it in great detail :p
Also, I would be happy to see Shivam Vij's take on the potrayal of young muslim men and specially women in mainstream Indian cinema. For this will allow Shivam to show us where the Veena fiasco comes from, with a complete view on the ideas of masculanity, and the shrill bigotry that looks like public discourse in India.
SadMan29 permalinkDecember 22, 2011 9:08 AM
Most of the Pakistanis are good at one thing, rape of women not protecting their dignity. The sad episode of 1971 in then East Pakistan now Bangladesh testifies this point. It was close to half a million women were raped by heroic Pakististani memebers of Armed forces and law enforcing entitities who were given the task to bring the unruly(?) civilians. Had the media that time had advanced to the present state many of us would have seen pictures of their heroic feats of rape and killings.
Ali Kirmani permalinkDecember 24, 2011 5:12 AM
I like to read Kafila coz I always find good readings in here. However, I went through the reader comments above and realized that 'moderation on comments' is quite bland and useless in this forum. If not bigotry, Kafila should at least filter stupidity and bad grammar from circulation.
@SadMan29 – In our nation 1 woman is raped every 3 minutes. There is no single piece of document that could fully contain details of the uncountable acts of molestation, rape and stripped parading that are conducted upon Dalit women on a daily basis.
Also, consider the acts of the Indian army in Kashmir, and that of the police and the CRPF in the Maoist and insurgency hit southern and north-eastern regions of the nation.
Not to mention, the systematic rapes and pogroms carried out by peace loving citizen armies in Delhi (1984), Gujarat (2002) and Kandhamal. All of this, from long before and till late after our 'advanced media' had been putting up a frail show that we have so far called National media.
Realism is in the acceptance of facts and an understanding of the issues for what they are. Bigotry is everything else. Do not be a bigot.


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Bolts Showcase Skills On First Day Of All-Star Weekend
The Eastern Conference skated to a 9-6 victory against the Western Conference, coming from behind to win the competition in the second half of the evening.
Martin St. Louis during the Dodge/NHL SuperSkills Competition
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Following the Obstacle Course Relay, an event which tested the passing and shooting skills of both the skaters and goaltenders, St. Louis took on Los Angeles' Anze Kopitar in the Fastest Skater competition. As the pair raced the full length of the ice St. Louis beat Kopitar by a stride in the two-skater battle.
The West skated into the Elimination Shootout with a 3-2 lead. Lecavalier had a chance to help tie up the competition for the East, but the puck slid off the heel of his stick as he moved to the backhand in front of Nabokov. Lecavalier tried to fake a kick in the slot but Nabokov followed through on the attempt.
Following the Elimination Shootout the festivities turned to the Youngstars Game featuring Lundin. Rookies from across the league faced off for a short game that was highlighted by two six-minute periods and three-on-three play. The fast-paced contest turned into a scoring extravaganza as the players skated for long shifts with no stoppages in play.
After the New Jersey Devils' David Clarkson opened the scoring Lundin picked up his first of two assists in the event on a goal by Washington Capital Niklas Backstrom. Tapping the puck ahead to Brandon Dubisnky from the blue line Lundin set up the play that allowed Backstrom to score on Detroit Red Wing Chris Osgood.
Lundin later fed Dubinsky the puck from the right faceoff circle, getting the Ranger open in the slot for the sixth Eastern Conference goal. As a nod to the playful nature of the game, Lundin took and won the opening faceoff for the second half of the game.
The Eastern rookies gained a point for their conference with a 6-2 win in the first half of the competition. The West claimed the second half point with a 4-1 win against the East.
Returning to the Skills Competition, the Eastern and Western Conference teams kicked off the second set of challenges with the Accuracy Shooting event. The Toronto Maple Leafs' Tomas Kaberle was the only skater to go four-for-four in the event, becoming only the third player in All-Star history to reach the mark. The task has been accomplished four times, with Boston's Raymond Bourque reaching perfection in both the 1992 and 1993 All-Star games.
Lecavalier went on to represent the Lightning in the following event, the Hardest Shot competition. Firing his first shot at 101.9 miles per hour Lecavalier posted what ended up being the second-hardest shot of the night. Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara won the competition on the final shot of the event, posting the second hardest shot in All-Star history at 103.1 miles per hour.
The East took an 8-5 lead into the final event, the Shootout Competition. St. Louis was the first skater for the Eastern All Stars, but was denied on both attempts against Nabokov.
Nabokov stood out as the only goaltender to come out of his crease to challenge the shooter, holding off creative attempts by St. Louis. On his first attempt St. Louis tried to scoop the puck onto his stick for a shot from the slot. The Lightning winger then tried to fake Nabokov by skating through the slot backwards, but the Sharks netminder poke-checked the puck as St. Louis turned for the shot attempt.
With the first day of events in the books, Lecavalier and St. Louis are set to participate in the 65th All-Star Game on Sunday, January 27 (6:00p.m., Versus). Sunday's contest marks Lecavalier's third All-Star appearance, his first as a starter. St. Louis will appear in his franchise-high fourth All-Star Game.


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An Oakland man with a history of mental illness who is accused of beating to death a 67-year-old Berkeley hills man last month is not mentally competent to stand trial and will be committed to a state hospital for treatment, a judge ruled Thursday afternoon.
Daniel Jordan DeWitt, 23, was not in court Thursday. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Sandra Bean said lawyers will return to court April 13. At that time DeWitt will officially be committed to one of three state hospitals for treatment, his public defender Brian Bloom said.
DeWitt has been charged with one count of murder in the beating death of Peter Cukor, a business management consultant. That charge will be suspended while he is treated, said Bloom.
The goal of treatment will be to restore him to mental competency so he can stand trial, said Dave Cook, an Alameda County deputy district attorney familiar with the issues around mental competency.
DeWitt's parents, who were present at Thursday's hearing, said they have attempted to visit him and send him care packages at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, but he has refused both.
"He's totally shut down," said his father Al DeWitt, and is not interested in taking medication when it is offered.
The DeWitt's issued a statement following the hearing expressing regrets for their son's alleged actions.
"Our hearts go out to the Cukor family," the statement says. "We cannot find words that say how deeply saddened we are. A man's life has been taken and now there is a family that is left with terrible suffering. We are so very sorry."
In their statement they said they tried everything they could to get their son help. In the months leading up to his alleged crime, the DeWitt's said he would only whisper to them through his apartment door and he thought people were following him, watching him and poisoning him.
"Unfortunately, the system did not allow Daniel to receive the involuntary treatment that would have helped him because of the qualifications for an involuntary hold, (which is) an imminent danger to self or others."
The DeWitt's said their son was released from an unspecified treatment program by a hearing officer in December "against our stated wishes and against a doctor's recommendation for continued treatment."
The statement concluded by saying, "This tragedy did not need to happen."
DeWitt was arraigned last month on one count of murder for beating Cukor to death with a ceramic pot. He is being held without bail, and Bloom said it could take up to three months before he is transferred to one of the state hospitals.
On the night of Feb. 18, DeWitt probably walked from Oakland to Cukor's house, Berkeley police said. When Cukor encountered him he said he was a psychic and was told to go through Cukor's gate to find his fiancee named "Zoey," minutes before the attack, court records say.
Police said Cukor first called them at 8:47 p.m. to report a man in his garage. Police did not respond because they were getting ready to monitor an Occupy Oakland protest and were only going to emergency calls. Cukor told DeWitt to get off his property, court records show.
Cukor then went to a fire station not far from his home to get help, but the crew was on a call. When he returned, DeWitt attacked him, police and court records say. At 9:02 p.m. officers were dispatched to a 911 call from Cukor's wife who witnessed part of the attack.
When police arrived and searched the area, they found DeWitt at Shasta Road and Park Gate Road. He had fresh blood on his hands, sweatshirt, pants and shoes, and the knuckles on his right hand were swollen, according to the court statement.
Cukor's wife positively identified DeWitt as the suspect.
Doug Oakley covers Berkeley. Contact him at 510-843-1408.


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MK-3475 Versus Chemotherapy for Advanced Melanoma (P08719/MK-3475-002)
Randomized, Phase II Study of MK-3475 Versus Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Melanoma
|Study ID
|Malignant Melanoma
|Phase II
This study is being done to compare survival using MK-3475 or standard chemotherapy for participants with advanced melanoma (MEL) who have progressed after prior therapy. Participants will be randomized to receive either low dose MK-3475, higher dose MK-3475, or Investigator-choice chemotherapy. The MK-3475 dose will be blinded to Investigators and participants. The randomization to either MK-3475 or Investigator choice chemotherapy will be conducted in open-label fashion. The five standard chemotherapy choices are carboplatin + paclitaxel, carboplatin alone, paclitaxel alone, dacarbazine, or temozolomide.
Eligibility Criteria (must meet the following to participate in this study)
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable Stage III or metastatic MEL not amenable to local therapy
- Participants must have progressive disease after the most recent treatment regimen
- Must consent to allow correlative studies and should have available tumor tissue
- Radiographically measurable disease
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status of 0 or 1
Exclusions (conditions that would prevent participation in this study)
- Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or biological therapy within four weeks prior to the first dose of study drug, or not recovered from the AEs due to cancer therapies administered more than four weeks earlier
- Participating or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or using an investigational device within 30 days of the first dose of study drug
- Expected to require any other form of systemic or localized antineoplastic therapy while on study
- Chronic systemic steroid therapy within two weeks before the planned date for first dose randomized treatment or on any other form of immunosuppressive medication
- Known history of any other than the current malignancy excepting adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial bladder cancer, in situ cervical cancer, breast cancer, or other in situ cancers
- Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
- Active autoimmune disease or a documented history of autoimmune disease or syndrome that requires systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents
- Prior treatment with any other anti-programmed cell death (PD) agent
- Active infection requiring systemic therapy
- Known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Active Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C
- Regular user (including recreational use of) illicit drugs or had a recent history (within the last year) of substance abuse (including alcohol)
- Pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study.
Last UpdatedApril 10, 2014
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rogerfederer.com - Out against Tsonga
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Out against Tsonga
Unfortunately Roger lost his quarter final match against Jo Wilfreid Tsonga today 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. Our champ could only bring 58% of points on his first serve which contained no aces. Combined with 34 unforced errors there was only one way this match was going.
"This is obviously a crushing loss," Roger said following a quick shirt change. "I struggled a little bit everywhere. Personally, I'm pretty sad about the match and the way I played. Jo-Willy played great today. He was better than me in all areas . He returned better than I did, served better than I did. I struggled to find my rhythm. I'm just disappointed I couldn't put in a better match. Missing smashes goes hand in hand with missing so many other things," said our champ, who was broken six times during the contest. "Should have never gotten broken (after being up) 4-2 (in the first set). In hindsight now that's obviously a huge game for me, and things didn't go well from then on for me today."
Roger's next contest is at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle (Germany), starting on the 10th June.
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|Palencia, Edwin - PLANT PATH.,U.GA,ATHENS
|Klich, Maren
|Bacon, Charles
Submitted to: Mycological Society of America
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: June 30, 2007
Publication Date: August 5, 2007
Citation: Palencia, E.R., Klich, M.A., Bacon, C.W. 2007. Molecular differentiation of species within the Aspergillus section Nigri by using an automated repetitive-PCR method. Mycological Society of America. p. 92. Interpretive Summary: Abstract - no summary required
Technical Abstract: Some species in the Aspergillus section Nigri, are known for their production of mycotoxins, including ochratoxin A, a chlorinated cyclic polyketide compound. Ochratoxin A has been classified as possible carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and the evidence suggests nephrotoxic, teratogenic and carcinogenic activities in laboratory animals. The accurate classification and identification of ochratoxigenic species within the A. niger aggregate has been elusive since the morphology of most of the member is very similar. Molecular biology techniques have been developed in order to differentiate species within this aggregate, however most of them are impractical for routine identification and they required too much time. In this work, we report the use of an automated repetitive-sequence-based DNA fingerprinting method which reduces the time and labor required by other molecular methods. We used 27 Aspergillus section Nigri species and strains that were previously identified by microscopy and our results indicated a high concordance between the automated DNA fingerprinting system and morphology.


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This new AERA webinar provides information to education researchers seeing to learn strategies and build skills in communicating research to elected officials in their district offices. Learn more and watch the webinar here.
In this study, the authors find that Americans are more concerned about—and more supportive of proposals to close—wealth-based achievement gaps than Black-White gaps. Read more


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World Entertainment News Network reports that punk rock icon Henry Rollins has become an unlikely best friend of "Star Trek" star William Shatner and admits even he can't believe the match-up is for real. The former BLACK FLAG frontman collaborated with Shatner when the actor recorded an album, "Has Been", in 2004, and the odd couple became firm friends. Rollins reveals he's now a regular at Shatner's home for his weekly football parties — even though he's not a big fan of the sport. The rocker says, "I've been to the Shatner house many times for dinner, for Super Bowl Sunday, for football games. I'm sure this coming September, when the season starts up again, I'll get the call from his assistant Chris: 'Mr. Shatner would like to see you at six bells. Can we be expecting you?' And I head up here."He lives up the road from me, a few traffic lights and I go see 'Monday Night Football' at his place. I don't watch football, but I like his friends. I'm a shy person. I don't really go out of my way to hang out but I like him and his wife... and I like all the food he lays out. "He's extraordinarily friendly, a very energized guy. He's like 74 and he's just doing stuff. He impresses me in that he's a guy who's really figured out what he likes. He loves his life. "He's got this big room with a big TV. It's built for you to be comfortable in. I love being in that room. It's pretty damn cool."
HENRY ROLLINS Loves Hanging Out With Pal WILLIAM SHATNER
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The Lady of Shalott
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Part 3, Lines 73-81 Summary
Get out the microscope, because we're going through this poem line-by-line.
Lines 73-74
A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,
He rode between the barley-sheaves,
- Here it comes – the big turn in this poem.
- Someone's coming, although in these lines, he's only identified as "He." He shows up riding through the barley just a "bow-shot" (as far as you could shoot an arrow) from the Lady's little prison.
Lines 75-76
The sun came dazzling through the leaves,
And flamed upon the brazen greaves
- Tennyson really ratchets up the effects for this big entrance. If it were a movie, this moment would definitely be in slow motion. The sun is dazzling and bright, and it sparkles off his greaves (that's a piece of armor, like metal shin-guards for a knight).
Line 77
Of bold Sir Lancelot.
- Then he drops the name. This isn't just any knight; it's Sir Lancelot, the toughest and most famous (and, we imagine, the best-looking) of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.
- Here's a note for all you poetry nerds: this is the only stanza where the fifth line doesn't end with the word "Camelot." Here it's "Lancelot," which is a sneaky but also maybe a really powerful way of showing how important he is.
Lines 78-79
A red-cross knight for ever kneeled
To a lady in his shield,
- Literally these lines mean that Lancelot's shield has a picture on it of a knight kneeling before his lady.
- Like in many spots in this poem, there's a lot more going on under the surface. The Redcross Knight is a character in The Faerie Queene, a famous epic poem by Edmund Spenser. The red cross is also the sign of St. George, the patron saint of England. Basically that picture on the shield is a symbol of courage, chivalry, and the political and literary history of England. You don't have to wrestle with all that stuff at once, but it's good to know that it's there.
Lines 80-81
That sparkled on the yellow field,
Beside remote Shalott.
- Check out how often the speaker reminds us where we are. Here he mentions the field of barley again, and the "remote" island of Shalott.
- It's pretty unlikely that you forgot about these natural details, so we think this has more to do with how Tennyson gives the poem its rhythm.


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Premiere Collector's Firearms Auction - April 20, 21 & 22, 2012
April 20, 21 & 22, 2012
Premiere Collector's Firearms Auction
|Lot #: 1129
|Estimated Price: $20,000 - $40,000
|Spectacular Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbine
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|Revolving Rifle
|56 percussion
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|21 inch part octagon
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|This is an exceptional, totally original example of a British proofed Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbine that was manufactured circa 1862. Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbines are a rare variation of the Colt Model 1855 Revolving Rifle. Colt London Agency sold approximately 2,000 Model 1855 Revolving Carbines. Examples are typically found in the 10,000-12,000 serial number range. This carbine has British London, "Crown/CP" and "Crown/V" inspection and proof marks stamped on the left barrel flat and in alternate flutes of the five-shot cylinder. The carbine has a .56 caliber, 21-inch, part-octagon/part-round barrel, brass oval trigger guard and crescent brass buttplate. The barrel has a brass front sight blade and a folding, three-leaf rear sight with sight leaves graduated for 100, 300 and 600 yards. A sling ring is attached by a staple to the left side of the receiver. The barrel, cylinder and frame have the Colt military blue finish. The loading lever and hammer are color casehardened. The stock is oil-finished black walnut. "COL. COLT HARTFORD CT.U.S.A." is roll-stamped in the sighting groove on the top-strap. "PATENTED SEPT. 10th 1850" is roll-stamped in one cylinder flute. "COLT'S PATENT/NOV. 24th 1857" is lightly stamped in a curve on the left side of the frame above the sling ring staple. The serial number, "11638" is stamped on the underside of the barrel beneath the loading lever, on the underside of the frame behind the loading lever cut-out, behind the trigger guard and on the toe of the buttplate. All of the visible serial numbers match.
|Excellent plus. The carbine shows very little wear and retains 97% of the original blue and casehardened finish. The military blue finish has traces of plum brown patina on contact points of the barrel, cylinder and frame. The percussion nipples and rear face of the cylinder show minute evidence of having been fired. The hammer, face of the cylinder, breech and inside of the frame show no sign of ever being fired. The loading lever and hammer retain 98% plus of the original casehardened finish. The screw-heads are in perfect condition and retain most of the niter blue finish. The brass trigger guard and buttplate have a pristine "mustard yellow" age patina. The proof marks, serial numbers and Colt markings on the cylinder and the top of the frame are crisp. The stock is in nearly new condition with all of the original oil finish. The stock shows almost no handling or storage wear and retains the un-touched, "feathered" grain. This is certainly one of the finest examples of the rare Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbine extant. It is most likely the finest example of a Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbine ever offered for sale by the Rock Island Auction Co.


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TOWSON, MARYLAND -- Manager disrespectful. I truly had a bad experience. The first was a Book It pizza I ordered for my granddaughter. I ordered a sausage pizza and they gave us cheese but took it back. Then instead of giving us a new sausage pizza, they threw some sausage on top of the cheese pizza and gave it back. I didn't say anything and accepted it instead of arguing for a new one which they should have given us. Then while biting my second slice of my stuffed crust sausage pizza I found a piece of hair in my pizza. When I reported it the waitress asked me if I wanted a new pizza or my ticket discounted.
This was the first time I ever had this happen so I didn't know what to say. I asked how much was the discount cause I really wasn't feeling another chance of hair. She asked at the counter and I heard the manager say, "She's not getting it for free." I wasn't looking for free. We did order the pizza and we did have three and a half slices before I saw the hair. It was clearly under the undisturbed cheese, not on top. He made me feel as if I put it there to get free food which I didn't. I didn't want free just courtesy.
WEAVERVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA -- Before the store was to open I saw a woman come from the inside out, to walk a dog. This was at 10 am, realizing it wasn't time to open I wondered why. When she went back inside with the dog, a Scottish terrier, I went to ask why a dog was inside. It is a public place, the so called manager began to yell at me like it wasn't my business, WRONG. She was going to call police but I couldn't understand why since she was the only one who was breaking the rules. In the past I service their business but not now. I think the manager of that store was the real dog!
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN -- Ordered 2 large pan pizzas online, for delivery at 6:04 pm. My ticket number is ** for the Pizza Hut on 111th and Silver Spring. Received 2 hand tossed pizzas and the greasiest cheese sticks in a bag no less. Also, was to be delivered by 8:04 pm and I received it at 8:40 pm. This not the first time I've received the wrong pizza or wrong crust. I'm beginning to believe my business is not wanted because as many times I've complained to local store, obviously nothing happens. Would at least appreciate the acknowledgement of said mistakes, instead questioning me. Would like to hear back from someone on this matter and would also like a credit. Thank you.
BROCKPORT, NEW YORK -- I ordered a 3 cheese stuffed crust pizza for my family for dinner. When the pizza arrived the crust was burnt, the dough on top was not cooked enough. The crust that was supposed to have cheese in it was replaced with air pockets. When picked up, the pizza went totally south, there were areas where there was no cheese at all, and it looked as though the pizza had been sitting for a few hours, and definitely did not taste fresh. When I called to complain the young man on the phone argued with me and told me that he looked at the pizza before it went out and it was fine. I had to argue with him to get compensated. I was offered 20 dollars credit for another time.
First of all, I would like to be compensated on the same day that our dinner was ruined not on another day. Secondly, with unprofessional attitudes such as his, I wouldn't put it past them to spit on the pizza. This wasn't the first food fiasco, let's talk about the 60 undercooked chicken wings I ordered last year. They can keep their 20 dollar credit.
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE -- I went to Pizza Hut on Austin Peay and Covington Pike in Memphis, TN to order some pizzas. As I was ordering, I noticed the young man preparing the pizzas was not wearing gloves. I asked the young lady at the register do they always prepare pizzas with no gloves and she stated that sometimes they wear them and sometimes not.
I proceeded to walk away and I heard one of the young ladies laughing and the young man preparing the pizzas making a comment about I can go somewhere else and order pizzas, in which I did anyway. I think there should be a policy in place for people handling different items should always wear gloves. I will not be going back to this location.
CONVERSE, TEXAS -- No food on the buffet table, waitress asked what you want, mgr. and 2 other employees were reading the paper instead of putting pizzas out for lunch. When they noticed I was taking pics they decided to put pizzas in the oven - by then my lunch break was over. Salad bar was also nasty.
I would not recommend this Pizza Hut, they need a new manager that is going to take charge and make sure that the products you are paying for are out in a timely manner - not be reading the paper. Upon checking out the waitress asked me how everything was so I told her and she just nodded and said "Yeah I know, the food right?" Sorry place and sorry management, he needs to be replaced - he does nothing. I have pictures if needed.
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA -- Today I ordered two separate times from Pizza Hut both paid with credit. As the first delivery man handed me the order a personal pan with wings, he hands me the receipt & my copy, looks at it & hands it back to me asking for a tip! Now I'm not a horrible cheap person. I have no problem giving a tip if the service is outstanding or the weather is bad but to be ASKED for a tip is by far the rudest thing to ask! Luckily I had some cash & handed it to the man very unpleased.
Second order was during the evening - another personal pan & a medium pizza. Same transaction - paid by credit, handed receipt, having the driver hand it right back to me asking for tip (not the same guy) - at this point I'm pissed! Pizza Hut needs to address this issue with their drivers do NOT ask for tips unless the customer willingly gives it. I told the man no because the cash I did have gone to the previous guy. He once again handed me the receipt & asked me to put $0.00 in the tip spot, angered I put the amount & slammed the door. Next time (if there is one) this happens I will personally call the store while the driver is present & send it a complaint!
ST ANN, MISSOURI -- First off what pizza place can not break a hundred dollar bill and if for whatever reason they can't why would you be rude about it. Most customers would already be upset that you couldn't break their hundred dollar bill but you have people stupid enough to be rude and upset the customer even more. What kind of people do you have working for you?
I order from Pizza Hut at least once or twice a month and will no longer go to this location if any at all because of the way I was treated by that cashier who gets paid to take care of your customers. I have been a manager in food service for almost 10 years and know that taking care of a customer is the most important thing, without the customers business you wouldn't have a job at all.
NORTH CAROLINA -- This is an informative letter in response to the Pizza Hut complaints listed on your website. I have worked at three Pizza Huts in NC and here are a few things that consumers in NC area should know. I HAVE NOT eaten Pizza Hut pizza since I quit 5 months ago. The following is only applicable to RAGE, Inc. Pizza Huts, NOT Pizza Hut Inc. (There is a difference, a big one!)
I have tried for months to figure out someway to get the word out because I can't find any help to resolve these issues. I can't help but think what if my child ate a pizza from Pizza Hut while at someone else's house and became deathly ill or worse; very young children and the elderly are more prone to food borne illness than the average adult (learned this one in ServSafe). That's another funny thing, Rage Pizza Huts are paying for ServSafe certification and then completely disregarding what they paid to teach their general managers.
While at the 1st location, we were infested with rats and our District Manager did not take care of the problem until one of our employees and customers called the health department to tell them that there were rats in the dining room and a dead rat in our water heater. The restaurant had continued to wash dishes and service food on the supposedly "clean dishes." The problem wasn't fixed until we were shut down for two days by the health department. The water heater went out at another time and we were told that we could not close, just wash the dishes in cold water and continue business as usual.
The next place I worked, I trained for my General Manager position. Recurring times I saw 1-2 day old dough go out the door to customers (if your pizza is flat, it's on old dough... call back and get a refund or another, your best bet is another pizza establishment, not another pizza from Pizza Hut, other items are probably old too) and old veggies being used on the make table and salad bar (hidden in "new" food). If anyone knows anything about dough it starts to grow yeast after a day or so of sitting and smells like alcohol; it can be potentially dangerous if eaten.
As a new General Manager, while looking for new hires, I was told "do not hire deaf people, they are loud and obnoxious." My District Manager even told me to take a 5 lb box of blackened, molded, slimy mushrooms out of my trash can and put them back into the fridge to be used (You'll be glad to know that I threw them away after he left). "We can't afford to throw away food," were his exact words. He also called me before an inspection and told me not throw away any close to or expired food, just change the expiration date on the container so the health department could not get us.
Subsequently, I had a rough week at my restaurant following a local high school graduation. We had no tables, therefore my waitresses didn't make any tips that week; we were empty, almost every sale was carryout or delivery. At the end of the week I was instructed to delete any supplemental pay that was due to the waitress to ensure that they did not received minimum wage for that week. I refused and quit.
As far as I know, no one has ever taken these matters seriously. The NC Labor board was contacted and I'm assuming blew the entire thing off because I was never contacted after telling my waitresses that I would back them up at every turn and waitresses not receiving their pay is still occurring (I still have relationships with certain Pizza Hut employees that can verify these stories). I can't file a claim with the NC Labor board because it does not regard my pay, and I can't make a claim for someone else that is afraid to lose their job in fear of retaliation.
If they would just subpoena Rage Inc.'s records, you can log into their system and pull up every possible thing that happened on a person's time slip or food ticket. On the time slips, it shows what tips were claimed and what they were changed to. It will also tell you who altered the claimed tips.
(Basically, GM's, Assistants, and District Managers are logging into the system and claiming that waitresses made more tips than they claimed to avoid paying 6.55 an hour instead of 2.13 an hour. I know wait staff not claiming all or sufficient tips happens occasionally but I know for a fact that my waitresses were being screwed; you can't make tips if no one eats inside your restaurant and order everything to go.)
Rage Pizza Hut will rob your children if they work for them as wait staff; they will be (excuse the term) screwed out of pay due to them, treated with no respect, forced to service inadequate and unsafe food, and discriminated against. They will also work in unsafe and unsanitary environments.
I have tried what I can, I was just wondering if maybe I could get some help from someone out there that could help bring this Nationwide Corporation's abusive practices to a halt. If it happens in 3 restaurants in NC, I can almost promise you it happens everywhere else. All general managers attend the same meetings in every district, the story is probably the same, just with different faces.
By the way, I don't need this forwarded to the company, they already know what is occurring, they are encouraging it. And if one of them in my region reads this they will know exactly who I am, I questioned these issues several times within the company.
LINCOLN, ALABAMA -- The local Pizza Hut in my city has got to be the worst running business I've ever come across in my 43 years. On a good day the pizza will arrive within 1 1/2 hours with no customer service. That rarely happens however. It is usually much worse. I have ordered my last pizza from Pizza Hut. I am sick and tired of the bad food, slow food, rude managers, and incompetent employees! Even worse, I don't think they care if they get my business (or anyone else's) one bit. It would just make their jobs easier.
A few months ago I ordered from my local Pizza Hut, here in Lincoln, Alabama. Nothing special, just an order of cheese sticks and a regular pizza with regular toppings. I was told it would be delivered to my home within 30-45 minutes. This is moderately acceptable. One hour after I ordered my food it still had not arrived so I picked up the phone and called the store. I was placed on hold for about 5 minutes and then talked to a rude employee. I told her it had been an hour and inquired about the status of my order. I was told very rudely that the driver already had it in his car and was on his way. I said thank you and hung up.
Another 30 minutes passed and still no food had come. I again picked up the phone and called the store. I was placed on hold again and then talked to an even ruder employee. I was told that they weren't sure where the driver was but he had my food. They told me that he had left with it a long while ago. They said they would call the driver and check on it. Another 30 minutes passed and still no pizza.
It had now been 2 hours since I ordered my food so I called again. I was placed on hold yet again and then addressed by an even ruder employee (the same one each time). I asked to speak to the manager. The manager got on the phone and told me that it was on its way and the food would be free since it took so long. I waited another 45 minutes and decided to go ahead and eat something else that I had here in my home because the pizza and cheese sticks were obviously not coming. The food NEVER came! Never! I didn't receive any food nor did I get any call telling me it was not coming. I swore I would never order from Pizza Hut again.
About a year or so went by and I decided to give Pizza Hut another chance. I figured that they have so much turnover with teenagers that it would probably be a whole new staff. Well, I was right, but this staff was just as inept and just as rude as the ones before them. I called and placed an order for cheese sticks and a pizza with normal toppings on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. I was told the order would only take 15-30 minutes to be delivered. Obviously I knew this was incorrect because it takes at least 15 minutes to make and cook the food. I did, however, expect a short wait time since the employee who took my order told me such a short time.
I expected it would arrive within at least an hour. An hour went by and no food had come. I called the store, let them know it hadn't come yet, and asked for an update. She told me that he (the driver) had left with it already and was on his way. She said it shouldn't take much longer. Another 45 minutes went by and still no delivery. I called the store again and told the same girl that my food still had not come and that I was getting a bit aggravated. She said, "Oh, we've had a lot of complaints about him. Hold on and I'll call him." She put the phone down (not on hold) and came back in about 3 minutes. She said that he had the food and was on his way.
I told her that was exactly what she told me 45 minutes ago. She hung up the phone. I waited another 30 minutes and still had no food. I once again picked up the phone and called the store. I was a bit more stern with my voice this time and she decided to pass me off on to her manager.
The manager got on the phone and asked me for my address. I had been asked for my address already 3 times before so I said, "I've already told you my address 3 times now." She got very angry and started yelling into the phone, "I tell you what! You just keep your food when it gets there! You just don't worry about it!" Then she slammed the phone down and hung up on me once again.
The driver called me on his cell phone a couple minutes later (I assume she called him to tell him the food was free) and said he was lost. It angered me that he was just then asking for directions and that they just send out their drivers with no more information than the address. They aren't told anything whatsoever to help them actually find the address (which is the whole point). I told him directions nicely and we disconnected. Another 20 minutes went by and he still had not arrived so I picked up the phone and called his cell phone (it had appeared on my caller I. D.). He said he was still lost and was almost back at the Pizza Hut store.
He had actually given up and gone back to the store. I was irate! As mad as I was I didn't take it out on the driver because it's not his fault. I stayed on the phone with him and guided him turn by turn and mile by mile until he arrived at my house. I got my food 2 hours and 20 minutes after I had ordered it and was told it would only take 15-30 minutes. I tipped him and went inside and attempted to eat my old, cold food.
Everyone makes mistakes, but this Pizza Hut store does nothing but make mistakes! They never get the orders right and they almost always take a couple of hours to arrive. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANY FOOD FROM PIZZA HUT AS LONG AS I LIVE! I would like the girl who took my order and the manager reprimanded and punished. I would also like an apology, but I'm sure I won't get it because that's morally and ethically more than this company and its employees are capable of.


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"useful" is a bit vague. How big is the problem which this solves, and
how well did it solve it?
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SANDPOINT, Idaho — He has been an Aryan Nations member and Ku Klux Klan leader, and now Shaun Winkler wants to be the sheriff in a rural Idaho county near the Canadian border. The white power activist is running as a Republican in the May 15 Bonner County primary to become the top law enforcement officer. Winkler said despite the white supremacist beliefs he holds as a KKK imperial wizard, his brand of justice would be color blind. "In the event I was elected sheriff, I would not act on racial profiling," Winkler said. "Being in the white power movement, I know how it feels to be profiled by law enforcement." Rather, Winkler is running on a platform that includes coming down hard on sex offenders and meth manufacturers, and reducing the impact of federal law enforcement at the county level. Cornel Rasor, chairman of the county Republican Central Committee, doesn't see much appeal to Winkler's candidacy. "The seven people that like him will vote for him," Rasor said. "I don't think he has a chance.'" Bonner County is heavily Republican, with a large Tea Party following. But "there are very few Aryans here," Rasor said. A human rights group leader urged local voters to reject Winkler. "If the voters of Bonner County will turn out in large numbers to oppose Winkler's candidacy, they will be sending a clear message of opposition to all those who come to our great state to promote hate-filled ideologies," said Tony Stewart of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations, which, along with the Southern Poverty Law Center, put the Aryan Nations out of business with a lawsuit more than a decade ago. Winkler, 33, was for years an associate of Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler, who ran for mayor of Hayden in 2003, the last time an admitted white supremacist appeared on a ballot in northern Idaho. Butler received only about 50 of the 2,300 votes cast in that election, Stewart said. Winkler is running in the GOP primary against Sheriff Daryl Wheeler and Ponderay police officer Tim Fry. The winner will face independent Rocky Jordan in the November election. Sandpoint, the county seat, is built along the shores of spectacular Lake Pend Oreille, and has a thriving tourist economy built around outdoor recreation and the arts. It shows up regularly on lists of the best small towns in the West. But the area also has a history of radical and anti-government activism. The infamous Ruby Ridge standoff occurred about 20 miles north of here, and the Aryan Nations compound was about 30 miles south. Kate McAlister, president of the Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce, said Winkler is free to run for office, but his views do not reflect the majority in the area. "Mr. Winkler does not in any way, shape or form represent Bonner County," McAlister said. "We are not exclusionary." Bonner County, like much of the rest of the region, has a population that is overwhelmingly white — about 96 percent of the 40,000 residents. Winkler moved to Priest River a year ago, and owns a landscaping business. He said he noticed immediately that there were large numbers of registered sex offenders and meth labs in the county. He said he didn't think local law enforcement was taking the problems seriously enough and decided to file for sheriff. Winkler, who has a Ron Paul sticker on his truck, has no law enforcement or military experience, which he considers a plus. He said he has been a registered Republican since the age of 18. He considers himself a white separatist, who believes people of different races should live segregated lives. Winkler picketed Mexican food carts in nearby Coeur d'Alene in 2011, and protested the annual Martin Luther King Jr. events at North Idaho College in January. He believes his experiences in the white power movement are valuable. "Most people in the white power movement are concerned about their neighborhoods," he said. "We oppose drugs, sex offenders and corruption in our areas." He considers himself a m...


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Hurdles to GrainCorp, ADM Deal
U.S. grain handler Archer Daniels Midland will have to sweeten its 2.7 billion Australian dollar (US$2.79 billion) takeover bid for Australia's GrainCorp, early investor reactions suggest, as a series of offers globally for grain assets drive up valuations for the country's last significant independent agribusiness.
Once a quiet sector for mergers, grain traders are in hot demand. This year, Switzerland's Glencore International made a $6.2 billion offer for Canada's Viterra and Japanese trading house Marubeni made a $3.6 billion bid for Gavilon Group of the U.S.
Rapid urbanization and rising wealth in China and India, the world's most populous nations, are driving demand for westernized diets. Global trade in wheat, barley and canola is expected to double by 2050, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the International Grains Council.
In this environment, Illinois-based ADM's offer to buy GrainCorp at 8.4 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization is low, say analysts. ADM, which already owns 14.9% of GrainCorp, is one of the four so-called ABCD firms that dominate the world's trading of agricultural commodities. The others are Bunge, Cargill Inc. and Louis Dreyfus.
"We are suggesting that shareholders hold the stock for a potentially higher offer from ADM or from another party seeking a meaningful position in Australia," said Belinda Moore, a Brisbane-based analyst at RBS Morgans. ADM is offering A$11.75 per share, but Ms. Moore believes a takeover price of A$13.90 a share is reasonable.
That would represent 9.7 times forecast earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda, for fiscal 2013.
According to RBS Morgans, in recent years, global grain deals, including acquisitions of Australian assets, have been completed at an average Ebitda multiple of 9.7 times.
"ADM is well positioned with a 14.9% stake, but whether the price is sufficient in the minds of the GrainCorp board or investors remains to be seen, particularly given the strategic importance of the business," said Nigel Lake, joint chief executive officer at Pottinger, a Sydney corporate advisory firm.
Analysts say that if pushed by a competing bid, ADM could join forces with Wilmar International, a diversified Singapore agribusiness group in which it owns a 16% equity stake. A spokesperson for ADM wasn't immediately available for comment. A spokeswoman for Wilmar said there were no plans to team up at the moment.
Fund managers said that the Australian government may also intervene. "I'd be surprised if a company like GrainCorp, which owns essential services and infrastructure for processing and transferring wheat from Australian farms to our export buyers, is bought without careful consideration from policy makers like the Foreign Investment Review Board," said Rhett Kessler, a senior fund manager at Sydney-based Pengana Capital.
"First bids are never final, particularly for a unique asset like this."
ADM says that with GrainCorp under its control, it would be better positioned to meet growing global demand for crops and food, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. Australia ranks behind only the U.S. among the world's largest wheat exporters.
Antony O'Sullivan, head of corporate advisory work at Lazard in Sydney, believes that although a competing bid may be unlikely due to ADM's strategic holding in the stock, rivals could play "spoiler" by buying a stake and using it as a tool to negotiate for specific sought-after assets.
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GrainCorp rose 43% to a record high of A$12.69 a share Monday, before closing at A$12.30 a share, 4.7% above ADM's offer of A$11.75 a share. GrainCorp is likely to announce its view of ADM's proposal before Nov. 15, when it releases results for the year to Sept. 30, a person familiar with the matter said.
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WiFi Manager
Kostya Vasilyev
- December 27, 2015
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Find, connect, manage WiFi networks. Improve connection quality with a graphical channel radar. Discover open networks around you. Set the app to scan for and switch to best network.
Includes home screen widgets: one displays detailed connection info, another lets you switch among your favorite networks with a single tap, and yet another toggles WiFi Access Point.
Can scan for and switch to the best network out of several configured.
New and improved:
• Improvements in "best network switcher" for 5Ghz specifically.
• Updated for Android 6.
• "Material design" widgets (version 3.5).
• A UI redesign (version 3.0): modern looking icons, swiping between list and radar views.
• Assign your own descriptions and icons to individual WiFi networks - never forget what that "XYZ1234" network is;
• Switch among your favorite networks with a single tap by using the WiFi Network Switcher widget. It will even enable WiFi if needed.
• "Best network" to switch between different networks you may have around the house or office (off by default, enable in app settings);
• Automatic switching between fixed and dynamic (DHCP) IP addresses (Android Settings in 2.* can't do this);
Some features require that you purchase the $1.75 premium package, available right in the application through Google Checkout (safe, secure).
These features are: advanced per-network options (description, icon, IP address), the one-tap network widget, and two widget themes inspired by Android 5.* (Material Design, since version 3.5).
All the other - essential - features are free: the widget with detailed connection info (four sizes, two free themes), scanning and connecting to networks, the network list view, the network signal radar.
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"Change system settings" is needed to switch between fixed and dynamic IP addresses, if configured so.
"Prevent phone from sleeping" is needed so you can enable automatic scanning and discover open networks around you.
"Read USB storage" for notifications about open networks, when enabled, and the sound file is picked from the memory card.
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Perfectly working ,technically high quality, very good work .thanks for the effort. I have tested with many apps like this, I know that no apps can catch anymore signals than the device can do itself. I had the problem that my device is not changing from 2g,3g,4g automatically according to the network available. This app is perfectly doing that work, I need only to open Internet. This app is forcing my mobile to do so. the technology that implemented in this app is successful. I like to give six stars ,unfortunately there is only five.
Like it Does not say the connection speed in the app ! Need to go to the widget to see it..... Also no way to absolutely set a priority network to connect to ie 2.4 or 5 or whatever. Also no way to disable a network.. I tried another app which had all these features and it was great however didn't seem to switch networks automatically as well as this program . would be great to have the speed in the app rather thab just in the widget !
I've been using this app for years and it has been great. I would give 5 stars, but on my current phone, a Nexus 6P with Android 6.0.1, it will not save changed wifi passwords. We change our wifi password at work every 30 days. When I enter the password in this app it tell me that it's incorrect. I have to go into Android wifi settings and modify the connection before it will save properly.
it appears like it has a bug. It works fine, turns off Wifi when not in use to save power, then will not turn Wifi back on. Manually attempting to restart shows no networks available. Must reboot to reconnect. PLONK!
This WiFi Manager app is Excellent! Connecting free WiFi very fast!!! Always the first one(out of 3) to show up in my phone notifications. Kindly consider an additional one touch button for enhancing WiFi strength, this will make WiFi Manager the best WiFi apparatus! Thanks and Cheers!
Brilliant I'd been searching for a wifi manager but couldn't find anything approaching useful until I noticed that this was written by Kostya Vasilyev, who wrote the superb AquaMail. It really is great, chasing the best connection. Can we have a feature to set a network as non-preferred, so it will ignore my 3g modem when at home?
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One person was injured in a 12:06 a.m. Monday crash at Seven Bridge and Independence roads in Smithfield Township, state police said.
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