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Budget cuts will be the first order of business for Tasmanian Premier
The 38-year-old, who is Tasmania's first woman premier, said she would retain the portfolio of Treasurer while Mr Bartlett would remain in cabinet as Attorney-General and Minister for Justice.
She flagged that the midyear budget review, which is due to be handed down by February 15, would be used to get the state's finances "back in order" after damage wrought during the global financial crisis. "The state must adjust to the new post-GFC world of reduced revenues and so the need to reduce expenses," she said.
The budget handed down in June forecast accumulated deficits of $140 million over this financial year and the next. Asked directly if that meant she would pursue job cuts in the public service, Ms Giddings pointed to a $200 million drop in forecast receipts from goods and services tax.
"I'm in the process of still working through the midyear financial review but it is very clear to me we are in a state where we have had reduced revenue and that is no secret," she said.
"We are going to have to look at how we tighten our belts and the state government is going to have to lead."
The minority Labor government holds power courtesy of a power-sharing arrangement with the Greens.
The Greens kept two positions in the new cabinet and Ms Giddings said she was confident she would be able to maintain the partnership in line with the desire of voters. "I don't believe voters want to be rushing back to the polls, but instead want stability," she said.
Mr Bartlett had suffered poor polling numbers at the end of last year and many had tipped Labor would remove him as leader before the next election.
Ms Giddings brushed off any suggestion that Mr Bartlett, who cited family reasons for his resignation, had been pushed from the job.
"Nothing could be further from the truth," she said. "[This] has come about with not one drop of blood on the floor," she said.
She also rejected the proposition that she was another in a line of female state premiers to inherit troubled governments.
"Tasmania is not sinking and Tasmania is not NSW," she said.
Forestry is a divisive issue in Tasmania. Ms Giddings said she strongly backed the industry and that it was something of which the state could be proud. She pledged to continue to work towards an accord between loggers and the environmental movement.
"I believe there is a lot of common ground that can be reached," she said.
Ms Giddings also defended her choice of Bryan Green as Deputy Premier. Mr Green quit that post in 2006 when he was charged with the signing of an illegal deal with private building accreditor Tasmanian Compliance Corporation.
He faced trial twice, but the charges were dropped after juries failed to return a verdict.
Ms Giddings said he was "human" and had made a "mistake".
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"Bryan Green's certainly isn't when it comes to whether or not you can believe the man or whether or not he's got the integrity he should have."
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Northern Ireland international midfielder, Brunt, picked up his fifth booking of the season in the 2-0 defeat at Bolton on Boxing Day so will serve a one-game ban on Tuesday when Rovers visit the Hawthorns.
Jerome Thomas is the man likely to step into the void left by Brunt if he can overcome the bout of illness which ruled him out of the squad for the game at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday.
Meanwhile Nigerian hitman, Odemwingie, returned from a three-week absence due to an ankle injury despite not being 100% fit. And he spurned several great opportunities to grab his seventh goal of the campaign.
However, the summer signing from Lokomotiv Moscow is set to feature against Blackburn with the full backing of Baggies boss Roberto Di Matteo.
He said: "Peter had two fantastic chances and it's quite unusual for him (to miss them). He's quite composed in front of goal and he usually scores.
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Standard Sport assesses the individual performances from England's opening Euro 2016 qualifier away to Switzerland.
England got off to the best possible start in their bid to qualify for Euro 2016, with a 2-0 victory over Switzerland in Basel.
Two second half goals from new Arsenal signing Danny Welbeck proved enough as Roy Hodgson's side punished a lacklustre Swiss side on the break with two clinical counter-attacks.
His brace represented his first international goals for over a year, having not scored since England's 3-2 victory over Scotland back in August 2013.
But it was far from being the Danny Welbeck show in a match where Hodgson's England demonstrated so real defensive grit, while Raheem Sterling continued his impressive start to his international career.
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Switzerland v England: Player Ratings
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1/24 Yann Sommer: 7
Having taken over from Benaglio between the sticks following the Wolfsburg keeper's shock international retirement, the 25-year-old slowly settled into his new role as the Swiss No.1. An unconvincing save to deny Wayne Rooney saw the Monchengladbach pull off a stunning save to keep out Phil Jones' header from the resulting corner. Helpless to prevent either of Welbeck's goals.
2/24 Stephan Lichtsteiner: 5
Lined-up himself up for worldly which had Hart rooted, but the thunderbolt sawed over the bar. But the Juventus man struggled to react to Sterling's guile whenever the Liverpool man drifted wide, and the flying full-back was caught napping for Welbeck's opening goal as England hit them on the counter-attack with Sterling supplying the cross.
3/24 Steve von Bergen: 4
Lacked concentration in the early stages as his misplaced pass fell at the feet of Sterling, leading to England's first shot on target. His first half failed to get much better, finding himself utterly incapacitated by Welbeck's pace which should have led to an England opener on the half-hour mark.
4/24 Johan Djourou: 6
The former Arsenal man applied a telling block, albeit only just, to help divert Wilshere's effort wide of Sommer's goal. Sacrificed himself at the feet of Delph, and on second viewing, was perhaps somewhat fortunate not to have conceded a penalty for a what was a clumsy lunge.
5/24 Ricardo Rodriguez: 6
Timely interception to deny Rooney early on, the Wolfsburg man enjoyed some decent link-up play with Xhaka and Mehmedi down the left flank. Made a timely interception to cut-out a driven cross from Delph as England looked to extend their lead.
6/24 Gokhan Inler: 5
Having picked up a knock in training leading up to the game, the Swiss captain was one of last players Jordan Henderson would have been looking forward to lining up against. But the captain failed to dominate the match, and was caught in possession in the build-up to Welbeck's goal opener.
7/24 Granit Xhaka: 6
Linked-up well with Mehmedi and Shaqiri throughout, but will feel he should have tested Hart when the ball landed at his feet inside the box in the second half. Unable to apply to the telling touch to prevent Welbeck's goal, he was replaced by Dzemaili with 15 minutes left to play.
8/24 Valon Behrami: 7
The former West Ham man was crudely taken down by Delph in the opening 10 minutes and was somewhat fortunate not to pick up and early booking for a tug on Sterling. Battled throughout alongside a somewhat tepid Inler. More dominance from his captain would have seem them win the midfield battle.
9/24 Xherdan Shaqiri: 7
The Bayern Munich man has attracted heavy interest from Liverpool, and he burst into life late in the first half with an exquisite reverse-pass that unlocked Engand's backline, but sadly for the Swiss, Seferovic failed to apply a finish of comparable quality. Mehmedi's withdrawal on the hour mark sure the Bayern man move to his preferred No10 role, but was unable to find the telling spark for his side.
10/24 Haris Seferovic: 7
A performance or player who lacks a clinical cutting edge. His job on Jack Wilshere – dropping deep to suppress the Arsenal man – proved a key component in the Swiss setup. Had a golden chance to put the hosts ahead after good work from Shaqiri, but failed to find the net as Hart's trailing leg kept it out. He later stunned the palms of Hart in the second half with a powerful drive, before later rounding the Manchester City stopper only for his effort to be expertly blocked on the line by Gary Cahill. Deserved a goal for his efforts.
11/24 Admir Mehmedi: 7
His nutmeg on Stones in the opening moments proved a decent sign of things to come. Operating predominantly down the Swiss left flank, the Freiburg star proved their most potent threat in the first half. Surprisingly replaced just after the hour mark.
12/24 Josip Drmic: 6
Replaced Mehmedi and his freshness almost made an instant impact, but after a powerful run, the Bayer Leverkusen man took the ball too wide and his shot was snuffed out by a grateful England defence.
13/24 Blerim Dzemaili: 5
Replaced Xhaka with 15 minutes left, but struggled to make any noticeable impact.
14/24 Joe Hart: 7
Returning to his imposing best. Under-worked in first half as Lichtsteiner shot over. Strong saves from Seferovic before being rounded by Drmic.
15/24 John Stones: 6
Forced to play out of position again but not unduly troubled. Turned easily on occasion but overall was unfazed on the biggest night of his career.
16/24 Phil Jones: 6
Fell into Seferovic to halt one Swiss attack. Ceded possession before being bailed out by Hart. Close with header and cleared from under how own crossbar.
17/24 Gary Cahill: 7
More experienced centre-back and held backline together with authority. Struggled on turn at times. Trademark clearance off line from Drmic.
18/24 Leighton Baines: 6
Caught late by Shaqiri in opening minutes but was danger with delivery from left side. Enjoyed freedom to spend large periods in the Swiss half.
19/24 Jack Wilshere: 7
Too easily robbed of possession but enjoyed space to influence proceedings. Clever ball to Rooney came to nothing and had shot deflected past post.
20/24 Jordan Henderson: 6
Overcame injury worries to maintain place in centre of the park. Tidy in possession and aided forward momentum as England prospered on counter.
21/24 Fabian Delph: 7
Handed competitive debut and too hyped early. Left foot in on Behrami before diving in on Lichtsteiner. Rarely gave ball away and should have won penalty.
22/24 Raheem Sterling: 7
England's latest great hope kept the hosts occupied with his quick feet and canny movement. Played major role in move for Welbeck's opener.
23/24 Wayne Rooney: 8
Failed to control Wilshere pass in front of goal and close with header before dropping back to orchestrate move for opener. Best showing for a long time.
24/24 Danny Welbeck: 8
Arsenal new boy replaced Sturridge. Chose wrong option after steaming in off right wing but showed composure to find net twice to earn the points.
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There are winners and losers in the property market - it depends on which generation you belong to, writes Ross Gittins.
For the self-interested home owner, the question of the hour is: now the property boom seems to be ending, can house prices stay at their present dizzy heights? For the less self-absorbed, however, the question is: how on earth will our kids be able to afford these crazy prices?
The two questions are, of course, opposite sides of the same coin.
This is the point in the property cycle where we need reminding that house prices aren't raised by God or the government, or even big business. So just because there's little you or I could do individually to influence the level of property prices, that doesn't mean prices are held up by invisible strings and wires.
They get to wherever they do as a result of the interaction of our combined demand with supply, and subsequent changes in demand or supply will cause subsequent changes in prices.
The property market is notorious for moving in cycles of boom and bust. Why? Mainly, I suspect, because humans are herd animals. When we see other people trading up to better homes, we have an almost irresistible urge to join them.
We have a fear of being left behind as the herd moves on. We see prices shooting up and convince ourselves that, if we don't get in quick, we'll have lost our chance.
These expectations of perpetually rising prices are self-perpetuating - for a time. But for particular reasons that are rarely very clear, booms always come to a stop - often with a bang; sometimes, fortunately, with a whimper.
In the sharemarket, expectations of perpetually rising prices are replaced by equally self-fulfilling expectations of perpetually falling prices.
So, is that what home owners face with the end of present boom? I very much doubt it. It's a much greater risk for owners of investment properties. The prices of inner-city apartments in Sydney and Melbourne are falling already, and there may be a lot more blood to come.
For owner-occupiers in the suburbs, however, any fall in prices should be modest.
When home owners fear the value of their homes may have fallen, they're rarely in a hurry to crystallise their loss. Rather, they abandon their plans to move, take their place off the market and wait for prices to come back up. Only if they were to lose their job and fall on hard times would they contemplate giving up the struggle to keep up their loan payments.
Home prices did fall a little after the property boom of the late 1980s, and prices are more likely to fall when the inflation rate is low. For the most part, however, the visible fall in house prices is limited. As demand falls, the supply of houses available for sale falls along with it.
That covers the outlook for house prices in the coming months. But what about the longer term? Can prices stay pretty much as high as they are now for the coming years until, eventually, there's another boom that lifts them even higher?
That I doubt. What we've witnessed during the latest, record boom is an enormous transfer of wealth between the generations.
The winners were all those who owned a home before prices took off. The losers have been all those who didn't own a home then, but may wish to buy one in the future.
So the winners have tended to be the old and the losers the young - including the yet unborn. Guess what? There are both winners and losers within most families.
It's thus little wonder a lot of parents have begun wondering about what help they may need to give their offspring if the kids are to be able to buy a first home any closer than Woop Woop.
As if in answer to these concerns, the Commonwealth and other banks have popped up with "an innovative range of financing options" that will allow family members to help youngsters into their first home.
But the banks' attempts to be helpful have drawn a remarkably disapproving reaction from financial commentators. Parental guarantees of children's loans often end unhappily, we're told, and risk giving young people a sense they're entitled to a better home than first-time buyers have traditionally had to settle for.
Some critics have accused the banks of engaging in nothing more than a grubby attempt to boost their revenue by propping up the already overpriced property market.
Well, the banks' motives are sure to be venal, and the potential pitfalls involved in mixing parents' finances with those of their children and in-laws are obvious enough.
But it strikes me that, for a lot of the commentators - and no doubt for a lot of property-owning parents - the penny hasn't yet dropped.
There's little doubt that house prices have risen well beyond many young people's ability to afford them, but little prospect of those prices being made more affordable within a few years by high inflation and increases in income.
In which case, it seems obvious that, unless parents or grandparents do a lot to help the next generation afford the present level of prices, those prices will inevitably drift down rather than staying up.
Why? Because it's not possible to have market prices higher than most people can afford to pay.
So, should too many oldies feel that their need is greater than their offspring's, they're likely to see their wealth shrinking before their eyes.
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Romney will not to be able to outrun this moniker. He has now been permanently branded by his own side. Seamus was gaining a lot of traction, but that's gone. He probably would like that one back. Santorum's campaign workers were giving out miniature EASs at Romney headquarters.
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Ban proposed on mind altering substances in public places
Ban proposed on mind altering substances in public places
Keeping Gisborne's public places free from people using mind altering substances is the aim of a change to the Public Places Bylaw. Gisborne District Council has recently consulted on a Psychoactive Substances Policy that is considering where retailers selling 'legal highs' should be able to set up shop. The policy can't ban the use of these substances in public places, so an amendment to the Public Places Bylaw was proposed in April.
Since then changes to the Government's Psychoactive Substances Act mean there are no approved psychoactive products permitted to be legally sold, says regulatory services manager Sarwan Kumar. "This may have an impact on the type of behaviour which the amendment to the bylaw was attempting to address."
The bylaw change prohibits public use of mind altering substances (including psychoactive substances). It was approved by Council this week for consultation. The 2008 Public Places Bylaw is being fully reviewed later in the year and this change is an interim measure until that review occurs. Council is seeking feedback on the proposal to ban the consumption of mind altering substances in public places until 1 July.
Council has also reviewed two of its other bylaws and is asking for feedback.
The Food Hygiene bylaw requires all food premises to have sufficiently trained food handling staff and allows Council to issue a closure notice for unhygienic food premises or food handling.
"It is all about people being confident that the food they buy or are served is safe to eat. They need to know that the food has been prepared safely; the people preparing it are aware of health risks and have taken steps to manage that. No major changes are proposed to the Food Hygiene Bylaw other than a few wording changes to help make some statements clear."
Few changes are proposed to the Mobile shops and Other Traders bylaw after being reviewed. The bylaw regulates trading from mobile shops, hawkers, stalls and itinerant traders in public places. It also places controls on the congestion, danger or nuisance which could arise from pedestrian or traffic volumes while trading in public places.
Minor changes to text have been made to the existing bylaw to assist with interpretation of the bylaw. The most significant change proposed is that council's Group Manager Environment & Policy could cancel or suspend a licence rather than full council.
Copies of the draft bylaws and a summary of the proposed changes are available from Council's website or from Customer Services in Fitzherbert Street and Te Puia Springs.
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31. 12. 2008 - A Czech Airlines Aircraft Made a Record Flight Today from El Salvador without a Touchdown
Prague, 31 December 2008
A Czech Airlines Airbus A310 aircraft made a record flight today, from the Central American El Salvador, without a touchdown. This is the longest-ever flight without a touchdown in Czech Airlines' history. Shortly before half past one in the afternoon, after a journey of over 10,000 kilometres and 11:05 hours of flying, the first charter flight of this year's winter season from this destination landed in Prague, with a sufficient safety reserve of fuel.
Last season, Czech Airlines offered flights to El Salvador, but they did not include a direct flight, and on its way back, the aircraft took on passengers in another charter destination – on the island of La Isla Margarita. Starting from this winter, flights to El Salvador are planned without a touchdown on the return segment, as requested by the travel agency. On its way to El Salvador, the aircraft continues to make stops on La Isla Margarita, where some of the passengers are headed. The route of today's record flight went from El Salvador, via Cuba and the Bermudas, carrying on to the north of the Azorean islands, to Europe. The aircraft entered continental airspace over France.
Although Czech Airlines aircraft have landed at far more remote airports, from the Asian Jakarta to Punta Arenas in Tierra del Fuego, such remote locations have, however, always been reached with a touchdown, and sometimes even several.
This winter, in addition to El Salvador, Czech Airlines is flying a series of regular flights for Czech travel agencies, to other popular tourist destinations, such as Varadero in Cuba, the Venezuelan island of La Isla Margarita, Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, and Cancún in Mexico. Among closer destinations, Egypt and the Canary Islands are among the most sought-after ones in the winter.
The demand for Czech Airlines'charter flights continues to grow. In the first 11 months of 2008 alone, the number of clients carried on charter flights increased by over seven percent year-on-year, to 807,000.
Daniela Hupáková
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Channelling the legendary Bobby Boucher, Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon has begun devising how to unseat England's batsmen at Old Trafford – while mixing the team's sports drinks.
Adam Sandler's fictional character (surname pronounced Boo-shay) went from the hydration stand to the Bourbon Bowl in The Waterboy, carrying the Mud Dogs to college football glory. Lyon does not share the linebacker's characteristic anger – even at being dropped not once, but twice, from the Australian side in the space of four months – nor is he slow.
He is also anything but an unknown at Test level, acquiring 76 wickets in 22 matches since he did make a debut out of relative obscurity in Sri Lanka in late 2011. Which is why, having witnessed what success his England counterpart Graeme Swann has had in this Ashes he likes his own chances should, if as is increasingly expected, he is recalled for the third Test next week. At Lord's, where Swann and even Joe Root managed spin on occasion that resembled a Chennai dustbowl, Lyon liked what he saw.
"I've been sitting down there with Mitch Starc mixing the Hydralyte just talking about how we'd go about it if we were out there," he said ahead of Friday's tour match against Sussex at Hove, where he will audition for another Test call-up. "I'm thinking that every cricket game I'm watching."
Lyon was left out of the Australian line-up for the first two Tests as the visitors opted for the wildcard inclusion of Ashton Agar. The teenager's immediate success was as unanticipated as his actual selection, making an extraordinary 98 on debut at Trent Bridge.
Lyon was seen clapping with his teammates on the balcony at Nottingham as Agar and Phillip Hughes compiled their captivating and record-breaking partnership. At the time some speculated, prematurely and fed by the emotion of events, that Lyon's Test career was over, pushed into the shadows by the emergence of a genuine star.
Agar was not as effective with the ball – his primary responsibility – however at Lord's, winding up with match figures of 0-142. Nothing to be ashamed of given his rawness. But it is understandable that Australia are leaning back towards Lyon again, particularly with Agar having issues with his hip and spinning fingers.
The 25-year-old brushed off suggestions that watching Agar's exhibition at Trent Bridge was a bittersweet experience. "I was excited as everyone in Australia and being here on the tour with the boys to see Ashton make his debut for Australia as a 19-year-old that was something pretty special and to see Ashton go so well there," he said. "I definitely didn't have any bittersweet feelings. I was very excited for him, disappointed that he didn't get that milestone of a hundred in his debut innings. There's definitely no hard feelings there. I have to come out and keep training well and put in a good performance in Sussex."
Having claimed nine wickets in his most recent Test, in Delhi in March, and then replaced by a rookie, Lyon had every reason to feel shafted. He has taken his latest shuffling out of the Australian side in good spirits, though, although that does not make being cut any easier.
"The reason they went for Ashton is to spin the ball away from the right-handers. I totally understand that and to a certain degree I agree with the mindset that the selectors and the coach went for," he said.
"It's not easy to cop when you've been left out of the Australian team for a Test match especially in the Ashes. I believe my best ball can get the best batters out in the world. The thing is I have to keep doing that over and over and over."
If Darren Lehmann is looking to further boost Lyon's self-belief then the words of Rob Schneider's character to Boucher might be appropriate: "You can do it!"


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Fans of Donald Kohn, second in command at the Federal Reserve, have a temporary reprieve today. Mr Kohn, who was slated to leave the Fed in a couple weeks, will now stay on perhaps until September.
Here's the Fed's statement:
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn announced on Friday that, at the request of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, he plans to remain on the Board until a new Governor is appointed but to leave no later than September 1. He had announced in March that he intended to resign at the expiration of his term as Vice Chairman on June 23, 2010. While he remains on the Board as a Governor, he will continue to participate in all Board and Federal Open Market Committee meetings.
Janet Yellen, now San Francisco Fed president, was nominated by President Barack Obama back in April to fill the soon-to-be vacant slot, but so far, there have been few visible moves to get the Senate confirmation process in motion – and Republicans have been actively obstructionist in confirming Obama picks to any government post. Read more


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Machine-to-Machine Technology Powers Ice Energy Systems
Windsor, Colorado, February 28, 2012
Efficiency and flexibility are key components to growth for many of today's businesses. A company that meets the demand for growth, while offering a sustainable solution that is unique, simple, and adaptable, is a rare gem to find. Ice Energy, a business out of Windsor, Colorado is doing just that.
Ice Energy provides an energy storage solution for the utility industry consisting of ice machines mounted on top of medium to large-size commercial buildings. These ice machines, known as Ice Bear units, offer an alternative to power-guzzling air conditioning systems. The Ice Bear system works in conjunction with AC units by generating ice at night and cooling buildings during the hottest hours of the day.
Now, Ice Energy's machines are getting even more efficient, thanks to machine-to-machine (M2M) services from AT&T*. Using AT&T's Enterprise On-Demand platform – a custom web portal that controls wireless device inventory – Ice Energy is able to remotely manage, monitor, and diagnose every Ice Bear unit installed. Each Ice Bear system wirelessly connects to a router with an embedded SIM that transmits real-time information on the status and performance of each ice unit. This data is instantly available to Ice Energy on any web-enabled device.
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- Immediate visibility into Ice Bear machines – a critical business asset.
- Ability to remotely control, program, and adjust any Ice Bear machine, saving time and freeing up resources.
- Scalability for the company, which can now adapt to higher levels of demand and deploy more Ice Bear units at a decreased cost.
- Simplified service provisioning and billing for the system.
"Having instant access and control to the performance of our systems is a key benefit to our business," said Brian Parsonnet, Chief Technology Officer, Ice Energy. "Is the system freezing water at night? Is it connecting properly to the AC units? Do we need to issue any trouble tickets? Should we change any diagnostics? This sort of information is invaluable to running fast and effective operations."
AT&T's M2M solutions allow companies like Ice Energy to sense issues with equipment, analyze the problem, and respond to the situation in a quick and cost-effective manner. By working with M2M providers and technology adopters alike, AT&T helps lead the emergence of the real-time, adaptive business.
According to ABI Research1, "Cumulative cellular M2M connections will rise from about 110 million connections in 2011 to approximately 365 million connections by 2016."
For more information on Ice Energy and its Ice Bear system, please view this video: http://www.ice-energy.com/product-overview-video. And to learn about AT&T's M2M solutions, watch "Transform Your Business: Everything Connected".


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Nov. 5, 2013
Obama sends kids to the back of the bus on education
Department of Justice sues Louisiana over school choice program that disproportionately benefits black students, alleges "segregation."
Cartoon: Bernie's lab
Obamacare's true architect is revealed.
New report shows way to end sugar subsidies
The Institute for Policy Innovation notes the sugar trade distorting practices of the Brazilian, Mexican and Thai governments, including subsidizing exports and keeping domestic prices artificially low. These practices, along with those in more than one hundred countries, create market distortions that no one country can solve by itself.
Zerohedge.com: JP Morgan warns the biggest Risk to the "bull market" is... growth?
JPMorgan: "This summer's taper-talk crisis highlights that a sudden spurt in growth is the biggest risk to asset reflation."


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Torii Hunter Cramped Up While Making Love to His Wife, Played Through the Pain
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LeBron is a quitter.
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There is a limit on how much fun you're allowed to have in baseball.
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I hate sharing this place, I really do. I am sitting outside at Malibu Cafe at Calamigos Ranch on a beautiful Southern California Sunday listening to a great band and arguing over who gets to go next at the shuffleboard table. I gaze at the romantic chandeliers hanging from the trees and the cozy couches dotting the scenery while the whirr of the free paddleboats on the pond lulls me into a dream state. (That may also be because of the bottomless mimosas.) When you take a walk around the charmingly bucolic grounds, you realize why they have so many weddings here. While away the afternoon and enjoy a great meal in the most fantastic setting possible. I mean, I even played Frisbee. It's hard to leave when you feel like you are at the world's best barbecue. 327 Latigo Canyon Road, Malibu. (818) 540-2400, themalibucafe.com.
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Augustus Gloop would never make it out alive. What makes Pasadena's Langham Huntington Hotel the best choice for afternoon tea can be summed up in one word: chocolate. On Sundays from noon to 5 p.m., the hotel's regular tea service, smashing in itself, is replaced by an all-chocolate afternoon tea. The selection of savory tea sandwiches, scones with Devonshire cream, fruit tarts, mousse torts and crème brûlées all contain different chocolate essences. A chocolate fountain is the focal point of the afternoon ritual, with surrounding chocolate sculptural art. Beverage choices include three selections of pure liquid chocolate, Champagne and a variety of the finest teas. Among the offerings are a foie gras mousse profiterole sprinkled with chocolate dust and a white chocolate–and-avocado mousse with vanilla-marinated shrimp sandwich. An epic 16 choices are offered in the "pastry presentation," including a cocoa-nib macaroon with Earl Grey butter cream; milk-chocolate orange gateau; and a white-chocolate green tea panna cotta. Dipping choices for the chocolate fountain include peppermint and lemon marshmallows, nougats, fruits and cakes. It feels a bit incongruous to gorge on so much chocolatey goodness in such a refined, elegant setting as the Langham. Just remember to daintily dab the corners of your mouth with your fine linen napkin lest you emerge with an unsightly chocolate ring around your lips. That would be gauche. 1401 S. Oak Knoll Ave., Pasadena. (626) 585-6218, pasadena.langhamhotels.com.
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If you like life on the dark side, you'll love pizza from Lucifers, a tiny storefront that could be easily overlooked if it weren't for the orange flames painted on the façade. There, you can customize the heat/spice intensity of your pizza by specifying zero, medium, fiery or blazing. But watch out: Blazing necessitates keeping a pitcher of ice water at the ready should you require emergency cool-down procedures — which you will. The idea for this "damned good pizza," as their slogan goes, comes from New Zealanders, cousins Adam and Milan Borch. "It's dark in our country, and we like the dark side of things," says Milan. "The idea of hell goes hand in hand with our concept." Even without what he calls their "secret sauce," all the pizzas are devilishly unique, such as Roast Pumpkin & Prosciutto; the Zucha, with pumpkin, olives, feta and spinach; and gluten-free and vegan cheese options. To die for: The R.I.P. club entitles you to one free pizza after your 10th. 1958 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz. (323) 906-8603, luciferspizza.com.
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Without the kick to qualify as hot sauce, the tomato-based, sugary-yet-smoky topping that is the staple flavor of this decades-old gringo taco joint is simply "taco sauce," given in generous handfuls of packets with every order and even sold separately for the condiment's numerous cult followers. Taco Lita, the retro stand, is a slice of Americana: bright colors, cheerful servers, a no-frills menu with greasy combo burritos, and rumors of a ghost that haunts the men's restroom. This spot isn't for al Past whores, so don't try ordering it — refried beans and shredded cheddar can be found in virtually all menu items, which can and should be doused with their signature sauce, so addictive you will find yourself hoarding the packets in a jar at home, and returning for more on your next calorie binge. 120 E. Duarte Road, Arcadia. (626) 445-2889.
—Hunter Haney
Fresh and Easy markets have popped up all over Southern California. Promising fresh, wholesome food and a quicker shopping experience than a typical supermarket, they offer a wide selection of groceries and prepared meals. Their most notable offering is the "Today's Specials" section, which stocks items about to hit their sell-by date at prices up to 50 percent off. Stop in on your way home, check out the items about to, well, check out, and voila, instant dinner inspiration. With ever-changing options, you have no excuse for making the same old mac 'n' cheese from a box ... again. freshandeasy.com.
—Lisa Horowitz
A great pizza is a work of art. And a great pizza for under $20? A masterpiece. The Pizza a la Andro at Caruso's is a masterpiece. Named after one of the owner's sons (son Lucas also has his own), the Pizza a la Andro comes only in "giant" size: 16 inches across, producing 12 decent-size slices. Its chewy, medium-thick crust bears generous amounts of pepperoni, sausage, fresh tomatoes, garlic and basil, in addition to deliciously gooey cheese (romano and mozzarella). The best part? It costs just $18.95. Caruso's has a full menu of delicious Italian food, including pastas, calzones and meat dishes; it also offers a full bar, a lunch buffet and even live music. But when you can get a terrific pizza, why order anything else? 13737 Foothill Blvd., Sylmar. (818) 367-7766.
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- Keep a discerning eye. Watch out for bogus internships and stay focused on your goals. Try going to the pull-down tab at the top of the Career Services website and click on "Online Resources." The "Specifically Internships" page aggregates internship search engines specific to your interests, industry, and preferred location. Backdoorjobs.com is one of the most interesting links listed. This site lists adventurous, short-term summer jobs, from safari guides in Alaska to International volunteer opportunities. Here's a link to Career Service's Online Resources, which is a good place to start: http://www.princeton.edu/career/about_us/online-resources/. And here's a link on detecting a bogus internships: http://www.wetfeet.com/advice-tools/internships/how-to-identify-a-shady-internship.
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There's been a lot of dying technology predicted lately. The death of the desktop. The death of the PC (or, in more market-friendly terms, the "post-PC Era"). The death of Windows. The death of the mouse... you name it, if it's desktop-connected, its demise been predicted in the last couple of months.
So much anger has been leveled at the desktop operating systems and the PC, it really makes me wonder what the PC did to tick so many people off. Seriously, it's not like it ripped you off and then asked the government for a bailout, right?
Be that as it may, it hasn't stopped lots of pundits from firing off obituaries about that which is desktop, apparently brought on by the rise of the tablet and smartphone platforms and the growth of cloud- and datacenter-based computing.
On some level, I get this. After all, I myself have predicted that the traditional Linux desktop may not end up looking like we all thought, with native applications being replaced by a browser-based interface. There's a lot of merit in this idea, as HTML5 becomes increasingly more prevalent (just today, Salesforce said it would be shifting to HTML5).
But we all need to be a little more careful with our language, and if I am guilty of being careless, then let's see if I can correct my meaning. What I and others are describing is not the death of the desktop operating system, nor the "traditional" PC form factor. A more web-oriented platform does not negate the operating system. Something has to be running underneath that browser, whether Windows, Linux, or OS X. The operating system doesn't just go away.
What does happen in a truly web-enabled world is the operating system layer becoming more commoditized and less important to the end user, kind of like the system BIOS on PCs today. I know there are differences between BIOS on our computers today, but that's because I'm a very nerdy person. Most people don't know the difference between BIOS systems nor do they care because they don't need to.
Operating systems will sort of be like that. They will become Just Working layers in the stack that drives your device. Not completely gone, however: the way each OS will implement and display web apps will have vastly different looks and feel, so there will be differentiating selling points between each one.
But there are a lot of factors that may prevent such a cloud utopia that runs only on tablets and smartphones. There are simply too many good reasons why the desktop will always be around.
To be clear on my language again: when I say desktop, I am referring to the typical box/monitor/keyboard/mouse machines that are used to run OS X, Windows, and Linux today. These can be PCs, laptops, and notebooks. (And before you argue PC with me, Ken Hess, this is the definition I choose to use for the purpose of this commentary.)
With those parameters in mind, here's why I don't think any desktop platform we have today is going to go away. Form Factor. Despite the decreasing size of our communications, there will always be a need to create content that's more than 140 characters in length. That means a keyboard, at least. Even when I used the iPad exclusively for a week, I had to have a Bluetooth keyboard. As soon as you have that requirement, you provide a need for the current desktop form factors, as defined above. Physics. Another good reason why mobile devices aren't going to completely kill the desktop off lies in the Physical Laws of the Universe. And you can't get much more certain than that. Brian Cox cleverly points this out:
There are some issues with the actual physics involved in humanity's current technology that prevent the mobile processor from performing at the level of demands of the desktop. Our processors are, unfortunately, still based on electricity. This causes heat. The smaller those little wires are made, the more they heat up. At the computer capacity of the dumbed-down cell phone, this is not a problem.
But try something more strenuous, Cox argues, and mobile processors are just going melt like buttah. You can argue, of course, that mobile devices are not going to need this kind of power, since the real work is done elsewhere, but sometimes that isn't feasible. Weird stuff. That's because sometimes you are going to need a platform that is flexible and powerful enough to do some pretty heavy lifting. Tablets and smartphones can do that kind of analysis, but they have to be connected to a supercomputer somewhere to pull it off. Shazam is a perfect example of this: on my Android phone, all the apps does is capture the sound clip and sends it off to a datacenter somewhere. It's the datacenter systems that do the real work, shunting the title and artist info back to my phone in just a few moments.
That's good for pre-defined jobs--"find song title," "provide restaurant reviews," that sort of thing--but what about new tasks that don't fit so neatly? This morning, for instance, I had to convert some Ogg Video screencasts to MP4 format. Even if there was an app for that, neither my iPad or Android device has the memory or the processing power to handle such a task. I had to install ffmpeg and run a specific command-line to get the output format and quality I needed. Try that on a mobile device. Telecoms. Then there's that pesky reliability on the online connection. Right now, Internet connections in Western countries are relatively plentiful and cheap. If we were to shift to a completely cloud/datacenter model, how long do you think this situation will last? I can easily see a situation where increased demand will start pushing connection costs higher. And there's the 4,835,049,149 people who aren't connected to the Internet. For them, the desktop will always have to be a gateway to technology, unless the plan is to make them wait for a cell phone tower to be built in that village down the road. Paranoia. One of the nice things about a desktop is that it's much harder to steal than my mobile devices. Sure, it can be done, once someone gets past my laser-armed robotic guard dogs and cuts the titanium chain on my Linux box, but it's a lot easier to simply snatch my mobile device if I leave it lying around somewhere. Which is why there's nothing financial or work-related saved on my mobile devices. Which brings me to... Tequila Bars. Or bars in general, which apparently are frickin' Kryptonite as far as prying an iPhone prototype away from an Apple employee goes. Seriously people, it's called the Devil's brew for a reason! Stupid Business Models. There's a lot of potential in cloud-based and web-app platforms for really cool stuff, don't get me wrong. But ultimately it's got to be affordable/profitable for developers to use.
So when I read things like Russell Beattie's missive about the high costs of developing in Google App Engine, I have to wonder why Google seems intent on making it so difficult for small development operations to join the party. Are they hogging all of the app content for themselves, or just their closest vendor friends?
Don't read this and think I'm a Luddite. I have a lot of hope that the mobile sector will provide a level of connection and computation to consumers that the desktop never could. But to say mobile will ultimately cause the death of the desktop is just plain wrong.
The desktop as we know it may change... evolution is sort of like that. But become extinct? I think there's too many reasons why that simply won't happen. Even tequila.
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Sharee Deichman of Guilderland was recently
presented with Hudson Valley Community College's President's Award for
Hustle. The award is presented each year to the student-athlete whose hard
work, determination, hustle and attitude have enabled them to make valuable
contributions to their team. Deichman, a softball player, also earned Second
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A third baseman who graduated with the class
of 2001, Deichman is known by teammates and fans as a fierce competitor.
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|Hen-ming Wu
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Molecular Biology of Plant Development
We are interested in understanding how regulatory circuits interact to control floral development. The four major floral parts—sepals, petals, stamens (the male organs), and carpels (the female organs)—arise sequentially at the floral meristem. They occupy successive whorls from the outside to the inside, respectively, of a flower. Several major regulatory genes have been identified and their roles in floral development extensively studied by several laboratories. Our current effort is centered on understanding how the regulatory gene SUPERMAN from Arabidopsis controls the development of stamens and carpels. SUPERMAN is essential for carpel development as well as for defining the spatial domain for stamen development. In wild type Arabidopsis, SUPERMAN mRNA accumulates in the region of the stamen primordia adjacent to the emerging carpel primordia. Mutant plants defective in the SUPERMAN gene either lack or produce defective carpels, and produce excess number of stamens which occupy their normal position in a flower as well as invade the position which should be occupied by the carpels. These together suggest that SUPERMAN-expressing stamen cells send signals to trigger carpel differentiation in the central domain of the floral meristem as well as to delimit the expression of stamen differentiation program in the central domain. The mechanism underlying the function of SUPERMAN is being investigated using a combination of molecular, biochemical, cell culture, and transgenic approaches.
Representative publications:
Nibau, C., Wu, H-M., Cheung, A. (2006) RAC/ROP GTPases: 'hubs' for signal integration and diversification in plants. Trends Plant Sci. June, [Epub ahead of print].
Li-zhen Tao, Alice Y. Cheung, Candida Nibau, and Hen-ming Wu . (2005). RAC GTPases in Tobacco and Arabidopsis Mediate Auxin-Induced Formation of Proteolytically Active Nuclear Protein Bodies That Contain AUX/IAA Proteins. Plant Cell 17: 2369-2383.
Barend H.J. de Graaf, Alice Y. Cheung, Tatyana Andreyeva, Kathryn Levasseur, Marcia Kieliszewski, and Hen-ming Wu (2005). Rab11 GTPase-Regulated Membrane Trafficking Is Crucial for Tip-Focused Pollen Tube Growth in Tobacco. Plant Cell 17: 2564-2579.
Cheung, A.Y., and Wu, H-M. (2004). Over-expression of an Arabidopsis Formin Stimulates Supernumerary Actin Cable Formation from Pollen Tube Cell Membrane. Plant Cell 16: 257-269.
Chen, C. Y-h., Cheung, A.Y. and Wu, H-M. (2003). Actin depolymerizing factor mediates Rac/Rop GTPase regulated pollen tube growth. Plant Cell 15: 237-249.
Cheung, A.Y., Chen, C., Tao,L-z., Andreyeva, T., Twell, D. and Wu, H-M. (2003). Regulation of pollen tube growth by Rac-like GTPases. J. Exp. Bot. 54: 73-81.
Tao, L-z., Cheung, A.Y., and Wu, H-M. (2002) Plant Rac-like GTPases are activated by auxin and mediate auxin responsive gene expression. Plant Cell 9: 2745-2760.
Chen, C., Wong, E., Vidali, L., Estavillo, A., Hepler, P.K., Wu, H-M., and Cheung, A.Y. (2002) The regulation of actin organization by actin depolymerizing factor (ADF) in elongating pollen tubes. Plant Cell 9: 2175-2190.
Cheung, A.Y., Chen, C., Glaven, R., Vidali, L., Hepler, P.K., and Wu, H-M. (2002) Rab2 regulate vesicular transport between endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi bodies and is important for pollen tube elongation. Plant Cell, 14: 945-962..
Chen, C., Wong, E., Vidali, L., Estavillo, A., Hepler, P.K., Wu, H-M., and Cheung, A.Y. (2002) The regulation of actin organization by actin depolymerizing factor (ADF) in elongating pollen tubes. Plant Cell, in press.
Wu, H.M., de Graaf, B., Mariani, C. and Cheung, A.Y. (2001) Structure and functions of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins in plant sexual reproductive tissues. CMLS, 58: 1418-1429.
Cheung, A.Y. and Wu, H-M. 2001. Pollen tube guidance-right on target. Science 293: 1441-1442.
Cheung, A.Y. and Wu, H.M. (2000) Programmed cell death in plant reproductive development. Plant Mol. Biol. 44:267-281.
Wu, H.M. and Cheung, A.Y. (1998) Sexual Reproduction: sex differentiation, pollination and fertilization. Annual Plant Reviews (Sheffield Academic Press) Vol. 1. 181-222.
Cheung, A.Y., Wang, H. and Wu, H-M. (1995) A floral transmitting tissue-specific glycoprotein attracts pollen tubes and stimulates their growth. Cell 82: 383-393.
Wu, H-M. and Cheung, A.Y. (1995) A pollen tube growth stimulatory glycoprotein is deglycosylated by pollen tubes and displays a glycosylation gradient in the flower. Cell 82: 395-403.


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Brazilian mobile network operators TIM Brasil and Oi SA have announced plans to share 4G networks in the country, to allow them to offer ultra-high speed cellular services in the host cities for the FIFA Confederations Cup (Copa das Confederacoes) Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Recife, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador. In a joint statement on 18 January, the two carriers said the decision to share the deployment of Long Term Evolution (LTE) network infrastructure will yield savings of between 40%-60%, enabling them to be more competitive against other mobile carriers. The new services are expected to be ready in April, in time for testing ahead of the football tournament which kicks off in June 2013. The partnership agreement is still to be approved by the national watchdog Anatel.
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|Akins, E
|Hiett, Kelli
|Stintzi, A
|Seal, Bruce
|Lowman, R
|Stern, Norman
|Harrison, M
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Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/20/2006
Publication Date: 2/22/2007
Citation: Akins, E.D., Hiett, K.L., Stintzi, A., Seal, B.S., Lowman, R., Stern, N.J., Harrison, M.A. 2007. Genomotype Analyses for the Investigation of Campylobacter spp. Isolates with Distinct flaA Alleles of Recovered from Iceland. Meeting Abstract. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: The Gram-negative bacteria, Campylobacter jejuni, is the leading bacterial etiology of acute gastroenteritis in humans. Evidence implicates poultry as a potential source of the organism for human illness. Campylobacter spp. isolates vary in their virulence properties and recent comparative phylogenomic investigations revealed that particular biomarkers (such as serine protease and flagellin glycosylation loci) present in Campylobacter spp. isolates recovered from human illness were not present in isolates recovered from livestock (and other agricultural sources such as poultry). In an effort to identify biomarkers associated different hosts, as well as determine if flaA SVR DNA sequence analysis is indicative of virulence, sixty-one C. jejuni isolates with defined spatial and temporal backgrounds, originally recovered in Iceland were identified and selected for cell culture invasion analyses, flaA DNA sequence analysis, and genomotype analysis. Genes previously determined in our lab to be differentially present were serine protease, DMSO reductase chain A, and tripeptide transporters. The identification of biomarkers predictive of human infection, as well as severity of infection, would allow for the development of intervention strategies such that the more virulent Campylobacter spp. isolates are preferentially targeted, thus reducing human illness as a result of poultry consumption.


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Memorial Day just passed, Independence Day (4th of July) is just around the corner, and Veteran's day is just five months away. But, regardless of the celebrated holiday, love for our country should always be in our hearts.
One of the symbols we use to show our patriotism and pride in our country is the United States flag. Some call her "Old Glory". I'm old enough to remember when there were parades down town streets, or the flag went passing by, people stood - they saluted - they took their hats off - they put their hand on their heart - and they taught their children why they did all this.
Over time, some have gotten too "busy" or too "politically correct" to remember to do these things. They do it sometimes when it is convenient. We need to remember that our freedom is not a "sometime", "convenient" or "politically correct" kind of thing. Were it not for men and women willing to put their lives "on hold", or pay the ultimate sacrifice of losing their lives for their country, freedom would be something we would have to look up in the dictionary to see what it meant. We would not be living it today.
I wanted to take this time now to say "thank you" to all those who have served and those who are still serving in the name of freedom for ME. A few years ago, I wrote a poem that I'd like to share with you.
So you say you love your country, and are grateful that you're free.
It's reflected in the mirror of your life that others see.
Do you proudly wave Old Glory, show respect as it goes by?
Does it make your heart beat faster, do its colors make you cry?
Do you sing the National Anthem with the reverence it deserves?
Do you teach by your example, what will children from you learn?
Do you give support to soldiers, thank them for their sacrifice?
Do they know that you stand by them when they pay our Freedom's price?
If you truly love your country, when you say your prayers at night,
Thank the Lord He gave us Patriots not afraid to fight the fight.
Carolyn L. Marshall
Tampa, US
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does subcrew have its own store in HK ?....if not where can i buy their gear, i'll be in HK in end of the month...address and info would be appreicated, thanx !
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This point needs stressing. Quite often people model
P(n | g) where
n: number of mutations
g: number of generations
or P(ASD | g), or P(Variance | g),
i.e., how some measure of STR variation is distributed for an ancestor
g-generations old.
But, the problem of TMRCA estimation requires us to use the posterior
P(g | n) = P(n | g) P(g) / P(n)
i.e., it depends on both knowledge of how STR variation accumulates
with age [ P(n | g) ] and a prior on the age of the common ancestor
P(g) in turn depends on population history, e.g., reproductive skew or
growth rate. We have some idea of when the MRCA of two Y-chromosomes
from a population lived _before_ we look at their haplotypes.
With a _really_ tight P(n | g), the prior becomes irrelevant, as
P(n|g) has a narrow band around a _g_ and is close to zero outside it,
and the likelihood dominates the posterior.
However, P(n|g) derived from Y-STRs is anything but tight, so the use
of an appropriate prior is really important.
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:42 PM, James Heald <> wrote:
> This issue has implications in TMRCA estimation. People sometimes use
> Frequentist confidence intervals to give a range estimate of potentially
> plausible TMRCAs -- ie they find the TMRCA for which obtaining n
> mutations or fewer would only occur with a probability of 0.05
> But, as above, this is *not* the same as being able to say that the
> actual TMRCA would be less than that value in 95% of the cases that n
> mutations or fewer were observed.
> Nor can one say that a person making the pronouncement that the TMRCA
> was less than that value has a precisely one in twenty chance of being
> wrong.
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Bunyamin Aygun of the Turkish daily Milliyet, who was abducted in Syria late in November, arrived in Turkey late on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported.
A special operations team from the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) brought back the photojournalist after meeting him in Syria after his release earlier today.
Aygun and the MIT team entered Turkey from Cilvegozu border gate near the southern province of Hatay.