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The Coordinator and staff of Asia RCU
attended the third session of the ESCAP Committee on Environment and
Development (CED 3), which was held at the headquarters of the Commission in
Bangkok from 29-31 October 2013.
The session was attended by representatives
from members and associate members of ESCAP, UN funds and programmes,
intergovernmental bodies, as well as representatives of civil society and
other entities. Opening remarks were delivered by the Deputy Executive
Secretary of ESCAP and the keynote address was delivered by the Adviser to the
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand.
The main focus of discussions at CED 3
was on the regional follow up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
and preparations for the development agenda beyond 2015. In that regard, the
Committee supported the ESCAP secretariat's proposal to hold the first regional
preparatory meeting for the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development in 2014. The CED was of the view that the region's sustainable
development agenda be periodically evaluated to ensure proper implementation
and that the outcomes be properly addressed while
setting the post-2015 development agenda, taking into account the needs of least
developed, landlocked and small island developing states and the voices of
vulnerable groups.
The Committee recognized the importance of
the Seventh Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and
the Pacific, planned for 2015, as well as the regional preparatory process for
Habitat III, to be held in 2016, and urged the secretariat to establish a
contact group to facilitate consultations among member states on the timing,
venue, substantive focus and organizational modalities of these two events.
The CED also recommended that the 70th
session of the Commission in 2014 endorse the outcomes of the Asian and Pacific
Energy Forum (held in Vladivostok, Russian Federation, in May 2013), namely,
the Ministerial Declaration on Regional Cooperation for Enhanced Energy
Security and the Sustainable Use of Energy in Asia and the Pacific, and the
Plan of Action on Regional Cooperation for Enhanced Energy Security and the
Sustainable Use of Energy in Asia and the Pacifix, 2014-2018.
On the final day of CED 3, the ESCAP
secretariat organized a side event dialogue: "Towards Effective and
Meaningful Civil Society Engagement in Sustainable Development Processes in
Asia and the Pacific". Some 40 participants attended this lively event,
representing CSOs and other entities, UN funds and programmes (UNAIDS, UNESCO,
UNEP, WHO, UNCCD and UNDESA (by videoconference). A representative from the
Asian Development Bank also attended. Much of the discussion centered around
the role and engagement of CSOs in the process of developing the
post-2015 agenda. Complicating matters were the financial constraints involved
in securing participation of Asia-Pacific CSOs at meetings held at UN
Headquarters as well as the last- minute decisions often taken by the
Inter-sessional groups under the Steering Group. In addition, questions
remained to be resolved on the role of major stakeholders in the
intergovernmental process.
It was felt that the Regional
Coordination Mechanism (RCM) chaired by ESCAP could provide a useful platform
for CSOs to input to the development of the post-2015 agenda in areas of shared
interest. CSOs could also contribute at the operational level to the work of
the 8 Thematic Working Groups under the aegis of the RCM. Certain issues, e.g.,
the role of CSOs in implementing UN projects/activities at country level as
well as relationships between CSOs and Governments (as voiced by some of the UN
funds and programmes present) would, however,
need to be addressed.


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Weather, location add to Cray search challenges
Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:20:53 GMT —
Police say high temperatures and the place they are investigating are complicating their search for a missing Jefferson City man.
Capt. Doug Shoemaker said personnel searching the Allied Waste Landfill on Monday took regular breaks for water and rest. Although crews are working at a landfill, he said they do not always need to wear protective gear. Cadaver dogs on loan from Missouri Task Force 1 were sent home Monday morning, though Shoemaker said the department would call them back in if they were needed.
Police have concentrated on the landfill in recent days in their search for Christopher Cray, who disappeared 41 days ago. Police have consistently said they are not ruling out anything as to what happened to Cray, but in an earlier interview, Shoemaker said the chances of finding him alive decline as the investigation drags on.
During the past week, investigators at the landfill have dealt with temperatures ranging from the 70s at night to Monday's high of 92 degrees. A little more than a tenth of an inch of rain fell on Saturday. How much the weather affects evidence depends on the type of evidence involved. If a body is hidden in the landfill, Shoemaker said the heat would likely speed up the decomposition process. He declined to comment on how weather would affect other types of evidence because he did not want to reveal what police were looking for.
The landfill itself further complicates the investigation. Since there are so many items in the landfill, Shoemaker said police have to work especially slowly so they don't miss anything.
Shoemaker said the Cray case is very rare for the department because of the scale of the landfill search. Shoemaker is the division commander for JCPD's detectives, and he said he has never seen any investigation like it in his 22 years with the department.
Shoemaker said the investigation will continue on Tuesday.

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|America: a Beacon, not a Policeman
Iraq Talking Points
Against World Empire Homepage
by Jon Basil Utley
for AMERICANS AGAINST BOMBING IRAQ (www.iraqwar.org)
5/15/02 Refering to the overwhelming Washington propaganda about Iraqi officials in some way being involved with the 9/11 attack (in order to justify new U.S. attacks on Iraq), Columnist Robert Novak explains the lack of any evidence and Washington's War Party frantic efforts to balame Iraq in some way. Please see No Evidence on Iraq by Robert Novak.
1/28/01 ARGUMENT: It is finally recognized that American/UN sanctions have contributed to the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, mainly children and the old. What the sanctioneers now argue is that it's not America's fault, it's the wicked Saddam who doesn't care about his own people.
ANSWER--Washington has allowed food and medicine (and almost nothing else) but it blockaded chlorine to sanitize the water and any equipment to rebuild the electricity grid, irrigation and sanitation facilities. (A NY TIMES editorial 2/11/01 reports "currently American diplomats are holding up billions of dollars of imports needed for civilian transportation, electric power generation...and even medical treatment"). Since the last months Iraq is now getting some supplies for this purpose, either through the black market, or through the United Nations funds (nearly all oil sales have the money funded through the UN bureaucracy, subject to 40% reduction for reparations and subject to Washington's veto and foot dragging--often months to make a decision). Finally the Europeans rebelled at the cruelty and shamed Washington into allowing such imports, (NY Times 12/6/00) However, the main point is this. The world is full of dictators who kill their own peoples. The big difference with Iraq is that it's been done by the United States Government. Washington gave Saddam only two choices, to do things to get himself killed, or have Iraqis die under the sanctions.
THE NATION UPDATE 11/23/01 "The bombing devastated Iraq's civilian infrastructure, destroying eighteen of twenty electricity-generating plants and disabling vital water-pumping and sanitation systems. Untreated sewage flowed into rivers used for drinking water, resulting in a rapid spread of infectious disease. Comprehensive trade sanctions compounded the effects of the war, making it difficult to rebuild, and adding new horrors of hunger and malnutrition."
ARGUMENT--The United Nations ordered sanctions on civilian goods and Washington is just enforcing them.
ANSWER: Most nations in the world want them lifted, at least for non-military goods. It is the U.S. veto that prevents lifting of the sanctions (United Press, 11/1/00) Imposed in 1990 they were never intended to last for years and are one of the most brutal sanction regimes in modern history. In other words the whole naval/air blockade today is totally an American operation. England, the last belligerent, just flies company for Americans, but its planes don't attack. For 7 years Iraq did comply with inspections, but U.S. still wouldn't lift blocakade sanctions on civilian goods to reguild the decimated economic infrastructure, even for agriculture, sanitation and electricity and, for years, oil production.
ARGUMENT (Since a year repeated in American press)
--Britain and Washington have introduced a "peace plan" with their same as earlier demands, that Iraq must allow inspections and prove a negative (that it doesn't have weapons of mass destruction (which can be made in a bathtub) and will never have any in the future), then the sanctions blockade might be lifted.
ANSWER Reuters, 12/13/99, explains why other nations object----"The aim was to prevent the United States and Britain from imposing arms requirements that Iraq could not meet and thus keeping the sanctions in place for years to come." and France Presse 12/13, "French diplomats retorted that by insisting on full cooperation, the council would give the United States an excuse to refuse to suspend sanctions on the flimsiest grounds." (both above reports on Yahoo!News)
Russia and France have introduced a plan (rejected by veto by Washington) allowing for immediate lifting of sanctions in return for continued, ongoing WMD inspections. Answer is that Washington authorities have already often stated policy of no relief from blockade no matter what Iraq does, as long as Saddam stays in power. This is typical of Washington policies (denounced by former Pres. Jimmy Carter) of demanding rulers follow policies to get themselves killed or at least thrown out of power (and then tried for "war crimes") and then starves the nations' innocent civilians on and on for years (Pat Buchanan speech) while nothing changes. Chemical weapons can be produced in a bathtub, so there is no way Iraq can ever "prove" that it's not doing something that Washington can call "production of weapons of mass destruction." Meanwhile Iraq fears that constant 6 month renewals of UN oil sales permission could be revoked at any renewal vote by Washington. It also accuses Washington of slowing and preventing shipments of infrastructure repair items, e.g. for electricity, irrigation, transport, communications, etc. (For detailed discussion of resolution see CASI from Cambridge and IAC detailed analysis of UN Resolution)
UPDATE -Typical of the lies put out by Big Media, there's no mention of how the United Nations allocates funds it takes in from Iraq oil sales. For example the UN uses Iraqi money to pay American oil companies for their claims for damages caused by Washington and which Washington prevents imports for reconstruction of the facilities by Iraq----
"On June 25, the UN awarded almost $2.8 billion to several oil companies, including more than $500 million to a subsidiary of Texaco, Inc., for equipment and facilities that were damaged when the U.S. led a 43-day war against Iraq in 1991. These oil companies..... were paid out of the UN Compensation Commission (all funds from Iraq oil sales are controlled by UN)" (Brian Becker,IAC Report 12/99
1)--How many Iraqis have died since the US/UN blockade; is it a million human beings or maybe just half a million?
"More than one million Iraqis have died- 567,000 of them children-as
a direct consequence of economic sanctions... As many as 12% of the children surveyed in
Baghdad are wasted, 28% stunted and 29% underweight."
--UN FAO, December 1995. For details see Morbidity and Mortality Among Iraqi Children 1990-98.
How many children die each week? According to the United Nations its over 4,000. Years ago on the McLaughlin Group John M. himself asked if Americas policy was genocide. Is it? On Nov. 8/98 he described the death of half a million children under the age of 5. United Nations Relief Coordinator Dennis Halliday from England has now resigned saying he couldnt any longer be part of the cause of the misery upon so many innocent people. The NEW YORK TIMES, 1/3/99 quotes Halliday, "we are losing 6,000 to 7,000 children a month as a consequence of the sanctions." An earlier report quoted him that the crippling trade embargo was incompatible with the UN charter as well as UN conventions on human rights and the rights of the child (BBC News Online, 9/30). Also Secretary of State Madeleine Albright didn't deny such figures when she explained that "Yes, we think the price is worth it" when asked on CBS 60 Minutes program (5/11/96) if maintaining the blockade was worth the death of half a million children. It is high time to question the cost of what we are doing to the Iraqi people. More recently she told a press conference, "Don't Lay that Guilt Trip on me!" For more on deaths.
2) --"Saddam could feed his people if he cared instead of using money to buy weapons." Firstly, oil sales monies are subject to some 33% "tax" in reparations for Kuwait, UN/US expenses, etc. These total $4.2 billion so far (New York Times 11/20/99). The UN bureaucracy then (slowly) distributes the money in the form of food rations and some medicines.
($4 billion yearly of oil sales minus about 33% withheld (exact amount is never asked for by American journalists) by UN leaves 2.6 billion divided by 20 million population = $130 per year per person = 36 cents per day per person for food, medicine, industrial maintenance, etc.
Then more of this money is withheld by UN for giving to Kurds, but Iraq still produces some food domestically. But Washington vetoes any use of funds to repair bombed agricultural infrastructure, electricity generation, etc. and for repairs/maintenance of oil export facilities to allow increased production and sale of more oil. Supplies to repair civilian infrastructure bombed in the war have been vetoed by Washington. In addition there is smuggling of oil out by truck to Turkey and Jordan, but bribes have to be paid all along the line. And any nation would husband money for its defense. In wartime civilians never come first.
3)--If we don't bomb Iraq, Saddam will use his WMD (weapons of mass destruction) against us or his neighbors or Israel. Saddam is rational. He had these weapons during the First Gulf War and didn't because he feared our threats of consequences even when his nation was being decimated. Israel has some 200 atomic bombs and can well defend itself. It has already threatened Iraq with their use if Iraq attacks with WMD. But the whole point about chemical and biological weapons is their easy manufacture in small, hidden away facilities. (The recent bombing bore this out when Washington officials answered that of course the bombing couldn't destroy such facilities) That's why they represent such a monstrous threat. (see TIME, Everyman a Superpower, 11/24/97) (See also THE NEW THREATS-Weapons of Mass Destruction on main page). Even US bombing won't control their eventual production, neither in Iraq nor in other Moslem nations. It only generates blind hatred against America. Our argument is for Washington to show justice and fairness in its policies, not to create sworn and desperate enemies who, in Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick's words, "define themselves as being Enemies of America."
4)--Do You think killing more Arabs and Moslems might result in terrorism against Americans? If theres retaliation against an American city, would it be Washington or New York, or maybe a smaller city. Do you think theyd hit us with chemical or biological weapons or maybe one of those "floating Nukes" stolen from the Russian arsenal? How much damage would a small, artillery shell sized tactical nuclear bomb do to a city? Are they "dirty" with a lot of radiation? Are police able to detect them if they come on a freighter or by truck? If (unknown) terrorists kill 100,000 Americans, should we "nuke" Iraq? What if its "only" 10,000? What if we don't know who did it? See "US Policies Contribute to Acts of Terrorism" and Bin Laden -- a Hero in Moslem World
5)--Why does Saddam need to build atomic bombs or missiles when he can buy them on the black market? The threat to America isn't from Iraqi missiles, its from dedicated terrorists filled with hatred and wanting vengeance against us. Theyll commit suicide missions to deliver death by truck or by foot. Its just a matter of time before theywill have chemical or biological weapons or even small tactical nukes on our soil. It's not only Iraq that produces chemical and biological weapons. The more killing we do, the more likely that vengeance will be wrecked upon us. More than new warships and fighter planes which already are the most advanced in the world, a major part of our defense budget should be for missile defense and civil defense. These would include quick medical response teams in our cities to analyze sudden, unexplained deaths, for border technology to watch for smuggled nuclear weapons, for guarding city water supplies, for stocks of anti-anthrax antibiotics in every city and so on.
6)--Why would any new Iraqi government have different national objectives? It too would want Kuwait, be anti-Israel, be trying to develop weapons equal to those of its neighbors and potential enemies to have defenses against Iran and Turkey (which already bombs Kurdish Iraq now), etc., etc. Nations interests dont change. What Washington really wants is another servile kingship like Saudi Arabia or the Gulf states which use their oil revenue to buy billions upon billions of dollars from US defense contractors for weapons which then sit virtually buried in the sand, because the rulers so fear their own people. American military are so unpopular in Saudi Arabia that the government hides our Airmen away in desert bases to keep them out of sight from its citizenry. (A CNN reporter from TIME magazine once said that the dream of glory for many young Saudis was to die in battle killing Americans). But Saudi Arabia is special from its history with its many princes serving as a network of government authority. No new government in Iraq or anywhere else would be so servile and experts anyway consider the Saudi regime ripe for being overthrown.
7)-- Should America be a Beacon or a Policeman of the world? We cant be a policeman, because we cant mount a consistent, coherent "fair" interventionist policy. This, because our foreign policy is always hostage to domestic politics. (See US NEWS 7/21/97 "Multicultural Foreign Policy in Washington-The Ship of State is More Likely to be Tugged by US Ethnic Groups than by Foreign Money"). NATO expansion is to please central European ethnic voters, Cuban policy is determined by Cubans in Miami, policies towards oil rich Azerbaijan, by the Armenian lobby, invading Haiti by the Black Caucus in Congress, and so on. What will come next is a Mexican American voter intervention on foreign policy issues, so far very minimal, but potentially tremendous. Mexico's government has made a conscious decision for this by changing its law to allow dual citizenship like Israel does. The conscious reason stated by Mexican government officials it to encourage more Mexicans to take out US citizenship where possible. Costly, cloudy, and unceasing interventions abroad will breed cynicism, risk a disaster, and weaken and confuse American resolve for really important foreign concerns. Already, for example, President Clinton cancelled his trip to the very important recent Asian Economic Summit so he could stay in Washington to monitor Iraq and plan new bombing.
8) If Saddam is such a threat to the whole world, then why is the whole world against us (bombing), even though our Secretary of State Madeleine Albright claimed that America was doing "what the world wants (bombing)." Only England is the major support. (English support should be understood in part because the "City", England's Wall Street, depends very much on the billions of dollars left on deposit by the sheiks who rule Kuwait and the Arab Gulf States). How the world sees us was reported by the WALL STREET JOURNAL'S European edition editor (2/24/98) "What came up most were charges of American hypocrisy. The US wants to bomb Iraq over its violations of UN directives, but wont take any action against the Israelis for theirs (e.g. occupation of part of Lebanon and Palestinian settlements)." Later Scott Ritter, former head of the U.N. arms inspection team in Iraq, on the NBC TODAY SHOW, 12/17/98, explained "The U.S. has perverted the U.N. weapons process by using it as a tool to justify military actions, falsely so. ... The U.S. was using the inspection process as a trigger for war."
9) Bombing wont take out Saddams missiles, if it didnt succeed the last time with more tonnage of bombs dropped than upon Germany in World War II. Then why will bombing succeed now? Washington recognizes this. Its only solution according to Samuel Berger, US National Security Council advisor is "to bomb again and again to deny Saddam his deadliest weapons." (WASHINGTON TIMES 2/12/98). Everyone agrees it wont get all the hidden missiles now, then what is the purpose? In fact bombing may end up with even fewer inspections of suspected missile or chemical warfare sites. Biological and chemical weapons can be made, "in a large closet which is all the space you need to mix deadly chemical weapons...... Chemical and biological weapons are the great equalizers against our atomic weapons." (TIME Everyman a Superpower, 11/24/97). The best security for Americans is not to make so many enemies (see Joseph Sobran column, How Many Enemies Do We Want?)
10) Foreigners may retaliate against us. We cant go around killing others without some of their relatives or fellow nationals seeking vengeance upon us. Our cities are tremendously vulnerable to chemical and biological weapons.(TIME magazine, America the Vulnerable (11/24/97). See FOREIGN AFFAIRS Jan-Feb/98, Weapons of Mass Destruction. This article marks a major, major policy shift for the American establishment Council on Foreign Relations. It argues that US intervention in foreigners conflicts brings about a threat of germ or chemical retaliation against our cities and, subsequently, against our civil freedoms. It states that these new weapons are neutralizing Americas nuclear bomb advantage. Americans individually are not hated in the world, and every nation has blood relatives as immigrants here. Only if we start unjust killing will it come to haunt us. Talk about the movie, THE PEACEMAKER, which stories a stolen Russian atom bomb being brought to New York by a Serbian, consumed with hatred for America.
11) How is bombing Iraq supposed to change Iraq's government? Washington wants to keep the blockade to force Iraqis to have a revolution to oust Saddam. Do we really imagine citizens can simply overthrow a totalitarian dictatorship? Surely Hitler and Stalin showed us that citizens cant overthrow totalitarian regimes, much less when they are under foreign attack and starving. What Saddam wants is an end to the 8 year blockade, one of the longest and most devastating in history. Others, particularly other Arab oil producers, want to keep Iraqi oil off world markets.
12) The real reason for US Bombing "is US frustration with its dwindling credibility in Mideast politics.......It has failed to move foreword the Arab-Israeli peace process. Essentially the Clinton administration cannot sustain an aimless war process in the Gulf while it is utterly unable to revive the peace process in the Levant," (WASHINGTON POST 2/15/98--Questions About True Aims of US Policy) Why cant US policy be simply to contain him as we did with the Soviet Union?
13) Theres no oil shortage either. Kuwait and Iraq together produced just 7% of the worlds oil when Iraq was producing full tilt for world markets before the war. Now more billion barrel oil fields have been discovered as well as new enhanced recovery methods. Prices have collapsed because of the world oil glut. But America could still guarantee Kuwaits security and that of Saudi Arabia, if we want, instead of starving and/or bombing Iraqis. Also US oil dependence on the Middle East is rapidly declining, from 28% of imports in l990 to 18% now just in the last 8 years since the war with Iraq. 80% of imports now come from Canada and Mexico and Venezuela because of new drilling technology. (Source Paul Wihbey of the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Policy Studies, speaking at conference last Oct 14th at American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.)
14) Saddam gassed his own people. Didnt our government also do that at WACO? The C2 gas used by the FBI killed children who couldnt fit into gas masks and then created an explosive mixture which triggered fire and immolation, (see super documentary, WACO, nominated for an Academy Award). And what about our own civil war, werent there also terrible atrocities? Remember how often Americans were lied to in order to get us into war. (See Subjects, How Hill and Knowlton Public Relations "sold" the Iraq War) For the First World War, it was stories that German soldiers ate Belgian babies. For the Iraq war it was lies about babies being thrown out of incubators, testified to a Congressional Committee by a "mystery" witness who later turned out to be the daughter of the Kuwaiti sheiks ruling family who is Ambassador in Washington. It was all lies promoted by giant Hill and Knowlton public relations company. Then we were told there were aerial photographs of the Iraqi Army massed on Saudi Arabias border ready to attack. They were never released; they apparently were lies too. How do we know were not being lied to again?
15) Who will be next that we bomb after Iraq, Sudan Afghanistan, and Yugoslavia, Iran? It too has weapons of mass destruction? Or Israel, it does too and also refuses to obey United Nations resolutions, for example on ethnic cleansing? There are many other nations in the world trying to hide secret weapons and developing modern ones, Pakistan, for example. Chemical and bacteriological weapons are "the poor nations atom bombs." Theres going to be more and more of them all over the world.
16)--People die from starvation and civil war all over Africa, what's the big deal about Iraq? The big, big point is that it's different if America causes it. Human beings have always died from war and pestilence, but when one nation causes so much suffering upon another, then all the hatred and desire for vengeance are put in motion for many, many years. Beyond that it undermines America's "moral" authority in the whole world.
The Boston Globe (5/16/99) reported:
"In planning the 1991 Persian Gulf War, US officers found a 12 bridges for the movement of Iraqi troops in and out of Kuwait. US planes bombed those bridges over and over, with little effect. So they bombed every bridge in Iraq, 160 in all, about two-thirds of them far from Kuwait. After a while, all bridges were seen and treated equally. Similarly, now in Belgrade, it seems, all military agencies are seen and treated as if they were of equal importance. The Pentagon announced last week that three-quarters of the targets hit in this air war, 270 out of 380, have been 'strategic targets.' Only 110 have been directly connected to the soldiers and militias in Kosovo."
Iraq's Chilling Economic Statistics reflections by Ali Abunimah , 18 March 1999.
"Iraq's total GDP has fallen to just $5.7 billion, or $247 per capita (down from $60 billion before the Gulf War) Iraq, once one of the most developed countries in the Middle East, is now poorer than many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. .... The entire Iraqi economy amounts to just 2% (two percent) of the annual United States defense budget of $265 billion." ( For more on the effects of the economic destruction on Iraq, see The Economy Section)
17) War has uncertain consequences. The First World War started as just a minor action to punish the Serbs. World War II ended up simply replacing Hitler with Stalin. Todays weapons are far more catastrophic. When Russias Yeltsin was ridiculed for warning that bombing might set off a 3rd World War, his subsequent reason for the statement was (amazingly, scarcely reported), "You have to be more careful in a world that is saturated with all kinds of weapons in the hands of.... terrorists. Its a dangerous world." (WASHINGTON TIMES 2/15/98)
18) Iraq cant prove a negative. No nation could prove it didnt have some rockets or chemicals hidden away somewhere. The United Nations/United States demands are impossible to comply with. And anyway Washington has announced that there will be no end to the embargo. In March, l997, Secretary of State Albright ruled out normalization of relations even if Iraq complies with all UN resolutions.
19) Unilaterally attacking Iraq is totally unconstitutional and illegal under United Nations and Nuremberg Charter. The United Nations has refused authority to attack and only Congress can declare war. Where are all those Republican "constitutionalists" now? Truly term limits is the only solution to rid us of these tyrants in both parties. (See Presidential Warmaking & Constitution on main page). Furthermore the bombing now has totally undermined prior U.S. efforts at creating international concensus for military actions. Now every nation as the example of going it alone.
20) Why is it easier to make war than to cut taxes. Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott were just as anxious as President Clinton to divert national attention from their failures. Republican leaders may also see foreign wars as a way of distracting attention from their failures. They are in truth "tax collectors for the warfare state."
21) DEATH IN IRAQ The real killing isnt done with explosives, its from the bombing of fresh water, sewage, and irrigation systems, electricity grids and factories machinery. Some call it the American way of "ethnic cleansing." "Since August 1990, 560,000 children in Iraq have died as a consequence of the sanctions." (THE LANCET, Volume 346 No. 8988. 12/2/95 and UN/FAO, 12/95. "Whatever the intent of these sanctions, the means violates the most basic tenets of Catholic Moral Theology. Moreover, they violate international law by targeting civilians and the infrastructure necessary for their existence," --statement of Catholic Bishops.
The NEW YORK TIMES, 1/3/99 "Smart Bombs, Dumb Sanctions" reports, "sanctions have plunged this once-prosperous country into poverty, and, in the process, created deepening anti-Western and especially anti-American sentiment. Officials in Washington pride themselves on the pains they have taken to assure that bombs hit only military targets.......But at the same time they assert that sanctions, which probably kill more civilians each month than bombs have killed since 1991 are a regrettable necessity......According to a United Nations report issued in April....40,000 more children and 50,000 more adults now die each year in Iraqi hospitals than died before the sanctions were imposed. Rates of polio, diphtheria, turberculosis, malaria and viral hepatitis were said to have sharply increased........Aid worker Michel Nahhal, a Lebanese and representative of the Middle East Council of Churches, said, "Here in Iraq the industrial sector is at a standstill. Agriculture is collapsing because no fertilizers can be imported and there is no electricity to power irrigation pumps. The biggest employer was the oil sector, and that has all but disappered. Health conditions are terrible becase there are no pumps to flush the sewage pipes and not enough trucks to pick up garbage. You see children playing in sewage with no shoes and no shirts......." For details of United Nations' experts report on nutrition and agriculture in Iraq see http://www.salam.org/iraq/fao1-10t.html
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ST. LOUIS—December 12, 2011—An anonymous donor last week contributed $250,000 to The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) to benefit the Lutheran Malaria Initiative (LMI).
So far, Lutheran donors have contributed $2 million toward a $45 million goal to fight malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that continues to devastate communities and perpetuate a cycle of poverty. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 1 million people die of malaria each year and every 45 seconds a child dies in Africa.
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"We are humbled and thrilled by this tremendous gift," said the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of the LCMS. "I rejoice to think of the many lives which will be spared the ravages of malaria, and this in a context where the Gospel is shared."
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I remember the late 60's and early 70's. It is important for people to gather and to make their points of view known. We need to keep voicing our opinions, and letting not just people in our country, but people in the world, know how very dissatisfied the majority of ordinary citizens are with the way our country is being run.
OWS shows the power of the people if they stand up to be heard. We don't get the coverage in mainstream media that we should, but they certainly cover all the fine points of them when they're in another country. Grassroots, on the ground movements, whether it be political or not seems to be overcoming the big money and their fancy ads on TV. The more I learn about what's been going on, the scarier it gets, but we can and must stand up and fight for our liberty. I try and educate everyone I know and meet since not everybody has the time I do to watch documentaries and do research that I do, since I'm retired.


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HARRISON, NJ (August 4, 2014) – Current New York Red Bulls Full Season Ticket Holders can start renewing their plans for the 2015 MLS season today. In addition, Season Ticket Packages for the New York Red Bulls' 2015 MLS regular season will go on sale Wednesday, August 6.
Full Season Plans, which include 17 regular season matches, a bonus event, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup games (excluding the final) and MLS Cup home playoff matches (excluding MLS Cup Final), start at just $320 per seat. Current plan holders who renew by September 5 will be able to earn the most benefits, including the ability to lock in their prices from the 2014 season.
New season ticket buyers who purchase a plan before September 5 will also receive a Red Membership, which includes first team access at team events, a season ticket holder scarf and pre-sale windows among other benefits, at no additional cost.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call 1.877.727.6223 or log onto www.newyorkredbulls.com/earlybird. Current plan holders can log onto www.newyorkredbulls.com/renew to renew their plans.


text: I am doing a log cabin quilt, and I wanted to design it into the diamonds/stars look. Well I had no idea that there were different variations to this block. So now when I place them in the pattern for it, my two points at the top, bottom nor sides are equal height. So now what I can I do? People are going to think I was drinking while making this. Ha ha ha..I may need one now though.. ha ha ha To think..I was enjoying making this one and WAS having so much fun. I should have known it was to good to be true. ha ha ha


text: Considering all the multi-million dollar notes on eBay recently, this one actually merits a chin scratch. It's neat as heck. I didn't even know such a thing existed. But worth $1,000,000? I think not. Check it out for yourself: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-1934-1928-SILVER-CERTIFICATE-Fr-1605A-PCGS-55PPQ-UNIQUE-THE-ONLY-SURVIVOR-/251132397510 If it is a continuation of the 1928 series as the seller claims, there should be no break in serial numbers, right? Does anyone know the serials to the last known run of 1928-E notes?


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Melbourne Scholarships
The International Postgraduate Coursework Award (IPCA) was established by the University of Melbourne and is awarded to high achieving international students undertaking a graduate coursework degree.
The University normally offers around 28 scholarships each year.
The scholarship provides fee remissions of between 25% and 100% of tuition fees for the duration of your course.
To be considered for this scholarship, you must:
Eligible graduate coursework degrees include:
You do not need to submit an application for this scholarship. Students who have received an unconditional offer for an eligible graduate coursework degree, will be automatically considered for an International Postgraduate Coursework Award.
Eligible candidates are selected on the basis of academic merit.
Successful candidates are advised of the outcome by email.
For more detailed information, refer to the International Postgraduate Coursework Award terms and conditions.
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Unalterable Affection
"I retain an unalterable affection for you, which neither time or distance can change." -George, to Martha; June 23, 1775
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Whether 8 months or 80 years since graduation, whether down the street or 16,000 miles away, the love between Washington College and its alumni never wavers. Each year, to demonstrate their reciprocal affection, a growing number of alumni make gifts through The Washington Fund to support their alma mater and the next generation of Washington College alumni. Join the nearly 1,000 alumni who have already made their gift this year. Visit give.washcoll.edu to make a gift that will count toward your class participation in the Count Me In campaign and strengthen the value of your degree.
What made you fall in love with Washington College? Tweet your story with the hashtag #ILoveWC or post it on our Facebook page.


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GOP cash rolling in
What a difference four years of incumbency can mean. In the 2008 presidential race, we couldn't keep up with the amount of donations candidate Barack Obama was raking into the Democrats' coffers.
This time around, the president, who owns the political advantage of having the biggest bully pulpit on the planet, is trailing the Romney ticket in raising campaign dollars. New data shows Republicans outraised Democrats by more than $25 million in July ($101 million to $75 million), the third straight month that the GOP has led in contributions.
What's most discouraging for Democrats is that Romney is making inroads into Democratic territory. Republicans have been taking in large chunks of contributions from traditional Democratic cities like Austin, Texas and even Chicago, Ill., the latter of which is Obama's political power base. Even in the Democratic bastion of Philadelphia, Romney has taken in more than $250,000 since early June.
When it comes to fundraising there is a political divide in this nation, which may give a clue to the fundraising advantage for Romney. The Chronicle of Philanthropy, a biweekly newspaper in Washington, D.C., compared 2008 U.S. tax returns for charitable giving. The analysis shows that people who live in politically conservative, "red states" are more generous than those in liberal or "blue states" when religious giving is included.
The eight states that rank highest in the report - Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Idaho, Arkansas and Georgia - voted for John McCain in the last presidential contest while the seven lowest-ranking states - Wisconsin, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire - supported Barack Obama.
Two of the top states, Utah and Idaho, have high numbers of Mormon residents, who are known to tithe more regularly than other churchgoers. The remaining states are all in the Bible Belt.
As for the candidates themselves, Barack Obama and his wife Michelle gave $10,772 of the $1.2 million they earned from 2000 through 2004 to charities, or less than 1 percent. But as their income rose, so did their giving. Last year, the Obamas donated $172,130, or 22 percent of their income.
In 2010 Mitt Romney gave 13.73 percent of his taxable income to charitable donations, and that increased to 19 percent in 2011 ($4 million) when his estimated income was $20.9 million.
Vice president Joe Biden and his wife were not as charitable. Last year, they gave $5,540, less than 1.5 percent of their gross income of $379,035, to charity.
In 2011, Paul Ryan and his wife reported an adjusted gross income rose of more than $323,000. They gave 4 percent or nearly $13,000 in donations.
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You think earnings are going to hurt the share prices of life insurance companies? Well, low interest rates could cause even more pain.
Michael Goldberg, an analyst at Desjardins Securities, argued that earnings are already under pressure because life insurance companies tend to suffer with the broader equity market, which slumped in the third quarter. But the bigger damage will likely come from interest rates – which have remained lower for longer than Mr. Goldberg had anticipated and are showing no real signs of shifting direction any time soon.
Low rates create havoc on investment returns for life insurance companies, which are set to start reporting their third-quarter results on November 2.
As a result, Mr. Goldberg lowered his price targets on a number of stocks. For Great-West Lifeco Inc. , his target fell to $25.50 from $29; for Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. , it fell to $37.50 from $44.50; for Manulife Financial Corp. , it fell to $18 from $21; and for Sun Life Financial Inc. , it fell to $30 from $34.
Meanwhile, dividend growth is probably stuck in neutral: "In view of the more negative earnings outlook for all the lifecos, we do not foresee a resumption of dividend growth by any of these companies within our forecast horizon to the end of 2012," he said in a note.
Then again, he is by no means all doom-and-gloom on the sector. Indeed, with share prices down sharply in recent months over the crumbling confidence in the global economy, Mr. Goldberg's targets imply plenty of upside potential. And if you think that interest rates have bottomed out and will rise eventually, well, now might be a good time to buy some of these beaten-up stocks.


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The following should produce an unknown schema:
A = load '/Users/gates/test/data/studenttab10'; B = group A by $0; C = foreach B generate flatten(A); describe C;
Instead it gives
C: {bytearray}
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The problem is in the flatten, not the group. The group has the proper schema (bytearray, bag{}). Loading a bag of unknown schema and flattening it produces the same result.
Flattening a tuple of unknown content has the same problem as well.
In new logical plan, explain C we get:
C: (Name: LOForEach Schema: null)
Which does the right thing. Once we migrate describe to new logical plan, this should be fixed automatically.
PIG-1786 checked in. Retest and now we get:
Schema for C unknown.
Close the Jira.
bytearray vs unknown schema use is always confusing.
The description in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1876, for example, indicates that unknown schema implies it should be bytearray (desc starts with : "Currently Pig map type is untyped, which means map value is always of bytearray(ie. unknown) type." ..), while this JIRA seems to indicate it is not the case !
I have seen varying interpretations of what bytearray is supposed to mean in the jira's, pig docs and pig source code over the last 3+ years, not to mention in the various ilist's and user source codebass - some clarity in this regard would be good and less confusing.
We use bytearray for a field with unknown type. In the case we don't even know the number of fields, we use null schema (unknown schema). Yes, some clearance in the document is needed.


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It's not going to be a marquee game, but Friday's matchup between the Warriors and visiting Philadelphia, for hard-core basketball fans, is certainly a treat. Oracle Arena will feature two of the NBA's burgeoning young point guards in the Warriors' Stephen Curry and the 76ers' Jrue Holiday.
The 2009 draft class was highlighted by its wealth of point guards. Of the 11 selected in the first round, Curry and Holiday have risen to the top. This season, both are producing at levels that are garnering All-Star whispers.
Denver's Ty Lawson got the biggest contract extension. Minnesota's Ricky Rubio gets most of the buzz. But on the court, Curry and Holiday are becoming the favorites of basketball insiders.
Their faceoff at Oracle Arena is a look into the NBA's future at arguably the game's most important position. What makes their matchup so stimulating is that they are noticeably different players.
Curry is a sharpshooting scorer whose craftiness and skill has caused problems for opponents.
"I see him as a point guard who can score really well," Holiday said of Curry.
"He's a lights-out shooter, but he makes things happen off the dribble. He usually makes like all the right decisions, too. To me, that's a point guard. … I have (watched him play this year). I think, one thing about him, he's always progressing, always getting better."
Holiday, on the other hand, is a prototypical modern point guard. At 6-foot-4, 205 pounds, he has the size and athleticism scouts love. And at 22 years old, he's just scratching the surface of his development as a floor general.
"He's a tough guard," Curry said of Holiday. "He is a capable shooter. He is athletic, sneaky athletic. Gets to the basket. He's strong. He's almost like a (Deron Williams) just not as shifty. He just gets to his spots."
Despite their contrasting styles, there are similar circumstances that helped pave the way for Curry and Holiday to get off to hot starts.
Both guards' improvement was spurred by the departures of a star (Monta Ellis for the Warriors and Andre Iguodala for the 76ers).
Both have been asked to carry their teams while the starting center recovers from injury (Andrew Bogut for the Warriors and Andrew Bynum for the 76ers).
Both have a young cohort to share the backcourt (Klay Thompson for the Warriors and Evan Turner for the 76ers).
Now both are having career years.
"It really is intriguing," one Western Conference executive, who requested anonymity because he was speaking about other team's players, said of the matchup. "They are two of the best under-25 guards in the league. Both have finally been given the keys to their respective offenses. Jrue still doesn't drive as much as he probably should and doesn't get enough credit for his shooting ability. Steph doesn't get enough credit for his penetration and playmaking."
Holiday is averaging 18.1 points, 8.8 assists and 4.0 rebounds. He has the Sixers (14-15), the eighth-youngest team in the league, in the playoff hunt for the second consecutive season.
"He's improved at running a team," Curry said. "It's exciting to go against him because he's established himself as a solid point guard in this league."
Philadelphia is struggling of late, having lost seven of 10, with Holiday missing four games during that stretch because of a sprained foot.
Golden State, on the other hand, has won seven of 10 games. The Warriors have the fifth-best record in the Western Conference at 19-10, and a win over Philadelphia would give them their best 30-game start since the 1991-92 season.
Curry is a big reason for that. He's averaging 20.3 points, 6.4 assists and 4.4 rebounds in a career-high 38 minutes per game. His ability to play both guard positions has been a bonus for coach Mark Jackson.
"I think on his team," Holiday said, "he pretty much makes everybody better."


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083113 September Exhibit at Crafts League Shop features basketry (125 w/ 2col green twill)
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MEREDITH — The featured exhibit at the NH League of Craftsmen's Gallery Shop for the month of September is a celebration of harvest time "Gathering Together," a collection of basketry by local artists
Basket weaving is one of the oldest art forms known to man. The variety of weaves and materials used worldwide make for thousands of different types and styles. It has been said that baskets are a direct reflection of the diverseness found within the global population. Each individual weaver creates their own masterpieces with varying weaves, materials, colors, and patterns. Baskets are both purposeful and creations of artistic expression.
The collection will include work by Ruth Boland, Cheryl Christenson, Sharon Dugan, Lynn Goldberg, Ray Lagasse, Liz Lapham, Alice Ogden, and more.
A collection of basketry by local artists is featured during the month of September. (Courtesy photo)


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How do state income tax rates affect credit unions?
Credit unions may offer better rates and more features on checking accounts than banks do, but it's more in response to marketing challenges than it is a matter of member service, according to WalletHub.com, the online personal financial website.
Membership qualification confusion forces credit unions to offer better pricing and benefits.
Wednesday's webinar sponsored by Pew Charitable Trusts featured bank and credit union representatives.
Mobile bill pay popularity now eclipsing remote deposit checking.
DETROIT – Jobs Council director says the White House supports credit union efforts in struggling communities.
Connecticut-based C.U. Members Mortgage Corp is penalized by its state banking regulator for another late call report.
Credit union groups paranoid DOJ could change its mind and reverse guidance that allows accounts for state-legal marijuana businesses.
Despite guidance from FInCEN and the DOJ, legal hurdles remain for state-legal marijuana business accounts.
WOCCU's Global Women's Leadership Network launches initiative to get more women on credit union boards.


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The New Jersey Civil Service Commission has settled a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) concerning its promotion practices for police sergeants.
The DOJ alleged the state's method of scoring and using written examinations had a disparate impact on black and Hispanic officers in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The feds also contended the tests did not actually measure the applicant's ability to perform the job.
The Civil Service Commission conducts promotion tests for many New Jersey municipal police forces. The sergeant's exam was a pass/fail test, but the police departments used scores to determine the order in which the applicant's were hired. Generally, higher-scoring applicants were promoted first.
The DOJ alleged that because the tests did not measure how well-qualified applicants were, they should not have been used to determine which applicants to promote first.
Under the settlement, the state will pay $1 million into a fund that will go to black and Hispanic officers who were adversely affected by the exams. The Civil Service Commission must also develop a new sergeants' exam system that complies with Title VII.
Note: Any employment test must be job-related and of business necessity to pass muster. In fact, employment tests that measure anything other than the applicant's ability to perform the job are not only a waste of time, but a potential source of liability.


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- High Inquisitor Whitemane
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- 2013
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- Katsucon 2013
About this Costume
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This wasn't a particularly hard costume to create except for the fact that I used non-stretch material for the main parts of the costume. I wanted to give it a regal appearance but it made it so much harder to tailor.
Hat was made of wonderflex, suede, foamies, and has model magic details. Corset was a highly modified $5 Charlotte Russe clearance item that I covered with soft vinyl and studs. Armor is made of wonderflex and the pauldrons are made of model magic. The staff is made of PVC pipe, bondo, Spackle, gesso, and worbla. Main detail areas are made of suede with gold satin details (heat n' bond used to adhere them) and painted over with acrylic paint.
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- I've been wanting to make this costume since World of Warcraft came out. It's nice to see it finished after all these years.
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City offers free inspections of decks and porches
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Islanders can request free inspections of their decks and porches through Aug. 1 with violations deferred if there are no immediate risks to public safety.
Through Aug. 1, residents of the five boroughs can call 311 to request the free inspection to make sure they are in compliance with all city regulations under the No-Penalty Deck and Porch Inspection Program.
Inspectors from the city Buildings Department will check for structural conditions, such as cracking, rotting, failed connections and other signs that can lead to a potential collapse.
The agency will only take action to address structural concerns if there is an immediate risk to public safety.
Otherwise, property owners will be allowed sufficient time to make needed repairs before violations are issued.
Published: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 6:12 AM by Staten Island Advance


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"Viktigt Meddelande för Almänheten (VMA)" is the swedish alarm test that is done the first Monday in march, June, september and december. It consists of 6 signals each length 7 seconds, then a minute long pause and then a 30 seconds All clear message.This is recorded with my cellphone's headset microphone hung out through my window. This is a remix of the sample "Viktigt meddelande", this is in faked stereo with some better quality and some echos added to it. This is to bring the sample more to life. If you listen closely then you can hear a kindergarten nearby and some kids are asking what it is. This sample is recorded at the 6th floor in my apartment in Stockholm with lot of free space around so you can hear the sound reverb around the area.
Låter precis som det är från Jordbro
Hej, jätte bra är det från Malmö!!??
This is really quite cool. The aliasing plus echoes gives it an odd flavour. I like it.
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I have a beautiful plant that a friend gave me a couple years ago. It started out as only two branches, and while one branch thrived, the other became weak and small. When I asked my mom how to treat the sick branch, she informed me that I must cut the longer branch and replant it because its roots were …Read More »
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Issue No. 02 - March/April (2000 vol. 2)
pp: 64-76
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/5992.825750
The Center for the Simulation of Accidental Fires and Explosions (C-SAFE) at the University of Utah is focused on providing state-of-the-art, science-based tools for the numerical simulation of accidental fires and explosions, especially within the context of handling and storage of highly flammable materials. The objective of the C-SAFE effort is to provide a scalable, high-performance system composed of a problem-solving environment in which fundamental chemistry and engineering physics are fully coupled with non-linear solvers, optimization, computational steering, visualization and experimental data verification. The availability of simulations using this system will help to better evaluate the risks and safety issues associated with fires and explosions. Our five-year product, termed Uintah 5.0, will be validated and documented for practical application to accidents involving both hydrocarbon and energetic materials.
Charles A. Wight, Thomas C. Henderson, Patrick A. McMurtry, Gregory A. Voth, David F. Pershing, Philip J. Smith, "Simulating Accidental Fires and Explosions", Computing in Science & Engineering, vol. 2, no. , pp. 64-76, March/April 2000, doi:10.1109/5992.825750


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Lindsay Lohan could be looking at spending the next year-and-a-half in jail. Lindsay is on her way court on Wednesday (19.10.11) to see whether she faces a prison sentence after she allegedly skipped court-ordered therapy sessions, according to TMZ.
Judge Stephanie Sautner recently berated the 25-year-old star for failing to find a therapist for weekly sessions, which was part of her sentence for stealing a $2,500 necklace from a boutique in January. But Lindsay – who previously served 35 days under house arrest for the offence – claims to have carried out her therapy sessions over the phone.
She spent time in France last month doing a modeling job, but is said to have cleared the two-week trip with her probation officer – and she recently went to Italy, where she was unveiled as the new face of Philipp Plein.
Lindsay said: "Something important to know about this collection is that it's expressing something a little bit more edgy. And I think maybe people's perceptions of me have been kind of taken out of context just from what you see and read."
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iPhoneTips & How-to
iPhone Home Button Not Working? Assistive Touch can be the Workaround
Obviously, the Home button is the most-frequently-used button on iPhone. It's not uncommon the home button becomes less sensitive after extensive use. In worst case, the home button is completely not working. The best way to fix the issue, if your iPhone is still under warranty, is to bring the device back to Apple Store and repair it.
However, it takes time to repair your phone. What if you need to use your iPhone to handle some urgent issues? Here we would like to show you a way to workaround the home button issue.
In any case your home button becomes less sensitive or is even broken, the Assistive Touch feature in iOS 5 may work as an interim solution. The Assistive Touch is one of the accessibility features that helps people with disabilities experience using the iPhone. That said, the feature can serve as a workaround when your home button is broken.
How To Enable Assistive Touch to Access Home Button from Screen
First, go to Settings -> General -> Accessibility. Scroll down to find the "AssistiveTouch" option. Tap on it and set the "AssistiveTouch" option to ON.
Once you activate the option, you'll find a transparent button at the lower-right corner of the screen. Tap on it to bring the touch menu.
You'll see the "Home" button option that provides the same function as the physical home button.
Does this tip help? Leave us comment and let us know your thought.
If you find this tip useful, you may want to check out our iPhone Handbook app that covers more iOS 5 tips.
Simon Ng
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San Francisco Bay area consumers may pay a bit more this year for fresh, local Dungeness crab as fishermen say they are expecting a modest catch.
The commercial season is set to open on Thursday, and both fishermen and buyers said they hope to avoid a price dispute that would delay the season, The San Francisco Chronicle reports ( http://bit.ly/UANfvG ).
Last year a stalemate over price delayed the commercial season until after Thanksgiving, leaving many tables without the pile of fresh crab that has become a local tradition.
Recreational fishermen who have been laying pots near the Farallon Islands since Nov. 3 have been reporting a modest, medium-sized catch this year.
Crabbers say they want $3 per pound this year, but buyers say they think $2.50 is fair.
Information from: San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com