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Meetings aim to strengthen the bond between Kentucky agriculture and manufacturing
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Friday, June 16, 2017
For more information contact:
Ted Sloan
(502) 782-0285
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles invites anyone interested in strengthening the bond between agriculture and manufacturing to three forums scheduled across Kentucky later this month.
The Linking Agriculture for Networking & Development (LAND) forums aim to expand upon the existing supply chain for agricultural products to the manufacturing sector. Registration in advance is required, and the registration deadline is June 20.
"Agriculture is economic development, and it's only natural that our farmers and agribusinesses should work with our manufacturers," Commissioner Quarles said. "These forums will enable stakeholders in these important economic sectors to build mutually beneficial relationships that will generate income and jobs in Kentucky."
The schedule of LAND forums is as follows:
June 27
Bath County Cooperative Extension Ag Center
2914 East Highway 60, Owingsville
June 28
Jeptha Creed Distillery
500 Gordon Lane, Shelbyville
June 29
University of Kentucky Research and Education Center
1205 Hopkinsville Street, Princeton
Each forum will begin with networking at 10:30 a.m. local time. Presentations will include Commissioner Quarles, regional agricultural leaders, and industry management discussing successful collaborations and referencing resources to foster additional development. The program will include lunch with locally sourced farm ingredients and will conclude at 1 p.m.
The forums are intended for agricultural leaders, manufacturers, economic development professionals, local and state officials, educators, and other stakeholders. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers are facilitating the forums with the financial support of the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund and other regional sponsors.
There is no cost to attend the forums, but seating is limited. For more information, or to register, go to kam.us.com/linking-agriculture-for-networking-development-land/.


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A Dozen Outdoor Activities Companies Will Adhere to The Charter for Sustainability in Nature
The text, promoted by the Cabildo, fosters a culture of quality based on the sustainability of tourism activities provided by the signatory entities.
A total of 12 tourism companies for outdoor activities have adhered to the Charter for Sustainability and Excellence in activities tourist that develop in nature. The document, promoted by the Cabildo through Turismo de Tenerife, has counted on its development with its own signatory entities.
The island's vice president and tourism adviser, Alberto Bernabé, explained in press conference that this initiative, which replicates the successful model of the Charter of Sustainability in Cetacean Sighting, seeks to foster a culture of quality and excellence in the tourist services that surround such activities based in the integral sustainability of resources and cooperation between companies and the sector public.
"Nine years ago we started working with sustainability in the activity of sighting of cetaceans and five years ago we started the Tenerife Walking Festival, already a benchmark in Europe. We also created a manual three years ago of good ecotourism practices and now we bet on this letter for sustainability in nature, which means that we have been convinced for almost a decade that there
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Billie Eilish's pop nightmares extract teen-scream terror-glee from a sold-out Armory
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Eilish's stage moves resembled a rapper's low center of gravity bob-and-weave more than a pop star's choreo, and she was attired for action, comfort, and getting high at the cemetery after curfew. A baggy black sweatshirt displaying the Blessed Virgin made way for a t-shirt, no less baggy or black, of cherubim hovering blithely above hellfire. Black shorts and black boots, two top-knots, crucifix earrings, and chainlink neck gear completed the ensemble. In contrast, relatively few of Eilish's fans were sartorially goth themselves, and some could be heard debating whether they could afford Ariana at the Xcel. Call them both/and rather than either/or pop fans.
Casually unjittered on stage, Eilish dropped asides like "My shin splints are acting up" then asked who wanted a water bottle she'd just guzzled from (she flung it a respectable distance), with just enough "fuck"s peppered throughout the night to make tweens glance with cagey, apprehensive defiance at their unphazed moms. Eilish crosses over to lots of those parents, and it's easy to hear why—she's a little bit SoundCloud Shirley Manson, a little bit Fiona Trap-ple, and I for one eagerly await her inevitable call to arms as she leads her combined Gen X/Z army to obliterate our overpopulous Boomer/Millennial foes.
Eilish was flanked by two musicians, a drummer and her brother/songwriting partner Finneas, who doubled on synth and guitar. It's Finneas who's crafted much of her sound, which is anchored by of-the-moment 808 skitters and slightly dated divebombing bass drops and filled the Armory with a crisp boom. Also of note: The staccato piano and tunefully wending synth whine on "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" weren't the only musical trappings that recalled classic Eminem.
The visuals were top-rate for an Armory-sized room—for any room, really. Eilish's onstage appearance was preceded by an extended animated sequence, set in ghoulish Babadook black-and-white, of a flashing-eyed doll-like moppet beset by nightmare images of gnashing teeth and satanic flames. (She seemed to survive these, but when she reappeared onscreen later that night a shark chomped her. Tough luck, kid.) During a more upbeat moment Eilish introduced Finneas and the two sibs lolled together on a bed to perform "I Love You" "the way we wrote it"; soon they were bed levitating high above the stage like the homeschooled dreamers they are.
Eilish packed 18 tracks of her roughly two-dozen-song repertoire into a little less than an hour and a half, performing almost all of her chart-topping When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and revealing how consistent her small songbook is. Even during the second half of the set, which was backloaded with the kind of ballads—five in a row!—that are ideal arm-swaying bestie singalongs, only a middle-aged rubbernecker with a short-attention span would dare get a little impatient. But. Hear. Me. Out. Eilish is more conventional when she proves she has a heart than when she brags about how she's gonna sink her fangs into yours, and I'm sorry but it's my job to care about these things.
Fortunately the glib suicidal ideations and gory self-mutilation fantasies of "Bury a Friend" were on hand to climatically darken the mood. A PG-13 variant of Tool's claymation visuals loomed above as Eilish climbed back aboard her gravity-defiant bed, its ascendence now less Bedknobs and Broomsticks than The Exorcist. Then, as a nice little punch line of a coda, her voice sang "Please don't leave me" as When We All Fall Asleep's closing track, "Goodbye," provided the exit music.
On my way out of the Armory, I heard a teenboy, in that authoritative manner native to his kind, opine "Her dancing was dope, her singing was dope…" before an accompanying teengirl, in that even more authoritative manner her kind has evolved in self-defense, interjected, not exactly contradicting his point but for damn sure mooting it, "Her presence was dope."
What can I add to that?
Click here to see a photo slideshow of Billie at the Armory
Bad Guy
My Strange Addiction
You Should See Me in a Crown
When I Was Older
Wish You Were Gay
All the Good Girls Go to Hell
Listen Before I Go
I Love You
Ocean Eyes
When the Party's Over
Bury a Friend
Overheard in the crowd: (Outside, before the show) "Billie's a girl, dad."
The crowd: Predominantly female, not entirely Eilish-aged—lots were at least old enough to secure wristbands that got 'em to the bar—but the teens set the mood. More moms than dads, plus a smattering of couples.
Critic's bias: Here's how I raved about When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? here in CP earlier this year: "Death makes sad teens horny, a timeless truth Eilish is precocious enough to exploit for dark lulz where she might be expected to strike a supposedly gender-appropriate pose of somber, witchy melancholy."


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We got back from our trip and I feel like I have blogger's block. I have nothing too interesting to write.
We had a relaxing trip to a beach that we love over by Cancun. I thought getting in the sun would instantly cure our dreaded illness, but it lasted to some degree for the entire trip. Our poor hotel-neighbors must have loved the symphony of coughs.
Here's a naughty turtle that someone made on the beach. He's smoking and drinking.
Here's my mom and Margarita kayaking. Check out how beautiful the water is:
It was really fun putting on a swimsuit each day with my ever growing belly and having my mom and sister there who are both toothpicks. I felt like quite the beached whale.
Anyway, on to Plan December.
December always seems to fly by; I always have great intentions of enjoying the season with my kids and things always end up so hectic that it seems like before I know it it's over. So, inspired by my good friend Grammy (o Grammy, where art thou??), I am going to try to come up with a plan (BEFORE DECEMBER. Yes, I know, that's Friday.). I want to have a simple Christmas-y activity planned to do with my kids each day.
So, I need some ideas! Do you have anything you enjoyed as a kid, or something you enjoy with kids now?
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Plan December
We got back from our trip and I feel like I have blogger's block. I have nothing too interesting to write.
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- Code Yellow Mom said...
We make either sugar cookies or fudge - this year we're going to try my Grandma's caramel recipe for the first time.
We also always make or shop together for ornaments to remember the year by. (Calvin insisted on having a YELLOW one last year - you wouldn't believe how tricky it is to find yellow things at Christmas time. Gold just would not do it for him.)
My favorite resource is Family Fun Magazine - sweet and simple crafts, easy to gather supplies, and fun little ideas for traditions.
Would love to see your finished plan! I'm working on one myself, but am feeling a little ho hum...
The beach looks nice.:)
- Nettie said...
I hope you share your finished plan, too!
And I've wondered about Grammy, too. YOU'D know if something were really wrong, though, wouldn't you?
- Gabriela said...
CYM: I love Family Fun too. I let my subscription run out and I reordered a few weeks ago, but I don't think I'm going to get the Dec. issue.
Yellow? Hmmm. Yeah, I bet yellow ornaments would be hard to find. :)
Nettie: Thanks for the book idea, I am going to use that. I actually have talked to Grammy recently and she is fine, but I miss reading her blog.
- Anonymous said...
I own ALOT of Christmas videos and we usually watch one of those a night.
Also, on the day that school gets out, I take my kids to the bookstore and let them buy one book they have to read over the break.
And, one night a week, we go out driving looking for fun Christmas lights. I let them tell me which direction to drive and they navigate through the streets. It is a ton of fun.
- Super Happy Girl said...
Yay you are back!
While we were either freezing or getting rained on non-stop, you were at a beautiful beach, relaxing in the sun with Grandma AND taking pictures of naughty turtles.
We watch "A Christmas Story" while eating ridiculous amounts of food.
Wear our PJs at home.
I turn on all the Christmas lights before the kids go to school and as soon as they get home: it takes so long to put them up, and they are up for such a short time, I want to make sure we enjoy them as much as possible.
I'd love to read you Plan December :)
- utmommy said...
I love Family Fun too!
We always make homemade candy. So fun and so yummy.
The beach looks so nice. I've always wanted to go to Cancun. Hopefully soon!
- Gabriela said...
Janice J.: that's a great book idea. Around here though, English books are hard to come by and I thinkmy kids would stage a coup if I tried to get them to read Spanish books for fun! I am putting "Christmas Light Drive" on my calendar. Thanks!
NCS: A Christmas Story? Yep, it's already on the Calendar. I just love Ralphie.
UT Mommy: can you post a candy recipe? I have never made candy, except for fudge, before.
My goal is to post my Plan December on Friday!
- Code Yellow Mom said...
Just thought of Mr. Krueger's Christmas. An oldie but goodie. Every year at least once. :) (I can even tolerate the BYU dancers in blue leotards just because the message is so sweet, and you can't go wrong with Jimmy Stewart.) Also, the church vid of Luke II. My favorite. Both work with little people's short attention spans and are great to watch together, drink some Abuelita (a la NCS) and snuggle.
- Anonymous said...
That kayak picture looks so relaxing. Would have been the perfect timing to join you there when my husband was away! Oh well...Hope you feel better...
As kids, we'd always have hot cocoa with marshmallows and whipped cream while watching/reading Christmas movies/bedtime stories. Of course there's the letter writing which took quite a number of days. We also got to clean out our toy closet to give away (to make room for new ones).
Did you get my email? Hope you're feeling much better!
- Millie said...
PLEASE share the finished plan. I need ideas too. I love the concept of a month of planned stuff just for the family.
Our friend put together a book to read aloud every night during December... there are 25 stories, scriptures and songs (one for each day). We're going to try to stick with it again this year. Something always happens. :) We'll get our tree Saturday and decorate it Sunday with cookies and cocoa. I love the Family Fun idea.
- Grammy said...
Hi Gabs, Since you asked for it, here is the list of things we did with the kids when we still had any around. Most of the activities are things we would have done anyway, but it gave them something fun to look forward to on our calendar every day. Some days we did several.
- Church, school & work parties
- Movie night at Home
- Outdoor Activity Day
- Drive around to look at the lights
- Sleep around the Christmas tree
- Family Natvity Pageant
- Write to Santa
- Read the Christmas story from Luke
- Craft Day
- Go out for Dinner
- K & Mom's birthday celelbrations
- Christmas shopping
- 1st Presidency Devotional
- Game Night
- Light the Christmas candles for the 1st time and sing Carols
- Take Gifts to nieghbors
- Wrap gifts
- Surprise Activity
- Decorate the House
- Secret Santa Night (pixie drop)
- Go to a Play or Movie
- Christmas Story Reading Marathon
- Christmas Caroling (to neighbors)
- Have the Family Picture Taken
- Cooking or Baking (we had separate days for Nuts & Bolts,Cookies,Homemade Rootbeer, Egg-Nog,Carmels, Chocolates, Mints and the Birthday Cake for the Baby Jesus)
- Our neighborhood had an ornament exchange, so we added that
- Going to cut the Christmas tree
- Decorating the Christmas tree
- Mailing the Packages
- Writing the Christmas Letter (especially if everyone dictates their own part)
- Travel Day (if you are going away for the holidays)
Have fun!
Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas season!
- utmommy said...
I'll post a recipe soon! I hope it works for you!


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Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala quest to become the Luhya kingpin is now in a political limbo after his predecessor Boni Khalwale claimed on Saturday, July 21, he was not one of them.
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That's their service area.
To be fair, this looks worse than it is. Our population isn't evenly distributed here in the U.S. and they did get California, the most populous state…but they also missed Texas and Florida, Nos. 2 and 3 on that list. A Wikipedia article and an Excel spreadsheet later, I discover that your odds of being in Coinbase's service area are basically 50/50. I seem to have lost the coin toss.
Thankfully, the world is a connected place these days and it isn't hard to find someone in one of those green states who will let me digitally shoulder-surf. I'm irritated, but if I really cared I could incorporate in California or something. There are always ways around these things.
Access problems (sort of) bypassed, I begin to feel more optimistic. The interface is simple, elegant and clean. There aren't an overwhelming number of options presented, but that's not a bad thing. Simplicity is the cornerstone of user experience, after all. But even this small positive experience would prove ephemeral.
Coinbase accounts and Coinbase Exchange accounts are separate entities. I suspect this is for regulatory reasons, and you can transfer funds between the two with a few clicks, but it does add a little friction to the experience—and you'll probably have to make transfers often. More on that later.
My friend and I throw a little bitcoin into the exchange account and make a few test trades. The interface is simple, minimalist and obvious in all the right ways. The trades execute precisely as you'd expect them to. The order book continues the trend of simple design. For all its failings, it is abundantly clear that a lot of design work went into this interface. "Responsive" and "flat" are both buzzwords that apply here. Unfortunately, so is "minimum viable product."
I don't want to put this thing down too much. It's a work of art, and as far as I can tell, it has a rock-solid infrastructure. Thus far it has chewed through more than 5,000 BTC worth of trade volume without any noticeable hiccups. The front end appears to be socket-driven, meaning it updates in realtime as events occur, not every n seconds. That feature is bound to be a day trader favorite. The foundation of this system is excellent—but there's not much there besides foundation.
For example, this is what the buy/sell interface looks like:
Two big tabs, two textboxes, one big button. That's simplicity, which is a good thing. But wait, what if I want to place a market order?
(A quick aside, for the non-traders in the crowd. There are typically two kinds of orders you can place on an exchange: market orders and limit orders. A market order is what most people are referring to when they say "buy" or "sell—you're telling the exchange "Here's $500, buy bitcoins until it runs out." But to do that there have to be outstanding sell orders. Where do those come from? Limit orders. A limit order has conditions. On the buy side, it says, "Here's $500, buy bitcoins with it if the price goes down to $250." On the sell side, it says, "Here are 10 bitcoins. Sell them when the price goes up to $250.")
I hunted for a market order option. There were none to be found. Remember when I said you'd be transferring funds a lot? That's because if you want to place a simple market order, you have to do it here:
As previously mentioned, Coinbase and Coinbase Exchange appear to be separate-but-connected systems. Market orders and limit orders are the two most fundamental operations on any exchange, and Coinbase has split this functionality across two websites. This is where "minimum viable product" (MVP) comes into play.
MVP is a product development strategy. In simple terms, it means you build only the core features necessary to deploy. Since Coinbase already handled market orders, the MVP for Coinbase Exchange wouldn't duplicate that feature. MVP is a great way to create a "starting point" that you build on later—but you should never release an MVP to a general audience. MVPs are usually released to limited audiences of devs and early adopters—beta testers, essentially. These audiences know they're looking at unfinished software, and they tend to be a lot more forgiving than the general public.
I highly suspect, for these reasons, that we're actually looking at unfinished software to match the incomplete licensing. Some big names have invested a lot of money in Coinbase, and it got a lot of media attention as a result. My best guess is they released early to preserve that media "momentum" (maybe a touch too early).
O.K., so it failed to live up to the hype—but there was a lot of hype. At the end of the day it's a pretty solid offering. I traded on Mt. Gox back when Dwolla was the only funding option; I know what bad looks like, and this isn't it. This is a hot rod engine and a gorgeous paint job on a car with no seats or doors. It's the first half of a beautifully written but entirely unfinished symphony. Not bad, just…incomplete.
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This Heart Touching Answer From Quora Might Make You Cry
As always, I spend my free times in afternoon is reading quora answer. Same routine, I was browsing down my feed, I found this heart touching answer. The question "What is something that needs to be said" from Quora just popped up in my feed and I found a guy's pic with a girl sitting beside him. The pic was deliberately hidden for obvious reasons by the author of the answer. When I opened up the answer and started reading, I felt that this answer is much related to my life. At the end, it just made me sad and I realized, I am not alone.
Heart Touching Answer From Quora
Not a daily routine, but I found Quora to be a good place where I can pass my free time. As mentioned above, I found out an answer that almost made me cry at the end. Not alot but these small paragraphs would surely somehow relate to your life too. Like, it did relate to mine.
It was a fine day on 20th October 2017 when Bhargav Netha got a notification of a girl who wanted to send her message. He was confused whether to accept or deny. As we all do, if something is offensive, we would block. So he decided to accept the message. Here is how the conversation went on..
Her: Hi Bhargav
Me: Hi!
Her: Are you from Waverock?
Me: Yes!
Her: Nice, Even I'm also from Waverock!
Me: Oh! nice.
Her: Can we have a casual meet at the Cafeteria?
Me: Sure!
Her: Be there by sharp 12 PM.
Me: Okie!
This Heart Touching Answer From Quora Would Surely Make You Roll Down Your Tears
Isn't she is being too direct for asking out for a coffee with a stranger? Yes, it is. If I was the Bhargav, I would've first played with that because I am too cautious with such messages. Well, I think I should not try to narrate whole stories in my writing. I better copy and paste whole answer so that it can be better for readers out here. By the way, he narrated the incident very well.
The "Heart Touching Answer" begins… Read it only when you're free to get the feel that I have got. You won't enjoy the answer if you're in noisy place. So read it "peacefully".
It happened last year,
20th October 2017, I got a notification on Instagram saying that Shruthi wants to send a message to you!
Allow? Block?
Yes! I had chosen the first one. Allowed her to send the message.
Waiting for her to take the lead, Our conversation happened like this
Her: Hi Bhargav
Me: Hi!
Her: Are you from Waverock?
Me: Yes!
Her: Nice, Even I'm also from Waverock!
Me: Oh! nice.
Her: Can we have a casual meet at the Cafeteria?
Me: Sure!
Her: Be there by sharp 12 PM.
Me: Okie!
(Waverock is the name of the building where multiple IT companies are located. She belongs to one of the top most IT company)
My thoughts had reached to the clouds.
Who is this girl? Why did she message me? What is the purpose? Why is she going to meet me? Is she going to propose to me? Okie Let's wait and see what's going to happen!
Next day!
I was there by 11:55 AM, She came in a yellow top and jeans. She is gorgeous. Words cannot describe her.
We had a random conversation for 45 min, and it was the lunchtime. So we had lunch there itself. Exchanged the phone numbers.
Same day evening I had received a call from her, Our conversation went some deep.
Next to that day!
My mobile is ringing. Yes! It's her
She: Bhargav! Did you bring lunch?
Me: No
She: Then come to Cafeteria! I have ordered pizza for us!
Me: Okie!
We are getting closer and used to have lunch together. I felt very comfortable with her. We became good friends in the short span.
This process went for almost 3 months.
One day, I found that there is no Whatsapp DP for her contact. Then I messaged her asking, "What happened?"
I got no response for that message. Later I found that My number has been blocked in Whatsapp. I tried to call her mobile, what I expected happened. Mobile number blocked!
I was lost in my thoughts, with only one question surrounding my mind "Why did she block my number?"
I have tried for one month continuously, even from the different numbers and lost the hope in knowing the reason behind blocking my number and I gave up on her.
This is one of my memory with her!
If you know you are going to leave the person, then What's the necessity of getting closer in the short span? What's the purpose of getting attached?
I don't know where I stand with you, I don't know what I mean to you. All I know is every time I think of you, I want to be with you.
Never let your feelings get too deep, People can change at any moment!
Happy reading 🙂
My message to Bhargav if he is reading this. Dear bro, I really feel sad for you as I have gone through similar stuffs. But it looks like you've gone through worse. The more attracted you are, the worse it gets for aftermath. I hope you're doing great brother. Best of luck to you from me 🙂
After reading the answer, I really felt a need to share it on my website. So I did it. The reason behind this publish is that the above incident is very much similar to my incidents. You, the reader of this article, must too have felt this heart touching, doesn't it? I might soon anonymize myself and post answer on Quora. That might too be heart touching answer in someone's blog, haha.
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In this arena, America's economic interests are aligned with its national security needs. The worry is that by teaming up with China, American companies could be sowing the seeds of their own destruction, as well as handing over critical technology that the United States relies on for its military, space and defense programs.
Advanced Micro Devices and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are working with Chinese companies to develop server chips, creating rivals to their own product. Intel is working with the Chinese to build high-end mobile chips, in competition with Qualcomm. IBM has agreed to transfer valuable technology that could enable China to break into the lucrative mainframe banking business.
"There's a great deal of unease in Washington," said James Lewis, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank. "The defense, intelligence agencies and others are concerned that advanced chip-making capabilities are going to China."
Qualcomm declined to comment, as did Intel.
Qualcomm is caught in the middle.
The world's dominant mobile phone chip maker, Qualcomm ran afoul of the Chinese government, getting hit in 2015 with a record $975 million fine for anticompetitive behavior. To get back in Beijing's good graces, the company agreed to lower its prices in China, promised to shift more of its high-end manufacturing to partners in China, and pledged to upgrade the country's technology capabilities.
The extent of Qualcomm's involvement with the Chinese government — and the complications for American tech giants — is seen in a low-slung office building in the southwest part of the country. There, a team of engineers is developing leading-edge microchips to compete with the finest made by Intel. The chips will help power a huge data and cloud center with the potential to strengthen the country's computing capabilities. No longer content to rely on buying the chips that go into cellphones, computers and cars, China now wants to design and build the brains that drive much of the digital world.
The government is providing land and financing to the start-up formed with Qualcomm, called Huaxintong Semiconductor. Qualcomm has provided the technology and about $140 million in initial funding.
"Qualcomm has a balancing act," said Willy Shih, who teaches at Harvard Business School. "Most of the world's PCs are made in China, and most of the world's smartphones too, so they have to play along. It's a fact of life."
Qualcomm was early to break into China.
In the mid-1990s, as China's economy began to boom, President Bill Clinton pressed the country's leaders to open to American technology companies.
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"Bill Daley and I pushed the Chinese hard on accepting the U.S. standard for wireless technology," she added, "and that was Qualcomm."
Mobile phone adoption was taking off globally, largely backed by a European wireless standard called G.S.M., or global system for mobile communications. Qualcomm had a competing American standard called C.D.M.A., or Code Division Multiple Access.
Irwin M. Jacobs, a founder of Qualcomm, spearheaded an aggressive lobbying campaign in Washington and Beijing, promoting the technology's potential to transform wireless communication markets.
"We knew China would be important, and they didn't have their own system," said Perry LaForge, a former Qualcomm executive. "We also told them this system would give them an opportunity to manufacture their own handsets, and not rely on buying them from other countries."
When Qualcomm first entered China in the late 1990s, it was slow to gain traction. The company struggled to find Chinese partners to produce mobile phones that worked with its network. China also tried to develop its own wireless standard.
Qualcomm eventually won out, helping write the standards for next-generation mobile technology, 3G and 4G service. The standard championed by European telecom providers faded rapidly. And China's homegrown technology struggled.
By 2013, virtually every wireless device around the world was reliant on either Qualcomm's chips or its patents — enough to provide some of the technology industry's fattest profit margins.
With its dominance rising, global brands like Apple and Samsung began complaining to regulators around the world, citing "discriminatory" pricing practices and high royalty fees. In China, a trade group made up of the country's major handset makers complained about patent holders levying "exorbitant licensing fees."
"These days a smartphone is covered by about 250,000 patents," said Dieter Ernst, a senior fellow at the East-West Center, a research and educational center based in Honolulu. "A Chinese smartphone maker needs to negotiate license agreements with companies like Qualcomm that own the essential patents."
"The Chinese government was worried about this," he added. "That all these costs could constrain Chinese companies."
The raids began at dawn, in late November 2013. Investigators descended upon Qualcomm's offices in Beijing and Shanghai, questioning the staff and hauling away laptops and documents.
At the time of the raids, the San Diego-based company's senior managers were at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York, attending an investor conference. The executives were planning to talk about the company's strategy. Instead, they began fielding frantic phone calls from China.
The China business, which accounted for more than half of its global revenue, was in trouble.
A week later, one of the country's most powerful regulatory agencies, the National Development and Reform Commission (N.D.R.C.), announced that it was looking into whether Qualcomm had abused its power in the sale of mobile phone chips. "Qualcomm came to control so much of the chip market in China," said Louie Ming, a former Qualcomm executive in China. "It was clear they were eventually going to run into antitrust problems."
While Qualcomm agreed to fully cooperate with the investigation, some senior executives appealed to the Obama administration, pressing the White House to raise the issue with China's senior leaders, according to a former administration official.
Qualcomm's troubles went beyond China. The company was also under scrutiny by antitrust regulators in the European Union and South Korea, as well as by the United States Federal Trade Commission.
China didn't back down. The head of the N.D.R.C. branded Qualcomm a monopoly.
In February 2015, after a 15-month-long investigation, Qualcomm settled allegations in China that it had charged unfairly high prices for its chips and patents. The company agreed to pay the $975 million fine — about 8 percent of its annual revenue in China — and to lower the prices for chips sold in the country.
"We are pleased that the resolution has removed the uncertainty surrounding our business in China, and we will now focus our full attention and resources on supporting our customers and partners in China," said Steve Mollenkopf, the company's chief executive, said at the time.
Qualcomm then went into business with the Chinese government.
There was a $150 million investment fund to help Chinese start-ups; new research and design facilities set up with Chinese companies such as Huawei and Tencent; and a partnership with a Beijing-based company called Thundersoft to develop drones, virtual reality goggles and internet-connected devices.
Qualcomm is also helping the Chinese government develop supercomputers, a technology the United States government has discouraged American companies from supporting overseas. In May, Qualcomm agreed to form a joint venture with other state-backed firms to design and sell mass-market smartphone chips. And to help make Chinese chip manufacturing more competitive, Qualcomm has pledged to shift more of its high-end production — long done by outside contractors in Taiwan and South Korea — to China.


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PARIS, April 14. /TASS/. French police detained a total of 45 protesters during Saturday's Yellow Vest demonstrations in Toulouse, the BFM TV channel reported citing the prefecture of Haute-Garonne's department.
Earlier reports said 23 people had been detained. According to the prefecture, 15 individuals were arrested for violating the rules of participation in the manifestation, in particular covering their faces with masks or other means.
According to the latest data, 21 people were injured during the protests in Toulouse, including a police officer.
On Saturday, a new wave of Yellow Vest protests hit France, drawing nearly 31,000 people, according to the French Interior Ministry. Like in previous days of demonstrations, protesters clashed with police. Toulouse was declared the capital of Yellow Vest protests on that day. Local authorities have not provided data on the number of protesters in this southern city, but the BFM TV channel puts the figure at nearly 4,500.
The protesters expressed discontent over the national debate, claiming that French President Emmanuel Macron used the event as a platform to promote his own agenda. They demanded that the authorities announce particular decisions in the near future after contacts with regional authorities and representatives of the public.


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A member of Russia's ruling party proposed a law that would allow the seizure of foreign states' assets in the country after the US and its allies targeted President Vladimir Putin's inner circle including a childhood friend with asset freezes and travel bans.
The draft seeks to benefit citizens or companies that had property outside Russia seized under an "unlawful" judgment from a foreign court, according to the State Duma's website, Bloomberg reported Friday.
The government would use budget funds to compensate the victim, and the courts would have the right to go after foreign states' assets in Russia, including property under diplomatic immunity, according to the proposal.
The EU and US have targeted individuals, companies and the finance, energy and defense industries to punish Russia for the annexation of Crimea in March, while accusing Putin of supporting a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine. Italy froze about 28 million euros ($36 million) of properties belonging to billionaire Arkady Rotenberg for his ties to Putin. The Kremlin denies arming or financing the rebels.
If the confrontation escalates, "we could see embassies targeted, but I don't think they'll go after assets and property" belonging to businesses, Oleg Kouzmin, an economist at Renaissance Capital in Moscow and a former monetary policy adviser at Russia's central bank, said. "It's all about geopolitics and I think it's actually unlikely to happen."
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Russia will use state funds to aid businesses hit by sanctions and isn't considering retaliating further, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with state television channel Rossiya 24 on Sept. 20. The government is holding off discussing another round of tit-for-tat measures, he said, after Russia banned some food imports from the US, the EU, Norway, Canada and Australia last month before the latest wave of restrictions.


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Five Guys Has Just Been Voted As Having The Best Burgers In America
Burgers are great. Everyone knows that. Whether it be at a barbecue or when you're hanging out of your backside, a burger is definitely the best choice.
These days, we're inundated with choices. McDonald's, Burger King, Handmade Burger Company, Byron... where do we start?
Well, a massive study has taken place in the home of the burger - America.
Harris Poll's EquiTrend Study took 100,000 Americans and asked what their favourite burger joint was.
First place went to... drumroll... Five Guys.
To be honest, I have to agree. It's the best burger by far. Crispy bacon, tonnes of fries and customisable drinks... What's not to love?!
In-N-Out Burger has been at number one for the last two years, but now Five Guys has taken the crown.
The full list is:
1. Five Guys Burgers and Fries
2. In-N-Out Burger
3. Shake Shack
4. Wendy's
5. Culver's
6. Whataburger
7. McDonald's
8. Sonic America's Drive-In
9. Smashburger
10. Steak 'n Shake
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Unfortunately, most of these aren't available in the UK.
However, we can get Five Guys so don't panic.
Anyway, Harris Poll vice president of brand solutions, Joan Sinopoli, said: "The burger brand category has become less fragmented, as regional brands expand and become available in more parts of the country.
"This is certainly the case with Five Guys, which has shed its 'small regional player' designation as it expands its footprint and marketing budget along with its fandom, which is a tremendous contributor to brand equity."
The rise of the 'premium burger' has been coming for a while. It seems that the public isn't settling for the shitty burgers you get from a van outside a university rugby game anymore.
With the introduction of Deliveroo and Uber Eats, it's proven that people are willing to pay more for premium takeaways.
The burger market was valued at more than £3bn in 2015 and expected to reach almost £3.3bn (in real terms) by 2019.
Sure, a lot of this can be attributed to Maccies and Burger King, but there's more and more space in that market for premium burgers to take over.
Helena Childe, senior foodservice analyst at Mintel, told the Guardian: "The growth in 'better burger' concepts in particular is largely reflective of higher consumer expectations, with ongoing demands for fresh, 'real' food.
"The success of this can be seen in the rise of established 'better burger' players such as Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Byron Burgers over recent years.
"The emergence of new US players such as Smashburger and Five Guys is arguably leveraging this proven demand for 'better burgers' in the UK whilst further tapping into consumers' ongoing demand for fast service concepts."
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Participation in Government Discussion Question 10
According to Section 3(a) of the Military Selective Service Act, ". . . it shall be the duty of every male citizen of the United States, and every other male person residing in the United States, who . . . is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, to present himself for and submit to registration. . ."
Students should review the constitutional history of military service in American history, including the military and political importance of a militia in colonial times, the origins and development of the Second Amendment, the use of conscription and a military draft, the wartime occurrences of civil disobedience and conscientious objection, and the struggle against racial and gender discrimination in the armed services. Students should understand the democratic reasons for requiring all males to register, the differences between mandatory registration and a mandatory draft, the differences between voluntary service and mandatory service. Students should be familiar with the case Rostker v. Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57 (1981) in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the male-only requirement military registration, but did not prohibit voluntary registration by women.
Discussion Question #10 - Why are males ages 18 to 26 expected to register with Selective Service?


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Sona Commercial to launch premium paper range
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Sona Commercial will be showcasing an innovative range of speciality grade fine papers on their stand (1D13) at Gulf Print & Pack 2019.
This includes the premium range by Gruppo Cordenons SpA, Hansol Paper and the Lenzing Papier 100% recycled fine paper range.
Sona will also be launching fine grade Neenah Inc. paper to the MENA region, and stand visitors will be able to see samples of their products on display. Headquartered in the USA, Neenah Inc's focus is on recycled and alternative fibre products, and reducing its own environmental footprint.
Sona Commercial is a distributor of speciality grade fine papers in the MENA region and Asia. Sourced from the best paper mills from across the globe, Sona's portfolio of products includes metallic, texture, 100% recycled, whites, colour, and are ideally suited for graphic designers, printers, start-ups and art houses.


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Wow, it's been a while since my last shoe post, but what can you do if you have a day job (that is not fashion blogging)?!
There are a number of Christian Louboutin shoes to post, I've selected four of them to include in this post:
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Then, there is Rock & Republic's sandal with chains, obviously for a lot less money than those mentioned above.
The last one for this post is something special from a brand which is not one of my favorites, Louis Vuitton:
I have to admit, this pair looks magnificent.


text: A couple of weeks ago I helped lead a group from the UK on a tour of the West Bank, visiting Fairtrade farmers and learning something about how the Israeli occupation affects the lives of Palestinians. The tour was organised by Zaytoun, the Community Interest Company that imports delicious olive oil, dates, maftoul and almonds from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Zaytoun celebrates its 10th birthday this week.


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Soldiers Commended for Promoting Peace
Lieutenant Colonel Antwi Awua Darkwa, the Commanding Officer of the Airborne Force in Tamale, has commended officers and men of the Unit for their sacrifices to ensure peace and security in their areas of responsibility.
He particularly cited efforts made by officers and men of the Unit to ensure that Damba and Samanpiid Festivals were celebrated in parts of the Northern Region and Bawku in the Upper East Region respectively without violence.
Lt. Col. Darkwa was speaking during the Annual West African Security Services Association (WASSA) organised by the Airborne Force at the Barwah Barracks in Tamale for personnel of the Unit, family and friends to make merry and take stock of the previous year's activities.
He expressed the commitment of personnel to continue to make sacrifices in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions to promote peace to ensure socio-economic development adding; "We risk our lives to ensure that communities live safely in freedom."
Lt. Col. Darkwa mentioned accommodation as a core challenge facing personnel of the Unit saying the junior ranks' mess required a facelift and other training and recreational facilities and appealed for support to address the situation.
Mr Salifu Saeed, the Northern Regional Minister, commended the security agencies for their hard work to ensure peace and security in the region and the country as whole.
Mr Saeed gave the assurance that the Government was making efforts to retool the Millitary to effectively perform its duties.
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2009 Merry Edwards Pinot Noir "Russian River Valley"
Winery: Merry Edwards
Vintage: 2009
Wine Name/Vineyard: "Russian River Valley"
Wine Category: Pinot Noir
Grape blend: 100% Pinot Noir
Bottle size: 750 ml
Region: Russian River Valley
State or country: CA
Price: $42
Cases produced: 3,985
KWG Score: 92.6 (based on 5 reviews)
Ken's Wine Rating: Very Good+ (90)
Review date: June 11, 2012
Wine Review: This very dark ruby colored Pinot Noir opens with a fragrant and inviting pomegranate and acai like bouquet. On the palate, this wine is full bodied, balanced, and juicy. The flavor profile is a rich black raspberry jam with notes of red beet and old oak. I also detected a hint red cherry. The finish is dry and its fruit flavors linger for some time after the wine is gone. I would pair this wine with grilled salmon. Enjoy - Ken
Winemaker Notes: For 2009, I made my selection from Klopp Ranch, Meredith Estate, Coopersmith and Olivet Lane. Pulling from our best vineyards, I was able to form a blend that reflects the ebullient profile of the entire Russian River Valley. The first clue to the exceptional nature of this vintage is reflected in the deep garnet color of this Pinot. Then follows the strikingly impressive aroma - ripe and rich, packed with dark cherry, blue plum and lingonberry. Cola and cocoa powder dust the fragrance along with floral notes and a savory undercurrent. The largess of the fruit spills over into the palate resulting in a deeply succulent mouth-feel. There is a sophisticated balance here, found in the seamless evolution of this wine from start to finish.
Buy it: Use 1000 Corks to find stores that sell Merry Edwards 2009 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir.


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Crumble the biscuits into small pieces. Heat the butter in a pot with the sugar while stirring.
Add the Turkish delight and stir until it begins to melt, add the milk in several lots. Stir continuously until almost all of the Turkish delight melts. Finally, add rum (a little more if desired) and chopped walnuts, stir and remove from the heat.
Pour the crushed biscuits in a small greased oven dish. Pour the hot mixture over it and allow to soak.
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Chris Jericho WWE Defining Moments Series
Following the WCW/ECW invasion of 2001, the WCW World Heavyweight Title remained active in WWE. For a time, WWE promoted two World Champions, but at Vengeance 2001, the first-ever Undisputed Champion was crowned following a tournament.
That night, on Dec. 9, 2001, Chris Jericho defeated both The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin on the same night.
In this WWE Defining Moments figure, Chris Jericho is showcased with his classic long hair circa 2001 and includes both WWE Championship belts which he held on becoming the first WWE Undisputed champion.
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After years of clawing his way to the top, Chris Jericho found himself in the mix with the best in the business. At Vengeance 2001, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kurt Angle competed to determine who would become the first-ever WWE Undisputed Champion. First Jericho just brought it to The Rock, winning the World Championship from "The Brahma Bull"... in controversial fashion. Then, without a moment to breathe, he found himself on the wrong side of a mud hole stomping, courtesy of the WWE Champion, Stone Cold. Though odds favoured "The Texas Rattlesnake", Jericho shocked the world, pinning Austin 1-2-3 ... in controversial fashion. History was made. Y2J defeated the two biggest stars in WWE. "The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla" held both titles high above his head. Chris Jericho - THE Undisputed Champion of the world - break the walls down.
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- Includes 2 WWE Championship belts
- Recreate your favourite WWE matches in Superstar scale
- WWE Action figures are approximately 7-inches tall in height
- Features articulation, amazing accuracy and authentic Superstar details
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When you walk into The Meat Market, an 827-square-foot butcher shop in Carefree, what surprises you isn't the house-made sausage or the lamb chops or the rib eyes awaiting you in the glass display. It isn't the soaps and barbecue rubs, or the cool brick, or spotless tile. What really leaves an impression is mounted in a corner above the register: a flat-screen TV.
The TV pulls from a camera trained on the butcher block. You get to see what fresh cuts the three employees who work in the shop – owner Roni Terri and butchers Dom Ruggiero and Nate Hardy – are preparing.
The TV might show a 135-pound pig half. A knife slips between the ribs, reduces the pig into parts. The TV might show a hacksaw that you can hear, noisily rocking through lamb flesh and bone, producing one fresh chop after another. The TV might show steel: butcher's knives, scimitars, bone knives, and saws.
The Meat Market is a whole-animal butcher shop, one that sources high-quality products. Even with the TV and a few cutting-edge preparations, the shop feels like a relic of a past age.
But not our past. The Meat Market, opened in 2016, kicks it back to the Old World.
Terri checked out butcher shops in Europe when brainstorming for The Meat Market. "I actually went over and spent some time at shops in Italy and France," Terri says. "I wish we could do stuff like hang pheasants and geese from the ceiling, but we can't."
She describes some of the shops she encountered as "beautiful." They tended to be clean. They tended to have stainless steel, to smell nice, and to have impressive meat.
"I wanted to know how their cases looked, how they organized things, the style, trying to understand the flow of things," Terri says.
You can get a feel for the flow on the TV. The three always work in the shop together. Though Terri helps with some aspects of fabrication, the two butchers take the lead here. The Meat Market does lamb, veal, beef, pork, chicken, and duck.
Much of the meat comes from grass-fed, free-range animals raised by Chiricahua Pasture Raised Meats in Willcox. You can order custom cuts, and you can even do this by texting one of the trio or sending a Facebook message. Or you can cherry-pick from the display case, which features a bunch of the prepared meat products that make The Meat Market a destination.
Those next level meat products are the project of former Chelsea's Kitchen chef Dom Ruggiero. Earlier this summer, after a stage at Electric City Butcher in Santa Ana, California, Ruggiero traded a massive kitchen in Arcadia for a tiny butcher shop in Carefree. (Terri knows folks at Electric City; she, Ruggiero, and Hardy have each staged there.)
"It's a 180-degree difference," Ruggiero says. "Going from a big restaurant to a small, intimate shop. But it's good for my soul."
The carnivorous projects that Ruggiero spearheads seem to increase in number by the week.
He recently started hanging charcuterie, something only a handful of people in the Valley are doing. Among the meats dangling in twine are finocchiona, coppa, guanciale, Calabrese salami, pancetta, and coppa, a who's who of major Italian salumi.
Ruggiero has been making jars of stunning chicken liver mousse. It melts more decadently than ice cream because it is smoother, richer, and fattier. He finishes each jar with a finger of rendered chicken fat. The mousse itself has been deepened with brandy, port, and sherry – and that's just the booze.
An adept hand with the smoker, Ruggiero cures and smokes bacon for The Meat Market. He hits pork belly with thyme, sage, bay leave, garlic, peppercorn, and brown sugar before smoking.
Other prepared products include sausage, beef jerky, chili, veal-mushroom meatloaf with pork belly, chicken tortilla soup, sloppy joe meat, and Bolognese sauce. There are more still.
The TV might show Ruggiero pouring liquid chicken fat into glasses of mousse. If he is doing that, then the TV will likely show Hardy beside him, sawing and slicing, pulling and trimming.
Born in Arizona, Hardy grew up in Maryland. One of his pastimes was hunting and fabricating deer. He moved back to Arizona at 19. In Arizona, he missed the small butcher shops that he had had in Maryland. Eventually, he became a butcher. After meeting Terri, he became one in her shop.
You can order pretty much whatever cuts you want from The Meat Market. That includes tomahawk cuts with long jutting handles of bone. That includes Mexican cuts like carne asada. That includes specialties like little-known oyster steak, a tiny cut from the cow's rear that gains flavor as the meat dries.
The TV might show a glimpse of somebody retrieving dry-aged meats from the back. The Meat Market's dry-aged program features steaks aged for 30 to 45 days.
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What you will not see is an electric saw. Not yet. The 827-square-foot shop is still growing, and still cuts its meat by hand. That may mean freezing beef to get a finer cut for certain preparations, like beef jerky. That may mean applying extra pressure to saw through bone.
This trio is more than happy to take this extra step, and many others. It'll be interesting to follow along and see what collaborations and next-level products this meatery dreams up for the north Valley's carnivores.
The Meat Market. 37636 North Tom Darlington Drive, Carefree; 480-575-4358.
Monday to Friday noon to 6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday.


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