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Hamas Executes 18 Palestinians, Accusing Them of Spying for Israel
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza gunmen killed 18 alleged spies for Israel on Friday, including seven who were lined up behind a mosque and shot after midday prayers, in response to Israel's deadly airstrikes against top Hamas military commanders.
Hamas media portrayed the killings as the beginning of a new crackdown, under the rallying cry of "choking the necks of the collaborators."It was the largest number of suspected informers killed by Hamas in a single day since it seized Gaza by force in 2007.
The Al Majd website, which is close to the Hamas security services, said suspects would now be dealt with "in the field" rather than in the courts in order to create deterrence. Hamas said it would not release the names of those killed because it wanted to protect the reputation of their families. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said two of those killed Friday were women. It called for an immediate halt to what it said were "extra-judicial executions."
The killings came a day after an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Gaza killed three senior military leaders of Hamas. The three had played a key role in expanding Hamas' military capabilities, including building a network of attack tunnels into Israel and smuggling weapons.
Earlier in the week, another strike killed the wife and two children of Mohammed Deif, the shadowy leader of the Hamas military wing. Deif's fate remains unclear.
Friday's events began with the shooting of 11 alleged informants at the Gaza City police headquarters in the morning. Of the 11, two were women, the Palestinian rights center said.
Later in the day, seven people were killed outside the city's downtown al-Omari mosque as worshippers wrapped up noon prayers. Several dozen people were outside the mosque at the time, said one of the witnesses, 42-year-old Ayman Sharif. Another witness said the faces of the seven had been covered. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was afraid for his own safety.
Sharif said masked gunmen lined up seven people against a wall. A piece of paper was affixed above the head of each of them, with his initials and his alleged crime. Sharif quoted one of the gunmen as saying the seven "had sold their souls to the enemy for a cheap price" and had caused killing and destruction. The commander of the group then gave the order to the others to open fire with their automatic rifles. He said the bodies were collected by an ambulance and the gunmen left.
Friday's killing marked the third time since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war six weeks ago that Hamas announced the killing of alleged collaborators. On Thursday, Al Majd said seven people were arrested on suspicion of working with Israel and that three of them were killed.
In pinpointing the whereabouts of the Hamas commanders, Israel likely relied to some extent on local informers. Israel has maintained a network of informers despite its withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, at times using blackmail or the lure of exit permits to win cooperation.
Meanwhile, Israel-Gaza fighting continued for a third day since the collapse of Egyptian-led cease-fire talks earlier this week.
By early afternoon, Gaza militants had fired at least 56 rockets and mortar shells at Israel, while Israel carried out at least 28 airstrikes in Gaza, the military said.
One of the strikes hit a livestock farm where two workers were killed and three people were wounded, said Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra. The Israeli military said its strikes targeted concealed rocket launchers and weapons sites.
In Israel, one civilian was moderately wounded by a rocket in the southern city of Beersheba and another was lightly hurt by a rocket that landed in the border town of Sderot.
Since Israel-Hamas fighting erupted on July 8, at least 2,091 Palestinians have been killed in the coastal territory, according to Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra. Nearly a quarter of the dead — 469 — are children, according to a UNICEF field officer in Gaza, Pernilla Ironside. Of the more than 10,500 Palestinians wounded, nearly one-third are children, according to UNICEF figures, while some 100,000 Gazans have been left homeless.
On the Israeli side, 67 people have been killed in the past six weeks, including 64 soldiers, two civilians and a Thai worker.
The renewed fighting dashed hopes for a lasting truce. Earlier this week, Hamas rejected an Egyptian truce proposal under which Israel would gradually ease its blockade of Gaza, without giving specific commitments. Hamas demands a lifting of the border closure imposed by Israel and Egypt after the militant group's takeover of the coastal strip in 2007.
A quick resumption of indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Cairo also seems unlikely, particularly after the killing of the three Hamas commanders. Senior Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh said late Thursday that his group would not budge from its demands.
"We will not accept anything less than an end to the (Israeli) aggression and an end to the blockade," Haniyeh said in a statement posted online by Hamas-run news service Al Rai. "Anyone involved in cease-fire efforts must understand that our people will not accept anything less than this."
Israel says the Gaza blockade is needed to prevent Hamas and other militant groups from getting weapons. The restrictions prevent most Gazans from traveling outside the crowded coastal strip and bar most exports.
Despite the crisis, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was in Qatar meeting Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal to push Hamas negotiators to return to cease-fire talks, and to encourage Qatar to support Egyptian cease-fire efforts, a Palestinian official said.
Abbas was set to travel to Egypt later Friday to meet with Egyptian intelligence officials to discuss cease-fire efforts, the official added, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss issues related to the negotiations.


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Recent Earthquake Activity in Crete, Greece
When I first moved to Crete some years ago, I was always being asked about earthquakes from friends and family back home in UK. In all the time since, even though Greece is located in an area known for its seismic activity, I can report that there have only been one or two tremors that have caused concern and temporarily affected daily life.
The most recent "big one" that affected Crete struck on October 12, 2013 at 4.12pm local time - siesta hour - with a 6.3 on the Richter scale and an epicentre some 68 kms west of the city of Chania and 23kms deep under the Mediterranean sea . The quake's extreme depth in the Earth's crust is probably reason enough for the limited real damage done to property or buildings and only very minor injuries suffered by residents of western Crete. In assessing the limited damage from the quake, several supermarkets were a bit of mess after articles came flying off the shelves. In addition, several Cretans round Sfakia mentioned they felt shaken in their beds as they took their afternoon nap. No serious injuries were reported.
In seismic terms Crete has got off light with limited damage in recent years. Much of the reason is in the high standard of safety applied to the Building Codes, public awareness, efficient emergency crews and good communications.
The same can be said for Athens and others areas of mainland Greece to the north of Crete located on different fault lines that have come in for a greater share of the stronger tremors. In fact, you need to go back to the year 1999 for the deadliest earthquake in recent times that struck close to Greek capital with a 5.9 magnitude tremor. It resulted in 143 people dead, 110 collapsed buildings and more than 5,000 buildings severely damaged.
Note: The Earthquake map below shows 'real time' activity. If you hover your cursor over any of the coloured dots you will get a day and time of the latest seismic activity in Crete and elsewhere in Greece. As mentioned earlier, please note how most of the intense activity occurs in Northern Greece especially the Northern Aegean Sea area.
Brits in Crete is grateful for the permission to use the real time earthquake feed of Greece and surrounding areas from the Institute of Dynamics at the National Observatory of Athens.Add a comment
Local weather for the Island of Crete is an easy reference for the discerning ex-pat or holiday maker. Check out Sfakia, Rethymnon, Chania/Khania, Heraklion/Iraklion, Agios Nikolaos and Ierapetra. Each city contains a 10 day weather forecast, including wind direction and speed, and whether cloud, rain, a clear sky, or even mist are affecting affect each of the days included in the weather forecast dispayed.
Click on an arrow to see the five day weather forecast for that Cretan location.

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Ora Pescovitz, CEO of the University of Michigan Health System and executive vice president for medical affairs, is stepping down in June.
"I have been thinking about my future — both professionally and personally. Being EVPMA at the University of Michigan and CEO of the University of Michigan Health System has been an enormous privilege," Pescovitz, the first woman to lead the health system, wrote in a blog post Monday.
"I have relished my time here and will forever be grateful for the growth, experiences and relationships made possible by this opportunity. I have been honored to lead this organization, which is what made this decision very difficult for me."
Her five-year appointment to the position was nearing its end, and she said she decided not to seek a second five-year post. Her last day as executive vice president for medical affairs will be June 1.
According to reports, Emory University otolaryngology professor Michael Johns, who completed his residency at the UM Health Center and was a research fellow at the UM Muscle Mechanics Laboratory, will serve as the interim executive vice president.
During her time leading the health system, Pescovitz said she was proud of the way it has grown in both size and strength.
In December, the health system announced it had signed a letter of intent with Jackson-based Allegiance Health to bring it in as part of the university health system. In the next two years, officials hope to break ground on an outpatient cancer treatment center at the school's North Campus Research Complex, which would include a combination of a treatment facility, hotel and conference center.
"We have and will continue to expand our reach and demonstrate our core commitment to the health of individuals and families throughout the state via new and enhanced relationships with other hospitals, health systems and physician groups," Pescovitz said.
She also cited as points of pride the health system's highest-ever patient satisfaction scores, as well as physician and hospital collaborations meant to improve quality and safety.
The health system is also financially sound, she said in her blog post, with more than $3 billion in cash that has allowed it to invest in its missions revolving around clinical care, education and research.
Pescovitz, a graduate of Northwestern University Medical School, came to UM in 2009, after being recruited from the Indiana University School of Medicine, where she was nationally recognized as a pediatric endocrinologist and researcher. She succeeded Robert Kelch, M.D., who had served as CEO since 2003.
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It looks like he's planning world domination, which he could so easily pull off
Caryn~ I went through a tomboy stage but never actually tried to look like a SPECIFIC boy. You definitely win for dedication.
RockBandStar~ I somehow never watched the show and that was actually running during my time.


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The following combinatorial problem is a missing piece in a larger problem related to the smoothed analysis of algorithms, on which I am currently stuck.
Let $x$ be an $n \times n$ matrix with entries taking integer values in $\{1,2,..,p\}$. What is the smallest $n=n(p)$ that guarantees $x_{i,j}=x_{i,k}=x_{j+1,k}$ for some $i, j, k$ with $1 \le i \le j < k \le n$?
For $p=2$ I have checked that $n=n(2)=5$. For general $p$, I would like either an upper bound on $n(p)$ that is polynomial in $p$, or else an argument that the growth is superpolynomial.


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Welcome to the much-belated first Drowned In Bristol column of 2012. First off, an apology - not only is this column about two months late, but it's also fairly light on word-count compared to previous editions (although, personally, I'd argue it's just more efficient). Either way, it's all a bit no-nonsense this month - a bit of info on local Record Store Day happenings, and a few choice new releases from some Bristol-based artists. Full service may-or-may-not be resumed for DiB #10… Enjoy.
Record Store Day
There are a handful of Bristol-affiliated artists with special releases on the day (this Saturday, 21 April - in case you didn't know). Firstly, loop-manipulating, post-rock favourite Gravenhurst has a new single, titled 'The Prize', which is being released on limited 10" (apparently the track is too long to fit on a 7" record) via Warp Records. 'The Prize' preempts a full new album, The Ghost In Daylight due 30 April. Gravenhurst is also set to play a solo set as part of a special RSD instore at the Bristol branch of Rise Records. The free instore also features sets from Summer Camp, The Duke Spirit and excellent local fuzz-rock outfit The Fauns (who also have a new album due this summer).
Meanwhile, Invada-boss and Portishead mainman Geoff Barrow releases the second of three albums he has lined up for the first half of 2012. Working as Drokk, alongside longtime friend Ben Salisbury, Barrow releases Music Inspired by Mega City One, a John Carpenter-indebted fictional soundtrack album inspired by the universe of Judge Dredd from the 2000 AD comic series. The album is released as a limited-edition CD on the day. The other two albums Barrow is currently promoting are his hiphop collaborative album, as Quakers, recently released on Stones Throw, and the sophomore LP from rock trio BEAK>, due next month.
Excellent Bristol-affiliated imprint Howling Owl Records also have a special Record Store Day offering, featuring four tracks from four of the label's circle of acts - Spectres, Towns, Fairhorns and United Fruit. You can pick up one of the limited, specially designed 12"s from Rise, where Spectres and Towns are also playing.
Ever the local weirdos (and I mean that in an entirely affectionate way) DiB's favourites OLO Worms release their Image EP to coincide with this year's Record Store Day. The EP collects the four tracks from the band's excellent Polaroid series from last year, plus one new track. The EP will be available in several formats, including a USB stick housed in a coffin shaped vinyl box engraved with the band's pin numbers, something called an image cube, and a more straightforward BandCamp download. You can stream the whole EP via BandCamp now.
Meanwhile, Head (formally Virgin Megastore/Zavvi) play host to free instore sets from, among other, The Naturals and SJ Esau from 2pm.
New(ish) music...
Artifact – Brittle Bones/Freezedry
Artifact is the latest Bristol-based producer set to make an impact on the country's wider dance music scene. He's recently signed to consistently excellent label Local Action, who have made the two tracks above available as a free download to celebrate. His production style has a very current, Bristolian quality to it - taking the darker, bass heavy tones of dubstep and reworking them into 4x4-driven, floor-filling house tunes. A vinyl release from him is expected on Local Action later this year. Also check out his excellent single for Deadplate Records from back in January of this year.
Baobinga & ID - Gun Talk (Kahn remix)
The latest release from the Multiverse stable sees fast-rising local producer Kahn (this is the first of two occasions I'll mention him in this column) reworking this cut from Baobinga's excellent Joint Ventures LP. This funky, grime-infused reworking is out now on vinyl via Baobinga's own Build imprint, and will be available digitally from April 30.
Delifinger - Escapes EP
Delifinger is the solo project of Matthew Lacey, one quarter of the above-mentioned OLO Worms. His solo work sees Lacey working in slightly more straightforward, singer-songwriter territory than his releases with that band, yet there's still plenty of experimentation, some clever arrangements and lovely vocal harmonies at play across the four-track EP. Escapes is out now via King Creosote's Fence Records, while Delifinger plays an EP launch show at Café Kino this Friday (20 April).
Empty Pools – Vanderbilt Cup
Empty Pools are a relatively new, four-piece art-rock outfit who have recently unveiled a very promising first set of recordings. Their sound is obviously heavily influenced by the Sub Pop and Thrill Jockey schools of indie rock, but for a new band they have a remarkably fully-formed sound, characterized by some confident, nicely-scruffy guitar work and interesting song arrangements. 'Vanderbilt Cup', which you can download via the SoundCloud player above, is the first track the band are releasing from these sessions, the rest are being kept under-wraps until later this year, but are definitely worth keeping an eye out for. You can catch the band at Dot To Dot festival at the end of May.
Gorgon Sound – Find Jah Way
'Find Jah Way' is the first release from Peng Sound, the new label offshoot of the dub-inclined Stokes Croft clubnight of the same name. The track itself comes from Gorgon Sound, a collaboration between Young Echo member Kahn and Neek, and sees the pair reworking the synth riff from Superisk's 2010 Punch Drunk release Find Your Way into a lively, lo-fi dub anthem. The b-side is a mellower remix courtesy of local dub mainstays Dubkasm. In other Gorgon Sound news….
Island Audio – Obstacles
Obstacles the debut album from local alt-rock band Island Audio is due for release on 23 April via Bristol-based indie label Sink & Stove, but you can stream the whole thing now via the band's BandCamp page. The album consists of ten tracks of carefully arranged, shoegaze-tinged indie pop that shows a lot of promise from the band.
Jessie Ware - 110% (Produced by Julio Bashmore)
Jessie Ware isn't from Bristol, so I'm being fairly tenuous here, but this recently unveiled track from her forthcoming debut album is produced by local hero Julio Bashmore, which I reckon is excuse enough to include it. (Also, does this remind anyone else of this, or is it just me?)
The Naturals – Finishing Moves
Concrete Sea, one half of the recent double-A side single from Bristol post-punk four-piece The Naturals, has already received praise on the pages of DiS, featuring in Dom Gourley's recent drone/noise-rock mixtape. The track above makes up the flip side of that single and is an excuse for me to reiterate Mr Gourley's praise for The Naturals' exceptional brand of melodic drone-pop. Both tracks are available on 7" now via Howling Owl Records. You can next catch the band when they play Simple Things Festival on May 6.
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Have to add my 2 cents.
I have been riding the Firewire Vanguard for over 5 months.
Best small wave board I have used. (waves up to 5ft)
Might also have something to do with the magical lay up firewire use's in their boards.
These boards have amazing up wind performance surpassing anything but a foil or course board can offer.
Gets thru flat sections - fits into tight sections. Its a dream to use.
Guys at Firewire have been working hard to bring to you a durable, light Kite version Vanguard.
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Another Oksana Lawyer Quits Her
Déjà vu ... Oksana Grigorieva just lost her family law attorneys ... TMZ has learned. And the firm said goodbye because the lawyers couldn't tolerate her shenanigans.
Sorrell Trope and his premier firm have quit the case, sources tell TMZ.
Our sources say Trope and company were beside themselves that other lawyers in the case were engineering a publicity campaign, trying to put Oksana on "Oprah" and "People."
The firm has not formally filed withdrawal papers with the court, but it will happen soon.
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The American relationship counsellor John Gray – or as he prefers to be known, "John Gray, Ph.D" – came up with a simple explanation in his bestselling book, Men Are From Mars And Women Are From Venus.
I've always taken the view that this book wasn't worth reading. The central metaphor has always irritated me, with its trite gender essentialism fancied up for a pop audience. While I'd never judge a book by its cover, in this case, judging by the title seems warranted.
And yet, an academic study reported this week went to the trouble of properly debunking the theory, and I found reading about it fairly satisfying, so I thought I'd look in more detail at what Gray had to say.
A lot of people have done that – his original book has sold over 50 million copies, and was apparently the best-selling non-fiction book of the 1990s. Which is a little depressing, frankly.
Now, I'm not going to read the whole book. He's sold enough copies, and if he can be essentialist, so can I. Wikipedia boils his argument down to a few main points. Firstly, men and women keep score differently. Women sweat the small stuff, tallying up little points for everything, whereas men tend to look at big one-off, 'high scoring' items. And secondly, men retreat to their 'cave' and take time out, whereas women like to talk issues through.
The reason these theories were so thoroughly discredited by this new study is because after surveying 13,000 people, the researchers discovered that people don't fit neatly into gender groups in terms of "122 different characteristics such as fear of success, intimacy and empathy".
Now, this doesn't mean that men and women are exactly the same as one another. If they were, Daily Life wouldn't have its army of eccentric gentlemen commenters who like to accuse its writers of 'misandry'. Hello, boys!
Rather, the picture is much more complex. You can't simply generalise that all women are alike in one particular way, and that no men are like that.
Think about this question of keeping score. Of course there are women who like grand relationship gestures, and there are men who prefer little demonstrations of affection – and moreover, there are relationships where nobody keeps score, because both parties think that the whole idea of keeping score is stupid. That's certainly my preference, for the record.
And let's talk about "man-caves", an irritating term because it suggests that we gentleman are lower on the evolutionary scale, and like to retreat into spaces where we can grunt, scratch ourselves and do metalwork. I dispute that, although we do like to scratch ourselves.
Sorry, that was an essentialist joke. See, it's so easy to think that way!
Sure, okay – men like having spaces to put stuff in and pursue our hobbies in – and why wouldn't women, for that matter? (See A Room Of One's Own.) But the suggestion that us guys retreat into them to avoid confronting problems is such a simplistic stereotype. I can only think of one man who retreated into a cave to avoid confronting a difficult situation, and that was Osama bin Laden.
While some men admittedly don't like talking things through, some love it. I know this because I'm one of those who enjoy incredibly long conversations about problems; yes, including emotional, relationship-type problems. Does that somehow make me less of a man?
And if men are so thoroughly unable to engage with those kinds of conversations, why would any of us become psychologists – or, for that matter, consult them?
Indeed, anyone who's familiar with the work of Woody Allen knows that some men, if anything, talk altogether too much about their problems.
In fact, Gray, Ph.D himself is proof positive that not all men dislike talking about this stuff. The guy's entirely unable to shut up about other people's relationship difficulties. Not only has he written no less than 18 books, but the guy does a live streaming show on his website every single day where he talks about this stuff.
Retreat, John Gray, Ph.D, would you please? Perhaps into some kind of man-cave?
And yet, according to his theory, women are the ones who constantly want to talk about stuff. Well, not always. It's well known that women in abusive relationships often go to great lengths not to confront the situation, and resist talking about them with anybody, least of all their partner. This is too widespread and serious a problem to gloss over with a stereotype about the ladies loving a good ol' chinwag.
Then there's the contrast he makes where men want to solve problems and women just want to discuss them. How thoroughly patronising an analysis. Has Gray surveyed women and discovered that they don't ever want any of their concerns addressed? And to suggest that women don't care about solutions is to imply that their concerns are trivial, because it doesn't ultimately matter whether they're resolved.
I must confess that I was a bit surprised to discover that Gray is persisting with this Mars/Venus paradigm in 2013. But then again, as he says in his original book, "not to be needed is a slow death for a man". I very much dispute that, but perhaps it's slow death for Gray not to be needed to deliver these pop psychology homilies, and so he battles on. How typically Martian of him!
Here's another thing – if women and men are so different, and can't understand one another, what can a man such as Gray tell us about women? Because if the gender comprehension divide is as steep as he suggests, the book should be called Men Are From Mars And Women, I Dunno, They Confuse Me.
Then again, perhaps Gray is a hermaphrodite, combining the best of Venus and Mars in his own body and therefore able to understand both?
In fact, gender is not the only determinant of personality. Serious (i.e. non-pop) psychologists who study personality disorders, for instance, will tell you that personality problems like narcissism transcend gender, for instance – a narcissist won't exactly care for being 'needed' (Mars) or 'cherished' (Venus).
And more complex analytical frameworks than Gray's – Myers-Briggs, for instance – don't even bother to discriminate by gender in drawing its personality types and supplying insights about how we interact.
Mars is a better analogy for human personalities than Venus in that it contains a diversity of landforms, habitats and climates. Also bad for Gray's model associating Venus with women is the fact that its atmosphere contains toxic sulfuric clouds. But of course the author doesn't care about what Venus or Mars is really like, just as he isn't interested in the complexity and diversity of our personalities – and how members of opposite sexes can be alike one another, and how each gender can contain a full spectrum of difference. A binary's easier to explain, and to sell.
Then again, if Gray, Ph.D. embraced the full nuance and complexity of our personalities and relationship, he probably wouldn't have sold 50 million pop psychology books. Predominantly to a female readership – and come to think of it, why do so many women buy this guff? Maybe they really are all from Venus.


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After five years of cult stardom, Battlestar Galactica's sexiest spacewoman is heading into the great unknown: fame.
This feature originally appeared in Complex's June/July 2008 issue.
Grace Park has a body. She even shows it off sometimes. We were surprised too—enjoy it while you can, because there's a good chance it might not happen again. And that's exactly what's so sexy about the stunning actress (you know, besides the obvious): Her rise in Hollywood hasn't left her Korean integrity lying by the wayside. The girl sticks to her guns. And even though that usually means disappointment for our collective libido, we still respect her.
Already well-known in her native Canada, she shot to cult stardom in 2003 with Battlestar Galactica, in which she plays the robots-in-disguise Boomer/Athena. (We hear you laughing—go frak yourself, it's a good show.) Right now BSG is in its final season, which makes this an interesting time for the 34-year-old beauty: What happens when the show that made you a star ends? (Richard Grieco, anyone?) The thing is, even though she's got another show starting in July—A&E's extreme intervention drama The Cleaner—fame isn't the name of the game. For her, there's such a thing as "too famous too fast," and she's willing to put the brakes on acting if that happens. Keep your 100 mph Hollywood hoes; we're going to slow our roll and put it in Park. Well, not literally. You know what we mean. Reeeeal respectful-like.
The success of Battlestar kinda came out of nowhere, and now everyone on the show is a star in their own right; how have you dealt with the fame and fans?
One of the things I like about Battlestar is that we're a cult hit. We're not on Lost, and not every single person is pointing fingers at us. I went out with Daniel Dae Kim [Jin on Lost]—we hosted a show together, and we were sitting at some restaurant. And everyone that walked by would wave at me like, "Congratulations, you know Daniel Dae Kim," or "I know him too!" He's in a much more high-profile position, so he's dealing with the public a lot more. I love not doing that as much, just to have your anonymity.
Are you good with the public?
I think so. I hope so.
No fistfights?
Not yet. Don't mess with me.
Have you ever hit somebody?
No, I've never. [Pause.] OK, guys, but mostly in the chest.
Like, playful, or actually hitting them?
Well, the cover is playful, but really I try to hit them as hard as I can.
Then I have to pick them up off the floor.
"And then I gotta go pick 'em up at the morgue."
Battlestar was your big hit. And it's ending. Have you thought about that? What happens when it ends?
I guess we see other actors and we associate them with one TV show, and then maybe you don't see them again for a long time. I've never really thought about that.
You haven't thought about that?
Thanks! Because I think what usually happens is that once you enter the machine and you get on a hit show, and it starts to end, managers, publicists start to say, "OK, let's get you on another show, it's time to capitalize on what you've got." But I don't understand why people want to be famous.
But you were a model.
Yeah, but models don't do it to be famous. They do it to make money.
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Some people caddie, some people work at McDonald's; you say, "Oh, I'll just model."
[Laughs.] I think if most golf caddies could model, they'd model.
You want to make minimum wage or you want to make $150 an hour? And higher, depending on how big you are. Some of them make $10,000 a day.
Like me!
You? $500. Half hour. Easy. [Laughs.]
To some degree. I know some people might think that, but most people have no clue who I am and I kinda like it like that.
Well, what happens if you get bigger?
I know, it's a conflict of interest. I don't know. I might have to stop acting.
You would stop acting?
Or I'd have to punch out one of the camera guys. Those are my two options in life, what can I say?
What magical pill are you dying for someone to invent?
Oh, I always wanted the magical pill that you could just swallow it and know stuff. So you could learn anything. Like, a new language.
Are you smart?
I'm pretty smart. It's like how you shrink in life, height-wise—that started to happen to my intelligence, sadly enough. Can't you tell? I can't finish some of these sentences. And then, of course, there's that phase where you could swallow a pill and have an instant tan.
I have no idea where that came from. Do you tan?
No. Well, in the sun.
As opposed to in the dark.
I used to try and tan in front of a fireplace. Me and my sister. We'd put suntan lotion on, and then we'd sit in front of the fireplace. Our parents were there too, and they didn't even stop us. We just got really close to the fire, as close as you could without burning yourself. And then you get all flush and you're like, "Oh my god! It's working! Yes, you look more tan!"
What's the most illegal thing you've ever done?
I've done minor illegal things. Like lying at the border. Some of the other stuff I don't even want to tell you.
What happened at the border?
You lie about how much stuff you're taking back with you. Right? Everyone's done that. These are the questions that I can't remember, then later you're like, Ahhh, of course.
Yeah, later you remember. Like when I killed that guy in Pasadena.
[Awkward pause.]
I, um...Now, before you got married, in relationships were you the dumper or the dumpee?
Oh, I was the total dumper.
What was your line?
"I just don't like you anymore." I don't know if that's worse, but it's really simple.
I actually feel a little broken up now.
[Laughs.] I know, it's OK. Now I'll pick you up off the floor. It's so matter-of-fact. It'd be weird, I'd be having conversations with people and they'd be into it, and then I want to go home and we keep talking and the next thing I know I'm breaking up with them out of nowhere. "Oh, shoot. Sorry. I wasn't planning on that."
Just very straightforward.
Yeah, it's not a big fiasco and it's not like "Let's still be friends." All these people are so finicky about it. It's not like you're doing surgery.
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Unless you're dating a doctor.
Stop it! I think I was pretty cocky before. I didn't realize how cocky I was. Aren't we all cocky growing up? Until you get wiser. Or you get stupider.
Your brain shrinks.
Yes, it does. I can feel it. Rapidly. Ow!
After playing an officer and a pilot, do you find that men like a woman in uniform?
I don't think so.
You don't think men like women in uniform?
I think it depends which uniform. Nurse's uniform? I think a lot of guys like that. Twenty-pound flight suit? I don't think guys go for it.
You never know!
But some guys seem to like it. I have heard some guys say a woman in uniform is sexy. But I haven't heard it a lot.
Have you heard it about Battlestar?
Yeah, some people think it's pretty cool.
Is it weird when people say that?
No, because I've only heard it like twice. And it's usually Tricia [Helfer], who's usually in a red dress on the show or she's always in heels and the dress. She always wants to wear one of our flight suits or dog tags. But she's the one I always hear it from.
Do you think you're nerdy?
Nerdy. [Laughs.] Wow.
Do you think you're dirty?
You said "dirty"! And now you pretend. Do I think I'm nerdy? I can be nerdy.
That's a no. [Laughs.]
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Achieving Multi-Bank Efficiency in China
by Jackson Xu, Regional Treasurer, Alstom
Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Present in more than 100 countries worldwide, Alstom generated 2011/2 sales of €19.9bn and employs more than 92,000 people. The company has been investing in China for over 50 years, with 33 Chinese entities, mostly located in eastern China. At BNP Paribas' Cash Management University, Jackson Xu, regional treasurer of Alstom, explained how the company is addressing the challenges of a multi-bank environment in China using innovative technology provided by BNP Paribas.
Treasury in Alstom China
Alstom has been investing in China for over 50 years, with 33 Chinese entities, mostly located in eastern China
Alstom's Chinese treasury supports the treasury and cash management needs for all entities in China on a centralised basis. Our responsibilities include cash management, risk management, bank guarantees, financing, managing the corporate card programme, and managing the relevant treasury systems and tools. In doing so, we aim to promote efficiency, control and simplicity through standardisation, automation and economies of scale. In addition, we provide expert guidance to group entities on issues such as changing regulation.
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Managing cash and treasury in China brings a variety of complexities, some of which differ from those in other regions. For example, the regulators PBOC and SAFE oblige companies to open separate foreign currency and RMB accounts for various purposes with different banks. For foreign currencies, these include: capital accounts; current accounts; FX debit accounts; frozen accounts; FX loan accounts, and others for specific business purposes. For RMB, these include: basic accounts; current accounts; loan accounts; tax accounts; social insurance accounts, as well as others for specific reasons. For example, foreign currency inflows come into a frozen account and have to be specifically released through the appropriate administrative and documentation processes. This variety of accounts poses particular challenges for treasury, not least the quantity of bank account administration required, fragmentation of bank relationships, resource-intensive systems management, and 'trapped' cash.
Introducing multi-bank connectivity
To address these challenges, we approached partner bank BNP Paribas for a solution. BNP Paribas proposed its Multi-Bank Solution (MBS). This would allow us to manage accounts with multiple banks through a single electronic channel and enable us to standardise payments and collections processes in a secure environment. We quickly recognised the benefit of this approach. MBS connects to multiple banks through a host-to-host connection and converts the various formats transmitted and required by each bank (which are not SWIFT formats) into a standard international SWIFT format. This is then integrated with Connexis, BNP Paribas' international electronic banking system, which is in turn integrated with our ERP (figure 1).


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Posted: Tue 12 Jun 2012, 18:13
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Your first line is wrong - it looks for the initrd.gz, not the sfs.
Try this:
title pUPnGo2012
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /initrd.gz
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=usbflash pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
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Posted: Tue 12 Jun 2012, 18:20
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Is there a devx sfs for PupnGO?
Is it the devx for puppy 4.21?
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Posted: Tue 12 Jun 2012, 18:41
Post subject:
Keef wrote:
Your first line is wrong - it looks for the initrd.gz, not the sfs.
Try this:
title pUPnGo2012
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /initrd.gz
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=usbflash pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
Sorry ... no go. With that first line Lupu-528 (partition with grub4dos) is called up. Put files back into a subdir. /pUPnGo with first line as:
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /pUPnGo/initrd.gz .... back to "pup-412.sfs not found ... dropping out to ram-disk console".
Update: Burned pUPnGo2012 ,iso to CD ..... loads fine ... no eth0. KJ
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Posted: Wed 13 Jun 2012, 15:40
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"pup-412.sfs not found " seems not to be a rare occurence. It happened to me with Slaxer on a USB stick once. Put it on a CF card in an IDE adapter and it worked fine. Not sure what the stick was formatted as. Have you tried moving the directory to a ext2/3 partition?
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Posted: Wed 13 Jun 2012, 16:30
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No devx for pupngo
Everything made in P412 with P412-devx but admitted: a devx for pupngo with a toolchain to do everything static build would be soo nice...
Cant help with the grub4dos-stuff - never used it...You should run the firstboot (the
icon on desktop) and answer yes to autoconnect. Alternative run netstart at a prompt. If your netdriver is loaded you should connect.
There is a usb-install wizard under menu "System" but it requires that you can point to the iso-image-file...It will formate the hole usb to ext2 and install everything to boot from the usb-stick...
Save to CD/DVD fails due to an error with mkisofs (it saves but not in a folder with the date and time). I will fix that and upload a new iso soon. Sorry!
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Posted: Wed 13 Jun 2012, 22:30
Post subject: On line now
It works. Posting from pUPnGo 2012 now with Dillo using live CD and auto-connect. Thanks for the advise ... will try the wifi and usb later.
Goingnuts ... I have followed your work on this project for a long time but haven't had the nerve to actually try to load a version as my CLI (and general typing) skills are poor.
Thanks for the help. KJ
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Posted: Thu 14 Jun 2012, 15:39
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Posting wirelessly - Linksys pcmcia wifi card using b43 module and WPA-PSK.
Had to copy the firmware in, and also copied in dhcpcd and supporting libs. Not sure if it was needed, but it has took me a few attempts to get this far. Also knocked up a udhcpc.conf, but I think the wireless manager gives preference to dhcpcd. It threw out a load of errors and warnings but got there in the end.
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Posted: Thu 14 Jun 2012, 16:15
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Thanks for testing! And good you got connected!
Thanks for sharing you findings - I did some trial as well but havent got it working yet. I also started to look after a good wifi-front/backend. Now where gtkdialog and Xdialog is in it might be easier to adapt exsisting wifi managers...Any suggestions to which to try?
I started to modify wifibox from Slitaz as I like the interface - but realized that it does not do the wpa-supplicant - which I need to connect to my wpa2 network...
Also tried the pwireless2-1.0 in my normal P412 but no luck there as well...Might give it another try though...
The standard networkwizard in P412 works but its a bit difficult to modify..
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Posted: Thu 14 Jun 2012, 22:55
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I use sns in wary for WiFi, but it will periodically disconnect and not automatically reconnect. I haven't tried jemimah's frisbee, but the code looked ok. Everyone seems to want to overcomplicate it. I am working mostly with the wary kernel, since it is the oldest one that is still regularly maintained...so I may end up with something that may not work 100% Does anyone have hardware that works in pupngo but not wary?
Check out my
github repositories
. I may eventually get around to updating my
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Posted: Fri 15 Jun 2012, 13:03
Post subject: pUPnGo 2012 on a partitioned flashdrive
... Your suggestion is correct ... pPUnGo2012 does need a ext partition (I have not ran into that issue before but could have guessed from goingnuts's installation comments). So I made a small ext2 partition (128MB) on my usb flashdrive (actually a 8GB SD with a mix of ext2 and fat32 partitions (10 different pup versions) in a usb convertor). Moved the main files (vmlinuz, initrd.gz, pup_412pupngo.sfs, and zdrv_412.sfs) there with the .sfs's in a subdir (Bootpupngo) and it now boots fine (but will not save) with this grub4dos menu.lst entry:
title pupngo
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /Bootpupngo/pup_412pupngo.sfs
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=usbflash psubdir=Bootpupngo pfix=fsck
initrd /initrd.gz
Overkill I am sure but this is the way all my other menu.lst entries read. If you place the .sfs's and save file in a psubdir (Bootxxx), most puppies will only look in that dir. so you don't end up with a confusing list of frugal save files and boot problems from other puppy versions you have on your drives.
... FYI I copied the rest of the .iso files onto this partition and pUPnG02012 would not save ... just shutdown. I will find a small usbflash to wipe and run your 'install to usb' option. Tried you "bad" save back to CD option ... yep ... will not boot. Will wait for your fix before I try that again. Thanks ... KJ
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Posted: Sat 16 Jun 2012, 13:55
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Thanks for the pointers! Began to work with sns but I havent the full source code so got stuck (cut the parts out of Wary but havent localised everything needed). And yes - many wireless frontends/backends seems to get very complicated - that why I tried to do one myself...
Thanks for testing! New iso uploaded where I put back the firmwarestuff in zdrv, added dhcpcd, full wirelesstools package and fixed the save2CD/DVD. cdplay now in menu as well.
Increased size by 4MB but now I can connect to my wpa2 network using the wireless.sh script. Hope that goes for the other network types as well - but I cant test.
Download updated version pUPnGO 2012
update: had to upload new iso - sorry and my apology to the 15 downloads done today! (reason false symlink to losetup - not that severe - but might make mount of ntfs unstable)
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Posted: Sun 17 Jun 2012, 11:23
Post subject:
: D/Led updated .iso and copied new files to my usb/SD partition ... booted and network connection good .... have not tried wifi yet. Does not save (expected).
Completely erased rw-cd and burned new iso. Booted fine .... network good. Saved back to CD (external USB burner) completed .... but no reboot (same as with previous iso). Sorry ... My laptop internal CD/DVD drive is bad so I run an external drive. Thanks ... KJ
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Posted: Sun 17 Jun 2012, 11:50
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KJ: thanks for testing! About cd-save: Are you able to view the content of the cd after saving? Do you have the original files present plus a folder with this structure: "2012-06-16-23-05"?
After saving to CD one time the content of my CD is:
total 33945
drwxrwxrwt 12 root root 2048 2012-06-17 07:00 2012-06-16-23-05
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2048 2012-06-16 22:51 boot.cat
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 2048 2012-05-09 21:28 boot.catalog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1066 2012-06-16 22:51 boot.msg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 776017 2012-06-16 22:51 initrd.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13931 2012-06-16 19:21 isolinux.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113 2012-06-16 22:51 isolinux.cfg
-rwx------ 1 root root 16842752 2012-06-16 22:50 pup_412pupngo.sfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1704076 2012-01-11 18:20 vmlinuz
-rwx------ 1 root root 15413248 2012-06-16 14:55 zdrv_412.sfs
If structure looks ok try to boot (just a guess as you say
gives problems...)
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Posted: Sun 17 Jun 2012, 15:26
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This is the "ls -la" from my rw-cd:
# ls -la
total 33947
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 2012-06-17 04:54 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 100 2012-06-17 13:49 ..
drwxrwxrwt 12 root root 2048 2012-06-17 04:50 2012-06-17-09-54
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2048 2012-06-16 09:51 boot.cat
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 2048 2012-05-09 08:28 boot.catalog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1066 2012-06-16 09:51 boot.msg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 776017 2012-06-16 09:51 initrd.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13931 2012-06-16 06:21 isolinux.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113 2012-06-16 09:51 isolinux.cfg
-rwx------ 1 root root 16842752 2012-06-16 09:50 pup_412pupngo.sfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1704076 2012-01-11 04:20 vmlinuz
-rwx------ 1 root root 15413248 2012-06-16 01:55 zdrv_412.sfs
Looks like yours except for the first two entries (and total size). I did firstrun auto setup eth0 and add some bookmarks to Dillo before the save.
In all fairness to your hard work ... this is my first use of live-cd with save-to-cd and I don't know if any puppy will boot after a save-to-cd and shutdown on my system. I will burn another puppy version and try a save-to-cd to see if that works. May be a couple days before I get that done.
First I booted the new iso then selected 'reboot' from the shutdown menu then 'save to CD' and watched the save info on the screen and the OS shutdown and booted from the HD (no puppies there) not the CD. Next I shutdown the computer .... waited a minute and booted the laptop ... external usb cd burner spins up but boot is from another source (external usb CD is BIOS first choice, then usb HDD (flashdrives boot here), then internal HDD). CD mounts and reads OK but no longer boots... have read some text files OK. Thanks ...KJ
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Posted: Mon 18 Jun 2012, 10:08
Post subject: Save to CD
: I tried saving Lucid 510 back to CD ... and it no longer boots (pUPnGo2012 is the first iso I burned in a while). Guess my laptop (Acer Aspire 5570Z) doesn't like something common in the save-to-CD process.
One observation, Some of the fonts (smaller ones seen in Dillo home page) are really hard to read. Thanks KJ
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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
During the course of more than 39 groundbreaking months inside a trademark blue-green studio, Piers Morgan welcomed a diverse combination of headline-grabbing newsmakers, influential religious leaders and political power players.
But as multi-faceted as was his collection of guests, the host's goals always reflected a singular approach: ask thought-provoking questions, tell great stories and share unique perspective.
As such, CNN's 9 p.m. primetime hour regularly made viewers think, occasionally made guests cry and always made for good television.
Now, in honor of his final hours anchoring the show as only he could, it is with great pride and pleasure that we share some of Piers Morgan's most iconic and symbolic interviews.
Of the above interviews, was there one you found to be particularly insightful or though-provoking?
And to see more of Piers Morgan's most memorable conversations, check out a collection dedicated to entertainment icons, as well as a series of the program's most explosive moments.
I'm so sorry to hear Pierce Morgan will be leaving. I've so enjoyed his show. I appreciate and admire his strong stance against gun violence in america. He's been a friend to all of us.
thank you Pierce.
God bless and keep you
Try to find the right spot to post...too bad cnn makes it harder....but...Mr. Good Guy...Loving of Americans....Take there guns...but FEMA buys with OUR money HOLLOW POINT bullets....More than enuf to fight both wars and over....Who are they going to shoot...n why shoulnt the americans be worried themselfs. I know your not going to answear...but hopefully some will read this and realize you are just a...pawn thats why cnn cancelled you.
Piers Morgan: a man of integrity whom I greatly respect for his stand on the gun control issue, sad to see you have sacked him CNN, my respect for you CNN is damaged by your own actions in your firing this of decent decent man. Pls give Mr. Morgan another show and quickly. Mr. Morgan, thankyou for your courage.
I dissagree...first thing they have done right
Piers Morgan's farewell speech was right-on. I would hope we Americans would heed what he is saying. We have had the biggest snow job put over on us by the NRA. America has become a violent country where one is afraid to venture out of the safety of the home. Piers, don't give up trying to make us Americans make our country a safer and happier place!
Piers, you got canned because of your continued anti gun commentary. It was daily and never ending. There are 40, 000 troops massed on the Ukranian border. That will never happen here. When Putin rolls into Kiev who do you think will come to the rescue? The rest of Europe is dissarmed along with Jolly Old England. Take you cricket bat and go home. We'll be practicing at the range, call us when u need us.
Thank you Nik
Nick. Please try and comment with some intelligence in your thoughts. Will do everyone a favour and yourself a bigger favour.
Actually, that was a quite intelligent post. It seems that Piers missed a big point in gun control that Nick hit home: in areas with more gun control, more high crime is committed, not because there need to be more restrictions, but because people cannot defend themselves. Besides, creating restrictions does not ensure a thug will follow them. In fact, they can easily attain a weapon from the Black Market. I wish Piers the best, but I hope he gets his facts straight on guns soon. Guns do not kill people: people with guns kill people. We need to make sure guns go in the hands of the good guys, and adding restrictions will only take that away.
I regret for reporting everywhere, that Piers will no longer be on CNN. Everyone's loss.
I have really enjoyed your show and have shared some of your opinions. You always spoke your mind and defended your opinions. Thank you for caring enough to make bold statements that many other journalists are too scared to make. Thank you Sir for your hard work and good look on your future projects. God Bless you.
I say, twill be very slow at 9:00p.m. without Piers....I love your honesty, your integrity, and your blimy accent.
You're quite a package and CNN is gonna regret letting you go.
Good luck.
Piers....will miss your strong stance on issues. Like your "do not mince with words" approach. Totally with you on gun control! Loved, loved, lived your show!! God Bless you.
I think you are misquided...there is not focus on the other related issues.
Piers is a real ass. take out guns but feed FEMA money for hollow point bullets and quilletines. Yea...why would anyone want to own a gun....Im sure Piers does!
Only thing is Nick...when Piers calls....were not going to answear!
no wonder you mommy and pappy CNN dropped you...just like there going to TRY to drop 7 million others.
N why the fuk is CNN only reporting on the missing plane....what about the war we are about to enter!....HMMMM
if they drop you....wonder what kind of MONSTER there going to replace u with.
Piers, you are wrong. Your time would have been better spent talking about the lack of needed mental health care in the United States, rather than talking about guns. Guns don't kill people Piers, the people who have cried out for help and were not heard are the ones killing people. Too bad you chose that subject, you wasted your last night. Well at least it's your last night, and we will not be inflicted with your empty rants.
I think contrary to most opinion I have read (from many who are uninformed) and categorically state that Piers Morgan is excellent, has done an excellent job and is one of the best interviewers I have heard. On par with the equally excellent Anderson Cooper, I think Piers Morgan has tried to contribute some self questioning to the American public. Against mindless and self centred people like the leader of NRA Piers Morgan has tried to infuse reason within the American populace. The fact that he left CNN is a sad reflection on the American society rather than Piers Morgan. Well done Piers and thank you for your amazing input to the American and Canadian public.
Cecile....he cannot answear...cuz he is one of those soooo deeply in need of such help. Karma is a beotch
WOOOO Hooooo!....where are all the supporters Piers bragged about....NOT HERE!
all due respect...i did watch u piers and I liked you...but...I think I saw through you....god bless you and I wish you well in your future ventures...sorry for all the previous posts...but those are the questions we are going to be left with. Perhaps I have just misunderstood you.
I will miss Piers Morgan. I will miss his intellect, his personality and his views on gun control. I totally agree with him. CNN needs to recruit more intelligent, forward thinking hosts – not get rid of ones like Pierce.
PEACE OUT for now, Piers. You'll be back in some new iteration with a valuable point of view.
I shall sorely miss your intellect; the shrewd conversations (except for Donald Trump); your presence as a much-needed outspoken advocate for gun control; and yes even your truculence.
Move ahead with your own production.
Farewell, Piers. Your nightly program was the only thing truly worth watching on CNN – or any other US network, for that matter.
Your courageous and intelligent criticism of the US's imbedded gun culture resonated with folks around the world. But alas, courageous and intelligent criticism is no match for the $ stranglehold that the NRA gun lobby has on so many cowardly politicians. If the President of the United States has no influence on issue, there will clearly be no resolution to the problem. It will only get worse. So be it.
Look forward to seeing you again on my BBC cable channel.
Jim Flaherty died in Canada Yesterday
And they lowered the Flag on Capital Hill to half mast.
I am so Glad that Joe Flaherty did not Die.
Also last week Bishop Lacey died who was a Irish 97 Year old Bishop.
What these people have in common is that they are all of Irish decent like ROB FORD.
Long Live Rob Ford.
But I still think that the News is to SECULAR.
Good luck in Columbia and Nicaragua where your preaching on gun control has much more potential to do good than here.
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- Anonymous09:09
If they do go for secondary cities, they will probably start Dubrovnik seasonally.Delete
- Anonymous09:34
LOL are you seriously asking why they don't fly to Nis?! :D Even Podgorica would make more sense. And before that Ljubljana, Pristina, Dubrovnik and Split.Delete
- Anonymous09:36
@ 9.24 Pristina and Ohrid are also close to Skopje but you don't see them thinking starting flights there, even though both would make more sense than INI.Delete
- Anonymous09:37
Why would Podgorica make more sense? MNE's entire population is much smaller than INI's catchment area.Delete
Also, don't forget that FZ chose TIV over DBV so some on here might be overestimating Dubrovnik's demand.
- Anonymous09:51
Dubrovnik would be an excellent seasonal destination for them like Mykonos which they will be starting next year.Delete
- Anonymous09:55
Turkish Airlines got a head start on them there but they would definitely pull a lot more passengers from Japan, South Korea and China then Turkish. And I think it could work year round. Add to that tourists from Australia.Delete
- Anonymous09:56
First of all, DBV doesn't even handle 2 million so looking at numbers doesn't do them any favors. Second of all, most of those 'numbers'are fueled by airlines like Thompson, Thomas Cook and easyJet. Not by tourists from Asia which is a market QR is after.Delete
- Anonymous10:06
The Asian tourists that do arrive to Dubrovnik either do it on charter flights or as part of a larger European tour, as a stop along the way. This market is irrelevant to QR which is why it is not putting DBV on its radar.Delete
- Anonymous10:24
TK flies 10 times a week to DBV. In summer they are full to the brim, mostly with pax from Asia. Many use TK also between the US/Canada and Dubrovnik. So why would QR not work?Delete
- Anonymous10:27
Wrong. TK is filled with mostly Turkish tourists visiting the area. This route was primarily introduced for them. Dubrovnik was always extremely popular among Turkish holidaymakersDelete
Oh, wow. Looks like all of you guys have statistics which tourists come from where and by which mean of transportation.Delete
- Anonymous11:48
I agree that INI is the most undeserved destination in ex-Yu. INI already has a top legacy carrier, so why not having another one like QR? 3 flights pw just like they did with BEG.Delete
- Anonymous11:52
Get a grip people. I'm from Serbia and I still can't believe you are all serious about QR having to fly to Nis!Delete
- Anonymous11:59
Sorry anon 11:52 AM but this proves how you are underestimating INI. We have repeated so many times that the region is now blooming. Just look at the demand in SKP, SOF, PRN. The region is home to approx 5 million catchement area.Delete
- Anonymous12:44
There are many bigger cities with much larger catchment areas that Qatar does not serve yet. Nis is completely out of the question for them.Delete
I'm from Nis and as much as I support more flights going there, it just doesn't make sense. What will Nis, QR, or Serbia gain from this?Delete
On the mention of, Tivat airport is just crazy busy! But when I arrived into BEG yesterday, there was an Air China B747 parked at the airpirt. Does anyone know why? I've been away from mainstream media for the last few weeks so I might have missed the announcement.
- Anonymous14:13
Chairman of China's National People's Congress Zhang Dejiang is in Belgrade. He arrived on Air China's B747.Delete
- Anonymous22:36
@frishkiJuly 19, 2017 at 11:29 AMDelete
The science has yet to describe the phenomena, it is very localized and it seems only select few poses these skills.
Us mortals must internet and official websites to verify all our data, however these select few it seems don't need these rudimentary tools.
As I've said, science is yet to understand how this is possible.
- Anonymous07:32
There is a phenomenon called statistics, you should check it out.Delete
Also, if there were really that many Asians flying into DBV or SPU, wouldn't there be more airlines that traditionally serve those markets?
Please, show me these statistics so I can learn a bit more.Delete
Also, Dubrovnik is highly seasonal and therefore many legacy airlines are still avoiding year round routes. That doesn't mean that the Asians don't fly to DBV.
- Anonymous14:55
@Anon at 7:32 AMDelete
Do share, please do share your statistics, ideally with a website link, you know it starts with www.
And plz let not be this blog link, directing us to one of your older posts.
Here i'll give you few links to start, you can add your own.
- Anonymous09:03
Reading the CCO's comments it seems like Sarajevo is not a done deal. What happened?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09:04
It seems the airport is making some problems. I don't get the people who run it. They have already chased away a few airlines because of their behavior.Delete
- Anonymous11:35
What are you all on about. Read what the guy said.Delete
"Flights will start soon. We are getting full support from the government, the civil aviation authorities and airport authorities."
- Anonymous12:32
You are forgetting the second part of the stateent which is very important: ome of our people are heading to Sarajevo for final discussions and, HOPEFULLY, within the coming days, we will announce this routeDelete
- Anonymous09:05
Qatar Airways has the best position of MEB3 when it comes to ex-Yu. Perfect aircraft for this market.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09:11
Yeah but Etihad is limited because of Air Serbia. They don't have to fly to ZAG or LJU. They just codeshare with JU and this has been working really well for them.Delete
- Anonymous09:12
The advantage Qatar has is that its European services are based on frequency and not capacity like Emirates.Delete
- Anonymous12:45
If flydubai eventually merges with Emirates then they will be best positioned in this market.Delete
- Anonymous09:18
BEG has improved so much for them since they introduced direct flights. Will be going 10 weekly this winter.ReplyDeleteReplies
now that you mentioned it, i realized that i am flying in november with them from BEG. not a great connection, especially with a small kid, but you cannot beat their price.Delete
a lot of serbian touristic agencies (or serbian branches of international operator) switched to qatar for their offers to eastern exotic destinations. in may i had a friend flying with them to bali for a couple of hundreds €.
i am looking forward to my first time in QTR & DOH, hopefully this arab hostilities towards qatar will not escalate.
- Anonymous11:46
^ Hey Petar it would be nice if you could post us a small review when you fly with them. I usually fly Etihad for the simple reason that I'm collecting miles on their program but I have never tried Qatar yet. They had a great promo sale over the past 2 weeks and you are right that those tickets are tough to beat. I;m really hoping Etihad does a global sale like they did this time last year.Delete
I wouldn't worry about hostilities. Latest news today is that the Gulf countries gave new 6 points to end the embargo against Qatar and they are all reasonable without things like shutting Aljazeera and so on so I think this could be over by the end of the month.
good, i also hope for the better. it seems relaxation comes a few weeks after they bought 12bln$ worth of fighter jets and a tillerson visit.Delete
okay, then i guess i owe you a post in november :)
- Anonymous09:19
wow @ 100% LF to Skopje. And people were predicting how the route will fail and that it should be linked to some other route to succeed.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09:22
And even more encouraging is the amount of foreigners on the flight. Great news!Delete
It depends if they were revenue passengers or staff and media. More indicative would be today's loads.Delete
It´s a mere 132 seats on the QR A320- so not that hard to fill, especially the first flight. But a success anyway. Congrats.Delete
- Anonymous09:26
True but remember that when ZAG and BEG launched there were around 20-30 passengers at first.Delete
Well this is just the first flights to SKP, we don't know about the other ones, maybe they also have 20-30 passengers. FZ isn't doing all that well down there either.Delete
- Anonymous09:40
Yes it will be interesting to see how Fly dubai is impacted by this. I think their loads hover around 65-70% in SKP.Delete
- Anonymous09:24
BEG is really going to be well served despite JU leaving the market. I guess Qatar will be adding those three weekly for a total of 10.ReplyDelete
My guess is that their arrival time will be around 05.30 that is the same time when ASL's regional network arrives plus Etihad. It will be quite busy.
Another airline that will do well is flydubai which has already done well with their 4 weekly flights.
With Emirates' codeshare their numbers will be further boosted. Let's not forget that until now it was impossible to book flights from BEG to anywhere else besides DXB via their website. This will change now and it will provide for additional feed for FZ. I wouldn't be surprised if we see FZ add more flights next year.Replies
- Anonymous09:27
I think the biggest looser here will be Etihad who will completely loose their competitive edge in BEG.
Exactly. They will become much less relevant unless they respond. However given the mess in AUH I highly doubt they will do anything besides increase BEG to an A321.Delete
- Anonymous13:59
And all these hints don't give any clueDelete
about the renewal of EY's management contract over JU?
- Anonymous14:17
Why should EY leave when they have no obligation towards ASL? It makes more sense for them to leave AZ or AB.Delete
There is a large difference between wishful thinking and reality.
- Anonymous09:28
It´s amazing that BEG was launched in Nov 2012 with barely 3 flights pw and now, then via SOF and now 5 years later it went daily and will be served with an A321:ReplyDelete
So, respect to BEG and congrats being the very first city in ex-Yu!Replies
- Anonymous09:32
Wasn't Zagreb launched that way as well and now it's double daily? Wouldn't that make it the number 1 ex-Yu city for Qatar Airways?Delete
Double daily in summer and not throughout the whole year. BEG was first though, so antiguity should be respected.Delete
- Anonymous09:40
No, ZAG went daily right after BUD while BEG first had ESB and then SOF.Delete
It made more sense for them to concentrate on ZAG given the fact that it's much less competitive as a market so the yields were more likely to be higher.
Then again, they used to send their A320s with the special business class to BEG so I guess there is some premium demand there.
@anonymous 9:38 - it's not my intention to "brag", nor engage into pointless competition with "who has the bigger *ick"...but Zagreb really was Qatar's #1 destination in Ex Yu, being linked via Budapest daily since May, 2012. By Spring of 2014, Qatar established non-stop daily flights (without BUD stopover), and this has grown to double daily by now...Delete
Those are the facts.
- Anonymous09:46
Petar, there is no need to feed the troll and to engage in every single provocation.Delete
At the end of the day, the number of frequencies, seats and the aircraft used on a certain route will indicate which market is the most successful.
Seems like both Belgrade and Zagreb will see ten weekly flights this winter season.
- Anonymous09:33
And just a few years ago having Qatar Airways seemed like something no airport in ex-Yu could accomplish.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09:46
Have the plans to operate A320 with upgraded business class product to BEG from October been cancelled?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09:49
They were supposed to start in summer but then QR decided to increase capacity to A321 and they also moved the introduction of daily flights from W17 to 01.08.Delete
I guess they needed the extra capacity since bookings have been more than solid.
- Anonymous09:50
Qatar has a few different versions of the A321 in terms of their product. Some have 160 degree recline seats in business class.Delete
- Anonymous09:50
Vrlo skoro mozemo ocekivati QR sa sirokotrupnim avionom u BEG. Vec jednom smo gledali a330, medjutim ovu info sam dobio bas iz BEogradskog predstavnistva.ReplyDelete
To ce biti njihov odgovor na kod ser Emirejtsa na FZ let za BEG i ukidanje JU800/801. Bar su rekli da je to njihova zelja.Replies
- Nemjee09:54
И не само то, већ када је и дошао А332 имали су сасвим солидну попуњеност за лет преко Софије.Delete
У доласку је било око 150 путника а у одласку око 190. Остатак седишта су напунили у Бугарској.
- Anonymous10:24
Qatar je u 2015.godini dolazio dva puta sa A330-200 u Beograd, jednom u avgustu i jednom u septembru. Realno je očekivati da pre pošalju širokotrupca u Beograd nego u Zagreb, pogotovu sada kad Zagreb ide na double daily.Delete
- Anonymous11:07
Air Serbia oslobađa dosta kapaciteta, tako da ima prostora da se ubaci širokotrupni određenim danima...pa sada ili Etihad ili Qatar.Delete
- Anonymous10:04
Passenger numbers between Serbia and China will keep on growing especially after it was announced that the Chinese will build some sort of a business park close to Smederevo. Politico had an article on this relationship and it seems China has used Serbia to promote itself and its interests in Europe.ReplyDelete
These new passengers will not all fly on Hainan's direct flight but many will use SU, QR, TK, FZ/EK...
- Anonymous10:05
Im guessing QR will now have to contend with the behemoth of Emirates and FlyDubai. Having flown all 3 airlines recently I rate FlyDubai streaks ahead of QR. From my experience QR economy is below averageReplyDelete
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- Anonymous10:43
I think the key to beating Emirates in Zagreb would be for Qatar to launch Ljubljana. It would end the stream of Slovenian passengers on the EK flight while ensuring that QR flights from ZAG are unaffected too much.Delete
- Anonymous12:03
The stream? Please, do illuminate us with the statistics of how many (exactly) Slovenians use EK from ZAG. Please. Ali ne rekla kazala. I want numbers.Delete
Qatar would definitely have an advantage over EK this year. Next year will be interesting.Delete
- Anonymous19:45
Anonymus 2:08, don't play a stupid game with me. I don' t now the numbers that is why I am asking. Since you seem to be very sure that a lot of Slovenians use EK from ZAG, that is why I am asking you numbers. Ajde, cekam brojeve, kad ste tako sigurni. Ja ih nemam. Pa da vidimo.Delete
- Anonymous19:50
And one more thing. Since I don't know the numbers, and apparently you do know them, I am just waiting you to prove your "stream" statement. I would be more than happy to finally get some statistics.Delete
- Anonymous23:30
Yeah but you can't prove the stream doesn't exist, so it's all speculation and given the statements airlines made it's likely it's there.Delete
- Anonymous10:25
Nice to hear about Skopje. Are there many Asian tourists visiting Macedonia?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:37
Qatar Airways is a fantastic airline and it is interesting they will operate the most flights to ex-Yu out of all the Gulf carriers.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:05
Great news. With world cup being hosted in qatar in a few years numbers will continue to go up. Good luck to QR on their ex-Yu routes.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:19
Don't understand why so many airlines are avoiding LJU like the plague. I know it is close to bigger hubs but it can also attract passengers from smaller cities like Graz and Slovenians would travel from LJU if there were options.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12:31
Do other ex-yu countries have the same visa policies like Macedonians? In the text it says:ReplyDelete
With our new visa facility allowing Macedonian citizens to transit Doha and get visa for free for four days or get a visit visa valid for thirty days on arrivalReplies
yes regarding the transit visa for up to 96 hours (which should be enough)Delete
regarding normal Visa on arrival for 1 month: only citizens of Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia are eligible. you need to have booked accom. and cash of 1500$
- Anonymous13:16
For the time being only Serbia and Bosnia have to apply for an online-visa, the others receive visa on arrivalDelete
heres the link:
- Anonymous12:44
OT: Emirates to order 787. Announcement follows in November at the Dubai Air Show.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous22:18
@AnonymousJuly 19, 2017 at 2:19 PMDelete
A350 is larger aircraft, perhaps Qatar wants to fill the gap between B777 and A 330.
A 350 is more like B777.
typical two class cabin layout or configuration for :
787 8 - 242 seats, 24J, 218Y
A350 900 - 325 seats, 48J, 267Y
- Anonymous13:38
What on earth are they going to do once the blockade is over? They won't have enough planes to restart those routes plus keep all the upgrades.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14:33
DOH-SKP inaugural flight was sold outReplyDelete
more on:
- Anonymous16:57
I expect Qatar will add Ljubljana in 2018 4x per week and keep Zagreb at double daily. In 2019 we could see Dubrovnik seasonal flight, Belgrade at double daily, Ljubljana daily, Skopje daily and Zagreb with the Dreamliner.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous19:28
(and most importantly a distraction from the everlasting Serb/Croat rivalry):
funny BA safety video - director's cut:(featuring Mr. Bean and X Files Gillian Anderson)
Greetings to all from Skopje
OT: LX to/ex INI this weekend:ReplyDelete
Nice to see C class to be filled out.Replies
- Anonymous23:29
Wasn't one flight supposed to be operated by the C-series? Also, I am totally surprised about the C class loads. Spectacular.Delete
- Anonymous07:12
Bravo INI! And then they all tell you to get a grip and to not take the airport seriously.Delete
- Anonymous07:30
I mean LX always has a lot of C class passengers to INI which is something kinda shocking! I wouldn't be surprised if INI has more C pax on LX than some other ex-YU cities.Delete
Let's see if next year they pass 400.000 passengers. This year, 320.000 is almost certain to happen.
- Anonymous08:16
Well, for 2 weekly flights that LX has nothing short of very high loads would be acceptable. Once frequencies jump to more than two, we will know that LX itself has more confidence in the route. Two weekly operation is really very small capacity wise, and as I said, no wonder flights are solidly booked. Good for INI, you definitely need to start from somewhere, but operation of this size is not benchmark for cities with really much, much more frequencies to ZRH.Delete
- Anonymous08:27
I dare predict they launch a daily rotation next spring 2018. The route performed much better than expected.Delete
- Anonymous12:26
From 2 weekly to daily? Could be, but I would more expect a bit slower increase of services....Delete
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Walsh names Women's Sevens Series chasing squad for Amsterdam
Qantas Australian Women's Sevens Head Coach Tim Walsh has named the 12-strong squad that he hopes will bring home the country's first ever IRB Sevens World Series title.
Walsh makes two changes from the side that lost in the Cup Final to New Zealand in Guangzhou at the beginning of April, with Ellia Green and Nikki Etheridge returning to the squad that will travel to the Netherlands (16-18 May).
For Etheridge, it will be her first appearance in an Australian jersey since the 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup in Moscow having made a successful return to training following injury.
Sharni Williams will captain the side, while Tiana Penitani, Evania Pelite and Saofaiga Saemo are sidelined with injury.
Centre Emilee Cherry, meanwhile, is the top points scorer in the 2013/14 IRB Sevens World Series with 138 points.
Head Coach Tim Walsh said: "We've put ourselves in a good position to win the World Series. In my opinion, we've picked a squad that is very well-balanced.
"Ellia [Green] comes back into squad after missing out on China. She's worked extremely hard over the last couple of months and gives us that X-factor. Ellia is a real match winner. Nikki [Etheridge] has fantastic athleticism as well as good speed and size. I'm looking forward to seeing her in action."
Walsh added: "Nikki is only the 16th player we have called up to the squad throughout this season's World Series - and this consistency of selection has allowed team combinations to flourish."
The Aussies are two points behind last year's Series champions New Zealand with one round of the 2013/14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series left on the calendar.
All of the action from the Netherlands will be streamed live at wsws.irb.com. Follow the Qantas Men's and Women's Sevens with updates on Twitter @Aussie7s
Australian Women's Sevens fixtures in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16-18 May:
Australia v France, Pool B, 8.20pm (EST), 16 May
Australia v South Africa, Pool B, 11.04pm (EST), 16 May
Australia v Russia, Pool B, 1.48am (EST), 17 May
Australian Women's Sevens squad for the 2013-2014 IRB Sevens World Series in Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Sharni Williams - captain. Place of Birth: Batlow, NSW
Shannon Parry. Place of Birth: Brisbane, QLD
Nicole Beck. Place of Birth: Bulli, NSW
Emilee Cherry. Place of Birth: Roma, QLD. Hometown: Toowoomba, QLD
Gemma Etheridge. Place of Birth: Tamworth, NSW. Hometown: Toowoomba, QLD
Nikki Etheridge. Place of Birth: Tamworth, NSW. Hometown: Toowoomba, QLD
Amy Turner. Place of Birth: Tokoroa, New Zealand
Cobie Jane Morgan. Place of Birth: Gosford, NSW
Alicia Quirk. Place of Birth: Wagga Wagga, NSW
Emma Tonegato. Place of Birth: Wollongong, NSW
Charlotte Caslick. Place of Birth: Brisbane, QLD
Ellia Green. Place of Birth: Suva, Fiji. Hometown: Warringah, NSW


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