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Re: Access Rights tracking system
- From: "Rodrigo Blanco" <rodrigo.blanco.r@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:44:15 -0600
Hello Sapran,
I understand what you are looking for is an approval workflow,
deploying at least three process models (newcomer, access rights
change, and leavers). You have both open source and commercial
solutions in this area.
Of the Open source ones, I would recommend Bonita, which is a free,
java-based and very flexible BPM solution (bonita.objectweb.org).
If looking for a commercial one, I usually work with Evidian Approval
Workflow (http://www.evidian.com/iam/approval-workflow/index.htm).
While being commercial, this solution plugs optionally into a full IAM
+ SSO solution, that may provide you with an interesting functional
evolution in the future.
Both of them will provide graphical design tools to create and test
business processes.
Kind regards,
On 26/12/2007, ыфзкфт <sapran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi list.
I am looking for the software solution to fit the following needs. Any
help would be appreciated. I tried to ask google on this, but maybe I
just cant form the correct search string...
The software must provide for tracking access rights of a person
during their employment. There must be a sort of global access matrix
and several basic and specific security roles. First, HRs must place a
request for the basic set of access rights for a new employee. Second,
an employee's manager should request for a job's specific rights.
Next, since an employee might change their job role, there must be the
way to change their access rights. There must be features to apply
access rights on temporary or scheduled basis, for affiliates and
auditors. Finally, there must be the way to suspend and terminate an
employee's access rights due to their dismissal.
Every request for a set of access rights must be approved by the
managers responsible for access rights assignment. That wold be nice
if the software might email those managers asking for approval anytime
the request is placed.
We have a medium sized company and no advanced identity management or
single login system is needed. So, this should be a framework for
access rights accounting.
Thanks in advance, have a nice day.
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Although not quite finished here is a progress Timelapse showing the construction of Newcastle Courthouse from the ground up, the project is expected to be completed in September. I have also been documenting the project with photography and plan to produce a book on completion.
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Model based feature enhancement techniques are constructed from acoustic models for speech and noise, together with a model of how the speech and noise produce the noisy observations. Most techniques incorporate either Gaussian mixture models (GMM) or hidden Markov models (HMM). This paper explores using a switching linear dynamic model (LDM) for the clean speech. The linear dynamics of the model capture the smooth time evolution of speech. The switching states of the model capture the piecewise stationary characteristics of speech. However, incorporating a switching LDM causes the enhancement problem to become intractable. With a GMM or an HMM, the enhancement running time is proportional to the length of the utterance. The switching LDM causes the running time to become exponential in the length of the utterance. To overcome this drawback, the standard generalized pseudo-Bayesian technique is used to provide an approximate solution of the enhancement problem. We present preliminary results demonstrating that, even with relatively small model sizes, substantial word error rate improvement can be achieved.
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Judy Jade is a nubile blonde-haired beauty with a great body and she starts off by showing quite a bit of herself, but this is a softcore site, so much is left to the imagination - an imagination that Judy tries to spark with her words.
JudyJade is a picture-only site and doesn't have any videos, but that doesn't mean the pictures are all there is. They are, however, the main attraction. You currently get about 84 photo sets, each containing on average 81 images of gorgeous Judy seducing the camera, sometimes stripping all the way to reveal her firm, perky boobs and smooth slit, and other times satisfying the viewer with just her face and firm, tight, round ass.
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A brief list (in no particular order) of things I have been up to over the past six months since the One Pig Scotland tour:
So, it's been quite an amazing first half of the year. Writing this post has been an interesting exercise for me in terms of looking back on what I've done. More soon!
This Saturday is very exciting for me, as it marks the first time that I'll get to perform with Matthew Herbert's One Pig show in my adopted home nation of Scotland.
In fact, we'll be touring around the whole country in what is sure to be a crazy adventure. We will be documenting extensively with audio and video recordings (and some old school filming, which should be brilliant), and we're especially lucky to be able to fly to Shetland to play in the brand new concert hall in Lerwick – Mareel.
The tour will debut at Tramway in Glasgow, before visiting Dundee, Inverness, Shetland, Edinburgh, Dunfermline, and Banchory. Food partners will include The Bungo Bar and Kitchen in Glasgow and The Gardener's Cottage & Black Bo's in Edinburgh. This is a Lucky Frame production and is supported by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
Full tour dates:
3rd – Glasgow, Tramway
4th – Dundee, Dundee Rep Theatre
5th – Inverness, Bogbain Farm
7th – Shetland, Mareel
8th – Edinburgh, Queen's Hall
9th – Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall
10th – Banchory, Woodend Barn (Sound Festival)
For more information you can visit onepigscotland.com. Hope to see you there!
It will come as no surprise to followers of this blog that I have been touring with the incredible Matthew Herbert on the amazing One Pig show. It has been one of the most rewarding artistic and professional experiences of my career – we've played at venues from London to Tokyo, and the rest of the group (Tom Skinner, Hugh Jones, Sam Beste, and Dilip Harris) are out of this world.
So it's with great pleasure that I can announce that One Pig is coming to my (adopted) home of Scotland for a seven-date tour. We will be starting in Glasgow, working our way up to Shetland, and finishing off in Aberdeenshire.
Spread the word, and come to a show near you! I will of course be playing my bizarre and intriguing "Sty Harp", and every show will be accompanied by local chefs cooking delicious pork. What's not to like?
For more information about the show, check onepigscotland.com. It's quite a treat.
The dates:
3rd – Glasgow, Tramway
4th – Dundee, Dundee Rep Theatre
5th – Inverness, Bogbain Farm
7th – Shetland, Mareel
8th – Edinburgh, Queen's Hall
9th – Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall
10th – Banchory, Woodend Barn (Sound Festival)
I'm super excited to be headed off to Manchester today to play the One Pig show with Matthew Herbert at FutureEverything. Show details are here. This follows on from recent gigs at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, SOS48 in Murcía Spain, and at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. It's been an amazing adventure, and I'm looking forward to more. Coming up we also have Brighton on Monday the 21st of May, and then two shows in Portugal at the end of June.
Here's a video someone took from the crowd in Spain…
Here's a trailer for some upcoming Matthew Herbert One Pig shows…we've been doing loads of gigs around Germany and France, and in the coming weeks we are hitting up England, Spain, and Portugal, with a show in Poland in August too.
The footage in this video comes from our debut Royal Opera House show, which seems like ages ago now!
Come see us in Murcia (5 May), London (9 May), Manchester (18 May), or Brighton (21 May), and be sure to say hello.
Here's a short video from Reuters about the One Pig project I'm involved in. It goes into some background of the album, as well as the live show and the styharp, together with some footage of us rehearsing for our recent show at Cafe Oto.
You can also check out this great review of the gig from Clash Music and see a lovely gallery of photos here.
Next week I'm headed back out with Matthew Herbert and company to do some more One Pig Live shows. I've spent the last few days tweaking the Sty Harp and I'm looking forward to the gigs!
The dates and places are:
November 17th, Berghain, Berlin info in English, German
November 18th, STRP Festival, Eindhoven info in English, Dutch
November 25th, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels info in Flemish, French, English
December 2nd, Club Silencio, Paris the internet is curiously devoid of information on this one
December 3rd, Gaswerk, Zurich
Let me know if you'll be coming along, hope to see you there.
Over the last few weeks, in addition to doing some exciting things at Lucky Frame, I've been on the road with Matthew Herbert for his One Pig tour. As I mentioned in a previous post, I've built an interactive musical pig sty for his show, and I'm performing it onstage with him (and an incredible band made up of Sam Beste, Tom Skinner, and Hugh Jones).
We've only done three shows in the past few weeks, but they have all been brilliant. The first was in Bolzano, Italy, for Transart. We played in a giant abandoned aluminium factory on the outskirts of town. It was a packed show, and the chef on stage (fittingly named Hannes Pignater) made some amazing bacon with leek and apple. The venue also provided us with a recently butchered pig's head, which was…um…interesting…
A couple of photos of you, which show Matthew testing out the styharp during the soundcheck and a picture from the show:
After a quick stop back in Scotland, where I spent the day working on the Man High Mixer project that you can read about over on the Lucky Frame website, I headed off to Japan with the band for two shows in Tokyo. It was an incredible trip (despite the giant typhoon that hit the day we arrived). The crowds were great, the staff at Liquid Room was brilliant, and the food was delicious.
We have a few more gigs scheduled, and more are being booked all of the time. For the moment it looks like the next three gigs will be:
17 November, Berlin
18 November, Eindhoven (STRP Festival)
25 November, Brussels
And there are more to come!
A few months ago I was very lucky to meet musician/producer extraordinaire Matthew Herbert in person and learn about his exciting One Pig project. For this album Matthew recorded a single pig's life "from birth to plate" and constructed an album out of the resultant sounds.
The Independent recently published an article about the album, read it here to learn all about the concept and motivation behind it all.
I'm extremely excited to now be a part of the live show for this album. Over the next few months I'll be touring with Matthew as part of a five-piece band, playing a brand new controller/instrument built especially for the show – the StyHarp!
As the name suggests, the StyHarp is designed to mimic a pig sty, and is used in the show to trigger, control, and effect sounds in real time by pulling, plucking, and twisting the strings. It's a very physical thing to play, which is part of the fun. I don't have any great video footage of it in action, so you'll have to make do with this hilarious video of me jamming with the band during rehearsals:
Our first show is this Friday September 2nd in London, at the Royal Opera House as part of the Deloitte Ignite Festival. As of this writing there are about 30 tickets remaining, so if you'd like to come you should book quickly! Otherwise we'll be playing shows in the following weeks and months in Bolzano Italy, Tokyo, Eindhoven, Brussels, possibly Germany and Poland, and maybe more. I will post when I get more details, of course.
If you're interested in the background and building of the StyHarp, keep on reading! Some technical details ahead…
When Matthew and I first started thinking about what we wanted to make for his show, we were certain that we wanted something physical, something with resistance and response, something that looked strange, perhaps even frightening, and evoked the themes present in the One Pig album. We wanted to be able to have direct control over sound, but also wanted something with a life of its own. The musicality and the theatrics had to be on equal footing. All of these things led me to want to make something with strings, something big and something that would take effort to play.
The main component of the StyHarp is the string sensors, which are ripped from Gametrak controllers. These gadgets are a sort of proto-Kinect, designed for PCs and game consoles. They were marketed as 3D motion trackers, and packaged mostly with golf games (with comical miniature golf clubs) and sold only in the UK from 2000-2006 or so. To use a Gametrak the player wears a pair of gloves which are connected to a base station with some wire (which looks suspiciously like orange fishing line). Inside the base station these two lines each go into a spool, which is connected by a few gears to a standard potentiometer. The potentiometer thus turns as the wire is pulled in and out. The wire is also fed through an X-Y joystick-style potentiometer. The result is that the distance and location relative to the base station can be tracked with startling accuracy, all using technology that has been around for over a hundred years. Pretty great, huh? It's a wonder no one thought of designing a controller like this for the Atari or the Binatone TV Master.
Many thanks to Jung In Jung and Martin Parker for introducing me to the Gametrak and for helping me track down a few extra for this project!
So the design we settled on for the StyHarp called for 12 Gametrak strings (four per side, three sides), thus six Gametraks. Each Gametrak has a USB output, but it turns out that only the XBox and PC versions of the Gametrak can be used as a HI Device (and the XBox version requires a little hacking even to do that), so it quickly became apparent that I would not be able to just plug them all into my computer. However, Jon (aka Lucky Frame partner in crime) suggested I tap into the outputs directly from the potentiometers, and plug them into an Arduino, thus bypassing the Gametrak's USB circuitry altogether. That worked great! However….each Gametrak has six parameters (x, y, and distance for each), which means I needed 36 analog inputs, and the Arduino only supports 6. Even the Arduino Mega only supports 16! So I decided to use the Arduino Mux Shield from Mayhew Labs. This lets me have up to 48 analog inputs, which are multiplexed through the digital pins in some way that I don't understand.
During the early stages of development (i.e., three weeks ago) I was planning on using the Gametraks in a fairly un-hacked form. This was because the models that I had bought did not seem all that conducive to hacking – the gearing was more or less separated from the wire spools, and it seemed like a headache. Some people have done it (including this guy, who used it to build a Gametrak-based Ondes Martenot), but it didn't seem worth it to me. However, I ended up finding a few later model Gametraks, apparently released in 2006, which use a slightly different construction which lends itself to hacking – in fact, the whole reel, gearing, and potentiometer setup is tightly packaged into individual and completely separate little boxes! It's amazing. So I found a bunch of these and ripped them apart, and I had all the sensors I needed. I was even able to hack out the little connector wires that they use. If this interests you, be sure to find the ones that have rounded ends like this.
To connect everything to the Arduino I'm using 1/4″ stereo jack cables. This is partially because I had a loom kicking about my studio, but also because it is an affordable and robust connector, and venues are generally guaranteed to have a bunch of them just in case. I therefore attached two female connectors to each set of wires which connect to the Gametrak sensors, and I built a patchbay box for my Arduino.
On the software end, the Arduino is communicating through USB using a serial data system built by Jon in Processing. This is much more robust than the software provided by Mayhew Labs, which kept on crashing because of the load of data coming through…Jon implemented a brilliant call-response system which eliminated all crashing. Go go Lucky Frame! So Jon's utility is sending all the data via OSC into Max/MSP, where I've built a flexible patch for sending MIDI notes and controls to Ableton Live, where all of the sound processing and triggering is going on. The sounds are all original recordings from the One Pig album, and they are triggered by pulling or plucking the strings. Twisting and pulling the strings then control other effects like delays, filters, and so on.
The Gametraks are all connected to stands using plumbing fixtures, and the strings are pulled out to connect across and create the fence. I'll be inside the sty for much of the show, playing the strings, and I'll be joined at one point by the rest of the band…but I won't give away the ending.
It's loads of fun to play, and I'm really looking forward to the shows. Come by if you can, and as usual get in touch if you have any questions.


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The absence of 2012 winner Bradley Wiggins from the field means the race is wide open to emerge triumphant at this year's Paris-Nice, which gets underway on Sunday.
This will be the 71st edition of the Race to the Sun, which marks the start of the European cycling season and provides a hint of what might be to come on the Tour de France before attentions turn towards the spring classics.
Wiggins has opted not to defend his title as he focuses on preparing for the Giro d'Italia, but there are no shortage of potential winners heading into a race that is tailored initially for sprinters before finishing with a mountain time trial on the Col-d'Eze on March 10.
David Millar of Garmin-Sharp, a winner of the prologue back in 2007, is one of the few British riders competing with Wiggins not there, although he will be performing a supporting role to the team's leading contender Andrew Talansky.
"It's a very difficult one, the first big stage race of the year and the weather's generally not that conducive to cycling," Millar told Cyclingnews.
Established names such as Tom Boonen, Alessandro Petacchi and Heinrich Haussler have won stages on Paris-Nice before and will be contenders if they can make an impression on the opening days.
But the chance could be there for others, such as Nicolas Roche of Ireland, who is the leading contender for a Saxo-Tinkoff team that does not feature Alberto Contador.
"I have ambitions, I don't want to disappoint," Roche, the son of former Paris-Nice and Tour de France winner Stephen Roche, told 20Minutes.
"If I can get on to the podium, then all the better. I am targeting the top five."
After finishing fifth overall last year and being crowned best young rider, American Tejay Van Garderen will lead a BMC team that has earmarked the race as a primary objective for the season.
He will be ably supported by world champion Philippe Gilbert, who is using the week to step up preparations for the upcoming Milan-SanRemo.
"This race is one of the nicest on the calendar and also a very important one to step up my condition with a hard week on the bike," the Belgian said.
"I hope to do a nice prologue and give my best to protect Tejay."
Another BMC rider, Cadel Evans, does not feature as he focuses instead on the Tirreno-Adriatico, but there will nevertheless be a strong Australian representation at the starting line, including Haussler, Mark Renshaw, Simon Gerrans and Richie Porte.
Other names to look out for include Katusha's Denis Menchov and Italy's Ivan Basso.
Cannondale rider Basso will be competing for the first time in 2013 after snow put paid to last weekend's Gran Premio di Lugano, where he was supposed to feature.
"The most important thing will be how I feel, not results," said Basso, playing down his prospects.
"I'm working towards the Giro and every race is a good chance to improve my condition."
Basso will be itching for the race to begin, particularly after the stress of his recent involvement as a witness in the Operation Puerto trial of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes in Madrid.
The race begins with a 2.9 km individual time trial in Houilles in the Paris suburbs on Sunday, and will be followed by three largely flat stages designed for bunch-sprint finales.
Seven categorised climbs feature on stage four before stage five concludes atop La Montagne de Lure, where Contador won in 2009.
Stage six will follow another undulating route before the testing mountain time trial conclusion at Eze just to the east of Nice.


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Both the mandate of the Mission and the resolution establishing it prejudged the outcome of any investigation and gave legitimacy to the Hamas terrorist organization.
(Communicated by the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson)
Israel did not feel able to cooperate with the Fact Finding Mission because its mandate was clearly one-sided and ignored the thousands of Hamas missile attacks on civilians in southern Israel that made the Gaza Operation necessary. Both the mandate of the Mission and the resolution establishing it prejudged the outcome of any investigation, gave legitimacy to the Hamas terrorist organization and disregarded the deliberate Hamas strategy of using Palestinian civilians as cover for launching terrorist attacks.
The unbalanced nature of the resolution establishing the Mission was the reason that so many States on the Council, including all member states of the European Union, Switzerland, Canada, Korea and Japan, did not support it, and why many distinguished individuals, including former High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, refused invitations to head the Mission.
Notwithstanding its reservations, Israel will read the Report carefully – as it does with all reports prepared by international and national organizations. Israel is committed to acting fully in accordance with international law and to examining any allegations of wrongdoing by its own forces. To date, the IDF has opened investigations into over 100 allegations regarding the conduct of its forces during the Gaza Operation. While most of these investigations were closed because the allegations were found baseless, 23 criminal investigations were opened and are still pending.


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Yes that's right, Love and Capes for free, and I'm not talking about Free Comic Book Day this time. The first three issues of Love and Capes are now available for digital download from Wowio. So if you want to check out comicsdom's favorite superhero romantic comedy (said safely since I believe I'm the only one) check them out online.
And, as time goes on, I'll probably post the Raider series, "Long Distance", maybe even "Women Do and Say…"


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I am a beginner in network programming..
i follow stevens and implementing UDP server with reliability.
i have a question.
when a child is forked what happens to parent socket fd in child ...? i read that they get inherited that means we have two copies of socket fd in parent and child ?? do we need to close the inherited parent socket fd in child (stevens code doesnt do that)
how does one close parent fds in child (using close () ??) but not the socket on which the client request arrived ( i should keep this open)?
If i am being naive..please excuse me.
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22 June 2011 News Digest
Kyrgyzstan violence: Osh unrest remembered one year on
10 June
Kyrgyzstan has marked one year since sectarian violence ravaged the south of the country, leaving hundreds dead.
President Roza Otunbayeva, whose government has been criticised for not tackling ongoing tension, said she took moral responsibility for the unrest. But she told the BBC that Kyrgyzstan had achieved a lot in the past year - including holding a free election. Some 470 people died in four days of clashes between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in the south of the country. Hundreds of people were injured and thousands of homes destroyed in four days of violence, mainly around the cities of Osh and Jalalabad. The unrest followed weeks of turmoil after the ousting of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in a mass uprising in April 2010. To mark the anniversary, Ms Otunbayeva unveiled a marble statue in Osh depicting two women weeping and embracing - one from the Uzbek community, the other an ethnic Kyrgyz. "We took the moral responsibility for the clashes, for all the tragic events of 2010. We're not going to run away from that," she told the BBC's Central Asian service. She said the country's major achievment had been holding a free and fair election for the first time in 20 years of independence from the Soviet Union. "Two days of debates in parliament have shown that we are not at war between clans - we have discussed under one roof all together those tragic, very bloody events," she said. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International both warned this week that Kyrgyzstan has not tackled the divisions between Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities. The groups said failure to deliver justice for the killings could spark more violence. Most of those killed were ethnic Uzbeks, but Amnesty says the authorities have targeted ethnic Uzbeks in their investigations. Elaman Myrzabek-uulu, an ethnic Kyrgyz from Osh, told Reuters news agency relations between the groups "ought to be better". The 17-year-old volunteers in an unarmed vigilante team helping the police to keep order in Osh, but said he was concerned there were no Uzbeks among them. "Uzbeks are not open for contact. They do not trust us, although I aided Uzbeks during the June events," he said. (BBC)
Azerbaijan seeks defense industry training
10 June
Azerbaijan is establishing a department at the Azerbaijan Technical University to train staff for industries overseen by the Ministry of Defense. Military specialist Azeri army Col.-Lt. Uzeir Jafarov said establishing a separate department for training cadres in the defense industry is an important step. "The Ministry of Defense Industry is a new structure and surely this structure will always need for capable specialists," Jafarov told the Trend news agency. "This ministry has already formed a definite opinion about itself. It represents Azerbaijan at international exhibitions and events. "We should think about the future of professional staff because today's professionals have been educated in Soviet times. Today, both the central office of the ministry and military enterprises in this field need modern technology specialists. If this potential of professionals is absent, in future we may face great difficulties."
Azeri military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, have said that Baku wants to become more self-reliant in terms of weaponry as Azeri military planners are greatly concerned that Russian and Western suppliers of military equipment could halt shipments if the Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia reignited. (UPI)
Roadside bomb kills 15 in southern afghanistan
11 June
Afghan authorities say a roadside bomb has hit a bus in southern Afghanistan, killing 15 people, including eight children, as a report from the United Nations said May was the deadliest month for civilians in the country since the UN mission began compiling statistics. The Interior Ministry says the attack took place today in the Arghandab district of Kandahar Province. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said it had documented 368 "conflict-related" civilian deaths in May this year and 593 civilian injuries. "More civilians were killed in May than in any other month since 2007 when UNAMA began documenting civilian casualties," said Georgette Gagnon, the UNAMA Director for Human Rights. "We are very concerned that civilian suffering will increase even more over the summer fighting season which historically brings the highest numbers of civilian casualties. Parties to the conflict must increase their efforts to protect civilians now," she said in a statement. (RFE/RL)
China, Kazakhstan eye doubling of trade
13 June
China and Kazakhstan on Monday signed a strategic partnership deal and vowed to double trade as President Hu Jintao visited the energy-rich Central Asian state to tighten already close ties. Hu held talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on the first leg of a tour of three ex-Soviet states which China hopes will result in a slew of new energy deals and increase its influence in the region. "We are entering a new level of partnership and this is a solid basis. It completely meets the interests of our countries," Nazarbayev said after the strategic partnership agreement was signed. "Development of such relaions is not a union and is not targeted against a third country," the text of the joint statement released later on Monday said, adding that the Sino-Kazakh partnership serves as a foregn policy priority for both countries. Nazarbayev said that last year trade volume exceeded $20 billion and in the first quarter of this year turnover already exceeded $5 billion. Hu said that by 2015 the two sides now planned to "increase trade turnover to $40 billion". Kazakhstan's vast energy and metal reserves are hugely attractive for neighbouring energy-hungry China and Nazarbayev also said that a previous accord to deliver Kazakh nuclear fuel to China would be implemented this year. China over the last years has also been pumping billions of dollars of investment into the Kazakh economy. Mining giant Kazakhmys signed a memorandum of understanding Monday with the China Development Bank for a $1.5 billion credit to develop the Aktogay copper mine in the east of Kazakhstan. "This funding will allow us to develop Aktogay and yet retain full ownership of the asset," said Oleg Novachuk, chief executive of Kazakhmys. In a packed week-long programme, Hu will attend a regional summit here in the Kazakh capital Astana, visit Russia for talks with its leaders and a top economic forum and end with a stop in Ukraine. On Wednesday the Chinese president is due attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Group (SCO) -- a regional security group seen as a rival of NATO -- at a meeting that will also include the Russian and Iranian presidents, Dmitry Medvedev and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Hu is hoping his visit to Russia will see the signature of a massive contract for state-controlled giant Gazprom to deliver gas from western Siberia to China for the next 30 years. The two sides last year already signed an initial agreement for the deal, which would mark a breakthrough for Gazprom's goal of reducing its dependence on European customers for its supplies.
Officials have expressed hope the deal could be signed at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum this week, where Hu is to be the guest of honour. However the Interfax news agency quoted a source as saying last week that talks had reached a "critical stage" due to a last-minute dispute over pricing. In Ukraine, which is energy-poor compared with Kazakhstan and Russia, Hu will be looking to further bolster China's influence in the strategic nation which it has quietly but significantly cultivated in recent years. (AFP)
Azerbaijani FM Visits Georgia
13 June
Georgia and Azerbaijan "have no problems" in bilateral relations, Grigol Vashadze, the Georgian foreign minister, said after meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Tbilisi on June 13. "Georgia and Azerbaijan, which are strategic partners, try to push already close ties to a new stage," he said at a joint news conference with the Azerbaijani counterpart. The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, who pays a two-day visit to Georgia on June 13-14, said that there "are less and less controversial issues in our bilateral agenda" and that relations were "more cooperative one in all spheres." Elmar Mammadyarov also met with Georgian Parliamentary Chairman Davit Bakradze and plans a meeting with President Saakashvili. Georgia and Azerbaijan have yet to agree on border demarcation. Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, Davit Jalagania, said in an interview with Tbilisi-based Russian-language Novosti Gruzya news agency in April that the two countries had agreed 66% of joint border. He said that it was "difficult process" and no immediate breakthrough was expected. He, however, also said that there was a political will from the both side to resolve the issue. (Civil Georgia)
Kazakhstan's parliament rejects NATO deal on Afghanistan
15 June
Kazakhstan's parliament has decided to abstain from joining the NATO-led international coalition in Afghanistan, a member of the lower house said on Wednesday. Nurtai Sabilyanov said the parliament would not consider a bill on ratifying the agreement with NATO at its joint session. "Given the opinion of the senate and the public, the Majilis [lower house] will return the agreement to the government and it will have no legal effect because of the non-ratification by parliament," Sabilyanov said. Majilis ratified the agreement with NATO on May 18 but the upper house turned the bill down on June 9 pending a decision from a joint parliamentary session. "We must not send [our] military to Afghanistan, it is clear to all," he said. On May 22, the Taliban circulated a statement warning Kazakhstan that if it sends troops to support the NATO contingent in Afghanistan, it would bear serious consequences as it contradicts the interests of all countries in the region. The Kazakh Foreign Ministry then said that it was only going to send four officers into the International Security Assistance Force. The international coalition in Afghanistan includes 47 nations, with 19 of them not NATO members and six of them belonging to the Organization of the Islamic Conference. (RIA Novosti)
Dagestan imam is latest moderate Muslim murder victim
15 June
Concern is growing for prominent moderate Muslims in Russia's Dagestan region after an imam was shot dead days after the killing of an academic. Unidentified gunmen shot Ashurlav Kurbanov near his mosque in the northern village of Mikheyevka, investigators said. Maksud Sadikov, rector of an Islamic college in the regional capital Makhachkala, was killed last week. Attacks on moderate clerics have been blamed on Islamist separatists.
Two imams were also shot dead in April and between 13 and 50 Islamic religious leaders are said by observers to have been killed violently in the North Caucasus in recent years. Sadikov had been rector of the Institute of Theology and International Relations since 2003. He had sought to promote "good education" as a non-violent weapon in the fight against religious extremism. One of the Sufi Muslim's projects was a translation of the Koran into Russian. Regional analyst Alexei Malashenko told The Moscow News there was a civil war under way within Islam in the North Caucasus. "Islamic radicals' targets are the most powerful, the most influential, most educated people among traditional Islam," he said. Dagestan has been gripped by an Islamist insurgency since 1999, when militants backed by fighters from neighbouring Chechnya launched an offensive against Russian control. (BBC)
Tajikistan upset by 'US invasion' video game
17 June
A video game depicting a fictional US and Chinese invasion of Tajikistan to prevent an Islamist takeover has upset the Central Asian nation after apparently touching a raw nerve. A member of parliament called the game creators on Friday "foes" with a "sick fantasy," as he urged parliament to ban sale of the videogame "Operation Flashpoint: Red River." "This computer game is a result of sick fantasy by Tajikistan's foes, who dream that our country will remain in the abyss of constant conflicts," said Davlatali Davlatzoda, a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party.
"It is painful and horrible to watch how our villages and cities are being destroyed as a result of anti-extremist actions by the Chinese and the Americans," he said. "Our country will have presidential elections in 2013 and I am deeply convinced that certain forces cannot calmly watch how they will take place," he said. According to the plot of the game released in Europe in April, the US forces spill over from the neighbouring Afghanistan to prevent Islamic militants from taking power in Tajikistan in 2013. China's People's Liberation Army enters Tajikistan to battle American dominance, according to the fictional videogame plot. (AFP)
Tajik religious figure slams bill banning kids from mosque
17 June
A prominent Tajik religious leader and former deputy prime minister has criticized a parental-responsibilities law as being "openly against the will of God," RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. The legislation, which was submitted to parliament by President Emomali Rahmon and approved by the lower house of parliament on June 15, bans children under the age of 18 from attending prayers in mosques. It must still be approved by the upper house and signed by the president before going into effect. Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda told RFE/RL that under the legislation, parents whose underage children are caught attending prayers would be held legally responsible for allowing them to do so.
Turajonzoda also criticized an amendment to Tajikistan's criminal code approved by parliament on June 15 that makes the opening of illegal religious schools punishable by between five and 12 years in jail. Previously, running such illegal schools incurred only an administrative punishment or a fine. During parliamentary debate on June 15, Education Minister Abdujabbor Rahmonov reminded deputies that the draft ban on kids in mosques proposed by Rahmon was published several months ago for public discussion. Only two parliament deputies -- both from the opposition Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan of which Turajonzoda is a former deputy chairman -- criticized the draft law and opposed it.The authorities are increasingly concerned about young people coming under the influence of religious extremists. More than 1,200 young Tajiks were constrained to abandon their studies at Islamic universitites and madrasahs abroad after Rahmon "advised" their parents last summer that such students should return to Tajikistan to continue their education. (RFE/RL)
KazMunayGaz dismisses protestors at its production unit
17 June
Exploration and Development KazMunayGaz announced about development of situation in connection with the protest action in its production unit OzenMunayGaz in Zhanozen Region. Part of OzenMunayGaz workers are striking. Meanwhile, the number of protestors is reducing. Loss in production has amounted to roughly 85,000 tons since the very beginning of protest actions. Major reason is that service and repair of wells and field technique became complicated due to absence of part of the special technique. Impact on the company's annual production directly depends on term of rehabilitation of stable production activities here. The company thinks that the protesters' demands are unfounded. It was confirmed by the court decision on May 24, 2011. The protest was illegal. The company began dismissing protestors in accordance with the Labor Code for violation of labor discipline.
Exploration and Development KazMunayGaz stresses its readiness to review the dispute within the procedures provided by the legislation, including through participation of arbitration commission. However, it can be possible only after full cessation of illegal protests and rehabilitation work. Representatives of OzenMunayGaz Trades Union were informed of that in a meeting with the company's senior management in Astana on June 13. (Trend)
Tajikistan charges BBC reporter with extremism
18 June
Tajikistan on Saturday charged a BBC reporter with membership of a banned Islamist group, after his arrest sparked global concern that he was being persecuted merely for opposing the regime. Urunbay Usmonov, a correspondent for the BBC's Central Asia service, was arrested on suspicion of membership of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is outlawed in the secular Muslim states of ex-Soviet Central Asia. A criminal investigation has been opened against him "for participation in an extremist group," the Tajik state committee for national security told AFP in a statement.
"The initial investigation, based on witness testimony and evidence, confirms Usmonov's membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir," it said. It added that Usmonov allegedly had long maintained contact with Hizb ut-Tahrir figures and distributed its materials with the aim of bringing about a "violent seizure of power and change in the constitutional makeup of Tajikistan." The BBC, which gives Usmonov's age as 59, has said it "has no reason to believe these allegations" and also noted that Usmonov's family has said he appeared to have been beaten up by the Tajik security services. The British embassy has urged Dushanbe to clarify the situation while the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has said his arrest "raises concerns about undue limitations on free expression." Global media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said there is "little doubt" that Usmonov was arrested for his journalistic activities, noting that he has been unafraid to report on sensitive subjects like Tajikistan's controversial Rogun Dam project. "Using the fight against extremism in order to crack down on dissidents is standard practice in Tajikistan," it said in a statement. "So far, it is the police who have behaved illegally in this case." Freedom House meanwhile called for Usmonov's immediate release, saying the Tajik authorities "have a history of using the fight against extremism as an excuse to crack down on voices of dissent." Usmonov has worked for the last decade for the BBC's Uzbek-language operation. Turkic-speaking Uzbeks form the largest minority in Tajikistan, whose national language is derived from Persian. Hizb ut-Tahrir was founded in the 1950s in the Middle East and advocates the establishment of an Islamic "caliphate" across Muslim Central Asia, although its members insist they believe this should be achieved by peaceful means. It appeared in Central Asia around a decade ago and its attempts to recruit new members and its distribution of anti-government literature has worried the authorities, particularly in Tajikistan, the poorest state of the former Soviet Union. In the past decade, Tajikistan has convicted some 500 men and women for membership of Hizb ut-Tahrir. This year alone, 40 have been jailed. (AFP)
U.S. conducting 'outreach' talks with Taliban, Gates says
19 June
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that the State Department, in tandem with other countries, has been conducting preliminary "outreach" talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Gates told CNN television that "these contacts are very preliminary at this point." He stressed it was crucial to determine "who really represents the Taliban" before jumping into talks with parties claiming to represent Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.
Earlier, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the United States was in contact with the Taliban over a possible end to the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan. (RFE/RL)
Police in Dagestan kill militant involved in numerous terrorist crimes
19 June
A militant involved in numerous terrorist crimes was killed on Sunday in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAK) said. Shamil Payzullayev, nicknamed "Abdusalam", was killed in Reduktorniy village near to Dagestani capital of Makhachkala in one of an apartments blocked by police, when he was trying to put up armed resistance. "[Payzullayev] assisted in a transportation of potential suicide bombers, who were intended to conduct a terrorist attack on 2011 new year's night in Moscow," the NAK statement said. "'Abdusalam' was also involved in a number of terrorist crimes, extortion, killings of civilians [imams, businessmen] and the military." He was also a leader of the so-"izberbashskaya" subversive and terrorist group, NAK said. More that a decade after the end of a federal war against separatists in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Russian security forces continue to fight militants in other regions in the area, who stage frequent attacks on security forces, police and civilians. (RIA Novosti)
Police prevents unsanctioned rally of Azerbaijani opposition
19 June
Attempts of the so-called Public Chamber, which unites several opposition parties, to hold a rally at the square near the square in front of the Narimanov cinema on Sunday failed. At 17:30, a group of opposition leaders wanted to hold an unsanctioned rally, Trend correspondent reported from the scene. Police prevented the unsanctioned rally.
If the rally, scheduled for June 19, is held on the territory, allowed by executive power of Baku city, the police will provide security of participants. The executive power of Baku city proposes to hold a protest in the Bibi Heybat settlement, in a residential area on the 20th site. The coordinating council of the so-called Public Chamber decided to hold an unsanctioned rally June 19 on the square in front of the Narimanov cinema. (Trend)
Per Capita GDP in Kazakhstan to reach 15,000
20 June
Per capita GDP in Kazakhstan will reach $15,000 by 2016, the President Nursultan Nazarbayev said. "By 2016 Kazakhstan should enter the group of countries with high personal income levels. The per capita GDP should grow to $15,000," Nazarbayev said at the Saint-Petersburg Economic Forum on Saturday. The transcript of the president's speech was circulated by his press office. He said that in 2010 Kazakhstan had adopted a Strategic Development Plan until 2020, which defined the key areas to be modernized during the decade. According to Nazarbayev, until 2015 the country plans to implement around 500 projects with a total cost of about $80 billion and create 200,000 new permanent jobs. "We will make every effort to make Kazakhstan a regional trade, logistics and business hub as well as a Central Asian center of knowledge. This will enhance economic cooperation between countries and improve living standards in our country and the whole region," he said. (Interfax)
Georgia Recognizes 'Circassian Genocide'
20 June
Georgia became the first country to recognize 19th century massacre and deportations of Circassians by the Tsarist Russia in the northwest Caucasus as "genocide". The Georgian Parliament passed on May 20 with 90 votes to 0 a resolution saying that "pre-planned" mass killings of the Circassians by the Tsarist Russia in second half of 19th century, accompanied by "deliberate famine and epidemics", should be recognized as "genocide" and those deported during those events from their homeland, should be recognized as "refugees." "This [decision] is not directed against the Russian people," Giorgi Gabashvili, a senior ruling party lawmaker, said during the discussion of the draft at the parliamentary session on May 20. "The Russian people should not be permanently living under the burden imposed on them by their leaders in the 19th century, 20th century and 21st century," he added. Another senior ruling party lawmaker Givi Targamadze said that the Parliament should also consider "situation surrounding other peoples" of the North Caucasus. "This process will lead us to a powerful and a significant Caucasian unity," MP Givi Targamadze, who chairs parliamentary committee for defense and security, said. The only lawmaker who spoke against the resolution during the parliamentary debates on May 20 was MP Jondi Bagaturia, who said that although "it is impossible not to show solidarity towards the Circassian people," emotions should be put aside. "Will not it look unfair in respect of Armenians?" MP Bagaturia said, referring to multiple requests from Georgia's Armenian community to recognize the massacre of Armenians in Ottoman Empire as genocide. Such appeals, made by the Armenian community almost every year in April, remain unheeded by the Georgian lawmakers. A lawmaker from the ruling party, Nugzar Tsiklauri, who chairs parliamentary committee for diaspora and Caucasian issues, responded that linking these two issues was inappropriate. He said that Armenia and Turkey, "Georgia's two friendly nations", would address differences in the process of "a positive dialogue". He said that Georgia's meddling in this process would mean "playing unclear and unjustified role."Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM), which is a leading party in the parliamentary minority group, did not voice its position during the debates. MP Giorgi Akhvlediani of CDM told Civil.ge after the vote that his party abstained from voting because the decision was taken too hastily and the decision might be inappropriate from the political point of view. The ruling party lawmakers first announced about the intention to consider possibly of recognizing mass killings of Circassians as genocide in April, 2010. The announcement was made a month after Tbilisi hosted a conference, Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The Circassians & the Peoples of the North Caucasus Between Past and Future. The conference was organized by Washington-based Jamestown Foundation and Tbilisi-based Ilia State University's International School for Caucasus Studies with the participants including, among others, representatives of Circassian diaspora. At the end of the conference, on March 21, 2010 participants made an appeal to the Georgian Parliament requesting to recognize deportations and massacre of Circassians more than a century ago as genocide. (Civil Georgia)
Kazakh woman dies after self-immolation
21 June
A Kazakh woman who set herself on fire in front of the ruling Nur-Otan party's headquarters in Astana on June 20 has died, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. Interior Minister Qalmukhamet Qasymov told journalists on June 21 that the woman was hospitalized with burns over 95 percent of her body and died later in an Astana clinic. Qasymov said the woman was protesting her son's 10-year imprisonment for a drugs-related crime. The woman disagreed with the verdict and had appealed to other courts and the presidential Nur-Otan party asking for help to mitigate her son's punishment. The woman's name has not been made public. Nur-Otan officials were not immediately available for comment. (RFE/RL)
Caspian legal status may be completed next year
21 June
If some countries show flexibility, work on the preparation of the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea will be completed next year, Iranian Presidential Adviser Mohammad Mehdi Akhundzadeh was quoted by the ISNA as saying. Akhundzadeh met with journalists and spoke about the agenda of the forthcoming round of negotiations on the convention. He said the meeting will be held in Moscow in a month and will focus on the work on the coordination of the legal status of the Caspian Sea. He added that significant progress was stressed at the last meeting. He thinks that the Moscow meeting will accelerate the development of decisions. As to finalizing the legal status of the Caspian Sea, Akhundzadeh expressed confidence that if some countries show a little flexibility, it will be possible next year. The consultations are under way on this issue. In November 2003, the Caspian countries signed the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea.
In July 1998 Russia and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on the delineation of the northern part of the Caspian Sea in order to exercise sovereign rights for subsoil use.
On Nov. 29, 2001, and Feb. 27, 2003, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed an agreement on the delineation of the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement on the delineation of adjacent sections of the Caspian Sea on May 14, 2003. (Trend)
Georgian Opposition leader criticizing Georgia's involvement in operation in Afghanistan
21 August
The Georgian opposition Labor Party has urged the parents of military servicemen not to let their sons go to Afghanistan as "mercenary invaders." "Many NATO countries do not send their servicemen to Afghanistan. Moreover, the alliance members are withdrawing their troops from this country, but despot Saakashvili [Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili] is making up for the shortage by our sons," Labor Party leader Kakhaber Dzagania said at a news conference on Tuesday. Meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Rome recently, President Saakashvili promised to double the number of Georgian troops in Afghanistan, he said."We are calling on the NATO leadership to decline the sending of more servicemen to Afghanistan from Georgia and decline Georgia's services in this operation at all, so as not to increase the list of Georgians killed in that country. Nine Georgians have already died there, and it's time to stop this," Dzagania said. (Interfax)
Turkish minister: Armenian-Turkish border to be opened after Azerbaijani-Armenian relations normalize
21 June
The border between Turkey and Armenia could be opened after Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands, Turkish State Minister and chief negotiator for EU talks Egemen Bagis said. Bagis said on Tuesday that Turkey and Armenia had the chance to work together in order to prevent people, nations and countries from suffering more in the future, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Bagis said that Turkey wanted "zero problem" with its neighbors, adding that Turkey also wanted its neighbors to have "zero problem" with their own neighbors, too, he said. Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward Nalbandian signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols in Zurich Oct. 10. But the protocols were not ratified in the parliaments. Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey were broken due to Armenian claims of an alleged genocide and its occupation of Azerbaijani lands. Their border closed in 1993. The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions. (Trend)
Obama to announce Afghanistan troop reduction by 30,000 by 2012 end
22 June
President Barack Obama will hold an evening address Wednesday to lay out his plans for reducing the number of US troops in Afghanistan, the White House said, dpa reported. Media reports citing unnamed officials on Tuesday said Obama would reduce the troops by 10,000 by the end of the year, and by 30,000 by the end of next year, effectively ending the surge of troops he instituted earlier in his presidency. Some 100,000 troops are currently in Afghanistan. White House spokesman Jay Carney dismissed those reports as "speculation," but declined to provide details of the president's plans or how the decision was reached. "This is the president's decision to announce," he said. In December 2009, Obama announced the buildup of US forces to combat rising violence in Afghanistan by adding some 30,000 troops. Carney said Wednesday's announcement would be consistent with the existing plan to begin the transition of security responsibility to the Afghan government and begin the possible withdrawal of US forces in July. (DPA)


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The Hill: No SS reform from Obama administration.
OK, that's not the title of the piece. The title of the piece is "Social Security reform splits White House political, economic teams." I'm merely providing a translation from the original Beltwayese. The problem is this: somebody told The Hill that Obama's advisers are broken up into two groups. The first group consists of the financial people, who are patiently explaining that Social Security is | Read More »


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If you have more than one TiVo DVR with TiVo service on your home network , you can transfer shows between the two DVRs. That way you can start watching a show in the living room and finish it in the bedroom. High-definition shows can only transfer between two HD-compatible TiVo DVRs. Standard definition shows can transfer between all Series2, HD, and Series3 DVRs. Video downloads and any shows that have been protected by the copyright holder can not be transferred. If you don't have a home network, you can directly connect two DVRs together by creating a peer-to-peer network.
|Your own music library
If you have MP3 music files on your PC or Mac, you can stream them to your network-connected TiVo DVR for playback through your TV or home entertainment system. To stream music from your PC, you will need TiVo Desktop software for PC . To stream music from your Macintosh, you will need TiVo Desktop software for Mac.
|Your photo library
If you have photos on your PC or Mac, you can use your network-connected TiVo DVR to view them on your TV. To view photos from your PC, you will need TiVo Desktop software for PC . To view photos from your Macintosh, you will need TiVo Desktop software for Mac .
When your home network is connected to your high-speed internet connection you can
|Amazon Instant Video
Using your broadband-connected TiVo DVR watch new release movies and your favorite TV shows in HD. Movies are typically available the same day they are released on DVD. TV shows are typically available within days of the original broadcast. Movie rentals are usually $2.99 or $3.99 (with HD titles only a dollar extra specials as low as 99 cents). Buy movies for $9.99 to $14.99 (with some titles as low as $5.49). TV show episodes may be purchased for as little as $1.89 each, with HD shows starting at $2.99 each. There are even shows and bonus footage you can download for free. Rentals must be viewed within 24 hours of starting playback. Rentals not started after 30 days will be deleted, and must be re-rented to view. Purchases may be kept on your TiVo DVR as long as you like. If you delete a purchase you can typically re-download it at no additional charge from your Amazon Media Library.
|Music videos
You can download thousands of FREE music videos from Music Choice directly to your broadband-connected TiVo DVR.
Rhapsody music service
With Rhapsody on TiVo you cah choose from millions of songs, search for your favorite artists, tune into continuous music on Rhapsody Channels, and build your own music library–straight from your TV using your TiVo remote control. Whether you're in the mood for classical, hip-hop, or anything in between, it's all just a few clicks away. And with a Rhapsody membership you can listen all you want without the need to buy individual songs. You can try the Rhapsody music service on your TiVo DVR free for 30 days. To continue using the service after the free trial, visit www.rhapsody.com/tivo/signup to join.
|Internet radio & podcasts
You can play your favorite audio podcasts on your broadband-connected TiVo DVR using our Podcaster feature, or listen to the world's largest Internet radio network with Live365.com. Take advantage of the great sound system on your TV or home entertainment system and relax and enjoy your favorite audio entertainment.
|View family and friends' photos from Photobucket or Picasa Web Albums on your TV
You can make your personal photos available to your family and friends to view directly on their TV using their TiVo DVR. All you need to do is create an account with www.photobucket.com or www.picasa.google.com and upload your photos. Then let your family and friends know your user name, and they can search for and view your public photos on their broadband-connected TiVo DVRs
|Home videos
You can make your personal home movies available to your family and friends to watch directly on their TV using their TiVo DVR. All you need to do is create an account with www.onetruemedia.com and upload your photos and video footage, edit and customize your movie, and receive your private channel code. Then share that code with family and friends, and they can have your new videos automatically downloaded to their broadband-connected TiVo DVRs.
Internet feeds
Some videos on the Internet are available as part of regularly updated feeds (such as RSS or video podcasts). Using TiVo Desktop Plus software on your PC, the TiVo DVR can monitor your favorite feeds for updates. When a new video is available, it will be automatically downloaded and made available on your network-connected TiVo DVR, so you can watch it on your TV instead of on a computer monitor. Get free video downloads — things not available on TV — from dozens of leading providers.
- Phone line: Connects to an existing home phone line, unless you connect an Ethernet cable to (G) or the TiVo wireless adapter to (H).
- Digital audio: Connects to your home theater system for digital sound using an optical digital audio cable. (Sold separately)
- S-Video out: Connects to a TV for a high-quality standard definition picture. It does not support high definition. Requires connecting a separate cable for audio.
- Component video out: Connects to a TV for a high definition picture. Requires connecting a separate cable for audio.
- Composite video and stereo out: Connects to a TV for a standard definition picture. Use only the white and red cables if all you need is audio for a different video source, like S-Video or Component video.
- HDMI out: Connects to a TV, A/V receiver, or home theater system for a pure digital connection that provides HD video and digital audio all in one cable.
- Ethernet: Connects to an Ethernet cable to allow your DVR to access your home network and your broadband Internet connection.
- 2 USB ports: Connects to the TiVo wireless adapter if you want to wirelessly connect to your home network and broadband internet connection.
- E-SATA: Connects to the My DVR Expander to increase recording capacity.
- Cable In: Connects to the coaxial cable in your wall that provides your cable TV programming. Satellite is not supported.
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Hi all,
First of all let me say sorry for the low quality of the initial 9.0 release. There were a lot of huge changes and it was difficult to test. Nevertheless, the app should not have gone out with so many problems, if I had known about them I never would have released it.
I HAD tested manga extensively, but then I made some changes and OBVIOUSLY didn't test enough again.
I guess most of you don't know but bitolithic only has one employee. Don't be deceived by what you have seen on twitter, sometimes the dog tries to help with the mouse but he's unreliable on his best days, useless the rest of the time.
Close to release the list of things to do just grows and grows, I spend the last two months prior to a release lying to myself that I'm almost here, just a little bit further to go, another week, maybe two. I know it's going to take longer but looking at the big picture is too daunting.
In the last week or two prior to release the work switches from coding to graphics work, writing the iTunes copy, making the screenshots and talking to the poor beta testers (they're volunteers and I love em all). It's a very hectic time and I feel I am doing four jobs and badly too.
I think I'll do some more tests and it will be ready, open Manga, check, pages show up, check, right order, one page view, two page view, zoom in, zoom out, it all works, just like last time!
It's time to get it out the door, let's do it!
Does it remember where in a comic I am? sure! open comic, scroll to halfway through, go out of the comic, go back in, same spot. Quit the app, re-start it, shows the same spot, it works!
Let's get this out to the users, they're going to love the new reading view!
The first few pages of the manga, the ones all the way at the right, didn't show up, I missed it.
The app DOES remember where in the comic you are, it saves it perfectly. But if you are reading a comic with more than 50 pages there is an optimization that, a second or two after you open the comic, causes the reading view to re-layout the pages. That re-layout made comics scroll all the way to the start again.
That is what happened, I am sorry, please know that these issues happen not because I don't care about the app, or you, or because I'm lazy. They happen for the exact opposite reasons.
A lot of you have expressed concerns about Comic Zeal asking you to log into your iTunes account the first time you start it. I never thought it would be an issue for anyone because I know WHY it is doing it, turns out it's a little sinister for some if you don't know what's going on.
If you bought Comic Zeal prior to the release of version 9 you continue to get access to all the older themes, if you buy it after you have to pay a little extra to get all the themes. Earlier versions of CZ never cared about when you bought it, this one does. It has to know if it should show you all the themes or not. To do that it asks the iPad to fetch a file that contains the version number of the first CZ you bought, most of the time the iPad then asks you to log in to your iTunes account to make sure CZ is not trying to do anything funny. The login prompt is there to protect you and it comes from iOS, not Comic Zeal.
I'm running out of room, here are the changes:
- Fixed issue with the first few pages were not shown in Manga.
- Fixed issue where the reading position wasn't saved.
- Fixed issue where the app would crash if the user zoomed in to a page, then double-taped to zoom out, then went to the next page.
- Fixed issue where the text was fuzzy in retina displays.
- If the user has set the page to fit-to-width when they exit the reading view. Next time they open the reading view their setting will be remembered.
I hope you all like this update.
Please leave a nice review
Can't believe I said it all and kept it under the 4000 character limi
App Description
Do you want the most features? the best reading experience? Comic Zeal 9 has them both. It was the first comic reader in the App Store, it's still the best.
• Organize your collection how YOU want. Put series inside series, use dividers to manage long lists.
• Automatically sorts comics into their series.
• Super fast reading view with two-page mode and assisted panning.
• Page position lock so you don't see the same borders page after page.
• Does the right thing when you rotate your device, many comics have a mixture of portrait and landscape pages.
• Lightning fast search, by comic title and tags.
• Parental lock for individual series.
For a very reasonable price you can also unlock
• Comic Finders, create smart series that show you unread comics from all over your library.
• Seven new, gorgeous themes.
• WI-Fi using a web browser on a PC or Mac.
• Drop Box, iCloud Drive, etc using iOS document sharing.
• AirDrop from a Mac.
• iTunes via USB or Wi-FI
Comic Zeal features the innovative slider, it's a pointer, a container and a toolbox, all in one. You can push stuff into it, then go anywhere in your collection and drag it out. It's an incredibly fast way to organize your comics.
With the slider you can:
• Reorder comics, put them into the slider in the order you want them, then drag them out.
• Create reading lists (by making copies of comics that don't take up any space on your device)
• Create series and dividers right in the app. Dividers are lists that can hold comics, series and even other dividers.
• Tap the 'i' info icon for comics, series and dividers. You can rename entries, sort a series or mark items as read or unread.
• When zooming, hold the gesture for half a second. Comic Zeal will lock that zoom and position when you turn the page, it's a great way to hide borders.
Comics used in the screenshots:
'Escape from Planet Nowhere', © 2010 Otis Frampton, http://planet-nowhere.com/
Please note, there is a problem with Google Drive's iOS extension that doesn't allow you to open comic and other files that they consider to be 'non-standard'. You can read more about it here: https://goo.gl/EKVRbN and here https://goo.gl/XXYRQI . You can open Comics from the Google Drive app itself using the 'Open in ...' option, just not directly from Comic Zeal.
App Changes
- June 24, 2011 New version 4.0.26
- November 15, 2011 New version 5.0.36
- February 23, 2012 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $4.99
- June 04, 2012 New version 5.1.4
- June 14, 2012 New version 5.1.7
- November 05, 2012 New version 5.1.12
- December 12, 2012 New version 5.1.14
- April 02, 2013 New version 5.1.19
- May 09, 2013 New version 5.2.0
- May 14, 2013 New version 5.2.1
- August 14, 2013 New version 5.2.5
- September 10, 2013 New version 5.2.6
- September 30, 2013 New version 6.0.19
- October 09, 2013 New version 6.0.20
- November 27, 2013 New version 6.0.25
- January 22, 2014 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
- January 27, 2014 Price increase: $3.99 -> $4.99
- June 26, 2014 New version 6.1.4
- November 25, 2014 New version 8.0.6
- December 12, 2014 New version 8.0.7
- September 14, 2015 New version 9.0.1
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Carolyn Rivera had a rough night during the Survivor: Worlds Apart finale. After learning she didn't win the game, Jeff Probst told "Mama C" moments later that she also didn't earn enough viewer votes for a spot on Survivor: Second Chance. Double bummer, huh? We talked with her on the red carpet immediately after the reunion show where Carolyn discussed which loss stings worse. Plus, she revealed why she felt the jury votes would actually be closer than they were. Hop inside this article to watch our full interview.
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He was the dead fish of Survivor: Worlds Apart, according to fellow castaway Shirin Oskooi. But when we talked one-on-one with Will Sims II at the Survivor: Worlds Apart finale red carpet, he revealed what animal Shirin should be compared to. He also explained why he does't believe Shirin deserves a spot on Survivor: Second Chance. Finally, he hilariously talked about how his family poked fun at his amazingly poor challenge performances. Remember that slide early on in the season?!?! Dive on into this article to watch our full interview. Enjoy!
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VIDEO | Survivor: Worlds Apart Finale Interview With Winner Mike HollowayMay 21, 2015 03:00:46 by Ryan Haidet
He dodged Tribal Council bullets left and right by winning Immunity challenge after challenge — and the jury rewarded him. We talked with Survivor: Worlds Apart winner Mike Holloway on the red carpet immediately after the finale in Los Angeles. During our chat, Mike reveals his thoughts on Shirin comparing him to a howler monkey and discusses his thoughts on missing out on his opportunity to compete on Survivor: Second Chance — Cambodia. You can watch our full interview inside this article!
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Survivor: Worlds Apart came to a close tonight as Mike Holloway was crowned the sole survivor and winner of a million bucks, but then there was the always fun reunion show. And guess what fans? The new cast for the second chance season was also announced tonight – did your favorite make it back? Find out inside…
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Survivor: Worlds Apart Finale Recap — The Sole Survivor Is….May 20, 2015 07:30:18 by Lisa Princ
It's been such a fun season of Survivor: Worlds Apart, that we can't even imagine it is all coming to end tonight. With five still standing, would it be Sierra, Will, Mama C, Rodney, or Mike that would be crowned the sole survivor and winner of a million big ones? Get all of the details inside!
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Amazing Race Winners Jason Case And Amy Diaz Tie The Knot…Twice!May 16, 2015 02:30:20 by Stephanie Gustafson
Jason Case and Amy Diaz are clearly putting the million dollars they scored on The Amazing Race to good use! The adorable couple recently tied the knot during a gorgeous ceremony in the Dominican Republic. They've already made it through an incredibly challenging reality TV competition with their relationship intact, so life as a married couple should be a cinch!
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The Amazing Race Finale Recap: No Dalliances In DallasMay 15, 2015 07:13:10 by Stephanie Gustafson
Thanks to a break in March, this season of The Amazing Race has seemed incredibly long. It's all coming to an end tonight, however, with the four final teams heading to Dallas in hopes of winning one million dollars. Will Mike and Rochelle manage to hang on despite their underdog status? Will Hayley and Blair continue to be the show's unlikely front runners? It's time to find out!
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Survivor: Worlds Apart Interview — Dan Foley: "CBS Did Me Dirty"May 14, 2015 02:23:39 by Ryan Haidet
His dream of becoming a Survivor contestant finally came true. After years of applying, he landed a spot on the shores of Nicaragua as one of 18 castaways competing for $1 million on Survivor: Worlds Apart. But when the show started airing, Dan Foley says his Survivor dream became a nightmare. In a season with so much time focused on nastiness instead of strategy, Dan found himself a target of backlash from viewers and fellow castaways. In my one-on-one interview with Dan, he says CBS did him wrong and addresses all the drama. Plus, does he think Shirin Oskooi deserves to compete on Survivor: Second Chance next season? All that and so much more inside!
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Playing GamesAdult Text Games can be played in a couple of different ways. You can either play them online, or you can download the games and play them in an application designed for running text adventure games.
For a list of available games, visit the Adult Adventures list on the ADRIFT website. Where these games have a button next to them, you can play them online. If not, you will need to download the ADRIFT Runner here first.
Downloading the games gives you a slightly better experience, as the map is interactive - you can rotate it and move it about. When playing games online, the map is just an image. Also when playing offline, you can resize the graphics window, and place it wherever you like. You also get extra features like auto-complete, making typing easier as it predicts much of what you want to type.
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When you consider that Google is the biggest things out there, then it seems highly unlikely that the number one site is only clicked for 10% of the results that the overture suggest tool shows me.
What does the overture tool actually show me and how is it kind of realistic to calculate the number of visitors that I could expect when I would have number 1 spot on Google (yes, I know that it is a big if :p).
Our #1 KW phrase (say) Blue Widgets shows as #1 in the local Google SERPS for searches in OZ as well as the world.
In January we averaged 13 visitors per day for Blue Widgets
and 8 visitors per day for Blue Widget
Overture is showing 12.5 searches per day in OZ for Widget Blue
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Images: CENTCOM Commander visits Camp Arifjan [Image 1 of 8]
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Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, U.S. Central Command commander, stands amongst National Guardsmen from multiple states during a visit to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Oct. 8, 2013. Austin toured the post, assessing operational efficiency and interacting with junior Soldiers. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Dayan Neely, U.S. Army Central)
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