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London, United Kingdom, 2005/11/22 - Import-Export-Guide.com has expanded the functionality of their web-based international trade portal to include image upload facilities for members.
The successful launch last month of a Trade Portal on Import-Export-Guide.com has resulted in a mass of trade leads, for a wide range of products, being posted by traders from all across the globe. The variety of products and descriptions has prompted Import-Export-Guide.com to incorporate an image upload facility to enable members to promote their products visually.
The portal remains free to register and to use for members who come from every corner of the world including the US, Canada, UK, Croatia, China and India to name a few countries. Their trade leads can be seen on the site and via the recently launched RSS feed.
Each member can have up to 2 images at any one time and there is no limit to the number of times they can change their images. Thumbnails of the images, including a caption, are displayed on the pages of the portal and link back to the members profile pages where detailed descriptions of the images are available.
With members coming from so many countries communication is always going to be a concern and we want to do everything we can to ease the selling process and encourage the flow of trade said a spokesperson for Import-Export-Guide.com. Human beings are visual creatures and, given the range and depth of products available, it always helps if people have an image they can refer to when describing their products.
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ELIZABETH CASTELLANOS is worried about her future.
The 20-year-old has spent the past three years studying molecular cell biology — with minors in math and chemistry — at San Rafael's Dominican University, thanks in large part to the Cal Grant she received as a freshman.
But a new proposal by Gov. Jerry Brown would cut Cal Grant funding by 44 percent for students such as Castellanos who are attending private universities. Should the Legislature agree to Brown's proposal, Castellanos fears she'll have to leave the school.
"Getting a Cal Grant played a big part in my decision about where to go to school," said Castellanos, who grew up in Southern California. "If it gets cut, I wouldn't be able to afford the tuition. I wouldn't be able to come here."
The Cal Grant cut is only one of many sweeping changes to student financial aid proposed at the state and federal level, and scheduled to take effect next year. Those changes could come as a shock to many current students, who may not discover them until they apply for a renewal of their aid packages.
"Some of (our students) are on top of it," said David Cook, director of financial aid at the College of Marin, where financial aid applications have nearly doubled during the last four years. "Others ... well, how do you let them know? We've sent a message to all of our students through the student portal (a campus-wide computer system). But of the 5,000 applications I received for financial aid this year, at least 200 of them came from students who have no fixed address, no computer at home."
At a time when California's public institutions of higher learning are raising fees, cutting programs and capping enrollment, these new changes will make it more difficult for many students to receive and retain the aid they need to go to college.
"If I was the parent of a son or daughter who needed financial aid, I would really be paying attention to this," said College of Marin spokeswoman Cathy Summa-Wolfe. "It could very well be that there are even more changes to come."
The changes at the state level include several alterations to the eligibility requirements for Cal Grants. In order to receive a Cal Grant A next fall, a student's family of four must earn no more than $80,100 a year — a slight decrease from last year's $80,200 — and that student must maintain a grade point average of at least 3.25, up from 3.0 this year.
Applicants for a Cal Grant B — which typically benefits lower-income students — must maintain a grade point average of at least 2.75, up from 2.0. Students hoping to transfer from a community college to a four-year university must earn a 2.75 grade point average, up from 2.4 this year.
"It's estimated that more than 40 percent of students currently eligible (for a Cal Grant B) would be kicked out of school under the governor's proposal," said Debbie Cochrane, program director for the Oakland-based Institute for College Access and Success. "These are students who often have family incomes below the poverty line, students who really need that Cal Grant to be able to go to college and succeed in college. They are exactly the wrong population to be cutting out of the state grant program at this time."
The state has also begun to crack down on colleges in which a large portion of the graduating population has historically defaulted on their loans. Students attending those schools — typically private, for-profit institutions like Everest College and the United Education Institute — will not be eligible to receive Cal Grants, even if they had previously done so. A list of those schools is available online at http://tiny.cc/su6ga.
In addition, the governor's budget proposal would cut the maximum Cal Grant amount awarded to students attending private institutions from $9,708 to $5,472. State officials say the change would free up money in the recession-wracked budget to relieve the beleaguered University of California and California State University systems.
"In looking at the universe of financial aid, these Cal Grant changes for students attending independent and nonprofit schools allow us to be able to prioritize our resources for those students who are able to attend public institutions," said H.D. Palmer, deputy director for external affairs at the California Department of Finance.
Palmer noted that the governor's plan would boost funding for the state's public institutions of higher learning by 4 percent from 2013-14 through 2015-16 — should voters accept his proposed package of tax cuts in November.
But private school administrators say the governor's proposed cut takes away the ability of many students — especially those from lower-income families — to choose the educational institution that's best for them. They add that doing so could also end up flooding the University of California and California State University systems with many more students than either was designed to accommodate.
"This reduces the ability of students to make decisions about where they want to attend based on what's the best fit," said John Baworowsky, vice president of enrollment management at Dominican University, where about 85 percent of the school's 2,300 students receive some form of institutional funding — and at least 301 undergraduates receive Cal Grant awards. "If all of those students chose to enroll at a UC or CSU campus, it would cost the (state) government a whole lot more money than what the Cal Grant program has been costing."
For Jonathan Alonso, the proposed changes couldn't have come at a worse time. The 35-year-old Novato resident had been working in the health insurance industry until 2007, when he was laid off by his agency and forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Hoping to turn his life and career around, Alonso enrolled in the occupational therapy program at Dominican University. His Cal Grant currently covers one-third of the cost of his tuition.
"There's only one public institution in California that offers my major (occupational therapy), so it would have been very difficult for me to attend a program without the Cal Grant," said Alonso, a Novato resident. "And because of my bankruptcy, I am not able to qualify for private loans."
Other changes at the state and federal level are also having an impact on California students, particularly those at community colleges.
The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office has increased the amount of financial need a student must demonstrate before that student becomes eligible for a Board of Governors' waiver of college fees. The chancellor's office determines "need" through a complex formula that takes into consideration the student's income, savings, the amount of money his or her family may contribute and the cost of attendance.
With the cost per unit of a community college course rising from $26 last year to $36 this year to $46 next year, that change could put the squeeze on many students from middle-income families.
Federal Pell Grant recipients could also find themselves stripped of their funding if they lack a high school diploma or GED, if they take the same class too many times, or if they take too many years to complete their education. At the College of Marin, where about 2,100 students received Pell Grants last year, the number of students who have lost their financial aid due to a failure to make academic progress has increased from 103 in the fall of 2008 to 390 in the fall of 2011.
"Starting in the fall, students will have six years" to complete their bachelor's degree, down from nine years previously, Cook said. "I'm currently processing applications for next year, and awarding students the Pell if they are eligible. I don't know how many I'll have to rescind because they've already been in school for six years."
Students who lose their federal or state financial aid have the option of applying for loans, attending a less expensive institution, or delaying or drawing out their education over a longer period of time. The choice is likely to be a difficult one for many students — particularly those who have already invested years of effort in the institution of their choice.
"It's hard for me to imagine myself being on a different campus, a different school environment," Elizabeth Castellanos said. "I've gotten used to the teaching methods here, the way that the faculty works closely with students. I don't think a lot of schools offer that."
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Cal Grant funding for students who attend private, nonprofit institutions will be cut by 44 percent.
All Cal Grant recipients must maintain a higher grade point average than was previously required.
The California Community College Chancellor's Office has increased the amount of financial need students must demonstrate in order to receive a Board of Governors fee waiver.
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WEIR, William
The Death occurred on Saturday of William Weir, a respected and well known citizen of New Glasgow. He had not been enjoying very good health, but was only resiously sick a few days when he passed away. He was in his 77th year. He is survived by his widow, three daughters and one son. The Rev. Andrew Weir of P.E.I., is at present home. The daughters are Mrs. Houston, of Saskatchewan, Mrs. King, of Rhode Island, and Mrs. Meyers, of Malagash. The later is at present home. The deceased was a member of the Albion Lodge of Freemasons, and First Presbyterian Church. The funeral takes place today from his residence, West Side, to Riverside Cemetery. The greater part of his life the late William Weir spent in New Glasgow, and his passing marks a break in the link that bound the present with the past.
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Bills QB Edwards eager to make most of fresh startMar 30, 2010 - 9:37 PM By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.(AP) -- Upbeat and confident, quarterback Trent Edwards arrived for the start of the Buffalo Bills spring voluntary workout program eager to show he can put last season's frustrations behind him.
If that means having to compete to reclaim the starting job, that was fine with Edwards on Tuesday.
Addressing reporters for the first time since November, shortly after losing his starting job to Ryan Fitzpatrick, Edwards acknowledged his critics and accepted a share of the blame for the offense's struggles, which contributed to the Bills' 6-10 finish.
Edwards also was clear: He sees no reason why he can't making the most of his second chance under a new coaching staff led by Chan Gailey.
"I've always been a confident player regardless if someone doesn't want me to play or not, if the media doesn't like me, if the coach doesn't like me," Edwards said. "There's obviously doubters out there. It's my opportunity, it's my chance to change those into believers. That's my attitude. That's not going to waver."
Edwards has plenty of motivation. He's entering his fourth NFL season, the final year of his contract, and he faces an open competition for the starting job with Fitzpatrick and third-stringer Brian Brohm.
So far. Gailey also intends to add a fourth quarterback to the mix, whether through trade, free agency or in the NFL draft next month.
"To tell you a specific direction and the way we're going, no, I don't have an answer today," said Gailey, who took over in January after Dick Jauron was fired. "I know that we'll have four quarterbacks when we go into camp, and that's all I know right now."
One potential draft candidate is Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, who made a pre-draft visit to the Bills headquarters earlier this week.
Gailey was impressed with Tebow's personality, but still wasn't convinced whether the quarterback's deliberate throwing mechanics are suited for the NFL game.
For Edwards, he's not going to worry about things he can't control.
"I wouldn't expect them to name anyone (as a starter) right now. There's no reason," Edwards said. "Everyone's being evaluated at this time in the process. You kind of have to put your best foot forward and hope for the best."
A 2007 third-round draft pick out of Stanford, Edwards has had an up-and-down career in Buffalo since supplanting J.P. Losman as the starter midway through his rookie season.
After going 7-5 in games he had a majority of playing time in 2008, Edwards' regressed last season. He went 1-4 before sustaining a concussion in a 16-13 overtime win against the New York Jets, a game in which Fitzpatrick rallied the Bills to victory.
Edwards got one more start before losing his job for the rest of the year after a 41-17 loss at Tennessee.
"There were more lows than I wanted. It was very frustrating for me," said Edwards. "Last year at this time, you're the starter, you put in a lot of work. And then guys get dinged up, coaches get fired, you don't play the way you want to, you don't win any games. It's tough when you put in all that work and you have nothing to show for it."
To be fair, not all of the blame falls on Edwards.
In finishing 30th in total yards and 28th in points scored, the Bills offense was in turmoil two weeks before the season began when coordinator Turk Schonert was abruptly fired. It didn't help that Jauron stuck with a plan to go with a no-huddle attack despite having an offensive line that opened the season featuring three first-time starters.
Edwards alluded to confusion as being a problem, noting that he was dealing with three coaches who at times were providing conflicting messages.
That shouldn't be the case with Gailey, who will also serve as the team's offensive coordinator.
"I'm obviously excited. We needed to make some changes after last season," Edwards said. "I think any time you play in the NFL and you're coming off a negative season ... and a team still has you under contract and still wants you to play for them, that's an opportunity for a player to prove themselves and a team to come together like I think we need to."
Notes: Bills S George Wilson recently filmed a music video in Miami with recording star Mary J. Blige. Wilson was selected after a talent scout noticed his photo spread in Essence Magazine. ... Gailey said he's not had any conversations with RB Marshawn Lynch, who was not present for the voluntary workouts. Gailey said only GM Buddy Nix has spoken with Lynch. ... In a bid to provide a more businesslike atmosphere, Gailey has removed the TV sets from the Bills weightlifting room.
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Jackson Laboratory's abrupt exit from Florida this month illustrates how Tallahassee's shortsighted fiscal policy undermines the state's future. Eight years after Gov. Jeb Bush started Florida on an aggressive path to wooing the biotech research industry, Gov. Rick Scott and other state leaders are abandoning that strategy. Scott claims to be all about attracting jobs to Florida. That should include nascent industries as well as traditional ones.
For two years, the nonprofit Jackson Lab has said it wanted to join Florida's fledgling biotech community by opening a facility to complement its Maine operations developing mice populations for gene-based disease research. It partnered with the University of South Florida on a plan and in 2010 persuaded the Legislature to set aside $50 million to start the project in Collier County. Then this past fall, amid the election's tea party fervor, the community balked at coming up with its own matching funds.
Jackson Lab downscaled its request from a total of $260 million in state and local government funds over several years to $200 million. It found an enthusiastic new partner in Sarasota County. But Scott, fresh in office, stayed on the sidelines. Then the 2011-12 budget contained so little economic development money that Enterprise Florida, the state's economic development agency, told Jackson Lab to dramatically reduce its request. At that point, the lab got the message and gave up.
It's possible the Jackson deal was not the best one for taxpayers and that the jobs promised wouldn't warrant the extraordinary taxpayer investment. Hillsborough County claimed as much earlier this year when it declined to compete against Sarasota. But that was never the discussion in Tallahassee. Rather, faced with a daunting budget gap and an unwillingness to consider any new sources of revenue to further the state's long-term ambitions, Florida's Republican leadership never even attempted to court Jackson Lab. There was no discussion about the implications of retreating on nearly a decade of economic development investment in biotech research.
Most surprising is that Scott — who frequently boasts he spends time every day talking to out-of-state businesses to come to Florida to create jobs — never reached out to Jackson Lab leaders to see if something might be worked out during these tight fiscal times. Compare that to Bush, who pushed through an audacious $310 million in state money to woo Scripps Research Institute to Palm Beach County in 2003, and went on to attract three more impressive biomedical research firms, including SRI International, to St. Petersburg's downtown waterfront. Gov. Charlie Crist attracted two more, including Charles Stark Draper Laboratory to Tampa Bay.
By contrast, Scott's most concrete economic development plan thus far is his unrealistic goal to make Florida the "shipping capital of the East Coast" by investing in the state's 14 ports. Port investment does make some sense, but a governor who claims to be all about business ought to be able to simultaneously juggle revitalizing traditional industries and boosting new ones.


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The Oldman Watershed Council
The Oldman Watershed Council (OWC) is a not-for-profit organization of southern Albertans that maintains and improves the Oldman watershed by:
- improving and sharing knowledge.
- building and strengthening stakeholder partnerships.
- promoting community action and stewardship.
- developing and implementing integrated land and water plans.
We are governed by a Board of Directors consisting of a wide range of stakeholders. Three staff members and numerous volunteers oversee everyday activities and help carry out several projects that benefit all of us who value a healthy watershed. Here is a sample of some of the projects we are involved in.
Watershed Legacy Program:
This program is designed to assist local watershed stewardship groups and landuse groups to identify agri-environmental issues. Resources can be provided to implement beneficial management practices. For more information visit www.oldmanbasin.org or contact Shannon Frank firstname.lastname@example.com
Prairie Urban Garden Project:
This project is an initiative of the OWC's Urban Team. The goal is to demonstrate the beauty and benefits of having a xeriscaped garden in southern Alberta. Xeriscaped gardens fit in with the dry prairie environment we depend on and allow homeowners to have beautiful yards. For more information on this program, visit www.prairieurbangarden.ca
Integrated Watershed Management Plan:
Integrated Watershed Management Planning provides the opportunity for citizens, communities and stakeholders to have a say in how they would like to plan their watershed. Working with a variety of partners, the OWC will lead the process to prepare a plan that will benefit those who love living, working and playing in beautiful south-western Alberta. For more information visit www.oldmanbasin.org


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Enabling X509 authentication mechanism for SAP adapter - Prerequisites
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X509 authentication mechanism is based on Secure Network Communication.
Below is a checklist of things that has to be completed before one starts using the X509 authentication mechanism for SAP server on any runtime.
1. The first thing one has to keep in mind is that the libraries are installed at both the client and server end.
2. The other thing to be checked for is that the sapgenpse.exe file is in place. This is the configuration tool for this authentication mechanism.
3. The external security library provided by SAP for SNC authentication is sapcrypto.dll. This has to be pointed to in the toolkit during metadata discovery
4. Configuring and setting up PSE (personal security environment) for both client and server in order to verify the authenticity of each other. This PSE file has to be generated at the client end once only.
5. These PSEs then need to be exchanged between the SAP client and the SAP server(EIS end).
6. Other than the steps above, for Outbound no additional configuration is needed.
7. For Inbound, the RFC server has to be configured for SNC i.e. enable SNC for the RFC server. For this just go to the "Security" tab under your RFC server and click the checkbox Enable SNC authentication.


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Welcome to the Student Affairs web pages of Weill Cornell Medical College. The process of becoming a physician is filled with many challenges and opportunities. We are committed to helping our students navigate this journey. On these pages, you will learn about the services we offer and the tremendous opportunities available to our students. And we hope you discover what we note every day: how lucky we are to work with such a dynamic, intelligent, diverse, socially conscious, and vibrant student body.
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As most of you know, life is a bit crazy right now.
House is on the market in one area, husband is working a few hours away, kids, dog, family {Mom and Dad or one of them} I are back and forth and we are within about three weeks of having our third child. Oh and we will move at some point in there too…
Last night we were coming back from Atlanta and got stuck in traffic from an earlier wreck. I don't usually worry about traffic coming Southbound, because I have a secret route that bypasses the usual exits that back up. The challenge here was that when I left, it was clear, but by the time we got there, it had backed up enough that I was stuck an exit away from where I usually get off.
Meanwhile, Baby Brother started fussing and Anne Margaret said that she needed to go potty…actually said, "that Cindy Lee needed to go potty before she went to ballet." I did what I could to keep Baby Bro at bay by basically handing him toy after toy until he dropped them or threw them at Champ, who was on the floor next to him. Baby Bro would then say, "uh-o" and would soon start fussing and I would hand the next toy from my basket of tricks that was next to me in the front seat. Anne Margaret was content undressing and re-dressing Cindy Lee and telling her to say, "I think I can, I think I can" until we could make it to the potty. She also promised her a "special treat if she didn't have an accident."
It added on about 45 minutes to our trip which was fine, but I was low on toys and Baby Brother had already had his bottle. If AM really did need to go potty, I was pushing an hour now – and soon the preggo would probably be needing to go anyway.
We had planned to get back in time to eat dinner at the house, but with the delay, I knew we would be really late and as much as I hate stopping, I was going to have to take one for the team and do it.
Just picture, me at 36.5 weeks pregnant in frumpy sweatpants pulled up too high, AM – 3.5 years old and very independent, Baby Brother 15 months crying and only can have almond milk, Champ who is always up for an adventure and the partridge in the pear tree. Oh yeah, and I had one diaper left and no milk for Baby Bro.
I was going to go fast food but I didn't want to have to wrangle AM out of any play places and I couldn't think of any good ones that were close. Then I remembered a little diner and I thought that could be fun. Both kids would like the music, pretty fast service, wide variety and I could treat Annie M to a chocolate milkshake. Perfect, right?!
We arrived and Anne Margaret was ecstatic. I on the other hand, was a bit disappointed. I thought it was like an old school classic diner…instead it was a Denny's Diner which kind of grossed me out. Anyway, we were there and AM was happy so off we went. She promised to be a big helper, Baby Bro stopped crying when I picked him up and we left Champ with windows rolled down and headed in. I was carrying one kid, holding the others hand and had my credit card, phone and keys in one pocket and the remaining diaper in the other.
We pottied {read as I held baby bro as I went to the potty} were seated fast and I began to relax.
The waitress came by and told me it would be "just a minute" and it was all downhill from there…to spare you all details, lets just say that we were AT THE RESTAURANT FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
Two and a half. I mean that is long for a 5 course meal without kids. Throw me pregnant and solo with two, late at night and tired on the road and then start the timer and have mercy on my soul, I earned my mommy award last night.
I had one kid that was pretty well behaved. She colored, pretended to be a waitress and ate every bite on her plate in hopes of a chocolate shake. She also helped feed Brother Bear a full can of puffs {while we waited}, pick up every utensil that he launched across the room and really for a 3.5 year old who can be full of energy and sass, she was perfect.
We did have an almost embarrassing moment where she commented LOUDLY on a man in a skirt {kilt} and another where she LOUDLY exclaimed something about the gentleman who only had one leg. I get how she was confused by those though and I am sure the men understood. With my sweet girl being so observational, we just need to work on decibel and appropriate timing when asking questions!


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Hiring Workers with Disabilities when a Quota Requirement Exists: The relevance of firm's size
We evaluate the impact of a mandatory quota of workers with disabilities using a sharp regression discontinuity design. We use data from a panel of Spanish firms where there is a mandatory quota of 2 per cent for firms with 50 or more workers. Non-parametric estimations show that strictly beyond the cut off of 50 workers there is an increase of 1.4 points in the percentage of workers with disabilities in the firm, just fulfilling the quota of 2 per cent. However, this effect has some lack of precision. In addition, for larger firm's sizes the variation in the percentage of workers with disabilities will be more related with differences in firms' characteristics.
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- David S. Lee & Thomas Lemieux, 2009. "Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics," Working Papers 1118, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
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Well, part of the problem with destroying evidence is that there are now some 12-15 whistleblowers, including some key personnel. Based on what Rep. Issa and Sen. Grassley have already shared, we know that they already have a decent set of documentation.
I believe Rep. Issa has even shown them a few documents just to emphasize that point. If anyone in DoJ starts destroying evidence to obstruct an official investigation, they better be really, really good at guessing which ones Issa and Grassley have and which ones they don't; because if they guess wrong once or twice, that is going to lead to even more awkward questions on top of the ones already being asked. And Rep. Issa has also asked for logs of the documents being refused by the DoJ, which, if the DoJ actually produces said logs, will make it difficult to disappear them at some later date.
I suppose the President could assert executive privilege over the requested documents and that would give DoJ some cover; but it might end up bringing even more media attention to an issue that I don't think President Obama wants linked to him.
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Pathetic. Mama what has happened to you???? Commenting on the number of security cameras rather than trashing this pile??? The only interesting Osborn is Ozzy. The rest of this clan just sucks off of him like a tick. Their boring, vapid, unstylish, and like this home, DULL. Wake up Mama Please.


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'Mainstream opinion' is that only a committee should have power to nominate candidates for chief executive, who should 'love the country and love Hong Kong', reports state
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This afternoon the government kick-started the formal process of reforming the way Hong Kong selects its leader in time for the next chief executive election in 2017.
In two reports – one delivered by Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to lawmakers, and one that will be delivered by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to Beijing – the government stated that the "mainstream opinion" in Hong Kong was that only a nominating committee should have the power to elect the city's next leader.
Watch: Students respond after Carrie Lam unveils report on universal suffrage for Hong Kong in 2017
The reports also state that Hongkongers "generally agree" that reform should be strictly in accordance with the Basic Law, the city's mini-constitution, and that the next chief executive should be a person who "loves the country and loves Hong Kong".
The top officials reported "considerable views" that the nominating committee should be expanded from the 1,200-strong Election Committee which has until now selected the city's leader – but also noted "quite a number of views" that the number of members should stay the same.
Almost 800,000 had called for the public to be allowed to nominate candidates for the top job in an unofficial referendum organised by the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement.
The chief executive made no mention of the Occupy poll, or the July 1 pro-democracy rally which organisers say was attended by more than half a million people, in his report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC).
But the report does state that "a number of groups and members of the public" expressed "divergent" views after the consultation period "through different ways and channels".
Occupy plan to stage an open-ended mass sit-in on Central streets if the government's official plan for the 2017 election – expected later this year – fails to guarantee voters a genuine choice between candidates.
Pro-democracy leaders have also suggested that a campaign of non-cooperation could begin before the government delivers its plan.
Beijing has repeatedly rejected public nomination as unconstitutional, while it's proponents say that a nominating committee stacked with Beijing-friendly members will only put forward candidates for the election that the central government approves of.
The reports, which appear intent on drawing a line under public nomination, are unlikely to satisfy the pro-democracy camp, meaning the contentious battle over universal suffrage continues.
Both reports also concluded that the public "generally agrees" that there was no need for further major reform of the way the Legislative Council is elected, disappointing those who had called for a reduction in or the abolition of functional constituency seats, which are not elected by the general public.
Lam's report summarised the results of a five-month consultation with the public during which the government received some 124,000 submissions.
Later today, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying will submit his report to the NPCSC asking it to approve political reforms, marking the first step of the year-long reform process.
The chief secretary's report is available to read here.
The chief executive's report is available to read here [scroll down for English version].
As the reform process enters its next crucial phase, some key questions will have to be answered. The Post will be updating these with the answers provided by the two reports as the day progresses.
Q1: How many people should form the nominating committee for naming chief executive candidates, and how should it be formed? Should it follow the existing framework of the Election Committee that comprises four sectors?
Chief Executive: There are relatively more views that the composition of the nominating committee should be decided by reference to the existing method [of comprising the Election Committee] of four sectors in equal proportion, in order to meet the requirement for being "broadly representative".
Chief Secretary: There are relatively more views that the composition of the nominating committee should be decided by reference to the existing four sectors of the Election Committee in equal proportions.
Q2: How many candidates should the nominating committee select for the chief executive election?
Chief Executive: There are two views. One is that it is necessary to fix the number of candidates. The other is that there is no need to restrict the number of candidates. For those who consider that there is a need to cap the number of candidates, some suggest setting the number of candidates at two to three.
Chief Secretary: There are two major views. One is there is a need to ensure the solemnity of the election and allow voters to have sufficient understanding of the candidates' manifestos and missions, and hence it is necessary to fix the number of candidates. Of them, some suggest setting the number at two to three because the number of candidates in the past chief executive elections was around two to three. The other view is that there is no need to restrict the number of candidates.
Q3: What is the minimum number of supporting nominating committee members one must gain in order to be permitted to stand in the election?
Chief Executive: There are quite a number of views that a person contending for nomination has to obtain support from at least a certain proportion of nominating committee members. Some consider that the nomination threshold should remain at one-eighth of the membership. There are other proposals, including "civic nomination", "party nomination", outside of the nominating committee.
Chief Secretary: There are quite a number of views that a person contending for nomination has to obtain support from at least a certain proportion of nominating committee members so as to demonstrate that such a person has cross-sector support in the nominating committee. Some consider that the nomination threshold should remain at one-eighth of the membership, like the existing Election Committee. There are also some organisations and people suggesting other proposals, including introducing "civic nomination", "party nomination", outside of the nominating committee.
Q4: Do members of the public outside the nominating committee have a right to nominate candidates?
Chief Executive: [Leung does not mention Occupy Central's referendum nor the July 1 pro-democracy march at all in his report] I am aware that after the conclusion of the ... consultation, a number of groups and members of the public still expressed their wishes and aspirations concerning the implementation of universal suffrage for the chief executive election through different ways and channels, and their views remain divergent.
Although there were professional bodies of the legal sector pointing out that public nomination was not in compliance with the Basic Law, it is worth noting that there were still considerable views after the conclusion of the consultation the element should be included in the nominating procedures.
The general public of Hong Kong would agree that specific proposals should be formulated within the Basic Law... In the next round of consultation, the HKSAR government will continue to strive to narrow the differences amongst different sectors and members of the Legco, to seek common ground in a peaceful, rational and pragmatic manner.
Chief Secretary: The mainstream opinion from the consultation exercise is that Article 45 of the Basic Law has already made it clear that the power to nominate chief executive candidates is vested in the nominating committee only. The committee has the substantial power to nominate. Such power should not be by-passed.
Q5: How should the Legislative Council be reformed for the next election in 2016? Should the half-and-half ratio of members from directly-elected geographical constituencies and the trade-based functional constituencies (FCs) be maintained? Should corporate voting in FCs be abolished?
Chief Executive: The public generally agrees that efforts should now be focused on the chief executive election method. As relatively substantial amendments had been made for Legco reform in 2012, it is generally agreed that there is no need to amend annex II of the Basic Law regarding the method for forming Legco in 2016.
Chief Secretary: Same as chief executive's report.
Q6: Are there particular criteria for candidates for chief executive?
Chief Secretary: Mainstream opinion shows that the chief executive should be a person who loves the country and Hong Kong. Relevant provisions in the Basic Law have already adequately reflected such a requirement.
Chief Executive: The community generally agrees that the chief executive should be a person who "loves the country and loves Hong Kong".
Q7: Should "one person, one vote" be granted first even if views on other elements of the reform (e.g. nomination method) remain split?
Chief Executive: Having fully considered the views of... different sectors, I am of the view that the community generally hopes that universal suffrage for the chief executive election could first be implemented in 2017, so that over five million eligible voters in Hong Kong could elect the next chief executive, thereby taking an important step forward in the constitutional development of Hong Kong.
Q8: Can the future chief executive be affiliated to a political party?
Chief Secretary: At present, the law allows members of political parties to run for the office of chief executive, but if one is elected, he is required to make a declaration that he is to withdraw from his party. There was not much discussion on this during the consultation. There are roughly as many views supporting relaxation of such a requirement as views against.
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–German-born American poet Charles Bukowski (1920-1994). The phrase comes from one of Bukowski's thousands of poems and refers to the pursuit of creativity. Later, he said one must wait for inspiration. "And if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap it and kill it. Or if you like its looks, you make a pet out of it."
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UPDATE 8:30 p.m.
Two individuals were rescued from a downed aircraft in the Olympic National Park this evening near Mt Jupiter and have been airlifted for medical treatment.
The Cirrus SR22 aircraft went down in the snow covered wilderness and search and rescue officials were alerted at 3:48 p.m. Sunday, April 2, when the plane's Emergency Locator Transmitter activated.
The signal was detected by satellites and the distress message was forwarded to the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tydall AFB in Florida, who alerted the Washington State Department of Transportation. The occupants of the aircraft were also able to alert overflying commercial aircraft on the emergency frequency.
Search and Rescue personnel from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue were able to locate the wreckage with the help of a search aircraft from Washington Air Search and Rescue, who tracked the distress beacon's signal. The Navy crew then lowered rescuers to the ground to locate, access and hoist the downed flyers up and onto the rescue helicopter and transport them to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Exact details about their injuries are not available at this time, but they were described as minor and not believed to be life threatening.
At this time we still do not have the names of the pilot and passenger or know the purpose of the flight. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are already mobilized and will begin their investigation to try and determine what caused the plane to go down.
This concludes WSDOT's involvement in the search and recovery mission. Further information – including the pilot's and passengers names – will be released by the FAA. Media can contact the FAA PIO at firstname.lastname@example.com. Details about the site will be handled by Olympic National Park officials, who can be reached at 360-565-3000.
Photo credit to Long B. Nguyen of Washington Air Search and Rescue
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Search crews have located the missing plane and the two people who were onboard have minor injuries. Rescue crews are still working to reach the plane.
We have no further details about names or other information at this time.
The Washington State Department of Transportation is searching for a missing plane in the Hood Canal/Olympic National Park area near Brinnon.
At 3:48 p.m. Sunday, April 2, an emergency locator beacon signal was received. At roughly the same time, an aircraft contacted Seattle air traffic control reporting hearing another aircraft making a mayday call.
The search is being conducted with an aircraft from Washington Air Search and Rescue as well as a US Navy helicopter crew out of Whidbey Island. They are searching the area of Emergency Locator Transmitter signals. WSDOT also is coordinating with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and Olympic National Park officials.
Brinnon is approximately 60 miles north of Olympia on the Olympic Peninsula's east side, along Hood Canal on the eastern edge of the Olympic National Park.
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Cyclist wins 1000 node challenge 6
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Congratulations to The Cyclist, aka:TC but also known as Tim, who submitted entry USS at 17:59:36 to win the 1000 node challenge. This is a really great win, finally besting David Jones who, until now, was in line for the first clean sweep every in the history of our MATLAB Contest. Nice job Tim!
The Post-Swap Past-the-Post Prize is still waiting for someone to break the first entry to break 13000…
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While I haven't had much time to compete in this contest, I've done some analysis and unfortunately believe that the 13000 mark is going to be virtually impossible to beat. Here are some key points:
As of midnight Tuesday, the leading entry has the following stats:
Result: 134617
Time: 40.0336
Cyc: 21
Nodes: 7289
Score: 13508.84
Because of the way the scoring formula works, the ONLY way to beat 13000 is to lower the result. Even if the time, cyc and nodes were reduced to 1 each, the score would only improve by 45 points to 13464. In order to reach 13000, the result needs to improve to ~129500, or by approximately 5117 (which is a 3.8% improvement).
That might not seem like much, but it actually is. Based upon the null move solvers submitted at the start of the contest, we know that there are a total of 359141 points in the original test suite. The current result is only 37% of the max value of the test boards.
However, keep in mind that there is a non-zero lower limit to the score for a 'perfect solver'. While it's impossible for us to know what that is without examining the test suite, we can make some good guesses based upon the best results statistics. The best result so far is 133225, almost 1400 points better than the current leader (although it took 148 seconds to run), but still 3700 points away from 13000, assuming it could run in less than 1/3 the time it currently does.
Another way of looking at it is the % improvement column on the stats webpage. The score has only improved by ~4% since Sunday morning until right now. Thus in order to break the goal, in the next 12 hours entries need to outperform ~72 hours worth of steady improvements.
Examining the current leading solver against random individual boards in the sample test suite, I found that there might be room for slight improvement, however overall it's doing a really good job, as one might expect.
Thus, while I'm sorry if this bursts anyone's bubbles, hopefully this will allow some competitors to refocus on just getting a top entry instead of trying to beat an arbitrary score. Good luck everyone for the remainder of the contest!
Nice analysis, Alan. It was my original judgement as well when the challenge was announced.
Yeah, but in 4 hours David Jones wakes up (if he does sleep at all) and pulls a rabbit out of his hat which pushes the score to 13001. Then The Cyclist comes around, picks this entry, shuffles around some colons and semicolons, and gets the price. :D
(Sometimes I think that this procedure is part of the contest rules.)
It seems that new entries don't show up anymore because the queue is clogged.
Thanks for sharing your analysis Alan. As you have argued persuasively, it looks like 13,000 is unattainable. The leading entries (at the moment) are nibbling away at 13,465, … even speeding up the deep solver would give a score around 13,320. Assuming we get an algorithmic breakthrough, the winning entry might achieve a score just below 13,300.
entrries seem to be closed. I would love to participate the next time a contest like this is carried out.


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THE multi-award winning and internationally acclaimed Cwmbach Male Choir demonstrate their vocal talents at Cwmbran Congress Theatre on Saturday, May 10, at 7.30pm, when they visit the town for the first time.
The 60-strong choir will be demonstrating their talents for superb close harmony singing and enhancing their reputation for delivering uplifting hymns and songs in an unforgettable feast of music.
The choir has been very successful in the competitive field winning numerous prizes at competitions and Eisteddfods both in their native Wales and across the globe.
They have represented their country abroad on several occasions in competitions and conducted extensive tours in countries such as America, Canada, South Africa and across mainland Europe.
Over the years, the Cwmbach Male Choir has performed in many prestigious venues including the Royal Festival Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Barbican, St David's Hall, and numerous Cathedrals worldwide.
They have also shared the stage with many world famous artists including Paul Robeson, Sir Geraint Evans, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Sir Cliff Richard.
The choir, which formed in 1921 and is based in Aberdare, has also performed at many rugby events.
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Scanner devices for POS for .NET - recommended solutions
In the past I have been critical of HHP scanners because of some flaws in their POS for .NET implementation.
Recently, Honeywell released a new version of the service object (version 220.127.116.11) that supports POS for .NET. (They also have a separate OPOS version).
We have recently tested this service object on the 3800 series, 4600 series and Xenon 1900 series scanners.
The service object works well with all types of barcodes (1D and 2D) and also works on x86 and x64 Windows OS (we tested on Windows 7).
The documentation is a bit sparce, but it does work wel in our opinion.
This purpose of this post is to thank Honeywell for supporting the POS4NET community, and encourage you all to buy their products. In fact, with the ease of use of using POSfor.NET service objects over legacy OPOS drivers, we got rid of our scanners from other manufacturers and we exclusively use Honeywell products now.
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Great feedback! I found the HHP scanners worked well as I was developing the book. 64 bit support is going to be a real plus.
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This might be the problem I'm currently having. I purchased a 3800 series scanner. I have downloaded and installed HSM POS4NET Suite.
I'm able to open and claim the scanner in POS4NET Validation Utility, but not in TestApp.exe for POS for .NET
The validation utility says SOVersion : 18.104.22.168
It sounds like I need the service object, 220.127.116.11 ?
If so, how do I get this??25 กุมภาพันธ์ 2555 13:55
Here are some things to try.
1. contact Honeywell and ask them to write a true native .NET service object. The one they have now (i think version 184.108.40.206) never worked flawlessly for me, but it is pretty good if you are patient. It is a hodge podge of different code and assemblies (.net and c++). As far as I know version 22.214.171.124 is the latest version of pos4net driver they make, and i think my reference to 126.96.36.199 was a typo.
2. Take the source code for TestApp.exe and recompile as x86. Then try it again. I think this will solve the problem with opening/claiming the device.25 กุมภาพันธ์ 2555 15:23
Thank you for your help. Not a problem, I have made some progress and now I can continue working in Sean's book :)
Even though the testapp is not working, possibly because of the way it is compiled, I'm still able to work with the example code from Sean's book.
2 devices are returned in this collection. The first one throws an exception with an inner exception of a null reference when I call the Open() method.
However, when I access the the second device, it works fine. I'm able to open and claim the scanner and scan a bar code.
explorer = New PosExplorer(Me)
Dim devices As DeviceCollection = explorer.GetDevices()
Dim device As DeviceInfo = devices(1)
'Dim device As DeviceInfo = explorer.GetDevice("Scanner")
If device Is Nothing Then
ListView1.Items.Add("No scanner found")
scanner = CType(explorer.CreateInstance(device), Microsoft.PointOfService.Scanner)
scanner.DeviceEnabled = True
scanner.DataEventEnabled = True
scanner.DecodeData = True
End If
Here are the two devices, the one with COM1 is the one that works.
Why does this one work?
How can I access this device instead of Dim device As DeviceInfo = devices(1)
25 กุมภาพันธ์ 2555 16:28
As i recall you may have to use the COM1 port device. it is just a consequence of a imperfectly written driver.
As I recall i experiecned this same behaviour.26 กุมภาพันธ์ 2555 16:22


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An infamous and prolific flasher from Wisconsin is on the run in southern Ontario after cutting off his GPS locator and slipping across the border.
An infamous and prolific flasher from Wisconsin is on the run in southern Ontario after cutting off his GPS locator and slipping across the border.
Police in Wisconsin said Britton Mckenzie, 66, likely went on the lam because the state was preparing to revoke his probation.
"He was being revoked and possibly going back to prison," said Det. Sgt. Jamie Peterson with the Sun Prairie Police Department. "I suspect that because he was facing going back to prison, it probably scared him and that's why he took off."
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) didn't respond to a request for information Thursday about how the man could have slipped into Canada.
Along with dozens of convictions for lewd and lascivious behaviour, Mckenzie also has a history of other offences including disorderly conduct, resisting or obstructing police and bail jumping.
He tends to prefer exposing himself to young women in coffee shops and libraries, police say.
He is a notorious flasher who, 25 years ago, admitted to a U.S. newspaper he had already exposed himself between 10,000 and 20,000 times.
Around the same time, he hired a lawyer and launched a legal battle against a county in Wisconsin that had refused to hire him as a labourer because of his criminal past.
Mckenzie, who uses several different aliases, was on probation for his latest conviction on lewd and lascivious behaviour. One condition of his probation was that he wear a GPS locator bracelet so police could keep track of him at all times.
On April 1, he cut off the bracelet and disappeared. Then on Wednesday, he showed up in Chatham looking for an oil change.
Chatham-Kent police said he chatted up several employees of the auto service business while claiming to be a former football player. One of the employees got suspicious and did some online research after getting home.
The employee was shocked to learn the man is a wanted sex offender from Wisconsin. Chatham-Kent police contacted the Wisconsin department of corrections and learned of Mckenzie's flight from the law.
Mckenzie has blue eyes and grey hair with a receding hairline. He is five-foot-10, weighs 165 pounds, wears glasses and was last seen with a full grey beard and moustache. He was also wearing a Green Bay Packers jacket.
He might be driving a red Jeep Liberty with "Pack 26" Wisconsin plates.
Along with several variations of his actual name, Mckenzie's aliases include Duane F. Thorbahn, Duane Thorbahn and Dwayne Thorbahn.
If you see him or his vehicle, call your local police department.
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