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Kerala Tour Packages
"God's own country"- Kerala, is beauty personified. If you're searching for a place that offers apeaceful atmosphere and tremendous views and/or a place that will rejuvenate your soul and body by just being there, you don't have to look farther than Kerala. The picturesque landscape speckled with coconut trees, delicious food, amazing hill stations, sandy, flawless and lai Read more.
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Review from Anit for Kerala trip.
(4.8) 30th, Jul 2019
The trip was well planned by Twilight Tours and travels and I really enjoyed the trip.
Review from Chandrashekar for Kerala trip.
(5) 23rd, Jul 2019
Good service
Review from Aishwarya Roy for Kerala trip.
(5) 2nd, Jul 2019
I booked the package from travel setu throgh Darshan. They provided a really good package. I enjoyed a lot. And Munnar is beautiful.
Thanks Travel Setu.
Review from Tarun Kumar for Kerala trip.
(4.4) 11th, Jun 2019
Very good helpful & Journey in budget package...
Review from Kavita Bhatkar for Kerala trip.
(4.6) 5th, Mar 2019
We had an amazing time in kerala and an excellent trip. All the hotels and places were so good. We enjoyed a lot. Our driver was very helpful and friendly throughout the journey. Thanks for such a wonderful experience and we hope to travel with you in future also.
Review from Raki Sahu for Kerala trip.
(4.8) 8th, Feb 2019
Awesome treatment given by Chrison Holidays.. Thanks to Mr Jose Sir.. And the driver Abu...
Review from Swapnil for Kerala trip.
(5) 25th, Dec 2018
Nicely arranged
Review from prashant for Kerala trip.
(5) 20th, Nov 2018
Manager is very co-operative. He care our very small thing's.The Arranged hotel's were very luxurious.the driver babubhai is well known about all tourists places. Thanks for a fantastic tour
Q. What are the best ways to travel to Kerala on a Kerala tour package?
God's own country, Kerala, is an incredible holiday destination in India. Kerala boasts its rich natural beauty and brings thousands of tourists to the state every year. Travellers commonly want to know how to reach Kerala before they plan a Kerala trip. By Rail: The Indian Railways connecting different destinations within and outside the state of Kerala offer plenty of options. There are over 200 railway stations in the state alone with trains travelling from all four corners. For longer distances, there are express trains and super-fast trains connecting Kerala to all the other major metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata. By Air: On your Kerala family tour package, travel to the state by Air. Kochi, Kozhikode, and Thiruvananthapuram are home to the international airports. The capital city, Thiruvananthapuram, is well connected to the Gulf countries as well. By Road: Travellers can reach Kerala by road. Roads in the state are in excellent condition, connecting to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka through national highways. You can choose tourist taxi, buses, and autos as your main mode of transport. By Sea: To reach the interiors of Kerala, you can avail the sea route. There are public ferry services, houseboats, and speed boats available.
Q. How many days of Kerala tour package is ideal for a complete trip?
Kerala is a land of diversity. It may take several days to explore all the mesmerizing locations. However, if you are on Kerala honeymoon package, a 4 nights 5 days tour is great. During this tour, you can cover locations like Munnar, Thekkady, Alleppey, Kovalam, Kanyakumari, and Trivandrum.
Q. What is the best time to visit Kerala?
Kerala experiences the most soothing weather all the year round. Pleasant climatic conditions draw tourists to the state throughout the year. However, the best time to visit Kerala is from September to March. If you want to visit Kerala backwaters, September is a perfect time. You can enjoy the palm-fringed and calm backwater to the optimum. During winter, the hill stations look divine. Book your Kerala tour packages to experience the captivating beauty of Kerala.
Q. What are the famous Honeymoon destinations in Kerala?
Kerala is a honeymoon haven in India. The top honeymoon destinations in Kerala that you must include in your Kerala tour package are: - Munnar: It is a popular hill station located in Kerala, famed for picturesque landscapes and lush green tea gardens. Munnar is the first choice for Kerala honeymoon package - Thekkady: Enjoy wild jeep safari and bamboo rafting in Periyar National Park. It is the ideal station for adventure lovers. - Wayanad: An entrancing location in Kerala, Wayanad is an amazing place to relax on a honeymoon. - Kumarakom and Alleppey: The backwaters of Kerala - Kumarakom, and Alleppey are the romantic gateway that brings honeymoon couples to the state. These are the major attractions for honeymoon couples in Kerala. - Kovalam: Pristine beach, blue waters, and Ayurvedic massage in Kerala invite honeymooners to the beautiful location, Kovalam.
Q. What are the things to do in Kerala on a family tour package?
- Enjoy walking through the lush tea gardens of Munnar and witness tea processing. - Watch snake boat race at Alappuzha in your Kerala tour package. - July to September is the time of Onam festival. During this time, you can rent a vat and witness the splendid race. - Explore the rustic life of villagers in Kerala, especially at the backwater villages. - Houseboats in Kerala are the major attractions. Do not forget to choose a customized Kerala tour package and stay on a houseboat. - Gorge some of the exotic native dishes ranging from fried chips to pazhampori, appam with stew, dosa with Kerala style sambhar, puttu and kadala curry, and Malabar biriyani.


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This week, Lisa's Mum takes time out of her busy schedule to interview 2010 Australian time trial champion Amber Halliday. Those of you who are into cycling may have charted Amber's phenomenal rise through the ranks of elite cycling over the past year and a bit - first bike race in January 2009, first UCI international tour win in February 2009. Amber is no stranger to sporting success, having been a triple world champion and dual Olympian in lightweight rowing before realising that pedalling bikes in the rain for 500km+ per week was far more fun than sitting in a boat and avoiding carbs. So here it is, Lisa's Mum's WORLD EXCLUSIVE interview with Amber (eat my shorts Phil Liggett):
Amber Halliday, thanks for joining ridehappy today. The last time we saw you was after stage 2 of the Tour of New Zealand in February, when you were doing a first-hand audit of NZ's paramedic and emergency facilities. Can you talk us through your findings? [For the benefit of readers not in the know - Amber crashed out of the Tour of New Zealand in Feb 2010 in spectacular style, sustaining a dislocated shoulder, broked humerus and generally making a mess of herself.]
They seemed to be all in order - I thought I'd take it upon myself to check them out for other riders in the case they needed them for the remainder of the tour. The best bit was the happy gas.
Your rise through the ranks of elite women's cycling has been unprecedented. Your first race was the 2009 national time trial championships, in which you came 4th after only 2 months of specific training. You then won your first international tour 6 weeks later, and joined the Australian national team for a season of racing in Europe. In January 2010 you won the national time trial championship against a star-studded field. All this only 14 months after taking up the sport. How do you sleep at night, making the rest of us look so bad?
The pressure that I brought on myself by doing reasonably well reasonably quickly means I don't sleep at night. I stay up, huddled in a corner, rocking to-and-fro chanting 'must win next race, must win next race.'
How does cycling compare to rowing? You've won 3 world titles on the water as a lightweight rower, do you find the challenge of facing forwards during a race difficult to get used to?
Facing forwards is awesome but the best thing about going backwards in the rowing boat is that when you're in front you can just sit out there and enjoy it. Maybe even play a little cat and mouse. The other main difference is cycling is like a fashion parade. Its all about the gear and how much carbon is in it and your clothes, and how you wear them - i.e. sock height. Rowers are dags who believe it is the athlete that will make the boat go fast. I love and miss that.
What are your plans for 2010 and beyond?
To get back on the bike after 7 weeks of my healing holiday and go race some TT's with my national stripes OS. I'll be in Geelong for the World Champs too - as a spectator and journalist if nothing else!
Is it true that your partner, Mello Bouwmeester, founded his world-class wheel building company purely so he could have an excuse to talk to you?
I like to believe it happened that way (even though he hatched his wheel business idea years before he met me). Such a sweetie - I mean, he could have just talked to me about the weather.
You are in the minority of elite female cyclists who actually hold down a real job as well as training 500km+ per week. How do you maintain the balance... and what have you had to sacrifice?
Some people would say I sacrifice journalistic quality and integrity but I beg to differ. By spending most of my day training, instead of in the office, I believe I am connecting with the athletes - my subjects - much better than those other journalists who only do research, networking, attend press conferences, functions, training etc.
You've been a SASI (South Australian Institute of Sport) scholarship holder for a few years now, first in rowing and now in road cycling. Did SASI try to talk you into any other sports? I hear their roller derby team is on the lookout for new talent.
If it involves hand-eye-ball coordination, I'm out. Dad did not possess those genes. He just has the genes which make you really good at sports that last a long time, hurt a lot and are not profitable. Thanks dad.
Do you have any role models or mottos that you live by?
Learn to laugh at yourself and you'll be constantly amused.
The SASI women's road cycling crew is a formidable force. I've noticed that there is an unusually high proportion of blonde women in the team - is it true that blonde chicks ride faster?
Nice 'n Easy #105 is worth about 10kmph I believe.
What advice can you give to cycling newbies that you wish you had been given when you first started out?
Ride the peleton like you're the rudest most aggressive taxi driver in New York and wear long socks.
Last question - as a media-savvy journalist and celebrity TDU commentator yourself, can you give me any tips on how I can get a gig with the SBS commentary team? Phil won't return my calls.
Use initiative - fly to Le Tour and show up at the broadcast point every day with your sweetest smile. Try to wear your least stalker-ish outfit. And if still no love, let the heckling begin.
Thanks Amber - Lisa's Mum hereby awards you the yellow cardigan for being the most over-achieving cyclist in the peleton. (It comes with a matching tea cosy) For those of you who want to keep in touch with Amber's adventures, get onto http://twitter.com/amberhalliday - heckle her enough and you'll go into the running to win a tea cosy for yourself.


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But eating at a restaurant every day can become difficult, especially when lunch hours are often cancelled because of emergency meetings. Eating at the usual cafeteria at office can become quite a bore, and none of their dishes follow a dietary structure which could keep my body at its optimum working condition. This is when I came to hear about Nutrisystem and its effective, clinically tried, diet meal plans. My neighbor has been struggling for months to reduce her post pregnancy bodyweight, and she slimmed down by following an effective weight loss program that Nutrisystem offered. I went to the site http://www.nutrisystem.com/ to learn more about their services, and was pleasantly surprised to see that they did pre-packaged meal deliveries for different diet plans. They even have a unique diet structure for only teenagers. They are also offering exciting Nutrisystem coupons for different packages which means that I can get their meals delivered at a discounted rate! For Nutrisystem promotion codes in 2016 search "nutrisystem coupons 2016"
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Manly are facing renewed pressure over the signing of Matt Orford after it was revealed he has told Storm teammates his deal with the Sea Eagles is worth $690,000 a season.
While the Sea Eagles vehemently denied any wrongdoing during the week, their signing of the in-demand Melbourne playmaker continues to reverberate around the game.
Manly insist they have signed Orford for four years on a deal worth $450,000 a season.
But The Sun-Herald has learnt that Orford has been explaining the intimate details of his Manly
package to his Melbourne teammates, telling them the offer was too good to refuse.
It is understood he has told them the deal includes:
$520,000 a season, over four years.
A car worth $20,000 a season.
A total of $450,000 in third-party payments from three Manly supporters, who were asked to provide $50,000 each over three years.
It is also understood that a crucial aspect of the deal was the relationship between Orford's manager, George Mimis, and Robbie Delmege, the son of Sea Eagles major sponsor Max Delmege.
Robbie Delmege is believed to have secured $50,000 each from three Manly sponsors over three years.
He was heard during the final State of Origin game in Brisbane discussing his involvement in the deal.
Robbie Delmege did not deny that he was involved in the Orford deal when contacted by The Sun-Herald yesterday.
"I can't talk about that at all," he said. "I'd like to, but I can't."
When asked about his relationship with Mimis, he said: "I am friends with George. I prepare a lot of property investment propositions for his players."
Mimis hotly rejected the $690,0000 figure, and that Robbie Delmege was an important part of negotiations, although he said he was a "colleague".
"That figure is completely false," Mimis said. "These things are nothing but part of a vicious attack from an element within the game which has been trying to destabilise our company [SFX Sports] and Matt Orford in a calculated campaign over 12 months."
Manly denied speculation late last week that a flat had been part of the package to Orford.
Orford told a news conference on Thursday that "one of the reasons [for signing with Manly] was obviously commercial" and he had constantly maintained he didn't want to leave the Storm.
The comments have bemused some, as Orford appears to have accepted an offer at Manly that is less than the $480,000 a year available at the Storm and the $500,000 from the Rabbitohs.
The NRL is waiting for Manly to lodge his contract with salary cap auditor Ian Schubert for scrutiny.
NRL chief executive David Gallop said the league would be "looking into the matter".
"We've noted the comments from Manly during the week," he said. "At this stage, no contract has been lodged with the salary cap auditor but when one is, the salary cap auditor will no doubt look into the matter. We would expect it soon."
Manly executive director Paul Cummings denied the Orford package was worth $690,000.
"It's $1.8 million over four years," he said.
"Anyone suggesting that the Manly RLFC is paying Matt Orford more than the $1.8 million over four years would want to be very sure of their facts."
Cummings said he expected to give Schubert a copy of the contract this week.
Manly says NO to the Rabbitohs Monaghan Hunt.
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In my real life, as opposed to my online life, I live a great distance from most of my children and their families. Even with the one family that lives close, I have very little interaction with my grandchildren. Most of my contact is confined to the telephone and video conferencing online. Both my wife's parents and both my parents are now deceased, and for a variety of reasons, we have little contact with either of our parent's families. In the past, we always had much more contact with my wife's extended family, than we did with my own extended family. My father's parents both died before I was born and during my life, I have had almost no contact with the Tanner side of my family. I have always contrasted our lack of contact with relatives with some of the families I know here in Mesa, Arizona. I am familiar with extended families that get together every week for a gathering, sometimes with dozens of relatives.
Both my wife's parents and my parents tried to have annual gatherings while they were alive, but those have disappeared in my family and become much less extensive and frequent in my wife's family. We often speculate whether or not we would have more contact with our families if we lived in close proximity?
Perhaps in part, my interest in genealogy is a compensation for the lack of contact with an extended family. Despite the more recent dearth of interpersonal contact with my family, we have kept in touch with many of our children and even a few grandchildren by electronic means. But under all of the busyness and distances of modern life, there is a foundation. That foundation is a shared, preserved history of our family. The online manifestation of this foundation is our shared blog, TheAncestorFiles.blogspot.com. If it were not for the genealogical activities I pursue, I would really be isolated from my extended family. As it is, I can share times with relatives that I had no idea existed while I was growing up. Perhaps the challenge for some in the family is the label of genealogy. There does seem to be a very negative reaction from some members of the family to the whole concept. But the real importance of genealogy is in preserving and enhancing those family relationships in addition to or in spite of the ability of the family to connect directly and in person.
Of course, for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is supposed to be a religiously motivated reason for an interest in families and ancestral research. But surprisingly, that is not always the case. I find little correlation between Church membership and interest in genealogy. The huge genealogical structure of the Church, such as FamilySearch, is mostly ignored by the members at large despite isolated examples to the contrary. I would guess that interest in genealogy in the Church runs at about the same level as it does in the general population of the world. If genealogy is so important to us as individuals and families, why are so few people actively involved in learning about their past?
I think this points out another reason why genealogy is so important. There are so few people who actually take an active part in preserving their family's heritage. Those who do are immensely important in passing on the traditions and stories of the past.
I have mentioned before the lack of involvement in genealogy of those in my immediate family. Well, three of my children are now more or less actively involved; of course that is out of 14 children (including spouses) and 31 grandchildren. But of my siblings, my grandparent's children and descendants and even my great-grandparents and their descendants, I know of no other individuals who are active in genealogical research. I have to go back to descendants of my great-great-grandparents before I find active genealogists. So that is one reason why I feel my own work is important. Who else is there to preserve this part of the family traditions?
What is really important is making the effort to preserve, not just a list of names and dates, but the cultural, social, religious and personal heritage of our ancestors. Whether we do with with or without the interest and cooperation of our immediate or extended families is not nearly as important as whether or not it does get done.


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CHARDON, OHIO: A judge in Ohio has released court files on the 17-year-old suspect in a deadly high school shooting and says media could photograph the teen�s face during a possible hearing next week.
Judge Timothy Grendell released records Wednesday regarding an assault charge and traffic citation against T.J. Lane. Grendell wouldn�t say if there are other files that might be covered by a law allowing certain records to be withheld.
The teen is accused of taking a pistol to Chardon High and firing 10 shots at a group of students sitting at a cafeteria table on Monday. Three students died, and two were seriously hurt.
Grendell had barred media from photographing the faces of Lane and his relatives in court Tuesday. Several media outlets, including The Associated Press, challenged the order.


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This revised edition of the manual was prepared by the law bureau of the NYS Department of Civil Service and is an aid in becoming more familiar with the formalities required to meet current legislative and judicial standards related to disciplinary actions.
Public sector employment in the State of New York is governed under Civil Service Law and the local civil service commissioner's personnel rules. The Broome County Department of Personnel Rules for the Classified Service govern the administration of civil service for the County of Broome and the towns, villages, school districts and special districts that are under our local jurisdiction.
The Appendices to the Rules for the Classified Civil Service includes a list of all positions that have been removed from the competitive class to the unclassified service or to the exempt, non-competitve, or labor classes as defined in Section 35, 41, and 43 of the Civil Service Law, respectively.
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Last week, President Obama hosted the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. He welcomed over 40 African heads of state and their outsized entourages to what was a festive affair. Indeed, even the Ebola virus in West Africa failed to dampen spirits in the nation's capital. Perhaps it was the billions of dollars in African investment, announced by America's great private companies, that was so uplifting.
Good cheer was also observed in the advertising departments of major newspapers. Yes, many of the guest countries paid for lengthy advertisements–page turners–in the newspapers of record. That said, the substantive coverage of this gathering was thin. Neither the good, the bad, nor the ugly, received much ink.
What about the good? Private business creates prosperity, and prosperity is literally good for your health. My friend, the late Peter T. Bauer, documented the benefits of private trade in his classic 1954 book West African Trade. In many subsequent studies, Lord Bauer refuted conventional wisdom with detailed case studies and sharp economic reasoning. He concluded that the only precondition for private trade and prosperity to flourish was individual freedom reinforced by security for person and property.
More recently, Ann Bernstein, a South African, makes clear that the establishment and operation of private businesses does a lot of economic good (see: The Case for Business in Developing Countries, 2010). Yes, businesses create jobs, supply goods and services, spread knowledge, pay taxes, and so forth. Alas, in the Leaders Summit reportage that covered the multi-billion dollar investments by the likes of Coca-Cola, General Electric, and Ford Motor Co., the benefits of the humdrum activity of business and trade were nowhere to be found. But, as they say, "that's not the President's thing."
Let's move from the good to the bad and the ugly, and focus on the profound misery in Sub-Saharan Africa. I measure misery with a misery index. It is the simple sum of inflation, unemployment, and the bank lending interest rate, minus year on year GDP per capita growth. Using this metric, the countries for Sub-Saharan Africa are ranked in the accompanying table for 2012.


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Internal promotion popular among hiring managers, Snagajob survey finds
If you plan on applying for a new job, you better hope you aren't going up against someone already working there. According to an online survey from Snagajob, the largest hourly employment marketplace for job seekers and employers, 80 percent of companies surveyed have a policy to review current staff for open positions before considering external applicants.
To foster their internal promotion policy, more than two-thirds of companies open positions to current staff before posting them publicly (70 percent) and provide training opportunities to help grow employees (69 percent). A majority of employers in the survey (70 percent) also look to management to take the reins and identify employees with potential.
"Promoting from within can be a great retention tool for hourly employers who normally face high turnover rates," said Jason Hamilton, vice president of marketing for Snagajob. "Without a clear picture that there's room for growth or advancement, the most driven employees might look elsewhere for opportunities. Employers' promotion policies can also help businesses stand out among job seekers who want to grow with an organization, potentially reducing recruitment expenses in the long run."
While an internal promotion policy could make employers more attractive than their competitors, Snagajob's survey found that only 41 percent of companies actively highlight their policy in recruitment materials.
"There's clearly room for more businesses to differentiate themselves to job seekers looking for companies where they can grow," added Hamilton.
All is not lost for new job seekers. The common practice of promoting from within should, in turn, create more entry-level positions. And with 69 percent of employers in the survey planning to increase their staff this quarter, a six-point increase compared to Q4 2102, opportunities could abound.
The online survey was conducted from February 7 – 28, polling 348 hiring managers.
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'Premium' is subjective for YouTube's big networks
(AP)—Machinima, the sprawling digital gaming network, could hang a McDonald's-like sign outside its Los Angeles headquarters: More than 37.4 billion videos served.
That's how many views the Machinima network has generated. And it all started with one video.
Allen DeBevoise and his brother, Philip, acquired Machinima Inc. in 2005, but didn't start developing it on the then-nascent YouTube until 2007. One of its first series came from a user named "SodaGod." The series, "Inside Halo," served as a center for enthusiasm for the popular science fiction video game franchise. Six years later, Machinima has grown into one of the most successful networks on YouTube, a gamer hub composed of a little expensively-produced original programming, and a whole lot of user-generated videos.
While the land rush to stream "premium" original content is drawing an increasing number of video professionals to the Web, YouTube's swelling multi-channel networks are finding success—and enormous scale—with a more organic, bottom-up approach.
"The programming model of the future, where I think Machinima plays in, is in connecting that whole relationship, where we don't think of it as either being user-generated or as being traditionally made by a professional creator," says DeBevoise, chief executive of Machinima. "We think it's a continuum and they both co-exist in the same world."
Machinima, Maker Studios, Fullscreen and others have assembled broad networks each encompassing thousands of YouTube creators. They're dependably ranked among the most-viewed destinations on YouTube in comScore's monthly online video rankings. In February, Fullscreen drew 36.8 million unique viewers, 30.5 million tuned into Maker, and Machinima, with a leading 61.4 minutes per visit, had 21 million viewers. Each network averages around 2 billion views a month.
You could say that they're like the NBC, CBS and ABC of YouTube, but the more appropriate comparison might be to media parent companies. Only rather than having a few dozen cable networks under their global umbrella, they have 5,000 to 10,000 YouTube channels.
"We see ourselves as kind of the next-gen Viacom," says George Strompolos, founder and chief executive of Fullscreen, a company with 150 employees founded in 2011. "We think we're at the beginning of the opportunity to build a large-scale, sustainable new media business on the Internet."
Much of the conversation about online video has lately been dominated by Hollywood digital productions. But for every "House of Cards" on Netflix, there are dozens of less noteworthy attempts to bring television-style content to online video. These upper-echelon YouTube networks are interested in high-quality programming, too, but their model is more of a hybrid that places pricier productions atop a pyramid of user-generated videos.
"We feel like 'premium' is so subjective," says Danny Zappin, chief executive and co-founder of Maker Studios, which uses two production studios and 300-plus employees to assist YouTubers in production and marketing. "What is premium? For us, we feel like it's an engaged audience who has a personal connection to the person they're watching. To us, that's more premium or more valuable than, say, high production value or a mainstream celebrity. You can't have just one or the other. You've got to have both to really work on YouTube."
Maker, Machinima and Fullscreen operate in different ways, but they and a growing number of YouTube networks all take the philosophy that there's strength in numbers. By gathering thousands of channels together, all—at least theoretically—benefit from shared production tools, greater exposure and ultimately, hopefully larger advertising dollars.
"The difficult thing about YouTube and producing content for YouTube is when it's just for one channel, it's hard to reach a level of scale of viewership to make economic sense," says Zappin.
The most-watched network on YouTube is VEVO, the music video venture from Sony Music and Universal Music. In many ways, VEVO filled the gap for a music video network left by MTV's programming shift toward reality television. Last week, VEVO made that comparison explicit by launching VEVO TV, a 24/7 broadcast stream of videos that effectively makes it a TV station sent through Internet and mobile phone pipes.
Machinima similarly benefits from television's oversight: With no competitors on TV, it's the most powerful gaming network around, and a major draw for 18- to 34-year-old males.
Premium episodic series (the $10 million five-part series "Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn" was watched 26 million times in just over a month last year) are pooled in its Machinima Prime channel. Thousands of channels from gamers around the world contribute to the network, aiming to benefit from the network traffic and potentially rise in Machinima's ranks.
DeBevoise expects to soon make one or more of Machinima's channels paid for by subscription. It recently signed a deal with Ridley Scott, director of "Blade Runner" and "Gladiator," to produce a dozen short sci-fi films.
DeBevoise believes the YouTube networks will mature rapidly "just because of how technology is moving so quickly."
"The Makers, the Fullscreens, the Machinimas, the VEVOs, the StyleHauls, the DanceONs, all these types of companies that are evolving on YouTube—will evolve into people's consciousness much faster than anybody expected," he says.
Whereas specific genres or audiences are targeted by networks like Machinima, StyleHaul (fashion), DanceON (dance) and AwesomenessTV (tweens), networks like Maker Studios, Fullscreen and Big Frame more broadly aggregate YouTube creators. Founded in 2009 by early YouTubers Zappin and Lisa Donovan who thought it best to share resources, Maker Studios raised $36 million in financing led by Time Warner in December.
Google Inc.' YouTube doesn't officially endorse any multi-channel network, or MCN, though Google is an investor in Machinima. It cautions creators to consider the benefits and financial arrangements before signing a contract with a network. Some squabbles over contracts have occasionally spilled onto YouTube, like when celebrity YouTuber Ray William Johnson last year acrimoniously parted ways with Maker Studios. (Machinima, Maker and Fullscreen declined to share revenue information.)
"The emergence of networks is a sign of a maturing ecosystem and we see a lot of variety in terms of the services each provide, from rights management to production support to marketing to collaboration," Alex Carloss, head of entertainment partnerships for YouTube, said in an e-mail. "More resources in the market is good for creators and YouTube overall."
The biggest networks of YouTube may not have big-name talent, but they nevertheless have big-time reach.
"These are animators, they're filmmakers, they're musicians, they're video gamers, they're moms who make videos, they're young, they're old," says Strompolos, who worked in partner development at YouTube before founding Fullscreen. "There's high quality, there's medium quality, and there's low quality."
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Commuter = Reader of everything including Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Crime, Literature and anything else that takes my fancy!
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Review of Divine By Mistake
Divine By Mistake
- PC Cast
Publisher: MIRA Books (UK)
Why I picked it up: To be honest I was looking for a third book in my local Waterstone's 3 for 2 offer. While I've seen the House of Night series PC Cast writes with her daughter, they've never appealed me but this book is aimed at a more adult audience – there's even a warning on the back 'Not Suitable For Younger Readers' and from the first page the heroine Shannon Parker personality shines through. I left the store with this as my third book with no regrets.
Back Blurb: The only excitement Shannon Parker expects while on holiday is a little shopping. But when an antique vase calls to her, she finds herself transported to Partholon, where she's treated like a goddess. A very temperamental goddess...Somehow Shannon has stepped into another's role as the Goddess Incarnate of Epona. And while there's an upside - what woman doesn't like lots of pampering? It also comes with a ritual marriage to a centaur and threats against her new people. Can Shannon survive this new world and ever find her way home?
What I thought: Not exactly an urban fantasy, not exactly fantasy, Divine by Mistake has an element of both while avoiding a lot of the clichés of both genres. There's a woman discovering what she's capable off in extreme circumstances. Shannon is not a regular heroine – she's 35, a teacher, she's underpaid, she's never felt anything was missing in her life, she has no dark past. All this makes for a refreshing character in what has become a crowded genre for feisty but strong women. Having said that, Shannon is not some weak, crying useless girl but has a heart and soul and is very comfortable with who she is: I'd very much like to have a drink with her! In addition there is a Goddess, centaurs, an attractive love interest, evil vampire creatures intent on taking over the world, doppelgangers and some exciting battle scenes. One of the most refreshing novels I've read in a long – have gone straight out to purchase the rest of the Partholon series!
Recommended for: Traci Harding fans
Rating: 9 out of 10
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Korean Crisis and Recovery
- 1 Introduction
- 2 From Crisis to Recovery in Korea: Strategy, Achievements, and Lessons
- 3 What Have We Learned from the Korean Economic Adjustment Program?
- 4 New Evidence on High Interest Rate Policy During the Korean Crisis
- 5 Falling Profitability, Higher Borrowing Costs, and Chaebol Finances During the Korean Crisis
- 6 Corporate Restructuring and Reform: Lessons from Korea
- 7 The Role of Corporate Bond Markets in the Korean Financial Restructuring Process
- 8 The Korean Labor Market: The Crisis and After
- 9 Corporate Governance and Corporate Debt in Asian Crisis Countries
- 10 Economic Growth in East Asia Before and After the Financial Crisis
- 11 Recovery and Sustainability in East Asia
- 12 Restructuring Korean Banks' Short-Term Debts
- 13 Strengthening the International Financial Architecture: Open Issues, Asian Concerns
- 14 A Framework for Exchange Rate Policy in Korea
- Conference Program
10 Economic Growth in East Asia Before and After the Financial Crisis
- David Coe, and Se-Jik Kim
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- September 2002
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Being Kristen Stewart Is Hard: An Essay By Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster is sort of like the unofficial Captain Save-A-Ho of Hollywood, because she seems to always come to the defense of floundering hos everyone is shitting on. Jodie defended Mel Gibson's shitty ass when everyone hated on him for being an anti-Semitic, blow job-needing ass boil marinating in dirty jacuzzi water. And now Jodie is pulling out her shank and defending Kristen Stewart who starred with her in The Panic Room.
In Jodie Foster's piece for The Daily Beast, she starts off by writing that if she was a young actress today, she would've immediately checked out of the Hollywood game to keep the media from knocking pussies out of her mouth with their cameras. I put it much more eloquently than Jodie did, but that's basically what she said. Jodie says that the media lifts up young celebrities only to later tear them down and punch their souls into dust. Jodie goes on to write that she met a 10-year-old Kristen Stewart on the set of The Panic Room and grew to love her. Jodie once told Kristen Stewart's mom to try to talk her out of doing the acting thing, but her mom said that it's what she wanted.
Jodie then writes some ultra dramatic shit about how KStew was probably an innocent white-haired child who freely danced around at the beach and now she's a hard shell of bad bitch who is constantly getting attacked by the paparazzi. In other words, Jodie's been hitting the bong KStew got her for her birthday:
There's this image I have of a perfect moment. It comes to me as a square format 8mm home movie with '70s oversaturated reds and blues, no sound, just a scratchy loop … there's a little white-haired girl twirling in the surf. She's singing at the top of her lungs, jumping and spinning around in the cold water, all salty, sandy, full of joy and confidence. She's unconscious of the camera, of course, in her own world. The camera shakes a little. Perhaps her mom's laughing behind the lens. Could a child be more loved than in this moment? She's perfect. She is absolutely perfect.
Cut to: Today … A beautiful young woman strides down the sidewalk alone, head down, hands drawn into fists. She's walking fast, darting around huge men with black cameras thrusting at her mouth and chest. "Kristen, how do you feel?" "Smile Kris!" "Hey, hey, did you get her?" "I got her. I got her!" The young woman doesn't cry. Fuck no. She doesn't look up. She's learned. She keeps her head down, her shades on, fists in her pockets. Don't speak. Don't look. Don't cry.
My mother had a saying that she doled out after every small injustice, every heartbreak, every moment of abject suffering. "This too shall pass." God, I hated that phrase. It always seemed so banal and out of touch, like she was telling me my pain was irrelevant. Now it just seems quaint, but oddly true … Eventually this all passes. The public horrors of today eventually blow away. And, yes, you are changed by the awful wake of reckoning they leave behind. You trust less. You calculate your steps. You survive. Hopefully in the process you don't lose your ability to throw your arms in the air again and spin in wild abandon. That is the ultimate F.U. and—finally—the most beautiful survival tool of all. Don't let them take that away from you.
THE DRAMA! Get a grip, Jodie.
Jodie's piece is really well-written and you can get it all here if you want it, but what she basically says is that the media sucks, hos need to chill, Kristen Stewart's life is hard, the beach is fun and everyone should respect the "privacy please" sign hanging on a famous actor's front door. I get it. But Jodie forget to write a little open note to KStew: the next time you want a married dude to lick your punane, take it inside. Now those are words to live by.
And some of you probably didn't even read any of the words above, because you're still getting over the fact that it was Kristen Stewart in The Panic Room and not one of the Culkin boys.


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Posting late today because I had a lot of trouble with this one, but I wasn't ready to give up. I started it last night and got about half of it done. Then PuzzleHusband wanted to watch a couple episodes of "Friday Night Lights" and I really couldn't say no. I decided I'd get up this morning and finish it, but of course I slept in. So here we are.
The northeast and southwest corners came together pretty easily, but the others … not so much. Up in the northwest, I had several answers that went in, came out, went in, came out. It just seemed to take a lot of finagling to get that section to make any sense. Thank God for AXL ROSE (2D: Frontman on the 1987 debut album "Appetite for Destruction") who at least gave me something up there that I knew was right. It was HERBIE (23D: Beetle of note) that finally broke that section open for me. It made GEYSERS become clear (28A: Surface phenomena affected by magma) and allowed me put HOLD back in (23A: A plan may be put on it) which got me to see NATIONS (7D: United __). And then I was off and running. Just one question, though: PASQUINADE?! Really? (1A: Public mockery.)
Other missteps for me included FLORIDIANS for ALLIGATORS (17A: Everglades denizens), NAVY SEALS for SWAT TEAMS (29D: Elite tactical units) and SANTANA for ESTEFAN (36D: Grammy winner for the 1993 album "Mi Tierra").
I definitely had some "aha" moments along the way. My favorite entries include:
- 26A: Pregnant pause, perhaps (TENSE MOMENT).
- 41A: Established favorable conditions (for) (SET THE STAGE).
- 51A: Independent way to live (OFF THE GRID).
- 56A: Private (ONE-STRIPER).
- 11D: Raked it in (MADE A MINT).
Crosswordese 101 Round-up:
- 16A: First Dominican-born Major League Baseball manager (ALOU).
- 44A: Narrow ridge (ARETE).
- 48A: Scented souvenirs (LEIS).
- 10D: __ est percipi: to be is to be perceived (ESSE).
- 46D: Pola of the silents (NEGRI).
- 52D: President when the U.N. was created (HST).
Everything Else — 11A: Opening movement of Holst's "The Planets" (MARS); 15A: Cleans up (EXPURGATES); 19A: Occupation (TRADE); 20A: "Lady, shall __ in your lap?": Hamlet (I LIE); 21A: They may be geological (ERAS); 22A: Direct (BOSS); 24A: Artist son of Andrew Wyeth (JAMIE); 25A: Kyrgyzstan city (OSH); 30A: Judges (DECIDES); 31A: Complex design (WEB); 32A: Fatal opening? (NON-); 33A: Statement of equality (IT'S A TIE); 37A: Coastal freeze (FAST ICE); 43A: Pita look-alike (NAN); 45A: Faithful (TRUE); 46A: Crack agent? (NARC); 47A: "Okay then" ("I SEE"); 50A: Poet Walter __ Mare (DE LA); 54A: Railing with molded supports (BALUSTRADE); 1D: Moor feature (PEAT BOG); 3D: Flamboyant (SPLASHY); 4D: Plugs of tobacco (QUIDS); 5D: Seriously suggest (URGE); 6D: Supermarket chain with Chicago H.Q. (IGA); 8D: Components of the Maldives (ATOLLS); 9D: Scoffed at (DERIDED); 12D: Protected, in a way (ALARMED); 13D: Arugula alternative (ROMAINE); 14D: Down times? (SUNSETS); 24D: Playful (JOCOSE); 26D: Use a ring, maybe (TEETHE); 27D: Household (MENAGE); 33D: Discussion-ending words (I SAID SO); 34D: In a word (TERSELY); 35D: Pinball ball, perhaps (STEELIE); 37D: Thomas Mann's "Doktor __" (FAUSTUS); 38D: Caught (IN A TRAP); 39D: Four-wheel drive? (CAR RIDE); 40D: Spy, at times (ENCODER); 42D: Gimcrack (TRIFLE); 48D: Western howler (LOBO).


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Recognized as one of Hawaii's most versatile musicians, Jeff Peterson is at the heart of the Hawaiian music scene today. His passion for the guitar has allowed him to shine as a solo artist and has given him the opportunity to collaborate with a wide variety of artists from Hawaii, across the US, and abroad. His focus on slack key guitar, classical, and jazz music has allowed him to develop a unique and transcendent voice on the guitar while being deeply rooted in the traditions of his Hawaiian heritage. Born on the Island of Maui, Jeff Peterson grew up on the slopes of Haleakala where he was introduced to the rich heritage of Hawaiian music by his father, a paniolo, or Hawaiian cowboy, on the Haleakala Ranch. He has contributed to two Grammy Award-winning recordings and has been honored with four Na Hōkū Hanohano Awards in Hawaii. His solo CD Maui on My Mind was recognized as the Slack Key Album of the Year in 2010. His next release featured his songwriting, performing, and producing on Amy Hanaiali`i and Slack Key Masters of Hawaii. The groundbreaking recording features a collaboration between Jeff, Amy Hanaiali`i, Cyril Pahinui, Dennis Kamakahi, Sonny Lim, and Chino Montero. His latest release titled Slack Key Travels includes twelve new compositions and new arrangements of classic Hawaiian songs and won the 2014 Hoku Award for Best Slack Key Album.
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Ich bin vier und zwanzig! That's a big deal for me. I feel like I'm now squarely and fairly in my mid-twenties. It's nice. I've got a minor cold so I'm celebrating with some soup (chicken/lemon/rice/GARLIC), some ice cream (those two guys from up North…) and a DVD (The Dreamers).
I have been treating myself to lots of prizes lately (as my Nana calls them) so I didn't really expect anything grand for my birthday. I obnoxiously begged Eric to get me a custom Monster Hat Kit though (first time I have ever requested a specific item!) and I am anxiously awaiting it's arrival. It's funny, I've spent a lot of time lately thinking of ways to look a little older than the undergrads I'm teaching but I still usually want to dress like a crazed toddler/bag lady. Think Clementine in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". I've made some new friends but I don't know if they're ready to be seen with me when I wear my loud, full-length anti-winter defense, which starts with long underwear and ends with this, but in blue. And soon, a Monster!
The other presents were the direct result of me ready Mariko's amazing blog Super Eggplant. I bought some Crocs, which I regret mocking all summer! They are so super comfortable! And the new ballet flat shape I picked looks pretty mod, in my opinion. The funniest part of this purchase is that I bought one size smaller than usual because I'd heard they run really large. They ended up being just a little too small and since the place I got them doesn't pick up the tab for shipping like Zappos so I put them up on eBay. I have MORE than recouped my cost, it's ridiculous!!
While I was on eBay I looked around to see what Kodak EasyShares were selling for. I bought one on the cheap at Staples and it just wasn't thrilling me on any level. One of the few times I've regretted cheapin' out. I stumbled across one of these in icy blue. The auction was several moments away from ending, the price was right….happy birthday to me! I love it! To herald it's arrival, a pictorial tour of my new digs at UMass:
View from my office windows, which I hear are very easily infiltrated by brazen squirrels (non-sarcastic yay!)
My desk, which came complete with coffee stains!
A close-up of Dolores, my new and lovely laptop.
Just a few of the books I've been intimate with the past few weeks.
Gratuitious exploration of the "retro" feature on the camera.
A bitchin' updo that only lasted a few hours because it exposed way too much sickly tired face for the good of mankind. Thanks to Anjali for the Japanese bobby pins–they were made to hold hair that is the weight texture of some grandiose satin drapes (not as fun as it sounds).
Last thing: a beautiful commerical which I found at the beautiful blog Black Apple.
Have a beautiful Saturday!
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The International League announced today that former Clippers pitcher Dave Eiland is part of its Hall of Fame class for the 2012 season. Eiland wasselected along with former Durham manager Bill Evers and longtime Pawtucket general manager Mike Tamburro.
Eiland pitched for Columbus from 1988-91 and '94-97. He was the most valuable player in the league in 1990 after posting a 16-5 record with a 2.87 earned run average. He pitched 11 complete games that season andthree shutouts. He was part of the Governors' Cup championship teams with the Clippers in '91 and '96 and also with Durham in '93.
Overall, Eiland posted an 82-42 record with a 3.44 ERA in 12 seasons in the IL. He finished his triple-A career with Durham. Eiland currently is the pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals.
Evers spent the 1998-2005 seasons as manager of the Bulls. His teams won five South Division pennants and the '02-03 Governors' Cup championships. He also managed Columbus in 1995 and has an IL record of 684-601.
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BELMONT � After advancing to the Conference Carolinas women�s lacrosse championship game in her first year as Belmont Abbey College coach, Jenn Flaherty is hopeful her team can continue to compete at the league�s highest level.
Especially when you realize she has 10 starters, including three all-conference selections, back from last season�s 9-7 team that was 4-2 and tied for second place in the league�s regular season race.
However, league coaches don�t share her optimism as they voted the Abbey fourth in a preseason poll.
�It�s definitely going to be a motivator,� Flaherty said. �We�re eager to prove everybody wrong because I don�t think we�re a fourth-place team.�
First team all-conference attacker Elyse Mohn, first team all-conference midfielder Lindsay Connolly and second team all-conference defender Meghan McSherry highlight a group of returning starters.
That group also includes senior midfielder Rebecca Diggs, who will share tri-captain duties with Mohn and Connolly.
Other returning starters are Katy Connery, Megan Patton, Lauren DiChiara, Gina Colella, Molly Schaefer and Alyssa Greco.
�We�ve got some experience back, but we�ve also got a lot of talented freshmen,� Flaherty said.
Among the talented newcomers are three players who are competing for the starting goalie job � Danielle Ruffalo, Claire Kaiser and Natasha Whitman. Other talented newcomers are midfielders Mackenzie Miller, Reese Gassie and Christine Spellman.
A 19-6 loser in last year�s championship game to Limestone, the Lady Crusaders and the rest of the league are again set to chase the perennial power Lady Saints in the league race.
In the seven previous seasons, Limestone has won every regular season title, going an impressive 59-3 while winning six of the seven tournament championship games (dropping only a 15-14 nailbiter to Pfeiffer in 2007).
�Limestone has the target on their back,� said Flaherty, whose program has lost to the Lady Saints in the title game in 2009, 2010 and last season. �Everybody wants to be that team and we�re certainly working to see if we can be that team.�
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2013 Belmont Abbey women�s lacrosse roster
No. Name Pos. Yr. Hometown
00 Natasha Whitman G Fr. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2 Katy Connery A So. Long Island, N.Y.
3 Megan Patton M Sr. Dickerson, Md.
4 Elyse Mohn A Sr. Huntingtown, Md.
5 Lauren DiChiara M Jr. Mount Kisco, N.Y.
6 Gina Colella M So. Wilmington
7 Rebecca Diggs M Sr. Severna Park, Md.
9 Molly Schaefer M So. Norfolk, Va.
10 Mackenzie Miller M Fr Bayport, N.Y.
11 Danielle Ruffalo G Fr. Huntersville
12 Adilen Cruz M Fr. Black River, N.Y.
13 Reese Gassie M Fr. Leonardtown, Md.
14 Lauren Halk M So. Cary
15 Erin Farris M Sr. Charlotte
16 Ariel Walker M Jr. Knoxville, Tenn.
18 Claire Kaiser G Fr. Kennesaw, Ga.
19 Shannin Darley A So. Oviedo, Fla.
22 Lindsay Connolly D Sr. Davidsonville, Md.
23 Christine Spellman M Fr. Cary
25 Alyssa Greco M So. Cincinnati, Ohio
44 Meghan McSherry D Sr. Smithsburg, Md.
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News broke Saturday night that Aurora police were sent a message electronically threatening more violence if James Holmes wasn't released from prison. Police found and interviewed him on Saturday, but he hasn't been charged with anything in connection with the crime.
This Fox Denver affiliate reports police received a message electronically that threatened more violence if Holmes wasn't released from prison. No one has released his name because he hasn't been charged with anything. But, according to the person's Facebook page, he has a master's in biomedical science, and Anshutz Medical Center confirmed he was in the same program Holmes withdrew from a month ago. ABC News Denver reports authorities traced the message to a router in Aurora, but it's uncertain whether the message was sent natively or whether someone routed it through there. He was picked up by police and interviewed Saturday afternoon.
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The first test of how the people of Burma (Myanmar) view their government's slow response to the devastating May 3 cyclone could come Saturday.
A previously scheduled vote on a new constitution will be held nationwide, except in the hardest-hit areas. While recent natural disasters in Indonesia and Pakistan have altered the political landscapes in those nations, few analysts expect cyclone Nargis to significantly shake – let alone topple – the military regime. But the Burmese government's reliance on outside assistance could lessen its diplomatic isolation, and popular resentment over how the regime has handled the disaster could further undermine its legitimacy – and even push it to compromise with opposition groups.
"This is an opportunity for opposition groups to make limited gains," says Thitinan Pongsudhirak, head of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University. "There will be mounting pressures on the government because of its inadequacies. Opposition groups have the upper hand." The disaster could also foster political reconciliation between Burma's government and the outside world, following a pattern from other natural disasters from Pakistan to Indonesia, experts say.
"It could be quite catalytic, like the [2004] tsunami in Aceh," says John Virgoe, the International Crisis Group's Southeast Asia project director in Jakarta, Indonesia. "Indonesia does show how game-changing these disasters can be: The tsunami allowed both sides to say, 'Let's put aside our differences,' " he adds, referring to a cease-fire that ended a running conflict between the Indonesian Army and rebel separatists in Aceh.
Mr. Virgoe and others, however, are quick to caution against drawing a direct parallel to Burma, which has shown disdain for dialogue with political opponents and sent mixed signals about even accepting foreign aid workers.
On Wednesday, as the death toll topped 22,500, relief agencies said they had still not received visas to enter Burma, despite a preliminary agreement from Burma allowing foreign aid workers.
"We have a team of five emergency relief members in Thailand. And they have applied for visas. But they are on standby," says Elizabeth Byrs, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva.
With the UN declaring cyclone Nargis "a major disaster," saying up to 1 million may now be homeless, any delays in international aid could add to the death toll. More than 60,000 have been declared missing and are presumed dead.
Relief groups in the country have begun distributing aid, but road damage and flooding are blocking access to many of the victims.
Speaking from the Thai-Burmese border, Nyo Myint, head of foreign affairs for the main opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, says many survivors in the Irrawaddy delta lack drinking water and food. "Some wells have been filled up with dead bodies. [People] are trying to get drinking water from small ponds, but they are also covered with bodies," he says. "Transportation is a problem because the jetties and the ferryboats are gone.... The only way is to have an airlift supported by the US or [others]."
Since receiving its first international shipment from Thailand Tuesday, Burma has accepted aid from longtime friends China, India, and Indonesia. The US upped its aid pledge to $3 million Wednesday.
The visa holdup for foreign aid workers underscores Burma's dilemma: The Army cannot respond adequately, but allowing outside aid will invite unprecedented scrutiny. "This government is paranoid about foreigners coming in and establishing contacts with the people of Burma," says Aung Zaw, editor of Irrawaddy Magazine, an opposition publication based in Thailand.
Since taking power in a military coup in 1962, Burma's government has positioned itself as one of the world's most authoritarian and isolated. Though the NLD won a landslide election in 1990, the junta rejected the results. And last September's protesters were quickly suppressed.
Many believe the cyclone has created an opportunity for change. "People who I've spoken to in Yangon [Rangoon] are very upset with the government," says Mr. Zaw. "Soldiers who came out against the protesters are nowhere to be seen now."
Mr. Myint, of the NLD, says the government has been unable to prevent looting or provide the basics. "Even in big towns with 100,000, there's only a hundred people receiving government handouts," he says. "They're trying their best, but they can only cover about 5 percent of what is really badly needed."
Still, state television played up images of soldiers clearing debris and conducting rescue operations, the Associated Press reported.
"From the outside, we can see the junta has so many limitations. But this will be the first time that they will have to admit that they have limitations," says Pornpimon Trichot, of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. "[They] may realize ... you cannot only have strong men and advanced weapons."
Many analysts point to the referendum, which the government says will go ahead on May 10, except in 47 hard-hit townships, which will vote May 24. The Army drafted the constitution, saying it will devolve authority, but critics say the generals will retain their power monopoly. With resentment running high against the government, experts say many citizens could vote "no" and force the regime to make compromises with opposition groups.
It would not be the first time a disaster brought change. For example, the Pakistani Army's inept response to a 1970 cyclone spurred Bangladesh's breaking away.
Still, if protests could not shake them, a storm is unlikely to either, analysts say. "There were huge protests and that didn't weaken the regime. The regime has an apparatus to keep itself in power by coercion," says Tim Huxley, of the International Institute for Strategic Studies-Asia in Singapore.
But following Pakistan's deadly earthquake in 2005, an influx of foreign aid workers dramatically improved perceptions of the West and strengthened ties between the US and Pakistani military.
Burma's opening up to aid could open a door to more dialogue, experts say. "You could develop a long-term humanitarian program that opens up other forms of dialogue," says Charles Perry, of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis in Cambridge, Mass.
Analysts caution that the junta is too calculating not to see that foreign governments view the disaster as an opportunity. And there are no guarantees that, once they've received aid, the generals won't shut down again, analysts say.
But "the cyclone could trigger social unrest in Burma," says Zaw. "I do think there's going to be a political upheaval."
• Christopher Johnson contributed from Tokyo.


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