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30 Facts About The Lion King
Did you know that Simba was originally supposed to save Nala's little brother from the wildebeest stampede? Or that the voices of Timon and Pumbaa were almost cast as hyenas? Here are a few things you may not have heard about the animated masterpiece that had you in tears two decades ago.
1. According to "The Making of The Lion King," the original opening scene featured a dialog introducing most of the main characters, but directors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff scrapped it when they heard the final version of "Circle of Life."
2. The result of this decision was so powerful that the opening scene was used as a trailer for the film, marking the first time Disney had ever made a trailer using a complete scene.
3. The first script (which was titled King of Beasts, then King of the Jungle) featured Scar as a lone lion, unrelated to Simba, who was in charge of a pack of vicious baboons. In this version, Rafiki was written as a cheetah and Timon and Pumbaa were both friends with Simba from the start.
4. The Lion King was the first Disney animated film to feature a completely original storyline—that is, one that was not an adaptation of a pre-existing story.
5. Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella, who played Timon and Pumbaa, originally auditioned to be hyenas. "They came to an audition in New York and they bumped into each other in the lobby, which is when they discovered they were both auditioning for the roles of hyenas," director Rob Minkoff said. "They asked the casting director if they could audition together and they were hilarious as they read their lines, but they didn't seem right for the hyenas. That's when we thought, 'What if we use them as Timon and Pumbaa?' It was the perfect fit." Cheech Marin and Whoopi Goldberg were cast as the hyenas instead.
6. Tommy Chong was supposed to play the third hyena opposite his former partner-in-crime, Marin, but when he couldn't be reached, Jim Cummings was cast in his place.
7. Cummings is also the voice of the gopher who reports to Zazu in the film, and filled in for Jeremy Irons as Scar on last third of "Be Prepared" when Irons threw his voice out recording the song.
8. After Simba's first encounter with the hyenas, the film was supposed to feature a lullaby sung by Sarabi called "The Lion in the Moon," which was about a protective lion spirit.
9. "Hakuna Matata" wasn't originally in the script; instead, there was a song about eating bugs called "He's Got it All Worked Out." According to Minkoff, "We couldn't convince everybody that making the entire song about eating bugs was a good idea. Soon after, the research team came back from their trip to Africa with the phrase 'Hakuna Matata'. We talked about it in a meeting with Tim Rice—and that's when the idea struck. I remember Tim saying, 'Hmmm… Hakuna Matata. It's a bit like Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo.' A song was born!"
10. The Lion King is the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated feature of all time with a total box office of over $987 million; it is also the third highest-grossing animated feature in general, the 19th highest-grossing film of all time, and the best-selling videotape of all time.
11. According to the film's press notes, the wildebeest stampede scene took Disney CGI animators more than two years to create and involved writing a new computer program to govern the movements of the herd.
12. A hyena researcher sued Disney for "defamation of character" for its portrayal of the animals in the film. [PDF]
13. The film's first director, George Scribner (who also directed Oliver and Company), wanted the movie to be a sort of animated National Geographic feature and left the film when the decision was made to turn it into a musical.
14. The Lion King was actually made by a "B-Team" of Disney animators since the "A-Team" had elected to focus on the picture they thought would be more successful— Pocahontas.
15. Wildlife expert Jim Fowler brought real African animals like hornbills and lions at different stages of life into the Disney studio to serve as figure models for the team of animators working on the film.
16. Rafiki is actually something of a cross between a mandrill and a baboon as true mandrills do not have tails.
17. An earthquake in 1994 forced the Disney Studios to close down temporarily and much of the film was finished in the artists' homes.
18. A number of characters developed for the film were written completely out of the script, including a tagalong little brother for Nala named Mheetu (who Simba was originally supposed to save from the stampede) and another friend of Nala's named Bhati—a wise-cracking bat-eared fox. There was also, at one point, a lizard named Iggy, and another meerkat named Tesma (a mopey relative of Timon); the hyenas had originally been written as cape hunting dogs.
19. One small yellow beetle that Timon finds under a log has Mickey ears on its back.
20. In November 1991, Disney sent a team of animators to Hell's Gate National Park in Kenya to do research for the film. Most of the landscapes in the finished movie are based on this park—but not Pride Rock itself, which was created by a Disney artist in Burbank.
21. Screenwriter Irene Mecchi said in "The Making of The Lion King" that the idea for the movie was first presented to her as "Hamlet in Africa with Bambi thrown in, so Bamblet."
22. Before Rowan Atkinson of Mr. Bean fame was cast as the finicky hornbill Zazu, several former members of Monty Python were considered for the role, as was Patrick Stewart.
23. "Hakuna Matata" originally had an extra verse in which Timon explained his difficulty fitting in with other meerkats.
24. In the film's press notes, Tim Rice is said to have been through about 15 iterations of lyrics for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." The Elton John recording that plays during the credits (and won an Oscar) was the first version of the song.
25. The original final fight sequence had Simba losing to Scar, though Scar then died in a fire.
26. The American Film Institute lists The Lion King as the fourth best animated film of all time.
27. SEX in a dust cloud? Animators claimed this was supposed to say "SFX," and was meant as an innocent nod to the art department.
28. James Earl Jones (voice of Mufasa) and Madge Sinclair (voice of Sarabi) played an African king and queen together in the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy, Coming to America.
29. According to a 1995 article in Entertainment Weekly, Disney made more than $1 billion on Lion King merchandise in 1994.
30. Matthew Broderick (voice of Adult Simba) first thought he was going to be working on a remake of a 1960s Japanese anime show called Kimba the White Lion when he read the script, though Disney has denied any connection between the two projects.


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All this teary talk of Nora Ephron (seriously, I've spent most of this day pinning her best quotes on Pinterest) has me thinking about chick flicks, and what we love about them.
Not many people can really nail the true-to-life rom-com like Nora did–but we're a forgiving moviegoing bunch, I think, and more often than not, we excuse unrealistic behavior in romantic comedies.
Still, it has to be said, some of this stuff neva, eva happens–unless you tell me otherwise:
10. Answering the phone without saying hello, and hanging it up without saying goodbye. (This one goes for all people in movies.
9. Going bonkers over a bouquet. (Really. You might get that one outlier at a wedding who's had six chardonnays and a wild look in her eye all night. But two of 'em?)
8. Having hair like this at the beach.
7. Looking this cute during workout time–and, while I'm at it, having full-on conversations during a run or a spin class. Are you kidding?
6. Living alone in fabulous apartments (often with roof decks) in super expensive cities.
5. Hanging out with a group of friends, at home, in your underwear. When your clothes are right in the other room. I think this one was invented for the boyfriends who get dragged along.
4. Having ri-diculously high-powered jobs, like, one year out of college. I distinctly remember being angry right there in the theater when I heard that Lindsay Lohan was some kind of hotshot PR exec inJust My Luck. In real life, she was 20 at the time. Of course, having paid to go and see Just My Luck in the theater, I had no one to blame but myself.
3. Being able to run in heels like these…
2. But then falling down for no reason in all other situations. So klutzy and kute!
1. Giving this exact response when asked on a date: "I'd like that."
What would you add to this list? Any on here you think I'm wrong about?
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Abraham, we are told, looked for a city whose builder and maker is God (Heb. 11:10). Jesus promised us that He was going to prepare a place for us (John 14:3). And when history draws to its close …Read More
Heavenly Mindedness
Jonathan Edwards said, "It becomes us to spend this life only as a journey toward heaven … to which we should subordinate all other concerns of life. Why should we labor for or set our hearts on anything else, but that …Read More
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How Now Shall We Die?
Woody Allen, the well-known movie director, screenwriter, and actor, once said, "I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." The quirky quotation is famous but fatally flawed. God has the date of …Read More
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Several years ago I had the opportunity to teach a class on heaven and hell. On the first day of class I asked the middle-aged students to raise their hands if they could recall the last time they had heard …Read More
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And He who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also He said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." (Rev. 21:5). Surely, if this language of the …Read More
The Reversal of the Curse
God promises us "a new heaven and a new earth" (Rev. 21:1). Some people leap to the conclusion that God will simply throw the present creation onto the scrap heap, so to speak, and start over again from scratch …Read More
The New Creation
Christianity affirms the material order. In creation God made the physical world (Gen. 1) and man with a tangible body (Gen. 2:7). In redemption God effects the incarnation of Christ (Heb. 2:14) and His physical resurrection (Luke 24 …Read More
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His name is "Beechie." Recently he surprised us with a serendipitous visit. He called to say he was in Orlando with part of his family and asked if he could make an impromptu visit to our home. We responded …Read More
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Winnipeg Jets power play finally works in 3-2 shootout win over PhiladelphiaNHL.com @NHLdotcom
WINNIPEG - Coach Claude Noel was happy to talk about the Winnipeg Jets power play Friday night, after a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers, thanks to two power-play goals.
"The power play was obviously a big plus for us," he said after Bryan Little scored the winner in the fifth round of the shootout as the Jets (10-9-2) won their fourth in a row.
"(It was) a long time waiting for us for that to happen. I don't think there was anything really different that took place other than we hit the net."
The Jets started the game with the worst power-play in the league, just six goals in 71 tries (only one in their last 13 games) and moved up a notch to 29th after Dustin Byfuglien connected twice when the Flyers were shorthanded.
It was fitting that he was the agent of change, since it was Byfuglien who counselled doubters to have patience this week. He said success would come if the team could keep rubber moving to the net.
And he insisted they did nothing new Friday night.
"It was just a matter of getting there," Byfuglien said after the game.
"We were in traffic and we just kept shooting and it got there."
Byfuglien scored his first at 5:36 of the into the first period as he snapped the puck past a kneeling Steve Mason.
The second at 14:23 of the third period was more important, after the Flyers (7-11-1) had taken a 2-1 lead by the end of the first on goals from Scott Hartnell and Wayne Simmonds.
It was Byfuglien's trademark slapshot from the blueline that swept by Mason and sent the game into overtime. Even the normally stoic defenceman had to do a little dance to celebrate.
Mason said he didn't even see the puck.
"It's just disappointing because we had the lead with six minutes left in the hockey game and we weren't able to close it out," he said.
But he said they made progress on their road trip.
"Anytime you can get five out of six points that's pretty good. Would have been great to get the full six points but moving forward we put ourselves back in a better position."
The Flyers bounced back after Byfuglien's first goal.
Hartnell's wraparound at the 6:25 mark was ruled a goal after a review. Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec appeared to move it past the line with his glove.
The Flyers took the lead a little over five minutes later on Simmonds' wrist shot from a goalmouth scramble just 13 seconds into Philadelphia's first power play of the game.
Like Byfuglien, Noel has said he has faith the team's power play will improve.
"We've had chances like that before where it either gets saved or hits a post or misses the net, or a lot of different factors like that," he said of the first goal.
"For me it was just a matter of time before these things start seeing the back of the net. Eventually they're going to go, you just have to stay with it and not allow too much frustration to get into your game."
He also gave Pavelec credit for keeping them in the game.
"He really gives us a chance."
One streak did end for the Jets Friday night. Captain Andrew Ladd finally failed to score in a shootout.
Ladd has scored game winners in three and hadn't missed until Friday.
"The one (streak) that counts kept going," he said, adding that he hopes the power-play goals will give the team more confidence in the future.
Notes: The Flyers haven't won a game this season in which they didn't score the first goal. ... The Jets have won four straight at home as well and their leading scorers at the MTS Centre are Ladd (5G, 8A) and Bryan Little (7G, 6A).


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Supreme Court Upholds the Healthcare Reform Act-What Do You Think?
The federal government will be allowed to tax people for failure to have health insurance. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is mandate requiring Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty is unconstitutional under the commerce clause but allowable under a taxing clause.
The landmark decisions end two years of legal uncertainty and vigorous barbecue and cocktail party debates. The decision has wide-ranging implications that are yet to be fully understood.
"The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness" Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the ruling.
The 26 states that opposed it said that while Congress has the authority to regulate interstate commerce, it doesn't have the power to require people to buy a product.
One area of the law that did see a significant restrict ion was the portion of the law relative to the expansion of Medicaid, the government health-insurance program for low-income and sick people. The ruling gives states some flexibility not to expand their Medicaid programs, without paying the same financial penalties that the law called for.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the law will cost the government about $938 billion over 10 years. The CBO has also estimated that it will reduce the federal deficit by $138 billion over a decade.
It is unlikely this will be the last we have heard of it. Our politicians will still have more to say. And barbecues and cocktail parties will not be left bereft of conversation this summer.
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To be an individual… means having personality; differentiating yourself from the others. Often times we all want people to befriend and network that stand out amongst the crowd. We have too many followers in this world. Half of the time they are not following for the good reasons but for the things that they are after that are often associated with the in-crowd, the popular people, the overrated social constructions. No, I'm not saying that everything is constructed by people turns out to be bad. Rather simply saying that don't be a second version of someone else. What I'm saying is that it tiring to see people become like others as if they are those "so called reality shows" and other programs that air on television that end up having a spin-off show. To be an individual means living an autonomous life. I may not be the person with the most to say, but I have something to say.
Any type of corruption in this country is what the individual seeks to make nonexistent. Every day some group of people are fighting for some sort of freedom to live their own lives in which the government should have less interference. In modern terms, to be yourself in America is the best thing. We need diverse people (not just by natural color), but by the means of exchanging similar or differ ideas, beliefs, moral values, personality, leadership, and bringing all that we have to the table. As people with minds of our own should we not have open minds and reject the perspective of our friends and family, we should learn to "agree to disagree." True enough we may not all agree on the same thing, but common ground needs to be made. To be our own selves is to be awesome. That means we are enjoying life and making the best of everything, and putting our best foot forward. Whatever we do whether it is an art project, writing, blogging, creating some service, and what have you, the first thing you may tend to add your personality to it. That uniqueness to make whatever you are working on stand out amongst the other similar blogs, writings, services, etc. We all are inspired some way or some how to make life valuable. We accept those challenges and opportunities that will make us all individuals that can work together in such a diverse society.
And when you become individual and figure yourself out, then the changes will be noticed by family and friends. You may end up influencing other people. So much is happening these days that it seems like the truth is hidden and some one around the globe that just want things to be better. Those "things" could be the government -national and local- and even in the education field. We all have own plans (dreams) that we want to purse. Some may not be realistic as most, but it is valuable to be productive in whatever you are doing (hopefully, it is something good and not bad).
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A senior executive of failed New Frontier Bank pleaded guilty Tuesday to making improper loans to prop up the Greeley institution.
Federal sentencing guidelines call for Gregory William Bell, 54, to receive up to 30 years on each of three counts, including bank fraud, and up to 20 years for money laundering.
In a plea agreement signed by Bell, prosecutors say he has provided them with assistance in the case and that he promises to continue cooperating in the future, U.S. District Judge Lewis Babcock said. That cooperation allows the judge to depart from the guidelines.
The agreement requires Bell, who was New Frontier's senior vice president and chief lending officer, to forfeit $235,000 for restitution of victims.
Bell and his lawyer, Saskia Jordan, declined to comment as they left Babcock's courtroom. Bell is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. April 30.
State regulators shut down New Frontier in April 2009, as worried depositors withdrew funds, and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as its receiver.
The $1 billion failure, which was the most expensive bank crash in state history, wreaked havoc in the agriculture and real estate communities of northern Colorado.
A Denver Post investigation found that practices at the bank violated banking standards and, in some cases, rose to the level of potential fraud.
The Department of Justice continues to investigate the failure, according to Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver. It isn't clear whether more prosecutions could be coming.
Three months before New Frontier failed, the FDIC ordered the bank to replace Bell and Larry Seastrom, its longtime president and founder. The FDIC in late 2010 barred Bell, Seastrom and New Frontier's board of directors from running a financial institution.
In their case against Bell, prosecutors said that from June 2008 to September 2008, after state and federal regulators had directed New Frontier to raise capital, Bell arranged for eight bank customers to borrow money from the bank and use the proceeds to purchase bank stock. The stock sales improved the appearance of New Frontier's capital position.
The bank lent $20.14 million to the eight borrowers, who bought bank shares with $4.3 million, prosecutors said. In August 2008, Bell arranged for $260,000 from one of the loans to be transferred to the account of the borrower of the loan.
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Not really. why would that be better in practice? On Jun 30, 2010, at 9:19 AM, <email@example.com> <email@example.com> wrote: > Yes, this is what I looked at before. Have you considered URI's instead of strings, e.g. instead of 'geolocation' using a URI? > > regards, Frederick > > Frederick Hirsch > Nokia > > > > On Jun 30, 2010, at 12:06 PM, ext Ian Fette (イアンフェッティ) wrote: > >> The thread where this is being discussed is http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2010AprJun/1150.html - i would look there for more info >> >> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:03 AM, <email@example.com> wrote: >> Ian >> >> Thanks for the very clear and helpful explanation. >> >> I think some of this is similar in intent to some of the other proposals in DAP. >> >> Where and how do you plan to define items that have permissions associated with them? For example, is there a URI for "obtaining user location" and where is this defined? (I guess I'm asking if you have a more detailed spec). >> >> If I missed this in a thread or elsewhere, a link would be helpful. >> >> regards, Frederick >> >> Frederick Hirsch >> Nokia >> >> >> >> On Jun 30, 2010, at 11:52 AM, ext Ian Fette (イアンフェッティ) wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:31 AM, <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>> Ian >>> >>> Good point, I agree. >>> >>> Policy decision is a separable aspect that determines how a decision is reached, either by user query, rules, whatever. >>> >>> Then you have a running app. Now it seems that ultimately an app tries to call a method, which then the OS/browser/etc enforces a decision of whether the invocation is allowed. >>> >>> What isn't clear to me is that I think you might be suggesting another approach which is for the app to ask if permissions are granted, and then only invoke the method if they are. >>> >>> This has the advantage of enabling bundling various permission requests, reducing user interaction in the case of many requests. However it does no enforcement, so if the app ignores the decision (a bad app) then the OS/browser/etc still needs to know the result of the policy decision and enforce it before allowing the method to proceed. >>> >>> >>> This is correct, it does allow bundling of various permissions requests, but does not do any "enforcement". Rather, it simply tells developers what is _going_ to happen, and if they are unhappy with that (e.g. they get back an "unknown" instead of an "allowed") they can potentially try to request a permission (or set of permissions) and see if the state of the world changes, e.g. unknowns become allows. This allows an application developer to ensure that they have whatever baseline set of capabilities they require, rather than finding that out half-way in (and after generating N different prompts to the user.) >>> >>> Are you thinking in terms of an app asking permission, or of receiving capability tokens, or simply enforcement at the methods? >>> >>> >>> I am not proposing changing any of the enforcement mechanisms, e.g. adding some token. Rather, the browser continues to apply its decision making process / policy as normal, but the app can get the result ahead of actually using the API, and if the app requests a permission and this has some effect (e.g. a prompt to the user which the user interacts with, implementation dependent, but imagine the user saying "yes, I will allow this site to access my location" and the browser remembering that decision), then the result is changed, even though the mechanism is not. >>> >>> It would help me to understand the model you have in mind, in terms of the flow. Perhaps it is in an email I missed, if so I apologize. >>> >>> Two examples: >>> >>> The original proposal was with respect to geolocation. Imagine I'm google maps. I have a "show my location button". I want to know if it makes sense to even show this button. Right now, the only thing I can do is call the geolocation API and attempt to get the location. In most cases, this will generate some user prompt - but I don't actually want the user's location or to annoy the user with a prompt, rather I just want to know *if I can get it* so that I know whether to show the button or not. If I can call checkPermission() then I can hide the button if the response is "deny", or show the button if the response is "unknown". If the response is "allow", I might instead just go ahead and get the permission, and have a "turn off location" button instead. >>> >>> Now, imagine being able to get more permissions. E.g. I'm a mail app, and the user says they want to turn on offline mail access. I know I need more quota, but I want to request it upfront. I might also need other permissions, e.g. filesystem API persistent storage, and something else. I can use requestPermission() to get all of these permissions up front, rather than having to try storing whatever data I can until I hit some unknown quota and then "seeing what happens". Granted, the original proposal doesn't quite go this far in terms of what permissions were being considered, but I think it may allow for such things eventually. >>> >>> >>> This seems to be related to checkPermission/requestPermission >>> >>> I'd like to better understand what you have in mind to see how it fits with what the DAP WG has been discussing. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> regards, Frederick >>> >>> Frederick Hirsch >>> Nokia >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 30, 2010, at 10:20 AM, ext Ian Fette (イアンフェッティ) wrote: >>> >>>> Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems that there's two distinct interests here. >>>> >>>> The first interest is in expressing policies. There has been a history of talk in DAP about the ability to specify policies for access to various devices/resources/APIs. From a web developer perspective, the policy threads boil down to the question of "what is the result when a various site tries to do something? Is it allowed, is it denied, or is it unknown [ e.g. ask the user ]." How that decision is made seems orthogonal to the question of "what will happen if I try to do XYZ" - whatever mechanism you are using (hardcoded defaults, a policy you consult, etc) you should be able to answer that question. >>>> >>>> The second interest is the answer to the question "what is the effect of the policy being used" - and here I use "policy" in a loose sense. A developer shouldn't have to care what policy the user has set, rather the question is "can I use this API, and if not, can I successfully get permission to use it?" >>>> >>>> It seems that we should be able to de-couple discussion of the second from the first. >>>> >>>> -Ian >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:36 AM, <email@example.com> wrote: >>>> Hi Doug >>>> >>>> > Lastly, it will be very hard to implement anything that does the following: >>>> >>>> The following paper might be relevant, have you looked at it yet? This seems to offer some additional information. >>>> >>>> http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0rp834wf >>>> >>>> I understand there are pragmatic concerns - yet can we do more to find a good balance? supporting rulesets may be a possibility - we'll have to talk about it at the workshop >>>> >>>> regards, Frederick >>>> >>>> Frederick Hirsch >>>> Nokia >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 29, 2010, at 4:42 PM, ext Doug Turner wrote: >>>> >>>> > Hey Robin, >>>> > >>>> > I would love to build a draft doc, but really... we should ask John Gregg. He is the editor of the Desktop Notification and he is to "blame" for the bulk of this API. John, would you like to factor this out and propose it as a separate spec? >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Also, I am not really interested in options for this specification. If we have to spec out additional things, we can do that in the future. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Lastly, it will be very hard to implement anything that does the following: >>>> > >>>> > { retain: "briefly", distribute: false } >>>> > >>>> > This is basically the same idea the the CDT/GeoPriv folks wanted in the Geolocation WG. This wont work from the UAs point of view for many reasons. Before you consider rehashing the debate on this thread, I urge you to you can check out the Geolocation WG meeting notes from the Dec. Face-to-Face for the details. >>>> > >>>> > Regards, >>>> > Doug Turner >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Jun 29, 2010, at 2:46 AM, Robin Berjon wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> Hey Doug, >>>> >> >>>> >> On Jun 28, 2010, at 23:31 , Doug Turner wrote: >>>> >>> The unknown case would most likely bring up a UI in Firefox. The other states talk about if an application is allowed to use a particular feature. checkPermission could return 'false' stating that the application is not allowed to preform some action... maybe because the user has previously disabled this feature (like opt'd out of gelocation). Maybe these we previously set by the user, maybe they are just defaults in the UA.... but how they got set is really an implementation detail. >>>> >> >>>> >> As I've said before, I think that this could be an interesting avenue of work. Out of curiosity: would you be interested in scaring up a draft? >>>> >> >>>> >> I also wonder if there could be value in adding an options argument to allow one to provide more information about the check. For instance, as you probably recall, there was a discussion not so long ago about quotas for permanent and temporary storage. I wonder if this could not be done through this interface as well with something like checkPermission("permanent-storage", { size: "all-your-teras" }). >>>> >> >>>> >> With options, it might be possible to provide some privacy terms (perhaps based on our rulesets, or Aza's "essential things, or whatever comes out of next month's workshop). Something like checkPermission("contacts", { retain: "briefly", distribute: false }). >>>> >> >>>> >> Another thing: if it's just checking for permission, the method can I guess be synchronous. But we could add a third argument being a callback that would make it actually request the permission (or it could be a separate method, as proposed before). In that case, the callback could get an object implementing the interface that it's looking for. This would avoid namespace pollution on navigator (or wherever else most of these APIs end up being stuck) as well as a fair amount of bikeshedding. >>>> >> >>>> >> I'm not saying all or in fact any of this is a good idea — just sticking it out there :) >>>> >> >>>> >> -- >>>> >> Robin Berjon >>>> >> robineko — hired gun, higher standards >>>> >> http://robineko.com/ >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >Received on Wednesday, 30 June 2010 16:22:15 UTC
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The hurricane center said Sandy -- which has been on a weeklong trek through the Caribbean and past the Bahamas -- was expected to continue in its current motion through Sunday and then turn toward the north Sunday night, followed by a turn to the north-northwest Monday. On its forecast track, Sandy will move parallel to the U.S southeast coast through the weekend, and approach the mid-Atlantic coast late Monday.
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All tropical storm watches and warnings have been discontinued along the Florida east coast but the storm could affect a 700-mile region from North Carolina to Maine, CNN reported Saturday.
A tropical storm warning was posted for South Santee River, S.C., to Duck, N.C., as well as for Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds, and Great Abaco and Bahama islands. A tropical storm watch was in effect for Savannah River to South Santee River and Bermuda. Gale, storm and high wind watches were in effect for areas north of the tropical storm warning areas.
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- James Gillespie, b. 1772 Ireland, d. unk. This person appears on the 1850 census of Bloomfield along with all our other Michigan pioneers. He is living with an 11-year-old named Margaret. I have not been able to trace either character before or after this moment in time.
- Thomas Gillespie, Sr., b. 1777 Ireland, d. 1859 Michigan. He was the second husband of Nancy Gillespie, and quite probably a cousin to her. In 1855, when a petition was brought to have Thomas declared incompetent, it was stated that he had only a niece and nephew alive as heirs. My conjecture has been that would be Isabella and Thomas, Jr., who follow on this list.
- Isabella Gillespie, b. 1813 Ireland or NY, d. 1891 unk but buried in Michigan. Isabella was the wife of John Greer, and the mother of 15 children, one of whom was Belle Greer who married James H. Gillespie.
- Thomas Gillespie, Jr., b. 1816 NY, d. 1899 Michigan. His death certificate said his father was James Gillespie, possibly the first person in this list?
- Mary Ann Gillespie, b. 1816 Ireland or NY, d. unk. This person was the wife of Henry P. Sloat, who had property very close to our Michigan pioneers, and who was to become the guardian of Thomas Gillespie, Sr. when he was declared incompetent.
- James Gillespie, b. abt. 1820, d. 1866. This person has a gravestone with the other Michigan pioneers, although I've not been able to account for him in any other documentation. His gravestone has a flag carved into it, which implies he was a soldier (and in fact Franklin Cemetery lists him as a veteran but I haven't yet determined the source of their information). I have tracked down every James Gillespie from Michigan who served in the Civil War, and none seem to be this James Gillespie. So either he served with a different state (I've looked at NY, but had no luck there), or he served in a different war (the Mexican American War?).
All of these family groups seem to have come to Michigan from the Orange County, NY area, although I am trying to keep an open mind about that assumption (some might have come to Michigan directly from Ireland?). My current thinking is that the two older characters (James and Thomas, Sr.) were cousins to my John-Gillespie-First-Marriage-Children, who were Nancy, Thomas, Jane, and Elizabeth. This would mean we are now looking for a brother or brothers of John Gillespie. Could this get any more interesting?
Maybe it's time to look one more time at the Pine Bush Gillespie's (these are Gillespie families who lived in the Orange County, NY area but who seem to have arrived pre-Revolution and thus I have not been able to tie them to our Gillespie's who I believe arrived around 1810). On my website (see link on upper-right of my blog), there is a document in my library called "Early Gillespies" which talks about some of my research into the early NY Gillespie families. I have other notes on the subject so I'll try to compile and summarize that research in another post soon.
In the meantime, maybe I should offer a reward for information leading to the capture of my most wanted. What reward, I wonder, could possibly compare to the satisfaction in finally knowing the true story of those who came before?


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Interview is an interaction between two or more people wherein the interviewer ask questions to the interviewee to get information from him.
Different companies have different rounds of an interview. Typically for any company the first round of an interview is a Personal Introduction Round also know as PIR. This round is a handy tool for the person who is taking an interview to eliminate the candidates as most of us tend to do mistakes while introducing ourselves. This can be avoided by making a conscious effort and a bit of practice. Just make a note of the things mentioned, it will definitely help to improve your chances of getting selected.
Before starting make sure that u take a deep breath and start so as to avoid any voids in between. Remember the old saying "First impression is the best impression." The interviewer should be able to see the confidence in you the moment you utter your first sentence. Also remember that you are telling something about your own self and no one else would know about you better than you. While speaking don't sound as if you have mugged everything, let the flow be natural.
Most of the training institutes which train candidates on personality development, have a typical format to teach and all the candidates who take training will speak in the same format. If you have taken any training, just rethink and rewrite a new introduction for yourself.
While introducing yourself don't go into much details about any unnecessary thing, For example, if you are telling about your graduation, just tell the stream and the year of passing. No need to tell about the percentage you secured and the institute, unless the institute is one of the top in its stream.
Make sure you concentrate more about things like your strengths, hobbies, what you do in your free time etc. so that the person who is taking your interview will get an idea about what kind of a person you are. Try to give examples related to your statements. Don't try to portrait yourself something which you are not. If you say anything about you which is not true, it will create a problem at a later stage.
Have a look at the sample Personal Introduction:
"Hello, My name is Sandeep, I was born in a village and brought up in Hyderabad. I an MBA from Osmania University with Marketing as the area of specialization. I have 2 years of experience in the field of Marketing. Coming to my family background, it comprises of five members. My father has a small business and my mother is a housewife. I have two younger sisters both of them are pursuing there graduations.
In my free time I love to spend time chatting with friends, listening to music and playing chess. I also like to travel to new places and meet new people, this being one of the reasons to choose marketing as my specialization in MBA.
I am a very fast learner and this really helped me when I joined a software company after completing my MBA. My job responsibility their was into online marketing which requires a lot of technical knowledge. Me being a non technical person had no idea about the stream. But I learned things really fast and picked up the pace faster than people who were from a technical background. My other strengths include positive attitude and I am adaptive to any kind of situation.
That is all I have to say about me at this point of time. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak something about me."
This was just a small sample of self introduction. You can make changes and add things keeping this as an outline. Prepare your draft of self introduction well before and practice it at least ten times standing in front of a mirror, at the same time make sure that you do not mug it so as to avoid sounding mechanical. All the Best..


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Millions in Future Donations to Vets Charity Will Pay Debt Owed to Vendors
Published 08/01/2010
** Article Update May 2012 **
A CNN investigation inspired by CharityWatch article Millions in Future Donations to Vets Charity Will Pay Debt Owed to Vendors reveals further details showing that only a small portion of donations raised by Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) goes to assist injured veterans. Thanks to CNN's continued reporting on F rated DVNF, two US Senators have now launched "an investigation into the potential abuses of tax-exempt nonprofit status" by DVNF and are looking into "questionable financial ties between DVNF and Quadriga Art."
CharityWatch president, Daniel Borochoff, comments about the waste at this and other veterans charities. This follow-up video features veterans charities that have received useless in-kind donations from DVNF, and the group's president refusing to explain why DVNF provides so little aid to veterans. DVNF's responses to CNN take a "bizarre and nonsensical" twist and J.D. Simpson, who operates a shelter serving homeless veterans, says that DVNF diverts much-needed funds away from groups helping veterans in need.
Pictured above: Mary Alice Dick, a CharityWatch member for years, expresses her concerns about F rated Disabled Veterans National Foundation to CNN.
Millions in Future Donations to Vets Charity Will Pay Debt Owed to Vendors
"100 percent of your donation will go to the charity." This is the language that telemarketers of Donor Services Group (DSG), a fundraising company soliciting for Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF), are instructed to use when on the phone with potential donors, according to a 2009 fundraising statement filed in Massachusetts. Contradicting this claim on the very same form, and also in DVNF's solicitation notice in Colorado, the solicitor estimated that its fees would amount to 98% of donations collected on behalf of DVNF in 2009. Donors may be even more disappointed to learn that the charity is contractually obligated to allow another fundraising company it hired, Brickmill Marketing Services to keep 100% of what it raises from donors until the charity's debts to this company are paid off.
DVNF's contract with Brickmill states that Brickmill will be responsible for managing production of solicitation materials and oversight of vendors. By far the largest vendor of DVNF is Quadriga Art, Inc., which shares the same phone number and address in Wilton, New Hampshire with Brickmill and, according to its web site, is the parent company of Brickmill. DVNF was billed over $14.7 million by Quadriga in 2008, according to the charity's tax form of the same year, which is an amount equivalent to an astounding 90% of DVNF's total spending. Billings of $1.4 million from Brickmill accounted for nearly 9% of the rest of DVNF's total spending in 2008.
The fundraising contract between DVNF and Brickmill states that the charity "agrees to assign to Brickmill the net proceeds from all future donor file mailings until paid." Unfortunately for unsuspecting donors, what this means is that future donations to the charity given in response to solicitations run by Brickmill must be used to pay off DVNF's debts to Brickmill before any funds can be made available to the charity for its programs.
AIP also fears that this part of DVNF's contract with Brickmill also extends to what the charity owes to Brickmill's parent company, Quadriga. Brickmill advances the money used for fundraising campaigns, according to a report on DVNF's web site by Prof. Richard Steinberg, which was commissioned by the charity. This arrangement suggests that, while DVNF may be billed primarily by Quadriga for fundraising services, the funds that Brickmill fronts to Quadriga for DVNF's solicitation campaigns must be paid back by DVNF before the charity will receive any of the donations raised by these fundraisers. A note in the charity's 2008 audit refers to an $8.4 million debt owed to an unnamed production vendor. AIP believes that this refers to money owed to Quadriga that was fronted by Brickmill.
When AIP contacted DVNF for clarification on this issue the charity's Chief Administrative Officer, Raegan L. Rivers, claimed to not even be aware that Brickmill and Quadriga are related companies. "It is my understanding that Quadriga Art is not the parent corporation of Brickmill. It is a separate corporation."
Claims made about the percentage of donations going to charity are not the only contradictions AIP found when investigating DVNF. "For 35 years we have been putting service to others before ourselves," says one DVNF solicitation. This is an interesting statement considering the charity was not incorporated until November 2007, according to its 2008 tax form. (Note: AIP does not rate groups until they have three years of financial reports.)
In addition to soliciting over the phone, the charity also sends out fundraising letters. An AIP member, curious about the group, described the first solicitation she received from DVNF and forwarded to us the follow-up solicitation she received. According to that AIP member, DVNF first sent a large plastic envelope containing a calculator and planner which she had not requested, along with a contribution form. They later sent her a follow-up solicitation asking "Did you receive the Patriotic Calculator and Planner Set I sent you?" This statement was printed in red letters above her name and address on the envelope next to a photo of an injured soldier being carried into a helicopter on a stretcher. Charities that mail unrequested gifts while at the same time requesting contributions are trying to guilt you into giving, in AIP's opinion. Donors should be aware that they are under no legal or, for that matter, moral obligation to send contributions in response to gifts they have not requested.
Donors should also be careful not to read too much into the emotionally-charged language or sad photos included in many charity solicitation letters. DVNF's appeal references the "hell of combat" and says, "You'll put meaning behind the words 'Support Our Troops,' with your gift to DVNF today!" The language in this solicitation could lead potential donors to believe that the charity seeks funds primarily for direct assistance to veterans, which is not the case. According to DVNF's 2008 audit, only $127,421 or less than 1% of DVNF's $16.3 million budget could have been spent on grants or aid to individuals. Except for this amount and a $40,000 unrestricted grant to a related party, all the rest of DVNF's reported program expenses of $4.5 million were direct mail related.
Donors may also be interested to know that according to DVNF's 2008 audit, it incurred $482,137 of fundraising mailing costs, which it allocated to program expenses, for another organization, the National Association of State Women Veterans Coordinators. This group shares five of DVNF's board officers and has entered into a strikingly similar contract with Brickmill Marketing Services.


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December 25, 2010
Here's to you Dad
I was very close to my father and it came as a blow when he died at the age of 47 on Christmas Day 1960. I still remember the gift I bought him that year. I was in Grade 9 and had gone out on my own and purchased a little daschund china dog with cups hanging from its side. And there it sat, unopened, under the Christmas Tree while we waited for news from the Oshawa Hospital that Christmas Day.
I was curled up in a chair in the corner of the living room while my mother and older siblings whispered in hushed tones in the kitchen. I remember our phone ringing many times. I remember the endless waiting while I stared at those unopened presents to my father lying under the tree.
It was my brother who came to tell me that our father had died. The phone had rung and everyone was quiet. I heard nothing until my brother came into the living room and said "He's gone" It was difficult to feel anything except shock and bewilderment.
I don't remember the rest of the day except at one point I sat in front of the tree and unwrapped the gift I had bought my father. I don't know what happened to that little dog with hanging cups. I'm glad I don't have it. I have enough sad memories at Christmas without a constant reminder the other 364 days of the year.
I still miss my dad even though 50 years has passed. Christmas is a hard time for me. I love my family and love watching them open gifts, love having the big Christmas dinner(s) but late afternoon and early evening Christmas Day is a reflective and sad time in my heart. I'm always surprised by how much I still miss my father!
So Dad - here's to you on this Christmas Day. You are not forgotten. My children and grand-children hear my stories about you and your life - as short as it was. Your photo hangs on my living room wall. And you are the reason I started searching our family tree. It was all for you. And genealogy led me to many marvellous things in my own life. Death took my father at far too young an age but I won't let him be forgotten.
6 comments:
- Kathy Reed said...
I'll be thinking of you later in the day. I'm glad you wrote such a wonderful tribute honoring your Dad 50 years later.
- Mary said...
A very well written tribute to yuor Dad. Thanks for sharing.
- Elizabeth O'Neal said...
I'm so sorry for your loss, Lorine. You just never really get over the loss of a parent. May you find peace this Christmas.
- Marlene said...
What a beautiful tribute you have written. I know about the sadness that goes with Christmas. My mother died Christmas Day 1986, then my father just a few months later. The lonely feeling is even more intense now that my hubby has passed away too.
Abbotsford, B.C.
I never got to meet him, as I was born in April 1961, but I like to hear stories about him when I can. I miss my mom this year too, so I can understand your grief, though you were so young at the time of his passing. Hugs from your niece, to my favourite aunt, who has always been there through my life, even when we don't see each other often.
- Genealogy Blogger said...
Thanks to everyone for their kind words. April I wish we lived nearer each other. I miss you


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Breaking NewsThe man who shot and killed John Lennon will remain behind bars ... at least for now ... because a NY parole board has DENIED his release.
Mark David Chapman -- who shot the famous Beatles member in front of Lennon's Manhattan apartment in 1980 -- has been serving 20 years to life for after pleading guilty to 2nd degree murder.
The 57-year-old went in front of a parole board today for the 7th time since the murder ... but New York corrections officials decided he is not ready to rejoin society.
MDC shot Lennon 4 times in front of his wife Yoko Ono on that fateful day. He later admitted he planned the killing because he wanted to become famous.
Chapman will be able to request parole again in 2014.


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Facts & Figures
President: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (2013)
Prime Minister: Moussa Mara (2014)
Land area: 471,042 sq mi (1,219,999 sq km); total area: 478,767 sq mi (1,240,000 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 16,455,903 growth rate: 3%; birth rate: 45.53/1000; infant mortality rate: 104.34/1000; life expectancy: 54.95
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Bamako, 2.037 million
Monetary unit: CFA Franc
- Mali Main Page
- Economic Development and Democracy
- President Touré Overthrown in a Coup
- Islamist Militants Expand Their Area of Control
- Ebola Outbreak Spreads to Mali
- Dozens Are Taken Hostage at Bamako Hotel
Most of Mali, in West Africa, lies in the Sahara. A landlocked country four-fifths the size of Alaska, it is bordered by Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, and the Côte d'Ivoire. The only fertile area is in the south, where the Niger and Senegal rivers provide water for irrigation.
Caravan routes have passed through Mali since A.D. 300. The Malinke empire ruled regions of Mali from the 12th to the 16th century, and the Songhai empire reigned over the Timbuktu-Gao region in the 15th century. Morocco conquered Timbuktu in 1591 and ruled over it for two centuries. Subjugated by France by the end of the 19th century, the land became a colony in 1904 (named French Sudan in 1920) and in 1946 became part of the French Union. On June 20, 1960, it became independent and, under the name of Sudanese Republic, was joined with the Republic of Senegal in the Mali federation. However, Senegal seceded from the federation on Aug. 20, 1960, and the Sudanese Republic then changed its name to the Republic of Mali on Sept. 22.
Economic Development and Democracy
In the 1960s, Mali concentrated on economic development, continuing to accept aid from both Soviet bloc and Western nations, as well as international agencies. In the late 1960s, it began retreating from close ties with China. But a purge of conservative opponents brought greater power to President Modibo Keita, and in 1968, the influence of the Chinese and their Malian sympathizers increased. The army overthrew the government on Nov. 19, 1968 and brought Mali under military rule for the next 20 years. Mali and Burkina Faso fought a brief border war from Dec. 25 to 29, 1985. In 1991, dictator Moussa Traoré was overthrown, and Mali made a peaceful transition to democracy. In 1992, Alpha Konaré became Mali's first democratically elected president.
In the early 1990s, the government fought the Tuaregs, nomads of Berber and Arab descent who inhabit the northern desert regions of Mali and have little in common with Mali's black African majority. The Tuaregs accused the government of marginalizing them politically and culturally. A peace agreement was signed in 1995, and thousands of Tuareg refugees returned to the country.
Mali's second multiparty national elections took place in May 1997, with President Konaré winning reelection.
Konaré won international praise for his efforts to revive Mali's faltering economy. His adherence to International Monetary Fund guidelines increased foreign investment and helped make Mali the second-largest cotton producer in Africa. Konaré was also the chairman of the 15-nation ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States), which in recent years has concentrated on brokering peace in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. Konaré retired after serving the two five-year terms permitted by the constitution.
In June 2002, Amadou Toumani Touré was elected president. A highly popular and respected public figure, he engineered the 1991 coup that freed the country from military rule. In 2004, he appointed Ousmane Issoufi Maïga as the new prime minister.
In June 2006, the government signed a peace treaty ending a Tuareg rebellion that began earlier in the year. The president promised a significant development and anti-poverty program for the Tuaregs. However, there was a resurgence of rebel activity that began in August 2007, with rebels attacking and kidnapping soldiers, and lasted into 2009. The government retaliated and by February 2009, it had taken control of most of the Tuareg bases. The Tuaregs turned in their weapons.
Touré was reelected in April 2007, winning 68.3% of the vote. His opponent, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, took 18.6%. In September, Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi Maïga resigned, and Modibo Sidibé succeeded him. In April 2011, Cisse´ Mariam Kaidama Sidibe´ became Mali's first-ever female prime minister after the resignation of Modibo Sidibe´.
President Touré Overthrown in a Coup
In March 2012, President Touré was overthrown in a coup by mutineering soldiers who said they were acting in response to the government's response to the rebellion by the Tuaregs, nomadic insurgents of Berber and Arab descent who live in the north. The troops said they did not received adequate support from the government. Many of the Tuaregs had fought for Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and returned to Mali after his downfall, emboldened and armed with weapons. The rebels scored a number of victories, taking over towns and demoralizing the country's military. The soldiers looted the presidential palace, suspended the constitution, and implemented a curfew. The coup did not impede the rebels. In fact, days after the coup, the rebels seized the city of Timbuktu, and thus gained control over much of the northern part of the country. They declared a cease-fire on April 5. The next day, however, the rebels said they had seceded from Mali and formed an independent state, called Azawad.
The Economic Community of West African States, a regional trade organization, imposed sanctions on the country, froze the assets Mali held in its bank, and sealed their borders with Mali. Mali had been considered one of the most stable democracies in Africa, and presidential elections had been set for April. President Touré said he planned to honor the country's term limits and not seek reelection.
In a deal negotiated by ECOWAS in April, coup leader Capt. Amadou Sanogo agreed to step down, ousted president Touré resigned, and former parliament speaker Dioncounda Traoré was sworn in as interim president. Cheick Modibo Diarra, an astrophysicist who had worked at NASA, was named interim prime minister. Traoré vowed to confront the rebels and hold elections, but did not give a timetable for the vote. Days later, however, several members of the opposition were arrested by the military, which suggested the junta was still clinging to power. Concern about Sanogo's refusal to relinquish power played out on May 21 when pro-military protesters stormed the presidential palace in Bamako and beat Traoré. ECOWAS intervened again and reached another deal with Sanogo that granted him the title of former head of state and gave him a pension in return for stepping down.
Another coup occurred in December 2012. Soldiers arrested Prime Minister Diarra and forced him to resign. President Traoré appointed Django Sissoko as prime minister. The coup further justified the claim by observers and activists that the military was still in control of Mali.
Islamist Militants Expand Their Area of Control
Over the summer of 2012, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Ansar Dine, another radical Islamist group, took advantage of the instability and an increasingly weak military and captured Timbuktu, Kidal, and Gao. The groups briefly allied themselves with the Tuareg rebels, but severed ties and declared the northern part of the country an Islamic state. They implemented and brutally enforced Shariah, or Islamic law. They also destroyed many ancient books and manuscripts and vandalized tombs, saying that worshipping saints violated the tenets of Islam. The Islamists continued to stretch their area of control into the fall, prompting concern that legions of Islamists would gather and train in northern Mali and threaten large swaths of Africa. ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) began planning a military action to reclaim the north from the Islamists. However, by January 2013, the militants had pushed into the southern part of the country, crossing into the area controlled by the government. France sent about 2,150 troops to Mali to push them back. In addition to launching airstrikes on militant strongholds, France also deployed ground troops to combat the stubborn fighters. By the end of January, French troops had pushed the militants out of Gao and Timbuktu, forcing them back to northern Mali. Soldiers from other African nations were also deployed to Mali to aid in the effort and will take a more active role in both combat and training Malian troops once France withdraws from Mali.
On Jan. 16, 2013, Islamic militants entered neighboring Algeria from Mali and took dozens of foreign hostages at the BP-controlled In Amenas gas field. Algerian officials said the militants were members of an offshoot of al-Qaeda called Al Mulathameen and were acting in retaliation for France's intervention in Mali. On Jan. 17, Algerian troops stormed the complex and attacked the kidnappers. By the end of the standoff on Jan. 20, 29 militants and 37 hostages were killed. Three Americans were among the dead.
The UN Security Council voted in April to deploy about 12,000 troops and police officers to Mali to stabilize the northern region, oversee the return to civilian rule, and to train Malian soldiers so the country's armed forces can resume security of the country. The troops arrived in early July 2013.
The Tuaregs, the nomadic rebels who had taken over parts of the north, signed a ceasefire with the government in June 2013. They agreed to cede control of Kidal in the north. The peace deal set the stage for presidential elections, which were a prerequisite for an infusion of about $4 billion in international aid. The first round of the election was held in July, despite concern that the country was ill-prepared for them. Voting was largely peaceful. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a former prime minister and president of the National Assembly, won 39.2% of the vote, and former finance minister Soumaïla Cissé took 19.4%, necessitating a second round. Keita won in a landslide in the second round, which was held in August.
In May 2014, Mara visited the northern towns of Timbuktu, Kidal, and Gao. While Timbuktu and Gao have been mostly peaceful after the ceasefire was signed between the government and the Tuareg rebels, Kidal remains a rebel stronghold and a tinderbox, and rebels shot at him when he arrived. Mara called the provocation a "declaration of war," and about 1,500 Malian troops were dispatched to Kidal and attacked the rebels. The military was outmatched by the rebels, who killed 50 troops, took 50 prisoner, and captured a government fort in Kidal. Hundreds of troops surrendered. Defense Minister Soumeylou Boybeye Maiga resigned after the attack.
Ebola Outbreak Spreads to Mali
On Nov. 25, 2014, Mali's Ministry of Health confirmed two new cases of Ebola. This was seen as a setback because it happened after the country thought it had overcome an earlier outbreak of the virus. Both cases were connected to previous ones. One case was the 23-year-old fiancée of a 25-year-old nurse who died of the virus earlier in November. The second case was a family member of previously confirmed and deceased Ebola victims.
Mali's Ministry of Health planned to meet with Guinea health officials to discuss how to coordinate efforts to control the virus outbreak and reduce the chances of additional cases being imported to Mali. As of Dec. 31, 2014, the Ebola virus was still spreading in West Africa with 7,905 deaths and 20,206 known cases, according to the World Health Organization.
Dozens Are Taken Hostage at Bamako Hotel
Islamic extremists stormed into the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali's capital, on Nov. 20, 2015. At least 170 people were taken hostage. The militants were armed with grenades and guns. U.S. and French special operation forces worked quickly with Malian troops and took back the hotel floor by floor. At least 27 people were killed, including two of the attackers.
An extremist group led by Moktar Belmoktar, a former Al Qaeda commander, claimed responsibility for the attack. With Mali being a former French colony, France saw it as another attack on its interests, coming just a week after the incidents in Paris.
See also Encyclopedia: Mali .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Mali


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