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In a hurry to share the full-resolution versions of your photos with several web-connected devices? Eye-Fi has a solution. Turns out that the company behind the wireless memory cards we know and love has a clever new photo-sharing service.
Basically all you'll do is log on to the Eye-Fi site and view your uploaded photos. You'll have the ability to share photos or albums with trusted contacts and to create download links. There's no charge for sharing photos uploaded to the site within a seven day window, but anything beyond that will require you to upgrade to a $50/year premium service.
New System and Email Feature Let People Quickly Show Off and Share Content on Multiple Devices
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 27, 2010 - Eye-Fi Inc. (www.eye.fi), best known as makers of the world's first wireless memory card, today launched Eye-Fi View, giving consumers a new way to access their photos and videos from virtually any computer or mobile device. Along with Eye-Fi View, Eye-Fi also introduced a new email-sharing feature, allowing direct, private sharing of full-resolution images without clogging inboxes or requiring viewers to login.
"When we released the first Eye-Fi card three years ago, we solved the fundamental problem of getting pictures off the camera and onto computers and online sharing sites. As we enter the biggest photo-sharing season of the year – Halloween to Christmas – we're delivering an even easier way for people to view and share photos from any device, with more control than ever," said Jef Holove, President and CEO of Eye-Fi. "Photos and videos of the kids trick-or-treating can be easily emailed to grandma and shown off on dad's iPad"
When it comes to photography, viewing the images is the point, and more devices – from netbooks to smartphones to tablets – create more ways consumers want to view and show their memories. With Eye-Fi View, this content is now accessible from virtually any Internet connected device and can be viewed and shared at home, at the office, or on the road.
Whether selecting certain photos to share on public sites like Facebook or Flickr, or privately sharing several images or full albums with trusted email contacts, Eye-Fi makes it easy. By simply logging into their Eye-Fi account from any device, users can view photos, publish them on the web, or share them via email.
"There are many sites on which pictures and videos can be shared. But even in this age of social media, email remains the most popular method of sharing among consumers," added Holove. "With our unique approach to email sharing, Eye-Fi is extending its ease of use capabilities to customers who want to email their photos. Because, put simply, photos are created to view."
With Eye-Fi's email feature, users select contacts from their own address book, and recipients – whether Eye-Fi users or not – can easily download full-resolution images through a single link, without worrying about overwhelming their inbox.
Pricing and Availability
With the latest Eye-Fi Center release, Eye-Fi X2 card users can automatically send content to their Eye-Fi View. Access to content uploaded within the last seven days is always free. Upgrade to Eye-Fi Premium to maintain access to an unlimited amount of content for only $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year. All Eye-Fi users can take advantage of the new email sharing feature.
Eye-Fi products are now available at Wal-Mart stores nationwide. Wal-Mart is the latest national retailer to feature Eye-Fi, following the addition of Target earlier this year. Availability beyond electronics and photography outlets underscores the expanding consumer demand for Eye-Fi's unique solution. Additionally, Eye-Fi's international users can now subscribe to all Eye-Fi services including Eye-Fi Premium. For more information, visit www.eye.fi.


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Thousands of protesters marched through Washington DC Saturday demanding immediate withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and Iraq
Up to a dozen demonstrators weer arrested by U.S. Park Police at the end of the march, for laying coffins at a fence outside the White House. Friday marked the seventh anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
"Activist Ralph Nader told thousands who gathered in Lafayette Park across from the White House that Obama has essentially continued the policies of the Bush administration, and it was foolish to have thought otherwise." AP reported.
"He's kept Guantanamo open, he's continued to use indefinite detention," Nader said. The only real difference, he said is that "Obama's speeches are better."
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark who also attended the D.C. rally, called on the Justice Department to investigate the officials who launched the illegal Iraq war.
"Protesters in Washington stopped at the offices of military contractor Halliburton — where they tore apart an effigy of former Vice President and Halliburton Chief Executive Dick Cheney — the Mortgage Bankers Association and The Washington Post offices." AP said.
Cindy Sheehan was among those who were arrested outside the White House. "Arrest that war criminal!" she shouted, referring to the warmonger president Obama.
Friday March 19th marked the 7th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

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Justified Alum Margo Martindale Returns to FX for The Americans
Margo Martindale is spying a return to the cable network that brought her Emmy gold.
The 61-year-old actress, who won an Emmy for her role on Justified'ssecond season, has joined FX's upcoming series The Americans.
Starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, the '80s-set spy series follows the complicated arranged marriage of two KGB spies, Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, posing as Americans in suburban Washington, D.C., shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected president. Martindale will play Claudia, a KGB illegal living in the U.S. who delivers assignments to Philip and Elizabeth.
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She will appear in at least eight episodes of the series, premiering Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 10/9c on FX.
Since her Emmy-winning turn on Justified, Martindale has starred on the short-lived CBS drama A Gifted Man and recently guest-starred on Person of Interest.
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Dec. 29, 2012— -- Former House majority leader Dick Armey says he took an $8 million consulting deal in return for leaving the conservative organization FreedomWorks because the group was "dishonest" and because he "couldn't leave with empty pockets."
The arrangement, he says, will allow him to "never have to work again forever."
In an interview with ABC News as he was winding down his Wii Fit workout, Armey spoke frankly and at length about his dispute with FreedomWorks, his eyebrow raising consulting contract, and the strategy of the Republican Party.
Armey, 72, was a leader in the 1994 Republican takeover of the House and became House majority leader. He retired from Congress in 2002 and had become a leader of the Tea Party movement in recent years.
The Washington Post this week detailed what it called a coup Armey tried to pull off at FreedomWorks in September with the help of gun carrying aide after his relationship with FreedomWorks' president, Matt Kibbe, became hostile.
While Armey disputes the description of using an armed aide to conduct a coup, he admits that he agreed to leave FreedomWorks as part of a deal with Richard Stephenson, president of the for-profit Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
Under the terms of the deal, Armey will receive $400,000 a year until he is 92 – a total of $8 million – to be a consultant for Stephenson.
"I can talk about economics because I am an economist," Armey said. "I can talk about what's going on on the Hill, in politics, who's a winner, who's a loser, things of that nature."
Stephenson stepped in, Armey says, because he "was concerned I was going to resign (from FreedomWorks) and sue them before the (presidential) election. He didn't want an uproar. We all understood if I take any action that made it at all public it would be a press nightmare and we didn't want that before the election…
"So Dick was saying, 'You know, Armey, my family and I have heard your story, about how you can't afford to retire and we want to help with your retirement,'" Armey said.
The former leader of the House Republicans said it was a deal he just couldn't refuse.
"I can't stay here (FreedomWorks), I can't work with people like this, and I can't afford to leave with empty pockets," Armey said.
He said his choice was to put in "10 years of hard labor" to win control of FreedomWorks when Stephenson said to him, "'Instead of hard labor, how about you never have to work again forever?' How many people are going to have trouble of making that choice at the age of 72?"
Armey said his fight with Kibbe was prompted by "pretty underhanded stuff," essentially a battle over royalties being paid to Kibbe instead of FreedomWorks for Kibbe's book "Hostile Takeover." Armey claims FreedomWorks' staff provided research and marketing help for the book and Kibbe tried to get Armey to sign a memorandum saying he did not use the organization's resources.
"We had a very dysfunctional organization that was being used primarily at that time scheduling all kinds of things in the interest of establishing a reputation for Matt and selling his book," Armey said. He also complained that he was being kept out of fundraising meetings and press requests for himself were being redirected to Kibbe in an effort to make Kibbe the face of the Tea Party movement.
"I must say the trespass against me was so comprehensive and so eroding of my critical asset -- and my critical asset is my relationship with the press," Armey said. "I actually had a court case, a case I could have taken and I did consider doing so, but we decided we wanted to try and handle it quietly outside of the press pursuant to the condition was I could not work with these guys anymore. You can't take people who you indisputably understand to be dishonest and dangerous to the organization in their dishonesty and continue working with them."
Neither Kibbe nor FreedomWorks Vice President Adam Brandon would talk about Armey's accusations and the group's press secretary Jacqueline Bodnar said only, "We want to thank Dick Armey for his years of service. We are focused and excited heading into 2013 and we wish him well."
"We are just moving into 2013," Bodnar said. "FreedomWorks has always had the same mission to create a winning constituency of activists of limited government. We've always done that and we will continue to do that in 2013 and we are excited to do that in 2013."
The man who was one of the leaders of the 1990s "Republican Revolution" said he was "hurt" by the report of the armed coup.
"I'm getting a hail storm of caricatures about me now being some kind of gun toting crazy man that I don't appreciate at this time in my life to be characterized in that way," Armey said.
Armey said he is concerned about the future of both the Tea Party and the Republican Party and how you "mend fences" with groups that have become completely alienated by their party.
Despite that alienation, he defended FreedomWorks' decision to pour money into races like Todd Akin's in Missouri after his controversial comments about "legitimate rape." Akin lost to Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, who had been expected to be easily defeated.
"They say Akin said a dumb thing. Look if you never again ever campaigned for every politician that ever said a dumb thing you would never campaign for any politician, and more than one politician has made a comeback after saying a dumb thing," Armey said.
He said it's clear both the GOP and the Tea Party needs work.
"The Republican Party seems to be more inept than ever and the Democratic Party seems to be more skillful than ever…We had the magic of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and we had the magic of the contract in 1994, but you can't sit around and wait for the next great man to come along or the next great moment," Armey said.
"How do you mend fences? Like the Hispanic vote. You can't call her ugly all year round and expect her to go to prom with you. There is no more natural constituency for the values of the Republican party…than the Hispanic community…but our party has so alienated them that they are giving their votes to the Democrats. I always laugh this is a party that was born with the emancipation proclamation and we can't get a black vote to save our life."
Armey thinks the Tea Party is less relevant now because in 2010 "FreedomWorks was the spark plug, the command center, the switchboard, the information clearing house for that whole movement and we were focused on that."
"In 2012, Freedomworks spent its time monkeying around with Glenn Beck, didn't put money in critical races. If they spent half of the money in Utah becoming the enemy of Orrin Hatch and put the money in Missouri, Akin would never have become the nominee," Armey said.
He is frank that he's not sure how he will stay relevant, but he wants to "stay active in the cause of liberty and small government."
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PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick's advice for Plaxico Burress is to put his family ahead of football.
Vick, the Philadelphia Eagles' Pro Bowl quarterback, says he hopes Burress uses him as an example in his return to the NFL. The former New York Giants receiver spent nearly two years in prison for a gun charge and was released Monday.
Vick has made a remarkable comeback to the league after spending 18 months in federal prison for dogfighting charges. He led the Eagles to the NFC East title last season and was voted The Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year.
Vick hasn't communicated with Burress, but shared his thoughts on what he would say to him.
"Just take your time coming back and getting acclimated. Think family first and football second and it'll all work out," Vick said Wednesday. "It's great that he'll get a second chance. We'll pray for him, we're going to support him 100 percent and we're in his corner and we just want him to excel."
Vick was reviled when he came back, and there was an outcry from animal rights groups when the Eagles signed him in August 2009. But Vick won over fans in Philadelphia and outside the city, too, with his sensational performance on the field and his service in the community.
Burress doesn't have to overcome similar animosity, though he still faces some challenges.
"Hopefully he'll use my situation as an example and go out and try and emulate what I've done in his own way," Vick said. "That's what it's about. It's about growth and it's about learning. Things in life happen in stages and those are some things you have to go through as an individual."
The Eagles are rumored to be a potential home for Burress, and were even listed on one betting website as the favorites to land him at 3-2 odds. But a person familiar with the team's thinking told The Associated Press that Burress isn't in their plans.
That makes sense, considering the Eagles already have two standout receivers: DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin. Jackson has been to the Pro Bowl twice and Maclin has star potential. Jason Avant and Riley Cooper give the team depth at the position.
Burress would fit in perfectly as a situational receiver inside the red zone because of his size. But it's likely he'd prefer a team that would offer him a chance to be the No. 1 or No. 2 target.
"He definitely brings a lot to the game, his passion, enthusiasm and the way he plays," Vick said. Vick and several other Eagles have said they'd welcome Burress to Philadelphia.
It's not their decision, though.
"We haven't even gone there," Philadelphia coach Andy Reid said during the team's annual playground building event. "There is nothing you can do there."
Vick was 29 when he returned. Burress turns 34 in August. While age is a factor, Vick said Burress' position helps him.
"It's actually easier being a receiver and coming back and playing the game," Vick said. "You have to get your legs back up under you. I was a guy that had to live that. It's tough. You think you can do it, but you have to take that time out and make sure you're ready to go."
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Mander, Karel van kä´rəl vän män´dər [key], 1548–1606, Flemish painter and humanist. He wrote plays on biblical themes and translated from the classics. He is known primarily for his biography of painters, Het Schilder-Boeck (1604; tr. Dutch and Flemish Painters, 1936), which, despite its inaccuracies, is generally an adequate early source on Northern painters.
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Qingdao Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
The leaders of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (hereinafter referred to as the SCO or the Organisation), following the meeting of the Council of Heads of State in Qingdao on 10 June 2018, hereby declare the following.
The dynamically developing world is currently going through a period of major changes and reconfiguration; the geopolitical landscape is becoming diversified and multipolar, and tiesbetween countries are becoming closer.
At the same time, the factors of instability and uncertainty are increasing, the situation in the world economy remains unstable despite the positive changes, economic globalisation is confronted with the expansion of unilateral protectionist policies and other challenges in international trade, and the risks associated with the aggravation of conflicts in a number of regions, terrorism, drug trafficking and organised crime, epidemics of infectious diseases and climate change are also on the rise. Counteraction to these global challenges requires urgent development of collective and effective approaches of the world community.
Following the Shanghai Spirit, which embodies mutual trust, equality, mutual benefit, equal rights, mutual consultations, respect for the diversity of cultures, and aspiration for joint development, amid fundamental changes in global affairs, the SCO consistently enhances political, security, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation and acts as one of the most influential participants in the modern system of international relations.
Relying on neighbouurly relations, friendship and cooperation, mutual respect for the cultural and civilisational diversity and social values of its Member States, on trustful dialogue and constructive partnership, the SCO sets an example of close and fruitful cooperation in building a more equitable and balanced world order based on an equal, cooperative, indivisible,
comprehensive and sustainable security, ensuring the interests of each and every state in accordance with the norms and principles of international law.
The Member States reaffirm their commitment to the goals and objectives stipulated in the SCO Charter and the SCO Development Strategy Towards 2025 by consistently developing the political, security, trade and economic, financial, investment, transport, energy, agricultural and humanitarian cooperation, promoting the construction of international relations of a new type based on mutual respect, justice, equality, mutually beneficial cooperation, and the formation of a common vision of building a community for the shared future of humankind.
The Member States will continue to deepen multifaceted cooperation for peace, stability, development and prosperity in the SCO space. In this regard, they, supporting the efforts of the countries of the Central Asian region to intensify cooperation in the political, economic, cultural, humanitarian and other spheres, welcome the results of the first consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia (Astana, 15 March 15 2018).
The Member States note the new quality and dynamics that have emerged in various fields of cooperation since the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan's accession to the SCO. They intend, based on strict observance of international treaties and SCO documents, to jointly promote the further expansion of the Organisation's potential in all areas of its
The Member States reaffirm their readiness to increase cooperation with observer states and partners in the SCO dialogue on a mutually beneficial and equitable basis, to enhance the contacts and interaction of the SCO with the UN and its specialised bodies, and with other international and regional organisations.
The Member States are committed to strict compliance with the goals and principles of the UN Charter, primarily the equality and sovereignty of states, non-interference in their internal affairs, mutual respect of territorial integrity, the inviolability of borders, non-aggression, a peaceful settlement of disputes, the non-use of force or threat of force, and other universally recognised norms of international law aimed at the maintenance of peace and security, the development of
cooperation among states, the strengthening of independence, the right of nations to determine their future and to choose their political, socioeconomic and cultural path.
The Member States reaffirm their resolve to strictly comply with the provisions of the Treaty on Good-Neighbourly Relations, Friendship and Cooperation between the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (Bishkek, 16 August 2007) aimed at the further development of neighbourly and friendly relations in areas of mutual interest, including to turn mutual borders into borders of lasting peace and friendship.
The Member States reaffirm their resolve to support the efforts of the UN as a universal multilateral organisation to maintain international peace and security, stimulate global development, and promote and protect human rights. They are committed to strengthening the key role of the UN Security Council as the main body responsible under the UN Charter for maintaining international peace and security.
The Member States have taken note of the intention of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and the Republic of Tajikistan to seek the position of non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.
The Member States will continue to work together in the area of disarmament and arms control, peaceful use of nuclear energy, and political and diplomatic settlement of challenges to nonproliferation regimes.
The Member States that are signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty are committed to strict compliance with NPT provisions, a comprehensive and balanced encouragement of NPT goals and principles, the promotion of the global non-proliferation regime and nuclear disarmament with due regard for the entirety of international stability factors, as well as stimulating equal and mutually beneficial cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
The Member States believe that an early enforcement of the Protocol on Security Assurances to the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia by all signatory states will be a major contribution to regional security and the global non-proliferation regime.
The Member States reaffirm that unilateral unrestricted build-up of missile defence systems by individual countries or groups of countries will damage international security and destabilise the global situation. They consider it unacceptable to strengthen one's security to the detriment of other's security.
The Member States point out the importance of keeping space free of weapons and support the practical measures to prevent an arms race in space. They welcome the resolution of the UN General Assembly Disarmament and International Security Committee on further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space and the creation of a group of governmental experts to prepare and submit proposals for an international legally binding instrument on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, which would prohibit the placement of weapons in outer space.
The Member States support the efforts and initiatives designed to stimulate strict compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention, enhance the prestige of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and strengthen the regime stipulated in the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction.
The Member States strongly condemn all forms of terrorism and consider it necessary to make efforts to promote the creation of a unified global counterterrorism front with the central coordinating role of the UN on the basis of international law, without politicisation or double standards. They confirm the key role of the state and its competent agencies in counteracting terrorism, separatism and extremism on its territory, as well as in relevant cooperation within the SCO and in international formats.
The Member States stand for reaching consensus on the issue of adopting the UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism based on the UN Charter and other documents. They emphasise the importance of comprehensive measures to reach a peaceful settlement of international and regional conflicts, enhance efforts against terrorism and its ideology, the detection and elimination of factors and conditions that facilitate terrorism and extremism, acknowledging that there can be no justification of any act of terrorism or extremism. They praise the initiative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to launch the Code of Conduct in International Anti-Terrorist Operations in the UN format.
The Member States note that the interference in the domestic affairs of other states under the pretence of combatting terrorism and extremism is unacceptable, as well as the use of terrorist, extremist and radical groups for one's own purposes.
The Member States call for effectively fulfilling the requirements of specialised UN Security Council resolutions as regards efforts to counter any forms of financing terrorism and providing material and technical support to it; the measures include finding individuals and legal entities involved in economic relations with terrorists.
In relation to the developments in the Middle East, the Member States note the growing threat from foreign terrorists who return to their countries or find shelter in third countries to continue their terrorist and extremist activity within the SCO. The Member States will work to improve the information exchange mechanisms regarding these people and their movements, and speed up procedures to extradite foreign terrorists in accordance with the national legislation of the SCO Member States and boost international cooperation both on the political level and between the security services.
The Member States praise the initiative of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the adoption of a special General Assembly resolution Education and Religious Tolerance, which it proposed at the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly in September 2017 in New York.
The Member States confirm the special role of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure in the joint fight against "the three evils" – terrorism, extremism and separatism – in order to ensure regional security, and will boost the potential of cooperation between competent agencies in this area. Considering the growing scale and mutual interconnectedness of threats to security, they noted the importance of the further improvement of the RATS SCO, including considering the organisation of a monitoring system of possible threats in the global information space, and counteracting them.
The implementation of the cooperation programme to fight terrorism, separatism and extremism for 2019−2021 will be prioritised. It is considered important to speed up the coming into effect of the SCO Convention on Countering Extremism, signed on 9 June 2017 in Astana.
The Member States praise the results of the international conference on countering terrorism and extremism (Dushanbe, 3−4 May 2018), which became an important venue for multilateral cooperation in these areas.
The Member States will continue to conduct regular joint anti-terrorist exercises, including the Peace Mission antiterrorism military exercise. They will continue to expand their cooperation in defence and security, on security issues for major events, and the training of personnel to enhance the capabilities of their respective armed forces and competent services.
The Member States reaffirm their concern about the risk of weapons of mass destruction ending up at the disposal of terrorist groups; they advocate the strengthening of the international legal framework to counter this threat and support the initiative to draft an international convention against chemical and biological terrorist attacks at the Conference on Disarmament.
The Member States will strengthen their cooperation in combating the spread and propagation of terrorist ideology through the internet, including publicly justifying terrorism, recruiting members to terrorist groups, inciting and financing terrorist attacks, and online tutorials on methods of committing terrorist acts. They very much appreciate the Xiamen-2017 anti-cyber terrorism exercise held in China in 2017, aimed at curbing the use of the internet for terrorist, separatist and extremist purposes.
The Member States have noted the importance of combining the efforts of the international community in countering attempts to involve young people in the activities of terrorist, separatist and extremist groups. In this regard, they have adopted the Joint Appeal to Youth, in which they put forth the intention to organise comprehensive educational work as well as the spiritual and moral education of the younger generation in the SCO.
The Member States express concern about the growing threat from increased production, trade and abuse of drugs, and the use of proceeds from drug trafficking as a source of financing terrorism. They emphasise the need to develop a joint and balanced approach to countering illegal trafficking in drugs and their precursors, including through the internet.
In this regard, the Member States welcome the adoption of the SCO Anti-Drug Strategy for 2018-2023 and the Programme of Action for its implementation, as well as the Concept for the Prevention of the Abuse of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances at the summit.
The Member States reaffirm their commitment to the existing international system to combat illegal drug trafficking on the basis of the norms and principles of international law, the relevant UN conventions and SCO documents. In this context, they gave a positive assessment of the joint SCO and UN Office on Drugs and Crime event, the UN and the SCO in the Fight Against Narcotic Drugs: New Threats and Joint Actions, on 12 March 2018 in Vienna.
The Member States have reaffirmed their readiness to continue improving the mechanism of cooperation within the SCO to combat illegal drug trafficking at the level of the heads of the competent authorities, senior officials and expert working groups, to conduct joint operations on a regular basis to curb illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, to take effective measures to prevent the spread of synthetic drugs, and new psychoactive substances. They approved the outcome of the Meeting of the Heads of the SCO Counter-Narcotics Agencies (Tianjin, 17 May 2018).
The Member States intend to continue exchanging information on individuals involved in terrorist activities and joint investigation of terrorist crimes of a transnational nature through effective border control under the Agreement on Cooperation and Interaction of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Border Issues (Ufa, 10 July 2015) to prevent the activity and cross-border movement of foreign terrorists and terrorist groups.
The Member States call on the international community to put more effort into creating a peaceful, secure, open and structured information space based on cooperation. They emphasise the central role of the UN in developing universal international rules and principles as well as norms for countries' responsible behaviour in the information space and advocate the establishment of a working mechanism within the framework of the UN based on a just geographical distribution in order to develop standards, rules or principles for countries' responsible behaviour in the information space and to formalise them by adopting the corresponding UN General Assembly resolution.
The Member States are convinced that all states should participate equally in internet development and governance. A governing organisation established to manage key internet resources must be international, more representative and democratic.
The Member States will continue to promote practical cooperation in countering threats and challenges in the information space based on the Agreement among the Governments of the SCO Member States on Cooperation in the Field of Ensuring International Information Security (Yekaterinburg, 16 June 2009), such as international cooperation in IT abuse, including for terrorist and criminal purposes, and call for developing an international legal document on countering IT use for criminal purposes under the auspices of the UN.
The Member States note that corruption, as a threat to national and regional security, in all its forms and manifestations leads to less effective public administration, adversely affects investment appeal and hampers socioeconomic progress. They express their intention to develop comprehensive international cooperation in anti-corruption activities, including through the sharing of experience and information.
The Member States affirm their intention to develop practical cooperation in the legal and judicial areas by developing and approving approaches to exchanging expertise, methods to carry out forensic investigations and improving the skills of forensic experts. They advocate the establishment of a contractual legal framework on legal assistance to individuals and legal entities in civil cases, including trade and criminal cases in the framework of the SCO by adopting a corresponding SCO convention that will also envisage the participation of observer states if they comply with all the obligations under the convention.
The Member States consider it important to give impetus to contact and cooperation between legislative agencies and political parties, as well as to exchange expertise in the area of state governance and development.
The Member States praised the SCO missions to observe presidential and parliamentary elections and referendums.
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Rare right whales draw crowds to the bluff at Manomet Point in Plymouth
Like front row seats at a rock concert, the bluff at Manomet Point was jammed Monday afternoon with people peeling their eyes or grabbing hold of binoculars for a rare sighting – endangered right whales feeding just offshore.
Every couple minutes someone in the crowd along the wood railing would gasp and point, "There he is, there he is."
Some 200 or 300 yards off, a spout of white water shot up or a black tail lifted into the sky as one of the whales breached the water.
"I grew up on this beach, and I've never seen this," said 31-year-old Sean Delaney as he peered out at the bay from the driver's seat of his Jeep.
These right whales – the most endangered whale species in the Atlantic Ocean – have surprised marine biologists, moving farther west and north in Cape Cod Bay than normal.
"This aggregation and location is very unusual," said Amy Knowlton, a research scientist at New England Aquarium who boarded a research vessel this weekend to survey the whales.
"It was just as far as the eye could see, these right whale heads, skim-feeding," she added.
There are only about 500 right whales alive today, and scientists counted close to a hundred of them in the bay over the last couple days.
Knowlton said the whales are feeding on a plankton called copepods. It's possible that a shift in currents brought the plankton to this area of the bay, causing the whales to follow.
Early in the morning and then later in the day, the plankton is on the (ocean) surface," Knowlton said.
The chance to sight a whale from the beach is extraordinary, said Tony LaCasse, media relations director at the New England Aquarium.
Taking full advantage of the show unfolding just off their hometown beaches, Plymouth residents lined the bluff during the weekend and into Monday afternoon.
"The tails were going. He was rolling. I was like, 'Oh, my God,' he was right there," said Kathy Murray, pointing down the cliff at the sea.
Murray had stood at the bluff Monday for three hours already.
"It's addicting," said Karen Petrarcca, clutching a pair of binoculars.
Another whale-watching enthusiast, John Chisholm said he's come out early in the day for a bonus.
"Alone in the mornings, when they spout, you can hear it," he said.
Keeping watch next to Chisholm was Monica Pepe, project supervisor at the Plymouth-based Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.
"We're concerned about entanglements in fishing gear and right whales getting struck by vessels. These are the shipping lanes from Boston to the Cape Cod Canal," she said. "Cape Cod Bay is a critical habitat."
Pepe said conservationists have been working with local harbormasters to warn fisherman and boaters to move slowly and carefully through the area.
For vessels over 65 feet in length, there's already a restriction to navigate this part of the bay at ten knots or less.
Right whales once numbered around 10,000 before they were hunted to near extinction in the 19th Century, said Pepe.
Of the right whales alive now, less than 100 are reproductive females, added Pepe.
Scientists aren't sure how much longer these right whales will stay in this western section of Cape Cod Bay before heading north to the Bay of Fundy.
For now, they are putting on a free show, no boat tickets required.
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Man with rifle arrested after allegedly threatening to kill George W. Bush
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A New York man armed with a rifle, boxes of ammunition and a machete was arrested Friday after allegedly threatening to kill former President George W. Bush, according to a federal court complaint.
Benjamin Smith, a resident of upstate New York, threatened to "kill, kidnap and inflict bodily harm" on Bush, the complaint said.
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Smith also professed a love interest in Barbara, one of the former president's twin daughters, according to the complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
"Bush will get his," Smith allegedly screamed as he was being arrested, said the complaint.
The U.S. Secret Service was alerted to the threat after Smith's mother found a note in the home they share in which he allegedly wrote that he's "going to work for George W. Bush and the Pentagon," the complaint said.
Smith also allegedly wrote: "I have to slay a dragon and then Barbara Bush is mine... America is finished. Obama, Etc."
Smith's defense lawyer, Peggy Cross-Goldenberg, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. It was not clear whether Smith remained in custody Saturday evening.
Smith's mother reported that a rifle was missing from the house and that she did not know where her son was.
Using cell phone tracking, the Secret Service located Smith, who they say had driven to Manhattan.
On Friday, agents found Smith sitting in his car in Manhattan, with a loaded .38-caliber rifle, two boxes of ammunition, a container of gasoline and a machete, according to authorities.
During questioning, Smith told Secret Service agents, "I'm divorced and not currently seeing anyone, but I am working on a relationship with Barbara Bush," the complaint said.
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Sandra Guedes threatened to kill husband who came home empty-handed from Brazil, police say
Woman upset that she received no gifts, according to report
A Port St. Lucie woman was arrested after she allegedly threatened to kill her husband when he returned from a trip to Brazil bearing no gifts for her.
Sandra Leites Guedes, 36, was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault and taken to the St. Lucie County Jail following the March 2 incident, according to a report from Port St. Lucie police released just Tuesday.
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Guedes' husband told investigators that he went to bed around midnight, and then was awakened a few minutes later when his wife entered the bedroom and told him she ripped one of his T-shirts, poured his Mexican tequila down the drain and broke one of his watches, the report said.
When her husband went to another room to check on the items, she followed him but also had a 12-inch knife in her hand and said, "if you go back into the bedroom I am going to kill you and tell the police you harmed me," according to the report.
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The story is incredible: Thousands of children wrongfully sentenced to juvenile detention centers, many without legal representation and after cursory hearings, by two rogue judges in northern Pennsylvania who received millions of dollars in bribes from the private institutions' owners.
The scheme, which reportedly took place between 2003 and 2008, became national news starting in 2009 for its brazenness and cruelty, made even more shocking by the deadly silence of public defenders, prosecutors, and other court staff who did nothing to report the abuse by Judges Mark A. Ciavarella and Michael T. Conahan.
William Ecenbarger, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, has brought this stunning story to book form in a deeply researched, compelling tale, appropriately titled "Kids for Cash: Two Judges, Thousands of Children and a $2.8 Million Kickback Scheme."
He details the corrupt culture that allowed Ciavarella and Conahan to turn the court into their cash cow, providing multiple examples of children's lives gone awry. Ecenbarger also makes their example a case study in how the nation's juvenile-justice system — too often harsh and largely closed to public scrutiny — is failing.
"The egregious miscarriage that took place in Judge Ciavarella's courtroom offers a chilling and telling caricature of a system prone to abuse, yet nonetheless entrusted with the care of millions of American children,'' he writes.
Ecenbarger's book is composed of short, largely chronological chapters that periodically step back to offer cultural, legal, or historical background. A narrative approach that followed a few families' stories from beginning to end could have provided the reader a more fluid experience. Some of the exposition feels divorced from how the issues affected a specific case.
Ecenbarger opens with the tale of Matthew, a slender seventh-grader who had argued with his mother's boyfriend. The mother, according to Ecenbarger, called the police and pressed charges, claiming he had thrown a steak at her beau. Matthew, who had no prior record, was brought before Ciavarella and denied the accusation, but was summarily ordered into custody.
"He was saucer-eyed with disbelief as they patted him down for weapons. Then they were putting handcuffs on his wrists and shackles on his ankles," Ecenbarger wrote. "His mouth went cottony with fear, and he started crying. "
Matthew's father fought to free him, but the boy spent 48 days in custody, suffering emotional problems long after from his experience, Ecenbarger said.
In the next chapters, Ecenbarger describes the region's history of corruption reaching back to the 1800s with the discovery of coal, enriching "coal barons" and later organized crime.
He introduces us to the judges and their accomplices, two developers who schemed to build a private detention center to house county delinquents. The judges got a "finder's fee" of $997,600 for the project, opening the floodgates for kickbacks that came to them as they filled the institution with children.
Despite concerns in the courthouse, nobody spoke up, partly because it was seeded with "political cronies and relatives,'' Ecenbarger said.
The book ends with details of Ciavarella's trial watched by parents who had been tormented by the court. He denied violating children's rights while Conahan pleaded guilty and apologized. Each was sentenced in 2011 to jail — Conahan to 17½ years and Ciavarella to 28.
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Definitions of the major governmental terms and types of government are as follows:
Anarchy – a condition of lawlessness or political disorder brought about by the absence of governmental authority.
Totalitarian – a government that seeks to subordinate the individual to the state by controlling not only all political and economic matters, but also the attitudes, values, and beliefs of its population
Commonwealth – a nation, state, or other political entity founded on law and united by a compact of the people for the common good.
Communism – a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single – often authoritarian – party holds power; state controls are imposed with the elimination of private ownership of property or capital while claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people (i.e., a classless society).
Confederacy (Confederation) – a union by compact or treaty between states, provinces, or territories, that creates a central government with limited powers; the constituent entities retain supreme authority over all matters except those delegated to the central government.
Constitutional – a government by or operating under an authoritative document (constitution) that sets forth the system of fundamental laws and principles that determines the nature, functions, and limits of that government.
Constitutional Democracy – a form of government in which the sovereign power of the people is spelled out in a governing constitution.
Constitutional Monarchy – a system of government in which a monarch is guided by a constitution whereby his/her rights, duties, and responsibilities are spelled out in written law or by custom.
Democracy – a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but which is usually exercised indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed.
Democratic Republic – a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
Dictatorship – a form of government in which a ruler or small clique wield absolute power (not restricted by a constitution or laws). Also, a system in which the citizens do not possess the right to choose their own leaders.
Ecclesiastical – a government administrated by a church.
Federal (Federative) – a form of government in which sovereign power is formally divided – usually by means of a constitution – between a central authority and a number of constituent regions (states, colonies, or provinces) so that each region retains some management of its internal affairs; differs from a confederacy in that the central government exerts influence directly upon both individuals as well as upon the regional units.
Maoism – the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism developed in China by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), which states that a continuous revolution is necessary if the leaders of a communist state are to keep in touch with the people.
Marxism – the political, economic, and social principles espoused by 19th century economist Karl Marx; he viewed the struggle of workers as a progression of historical forces that would proceed from a class struggle of the proletariat (workers) exploited by capitalists (business owners), to a socialist "dictatorship of the proletariat," to, finally, a classless society – communism.
Marxism-Leninism – an expanded form of communism developed by Lenin from doctrines of Karl Marx; Lenin saw imperialism as the final stage of capitalism and shifted the focus of workers' struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries.
Monarchy – a government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right; the monarch may be either a sole absolute ruler or a sovereign – such as a king, queen, or prince – with constitutionally limited authority.
Oligarchy – a government in which control is exercised by a small group of individuals whose authority generally is based on wealth or power.
Parliamentary Democracy – a political system in which the legislature (parliament) selects the government – a prime minister, premier, or chancellor along with the cabinet ministers – according to party strength as expressed in elections; by this system, the government acquires a dual responsibility: to the people as well as to the parliament.
Parliamentary Government (Cabinet-Parliamentary government) – a government in which members of an executive branch (the cabinet and its leader – a prime minister, premier, or chancellor) are nominated to their positions by a legislature or parliament, and are directly responsible to it; this type of government can be dissolved at will by the parliament (legislature) by means of a no confidence vote or the leader of the cabinet may dissolve the parliament if it can no longer function.
Parliamentary monarchy – a state headed by a monarch who is not actively involved in policy formation or implementation (i.e., the exercise of sovereign powers by a monarch in a ceremonial capacity); true governmental leadership is carried out by a cabinet and its head – a prime minister, premier, or chancellor – who are drawn from a legislature (parliament).
Republic – a representative democracy in which the people's elected deputies (representatives), not the people themselves, vote on legislation.
Socialism – a government in which the means of planning, producing, and distributing goods is controlled by a central government that theoretically seeks a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor; in actuality, most socialist governments have ended up being no more than dictatorships over workers by a ruling elite.
Sultanate – similar to a monarchy, but a government in which the supreme power is in the hands of a sultan (the head of a Muslim state); the sultan may be an absolute ruler or a sovereign with constitutionally limited authority.
Theocracy – a form of government in which a Deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, but the Deity's laws are interpreted by ecclesiastical authorities (bishops, mullahs, etc.); a government subject to religious authority.


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Totem Runner Review
- Publisher: EA Chillingo
- Genre: Entertainment
- Released: 25 Oct, 2012
- Size: 65.1 MB
- Price: $0.99
- Gorgeous use of silhouetting and color-themes; gives players the ability to identify tricky situations at high-speed.
- Touch or tilt based controls.
- Quickly scaling challenge; gets you right in to the thick of things early on.
- Accelerometer controls act with 'jerky' responses; thankfully alternate controls are available (if difficult to manipulate).
Yes, Totem Runner is yet another auto-runner, but of the kind that is increasingly coming to dominate the scene - with tight level design, unique gameplay, and beautiful visuals, it's easy to jump in and out at your leisure.
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Credit where due, Totem Runner by Yagoda Productions and Chillingo isn't just a beautiful game, it's a beautiful concept too. Despite joining the throng of auto-runners already available, the primarily passive play style, combined with tightly designed stages, make it a refreshing casual distraction.
We're jumping ahead though, so lets get back to basics. You play as a mystic (with distinctly Mayan overtones) who is braving the darkness sweeping the world. By harnessing the power of life itself you can re-grow the forests that have been destroyed, while also transforming in to either a boar, a bird, or a magical dragon to dodge or plow-through the traps and enemies in your path.
Learning how to play is easy enough - tap and hold one side of the screen to summon plants from the soil; tap and hold the generously sized boar, bird, or dragon buttons and you'll morph in to them, granting new skills while removing your ability to summon plants.
The boar acts as a blunt weapon, charging through enemies and obstacles alike; if you risk a boost of speed, you'll earn more points in lieu of summoning plants. The bird is an agile flier that's controlled by tilting forward or backward; there seem to be some sensitivity issues resulting in jerky movement, but generous checkpoint placement means you'll eventually get things right.
Lastly, the dragon can only be summoned once 50 gems are collected - using the transformation will fly you forward at no risk.
The real challenge of Totem Runner is in finding as many opportunities as possible to become human in order to summon plants. This is harder than it seems as many enemies exploit the height of the mystical man, forcing you to have to dodge via boar or bird. Later stages even force the player to combine the transformations one-after-another in order to beat a complex sequence of traps.
If you're not already burned out on auto-runners, Totem Runner has a lot going for it in terms of visual appeal and novel gameplay to make it worth a purchase. However, with control issues and a safe, passive playstyle, it's easy to let this one slide as well.
DescriptionApp Store Best of 2012
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When the world is threatened by a malevolent darkness a brave warrior rises, fearless and ready to run into the thick of battle. His confidence is steeled by his mystical ability to transform at-will into noble creatures including a rampaging rhino, capable of spearing enemies on his horn, a mighty eagle that can soar over deadly hazards, and a fearsome dragon able to vanquish all who stand in it's path.
As he runs, the warrior breathes new life into the world and puts new stars in the sky. Knowing when to transform between shapes - man, bird, and beast - is key to success in this action-packed endless runner.
Totem Runner's unique looks are matched by its compelling gameplay and immersive story. Take up the challenge and become the warrior within.
Transform into beasts, dragons and back to a warrior as you charge through the world defeating evil!
The unique 'silhouette' style, haunting music and awesome animation immerses you into the mystical world of Totem Runner.
Run, fly and rampage through five chapters of compelling gameplay.
Become a Sorcerer, the Lord of Stars, or even the Great Shadow by completing in-game challenges.
Visit the Chillingo room on the App Store to see more of our great games: appstore.com/chillingo
Important Consumer Information. This app: Requires acceptance of EA's Privacy & Cookie Policy, TOS and EULA. Collects data through third party ad serving and analytics technology (see Privacy & Cookie Policy for details). Requires a persistent Internet connection (network fees may apply). Contains direct links to social networking sites intended for an audience over 13. Allows players to communicate via Facebook notifications and gifting. To disable see the settings in-game.Contains direct links to the internet.
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What's New in Version 1.4Get your running shoes on! Totem Runner has been updated with improved controls, gameplay, and has been optimised for devices with retina displays.
Plus a malevolent new threat to combat!
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Designer: Karen Montgomery
- 3⁄4 yard white-and-silver metallic dot (appliqués, inner border)
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- 18×22" piece (fat quarters) each dark blue, gray blue, baby blue, and light gray prints (appliqués)
- 3⁄8 yard each mottled gray, silver, and periwinkle (blocks)
- 1⁄4 yard blue large snowflake print (blocks)
- 1⁄4 yard each gray, periwinkle, and light blue small snowflake prints (blocks)
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- 3-1⁄2 yards backing fabric
- 63×78" batting
- 2 yards lightweight fusible web
- Machine-embroidery thread
Finished quilt: 56-1⁄2×71-1⁄2"
Finished block: 15" square
Quantities are for 44⁄45"-wide, 100% cotton fabrics. Measurements include 1⁄4" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated.
Cut Fabrics
To make the best use of your fabrics, cut pieces in the following order. Cut outer border strips lengthwise (parallel to the selvage). Click on "Download this Project" above for pattern pieces.
To use fusible web for appliquéing, complete the following steps.
1. Lay fusible web, paper side up, over patterns. Use a pencil to trace each pattern the number of times indicated in cutting instructions, leaving 1/2" between tracings. Cut out each fusible-web shape roughly 1⁄4" outside traced lines.
2. Following the manufacturer's instructions, press fusible-web shapes onto backs of designated fabrics; let cool. Cut out fabric shapes on drawn lines and peel off paper backings.
From white-and-silver metallic dot, cut:
- 7--1-1⁄2×42" strips for inner border
- 12 of Pattern A
From mottled blue, cut:
- 8--2-1⁄2×42" binding strips
- 12--7-1⁄2" squares
From dark blue print, cut:
- 4 each of patterns B and B reversed
From gray blue print and baby blue print, cut:
- 4 each of patterns B and B reversed
- 8 of Pattern C
From light gray print, cut:
- 8 of Pattern C
From each mottled gray, silver, and periwinkle, cut:
- 4--9-1⁄2×12-1⁄2" rectangles
From blue large snowflake print, cut:
- 3--6-1⁄2×9-1⁄2" rectangles
From each gray, periwinkle, and light blue small snowflake print, cut:
- 3--6-1⁄2×9-1⁄2" rectangles
From blue snowflake stripe, cut:
- 2--5×76" outer border strips
- 2--5×61" outer border strips
- 12--3-1⁄2×9-1⁄2" rectangles
Assemble And Appliqué Mitten Block
1. Referring to Diagram 1, center a white-and-silver metallic dot A snowflake atop mottled blue 7-1⁄2" square; fuse in place. Using a decorative stitch, machine-stitch around each snowflake. Trim appliquéd square to 6-1⁄2" square to complete a snowflake unit. Repeat to make 12 snowflake units total.
2. Referring to Diagram 2, arrange matching blue print B and B reversed mittens and two matching gray blue, baby blue, or light gray print C cuffs on mottled gray, silver, or periwinkle 9-1⁄2×12-1⁄2" rectangle. Fuse in place. Using machine-embroidery thread, machine-blanket-stitch around each piece to make a mitten unit. Repeat to make 12 mitten units total.
3. Referring to Diagram 3, join a large or small snowflake print 6-1⁄2×9-1⁄2" rectangle, snowflake unit, mitten unit, and blue snowflake stripe 3-1⁄2×9-1⁄2" rectangle in pairs. Press seams in one direction.
4. Join pairs to make mitten Block A (Diagram 3). Press seam in one direction. Mitten Block A should be 15-1⁄2" square including seam allowances.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to make 10 total of block A.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4, joining same pieces in a different arrangement, to make a mitten Block B (Diagram 4). Repeat to make a second mitten Block B.
Assemble Quilt Center
1. Referring to Quilt Assembly Diagram for placement, lay out mitten blocks in four horizontal rows, noting the position of the blocks. Sew together blocks in each row. Press seams in one direction, alternating direction with each row.
2. Join rows to make quilt center. Press seams in one direction. The quilt center should be 45-1⁄2×60-1⁄2" including seam allowances.
Assemble And Add Borders
1. Cut and piece white-and-silver metallic dot 1-1⁄2×42" strips to make:
- 2--1-1⁄2×76" inner border strips
- 2--1-1⁄2×61" inner border strips
2. Aligning long edges, join a short inner border strip and a short snowflake stripe outer border strip to make a short border unit. Press seam toward inner border strip. Repeat to make a second short border unit.
3. Repeat Step 2 with a long inner border strip and a long snowflake stripe outer border strip to make a long border unit. Press seam toward outer border strip. Repeat to make a second long border unit.
4. Aligning midpoints, sew short border units to short edges of quilt center, beginning and ending seams 1⁄4" from quilt center edges. Repeat to add long border units to remaining edges, mitering the corners, to complete quilt top. Press all seams toward border units.
Finish Quilt
1. Layer quilt top, batting, and backing; baste.
2. Quilt as desired. Using matching thread, machine-quilter Mary Thomas stitched in the ditch around the quilt center and quilted an allover meandering pattern interspersed with snowflake-like starbursts across the quilt top. A wave pattern stitched with blue thread flows along the white inner border.
3. Bind with mottled blue binding strips.


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Chapter 1, Part 13
At the turn of the second millennium, Hinduism became the dominant power in Southeast Asia where powerful Hindu kingdoms controlled vast swathes of land between the Pacific and the Indian Oceans. Following the return of Shaivism into the royal court of Medang in Java, gradually the religion eclipsed the influence of Buddhism in the region and remained the prominent belief of the Javanese even long after the fall of Medang in the 11th century. Meanwhile the once powerful Sumatra-based Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya was attacked by the Hindu Cholas from southern India in 1025 and never regained its past glory. Elsewhere in this part of Asia, from Champa in modern-day Vietnam to the mighty Khmer Empire (a predominantly Hindu kingdom despite having a Mahayana Buddhist king) in modern-day Cambodia, Hinduism seemed to be an unstoppable force ready to conquer even more lands.
In the valley of Ayeyarwady (Irrawady) river in the land where two Buddhist monks, Sona and Uttara, spread the teachings of the Buddha following the Third Buddhist Council more than one thousand years earlier, a prince named Min Saw was born. His father was the king of a small kingdom whose ancestors arrived from southern China, settled in the valley, and assimilated their culture with the indigenous Pyu people's.
At the age of 30, the prince challenged his father's usurper and successfully returned the throne of the kingdom to his father. But the old king refused, paving the way for his son to ascend the throne. The new, young king then took the title Anawrahta, and soon he would consolidate his power, unite his kingdom, and incorporate lands beyond its core realm under the banner of a powerful Buddhist empire: Bagan (Pagan) Empire.
Once an Ari Buddhist (closely related to Tantric Buddhism), Anawrahta embraced the more conservative Theravada Buddhism and became a patron of the Buddhist school which at the time was in constant decline elsewhere for people preferred Tantric and Mahayana schools. Along with the reorganization of the state religion, Anawrahta incorporated Lower Burma into his empire and conquered lands as far as the long coast of Tenasserim on the Kra Isthmus (the narrow strip of land that forms the modern-day border of Thailand and Myanmar in the south), establishing his kingdom as a formidable Buddhist force amid the growing influence of Hinduism to the west, south and east.
As was the fashion for kings all over the world in cementing their authority and showcasing their achievement, Anawrahta commissioned the construction of several large Buddhist temples and pagodas during his reign. The stepped pyramid of Shwesandaw was a revolutionary structure in ancient Bagan as it was the first pagoda to feature multi-level terraces and stairways raising from the ground straight to the base of the pagoda.
More than two decades after the completion of Shwenandaw, Anawrahta built another pagoda at the northern edge of his capital where a replica of a tooth of the Buddha would later be enshrined. The king, however, would never see the completion of Shwezigon, the new pagoda. It was during the reign of Kyansittha, one of Anawrahta's sons, that the pagoda was finally completed. Not only was Shwezigon one of the most important pagodas in the empire, it was also the site where the worship of nats (spirits, relics from Burmese animist belief) was endorsed by past monarch, a syncretism which makes Burmese Theravada Buddhism truly unique.
Upon Anwrahta's death, Sawlu ascended the throne of Bagan even though Kyansittha, his half-brother from a less important queen was more popular among the people. During the reign of the new king, the unified kingdom of Bagan saw a rebellion from the Mon people in Pegu (modern-day Bago). Kyansittha, exiled twice during Sawlu's reign, was summoned to help the king in his campaign against the rebels. Kyansittha successfully quelled the revolt, but he was unable to save the life of his incompetent half-brother for he was tragically killed by his childhood friend who led the rebellion.
Kyansittha, backed by popular support, claimed the throne and led his kingdom into a period of relative peace marked by cultural reforms and reconciliation with the Mon people. During his reign, not only did he complete Shwezigon, but he also reintroduced gu architectural style, notable for its hollow, cave-like structure adorned with murals and statues of the Buddha.
A legend says that during Sawlu's reign, Kyansittha once slept on a plot of land with a snake in vicinity quietly watching him. After becoming king of Bagan, Kyansittha instructed a temple to be built at the exact site where a serpent watched him sleeping a few years earlier. Nagayon, as the temple was called, was built in an entirely different style from Shwesandaw and Shwezigon. However Kyansittha's most notable architectural achievement would take form a few decades after the completion of Nagayon.
Traditionally the local people refer to three temples of Bagan as the most notable sites in the plain: "Massiveness that is Dhammayangyi, loftiness that is Thatbyinnyu, and grace that is Ananda." The latter was in fact Kyansittha's jewel which survived eons after the fall of his kingdom. Ironically Bagan has yet to make it to UNESCO World Heritage Sites list due to botched restoration works carried out by the military junta back in the 1990s when Myanmar was still isolated from the rest of the world.
Not only busy with temple construction, Kyansittha also actively promoted a synthesis of culture to accommodate the aspirations of different peoples within his kingdom, as well as to prevent any dissatisfaction that could lead to a rebellion from his subjects. His reign also marked the increasing importance of Burmese among existing languages, chiefly Mon and Pyu.
After the death of Kyansittha, his grandson ascended the throne and commenced a period of wealth in Bagan. Known for his extensive travels to the far-flung regions within his realm, Alaungsithu is remembered as the king who introduced standardized weights and measures for trade and administration in his kingdom, built reservoirs and dams to help farmers, strengthened forts and outposts, and constructed pagodas to support Theravada Buddhism.
The masterpiece of his reign took shape as the tallest structure in the entire valley: Loftiness that is Thatbyinnyu. Soaring amid verdant fields, Thatbyinnyu is visible from all directions, an important landmark as well as a manifestation of Alaungsithu's power and ambition.
Contrary to his smooth ascension, one of Alaungsithu's sons, Narathu, would claim the throne in a more sinister way. After ruling his kingdom for more than seven decades, one day Alaungsithu fell violently ill and became unconscious. The prince, without the king's consent, ordered the king to be moved to Shwegugyi, one of more than 2,000 temples still standing in Bagan today. After gaining consciousness, Alaungsithu was infuriated by his son's decision, but before long Narathu choked his own father to death. In the wake of the tragic event, Narathu's older brother, Min Shin Saw, ascended the throne. But the dissatisfied and blindly ambitious younger prince planned yet another malicious act to claim the throne: poisoning his brother to death.
Narathu did ascend the throne following the two assassinations, and the kingdom continued its growth into an influential power in the region. But along with increasing wealth and prosperity, as well as political killings, came turbulent time to Bagan.
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Peter Jackson offers some insight into The Hobbit's dwarven heartthrobs. Deadpool may have its director, another Spider-man role's up for recasting, and Noomi Rapace talks Alien and Sherlock Holmes. Plus, more on Megamind, Ouija, Transformers 3, Supernatural, SGU, and Smallville.
The Hobbit:
It's official: The Hobbit will film in New Zealand. Woo. [CinemaBlend]
Jackson's next task: making Dwarves sexy. On casting Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, Jackson says:
"Thorin Oakenshield is a tough, heroic character, and he certainly should give Leggie and Aragorn a run for their money in the heartthrob stakes - despite being four feet tall."
Jackson also says that having 13 Dwarves in the movie will give him greater opportunity to explore the culture and full range of personalities among the Dwarves. [CinemaBlend]
The franchise reboot means no more JK Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson. Word is the film's casting director is fishing for a new JJJ, but Simmons' Spider-Man-hating shoes are proving hard to fill. Sad — between this and Law & Order getting canceled, where will I get my JK Simmons fix? Two of the names being considered are Mad Men's John Slattery and The Big Lebowski's Sam Elliot. [/Film]
Alien Prequel:
Noomi Rapace, who's been taking names as Lisbeth Salander in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movies, has been rumored as the lead in Ridley Scott's Alien prequel. Rapace would neither confirm nor deny the rumors, but said she'd love to work with Scott. [Moviefone]
Sherlock Holmes 2:
Rapace will, however, appear in the next Sherlock Holmes as a "gypsy" who's "a bit crazy." Rapace says she's trying to make her Romany character as authentic as possible. [Moviefone]
Transformers 3:
Entertainment Tonight visits the set of Transformers 3, where Shia LaBoeuf says this is the best Transformers movie yet. Faint praise, Shia. [Transformers World 2005]
And is this the first Transformers 3 teaser poster? [TFLAMB]
Swedish director Adam Berg, who made his mark with the cops-versus-clowns Philips Electronics commercial Carousel, is apparently at the top of the list to direct the Merc with a Mouth. [CinemaBlend]
Not sure how much is new in the latest Megamind trailer, but it continues the trailers' trends of revealing big chunks of the plot. [via Wired]
Breaking Dawn:
Summit's latest press release adds these names to the cast: Olga Fonda (Love Hurts), Janelle Froehlich (Hacienda Heights), Masami Kosaka (The Runaways), Sebastiao Lemos (Brazilian TV series Força-Tarefa), Amadou Ly (The Tested, The Bridge), Ty Olsson (X2), Wendell Pierce (Ray, The Wire), and Carolina Virguez (Spanish TV series Matalobos), but doesn't list their characters. Now I can't help but wonder, who will Detective Bunk play? [CinemaBlend]
Ghost Rider 2:
Ghost Rider is facing his greatest foe: his studio budget. Sony has hacked and slashed at the sequel's budget, bringing it from $135 million to $75 million. [/Film]
Spy Kids 4:
Filming has begun on the latest installment in Robert Rodriguez's children's series. Although it will feature the original spy kids Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara, this movie will focus on another family. The mother, Jessica Alba, is a retired secret agent married to Joel McHale, but she gets called back to fight Jerry Piven as the villainous Timekeeper. Naturally, her kids, played by Rowan Blanchard and Mason Cook, get caught up in the battle. [/Film]
You mean a bunch of directors don't pile into a room and each pretends they're not the one directing the movie? Word is that Sylvain White (The Losers) and Scott Stewart (Legion, Priest) are in the running to direct. [IGN]
Hulk Sequels:
We don't yet know if Marvel and Universal are planning to make any more Hulk movies, but Tim Blake Nelson wants it known that he's under contract for more films, and he'd love to reprise his role as the Leader. [/Film]
Rare Exports:
The full-length horror film has gotten a full trailer. Santa Claus is coming to town...to kill. [ShockTillYouDrop]
Super 8:
JJ Abrams' movie gets a release date: June 10, 2011. [/Film]
In Friday's episode, "The Truth Hurts," the Winchesters investigate investigate a series of suicides and learn that the victims were driven crazy because someone told them the brutal truth. It all goes back to Veritas, Goddess of Truth, who forces people to be cruelly honest against their will. When Dean gets hit with the proverbial truth ray, he ends up telling Sam his true feelings about his return from Hell. Judging from the pictures, their talk doesn't go well.
Then in "Family Matters," Sam and Dean go hunting with Grandpa Samuel and the other Campbells; Dean's suspicious of Samuel's motives but Sam isn't sold on Dean's suspicions. Naturally, the hunt goes awry.
Olivia's in hot pursuit in the latest set photos. [Spoiler TV]
Stargate Universe:
In this clip for Tuesday's "Trial and Error," Colonel Young and Tamara get personal about Young's possible divorce:
And we've got promo shots from the episode. [Spoiler TV]
The Event:
The extended promo for the seventh episode, "I Know Who You Are," gives us a peak inside the playroom of doom. [via Spoiler TV]
Justin Hartley's wife Lindsay Hartley doesn't show up as the furious Mad Harriet until November 12th, but here's your first look at Mad Harriet and her claws. [E!]
Aquaman will return in the November 19th episode "Patriot Official," and he'll be bringing his wife Mera. Oliver will register for the Vigilante Registration Act to see what the government's response is. As he feared, he is placed in jail and subjected to a battery of tests by Col. Slade (Saul Tigh himself, Michael Hogan). [OSCK]
The episode guest-starring Timothy Dalton will end with a major twist involving Dalton's character and Linda Hamilton's. [Ausiello]
Doctor Who:
The BBC has announced that we'll see a sneak preview of this year's Christmas Special during the annual Children In Need night. [Blogtor Who]
Fans have shot tons of behind-the-scenes footage. Here are a few samples:
You can see the rest at The V Files.
The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror:
A preview of the Halloween show gives us a peak at Daniel Radcliffe's snarky Twilight-skewering one-liners. [CinemaBlend]
Lost Girl:
In the show's seventh episode, Kenzi is running a shaman scam and spiritually "cleanses" a house after a grisly murder-suicide. But she ends up bringing home a Fee spider, whose venom causes people to become psychotic. [Spoiler TV]
The second series of the British superhero dramedy begins November 11th. [Den of Geek]
Vampire Diaries:
Trent Ford, Daniel Gilles, and Lauren Cohan have been cast as centuries-old vamps Trevor, Elijah, and Rose, who have deep ties to Katerina Petrova and will be heavily featured in the November Sweeps episodes "Rose" and "Katerina." [Ausiello]
Terra Nova:
Landon Libroiron (Degrassi), Naomi Scott, and Alana Mansour have joined the time travel series, playing siblings Josh, Maddy, and Zoe Shannon respectively. Josh Shannon will find a father figure in Stephen Lang's character Frank Taylor. Maddy is described as "a bright 15-year-old," and Zoe is the youngest sibling, who is smuggled into the time-traveling portal to the Terra Nova settlement. [Spoiler TV]
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MOSCOW—Blurry video of highly placed men engaging in sexual acts, audio recordings of influential figures profanely insulting their nominal allies — in Russia these appear enough that a special word has evolved: "kompromat," or "compromising material."
In the wake of unsubstantiated allegations that Russia has gathered kompromat against President-elect Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov brushed them off as an attempt to undermine potentially improved U.S.-Russia ties once Trump takes office.
"The Kremlin does not engage in collecting compromising information," he told reporters on Wednesday.
But such material has shown up in Russia for decades. Recent examples of kompromat often support Kremlin interests or appear via media believed to have close ties to President Vladimir Putin's administration.
Some notable examples:
As demonstrations against Ukraine's Russia-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych spiralled in February 2014, an audio recording emerged apparently of Nuland, an assistant U.S. Secretary of State, and U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt discussing which opposition leaders Washington would like to see as prime minister.
The recording's initial release was presented as evidence of open American instigation in the turmoil. But what attracted much of the attention was Nuland's obscene dismissal of the European Union, whose envoys the U.S. regarded as indecisive and slow-moving in the crisis.
The recording was widely believed to have been made by Russia. Nuland herself called it "impressive tradecraft."
Kasyanov was Putin's first prime minister before becoming one of the more prominent figures in Russia's beleaguered and fragmented opposition. His party was running in last year's parliamentary election and he also has been seen as a possible dark horse challenger to Putin in the 2018 presidential election.
In March 2016, grainy video was broadcast that appeared to show Kasyanov and a woman identified as an opposition activist having sex and speaking dismissively of other opposition figures. The video appeared on NTV, a state-controlled TV channel noted for especially vehement criticism of the opposition and support for Putin.
Before he was assassinated on a bridge near the Kremlin in 2015, Nemtsov was one of the most determined and charismatic of Putin's opponents. He was a leading figure in the massive anti-Kremlin demonstrations in Moscow in late 2011 following parliamentary elections plagued by allegations of fraud.
The size and persistence of the demonstrations apparently caught officials by surprise and sent them scrambling for ways to tamp them down without mass arrests.
On the eve of one of the planned protests, the website Life News, closely connected with the Kremlin and Russian security services, released recordings of Nemtsov apparently insulting other notable opposition figures. The recordings reinforced the personal and tactical disagreements that have undermined the opposition.
Nemtsov said some of the recordings were manipulated or faked but acknowledged that some were authentic.
In 1999, Boris Yeltsin was president while Putin headed the FSB security agency, apparently positioning himself to take over from Yeltsin.
Skuratov, at that time Russia's prosecutor-general, had been investigating corruption in the Yeltsin administration; Yeltsin tried to fire him, but the parliament refused.
A videotape appeared on state television of a man resembling Skuratov apparently having sex with prostitutes, prompting parliament to suspend him. Putin publicly identified the man as Skuratov.
Weeks after Putin became acting president on New Year's Eve 1999, the parliament dismissed Skuratov.


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Over on Tumblr, I've been carving out a niche in the Once Upon A Time fandom for a place where we can critically analyze the show and the fandom, with a special emphasis on the messages it sends and what people take from it.
For the most part, I kept a lot of that stuff over there because my Tumblr is the place where I can really relax and let my freak flag fly. That said, I do want to start bringing some of my OUAT stuff over here because it's relevant to Ars Marginal.
Keep coming back and bring some friends because it's going to get pretty interesting now.


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On the heels of a rare secret session in the House of Representatives on Thursday—the first in a quarter century—House Democrats defied the White House by passing their own version of legislation to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Unlike the Senate's version of the FISA reform bill, which passed last month, the new House bill refuses to grant retroactive immunity to telecoms charged with participating in a program of warrantless National Security Agency wiretaps, instead shunting the question to federal courts empowered to hear secret evidence that might exculpate the firms. The move won plaudits from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, but brought condemnation from Republicans and many conservative groups—and from President Bush, who has pledged to veto any law without a stronger immunity provision.
Notably, the 213-197 vote saw many of the 21 conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats who had previously sided with Republicans in urging action on the Senate's bill switch sides to support the House compromise on immunity. Under existing law, telecoms that aided the government may already enjoy immunity if they had been provided with a certification from the Attorney General affirming the legality of the NSA wiretap program. But the government's invocation of the state secrets privilege has prevented the companies from producing documentation in their own defense—documentation that the House bill would permit a judge to review in camera.
The House bill also provides for the creation of a bipartisan commission, armed with subpoena powers, to investigate executive branch wiretapping in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. It also mandates the creation of robust guidelines to ensure that broad wiretap powers cannot be used to "reverse target" Americans on the pretext of eavesdropping on persons abroad. It is worth noting, though, that the House language still appears to go further than is strictly necessary to close the so-called "intelligence gap" purportedly created by a secret FISA court ruling last year. Contrary to what the administration has frequently suggested, a Justice Department attorney acknowledged earlier this month that the secret decision had not created any new problem with interception of foreign-to-foreign radio or telephone communications passing through U.S. switches—communications that have always fallen outside the ambit of FISA. Rather, the trouble appears to be with a subsection of FISA's definition of "electronic surveillance" that deals with stored communications, such as e-mails residing on a U.S. server. The House bill would still expand the executive's power to eavesdrop without court order on communications and targets abroad, though it would strengthen the FISA court's role in approving targeting and minimization procedures before surveillance begins, with an ample window for "emergency" surveillance when such advance approval can't be obtained.
While the House bill is destined for an uphill battle in the Senate, it may also have allowed Democrats to seize political tempo, shifting the burden to Republicans to explain why they will not move forward with legislation they claim is vital to national security. In response to fresh salvos from President Bush condemning the legislation, and claiming it would make the nation less safe, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) flatly declared "The President is wrong, and the President knows it." Many members of Congress now say that the deadlock could delay final passage of FISA reform until a new president is sworn in next year.


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A news report beamed to us from the year 1994, brings together two names you never thought you'd see in the same sentence*—Tonya Harding and George Steinbrenner.
A new biography of Steinbrenner talks about George's generous support of amateur athletics and alleges that back in the day, he even gave financial support to figure skaters Nicole Bobek and Tonya Harding. Presumably, that money was to support their training, but Harding found something else it could be used for.
It later emerged that Harding's husband, Jeff Gillooly, hired a goon to smash Kerrigan's knee to help his wife's chances at the 1994 Winter Games. "After he gave money to Harding, it turned out that some of the money was used for the 'hit,' " Golenbock writes. "When George heard that, he wanted to hunt down Harding and get his money back." But Steinbrenner's rep told us: "George's people have no recollection of giving money to her and have found no records."
Maybe he should have cut out the middle man and just had Danny Tartabull hit Kerrigan with a fungo.
STEINBRENNER'S WEIRD TONYA 'LINK' [New York Post]
Steinbrenner Went Gillooly [Josh Q Public]
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Set the backrest to any position to fit your needs so you can relax out under the sun this summer.
*Unless that sentence was, "Tonya Harding will fight a crippled George Steinbrenner on Pay-Per-View next month."


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From Fedora Project Wiki
AUDIT2ALLOW(1) NSA AUDIT2ALLOW(1) NAME audit2allow - generate policy allow rules from logs of denied opera- tions SYNOPSIS audit2allow [options] OPTIONS -a | --all Read input from audit and message log, conflicts with -i -d | --dmesg Read input from output of /bin/dmesg. Note that all audit mes- sages are not available via dmesg when auditd is running; use "ausearch -m avc | audit2allow" or "-a" instead. -f | --fcfile <File Context File> Add File Context File to generated Module Package. Requires -M option. -h | --help Print a short usage message -i <inputfile> | --input <inputfile> read input from <inputfile> -l | --lastreload read input only after last policy reload -m <modulename> | --module <modulename> Generate module/require output <modulename> -M <modulename> Generate loadable module package, conflicts with -o -o <outputfile> | --output <outputfile> append output to <outputfile> -r | --requires Generate require output syntax for loadable modules. -t | --tefile Indicates input file is a te (type enforcement) file. This can be used to translate old te format to new policy format. -v | --verbose Turn on verbose output DESCRIPTION This utility scans the logs for messages logged when the system denied permission for operations, and generates a snippet of policy rules which, if loaded into policy, might have allowed those operations to succeed. However, this utility only generates Type Enforcement (TE) allow rules. Certain permission denials may require other kinds of policy changes, e.g. adding an attribute to a type declaration to sat- isfy an existing constraint, adding a role allow rule, or modifying a constraint. The audit2why(8) utility may be used to diagnose the rea- son when it is unclear. Care must be exercised while acting on the output of this utility to ensure that the operations being permitted do not pose a security threat. Often it is better to define new domains and/or types, or make other structural changes to narrowly allow an optimal set of operations to succeed, as opposed to blindly implementing the sometimes broad changes recommended by this utility. Certain permission denials are not fatal to the application, in which case it may be preferable to simply suppress logging of the denial via a dontaudit rule rather than an allow rule. EXAMPLE Using audit2allow to generate monolithic (non-module) policy $ cd /etc/selinux/$SELINUXTYPE/src/policy $ cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow >> domains/misc/local.te $ cat domains/misc/local.te allow cupsd_config_t unconfined_t:fifo_file { getattr ioctl }; <review domains/misc/local.te and customize as desired> $ make load Using audit2allow to generate module policy $ cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -m local > local.te $ cat local.te module local 1.0; require { role system_r; class fifo_file { getattr ioctl }; type cupsd_config_t; type unconfined_t; }; allow cupsd_config_t unconfined_t:fifo_file { getattr ioctl }; <review local.te and customize as desired> Building module policy manually $ checkmodule -M -m -o local.mod local.te $ semodule_package -o local.pp -m local.mod $ semodule -i local.pp Using audit2allow to generate and build module policy $ cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M local Generating type enforcment file: local.te Compiling policy: checkmodule -M -m -o local.mod local.te Building package: semodule_package -o local.pp -m local.mod ******************** IMPORTANT *********************** In order to load this newly created policy package into the kernel, you are required to execute semodule -i local.pp AUTHOR This manual page was written by Manoj Srivastava <email@example.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It was updated by Dan Walsh <email@example.com> The audit2allow utility has contributions from several people, includ- ing Justin R. Smith and Yuichi Nakamura. and Dan Walsh Security Enhanced Linux January 2005 AUDIT2ALLOW(1)


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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the Examiner Differences Document, which has been developed by the Agency based on the information provided by the EASA Member States (MS) in accordance with the recently amended provisions contained in ARA.FCL.210 in Annex VI (Part-ARA) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 290/2012.
This document contains the latest available information on the relevant national administrative procedures, requirements for protection of personal data, liability, and fees for each MS in accordance with the recently amended requirement FCL.1015 in Annex I (Part-FCL) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011.
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