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Quiz: Could You Live in Nunavut?: HowStuffWorks
Could You Live in Nunavut?
By: Heather Cahill
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If you've ever dreamt of living far in the north, Nunavut just might be the place for you! There's a whole lot more to living there than just being prepared for the snow and temperatures, however. The territory is known for being far from many luxuries that you may need or want, and there are not too many people who live there. It takes the right type of person to live there, but maybe you're the one who can do it!
Those who live in Nunavut share a lot of traits. A love of small-town living is one of them, as well as being hard-working people who can figure out how to get through any situation. It can be tough at times, but a little help from neighbors is always available. Aside from the distance, there's so much more to think about when choosing to live in Nunavut. For one, you have to be prepared to see some animals that you may not encounter in most parts of Canada! It can be quite an exciting area to live in much of the time.
Do you think you have what it takes to survive the northern conditions of Nunavut? Find out if you're prepared by telling us about yourself!
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Planes can take you almost anywhere that you want to go. Are you afraid of flying?
Nope, I'm used to it.
I'm a little nervous, but I'll still do it.
I'm pretty scared.
I refuse to get on a plane!
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Driving in the country and driving in the city can be much different experiences. Do you like long drives?
I do. They're relaxing.
I think they're fun.
They're fine once in a while.
I'm not a fan.
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Things can get expensive in Nunavut, so would you say that you are careful with your spending?
I'm always keeping a close eye on it.
I try to watch it.
Not really, but I do make an effort.
I spend, spend, spend!
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While all of Canada gets snow, can you deal with having snow for most of the year?
That's no problem for me.
Not for most of the year
I couldn't.
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Would you enjoy living in a remote area, or is it a thought that you dread to think about?
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Sure, I'd like it.
I wouldn't want to live somewhere remote permanently.
No thanks, I don't want to think about that.
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Water is often very limited in Nunavut with many areas having a cap on how much they can use. So, do you take a long time in the shower?
Nope, not at all.
The less time I spend in the shower, the better.
I like to do it every now and then.
I spend a lot of my time in the shower.
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Do you keep some money around to cover any traveling expenses you may have?
Always. It's essential!
I have a little bit set aside.
Not very much, if any
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The climate in the North is a harsh one, so these can be essential. Have you ever used a greenhouse?
I use it all the time.
Yes, a few times
Only once
I've never tried it!
While there are grocery stores, things can get expensive in the territory. Have you ever grown your own food?
I always do.
I've tried it.
I wouldn't even know where to start.
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When you're in a remote area, there's lots of wildlife to see. How do you feel about it?
It's amazing.
I think it's fascinating.
I don't know what to think.
I don't really think about it at all.
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Daylight hours work much differently in the territory. Do you enjoy your time in the sunlight?
When it's beautiful outside, yes.
I always try to.
I live for the sunlight.
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If you're going to live in the north, you'll need some heat! Do you have experience with oil tanks?
Yep, I use one all the time.
I know quite a bit about them.
I know a thing or two.
I can't say that I do.
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Whether in a small town or big city, do you like knowing all of your neighbours?
I think it's the best.
I'd say so.
I don't mind knowing a few of them.
It doesn't matter to me.
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Signs in Nunavut are written in two languages, English and Inuktitut. Can you speak Inuktitut?
Yes, I'm fluent.
I know a bit.
I can say a few words.
I don't know how to speak it.
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There are restaurants all over the city, but in Nunavut, it's a different story. Can you go a while without fast food?
I never eat fast food anyway.
I can go a little while.
Nope, I love it too much!
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Do you make an effort to conserve your resources so that you don't run out?
I have no choice but to do it.
I do my best.
Most of the time I do.
No, I don't.
Would you rather see mountains or buildings when you look out your window in the morning?
Mountains, of course.
I'd prefer to see open spaces.
I'm fine with either of the two.
I prefer buildings.
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Though it gets cold around the country, do you think you can handle the extreme cold?
It's no issue for me.
I'm not sure. I would have to try it.
Nope, I need the heat!
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Danger can come in many shapes and forms. Would you say that you fear it?
I have nerves of steel.
Rarely, if ever. I'm usually ready for anything.
Almost always.
Yes, I'm always terrified of it.
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Have you ever taken a spin on an ATV or snowmobile whether it was for work or play?
They're my primary mode of transportation!
I use them quite a bit.
I've used them once or twice.
I've never seen one in person!
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When living in the North, there's always a risk of running into this. Do you know what to do if you encounter a polar bear?
Use bear spray
Never lose eye contact
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They say to reduce, reuse and recycle, but most importantly, do you compost?
All day, every day
I try to.
No, I've never done it.
No matter where you go, you'll always find a community. Do you like to give back to yours when you can?
Of course, I think it's important.
I do it when I can.
If I'm able to, I always try to every now and then.
Nah, I don't really do that.
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Sometimes, survival is necessary when you live far out from town. Do you enjoy fishing or hunting?
Absolutely. It's important for survival.
I like them.
I don't mind it.
Nope, it's not for me.
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How often do you visit one of the most popular shops in Canada, Tim Horton's?
I barely visit.
I'm there quite a bit.
Every single day!
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Today, many are used to getting what they want or need quickly. In Nunavut, this isn't always the case. Are you a patient person?
I sure am.
It would be hard to make me impatient.
I have some patience, but not much.
I'm am very impatient.
You could be a social butterfly or someone who prefers to stick by a friend or two. Do you have a few close friends or many?
Just a few for me
I'd say that my circle is a moderate size.
I have quite a few.
I can name at least 50!
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When it comes to traveling locally, would you say that you Uber quite often?
I've never been in an Uber.
I've taken an Uber just once.
I only took an Uber a few times.
I always take an Uber.
Things can get tough when you're living far from the big city. Are you good at persevering?
It's all I do.
I'd consider myself to be good at it.
I'm not the best.
I'm definitely not.
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Dancing is a large part of the culture in Nunavut. How do you feel about square dancing?
It's the most fun one can have!
I enjoy it.
It's fun to see once in a while, but I don't like doing it myself.
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Ecuador’s President Lucio Gutierrez falls
I have much more about Northern Cauca to present here, starting with Hector Mondragon’s article which I translated. But in the meantime Ecuador’s President, Lucio Gutierrez, seems to have gone the way of Bolivia’s Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in 2003.
What happened? I’ve been receiving reports all week but I haven’t read most of them until tonight. I will below present a rush translation of an article by Eduardo Tamayo for ALAI-Amlatina (a news service).
Tamayo says that Congress handed power over to Vice President Alfredo Palacio as a result of the multitudinous demonstrations. Palacio said ‘there will be neither pardon nor forgetting’ (the spanish word ‘olvido’ translates very badly into english) for those who violated the constitution (meaning, I am assuming, the demonstrators?) But Tamayo suggests that there are issues deeper than the mere head of government.
The brutal repression of the peaceful march of some 50,000 people on April 19, resulting in 181 injuries and the death due to gas inhalation of photographer Julio Garcia, a 58 year old Chilean-Ecuadorean, who had moved to Ecuador fleeing the Pinochet dictatorship and was a journalist identified with popular sectors, were the proximate causes of the explosions of protest that followed today. The Commander-General of Police, Jorge Poveda, resigned at noon today.
Congress moved to oust the President. The Commander of the Armed Forces, Victor Hugo Rosero, then announced that he was withdrawing support for Gutierrez.
From early this morning, groups of students and indigenous people blocked roads and prevented Gutierrez supporters from other parts of the country from entering the capital. Their chant, like last night, like the one heard in Argentina in 2001, and in Bolivia in 2003, was: ‘Que se vayan todos!’
El Tiempo, Colombia’s daily, reports that Gutierrez left the palace by helicopter. So far, no one knows where he’s ended up (good odds on it being Miami). But Ecuador’s prosecutor-general gave orders that he be prosecuted for culpability in the violence of the demonstrations in the preceding week.
El Tiempo reports that Gutierrez saw Kristie Kenney, the US Ambassador, this morning, before he left.
El Tiempo also provides a bit of context on Gutierrez’s sad story. Gutierrez, it’s worth remembering, came to power at the head of the indigenous movement. He had been involved in the aborted coup against Jamil Mahuad in 2000, when the indigenous surprised everybody and then were betrayed by the military. Gutierrez then rode the same movement to power in elections in 2002, again surprising everyone. He then, perhaps, surprised no one by adopting neoliberal policies and capitulation to US militarism in the region.
That’s not the only reason he lost support in the country. Another El Tiempo story relates how he annulled judgements of the Supreme Court that found against ex-presidents Abdala Bucaram and Gustavo Noboa on charges of corruption. Gutierrez was thus accused of politicizing the judiciary. Also, “his 5 ministers of government in 2 years, his permanent rectification of decisions and his management had left his popularity at 6%, according to polls.” He had managed to keep a conditional majority in Congress. Thus Ecuador has had 7 presidents in 9 years.
Here’s El Tiempo’s chronology of the crisis in Ecuador:
November 2003 – Gutierrez’s first crisis: it’s revealed that in the electoral campaign Gutierrez received $30,000 dollars from the Fernandez Cevallos family. Cesar Fernandez Cevallos was under investigation for narcotrafficking at the time.
September 2004: Opposition in the Congress tried to censure Gutierrez politically for meeting with ex-President Abdala Bucaram and setting up a judicial panel to exonerate him (as occurred).
December 2004: 27 of 31 judges from the Supreme Court are dismissed by Congress at Gutierrez’s behest – Congress opposition declares this unconstitutional.
April 2005: Gutierrez decrees a state of emergency in and around Quito, dissolves the Supreme Court, and asks Congress to revise the law, but he’s out the next day.
More on this, and Toribio, tomorrow.
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Darkness Within Lurks Onto the Steam Platform
November 18, 2014 Iceberg Interactive 0 Comments
Publisher Iceberg Interactive and Turkish development studio Zoetrope Interactive are happy to announce that a revamped version of their H.P. Lovecraft-inspired point-and-click horror adventure Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder (PC, 2007), has been released to the Steam Platform.
With enhanced graphics and Steam achievements,Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder will send shivers up your spine by taking players to a disturbing corner of the human psyche. Meanwhile, developer Zoetrope Interactive is busy preparing a Director’s Cut Edition of the second instalment, Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage (PC, 2010) for its Steam release in a few weeks.
Zoetrope Interactive’s Galip Kartoglu says: “We really enjoyed getting back together and updating both games for more recent Operating Systems, adding Steam achievements, improving the games’ graphics as well as adding new puzzles and environments for Part 2. In fact we’re liking it so much, that after years of a focus outside of making games, we’re feeling a strong pull to get back into game development. Who knows, maybe one day there might be a ‘Darkness Within 3’, depending on the reception these two classics are given by the Steam audience. Either way, we’re very excited to see our work debut on Steam today.”
The trailer is now also streaming on the Iceberg Youtube channel here.
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The Commerce Departments' dead-of-night announcement yesterday that the 2020 Census would ask people if they were American citizens is perhaps the most purely partisan ploy we've yet seen in this age of Republican hyper-partisanship. The sole purpose of the question is to intimidate immigrants, the foreign-born, and the undocumented from participating in the census at all—thereby undercounting those chiefly urban neighborhoods that are heavily Latino or Asian, which in turn would lead to a decennial redistricting with fewer Democratic districts.
(The Commerce Department insists that the change was prompted by the Justice Department's desire for better data to enforce the Voting Rights Act. If you believe that that was the motivation of Jeff Sessions's department, you're a good candidate to buy not just the Brooklyn Bridge but Brooklyn itself.)
Within a couple of hours after Commerce's announcement, California's redoubtable attorney general, Xavier Becerra, announced he was filing a lawsuit seeking to block the use of the question. The Constitution, Becerra argues, requires the government to perform an “actual enumeration” of the population every ten years, and by deliberately undercounting a portion of the population by asking the citizenship question, the Census Bureau would be violating its constitutional mandate.
I'm no one's legal eagle, but I suspect the Federal Circuit with jurisdiction over California—the Ninth Circuit—will likely side with Becerra. Once that case proceeds to the Supreme Court—which currently also has a major case on the constitutionality of gerrymandering before it—we'll see just how Republican the five Republican justices on the court are feeling. The Janus case, which would decimate the public employee unions that are a key part of Democratic electoral efforts, was argued in the Court last month. A pro-Janus ruling, which the five GOPniks are expected to deliver, would constitute a veritable Son of Bush v. Gore ruling—that is, a purely partisan expression of Republicanism. A decision that the citizenship question is constitutional would be Son of Bush v. Gore on steroids. It remains to be seen just how Republican the Chief Justice—John Roberts, who has shown some concern for the Court’s reputation—is willing to be.
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2019 OHL Cup Ranking: December’s Top-10
Posted on December 17, 2018 by Prospect Pipeline 4 comments
We’re now less than four months away from the 2019 OHL Priority Selection, and this season’s top minor midget teams are gearing up for what will surely be an exciting conclusion to the 2018-19 campaign.
Since we last convened, each of North America’s best teams have played a whack of games — and have formulated a number of intriguing storylines in the process. Perhaps the most interesting case of all this season is the Don Mills Flyers, a GTHL team who began their year on an absolute tear yet have been humbled multiple times of late. The first — and most entertaining — instance of which came at the 2018 Whitby International Silver Stick Tournament, where the Flyers were handed their first loss of the season in dramatic overtime fashion by a deep and highly skilled Detroit Compuware team.
Here's the OT winner, scored by Noah Laba, that gave Detroit Compuware the 2018 #WhitbySilverStick Championship. pic.twitter.com/iaMImFSl81
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Since being handed with this defeat, Don Mills has appeared to be human — collecting three ties in league action to each of the Toronto Nationals, Toronto Marlboros, and Toronto Red Wings, a trio of dominant teams on the rise. Of the three, it is the Red Wings who are undoubtedly the most intriguing of which. Despite stumbling out of the gate early, the Red Wings have been on fire of late and posted a sparkling 9-0-2 record in their 11 games preceding this ranking.
Meanwhile, in the ETA, the Whitby Wildcats have continued their absolute dominance and could stand as a legitimate threat to the GTHL’s top-four teams come the OHL Cup. Although the North Central Predators have made a push of late, the Wildcats are flush with skilled forwards, a deep defence, and consistent goaltending — in other words, the Wildcats’ overall record of 33-4-3 should come as no surprise. Then, in the SCTA, the Niagara North Stars have continued to impress owing to their balanced attack, yet will surely have to fend off the hard charging Halton Hurricanes in the month ahead.
Related: 2019 OHL Draft Player Profiles
All in all, the month of November was a wildly exciting month of hockey in the minor midget world. And, although this ranking will surely generate a great deal of discussion, plenty of time remains for those teams on the outside looking in to seize a permanent place in our OHL Cup Ranking.
December’s Top-10 Teams
Well, here they are, December’s top-10 minor midget teams eligible for the 2019 OHL Cup.
In short, this month’s ranking is not wildly different than November’s edition. In fact, of last month’s top-10 teams, eight of which remain within December’s top-10 — with one familiar foe returning to the mix owing to a stellar run in November and superb showing at the Whitby International Silver Stick Tournament.
Related: 2019 OHL Draft Rankings
With this being said, let’s dive into this month’s ranking. Please find both of our October and November Rankings below, as well as in-depth team reports regarding this month’s top clubs.
2019 OHL Cup Ranking: October Edition
2019 OHL Cup Ranking: November Edition
10. Niagara North Stars
Months Ranked: 2
League Record: 17-3-6; 93GF & 50GA
Tournament Record: 4-4-4
Despite a mediocre tournament record thus far this season, the Niagara North Stars have continued to dominate the SCTA circuit with both consistency and lethality. Since we last convened on Nov. 14th, the Stars put together a sparkling 6-1-2 record in league play alongside a whopping 35 goals scored for — or, in other words, 3.8 tallies per game. Now, although their early exit from the Whitby Silver Stick Tournament was less than ideal, Niagara North’s competition within Pool D was not only deep but remarkably skilled.
Leading the charge for the Stars has continued to be both of Matteo Giampa and Liam Shwedyk, as the two forwards have come together to act as dynamic pillars within the Stars’ offensive attack. Further, there has been the increasingly impressive contributions put forth by defenceman Trent Swick. Although born in 2004, the young defender has shown remarkable poise and maturity in his game — a major reason why he has averaged over a half a point-per-game thus far in 2018-19.
Niagara North’s next significant challenge? The Toronto Marlies Holiday Classic, slated to begin on Dec. 27th.
9. North Central Predators
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Although the Whitby Wildcats stand high atop the ETA standings, the North Central Predators aren’t ready to surrender the title without a fight. Battling neck and neck with the York Simcoe Express all season for the top spot in the West Division, the Predators have finally gained some separation owing to their impressive play over the past month. In fact, North Central played to a 6-2-1 record in ETA play since November’s OHL Cup Ranking was released — defined by hard-fought victories over the Central Ontario Wolves and Ajax-Pickering Raiders.
In the midst of this success was the Whitby International Silver Stick Tournament, a gathering which saw the Predators put forth two stellar games of shutout hockey before dropping their final two contests of the tournament.
One major reason for North Central’s continued success this campaign has been the significant contributions which the club has received from throughout its lineup. Sure, the likes of Cole Patey, Ethan Larmand, and Nicholas Dowling have led the charge offensively, but other assets such as Connor Punnett and Brett Bressette have proven crucial to the on-going success of the Predators. Further, mix in a rock-solid goaltender in Wade Monague, and North Central suddenly stands as one of the ETA’s deepest and most capable teams.
8. Kitchener Jr. Rangers
League Record: 14-6-6; 107GF & 64GA
Wendy Dufton Memorial: Quarterfinalist
The Rangers are a fast-paced squad with high-octane offence. Over the past month, Kitchener has played to a 6-1-1 record in Alliance, driving themselves up to second in the league standings, only three points behind the Brantford 99ers. At the Whitby Silver Stick Tournament, the Rangers were placed in what was arguably the toughest pool and battled to a 1-2-1 record. However, the team has continued along on a roll since their return to league action, piling up the goals while maintaining a solid defensive mindset as well.
The Jr. Rangers boast two strong lines of offence, led by Marko Sikic — a dynamic playmaker with tremendous vision and hockey sense. A player who can make those around him better, Sikic has been Kitchener’s go-to offensive catalyst, while the likes of Matthew Sop, Braedon Bowman, Logan Crans, and Patrick Brown have also contributed consistent offence to the team. On the back end, Lucas Brzustowski and Angelo Duscio have led a two-way defensive mindset which sees Kitchener’s defencemen jump into the rush whenever possible.
7. Brantford 99ers
Despite somewhat slowing down from their early season pace, the Brantford 99ers remain the team to beat in Alliance, maintaining the top position in the standings despite a modest 5-4-1 record over their past 10 games. At the recent Silver Stick Tournament, the 99ers were placed in the rough Pool B alongside their Alliance rival the Jr. Rangers. Brantford fared a little better, but not by much — riding to a 0-0-4 record and bowing out after the round robin. Despite holding the league lead, the gap is thinning quickly as Kitchener, Waterloo, and Windsor are all within striking distance.
Brantford is an offensive-minded team who is led by one of the most dynamic first line’s in the league, perhaps even in the province. The trio of Maddox Callens, Landon McCallum, and Steven LaForme have been giving teams fits all year long, accounting for 50% of the 99ers goals this season. But, stud defenceman Cole Hipkin might be the best of the bunch. With excellent strength, an intelligent shot, and smooth skating, Hipkin regularly stands outs as a notable prospect.
6. Mississauga Rebels
Tournament Record: 12-3-1
Titans Early Bird: Quarterfinalist
Wendy Dufton Memorial: Sweet 16
International Silver Stick: Quarterfinalist
The Mississauga Rebels have been wildly inconsistent in GTHL action this year, falling from as high as the 3rd seed all the way down to 8th, and now back up to 5th overall. However, the roller coaster ride has always seemed to come together just in time for the major tournaments. At last month’s Silver Stick Tournament, the Rebels cruised to the quarterfinals, where they were narrowly defeated by the eventual champion, Detroit Compuware, by a score of 3-2. Playing to an 8-2-1 record over their past 11 games, the Rebels have reinstated themselves as a true contender.
The Rebels play a sound all-around game, playing to relatively low scores and finding ways to win tights games. Up front, the trio of Pasquale Zito, Jesse Fishman, and Christian Catalano continue to provide most of the team’s offence, while goaltender Justin Wu may be one of this year’s most underrated goaltenders. Defenceman Judd Katz has also been one of the most improved players over the course of this season, using his size and strength to his advantage while finding the confidence to rush pucks up ice himself to generate offence.
5. Toronto Red Wings
One of the hottest team’s in the province, the Red Wings have overcome a slow start to the season — reeling off an impressive 9-0-2 record in their past 11 GTHL games to solidify their standing as a top-four seed. Unfortunately, that success didn’t translate to the Silver Stick Tournament, where the team went 1-2-1 in the round robin. However, upon their return to league play, the Red Wings upset the Toronto Marlboros before playing to ties against the Toronto Nationals and Don Mills Flyers — legitimizing their position as a true contender in the GTHL.
An explosive offence is led by a dynamic top line for the Red Wings. Potential 2019 OHL first-rounder Francesco Pinelli centres Ryan Gillespie and Adam Fantilli — an ’04-born prospect who will likely be a top-three pick for the 2020 OHL Draft. Tending the twine, Joshua Rosenzweig has established himself as one of the GTHL’s top goaltenders, utilizing excellent rebound control and coverage of the bottom-half of the net, as well as spectacular desperation saves to keep his team in the game each night. Defenders Chandler Romeo and Joshua Orrico have also improved to stabilize the Red Wings backend.
4. Toronto Young Nationals
The Toronto Young Nationals continue to be a major presence amongst the top tier of GTHL teams, playing to a 6-0-3 record since November’s OHL Cup Ranking to hold onto the second seed, with a four point gap ahead of the Marlies. Unfortunately, their opportunity to make an impression on the big stage went for not, as they fought for a 2-2-0 record in the round robin of the Silver Stick Tournament before heading home.
In any case, there’s no denying the talent and potential that the Nationals offer each night. With no true holes in their lineup from top to bottom, the Nationals boast three lines that can find the back of the net on any given night. Led offensively by Zach Dean, Ryan Del Monte, and Josh Bloom, the Nationals can dominate the possession game against any opponent. With Deven Nagra, Landon Cato, and Declan Ride leading their blue line, the Nationals’ line of defence can shut down high-powered offences with relative ease. Not to mention the duo of Samuel Moncada and Forbes Andersen in between the pipes, the Nationals are destined to be a force until the end.
3. Whitby Wildcats
International Silver Stick: Semi-Finalist
Whitby has continued their run as the ETA’s most dominant team with consistency through two-thirds of the regular season. On pace to best their impressive 27-5-4 record from Bantam, the Wildcats have been a notable team at each of this year’s major tournaments thus far. Most recently, the team put an impressive performance on display at the International Silver Stick, a tournament which they hosted. The team rolled into the quarterfinals with relative ease before losing a battle to Don Mills in a game that was much closer than the 4-1 score indicated.
As the Wildcats continue along in ETA action, they have posted a 7-0-0 record since our last ranking, further legitimizing themselves as the top team in OMHA. Featuring a deep attack highlighted by a superstar top line of Brenden Sirizzotti, Ryan Winterton, and Thomas Johnston, the Wildcats boast a high-scoring lineup from top to bottom. Not to mention a solid group of defenders, most of whom are able to contribute at both ends of the ice, and you get a tremendously balanced team who has played to a combined 33-4-3 record this year.
2. Toronto Marlboros
Wendy Dufton Memorial: Finalist
A perennial powerhouse in the GTHL, the Toronto Marlboros may not be the favourite this year, but they must be taken seriously nonetheless. Cruising along in GTHL action, the Marlies posted a 5-2-1 record over the past month, maintaining their position in the third seed. Putting forth an impressive performance at each major tournament this season, the Marlies made their mark once again at the Whitby International Silver Stick. After cruising to the top seed in Pool E, the Marlies battled through the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite squad before finally falling to the eventual champion Detroit Compuware in semi-final action.
As usual, the Marlies display a deep group of talented youngsters at both ends of the ice. With two dynamic scoring lines, notably led by the likes of Danil Zhilkin, Wyatt Johnston, and Jack Beck, the Marlies are able to run their opponents out of the game quickly on some nights. On the back end, studs in Artem Guryev and Ethan Del Mastro lead a blue line which can throw their weight around and also contribute offensively by rushing the puck up ice and getting heavy shots on net from the blue line.
1. Don Mills Flyers
Titans Early Bird: Champions
Wendy Dufton Memorial: Champions
International Silver Stick: Finalist
Although the Don Mills Flyers no longer hold a perfect record this season, the club remains as the minor midget team to beat in 2018-19. The first and only dent in the Flyers’ seemingly impenetrable armour thus far came against Detroit Compuware, who managed to defeat Don Mills in an electrifying clash at the Whitby International Silver Stick Tournament. Despite tying the championship game in the dying seconds, the likes of Sasha Pastujov and Dylan Duke were simply too powerful to overcome for the Flyers.
Outside of this loss, however, Don Mills has continued to roll.
Although the team picked up ties against the Marlboros, Nationals, and Red Wings in GTHL action, the Flyers continue to stand as a runaway train capable of dominating their competition on a nightly basis. Averaging six goals for per game, Don Mills boasts a deep offensive attack supplemented by its potency on the blue line. And, while Shane Wright and the Flyers’ top line continues to lead the way, the breakout play of Edward Moskowitz and Paul Christopoulos has added yet another dimension of lethality to Don Mills’ devastating attack.
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Gavin Chiasson
December 17, 2018 12:24 PM
You can tell these authors are from the GTHL area. Never posting anything Northern Ontario Hockey related, and although the OHL has released these rankings with the Sudbury Wolves AAA ranking #5, I find it odd that Sudbury has never appeared on any of Prospect Pipeline’s top 10…This is one of the strongest Minor Midget AAA groups to ever come out of Northern Ontario.
Prospect Pipeline
Hi Gavin, thank you for your comment. We didn’t include the Sudbury Wolves MM AAA Team because they aren’t eligible to compete in the OHL Cup. As per the OHL Cup website, the NOHA will send one tournament team (Team NOHA) to the OHL Cup which represents the best which the Northern Ontario Hockey Association has to offer. So, yes, the Sudbury Wolves MM team is incredibly strong. However, at the end of the day, they aren’t eligible.
December 19, 2018 10:18 AM
Okay thank you, I did not realize that they weren’t eligible, I know about Team NOHA but I did not know it made teams like Sudbury not eligible for rankings, thanks again
Not a problem at all Gavin! It appears as though the OHL’s Ranking lists the top-10 teams overall rather than the top-10 teams eligible to compete in the OHL Cup itself. If we were doing a top-10 team ranking for minor midget, the Sudbury Wolves MM would certainly be included — they’ve been impressive and consistent all season long. However, given the fact that our OHL Cup Ranking follows the league-based allocation framework, we have to exclude Sudbury and consider Team NOHA instead.
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Breath Transformed Into Words by Device That Could Help Severely Paralyzed Patients
Posted by Debbie Overman | Sep 19, 2015 | Research, Software, Technology | 0 |
Using pattern recognition software , the device prototype analyzes changes in breathing patterns and converts “breath signals” into words. (Photo courtesy of Loughborough University)
Researchers from Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK, have developed a device that they say could help patients with severe paralysis speak by transforming their breath into words.
Reportedly the first invention of its kind, according to a news story from the university, the Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device is designed for patients with complete or partial loss of voluntary muscle control who don’t have the ability to make purposeful movements such as sniffing or blinking, the story explains.
In such patients with severe paralysis and loss of speech, the story continues, the device analyzes changes in breathing patterns and converts “breath signals” into words using pattern-recognition software and an analogue-to-digital converter. A speech synthesizer then reads the words aloud.
Device developers David Kerr, MSc, PhD, CPhys, MInstP, senior lecturer in Longborough University’s School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Kaddour Bouazza-Marouf, BSc, PhD, FIMechE, CEng, Reader in Mechatronics in Medicine at the university, and Dr Atul Gaur, consultant anaesthetist at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, note in the news story that the device learns from its user and builds up its knowledge as it goes, and enables the user to control how he or she wishes to communicate.
“When it comes to teaching our invention to recognize words and phrases, we have so far recorded a 97.5% success rate,” Kerr says in the news story.
“Current AAC devices are slow and range from paper-based tools to expensive, sophisticated electronic devices. Our AAC device uses analogue signals in continuous form, which should give us a greater speed advantage because more information can be collected in a shorter space of time,” he adds.
Gaur states in the news story that the device could transform the way people with severe muscular weakness or other speech disorders communicate.
“In an intensive care setting, the technology has the potential to be used to make an early diagnosis of locked-in syndrome (LIS), by allowing patients, including those on ventilators, to communicate effectively for the first time by breathing,” he adds.
[Source: Loughborough University]
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Researcher Trips Amputees in Effort to Develop Improved Prosthetic Legs
Posted by Rehab Management Staff | Sep 18, 2009 | Prosthetics, Research, Technology | 0 |
Again and again, 71-year-old Marjorie Brasier walked on the treadmill using an instrumented prosthetic leg, and again and again she tripped or slipped. Sometimes she recovered on her own and kept walking, while at other times the harness she wore was all that kept her from tumbling to the floor.
Brasier’s trips and slips occurred by design as part of a University of Rhode Island (URI), Kingston, RI, research study that seeks to improve the safety of prosthetic legs by developing a reliable and responsive stumble detection system, says a statement released by the university.
One of six clients of Nunnery Orthotic & Prosthetic Technologies to participate in the study, Brasier was hooked up to dozens of electrodes, wore shoes containing 99 pressure sensors, and 40 light-reflective markers on her body were tracked by eight cameras surrounding the room to collect the data necessary for the research.
He (Helen) Huang, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at URI, said in the statement that when people become unbalanced, the neural system reacts quickly and sends a signal to help us recover. Our challenge is to see if we can detect these neural reactions fast enough to activate a mechanism in a patient’s prosthetic leg to stabilize them before they fall, she added.
During the experimental phase of the study, Huang is collecting data from able-bodied people and those who are using prosthetic legs to determine what kind of physiological signals can be detected for use in developing a stumble-detection system. Once she has analyzed the data, she plans to develop an algorithm that can be used in computer-controlled artificial limbs to provide active stumble recovery.
Huang said in the statement that if the researchers can detect the stumble reaction fast enough, there may be time to react to it. Huang is collaborating on the project with Brown University Assistant Professor Susan D’Andrea.
According to the URI researcher, the population of lower-limb amputees in the United States is large and growing, especially so during this time of war, and she says the design of a high-performing prosthetic leg is critical to reducing the burden of this disability.
Michael Nunnery, owner of Nunnery Orthotic and Prosthetic Technologies Inc, Kingstown, RI, another partner in the research project, said in the statement that study participants are allowing researchers to collect unprecedented data related to stumble-and-recovery reactions in amputees that may impact the future of above-knee amputee prosthetics needs.
Brasier lost her leg when a teenage drunk driver struck her car in Florida in 2001, an accident that took the life of her husband.
The project was funded in part by the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council, which notes that a successful prototype could quickly lead to a commercially available component to enhance the safety of prosthetic limbs.
[Source: URI]
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Expression in Escherichia coli and function of Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane porin protein F
W. A. Woodruff, T. R. Parr, R. E.W. Hancock, L. F. Hanne, T. I. Nicas, B. H. Iglewski
The gene encoding porin protein F of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was cloned onto a cosmid vector into Escherichia coli. Protein F was expressed as the predominant outer membrane protein in a porin-deficient E. coli background and was clearly visible on one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels in a porin-sufficient background. The identity of the protein F from the E. coli clone and native P. aeruginosa protein F was demonstrated by their identical mobilities on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoretograms, 2-mercaptoethanol modifiabilities, and reactivities with monoclonal antibodies specific of two separate epitopes of protein F. In the course of gene subcloning, a 2-kilobase DNA fragment was isolated, with an apparent truncation of the part of the gene encoding the carboxy terminus of protein F. This subclone produced a 24,000-molecular-weight, outer membrane-associated, truncated protein F derivative which was not 2-mercaptoethanol modifiable and which reacted with only one of the two classes of protein F-specific monoclonal antibodies. The 2-kilobase fragment was used in Southern blot hybridizations to construct a restriction map of the cloned and subcloned fragments and to demonstrate with restriction digests of whole P. aeruginosa DNA that only one copy of the protein F gene was present in the P. aeruginosa chromosome. The protein F produced by the original cosmid clone in a porin-deficient E. coli background was purified. To demonstrate retention of porin function after cloning, the protein F from the E. coli clone was incorporated into black lipid bilayer membranes. Two major classes of channels were revealed. The predominant class of channels had an average conductance of 0.36 nS in 1 M KCl, whereas larger channels (4 to 7 nS) were seen at a lower frequency. Similar channel sizes were observed for porin protein F purified by the same method from P. aeruginosa outer membranes.
https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.167.2.473-479.1986
10.1128/jb.167.2.473-479.1986
Woodruff, W. A., Parr, T. R., Hancock, R. E. W., Hanne, L. F., Nicas, T. I., & Iglewski, B. H. (1986). Expression in Escherichia coli and function of Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane porin protein F. Journal of Bacteriology, 167(2), 473-479. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.167.2.473-479.1986
Woodruff, W. A. ; Parr, T. R. ; Hancock, R. E.W. ; Hanne, L. F. ; Nicas, T. I. ; Iglewski, B. H. / Expression in Escherichia coli and function of Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane porin protein F. In: Journal of Bacteriology. 1986 ; Vol. 167, No. 2. pp. 473-479.
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The Portela Family
Welcome, friends.
Thank you for visiting our corner of the Web. Since 2014, we have been based in Phnom Penh. We answered the call to support other missionary families, enabling them to extend their times in Cambodia and expand their effect accordingly.
Our primary call, in 2014, was to Hope, a K-12 international school created to provide schooling for missionary families who were already overwhelmed with the responsibilities and realities of their various ministries in Cambodia and thus, unable to home-school. Taara continues to serve there as Music Teacher, and David worked as Biblical Counselor there until 2018. David also led the youth ministry at a local international church from 2014-2017.
In 2018, David took on the role of Vice President for Student Affairs at the International Reformed Theological College. In addition to this role, he also oversees the administrative and technical aspects of the institution. The IRTC is a US-based mission started in the year 2000, with the objective of providing biblical theological distance training to Portuguese-speaking students all around the world, through the Internet.
In addition to these activities, David currently leads a group of Asian young people in a weekly Bible study, with a focus on answering tough questions about the Christian faith, particularly those leveled at Christians who are studying in secular universities.
Would you like join in supporting us as we serve these ministries? You can make one-time or recurring donations through our page at World Outreach Ministries.
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Quarentena 2.0 - Portelas no Camboja, agosto-novembro de 2020
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My Gut Feel is Dhoni’s India Ambitions Might be Over: Harsha Bhogle
New Delhi: With uncertainty looming over the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, celebrated cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle feels it might be the end of the road for M.S. Dhoni as far as his ambitions of playing for India are concerned.
“My gut feel is that his (Dhoni’s) India ambitions might be over. I don’t think Dhoni would have been looking to September-October for the T20 World Cup. Maybe if he just had a great IPL but my gut feel is that was beyond him,” Bhogle said while speaking on Cricbuzz podcast.
The IPL, which had already been postponed to April 15, could be cancelled after India went into a 21-day lockdown from March 25 to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: Cricket Next
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Ellen Lord
Acquisition chief
DOD Expands Classified Access for Select Defense Companies
The Department of Defense has launched a program allowing certain defense companies to gain broader access to classified information.
DOD acquisition chief Ellen Lord, a past Potomac Officers Club even speaker and four-time Wash100 winner, said the special access program contractor portfolio program was created in response to the increased level of technical protection needed to maintain U.S. technological competitiveness, Air Force Magazine reported Monday.
“As the world sees a return to great power competition, the Department of Defense must strengthen its engagement with the defense industrial base in order to respond to the national security challenges facing the United States in a more responsive and cost-efficient manner," Lord said in a memo.
SAP CCP had been running as a pilot initiative for several years. Lord said that the program is aimed at balancing the need to understand technology development with the need to protect sensitive information.
The Pentagon did not say how many or which companies are part of the SAP CCP. Lord only said that a company must be on contract for at least 15 SAPs to participate.
She said that the program will provide the defense industrial base with insight into SAP-supported architectures to improve the industry's ability to conduct informed independent research and development.
Industry professionals will also have the access to the information they need to better protect the SAP information they are charged with safeguarding, Lord said.
The director of the DOD SAP Central Office will work with defense components with SAPs in implementing the program. The SAPCO director will regularly update Lord on the status of the CPP and the challenges it is facing.
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RESTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Octo is pleased to announce it will team with QinetiQ on the RS3 92 Situational Awareness and Augmented Reality Technologies contract to provide machine learning and deep learning support to the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System program (IVAS). IVAS offers a single platform that allows soldiers to fight, rehearse, and train, improving soldiers’ sensing, decision making, target acquisition, and target engagement through a next generation, 24/7 situational awareness tool. The award further demonstrates Octo’s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and solutions.
“Octo has a longstanding relationship with the Army, and we are excited to offer AI as part of their mission solutions,” said Rob Albritton, Senior Director of Octo’s AI Center of Excellence. “Enhancing soldier lethality and situational awareness is an Army priority, and IVAS serves as the centerpiece. IVAS will operationalize AI in ways the Army could only imagine two years ago. Supporting our close combat force with emerging technology they can use in the field is an honor.”
Octo’s Chief Technology Officer Sujey Edward said, “Octo has a long history of introducing emerging technology into Federal Government agencies, and Rob is helping us lead the way by giving the Army the kind of advanced tools they need to better protect their warfighters and our nation.
“Octo is serious about AI. We have the experience and the people to make AI solutions happen for our Federal Government customers. We’re proud to have Rob bringing with him the level of expertise the armed forces depend on, and we look forward to further supporting them by providing tactical edge AI solutions.”
“Winning contracts like IVAS is part of our focus on emerging technologies as a means of helping the government leverage these newly available solutions to maximize mission effectiveness,” added Mehul Sanghani, Octo’s CEO. “We are excited to have our position as an emerging technology leader recognized through this contract award.”
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Star Tribune Editorial Editor Susan Albright to Deliver Keynote Address at ClearWay Minnesota(SM) Symposium
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Today, ClearWay Minnesota kicks off its annual tobacco control Symposium with a keynote address from Star Tribune Editorial Editor Susan Albright. This year's theme is Connecting Through Communications. The event is being held on Sept. 14-15 at the St. Paul RiverCentre and will also feature Andy Goodman, author of Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes, as well as a video welcome from St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman.
"In the eight years since ClearWay Minnesota was created, we have remained a unique resource for the people of Minnesota -- a dedicated, independent organization that helps reduce the harm caused by tobacco and create a healthier Minnesota," said David Willoughby, ClearWay Minnesota Chief Executive Officer. "We are pleased to be holding our annual Symposium in smoke-free St. Paul."
More than 250 tobacco control advocates, health care practitioners, community members, researchers and policymakers from across Minnesota are participating. In an evening keynote address, Susan Albright, editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune's editorial pages, will highlight the importance of communication strategies in impacting attitudes. On Friday, nationally recognized communications consultant, Andy Goodman, will deliver a keynote address focused on how to effectively deliver a message in our information-overloaded society.
Other presentations will focus on ClearWay Minnesota's successful communications campaigns to promote QUITPLAN(R) Services and educate Minnesotans about the dangers of secondhand smoke.
"Although we are making good progress, tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke continues to inflict heavy human and economic tolls in Minnesota," said Willoughby. "This Symposium will not only provide additional training for Minnesota's dedicated public health professionals, but will generate enthusiasm and momentum for such common goals as passing a comprehensive statewide smoke-free law."
ClearWay Minnesota(SM) is an independent, nonprofit organization that improves the health of Minnesotans by reducing the harm caused by tobacco. ClearWay Minnesota serves Minnesota through its grant-making program, QUITPLAN(R) Services and statewide outreach activities. It is funded with 3 percent of the state's 1998 tobacco settlement.
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Hot Topic | Social Finance › Impact investing
Sleeping giants: Generating impact in place through anchor investment
Ingrid Burkett
Anchor collaboratives could provoke a deeper and much more engaged future for place-based impact investment, write Professor Ingrid Burkett and Professor of Practice Alex Hannant, as part of a series of impact investment provocations.
Ingrid Burkett | 5 May 2020 at 4:31 pm
Alex Hannant
Provocation #2
In our first provocation we focused on how equity crowdfunding could both democratise and grow the transformational potential of impact investment. Impact investment in Australia has consistently cited a goal to shift entrenched disadvantage in particular communities or amongst certain groups. With this in mind, the idea of place-based impact investment has been canvassed a number of times in the last decade, and has been examined for application in Australia by one of the current authors. It is this which is the basis for our second provocation.
The value of placed-based investment in addressing disadvantage has also been evidenced by 2019 Nobel Economic Prize winners Abjijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
However, the practice and the policy needed to make this happen has not developed substantially over the past decade – for two key reasons:
One of the major ways to encourage place-based outcomes overseas has been through investment into “bricks and mortar” businesses to stimulate local employment that in turn could reduce poverty and disadvantage through outcomes-focused venture capital and business loans. In Australia this sort of investment into mainstream businesses to generate employment specifically to help regenerate places has been limited in scope and size. We have a much greater reliance on welfare programs to mitigate the effects of disadvantage and less engagement with direct market-based programs to shift outcomes. That said, there has been some focus on investment into social enterprise in place, but this has been at a very low level of investment and not yielded the scale or longevity of employment opportunities that would be needed to really shift outcomes.
If we are to really significantly shift outcomes in some of Australia’s most disadvantaged postcodes then we need to approach this much more systemically, in ways that recognise that investment is only one part of the equation – alongside procurement, hiring, infrastructure and housing. What is needed is a much more concerted effort to not only attract new capital into places, but to utilise existing capital more strategically and effectively to generate impacts.
In this provocation we explore the market-making potential of anchor institutions and, importantly, anchor collaboratives, and suggest that these entities could help us move from idea to action in relation to place-based impact investment in Australia.
Figure 1: The different ways in which anchor institutions can support the places and communities in which they operate – based on Slay.
What are anchor institutions and collaborations?
To clarify the jargon, “anchors” are organisations and institutions based in a place – whether that be a suburb, town, city or region – for the long term, with a mission or purpose that is tightly connected to that place. They are significant because they are among the largest employers and spenders in that place, and can align their resources e.g. HR, estates, construction, facilities, financial assets, procurement, to benefit the community in which they are anchored, beyond their core services (see figure 1). Anchor organisations can be local governments, universities, colleges, health providers, arts centres, museums, foundations, sports clubs, transport providers, and so on.
Anchor collaboratives are networks of local anchor institutions that work together to align their collective resources to benefit the place they are anchored in, usually through formalised alliances and strategies. Like much “new economies” work gaining traction at the moment, the practice of anchor collaboratives is not new. However, what is new is how such collaboratives move the practice of local economic development from the implicit and informal to the explicit and intentional, and as a result we are seeing a growth in incidence and impact of such initiatives.
Anchor collaboratives bring together large employers – often health care and higher education institutions – along with local organisations and residents to identify, design and improve the economic ecosystem so that local residents and businesses can tap into needed resources over the long term.
The multiple and intersecting ways in which anchor collaboratives can significantly influence investment, procurement, employment and local economic development through intentionally and proactively using their existing resources is beginning to be recognised in terms of its transformational potential. Mainstream financial markets often illustrate their disregard for people and places – boasting about their capacity to benefit investors because the investments are decoupled from place and transcend people’s wellbeing. In contrast, economies that are rooted in place – where the health of capital is intimately tied to the health of the local economy – is what characterises the mutuality and directness of benefits that lie at the heart of anchor collaboratives.
Figure 2: The ‘impact multiplier effect’ of investing in place: of place-based impact investment.
Big spenders, hirers and potential investors/investees
The expenditure of institutions such as universities in Australia is around $37 billion per annum according to TEQSA, with 10 per cent of this being capital expenditure (CAPEX).
Some of these institutions are rooted in regions where they are among the largest economic contributors. And then when they join with other institutions such as hospitals (public and private), local governments, TAFE and utilities, it becomes clear that the scale of spend, investment and employment has real potential for shifting outcomes in place.
In terms of developing markets for social procurement and a pipeline of opportunities for placed-based impact investment, anchor institutions (and collaboratives) have huge potential.
Universities and hospitals are, perhaps, less obvious protagonists of impact investment than banks and financiers, but they have a ready alignment on public purpose, a direct interest in the socio-economic health of places, offer significant market making potential and physical assets, and also have considerable balance sheet capacity. Individually and as collectives, anchors have the capacity to be facilitators of local and regional impact economies – and a significant opportunity, within the context of growing impact finance in Australia, is to unlock this potential.
At Griffith University, we’re currently looking to mobilise the university’s anchor potential, and explore an anchor collaborative around one of our campus sites. We are looking to capitalise on the potential multiplier effects that could be grown in place that could benefit not only the community in which we work, but also our students and staff.
This work is beginning by:
changing procurement policies and practices;
action research into how we can up-cycle waste streams in partnership with local social enterprises (e.g. converting laptop batteries into power packs for e-bikes); and
establishing an incubator for impact and migrant-led businesses at our Logan campus.
We are exploring the potential of an “impact multiplier effect” that could make the university an integral part of this, contributing to positive outcomes in this community for generations to come (see figure 2).
Figure 3: Calculation of potential impact for a $60 million project, of which $10 million was sought through impact investment.
From recent experience, the concept of anchor collaboratives is an idea that quickly gains traction and broad support when communicated well. Given the tangible benefits that anchor strategies can deliver, especially in the context of place-based development, it brings into play new strategies and stakeholder groups to grow impact investment, and another angle to engage different agencies and levels of government.
The potential of anchor strategies could be further amplified by:
Greater collaboration with Indigenous businesses, authorities and corporations.
Explorations of anchor developments that leverage the economic resources of entities such as Local Investment Corporations to deliver impact alongside infrastructure (See figure 3 for an example of the impact that can be generated from investment into such an anchor development, in this case an aged care facility in a disadvantaged postcode).
Building regional and sectoral (i.e. universities) anchor alliances to generate momentum and further leverage economic benefit and impact through strategic investment, procurement and hiring, and thereby address some of the regional inequities that are growing in Australia.
Like equity crowdfunding connects customers, communities, and innovators horizontally at a micro-level, anchor collaboratives facilitate bottom-up growth of community wealth from the meso-level. These horizontal, or distributed approaches lend themselves to being inclusive and generative, expanding participation in both investment and production.
This creates the possibility of systems transformation, rather than being limited to tackling specific issues and “deficits” through top-down approaches. They are complementary to conventional investment approaches, and ensuring they are recognised in national / whole of market (meta-level) development strategies enhances the overall potential, potency, and applications of impact finance.
Examples of anchor collaboratives
Cleveland’s Greater University Circle Initiative: a collaborative of 19 organisations that facilitated US$3 billion in targeted local procurement, US$140 million of local investment, and has incubated multiple community innovations, such as Evergreen Co-operatives.
The Preston Model in the UK: that (as a response to austerity measures post the GFC) has increased local procurement by £75 million, incubated the development of a number of employee-owned community enterprises, and established a community development fund (see CLES and Preston and Lockey and Glover).
In Australia, GROW in the Geelong region could be classified as an anchor collaborative, with five councils, a community foundation and an array of businesses and public organisations collaborating to shift spend and grow jobs in key postcodes where indicators of disadvantage are consistently high.
This article is part of seven provocations from The Yunus Centre which aim to promote dialogue, and contribute to new thinking about the potential for transformational impact investment in Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia Pacific region.
The purpose in the “We need to talk about Impact…” series is to ask some of the hard questions to interrogate how we can reshape impact investment to ensure that we are actually transforming outcomes for people, places and the planet.
Impact investment needs to stretch horizontally not just vertically
Ingrid Burkett | @ProBonoNews
Professor Ingrid Burkett is co-director of The Yunus Centre at Griffith University.
Alex Hannant | @ProBonoNews
Professor of Practice Alex Hannant is co-director of The Yunus Centre at Griffith University.
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Paillet, F.L., Crowder, Robert, and Hess, A.E., , High resolution flowmeter logging - a unique combination of borehole geophysics and hydraulics; Part II--Borehole applications with the heat-pulse flowmeter: Symposium on the Application . Posted in Liquid Flow Meters on J Liquid flow meters are essential in measuring the displacement or bulk movement of liquids in an application. There are various types of flow quantification devices available, and one such type is electromagnetic .
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The prototype TVA EM flowmeters. The book explains the theory, numerical modeling, and applications of a borehole electromagnetic telemetry system, which is used for wireless communication between the downhole tool and the surface control center during oilfield drilling and covers both 2D and 3D electromagnetic.
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Ohio Leaders Mum On Response To 'Armed March' Planned For Columbus
By Jo Ingles • Jan 12, 2021
Supporter of President Donald Trump gathered in front of the Ohio Statehouse on January 6 shortly before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Karen Kasler / Ohio Public Radio
State officials are not saying much about preparations for an “armed march” planned for the Ohio Statehouse and other state capitols this Sunday.
The Washington Post reports far-right online forums have called members to action ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, and Columbus was specifically mentioned as one of the discussed locations. State officials decline to discuss specific preparations but Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says his office is aware of it.
Stephanie Beougher with the Ohio National Guard says the organization has not been contacted to provide security yet.
“While the Ohio National Guard certainly has open lines of communication with local and state partners should they need assistance, at the current time the Ohio National Guard does not have a request for any kind of support," Beougher says.
The Ohio Highway Patrol, which provides security for the Statehouse, isn’t talking about the situation.
Last Wednesday, on the day of the insurrection in Washington D. C., a violent crowd gathered and at the Ohio Statehouse as well. While no one breached the Statehouse, pro-Trump demonstrators attacked counter-protesters, although no arrests were made.
Warning: Violent clash between pro-Trump/Proud Boys protestors and counter protestor pic.twitter.com/6i8AgyQ1FO
— Karen Kasler (@karenkasler) January 6, 2021
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Ohio Leaders React To U.S. Capitol Insurrection
By Andy Chow • Jan 7, 2021
Several elected officials in Ohio have condemned the mob of pro-Trump extremists that stormed the U.S. Capitol building. State leaders, including Gov. Mike DeWine, have said the insurrection is an attack on democracy.
Impeachment Resolution Cites Trump's 'Incitement' Of Capitol Insurrection
By Brian Naylor • Jan 11, 2021
Updated on Wednesday at 12:53 p.m. ET
Democrats in the House of Representatives are debating and voting on a single article of impeachment against President Trump, charging him with "incitement of insurrection" over last week's violence at the U.S. Capitol.
How Online Sleuths Identified Rioters At The Capitol
By Greg Myre • Jan 11, 2021
The riot at the Capitol appeared to be almost all chaos and anarchy. But as private researchers and ordinary individuals scrutinized online video and photos, they identified some of those who took part and assisted law enforcement.
John Scott-Railton from Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto focused on individuals who seemed to have a real purpose amid the mob — like two men who were spotted with plastic handcuffs that could be used to detain people or take them hostage.
D.C.'s Acting U.S. Attorney Calls Scope Of Capitol Investigation 'Unprecedented'
By Martin Kaste • Jan 10, 2021
The acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Michael Sherwin, says "hundreds" of people may ultimately face charges related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, which interrupted a session of Congress and left five people dead.
Sherwin spoke with NPR's Martin Kaste in an exclusive interview Saturday evening about the multiagency investigation, the challenges officials face and what they'll be looking for.
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Driven by love of country and concern for its people, both present and yet to be.
RADICAL-IN-CHIEF
CONFLICT of VISIONS
RULES for RADICALS
LINCOLN’S HOUSE DIVIDED
TEAR DOWN THIS WALL !
← A TENDER MESSAGE
OLBERMAN, MATTHEWS and FINEMAN TURN ON OBAMA →
ABOUT AL GORE
Tipper and Al’s net worth grew from an estimated one million in the year 2000 to an estimated one hundred million 10 years later according to the Washington Examiner.
Al Gore has parlayed politics and his zeal for talking about global warming into an Academy Award, a Grammy and the Noble Peace Prize in 2007. He is a co-founder of Current TV, brings in six figures for speaking gigs, is a member of the Board of Directors at Apple, Inc. and serves as a senior adviser to Google.
From 1 to 100 in 10 years and still going, six figures for a global warming speech, and no jail time – makes Bernie Madoff look like a piker.
Mr. Gore has a habit of barring the press from his speeches. Google “Gore bars press” and “Gore limits press” for more instances of avoidance of press coverage. He also does not take questions or limits questions to 3 or 4 chosen from pre-submitted cards. On at least one occasion he required the press to leave the room after the first 5 minutes of his talk.
He was very vocal when Exxon Mobil’s ship ran aground in Alaska. He has been uncharacteristically silent on the BP disaster. Rumors are rife as to the reason. It does beg the question, why, when Mr. Gore has stood for banning offshore drilling and said: “For me, this issue is not only an economic issue and a health issue, it is also a moral issue,” For some reason the same morals do not seem to extend to the shorelines of our Gulf states.
Recorded at Mauna Loa for East Anglia Univ
If you were to smooth the red temperature line on the chart by drawing a regression (best fit) line back to 1998 the chart would look like an X, with CO2 rising and temperatures declining. Gore clings to the claim temperature are rising and CO2 is the cause. He is wrong on both counts.
Bob B
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The Year Without An Arctic Summer
Posted on July 20, 2017 by tonyheller
The Greenland Ice Sheet is gaining near record amounts of ice this year. Very little melting has occurred this summer, which is about to start winding down..
Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Budget: DMI
Temperatures on the Greenland Ice Sheet have been extremely cold, and broke the all-time record for Northern Hemisphere July cold on July 4, at -33C.
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Temperatures within 300 miles of the pole have been below normal every day since the beginning of May.
Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
We see the same pattern year after. Lots of ice gain over most of Greenland’s surface, particularly southeast Greenland.
Despite all evidence to the contrary, government scientists insist on believing fake GRACE data which shows almost all of Greenland losing ice.
Grace_map_La_EN_20160300.png (920×1080)
Science used to involve data, facts, integrity and thought, but now it involves striving for grant money. Meanwhile, the climate mafia insists the Arctic is experiencing record melting, and “cracking up.”
These are criminals, not scientists.
191 Responses to The Year Without An Arctic Summer
Stewart Pid says:
Tony is waving a red flag in front of the Grifftard big time with this post. The little turd will be all over this like flies on a bad piece of meat. And of course he will link to his usual nitwit sites.
As she must. Unusual weather like this extremely cold summer in Greenland is the obvious result of global warming. It’s science and Ms Griff would go amiss if she failed to say so.
surfeagle says:
ya right; and 2×2=5
scgator2001 says:
2×2=5 whether you are talking about globull warming or the assassination of President Kennedy.
Americans are the biggest fools in history to even consider any of these explanations (much less to believe them).
Yep, its like leaving bait out for cockroaches, :-)
Griff says:
A civil post is too much to ask for, I assume? If I’m wrong then science based evidence will show it, not first grade name calling.
Yes, I will point out that there is still 6 weeks of the melt season still to go – it is hardly winding down.
and yes, there is a lot of precipitation, in the form of snow falling on Greenland now (and over last winter).
That is not because it is abnormally cold or the climate is not warming: its a function of low pressure systems hanging over the ‘cold spot’ in the ocean off S Greenland -the ‘pool’ of cold meltwater that has been there over recent times and which is itself a symptom of a warming arctic.
It remains to be seen what the extra snowfall does to long term Greenland ice sheet balance. But the ice sheet is melting and the snowfall does not account for all the mass or involve all the mass loss from Greenland.
Minus 33 degree air T is not a result of cold ocean water from ice melting. Neither is every day beliw average air T.
The low pressure is not the result of your SUV. Exactly zero of your pist is a worthy arguement foe CAGW.
Mass loss reported by whom, and based upon what? GRACE? LOL
Why do you hate poor brown people Ms Griff?
sunsettommy says:
Griff,
Your comment has nothing in it for me to ponder over.
We’re 16 weeks into the melt season….with only 6 weeks to go
….so yes, saying it’s winding down is accurate
unless someone it trying to spin it
Mark Sircus says:
Griff, what you are suffering from in public is a weak mind that is stalling, holding on to what you hope to be a truth, but obviously you are not well read or worse you read the wrong things meaning you buy hook and sinker the propaganda of the public media that is privately owned by rich monsters who just get their jollies of confusing people like you.
“A civil post is too much to ask for”
TROLLING with continued , baseless, scientifically ignorant, bed-wetting is NOT CIVIL.
And FFS stop playing the VICTIM.
Its PATHETIC.
Joe Hill says:
Global Warming is the theory that explains everything and anything. If the ice melts…it is global warming. If the ice increases…it is global warming. If the ice stays the same…it is global warming. The only problem is a theory that explains everything actualy explains nothing, at least it scientific terms. The theory that explains everything is theology not science. It is the same as saying God did it which may or may not be true but is certainly not subject to scientific negation.
Griff, many pick on you because you have a bad habit of ignoring bucket loads of published science papers given to you,to explain why we think you are wrong.
You rarely respond with a counterpoint to anything others said against your comments. Not only that you have been wrong,over and over and over,sometimes STUPIDLY wrong.
You also never admit you are wrong about Dr. Crockford, you ignore the evidence that she is a Zoologist by education,by published material and years of work in the field.
TimA says:
“Science used to involve data and thought, but now it involves striving for grant money.”
Unfortunately , due to our modern education system, people hold their word on par with God….and they know it
dataSlave says:
The difference is that medieval peasants knew the gospel truth was being hidden from them behind a veil of Latin. Modern scientific illiterates presume to lecture those of us who actually do understand enough science to question the anointed mouthpieces.
Phineas Phogg says:
Time to revert/return to the “consensus of experts,” circa 1975, as headlined in Newsweek and Time magazines: We are facing the Next Ice Age, with two-mile-high glaciers covering most of Norte America. Whatever.
And 25 years ago we were going to die from the ozone whole – NASA said so!
RAH says:
Let alone the Y2K fiasco.
Ted C says:
Oh no, the ocean level will drop and communities along the shore that rely on tourism dollars will be devastated! Quick, give the government more control so that “scientists” can be paid to study how we can warm Greenland!
Jack Brewer says:
Don’t show this report to gore !!!
Ben Dover says:
I have visions of Al Gore in Greenland with his flamethrower yelling “MELT DAMMIT!!!”
David Grimes says:
Chas Sansc says:
But he is super, super, super cereal this time.
Charles Higley says:
The idiots would say to give the government whatever powers it needs to make everything good for everybody. Is that not what governments are for? And, if our government cannot handle things world wide that affect us, we should certainly submit the US to UN control with the confidence that the UN will “make the world good for everybody in the WHOLE world.” Sounds like the logic of a three-year-old.
Don’t confuse me with facts – it doesn’t support the agenda.
TroyGale says:
Hmmm, has anyone besides me read “Dark Winter”, by John Casey I believe. It seems this may have been predicted by his study.
Bren says:
I hereby predict that all detrimental weather is caused by climate change and all weather that is liked and enjoyed is due to humanity’s tireless effort to punish productivity, prosperity, and long life.
Good weather or weather that contradicts the scam is just weather. Everything else is climate.
Tim Cohen says:
Is that like dark matter/dark energy?
Joseph Olson says:
“Corollation of Seismic Activity and Recent Global Warming” by
Dr Arthur Viterito at Principia Scientific International
Earth has a variable, fission climate forcing factor
Andy DC says:
I don’t believe that anyone could grow wheat and barley in Greenland now like the Vikings did during Midieval Warm Period. But I would suspect that Ms. Griff will say there was no Midieval Warm Period, there never were Vikings and that even if there were, they never grew wheat or barley. They lived off whale blubber. And that he has alarmist generated, pal reviewed studies to prove it.
Just like they’re slowly adjusting and erasing climate data, little by little they’ll be scrubbing the historical records. Tony’s newspaper and other data bases will eventually will be “history”….
Down the Memory Hole. Just as Orwell predicted.
Nope, because of people like Tony the facts cannot be stuffed down the hole. Only those that do not seek the truth and are willing to be deceived will be so. That is until big brother gains control of the content of the internet.
No the talking point is that if existed, but it was just a ‘regional phenomenon’.
Unlike the current warming that it global, yet somehow concentrated only in regions with poor records, urban areas and airports, or nighttime arctic (but not antarctic) temperatures.
You forgot the DEEEEEP oceans.
The ONLY people that doubt that the MWP happened are those that believe that Mann’s hockey stick is better science than the plethora of studies which were published before it and a few since then which confirmed there had been a considerable warm period.
If one believes that scabbing proxy data to thermometer data when the former does not agree with the later then they believe Mann.
This usually shuts up the real deniers…
The WMP occurred globally but was manifested in somewhat different but generally overlapping time periods. Same is true for the LIA.
Here is another good one gator69:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1akI_yGSUlO_qEvrmrIYv9kHknq4&ll=62.04728777500687%2C144.58359815625008&z=3
Beale says:
I think you’re on to something. We may be told any time now that historians are all wrong, and that the Norse settlement of Greenland never existed.
there you go gore.
Kruelhunter says:
TimA, you’ve hit the nail on its proverbial cranial extrusion. The re-writing of history is a primary aim of any rising tyranny as is illustrated by even the most cursory examination of the history of civilization and societies. The process has become both easier and harder with the explosion in data storage and availability. Easier in that date can be more easily altered or deleted at large and harder in that not every storage area can be addressed directly. That’s where the courts come in and lawyers are able to argue matters of history as matters of opinions.
I would like to know your opinion of this study when possible. Thank you.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-natural-thermometers-global-warming-world-temperatures-rising-warmest-ever-hockey-a7837881.html
Total BS
Michael Combs says:
Over half the years since 1950, when CO2 increases caused by the 1920 to 1940 warming were greatest, global temperature has either been flat or decreasing. Central England temperature records going back 500 years show periods of much more rapid warming than present warming periods, which are modest and react primarily to the natural end of the Little Ice Age in 1850. The Holocene Climatic Optimum of 9,000 years ago was the warmest period of the past 10,000 years, and following warm period – Minoan, Roman, Medieval, and present- were each cooler than their predecessor. The Hockey Stick was based on a few cherry-picked proxies that somehow were able to overlook the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age,. two periods that science has incontrovertibly demonstrated had global existence.
Central England temperature records going back 500 years ….
Have exactly the same linear slope before CO2 and after CO2…
Which is impossible according to global warming theory
Chris Long says:
The University of East Anglia GW data all the Limey predictions are based upon was admitted to be falsified. It was a yuge scandal. How soon we forget…
“You can only be smacked in the face by evidence so many times and not see some kind of pattern,” says scientist.
Truth be told, it looks a little hot in The Independent picture. A great way to illustrate global warming science to the readership. Only rabid deniers would reject such evidence.
Canada is prosecuting Mann for his fraudulent hockey stick climate hokey pokey
CheshireRed says:
Michael Mann (and by extension very likely his hockey stick graph) is on the cusp of an absolute legal rinsing that on a bad day for Mann could be a game-changer for AGW theory (and him) and lo! – a hugely supportive article from a fellow ‘scientist’ fawning over Michael and his hockey stick is published! What are the odds, eh?
William Hoy says:
It’s an editorial. Calling it a study implies a connection to science to mislead the uninformed. It just repeats the claims that others have made.
Mann is a fraud. His graph is based on 17 samples where the gold standard would be 1000 when possible. The variance came from one sample. To pretend that this is science is totally unethical.
For the record CO2 levels have been hundreds of times higher in the geological past.
Mann is now in hot water in a court in Australia for refusing to prevent his evidence.
These claims always involve situations which are not replicated easily.
None of the 60+ computer models have been able to predict either the Roman warm period or the little ice age.
Go read something other than propaganda.
jackbenimble333 says:
I generally agree with you. But the person who used 17 samples with only one causing the blade of the hockey stick was I believe Keith Briffa. His hockey stick was driven by ONE tree. McIntyre over at Climate Audit eviscerated him.
And I believe Michael Mann’s legal problems are in Canada rather than Australia.
Essentially what they are saying is that the recent warming is recorded in these “natural” thermometers.
We know that there are significant problems in seeing the CO2 to warming trend correlation in the current:
1] ocean ship/ buoy data
2] satellite data
3] land thermometer data
These are all man made instruments designed to accurately and precisely measure temperature and they don’t detect the correlation signal without serious “adjustment”. Yet, lo and behold, these natural thermometers do what the man made instruments do not!?
So we I suppose we are all going to need to go out and buy dowsing rods now?
Most likely the study is corrupted with confirmation bias (at best) or just searching for / reporting samples, locations and methods that yield the Hockey Stick results (at worst).
If you are ever wondering why none of the Climate Models seem to be of any predictive value, this is probably the origin. If bad and / or manipulated data is inputted, how can you expect correct predictions to be outputted?
Sadly, with the billions or dollars in research money available, it is much easier to create and distribute this stuff than it to spend the time and effort to debunk it all.
Um.. trees GROW with increased CO2. !!!!!
Tree rings are basically pointless as a temperature proxy.
Too many other confounding factors.
And music! Don’t forget music. How do we know which trees grew faster because a nearby tribe serenaded them? And how do we know which ones got hugged and which ones didn’t?
Plantation trees.. .. destined for woodchip. :-)
Vanessa, the article is garbage,since those “natural” thermometers are poorly defined and lacks data.
The use of the most debunked Hockey Stick paper, alone destroys the credibility of the article.Heck it even contradicts itself…
The NAS and the Wegman reports,showed why the h.s. paper lacks credibility. Climate Audit along with their published papers exposed the shoddy statistical methods.
The AGW conjecture has been WRONG for decades now, from the failed Tropical “hotspot” projections, to failed Per decade warming projections,to failed increased number of hurricanes/tornadoes, to failed in the increase in drought and wildfires and more.
Virtually all the warming since the 1970’s have been because of El-Nino/ENSO changes,
sunset.. ya have to amend that last line
Virtually all the REAL warming since the 1970’s have been because of El-Nino/ENSO changes, the UNREAL warming is due to “adjustments.”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/07/06/bombshell-study-temperature-adjustments-account-for-nearly-all-of-the-warming-in-government-climate-data/
Mainly based on Cherry-picked trees. !!!
https://climateaudit.org/2017/07/11/pages2017-new-cherry-pie/amp/
Tom A says:
I am heading to Greenland next month. I hope it does not snow but will be dressing warmly just the same.
We were there two years ago on a Lindblad/National Geographic expedition/tour. We had to skip the scheduled Greenland landing; sea ice was way too thick.
Steven Fraser says:
It snows on Greenland almost every day. It all depends on where you are whether it falls on you.
Bruce Greer says:
As to growing grains on Greenland, read Jared Diamond’s Collapse in which he describes the remnants of dairy farming structures. Most dairy cattle do not do well on whale blubber.
They still to this day raise some sheep in Greenland. When they have summers like this they have to import most all the fodder.
I know quite a few sailors in Colorado. I never understood it other than knowing one can’t argue against passion.
They must have gotten there because they put an oar over their shoulder and walked inland until someone asked them what it was.
Maybe, but the other theory is that they came because it’s safe here for sailors.
Sailor from Norfolk-based USS Wasp found safe in Colorado
NORFOLK, Va. – A US Navy Sailor who was reported missing from the USS Wasp has been located in Colorado Springs, according to NCIS officials.
Gage Brady, 21, turned himself in to NCIS officials and is in custody.
When asked why he left, Brady told CPD officers he just decided to drive to Colorado.
http://wtkr.com/2017/06/18/sailor-from-norfolk-based-uss-wasp-found-safe-in-colorado
It doesn’t say whether he took his oar from the Wasp but it seems he didn’t walk.
I never considered it to be “safe” to be considered AWOL or a deserter and if the later at the very least end up with a less than honorable discharge. Working as a kid at my fathers business back in the early 70’s I saw a recently hired employee that I had gone to HS with caught by the FBI for desertion from the USMC. One of the two agents yelled at him “Don’t try to run Roger” and he didn’t and was taken away peacefully. Now days I understand that as long as they have no warrant on them for some other crime they really don’t even go looking for them and only snatch them up when it’s convenient or as in the case described when they turn themselves in.
True, but even the most deluded global warming freaks acknowledge that this sailor was safe from sea level rise in Colorado. ?
BTW CW
Here is what the WASP is up to now.
“ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 13, 2017) Sailors refuel an F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp is underway acquiring certifications in preparation for their upcoming homeport shift to Sasebo, Japan where they are slated to relieve the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zhiwei Tan)”
The current Wasp, is the 11th vessel to have that name during US naval history. The first was in 1775.
I knew there were a few including prewar/WWII Wasp but I didn’t know there were so many.
A great night picture.
Per Bondesen says:
When I grew up in Denmark in the 1950s the best lamb meat we could buy would be that coming from Greenland.
Perhaps because they have been doing sheep husbandry long enough that their stock is actually becoming it’s own breed?
Some sheep …. the annual production of slaughtered sheep and lamb is ca. 20,000. Not bad for Greenland with a human population of 56,000.
Not Iceland, Greenland, nor Denmark make the top 100 in sheep production regardless of population. Greenland ranks 148th world wide. So yea “some sheep”.
http://world-realtime-stats.com/live-animals-sheep/
The per capita ratio is greatly effected by the fact that there are very few potential occupations because there is very little industry. You can’t really make a living being a farm hand on a Greenland sheep farm so there are few, thus limiting the size of the herds to the heads that can be handled by a family sized operations.
R. Shearer says:
Maybe they were Orca cows, now extinct due to climate change.
The Truth can sometimes be Inconvenient.
arn says:
And so anti-co2-tax.
Don’t tell that to CA gov brown. He was just screaming yesterday that if we do not implement cap and trade which will raise gas taxes $63-$.75 a gallon we are all doomed. The brown turd sounds like one of those psychotics standing on the street corner shouting about the world coming to an end
Brain tumor.
Paul B says:
It’s the beginning of the Grand Solar Minimum. Very little sun spot activity is the hall
mark of the GSM.This lower level Solar activity if prolonged into multi solar cycles that are on average 11 years each will in a shot amount of time will cool the Earth down,
and then we will be hearing that the Earth’s Climate has changed.Sorry Al Gore,The Sun Earth relation is the determiner of our climate.It’s all on the record from the Earth’s past and that is the truth of the matter.
Maliwa says:
I just cannot understand why scientists has such a hard time to finally prove to the world that there is no global watming
Allowing al gore to make a secong climate change movie
JUST DONT GET IT
If you are a scientist, you could try. But who will fund your research? Who will publish it? How will you get tenure without funding and publications? How will you exist on a liberal college campus when you publicly declare that you have doubts about the climate record?
That is why there is no scientific proof to the contrary. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” ~ Upton Sinclair
I suggest this for further reading: https://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2013/02/05/in-their-own-words-climate-alarmists-debunk-their-science/#7589974968a3
to finally prove….
oddest part, they can’t even prove it to themselves…..would, could, might, maybe
For 30 years recently…..but really for over 100 years…they have been trying to prove global warming…
But as long as we let them get away with it…they will
Anon says, “That is why there is no scientific proof to the contrary”
I must disagree. Between this site, the NIPCC, and CO2 Science there is overwhelming scientific evidence that CAGW is false. (The work of Climate Audit, WUWT etc… should also be mentioned.)
It is true that all of the above reports posts, data records, etc… are IGNORED by the perpetrators of the CAGW farce.
Al Gore (man/bear/pig), The UN, Leonardo Di-crap-rial obviously are not getting these memos!
Julia Hoffman says:
Wow. What a kick in the teeth to leftists, for the climate to take the fear factor out of global warming hysteria by cooling off without any human intervention at all, right on the heels of President Trump rejecting the Paris Accord on climate change.
Kinda looks like maybe facts, such as the weather, stock market, unemployment and declining immigration, are proving Trump’s calls to be good ones, despite the most histrionic efforts of seditionists to undermine him.
Talk about inconvenient truths!
And they call Trump insane!
Looks at the Data says:
Yes, “Very little melting has occurred this summer” in Greenland. However, according to the data you cite, Greenland is not losing mass through melting, it is through the calving that occurs.
According to DMI (the source of these graphs):
“Over the year, it snows more than it melts, but calving of icebergs also adds to the total mass budget of the ice sheet. Satellite observations over the last decade show that the ice sheet is not in balance. The calving loss is greater than the gain from surface mass balance, and Greenland is losing mass at about 200 Gt/yr.” https://www.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/
NASA even admits that calving is the main source of mass loss. This is perhaps caused by warmer waters touching the outlets of these glaciers? What’s more interesting, to me, is why the winter was so warm and the summer so cold…
The GRACE data is notoriously unreliable.
Calving is not melting. Calving occurs regardless of temperature.
Calving increases as the ice sheet grows. The oceans do not pull the ice edge in. The ice build up pushes out via gravity.
CAGW folk are backwards; They think oceans pull ice in, and they push chains to move them.
I studied Geology and Climatology at a major university, and glaciers are what got me interested in the science on the first place.
I shpould explain the chain analogy. I used to wprk setting up trade shows. An old teamster walked by us dragging a 12 foot lock up chain. We were on break and one of the crew asked, ” Jasper, what are you doing dragging that chain?”
Jasper replied, ” Did you ever try pushing one”
CAGW advocates are pushing chains.
Winter warm and summer cold? Your talking about anomalies and not actual temperatures right? And last winter in Greenland was anything but warm no matter how one chooses to show the data.
“The calving loss is greater than the gain from surface mass balance, and Greenland is losing mass at about 200 Gt/yr.”
That statement has been there for ages.
There is no measured science backing it up.
Greenland is actually very near its peak mass/area in 8000 years.
pmc47025 says:
Maybe the ~200Gt/yr estimate came from a U of C paper (based on GRACE)?
http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6jh183rg#page-1
Interesting that the projected .46 mm/y (2000-2008) to .75 mm/y (after 2006) sea level rise rate increase isn’t supported by tide gauges.
R O says:
Thinking about it logically, would not excess ice build-up have to go somewhere, including by breaking off if it “grows sideways” ? Just a thought…
Great point! So how can we trust any of the these charts that the DMI published when they make statements like “The calving loss is greater than the gain from surface mass balance, and Greenland is losing mass at about 200 Gt/yr.” If this statement is not backed by real science, then the rest of their statements should be discredited too (all graphs shown in this post).
I’m not advocating either way here, I just want people to see the whole picture. My comment is just a lesson in blindly listening to “experts” cherrypick facts and figures from publications and articles without telling the whole story. BOTH sides of the human-made climate debate do this and it disgusts me.
“… and it disgusts me.”
The people behind the worldwide Anthropogenic Global Warming Climate Change campaign don’t care about the truth, data, science or some such. We know because they said so.
Their propaganda is politics of the dirtiest kind and the fight against it is not for the faint-hearted.
The mid to late 1970s were the coldest period in probably a century. There would have been a large build-up of the snow and ice on the surface of Greenland
1979 was the very trough of the AMO, so naturally there has been a cyclic warming period, and glaciers, believe it or not, actually “flow”.. just rather slowly. It only makes sense that there would be calving a decade or so later, to balance out the massive gains of the 1970s
Fettwels shows that the period 1970 to 1980 was a period of net mass GAIN, all totally in line with the AMO.
NOTHING to do with CO2 or any AGW religious scam.
Notice that 1930-40 had a lower net mass balance than current !!
A glacier is a river of ice that must either melt away, evaporate, or calve. If the glaciers are calving it means they are NOT melting.
Blaming global warming for the ice calving off the coasts of Greenland is like blaming a Mississippi River flood on too much gravity.
NME666 says:
thanks for showing your ignorance of what is happening. Your “yah butt” post proves your ignorance of facts general science, and physics.
Who are you addressing?
Calving is a sign of expanding glacial field.
Glaciology 101 – I took it in 1963!
Ted G says:
The real Truth is Convenient!
The real Truth is inconvenient! So is spellcheck…
Calving is explained right at the DMI site using this diagram. Basically when the mass of the ice sheet fails to grow in the interior over time calving will decrease because there is no new ice to push the sheet out at the edges. So increased calving means there has been an increase in mass and not a decrease as the alarmists would have us believe.
And that statement: ” The calving loss is greater than the gain from surface mass balance, and Greenland is losing mass at about 200 Gt/yr.” Has been there for years and cannot reflect in any way the current reality. If their going to keep such a statement they need to explain why!
“So increased calving means there has been an increase in mass ”
Almost certainly with a lag time of a few years. 1979 was the coldest period in 100 years, right at the bottom of the AMO. SMB was above zero for that period. All that extra ice has to go somewhere. !!
Truman ross says:
Al Gore will make lots of mullah from this news, somehow.
I wish all you bright people would include a short vita so I could know whom to believe.
Well don’t believe me because I’m just a dumbass truck driver, business manager, and former SF soldier that happens to understand that “climate change” is not about climate or weather but is a lever for helping the government convince us to give up more control over our lives and individual destinies.
That’s not how it works, Susan, and it would not do anything useful for you. Science history books are littered with meanwhile refuted hypotheses that were considered settled science and endorsed by the luminaries of the day.
Personalities don’t matter. In the end there is no other way than following the evidence. It is work but it is also more intellectually rewarding.
Susan, I don’t want anyone to “believe” me. I much prefer that they check my facts, and realize that I am indeed speaking truths. Facts do not change, no matter who you are.
If you are looking for faith, you need to go where you find the other “believers”.
Does an anonymous resume give a post more credibility? In college, I received “A”s in Thermodynamics I+II and Physics I+II (OK, not much cred here, but it’s a fun story!). I earned a “D” in “Programming in C” and spent the next 30 years (and counting) writing C code for embedded systems.
Well-i’m an AGW climate scientist
and you are the girl which still believes everything i say,
ignoring the fact that ALL of my(and my friends) apocalyptical predictions
have failed 100% for decades-
and thanks to guys like you we can still get away with everything,
because your critical thinking skills are inexistent.
In fact a 5 year old would instantly realise that a bunch of people who make wrong predictions for decades are liars and traitors because of their bad track records-
but you can not.
The only thing you can do is ignoring all the failures of your science gods and waiting for the next ‘normal ‘ anomalie which has occured a thousand times in the past 1000 years to be presented to you by the media as armageddon and proof of global warming instead of what it simply is: ‘just another heatwave’.
The only thing that has changed is the way they present you the current weather:
They have just changed neutral language describing uninteressting anomalies into
fear porn semantics.
Using such methods has proven to be very successfully:
That way they convinced people like you that a fascist intolerant apartheid religion
which was created by a mass murdering pedophile
and where slavery and pedophile are legal
and which has killed millions of people and gained millions of square miles of territory in the past decades
is the the religion of peace while committing 30.000 ++ terror attacks
and destroying thousands of churches in this century
is the religion of peace.
Susan, look up NIPCC. Read their reports, all referenced amd written by well published PHDs.
Richard Karkkainen says:
Louis Nye, the fake science guy, will be indignant and will dispute all facts.
M A R says:
Bill Nye, the “Science Guy” has a degree in mechanical engineering and nothing in the hard sciences. He is a fraud…
SkepticGoneWild says:
Not that I agree with Bill Nye, but a degree in mechanical engineering is a very rigorous degree, and is essentially a degree in applied physics. It has everything to do with the “hard sciences”.
Just go to, for example, the Stanford website and look at the course requirements for a BS in Mechanical Engineering.
Bill Nye is a total fraud
But nothing to do with climate science AT ALL.
He obviously COULD NOT cut it as a mechanical engineer. Passes.. make for asses.
As in all fields, 50% of the graduates were in the bottom half of their class. And somebody had to be the very bottom! Just look at the grade distributions of the Ivy League schools.
“a degree in mechanical engineering is a very rigorous degree, and is essentially a degree in applied physics. It has everything to do with the “hard sciences”.”
The value of a degree is really based on what one does with it after they have it. How that knowledge gained is built upon and applied is what counts.
“Peter Wadhams ScD, is professor of Ocean Physics, and Head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge”
So there is a guy that works in the same department at the same University where Newton held the chair. Yet he is obviously a kook having wrongly predicted year after year that the Arctic would be ice free and declaring that associates of his were being assassinated because of their work on “climate change”.
Wadhams has spent 40 years studying the ice, since before climate change became the prominent issue it is today.
He continues to say that if melt continues at the current rate, there will be a seasonally ice free arctic.
and he’s right.
The ice has not ‘recovered’ to pre 2007 levels in over a decade.
He has been repeatedly WRONG in his predictions of when the Arctic will be “virtually ice free” and various other predictions he has made. That and the fact that he displays obvious signs of delusional paranoia is all one needs to know when evaluating the value of his “science”.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3174599/Have-three-climate-change-scientists-ASSASSINATED-astonishing-claim-Cambridge-professor.html?login
…neither has the oce decreased fpr the past decade. The trend is flat as the AMO turns.
It doesn’t occur to you clowns that you have no idea what normal is….
Climate clowns think there are “normals” when it comes to climate and weather, they even publish climate and temperature “anomalies”. Ms Griff doesn’t care about all that, she simply hates poor brown people.
MAR100 says:
Seems to me we have two choices, kill off the human race or make the environmental activists live like the rest of us. No private jets, large houses, NYC/DC co-opt apartments, large boats, limos or million dollar salaries. Bring these geniuses down to the level of how real people live. Climate change is the second “Holy Sacrament” of the left with abortion being the first. Al was wrong before and is wrong now, climate change has made him a multi billionaire through government subsidiaries and handouts. Its called Weather “Al” nothing nefarious.
Hank Phillips says:
There was a “cold” snap in Argentina and southern Brazil last couple of days, with power outages in Curitiba–not far from the huge power dam. Snow is about as common in these parts as in Houston.
Flap says:
Al Gore-ithms business model is based on one thing…FEAR.
The predictions of gloom and doom that he made 10+ years ago have never materialized.
All lies to fatten Al’s Fat Boy bank account.
Wonder if Tipper gets any of his ‘dirty money’?
It’s scary how much control and manipulative influence these people have. It’s like Michael Chrichton’s book “State of Fear” coming to life.
David Feaster says:
The scientific, debate-ending, definitive causes of natural earth climate change were discovered and published in 1912 by astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, mathematician, technologist, NASA scientist and distinguished Tesla Society Member Milutin Milankovic. They are the Milankovic Cycles.
http://ossfoundation.us/projects/environment/global-warming/milankovitch-cycles
I blame the Russians.
Psalmon says:
Caution, the Hottest Year in the History of Planet Earth is coming, again.
https://twitter.com/sciam/status/888068518532579330
ClimateYogi says:
David , the last section of your link states this .
“The natural cycle is range bound and well understood, largely constrained by the Milankovitch cycles. Since the beginning of the industrial age, humankind has caused such a dramatic departure from the natural cycle, that it is hard to imagine anyone thinking that we are still in the natural cycle.”
Perhaps not debate ending ;-)
Earth’s so-called “natural cycle” is negligible compared to the interplanetary interactions within our solar system which affect the Earth’s axis, hence, angle of incident to the Sun, as well as orbital path, proximity to, excursion around, and distance from the Sun at any given time. Just as with the Earth’s lunar cycle, and the effects of the mass and gravitational forces of the Moon’s orbit on Earth’s oceans create their tidal activity (as well as stabilize our orbit); the much greater mass and gravitational forces of the much larger planets and celestial bodies in our solar system affect the Earth’s axis, and the path of its orbit around the Sun. Anyone who understands the basic settled geoscience of the lunar cycles, should easily understand the MILANKOVIC CYCLES as the axiomatic, cosmological cause of natural Earth Climate Change. The larger, over arching point – scientifically substantiated and comprehensively documented by the (previously) posted link.
Sorry, but…
Since the beginning of the industrial age, humankind has caused such a dramatic departure from the natural cycle…
… is not supported by science. But if you believe it is, then please…
1- List all climate forcings, order them from most to least effectual, and then quantify them all.
2- Please provide even one peer reviewed paper that refutes natural variability as the cause of recent, or any, global climate changes.
There is nothing unusual or unprecedented about our climate, or how we got here. For 4,500,000,000 years climates have always changed, naturally. This means there has been a set precedent, and the burden of proof falls on natural climate change deniers like yourself.
On the contrary. It is my contention that the The Milankovic Cycles are documented, long-standing, peer reviewed, scientific proof that Earth Climate Change is a natural occurrence – and result of the mass and gravitational interaction of the celestial bodies (planets, moons, and sun), within our solar system. Moreover, I would contend that the astounding lack of awareness of the Milankovic Cycles (most notably it’s virtual absence from the entire Earth Climate Change conversation), lends it an additional layer of credibility – as conspicuously suppressed, axiomatic, debate ending, scientific evidence of Earth’s natural, cosmological climate change.
Below excerpt is taken from http://beta.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/
“Over the year, it snows more than it melts, but calving of icebergs also adds to the total mass budget of the ice sheet. Satellite observations over the last decade show that the ice sheet is not in balance. The calving loss is greater than the gain from surface mass balance, and Greenland is losing mass at about 200 Gt/yr.”
Anyone would like to comment?
Philip asks if anyone would like to comment. Sure.
With a total mass of around 2,900,000 gigatons this loss of 200 Gt is less than 0.007 percent. At that rate it will take about 145 years to even lose 1% of the total. (Scary isn’t it) (Yawn…) Wake me up when there is something actually alarming.
Even if the loss were twice as much, it would still take 72 years to lose just 1% of the total. But the alarmists won’t tell you this, because it isn’t alarming.
That estimate os from GRACE, a failed metric for measuring ice, well critiqed in peer review literature..
Greenland is still basically at its very maximum ice area in 8000 years.
Here is a graph of the Total Greenland Ice mass since 1900
Notice anything ??
The bit we need to be interested in the the change at the right hand side from 1900 on.
If the conditions influencing the ice sheet change due to a new factor, then comparisons with what went before are less relevant.
Why; when it has been obviously much lower in the past and the dip comes right after the cold of the LIA which was one of the most miserable times in human history?
Ms Griff wishes to extend human misery, especially where poor brown people are concerned.
Griff admits she (he?) knows nothing about science.
But Ms Griff sure knows how to starve millions of poor brown people.
What change from 1900? That is the beginning of the chart. What conditions changed? What do you know about the AMO, ocean current flux, jet stream flux, storm system decadal variations, decadal variations in all of the above, all major factors in the amount of sea ice.
Poor little bed-wetter..
Here is a graph of the Total Greenland Ice mass since 1900.
Notice anything, nappy-boy ??
“The bit we need to be interested in the the change at the right hand side from 1900 on”
Poor bed-wetter..
NO, we need to get a longer term perspective.
In your case, more than your 12-18 years sliming about your basement.
If the ice field was losing mass for long,calving would diminish over time.
“but calving of icebergs also adds to the total mass budget of the ice sheet.”
Calving does not “add” to the SMB, it subtracts from it.
Though the vast majority of information and data from DMI is very good, that whole paragraph, which it has been noted before has been there for years, needs to be rewritten.
That paragraph and the sudden change they made in the way they calculate sea ice extent a couple years ago are the only two items I have seen at DMI which are highly questionable.
Kris J says:
Agreed. That stupid sentence isn’t even a good exculpatory clause
Ice is flowing…it’s the buildup of snow/ice in the back that pushes it out the front..calving
No build up..pressure in the back….no claving
Dr. Spencer addresses revised satellite SLR
http://www.drroyspencer.com/2017/07/study-sea-level-rise-revised-downward/
“”For example, ice loss from Greenland (which was large in 2011-12) has recently reversed itself with huge gains made in the last year. “”
Gordon Franke Ph D(retired chemistry faculty) says:
April 2014 I began an infrared study of the effectiveness of CO2 as a greenhouse gas. My conclusion was that for the last 200 years it could not have been responsible for more than 0.25 degrees C. of global temperature rise. The greenhouse gas effect of all greenhouse gases is self limiting. It is very, very close to its limit for CO2. The gas works by absorbing certain characteristic wavelengths of IR . Additional gas has no effect when all of the IR at those wavelengths is absorbed.
Absorption by CO2 traps certain wavelengths of earth origin IR as heat in the atmosphere. The heat is trapped between the surface and high altitude temperature that increases from 12 kilometers to 50 kilometers until the temperature is high enough that it transfers as much heat to the surface as it gains from the IR. The temperature of the surface increase until it emits enough IR at untrapped wavelengths to equal the energy of the IR trapped by CO2. This is the greenhouse effect.
“The heat is trapped between the surface and high altitude temperature”
You also need to consider the relax time of re-emittance being several magnitudes longer than collision time with other molecules.
That means that any absorption is immediately transferred to the remaining 99.96% of the atmosphere, where it is dealt with by the normal gravity based thermal cooling.
CO2 is nothing but another mechanism for transfer of energy from the surface to the upper atmosphere.
It the heat is trapped between the surface and high altitude then where is the upper troposphere hot spot over the tropics that the physics the models the IPCC uses demands?
“Trapped” is an alarmist term.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2y8Sx4B2Sk
Gordon,
CO2 Absorbs,ENERGY, not heat,which is a boundary phenomenon.
IR wavelengths itself is energy arriving in wave packets into the atmosphere,CO2 absorbing them doesn’t create a boundary layer for heat to show up,which is why heat can’t be “trapped” in the first place.
More ice mass equals more reflection of sunlight and less surface warming. Heavy snowfalls on top of this area will push those glaciers towards the coast. Look up “Glacier Girl” to see how far the ice moves in 60 years.
David Appell says:
Bullocks.
http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php
Yep! That link is bullocks alright. Thanks for the update Les.
Funny — Heller himself cited that same link just a week or two ago.
Nah! That’s not funny, but this is…
http://theendofthemystery.blogspot.com/2010/11/venus-no-greenhouse-effect.html?showComment=1315601932140#c5865992004192268996
That calculation is garbage — it ignores albedoes.
And you never answered my earlier point.
Rotten Appell, we KNOW you haven’t got a clue.
No need to keep showing it.
NO Greenhouse effect on Venus. GET OVER IT.
Also NO CO2 SIGNATURE in satellite data or sea level data or, in fact, ANYTHING except plant growth, on Earth.
How about this gem of an exchange…
# Gator 2015-04-10 11:06
Come on genius, give it a shot! :lol:
# David Appell 2015-04-10 11:12
I already gave you citations that answer both your questions. It’s been your choice not to go read them.
No, you have not. We went over this last night?
Are you too stupid to follow the thread, and too stupid to understand the questions?
Let’s try again Davey…
If you spend 1/10th the time reading the science I pointed to instead of obsessively hectoring me with the same questions, you might learn something.
David you cannot possibly be as stupid as you pretend.
You claim that all climate forcings have been identified, ordered from most to least effective, and quantified.
You also claim to be able to produce a peer reviewed paper that refutes natural variability as the cause of recent, or any, global climate changes.
That is utter bullsh*t and you know it.
So pony up cowboy! Admit you are a fraud!
“it ignores albedos”
Rotten to the core…. With that one moronic statement you have proven one thing only.
YOU ARE AN IGNORANT MORON .
gator69, I like that you pay so much attention to my posts elsewhere.
Now perhaps you can address the points I brought up there.
David, how about you admit youa are a liar, and we’ll call it a night.
And don’t feel flattered, I save quotes from the looniest of the loons, like you.
# JTG@JTGILLICK.COM 2010-11-30 22:21
DG01 DIALOGUE WORD COUNT
From FIRST POST (2010-11-25 1745) to CLOSE OF DIALOGUE (2010-11-29 0000)
TOTAL WORDS (149 posts): ~16,000
“JTG” (39 posts): ~5,500
RESPONDERS: (110 posts): ~10,250
RATIO: ~1:2
NOTES ON THE INITIAL WORD COUNT:
– Count was arrived at with a first run of filler deleted.
– In this context, “filler” refers to words and expression equivalents of HELLO and GOODBYE (and all variations of) – and other social exchanges clearly not attendant on the subject(s) of the particular post as a whole.
– Because rating pertinence/non-pertinence is a judgment call, the total numbers should be taken as falling within a +/- range of ~1%.
Lomg lost brother?
gator, you’re only capable of insults, not discussion. how has that worked out for you?
David, you are a known liar. Arrogance is ignorance, and misplaced arrogance is the epitome of ignorance and you. You claim you know things that you do not know, and cannot know. Conversing with you is a monumental waste of time, but I am happy to take a moment to show others exactly what you are. Go stink up some other site with your pathetic lies.
g69: You still haven’t provided any scientific data, or what’s causing the climate to change “naturally,” as you claim. Insults are not a substitute for the science.
“What’s Really Warming the World,” Bloomberg Business, 6/24/15
http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/
ROFLMAO..
Rotten Appell thinks that a cartoon slide show put together by some moron on Bloomberg is science.
Still, its probably is FAR more science than rotten appell will ever know. !!
You have YET AGAIN, marked yourself as a scientifically illiterate FOOL, rotten appell.!!
The moronic cartoon is WRONG in its very first chart.
That graph is NOT the observed temperature.
Its a corrupted, maladjusted, fabricated, fantasy that bears very little resemblance to any sort of reality.
You KNOW that., and yet you still bother posting a link. That just moronically STUPID of you, rotten appell.. as always.
Then they go on to compound their idiocy by thinking that TSI is the only solar variable.
Its PETTY IGNORANCE from an anti-science CHILD-MINDED twerp.
No wonder you fell for it, rotten appell.
More lies from David… (yawn)…
Rotten Appell, dodging , weaving , slithering around..
… as usual. !
WOW, look, the Arctic temperature has been BELOW AVERAGE since May.
Thanks for that, rotten appell. !!
David thinks the blue line is the seasonal mean.
The Bloomberg chart represents nothing but forcing the data to fit the hypothesis by means of data “adjustments”.
On the contrary, the hundreds, if not thousands of charts and videos produced by Tony on this site clearly show that the phony hockey stick is bunk. On top of that, Tony’s charts are based on actual temperature records from long term weather stations that are available to anyone that cares to look them up. When the facts are on your side, there is no need for fraudulent data adjustments!
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Never Confuse Say, Tell, Talk, and Speak Again
By Chad | March 24, 2014
Have you ever confused the words say, tell, talk, and speak?
If you answered “yes” then welcome to the club! These four words are commonly confused by English learners from all over the world.
In this episode of RealLife TV you are going to discover the subtle difference between these similar words and never confuse them again. (See transcript below)
What’s up, RealLifers, welcome to another episode of RealLife TV. I’m Chad and today I’m going to teach you the difference between say, tell, talk and speak. Aww yeah!
Is this RealLife?
All right, guys, let’s start off with the difference between say and tell. Most of my students and a lot of people I know continuously make mistakes with these two words.
When to use “say”
So, first of all, the verb to say. Say is often used with reported speech. So, that case, when you want to tell someone what another person said, that’s when I use say. For example, he said he wasn’t going to class today. He said that he wasn’t going to class today. I’m reporting what that person said.
And, if you noticed, I’m just giving this as general information, as what he said. I’m not really directing it to anyone. “He says a lot of things,” “he said that he was going to go traveling.” Ok?
How to use “tell”
But when I use the verb to tell, it’s generally more directed at someone. That’s why I’ll always use an object after the verb to tell.
So, using the same examples, “he told me that he wasn’t going to class today.” He told me, he told that guy, he told his teacher.
So, that’s one of the biggest mistakes people have with say and tell. So, just remember, say is generally for reported speech, you don’t necessarily need, you don’t need the object after the verb. “He said…” whatever it is that person said. If I use the verb to tell, “he told me,” “he told you,” “he told us,” “he told everyone,” ok?
Using “say” to ask someone to repeat something
Another way we use the verb to say is often when we’re asking a question, or when we’re asking someone to repeat what they’ve just said. So you often, you’re going to find yourself saying “sorry, what did you say?,” or “what did he say?,” or, as a survival phrase, “how do you say…?” when you want someone to repeat a word.
Using “tell” to order someone
Another common way to use tell, which is much different to say, is when you’re going to order someone, or tell someone what to do. You could make a request, for example, “Hey, tell him to meet me at the cafe.” It’s like to pass on that message. “Can you tell him to meet me after class at the cafe?” So I’m kind of giving someone an order, asking them to pass on a message for me.
Talk and Speak
The next big problem that a lot of people have is distinguishing the difference between talk and speak. So, talk generally means to converse, to have a conversation. “I was talking with my friend.” So, when you use the “talk” with the preposition “with,” it means you’re just having a general conversation, ok? “I was talking with my friend.”
Or, I could say, “I need to talk to you about…” So, this case is usually more specific, it’s about a specific situation. So, you’re often going to use talk with someone about something.
Speak a language
Ok, and the verb to speak is generally referencing a language. I speak English, I speak whatever language. Portuguese, Spanish, French. But, the way that speak is very similar to the verb to talk is when you speak to someone and you talk to someone. The difference there is that, generally, when I say “I need to speak to you about something” it sounds a little more serious than if I have to talk to you about something.
Like I said, talk is more about just having a general conversation, but if I want to speak to you about something, it sounds a little more serious. Maybe I have some problems to resolve.
All right, guys, that brings us to the end of this lesson. I hope you’ve enjoyed it.
If you haven’t already, don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you get all of our newest videos, and also, in the box below, there’s a link to an article which will explain everything I’m talking about right now with a little bit more detail and it’d be a good resource for you to study as well.
So, thanks a lot for joining us today, hope to see you next time on RealLife TV.
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Laerte Weismann C. Oliveira says:
I liked that so much thanks ched
Janet Abedi says:
wow, thanks Chad, for this representation…You are right, we did not know it specifically….
Thank you and great job!!!
Zulmira Andrade Rabelo says:
Great job, love it, Thank you Chad
Said Omari says:
thank you chad
Hey teacher Chad thanks a million for sharing with us this awesome video which helps to clear up the confusion we have got ourselves into.congrats brother.
ALHNOUF says:
Well done. Thanks a lot.
Fernando Echeverry says:
It's very interesting this information; I'm going to use it in my english classes. Thank you
Thanks for sharing “say, tell, talk, speak”. I am not confused now. It’s a great help.
Milton Raimundo dos Santos says:
Dir teacher How are you today?
I`m sorry, when I say a phrase ” She wants to say to me something about her life” is it wrog?
Maria Teresa Sivira says:
thanks a lot Chad. Very nice videos, great explanations. 😀
Mahabad Boskani says:
Thank's Chad for your nice vid
Video it is amazing
Luz Mery says:
thank you so much for the information chad
This is very important to learn
Thank you Chad for this type of video in which you clarify us the Eglish, EXCELLENT!!!
Marjan MN says:
Thank you so much teacher
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Équipe: Virus and Immunity
Département de: Virologie
PI: Olivier Schwartz
Zika virus multiplication and cytopathic effects
The Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemics in South East Asia, French Polynesia, the Caribbean islands and the Americas, and its association with neurological disorders including Guillain-Barré syndrome and microcephaly and other defects in newborns have triggered a global public health response. ZIKV infection mainly occurs after a bite by infected Aedes mosquitoes, through maternal–fetal transmission, and less frequently by sexual transmission. In 2017, evidence of vector-borne ZIKV transmission have been reported in about 85 countries or territories.
The innate immune response controls viral spread and disease development in most of infected individuals, through mechanisms that are not clearly understood. We are studying the cytopathic effect of the virus, that is to say the morphological changes of the cell, to understand what happens once the virus replicates. We recently observed that the infected cell reacts by forming massive intracellular vacuoles which leads to the death of the cell. This phenomenon of cellular destruction is mainly visible in the absence of the protein IFITM3. These observations are made in the cells naturally targeted by the virus, including epithelial cells, fibroblasts of the skin and brain astrocytes.
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Zika Virus particles accumulating in infected cells, visualized by electron microscopy. Scientific image by Université François Rabelais, Tours and Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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ZIKV modifies the morphology of the cells and makes them implode. Example of primary human skin fibroblasts.
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The intertidal springs near the Vergulde Draak 1656 wreck site, Western Australia: hydrogeological characteristics and archaeological significance
: Los manantiales intermareales próximos al lugar del naufragio del Vergulde Draak en 1656, Australia occidental: características hidrogeológicas e interés arqueológico
Vincent Post, Ursula Salmon, Wendy van Duivenvoorde
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
On 28 April 1656, the Vergulde Draak was shipwrecked on the Western Australian shore after it struck a reef north of the present-day town of Seabird. This article presents the results of an investigation in the vicinity of the wreck site to identify any potable water resources for the sustenance of the 68 survivors. From historical documents it is known that hardly any provisions could be rescued from the ship, so the survivors were reliant on finding water on land. There is no surface water in the immediate vicinity of the wreck. The chemical characteristics of three intertidal springs, as well as the Indian Ocean, were documented. Enough freshwater discharged from two of the three springs to cause a decrease of the salinity and pH, and an increase of the temperature, of the ocean water over a distance along the shore of 100 m. The chloride concentrations of the springs ranged between 3 and 6.5 g/L, and the shipwreck survivors might have resorted to drinking this brackish water. It is also possible that they collected rainwater or tried to dig a well in the dunes, where slightly brackish groundwater was found during the present study. Only future archaeological discoveries can provide certainty, but, albeit suboptimal, the beach offered at least some water resources for a survivor camp.
Los manantiales intermareales próximos al lugar del naufragio del Vergulde Draak en 1656, Australia occidental: características hidrogeológicas e interés arqueológico
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Vergulde Draak
Tamala limestone
shipwreck survivors
Submarine groundwater discharge
Coastal aquifers
ARC/LP130100137
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The early English East India Company as a community of practice: evidence of multilingualism
Samuli Kaislaniemi
Department of Modern Languages 2010-2017
Merchants of Innovation : The Language of Traders
Esther-Miriam Wagner, Bettina Beinhoff, Ben Outhwaite
De Gruyter Mouton
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Carbon Pricing Leadership Dialogue at COP23
By Joseph Robertson November 15, 2017
COP23 Roundtable hosted by CPLC explores how carbon pricing can build value across societies, strengthen NDCs
The Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) held a high-level roundtable event in Bonn, on Finance Day at the COP23. The meeting was an important opportunity for the Coalition membership to share views, provide updates on new and emerging efforts, and discuss ways to intensify the market signal sent by existing policies.
Côte d’Ivoire sent a large delegation, to listen, to meet partners, and to offer views from a developing country perspective. The delegation was led by Anne-Désirée Ouloto, Minister of Sanitation, Environment and Sustainable Development.
Burkina Faso was represented by Her Royal Highness Princess Abze Djigma, Special Envoy of the President of Burkina Faso for the SDGs and Climate Change.
CPLC High-Level Assembly co-chair Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, of Canada, expressed her government’s commitment to nationwide carbon pricing, and called for collaboration between countries to align pricing models across borders.
Feike Sijbesma, CEO of Royal DSM and the other co-chair of the High-Level Assembly, said the world is not moving fast enough to fulfill the goals of the Paris Agreement. Carbon pricing will speed up and spread the required action, he added.
Laura Tuck, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development, cited the Stiglitz/Stern High-Level Commission report, which found we need to broaden coverage, strengthen prices, and also align complementary policies to optimize the acceleration of action. She added that the Coalition can be of great value in making the business case for carbon pricing more self-evident, while considering legitimate sector and stakeholder concerns.
Min. Ouloto said carbon pricing must be part of her nation’s engagement with the global effort to solve climate change. Côte d’Ivoire wants to make sure its economic future is not constrained by an outdated structural commitment to burning fossil fuels. She also said the country is working to sensitize industry and local government to the benefits of pricing carbon.
Several partners raised the issue of civil society support. I had the privilege of announcing to the room that the very next day, in Washington, DC , more than 500 citizen volunteers would be going to scheduled meetings with their representatives in the United States Congress, to advocate for a nationwide carbon fee and dividend.
There was applause for this news. It was clear that citizen participation breathes life into the political push for carbon pricing. I added that for Citizens’ Climate Lobby, what is critical is that citizens and stakeholders be empowered to speak for their own interest, with always available and updated education on how the policies under consideration affect their local condition and national economy.
The single most frequent concern Coalition members have tended to hear from leaders in government or business is that higher prices for carbon-based energy could make their market, or their business, less competitive. A number of points were raised to address this concern:
This fear assumes the hidden externalized costs from burning carbon fuels is not putting a drag on overall economic activity. (Analysis shows they are.)
Areas of concern for energy-intensive trade exposed industries can be addressed at the border, in bilateral negotiations, or in the policy design phase, especially by pricing upstream for easier economy-wide coverage.
Carbon pricing done right makes an entire economy more efficient at generating new wealth from any given $1 of investment.
2017 has seen the clear and present fiscal risk from inaction on climate change, with nearly $400 billion in estimated extreme weather damages in the US alone (1/3 of the total amount spent from 1980 through 2012).
Reducing risk is a major imperative, not only for the public sector, but for economies as a whole, and for all actors in finance or business.
To address competitiveness questions in national and individual cases, a number of Coalition partners, myself included, recommended a new High-Level Commission report. The report could be published at the time of the 3rd High-Level Assembly of the CPLC, in April 2018, and could explore:
Competitiveness issues for specific sectors;
Competitiveness issues for nations, with relation to trade;
Known good practices for reducing any impact on sectoral or national competitiveness, without reducing environmental effectiveness;
Measurable gains in economic efficiency due to carbon pricing;
Estimated costs from the negative externalities associated with burning carbon-emitting fuels;
Drag and inefficiency linked to excess subsidies and unchecked risk (geophysical, market-related, and transition-related);
A menu of optimized trajectories for jurisdictions looking to deal with specific risks and market concerns.
John Roome concluded the meeting with 10 takeaways the Coalition could take forward to the next High-Level Assembly, in April. These included the role of informed, inclusive advocacy, the need for flexibility in cooperation between jurisdictions, and for further examination of how the uses of revenues can provide added incentive for strong carbon pricing.
Follow ongoing news and updates from the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition at CarbonPricingLeadership.org
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Every week on Monday morning , the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question:How Do You feel About The ‘Cromnibus’ Spending Bill? What Does it Signify Politically?
The Independent Sentinel : I will take the last part of the question first. It signifies that the Republicans aren’t willing to accept the results of the last election. It’s a Boehner sell-out.
I don’t want to say too much until I see what the new congress does. If they do nothing, it’s time for a third party. They’re trying to shove Jeb Bush on us and have decided that he, Romney and Christie are our only presidential choices for 2016.
The bill funds the unconstitutional amnesty, Obamacare, EPA regulations, abortions, et cetera. The bargaining chip is the DHS. What are they going to do? Tell Barack Obama no amnesty or they will stop funding the Border Patrol?
The Noisy Room : Richard A. Viguerie is absolutely right when he calls most of the Republican leadership ‘boneless wonders.’ And as Senator Rand Paul correctly labeled the Cromnibus, it is an ‘abomination of a bill,’ and it passed narrowly thanks to the betrayal of John Boehner.
Boehner lied himself silly as he did exactly what I predicted he would do; he claimed that the Republicans didn’t dare shut down the government and had to pass the Cromnibus to find out what was in it, a la Pelosi. He also claimed the good in the bill outweighed the bad. So many lies in such a short time. He went all the way with Obama, knowing that the President would kick him out of bed in the morning. Conservatives were Grubered by Boehner and the other Progressive RINOs who wanted everythingpassed; they also gave Obama *ALL* he asked for and oh, so much more.
Every Republican who voted for the Cromnibus must be targeted in primaries and gotten rid of. They are cancerous to the Republic; they are Progressives on the Right side of the aisle and are every bit as much a danger to our country as the Progressive Liberals are. Every one of these Republicans
owns this. They weren’t ‘forced’ into anything. They chose this because of money and power. It’s as simple as that.
The implications basically include that unless there is a thunderous turn around, the Republican Party is done. A third party will rise over this betrayal. Conservatives have had enough of the lying RINOs and
being manipulated. My hope is that Sarah Palin will run in 2016 with Ted Cruz at her side, or Ted Cruz and Mike Lee or Alan West. It is the only chance left for the Republican Party as it now stands.
One last minute rider in particular, a provision that would effectively raise the amount that high net-worth donors can contribute to political party committees from $97,250 to $777,600, was an egregious slap in the
face to the Tea Party and conservatives. It basically ensures that fat cats are the only ones who can afford to run and it is a blatant attempt to shut out Tea Party candidates.
The rider would give the Republican and Democrat Party establishments huge advantages in battles with primary challengers to incumbents.
The bill will obviously pass and it is the exact antithesis of what America wants. But this is not a new political alignment. Warren is a die-hard socialist – the bill wasn’t Progressive enough for her. Conservatives want the polar opposite on this.
Are the Republicans so deaf, dumb and clueless that they can’t battle corrupt Democrats even when they control the House and the Senate? Or are they just as corrupt as the Progressive Liberals? Both is the answer.
Just more arrogant elitist bull crap, slapping each other on the back, wallowing in their greed for power and money. they feel as though the party will never end. But walking on the wild side always has a price
and Americans won’t take this much longer. The RINOs are going to find themselves on the wrong dance card after waking with a major hangover and the realization that the tab has come due and Obama doesn’t love them in the morning. Suckers. All the back room deals, lies and manipulations just simply delay the demise of the Republican Party. But an accounting is coming and soon.
Boehner’s dirty deals with Obama have increased spending by $3.8 Trillion in 3.8 years. It’s just flat out criminal what they are doing to this nation. It is suicide and they know it and just can’t seem to care evidently. The arrogance of Boehner and his cronies is stunning. He wouldn’t work with conservatives at all on the Cromnibus.
As Sarah Palin says, this bill stinks to high heaven. RINO season is now officially open. Lock and load. More on this in my article, ‘Boehner Betrays His Conservative Base by Passing the Cromnibus and It Stinks to High Heaven.’
This is what it has come to, one party, the Progressive Party. Where Boehner and the RINOs identify more with Obama and the Liberals than conservatives, the Tea Party and America in general. Let America eat cake. Never mind the smell.
JoshuaPundit : There are several things I take away from this.
First off,this has all the appearance of a political coup d’etat.The chief leverage congress always has against a president is the power of the purse. That leverage has now essentially been lost for the incoming Republican congress until September of 2015.
It would have been quite easy to simply pass a basic continuing resolution (which is all cromnibus is) which funded everything and made no major changes that lasted until, say January 30th, when the new congress would have been seated. That would have made political and tactical sense,and Majority Leader Reid could not have held it up nor could the president have vetoed it without sustaining major political damage as the cause of a government shut down for no reason.
So why wasn’t it done that way? Instead,the Republican leadership stuck in changes that could almost have been made to order for the upcoming Democrat class warfare campaign (even though they actually benefit Democrats far more, which is why Harry Reid let them go through) and essentially neutered themselves and the incoming Republican dominated congress. Not only that,but the confab in the senate gave Elizabeth Warren a major boost in her public profile, especially among the Professional Left.
The way this was done made no sense politically or tactically, but it was so important that Speaker Boehner and his whip Rep. McCarthy were actually willing to blatantly lie to a number of House members to get them to vote in favor of a procedural rule without which cromnibus could not have come to a vote,something that is going to further split the GOP caucus, weaken the whip and do serious damage to Boehner’as credibility, whatever was left of it.
The only possible side benefit for Boehner and the Republican leadership was to damage the conservative branch of the Republican caucus, but that also makes no real sense because it weakens them to no purpose and divides the caucus.Many of the new electees are not necessarily associated with the Tea Party, but they’re also not stupid. They will look at this and realize that Boehner, McCarthy and new senate majority Leader Mitch McConnell are not to be trusted.
That Boehner was willing to go to these lengths convinces me of something I’ve suspected for a long time…that President substantial Obama has something on John Boehner (and likely others).
Boehner wasn’t paid off, he’s paying off. And by the way, this also explains this president’s aggressive and combative stance after the debacle of the midterms, something unique in modern history. He obviously knew something.
Remember, we’re dealing with the sort of Chicago pol who got elected to the Senate by judge shopping to get his opponent Jack Ryan’s sealed divorce records made public so Ryan was forced to quit his campaign to protect his child.
You might also remember how the White House found out about General Petraeus’s affair months before it came out and got him to lie about Benghazi – before they released the info publicly anyway to discredit him and get him to resign. He changed his story on Benghazi afterwards but no one took him seriously after that.
With the resources Barack Obama commands as president, there’s no limit to what he might have tucked away on various people. And I think we also have ample evidece of his lack of scruples and what some might think of as simple decency.
The Republicans may dominate congress, but with compromised leadership, nothing much is going to get done. That is something that is going to have to change, and quickly.
GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD: Here’s what Rush Limbaugh had to say about the latest developments:
Where do we stand on this thing now? It’s a legitimate question because the way this has been reported is that it’s a done deal. It’s a done deal because the House voted for the rule and then voted for the whole thing and it’s done and it’s considered a rubber stamp in the Senate and so it’s done. But it isn’t yet, is the thing. The media’s reporting that it’s done, but it’s really not, and all eyes are focused on Elizabeth Warren. And the question is, can she stop it?
Now, everything I mentioned in the previous hour’s true. Obama and Steny Hoyer and Biden, these guys are all helping Boehner, all the Democrats are doing everything they can to help Boehner, or did do everything they could to help Boehner get the votes that he needed in the House. It was the strangest thing. So now, the attention shifts focus to the Senate, and the question there is, “Can Democrats in the Senate still scuttle this thing?” And the answer is yes. They could still scuttle the deal, but they can’t do it alone. And there’s the rub.
They’re going to need some help from Republicans if the Senate is to stop this from happening. Now, what we’re talking about is the $1.1 trillion, it’s called the omnibus spending or cromnibus, and some people have even given to calling it the crimenibus because they think it’s an outrage the way it’s happening. It really is a piece of legislation that is in stark, in-your-face opposition to the people who voted this past November.
The American people want no part of this, or very little of it. The Washington establishment doesn’t care, and a lot of people are fuming, and rightfully feeling that, well, what, did the election not matter? And I’ll tell you, the answer to that question is a question a lot of people don’t want to hear the answer to.
So here’s where we are. A little help from Fox News. They’ve had some analysts looking at this trying to figure out where it goes from here. Now, last night, both the House and the Senate passed a two-day continuing resolution to keep the government running and avoid a partial shutdown. The House also passed the omnibus, this $1.1 trillion spending bill that funds the remaining nine and a half months of the government’s fiscal year through September 30th.
Now, stop there for a moment. A lot of people think that’s asinine. The Republicans just won a landslide election. Why do a bill that funds the government for the rest of this fiscal year, which basically takes a year away from Republicans and the power they have over the budget next year and the year after the Republicans won the show and run the budget if they want to, albeit with Obama. So why punt one of those two years, which is what’s happened by going for the omnibus to fund it all the way through.
The Republican establishment’s answer to that, “Well, you know, we need to fund the government and then take care of that because the president will present his budget in February for 2016 and that’s where we’ll fight.” And a bunch of us frankly are getting real tired of the Republicans saying let’s go ahead and let this happen now and in a couple of months that’s when we’ll kick butt. They never kick butt, is the problem.
So what happened is, the House passes the omnibus bill that funds the remaining nine and a half months of the federal fiscal year, but funding immigration programs for just three months, which will allow Republicans to try to roll back Obama’s executive amnesty after the Senate is in Republicans’ hands.
Now, the House’s move punted the ball over to the Senate for final passage and then Obama’s signature. But that’s not as easy as it seems with Elizabeth Warren lurking in the weeds. The Senate convened at ten o’clock this morning but had to first finish the National Defense Authorization Act, and time will run out on that bill sometime this afternoon. Until the must-pass military measure is finished, Harry Reid cannot file cloture to move to the vote on the spending package, and he needs 60 votes for it. They can’t get to it ’til this afternoon, ’til they finish this military funding thing, which is a mass requirement.
If Elizabeth Warren, Fauxcahontas, and liberal senators get enough help from conservative Republicans opposed to the bill for other reasons, they could prevent it from advancing.
They have to find 41 votes to stop it. And finding 41 votes for what would essentially be a government shutdown is what the media think is impossible to do, because nobody wants to shut down the government.
Nobody wants to get blamed for shutting down the government. So if the bill is stopped, the end result’s a government shutdown, and that is the big obstacle that’s in the way, the abject fear of that. Now, it is reported that both conservatives and liberals have some additional options even after the thing passes, if it does. For example, a single senator, or a small group, could insist on using all 30 hours of debate time, which would pass the two-day emergency funding plan that was approved last night. Remember, it’s only just two days that they gave them.
Finding 41 votes is a tough thing because that’s a government shut down. But even at that, there’s still some other things they could do, like insist on full-fledged 30 hours of debate, which would then cause the current two-day spending measure to expire. That would force leaders to go back to the House for yet another emergency patch, if you will, say of another 48 hours to fund the government. You see how ridiculous this is getting? And another vote in the House would give conservatives, who they say they were lied to by House leaders into backing the emergency bill, a chance to redo their vote.
This takes us back to the Santa impersonator and Marlin Stutzman, who openly claims he was lied to about this. Just to refresh your memory, Stutzman was promised if he voted for the continuing resolution, the rule, not the ACR, but for the procedural vote, if he voted for the rule, that they would pull the omnibus and enact a 30-day continuing resolution to get the Republicans in power in both the House and the Senate and then start working on the omnibus, and they lied to him. They didn’t pull the omnibus.
So, again, if they get back to the House, if they have to go back to the House for another 48-hour emergency funding patch, that would give these conservatives who say they were lied to by House leaders into backing the emergency bill on the grounds that the bill was dead and buried, and with the shutdown threat revived, liberals and conservatives alike could make some additional demands, or at least use the time to try to find 51 Senators to vote against the final package.
Now, it must be said that while on paper this sounds like it could all shake out, the odds of it happening are said to be very unlikely. But the procedure provides some sticking points to bedevil the establishment, also some unhappy votes for ideological purists. The Senate could avoid this whole mess by invoking unanimous consent to vote on the big spending bill this afternoon. But if one Senator objects, then the whole decision is rejected, and that would mean that the Elizabeth Warren wing and the Republican rebels alike would all have to cave to some degree.
So this is an outline of what would have to happen to once again scuttle it or put some roadblocks up, and everybody involved thinks that all of this is really, really unlikely to happen. But it could still. A lot depends on Elizabeth Warren and just how big a flag she wants to plant on this. So we’ll just sit back and casually observe and see what happens. But the smart money is that it’s going to happen with no controversy whatsoever, that it’s practically already a fait accompli. “Is there still a way of stopping it?” But, again, the smart money says it’s not very likely.
Laura Rambeau Lee, Right Reason:Unfortunately, the bill will pass. Another voluminous spending bill no one has read. It appears we still have a ways to go to convince our “trusted servants” we will not stand for this continued confiscatory theft of our hard earned tax dollars. The efforts of conservatives delivered the Senate to the Republicans and increased their numbers in the House this past November, but apparently it is business as usual. There has been no effort whatsoever to shrink the size of government. Regulations continue to take more money out of our pockets and into the hands of the government. The GOP has essentially given away nearly a year of control over the purse strings, half of the time they will have control of both houses of Congress.
Hopefully during the next two years many more Americans will wake up and realize their earnings and personal wealth are not growing as they continue to pay more for essentials such as food, energy, and gas and have less left over for discretionary spending. We cannot continue on this path. The debt has surpassed $18 Trillion dollars with no attempt being made to cut spending.
2016 will be a major turning point for America. It will be up to We the People to decide whether we continue along this path towards a progressive America, or take our country back from the political and elite class and restore our country to government of the people, by the people and for the people.
The Glittering Eye :The continuing resolution omnibus spending bill, waggishly nicknamed “CRomnibus”, is about what you’d expect from one of its kind. Neither party is happy with it and the more ideological you are the less happy you’re likely to be. That’s the way things get done in a representative democracy, particularly one as large as ours.
The question boils down to whether you think we’re better off with a crummy budget than none at all. I think that on balance we are. Isn’t this the first budget that the Senate has actually voted into law? That’s something of an accomplishment in its own right. I guess elections do have consequences.
I would prefer that these huge, opaque omnibus spending bills be abolished in favor of bills that were about a single matter and a single appropriation. That won’t happen without a constitutional amendment forcing it. It’s just too hard to get graft into a simple, short bill on a single subject.
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What do radishes have to do with rising sea levels? How can parsnips make a difference in an age of peak oil? Why would rhubarb jam inspire hope?
The answers can be found in the west Yorkshire town of Todmorden, birthplace of the Incredible Edible movement.
Incredible Edible Todmorden began six years ago when a group of residents decided they were fed up with waiting for the powers that be to do something about the problems facing the world.
They were worried about polar bears and melting ice caps, about young people leaving their town because there weren’t any jobs, and about what their children and grandchildren would eat in the future if food and transport costs continued to rise.
But they also knew that statistics about overwhelming global issues like climate change and economic turmoil tend to turn people off. Everything seems too big to engage with.
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The following spring, vegetables started to pop up in some rather unusual places in Todmorden. You could find broccoli at the bus stop, courgettes outside the derelict health centre and even runner beans in the cemetery. Alongside the vegetables were some signs. ‘Food to share’ they said. ‘Help yourself.’
One Incredible Edible co-founder, Mary Clear, even dug up all the roses in her front garden and replaced them with vegetables and a notice inviting people to take whatever they wanted.
This ‘propaganda planting’, as they like to call it in Todmorden, did indeed get people talking. Then Mary, along with fellow co-founders Nick Green and Pam Warhurst, called a meeting. Not a meeting to discuss big, abstract concepts like the state of the planet but one where they said: ‘Let’s talk about how we can make our town healthier, happier and stronger; let’s do something exciting around local food.’
Six years on, the difference the Incredible Edible experiment has made in Todmorden is dramatic. Every school is involved in growing. There’s an edible walking route that links different parts of the town and guides visitors to the market, once the hub of the community but now, like markets everywhere, fighting to thrive in a supermarket culture.
More than 1,000 fruit and nut trees have been planted, providing free food for local people and important habitats for wildlife too.
The project has even spawned two social enterprises, which not only produce food for sale in the community but also train apprentices in the skills they will need to become the market gardeners of the future.
As people get more and more involved in growing, they start to engage with the kinds of issues that were worrying the founders of Incredible Edible in the first place. And they discover that small actions have great power and every single one of us can make a difference.
People visit Todmorden from all over the world to see what is happening, and many of them go back home inspired to make their own communities Incredible too. Today there are more than 50 Incredible Edible groups around the UK, more than 300 groups in France and many more worldwide , from Montreal to Mali.
This is why we’re now publishing the book of Incredible Edible. Written by co-founder Pam Warhurst with Joanna Dobson, it will explain why the Incredible Edible effect has caught on in so many places and how it could happen near you. We want to inspire a new wave of change makers.
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(This article was written by Joanna Dobson. You can see more about Joanna at www.joannadobson.com)
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A New York Times bestseller.
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Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge--and how love may be the only thing powerful enough to stop them.
Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow...
Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town.
Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them under.
Like many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year, on the eve of the sisters' return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives; unaware of the danger he has just stumbled into.
Mistrust and lies spread quickly through the salty, rain-soaked streets. The townspeople turn against one another. Penny and Bo suspect each other of hiding secrets. And death comes swiftly to those who cannot resist the call of the sisters.
But only Penny sees what others cannot. And she will be forced to choose: save Bo, or save herself.
Shea Ernshaw under the pseudonym Shea Olsen, is the co-author of the upcoming Flower with Elizabeth Craft. Shea lives and writes in a small mountain town in Oregon. She works as a producer for a film production company and shares a home with her husband, a dog named Diesel, and two cats.
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Day Around the Bay: Police Officers' Union Denounces DA's Decision
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Brand New Bridge Near Florida International University Collapses In Miami – May Have Killed Several
Written by: Tim Brown
A brand new 950-ton, 174 feet long bridge near the Florida International University in Miami collapsed on Thursday, possibly killing several motorists.
According to reports the pedestrian bridge collapsed across an eight-lane highway and at least eight cars were crushed under its weight.
The Miami Herald reports:
A pedestrian bridge under construction collapsed Thursday, just days after crews had dropped an elevated 950-ton span in place in a project that was intended to give Florida International University students a safe route across the busy roadway.
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The bridge gave way suddenly while the traffic light for motorists on Tamiami Trail was red, so that the concrete span fell on top of a row of stopped vehicles.
A woman stopped at the light who was heading westbound said the structure fell without warning. The woman, who asked that her name not be used, said it was immediately clear to her that several people were dead.
At least one girl was pulled from her car after the bridge collapsed on the rear of it, but she was unscathed.
VIDEO: Florida International University bridge collapses. View from student dorms. pic.twitter.com/4wuD89IPhj
— Ana Demendoza (@AnaDemendoza_) March 15, 2018
At least six people were said to have been taken to the hospital while at least one fatality occurred.
The bridge was brand new and allegedly was undergoing stress tests when it collapsed.
First-of-its-kind pedestrian bridge “swings” into place. “FIU is about building bridges and student safety. This project accomplishes our mission beautifully,” -President Mark B. Rosenberg. https://t.co/x8gPM9A4DG #worldsahead pic.twitter.com/mPEMeh2zmw
— FIU (@FIU) March 10, 2018
One of the companies that constructed the bridge, Munilla Construction Management, said in a statement that it will conduct a “full investigation to determine exactly what went wrong.”
“The new UniversityCity Bridge, which was under construction, experienced a catastrophic collapse causing injuries and loss of life,” the company said. “MCM is a family business and we are all devastated and doing everything we can to assist.”
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“We are shocked and saddened about the tragic events unfolding at the FIU-Sweetwater pedestrian bridge,” the university said in a statement. “At this time we are still involved in rescue efforts and gathering information.”
“I was three seconds away from being under the bridge, but I looked forward. All of a sudden I saw the bridge collapse, and it started from the left side of the bridge and it really shocked me,” said Susie Bermudez. “There’s probably like seven or eight cars under the bridge so it was very shocking to me, and I’m very grateful to be alive.”
“There was a young gentleman in a red Honda, and unfortunately there was nothing I could do, but he stuck his hand out and, at that point he passed away, he expired,” said Jose Mejia, who lives in Sweetwater and rushed to the scene when he heard a loud bang.
Miami Dade Fire Department tweeted out that there were several injuries they were attending.
#MDFRUpdate: There are multiple patients injured. We’re working on confirming numbers. Please continue to follow us on Twitter for updates. https://t.co/FVjUJndqYH
— MDFR (@MiamiDadeFire) March 15, 2018
First responders arrived quickly on the scene to provide assistance.
First responders attend to scene of pedestrian bridge collapse in south Florida. https://t.co/OPvF0j8U7G – @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/bpwV8Iu3Mt
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 15, 2018
The school issued an immediate warning to avoid the area after the collapse.
#FIUalert: The pedestrian bridge across Southwest Eighth Street has collapsed, please avoid the area.
Florida Governor Rick Scott canceled a tax cut highlight in Sanford in order to go to FIU to be briefed by first responders.
I’m on my way to Florida International University to be briefed by local law enforcement and university officials. pic.twitter.com/4RyoeELh9m
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) March 15, 2018
I have spoken with Miami-Dade County Police Chief Juan Perez about the pedestrian bridge collapse at FIU. I will be in constant communication with law enforcement throughout the day.
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The better the system is, the more music you hear
Arcam is based just outside the famous university city of Cambridge, and our story started the classic way: two friends with a passion for music and electronics met up while engineering students at Cambridge University, and founded Amplification and Recording Cambridge in 1976.
We’ve been developing and making CD players for almost 30 years, and for 40 years the descendants of the amplifier with which the company started in consumer electronics, and as far back as 1995 expanded into home cinema electronics, developing a world-class reputation for making some of the best-sounding AV electronics.
In home cinema we’ve also developed our own DVD players and, more recently, Blu-ray players from scratch here in the UK, engineering them using our decades of experience in CD players to ensure they play music as well as they do movies, delivering better all-round performance than other brands’ products.
Yes, we listen – we’re a company of music-lovers, after all – but we also test and experiment in a scientifically rigorous manner. We like to say that ‘we measure what we treasure’: we know that the better the engineering benchmarks we deliver the better the results we – and our customers – hear.
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Doubts grow over UK environment protection post-Brexit
The Environment Bill will be debated in Parliament on Monday
Doubts are growing about the future protection of the UK’s environment following Brexit.
The Financial Times reported that an official paper shared by ministers proposed to deviate from green standards set by the European Union.
It said the UK was open to significant divergence – even though the Prime Minister has previously promised standards won’t fall.
The government says it “doesn’t recognise” the document – but the paper chimes with a BBC analysis which suggests the green watchdog planned after Brexit may be toothless.
At the moment Britain’s standards on water, air, waste and wildlife are enforced by the EU.
So far, government ministers have had four chances to guarantee equal environmental standards after Brexit, but have declined the opportunity to follow through.
Their critics accuse them of creating the illusion of strong action without actually ensuring it will happen.
The Environment Bill – described by the Prime Minister as the “huge star of our legislative programme” – will be debated for the first time on Monday.
It aims to establish a new Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) to take on the job of ensuring ministers hit their own targets following Brexit.
But, critics warn this watchdog will not be truly independent because it will answer to the government, rather than to Parliament.
The government’s climate advisers recently called for higher taxes for frequent flyers
The suggestion is the government will not be able to issue the sort of fines previously instigated by the EU which have concentrated ministers’ minds in recent years.
Mary Creagh, the Environmental Audit Committee chair, said: “The only reason the government have done anything on waste, landfill and air quality is because of the threat of EU fines.”
Ministers argue that the watchdog would be able to take ministers to court.
They say it would be absurd for a regulator to actually fine the government, because it would simply transfer funds from one part of government to another.
Environmental ‘crisis’
Environmentalists want the government to face the threat of fines, with the proceeds going to green projects.
In addition, the critics say the 2037 date for enforcement of targets in the Environment Bill is far too late.
“This is completely unacceptable,” said Ms Creagh. “We are in an environmental crisis – we need to act like it.”
The Environmental Audit Committee wants the watchdog to be fully independent – similar to the National Audit Office, which reports to Parliament (not the government) and whose head is appointed by MPs.
Climate movement Extinction Rebellion held climate change protests and blockades across the world earlier this month
Boris Johnson is under pressure from Brexiteer MPs to impose complete independence from EU environmental legislation after the UK leaves the EU.
A statement by the government said: “By setting long-term, legally-binding environmental targets the UK is showing global leadership at a crucial time for our planet.
“Given the scale of the challenges we face, our targets have to be ambitious and deliver sustainable results.
“We will need to give businesses and the public sufficient time to make the necessary changes to help us get there.”
“The OEP will hold the government to account to make sure it is on track.”
Environmentalists say there is much good in the bill – but they simply don’t trust the government to deliver.
Not legally binding
Ministers have recently taken four different steps that might have included a legal commitment to non-regression.
These included the Withdrawal Agreement, the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, the Environment Bill and a set of ‘assurances’ provided to MP Caroline Flint.
But, none would actually bind the UK in law to maintaining high environmental standards which are comparable to those enforced by the EU.
This is a weaker position than adopted under Theresa May’s rejected deal.
Critics say the government has a track record of missing environmental targets, with the number of serious pollution incidents recorded in 2018/19 rising to its highest level since 2014-15.
A leaked document from last year showed the government had actually abandoned agreed targets to conserve 50 per cent of England’s sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs), by area, by 2020.
It is understood that The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ ambitions have been weakened by the Treasury and by Liz Truss at the trade department.
Ruth Chambers, from GreenerUK, said: “The bill includes several measures which could seriously undermine the water environment – and the biodiversity and nature clauses should be strengthened.
“It is silent on tackling the UK’s global footprint.
“This must be addressed, else the UK risks undermining its global leadership credentials ahead of key international summits.”
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PPG Minutes – September 2015
25/11/2015 PPG Minuteswebadmin
Minutes of the Meeting of the Spilsby Surgery Patient Participation Group
Wednesday 9 September 2015 at 7 pm
The Grange, Ashby Road
Present: Dorothy Dobson (Chair), Stephanie Wroe, Ken Wroe, Julie Rajput, Christina Holmes, Enid Bailey, Jason Longstaff
Apologies: Suzie Sheldon
Absent: Sian Lovett
1. The minutes of the meeting from 8 July 2015 were agreed subject to the following amendment:
Ken’s attendance to be added.
2. Matters Arising
Chemotherapy Bus
Dorothy had reported that there had been discussion around this at today’s CCG meeting; allegedly the bus had not been to Skegness yet because ULHT were not sure where they were going to park it. Furthermore it was being used at Lincoln Hospital as a chemo suite. At the meeting Dorothy said that David Baldy had proposed to take it further and escalate it and she assured that group that this PPG would be monitoring this situation and would support any attempt to try and get this resolved for the benefit of patients of our rural district. This meeting agreed that there seemed to be conflicting statements coming out of ULHT around the use/non-use of this facility and that ULHT were more than happy to use this facility for marketing purposes (recent newsletter seen at Pilgrim). It was agreed that the facility was supposed to be mobile, for the benefit of rural patients to save them having to drive all the way to Lincoln for treatment. Jeanette proposed to make an FOI request to ULHT for more accurate information. Action: Jeanette.
Hand Gel – Surgery
Jason reported that all the snagging following the recent building works had been done and the hand gel and clock would be going back on the wall next week.
NAPP
The Surgery had agreed to pay for the PPG’s subscription to NAPP. The meeting thanked the surgery for this and said they felt it would be a helpful resource for future patient engagement and direction.
Jason reported that the Surgery already had a Facebook page. It was agreed that it was unfortunate that some patients felt it was easy to post unsavoury comments about the surgery without taking that up with the surgery directly. During this item it was also noted that despite being sent the minutes and other articles, there had been no communication from any virtual members.
Text Messaging Service
Jason reported that the Surgery already had a text messaging service and despite the funding being pulled for this from the end of September 2015, Gary James had found the money to allow this to continue to be run. Jason had sent a letter on behalf of the Practice Managers group to say thank you for this.
Surgery/Reception Waiting Areas
Jason reported that he was in the process of arranging background music for the waiting room and he was also looking at queuing/waiting areas in reception. Ken and Steph reported a drip/leak onto the floor in reception when there were there the other day which the receptionist had to mop up with paper towels. Jason said he would look into this and also that the floor was supposed to be non-slip.
It was agreed that the next AGM would be held on 21 October 2015 and given the poor attendance last year it was agreed that it should be held at the Surgery. Enid gave her apologies. Jeanette would send the notification leaflet to Jason, Chris and The Grapevine. In terms of the constitution Jeanette, Dorothy and Chris resigned but offered to re-stand again at the AGM. There had been interest from patient Maureen Jarvis in joining, who Dorothy had been trying to get hold of. This nomination would be put forward at the AGM. Dorothy would speak to Maureen about attending the AGM. Jason would advertise the AGM on their Facebook page. Jeanette would prepared the secretary’s report and Dorothy – the Chair’s remarks. Jason would speak to Dr O’Kelly for a surgery update and overview.
It was agreed that Spilsby Town Mayor Julia Pears should be invited to the PPG Meeting in November. Action: Dorothy
3. New build in Spilsby
Jason reported that he had met with the builder and architect of the new development proposals for Spilsby’s Ashby Road, following Chris speaking to them at a recent “awareness/discussion” Spilsby Town Council Meeting. They had proposed to provide a 3 acre corner of the plot for a new surgery (only the land). Jason suspected that this was just a box ticking exercise and as members knew, it wasn’t that simple to just build a new surgery, in fact, he believed it might be better to have a health clinic instead. We were reminded that this was a proposal to build 400-600 new homes over a 20 year programme. Dorothy said she had tried very hard to progress a meeting with Chris Panton, ELDC Head of Planning Committee and Brenda Clayton from the CCG around section 106s but that there had been no response from Brenda Clayton. It was also noted that there was further development on Boston Road where Waterloo Homes were building 40-60 houses and apartments. The developers were due to have a further “awareness/discussion” meeting with the Town Council and there was also talk of a one day public consultation to be held at the Franklin Hall.
4. Patient Engagement
It was noted that the Alford Merton Lodge PPG was holding a patient engagement event at Alford Manor Lodge on 17 September 2015 and that if anyone could attend it might give us some useful ideas or how we could do something similar. It did however, sound like something similar to the Flu Clinic days, where local health and charity organisations attended, which our Surgery already did. Jeanette proposed that this item also be deferred to the November meeting, so that we could take have a look at the NAPP resources for patient engagement. Agreed
5. Surgery Update
Jason reported as follows:
The surgery had been awarded a Gold Star Framework (GSF) award for palliative care for patients. It was agreed that the Surgery should be congratulated on this.
He had been working with Lincolnshire Carers partnership to try and identify and support patients who were young carers. Sarah Summers was the surgery’s carers’ champion.
The £5/head initiative had been extended until the end of March 2016 and that George was extremely busy. It was noted that many referrals came from the Surgery’s delivery driver
There was an initiative to provide dementia training sessions to the businesses of Spilsby to give them an awareness of dementia and how they could be sensitive to dementia patient habits
He was involved with Community Lincs and Father Peter Coates in a good neighbour scheme initiative. The initial step was a survey to find out what people might need in terms of help and what people could provide in terms of help. 1000 forms had been printed for the flu clinic days and Jeanette would also send the form out to all the virtual patients.
Flu clinics would be held on 10 October 2015 and 21 November 2015. Patients could already book their appointments. Jeanette, Dorothy and Chris would do 10 October 2015 and Steph, Ken and Enid would do 21 November 2015. There would be stands from Dementia, Carers Partnership and the Lions were arranging refreshments.
Dr Jaffrey was leaving early November. The Surgery had secured another registrar for December 2015 to March 2016
The Surgery had supported a medical student for the last 4 weeks
Nurse Jasmine was leaving on 28 September 2015 to return to intensive care nursing. There was an advert out for a nurse and there would be an agency nurse in the interim.
Jason asked if the PPG would oversee the Medical Equipment Fund as the current trustees didn’t want to do it any longer. This had charitable status and was a fund where people bequeathed money to the Surgery for the purposes of buying medical equipment. The surgery apply to the fund when equipment is needed and it has approximately £5k per year on average. It was agreed in principle that the PPG would oversee it, with Ken as treasurer, however, Jason would set up a meeting with the current trustees to see what was involved.
6. Consortium Update
This had been covered within other items. In addition poor communication between hospitals and GPs was something which had been covered at today’s meeting.
Pilgrim Appointment Letters
Julie raised the issue of her mother receiving an appointment letter on the same day as the appointment and that this seemed to be happening more and more lately. Jason said he had also spoken to a patient who had received a letter for cancer treatment on the day of the appointment. Luckily this patient was off work that day and was able to attend the appointment otherwise he would have been down as a DNA and put to the bottom of the pile. Julie also noted that the appointment letter her mother had received was dated only a few days before the appointment and that it had been sent 2nd class post. It was agreed that Chris would raise this at the next ULHT Trustees meeting in October 2015.
Choose and Book service
It was noted that there were now very few appointments on this e-referral service and that the Surgery had had to resort to faxing requests through.
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12 Cybersecurity CEOs On What Each Learned Leading During The Pandemic
by Louis Columbus on December 21, 2020
Bottom Line: Cybersecurity CEOs’ lessons learned from navigating the pandemic provide a valuable framework for leading and growing a business through anxious, uncertain times.
How each cybersecurity CEO responds to the challenges of keeping employees safe, customers secure and product release cycles on schedule while still achieving customer success – all virtually – provide valuable insights into leading a company during difficult times. Simon Biddiscombe, former CEO of MobileIron (acquired by Ivanti), exemplifies the empathy all CEOs interviewed have for their employees’ welfare. “My first priority when the pandemic hit was to protect the health and safety of our employees, yet still maintain an “always-on business” for our customers,” Simon mentioned during a recent interview.
What made leading during the pandemic even more difficult was the exponentially increasing number of breaches and cyberattacks their customers are experiencing. McAfee Labs Covid-19 Threats Report found a 630% increase in cloud services cyberattacks between January and April of this year alone. The FBI estimates cyberattacks are up 400% due to the pandemic. As DevOps teams fast-track new features and releases, CEOs keep their virtual organizations cohesive and focused on the same goals.
The following cybersecurity CEOs provide their most valuable lessons learned leading through the pandemic:
Christy Wyatt, CEO of Absolute Software
Absolute is a leader in Endpoint Resilience solutions and the industry’s only undeletable defense platform embedded in over a half-billion devices. Enabling a permanent digital tether between the endpoint and the enterprise who distributed it, Absolute provides IT and Security organizations with always-connected visibility and Self-Healing Endpoint security.
“What are the most valuable lessons learned leading through a pandemic?”
There was a clear moment for us where we said, “What is our objective? What is the best response to this?” And the phrase that came out was, “How can we help?” We knew our primary focus needed to be helping our customers solve a massive problem, instead of monetizing this opportunity. Making this decision to come together as a mission-driven organization… that was so incredibly powerful.
Even as life was changing drastically between breakfast and dinner every single day and employees were navigating their own work-from-home journeys and trying to care for their families, what we heard was that this ability to contribute was the thing that they were hanging onto. They were able to say, “Listen, I’m getting up every morning and I’m helping organizations with something that’s really scary and unfamiliar.” And, they did remarkable things… these teams put themselves through so much to help our customers stand up remote work and learning environments essentially overnight.
I always say you don’t win the race when you’re in the race. It’s the training and the practice, and the talking,and the drills and the teamwork… which we had been working on long before the pandemic hit. So I think my biggest takeaway is that if you put in the training upfront and you focus on doing the right things, the right things will happen. And you really can achieve more than you thought you could.
Flint Brenton – President and CEO of Centrify
About Centrify
Centrify is redefining the legacy approach to Privileged Access Management by delivering multi-cloud-architected Identity-Centric PAM to enable digital transformation at scale. Centrify Identity-Centric PAM establishes trust and then grants least privilege access just-in-time based on verifying who is requesting access, the context of the request and the risk of the access environment. Centrify centralizes and orchestrates fragmented identities, improves audit and compliance visibility and reduces risk, complexity and costs for the modern, hybrid enterprise.
“Our customers and the people they serve are all going through rapid change. When you look at the concept of digital transformation, a lot of companies were struggling with that before the pandemic. Now we know that we can’t live without it. The role of the developer is more important than ever and they are driving innovation in a very different environment than they’ve ever experienced.
One of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned during the pandemic is that no matter what the obstacles are, people need connection. For a company like Centrify, that means we need to be connected to our customers intellectually, strategically, virtually and – eventually – physically.
An example of this was very clear recently, as we engaged in discussions with one of the world’s largest financial institutions to replace their existing password vaulting solution. They have a vision for where they want to be, how they are going to get there and how they are going to secure that transformation. But they need the right partner who not only has the technology capabilities and architecture for a cloud-focused, DevOps-drive, digitally-enabled enterprise, but also to understand their vision and be invested in their success.
So the CIO asked me to personally track the rollout of our product against their product enablement success and he was very interested in how our vision of Privileged Access Management will converge with cloud security, DevOps and other modern technologies and empower their vision and plan. Ultimately, he wanted connectedness. He wants a personal relationship built on understanding, honesty and accountability, even if that relationship can’t be forged and nurtured over a dinner or meeting in a conference room.
That’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned leading this year: that customers, employees, partners and peers want to be connected any way possible, even if they can’t do so in close physical proximity yet.”
Steve Havas, CEO of Evernym
About Evernym
Evernym is a pioneer in the field of verifiable credential technology, which gives individuals control over their digital identity and organizations the ability to trust and verify their data. Evernym builds and deploys self-sovereign identity solutions, with the technology and go-to-market resources powering the largest implementations of digital credentials in production.
The pandemic has been, to say the least, impactful on society and our business. The market changes have required ruthless listening to customer needs and absolute focus on delivering what’s needed today.
We’ve all anticipated a gradual convergence of the digital and physical worlds, but that timeline has been accelerated by the sudden rise in remote work/education and contactless identity verification. We’re fortunate that this is the future we’ve been building toward, although we would have never imagined many of the COVID-19 credential use cases that are now mission-critical for our customers. It’s certainly been a lesson in adaptability and prioritization.
Benji Markoff, CEO of Founder Shield
About Founder Shield
Founder Shield is a tech-enabled insurance brokerage, focusing on rapidly growing businesses that operate in emerging industries. As a broker, we have a unique perspective of protecting our clients against cyber threats and guiding them to recovery should their fall victim. We work with forward-thinking insurers using proprietary cyber risk management tools, while also offering the most innovative insurance coverage possible.
People say that fortunes are won and lost in times like these and it certainly appears that hackers & social engineering fraudsters have gotten that memo. Over the past 6 months, we’ve seen an increase in both hacking and social engineering attacks on clients of all shape and size $5M Revenue to $500M revenue. The reports suggest that working from home has only increased vulnerabilities of company networks (or lack thereof as employees use home networks) and the ability to induce fraudulent payments from employees who might not be able to lean over to a coworker to fact check a fishy invoice. The valuable lesson? Do a cyber audit and make sure you’re training your team on spotting social engineering and phishing scams.
Anand S – CEO at Gramener: Insights as Data Stories
About Gramener: Insights as Data Stories
Gramener is a data science company that helps solve complex business problems with compelling data stories using insights and a low-code analytics platform. We help enterprises large and small with data insights and storytelling by leveraging Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Automated Analysis and Visual Intelligence using modern charts and narratives (NLG). Our Gramex platform is a low-code framework to rapidly build engaging data solutions across multiple business verticals and use cases. Our products have empowered CXOs, Chief Data Officers, Scientists, Business Analysts and others save millions of dollars by making an impact on revenue and decision making. Gramener was founded in 2010 and has over 325+ clients worldwide, 200+ employees and 5 offices globally including the United States and Singapore.
As an SMB we leaned more towards cost optimization over premium cybersecurity tools and services, resulting in ring-fencing our office infrastructure more. Due to COVID-19, when we moved 100% remote, our cybersecurity controls fell short to defend us against external threats. We had to extend the security protocols like moving all work to Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), strengthen VPN tunnel security, implement 2FA for all logins, opt for more security services from our Cloud service provider.
We accelerated digitization across operations and increased spending in Cloud security and production application security. We are revisiting our current approach and playbooks for cybersecurity.
– We are evaluating the current 3rd party service providers offering and reevaluating if they still have same level security controls in place at their end
We are conducting an accelerated implementation of Data Security protocols across the organization and not just on client specific projects. This includes updates to Information Security Policy around Data classification, Data tracking and protection.
With 100% remote operations, we are moving to VDI for all production and critical services. This means access to all data is through dedicated VPN Tunnels only. This is to mitigate any exposure to data from folks working at home.
– Our Virtual Desktop Infrastructure allows our IT teams to protect client sensitive data to a restricted cloud environment. All the tools and 3rd party cloud services required by our team members to perform their tasks are provided in the VDI. No data can be extracted or moved from VDI instances.
– All internal company data around operations, team members, Intellectual Property are a prime target for cyberattacks and ransomware. We have moved to a secure VPN tunnel architecture for all our team members to access company internal systems. Earlier this was restricted to a small group of functions. By mandating access via secure VPN tunnel our IT team has centralized visibility of all traffic across the network and can intervene quickly against any potential threats.
We are mandating 2FA. Earlier employee convenience led to not mandating 2FA for all our services. Now 2FA has been made mandatory across all services.
In order to optimize costs, we are consolidating tools used in the organization to identify overlapping functionalities and getting rid of those which are no longer required.
Apu Pavithran, founder and CEO of Hexnode
About Hexnode
Hexnode MDM is the award-winning Unified Endpoint Management platform from Mitsogo Inc. The company has been helping organizations in over 100 countries to stay agile and competitive in an increasingly mobile world. Mitsogo Inc. is a leading provider of Endpoint Management and security solutions. From SMBs to Fortune 500s, enterprises of all sizes have leveraged Mitsogo’s prowess in device management to drive business productivity and compliance. Mitsogo’s solutions adapt to the most complex of business environments.
Navigate the path, trust your crew
Being a CEO, as lucrative as it may seem has its own little big challenges, for example, they don’t tell you that there are no off days. There are always thousands of choices to be made and tons of pathways to be chosen, but the absolute worst thing comes when we face an uncertainty that was never on the radar.
And when the pandemic hit, the team needed support more than ever, I had to switch through the roles of commander in chief, therapist, cheerleader and even at times a babysitter. After all, you have to be the rock for your employees, or else it shows. But fortunately, I was so lucky to be surrounded by like-minded people who are as passionate as the founder about our business and customers.
We had to establish a fully remote work landscape and it was not what we would have expected, it was at a time when everyone was very insecure about COVID-19. People were worried about their safety, the safety of their families and work started to slip into second gear, some of us were even having mental breakdowns. It was time to be the person that the team could look up to.
“Customer is king”, is a tired old saying but that is what Hexnode live by, we had a commitment towards our clients, so we had to provide uninterrupted service for them rain or shine. So, we made a decision that would be deemed “mad “from a financial standpoint.
We rented out hotel rooms and made guesthouses for each of our employees around the globe and ran security and screening protocols equivalent to that of hospitals. Soon the stress levels were back to normal and the team started to enjoy the atmosphere. Productivity became better than pre-COVID levels.
As a leader, your team should be able to trust that you’re going to do everything in your power to navigate them through this tough time. The greatest asset for every business is said to be “finding the right staff”, but I would say it is “how you create the right staff”. The most valuable lesson l learned during this pandemic is “When the crew is great you just have to navigate, they will pull through all the tides and storms coming your way. They always do”.
Brad Wiskirchen, CEO, Kount
About Kount
Kount’s Identity Trust Global Network delivers real-time fraud prevention and account protection and enables personalized customer experiences for more than 9,000 leading brands and payment providers. Linked by Kount’s award-winning AI, the Identity Trust Global Network analyzes signals from 32 billion annual interactions to personalize user experiences across the spectrum of trust—from frictionless experiences to blocking fraud. Quick and accurate identity trust decisions deliver safe payment, account creation and login events while reducing digital fraud, chargebacks, false positives and manual reviews.
Open, honest, fearless communication. The Kount team has lived by this motto for more than a decade and never before has it been more tested and more relevant than in navigating the events of 2020. From moving our entire team to remote work to quickly pivoting to help our eCommerce businesses handle dramatic changes in transaction volume, it’s essential that our team communicate at the highest levels. As the impacts of the pandemic are often deeply personal, open, honest, fearless communication has empowered us to balance individual needs, customer needs and company needs while uniting us in our mission to do whatever it takes to stop digital fraud for our customers.
Simon Biddiscombe, former CEO of MobileIron (acquired by Ivanti)
About MobileIron
MobileIron is redefining enterprise security with the industry’s first mobile-centric security platform for the Everywhere Enterprise. MobileIron’s platform combines award-winning and industry-leading unified endpoint management (UEM) capabilities with passwordless MFA (Zero Sign-On) and mobile threat defense (MTD) to validate the device, establish user context, verify the network and detect and remediate threats to ensure that only authorized users, devices, apps and services can access business resources in a “work from everywhere” world.
As a leader during a pandemic, you must go above and beyond to provide your employees and customers with world-class service and support. My first priority when the pandemic hit was to protect the health and safety of our employees, yet still maintain an “always on business” for our customers. At MobileIron, we quickly enabled our employees around the world to work remotely. We also made it as easy as possible for our customers to issue more corporate-owned devices or enable a BYOD program to keep their employees secure and connected – whether they were working on the frontlines or at home. And we continued to innovate to meet the changing security needs of our customers and communities.
Overall, the pandemic has crammed years’ worth of change into a few short months and it will have long-lasting effects on how, when and where we work in the future. Work in the future will be very different to work in the past, which will present leaders with some challenges. However, it will also offer some significant opportunities to overhaul working practices and support employees who work from home with better collaboration and more intuitive access. The “Everywhere Enterprise” is not a passing phase, it’s the current reality and will continue to grow and expand as workers find new ways to be productive from anywhere.
Ward Osborne, CEO of Osborne Global Security
About Osborne Global Security
Osborne Global Security is a new player in the security space. They are challenging the stereotypes that come to mind when you originally think of security and replacing them with the ideas of trust, care and a shift in general security culture. This is a fascinating company to watch in the future.
As CISO’s for multiple companies through this pandemic, we have seen so much shift and change. There’s been borderline chaos in many companies – and chaos ALWAYS brings opportunity. For our clients, the ones we’ve worked with and developed mature, risk and capabilities based models for just this situation, they are thriving.
It’s interesting to see the world adapt to a virtual delivery model which we’ve been creating, living, evangelizing for 25 years. Our clients who may not have had the time or prioritization to develop those models and capabilities have taken a hit, but we continue to do what we do, which is develop and provide resilience and growth to our customers.
In a virtual and distributed world, Trust becomes a major factor in every conversation. If a customer can’t Trust that we are there to solve problems when things get tough, then they aren’t able to operate effectively knowing that someone has their back.
Our world has become physically disconnected, but the people and companies that deal with that challenge in a proactive and positive way will always thrive. We are here. Growing our tribe. Doing the next right thing and leading customers to success in the midst of all of this chaos and challenge.
Rodrigo Tumaián, CEO and Co-Founder of Prometeo
About Prometeo
Prometeo provides a single point of access to banking information, transactions and payments across multiple financial institutions in Latam. Inspired by PSD2 and with high security standards, Prometeo brings easy plug & play access to open banking, the future of financial services. Currently, Prometeo is connected with more than 30 financial institutions across 9 countries of Latam (including México & Brazil) and provides access to more than 45 APIs.
Prometeo was born with a very strong focus on cyber-security, so the pandemic had no effect on our operation. Our company grew up with the foundation of mobility and work flexibility, this forced us from the beginning to think about the best way to transmit data and protect mobile assets. So when the pandemic arrived, we were already providing remote access (VPN) to all our employees, limiting access by profile. We were already using two-factor authentication to access our services. We already had user nomination and record of the operations generated by our employees on our assets. I think if I had to mention what was the most valuable thing we learned from the pandemic, it’s that the direction we took from the beginning was worth it. We didn’t have to deal with operational issues to handle the high demand for digital products from customers, we just did it. So the pandemic for us strengthened another of our fundamental values, not to make security to be compliance, but to make integral security, both within our company and for our customers.
Jean Le Bouthillier, CEO of Qohash
About Qohash:
Qohash delivers advanced data classification and monitoring capabilities to protect your personal, health, corporate and financial data using transformational technologies such as machine learning and analytics.
2020 has accelerated digital transformation efforts and highlighted the need for advanced, lightweight data security capabilities. With enterprise employees working increasingly remote, data is flowing faster and in previously unimagined ways. Businesses realize that to keep up with the demands of clients and a digital workforce, data risk models need an update or risk jeopardizing the enterprise.
Qohash clients recognize that the employee Risk Score, a quantifiable measure of trust, mitigates the impact both of bad actors as well as busy, distracted employees.
Remote, digital work will be a part of enterprise operations for the foreseeable future. Organizations need to enable governance risk and compliance teams to better support this transition to Work From Anywhere [WFA] models where talent and business thrive.
Jean-Paul Smets, Founder and CEO RapidSpace
About RapidSpace
Rapid.Space is a cloud provider whose “approach is based exclusively on the use of free, fully auditable and reversible software, hardware and management procedures under open licenses. Thanks to a network of 228 points of presence, Rapid.Space has global presence including in mainland China. It covers similar features as the most sophisticated public cloud provider and introduces exclusive innovations such as industrial edge computing and private 4G/5G vRAN.
“Rapid.Space learned during the pandemic how to formalize its management procedures and remotely setup points of presence. Thanks to Augmented Reality and smart glasses, Rapid.Space team in Europe and Americas could setup remotely its points of presence in mainland China and Taiwan without having to travel by air plane”.
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Solid EdgeCustomer StoriesRobosynthesis Modular Platform incorporates clever components that assemble to form a range of reconfigurable robots
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Robosynthesis Modular Platform incorporates clever components that assemble to form a range of reconfigurable robots
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Inspired by the natural world
As determined as a salmon swimming upstream, as robust as an armadillo, it can climb and creep like a gecko. It has the aptitude of a chimpanzee to utilize tools and the capacity of a cockroach to withstand extreme and hazardous environments. Simple, yet sophisticated, it is a reconfigurable robot from Ross Robotics, and it can be deployed to undertake numerous tasks across a wide range of industries.
What differentiates the Ross Robotics approach is the design and production of modules that fit together and can be configured in a variety of ways. Scalable and uniquely customizable, the Robosynthesis® Modular Platform can be delivered “off the shelf.” Philip Norman, co-founder and chief technical officer (CTO) of the company, explains, “Our robots might look quite different but they use exactly the same parts, which gives the potential to assemble and reassemble on-demand for different purposes.”
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The Robosynthesis Modular Platform was conceived at the start of the 21st century when Norman was living in France and exploring the concept of a new construction toy. He mentioned this to an engineer friend who introduced him to Solid Edge. “It was a revelation,” says Norman. “What had begun as a rather dreamy intellectual idea became sharp and clear. I picked my way into Solid Edge and found more and more functionality. It was a watershed moment when I realized I could simply sketch, then extrude to create a 3D shape. I went on to discover that I could put bits together and create an assembly or place parts in a library and take them out later. There was a sense of pure delight when I updated a part I’d built and it updated in the assembly as well. To top all of this, I could break up an assembly and go back to where I was. There are clearly lots of little ‘Eureka!’ moments as a user becomes quicker and more confident.”
As his ideas evolved, Norman went on to consider, then discard, an architectural application. Education was the main theme for several years as he funded further development by providing school and technical college students with an opportunity to study mechatronics and prototyping through programs at IFMA, the advanced mechanical engineering institute in Clermont-Ferrand. A suggestion from a family member then led Norman to modular robotics. “I realized that I needed to drive this to a tangible outcome, and I became really focused,” he says. “The main challenge was to create and build one part that could join components together and rotate.”
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Association Between Adverse Childhood Experience, Perceived Discrimination and Body Mass Index in a National Sample of U.S. Older Adults.
The current study evaluated whether there were racial/ethnic differences in the association between childhood adverse experience (ACEs), perceived racial discrimination (PRD), and body mass index (BMI) in a sample of middle age and older adults. We used data from the 2012-2013 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (N = 11,404; ≥55 years) that included ACE and past year experiences with PRD. Generalized linear models were stratified by race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic White (NHW; n = 7337), non-Hispanic Black (NHB; n = 1960), and Hispanic (n = 1249)). The prevalence of ACE and PRD was significantly greater in NHB (63.6 and 29.8%, respectively) and Hispanic (61.2 and 15.9%, respectively), relative to NHW (53.1 and 4.6%, respectively). Across race/ethnicity, exposure to ACE's was associated with significantly greater odds of reporting PRD. Surprisingly, among Hispanics, exposure to ACE's was generally associated with lower BMI; however, this association was moderated by PRD in that BMI was highest among those with no ACE's and PRD, and lowest among those without ACE's or PRD. Similar, but not significant, trends were found for NHW's and NHB's. Our findings highlight the importance of screening for psychosocial adversity across the life course as risks factors for high BMI among middle age and older adults, particularly among Hispanics.
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Anti-tumor activity of a novel HS-mimetic-vascular endothelial growth factor binding small molecule
Basappa, Kazuyuki Sugahara, Kuntebommanahalli N. Thimmaiah, Hemant K. Bid, Peter J. Houghton, Kanchugarakoppal S. Rangappa
The angiogenic process is controlled by variety of factors of which the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway plays a major role. A series of heparan sulfate mimetic small molecules targeting VEGF/VEGFR pathway has been synthesized. Among them, compound 8 (2-butyl-5-chloro-3-(4-nitro-benzyl)-3H-imidazole-4-carbaldehyde) was identified as a significant binding molecule for the heparin-binding domain of VEGF, determined by high-throughput-surface plasmon resonance assay. The data predicted strong binding of compound 8 with VEGF which may prevent the binding of VEGF to its receptor. We compared the structure of compound 8 with heparan sulfate (HS), which have in common the functional ionic groups such as sulfate, nitro and carbaldehyde that can be located in similar positions of the disaccharide structure of HS. Molecular docking studies predicted that compound 8 binds at the heparin binding domain of VEGF through strong hydrogen bonding with Lys-30 and Gln-20 amino acid residues, and consistent with the prediction, compound 8 inhibited binding of VEGF to immobilized heparin. In vitro studies showed that compound 8 inhibits the VEGF-induced proliferation migration and tube formation of mouse vascular endothelial cells, and finally the invasion of a murine osteosarcoma cell line (LM8G7) which secrets high levels of VEGF. In vivo, these effects produce significant decrease of tumor burden in an experimental model of liver metastasis. Collectively, these data indicate that compound 8 may prevent tumor growth through a direct effect on tumor cell proliferation and by inhibition of endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis mediated by VEGF. In conclusion, compound 8 may normalize the tumor vasculature and microenvironment in tumors probably by inhibiting the binding of VEGF to its receptor.
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Basappa, Sugahara, K., Thimmaiah, K. N., Bid, H. K., Houghton, P. J., & Rangappa, K. S. (2012). Anti-tumor activity of a novel HS-mimetic-vascular endothelial growth factor binding small molecule. PloS one, 7(8), [e39444]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039444
Anti-tumor activity of a novel HS-mimetic-vascular endothelial growth factor binding small molecule. / Basappa; Sugahara, Kazuyuki; Thimmaiah, Kuntebommanahalli N.; Bid, Hemant K.; Houghton, Peter J.; Rangappa, Kanchugarakoppal S.
In: PloS one, Vol. 7, No. 8, e39444, 15.08.2012.
Basappa, Sugahara, K, Thimmaiah, KN, Bid, HK, Houghton, PJ & Rangappa, KS 2012, 'Anti-tumor activity of a novel HS-mimetic-vascular endothelial growth factor binding small molecule', PloS one, vol. 7, no. 8, e39444. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039444
Basappa, Sugahara K, Thimmaiah KN, Bid HK, Houghton PJ, Rangappa KS. Anti-tumor activity of a novel HS-mimetic-vascular endothelial growth factor binding small molecule. PloS one. 2012 Aug 15;7(8). e39444. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039444
Basappa ; Sugahara, Kazuyuki ; Thimmaiah, Kuntebommanahalli N. ; Bid, Hemant K. ; Houghton, Peter J. ; Rangappa, Kanchugarakoppal S. / Anti-tumor activity of a novel HS-mimetic-vascular endothelial growth factor binding small molecule. In: PloS one. 2012 ; Vol. 7, No. 8.
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Myers-Dawkins-Expelled-gate: Mooney and Nisbet, Framers of the Absurd, Have Stepped Over a Line and Owe an Apology
By gregladen on March 24, 2008.
Myers? Myers? .... Myers? ..... Myers? (He's not here, Ben ... Your producer threw him out.)You know about the incredibly ironic dust up, whereby Expelled! producers kicked PZ myers out of line at a pre-release showing, but failed to notice that Richard Dawkins was standing right next to him. The evidence suggests that this major bit of bad publicity for Expelled! may have led to the movie being pulled from some pre-release showings. It it too early to be sure of this, and there may be several factors other than the utter embarrassment of this incident at play here. For instance, it is starting to look like the movie contains a number of illegal segments, using copyrighted material for which they do not have permission, or for which they obtained permission under false pretenses. It would seem that every showing of this movie, pre-release or not, is then a violation of trust, ethics, possibly the law. I wonder if Expelled!'s lawyers are panicking.
Almost as disturbing as this event is the assertion by The Framing Twins, Chris Mooney and Matt Nisbet, that the outcry we are seeing now is actually helping the creationists. I believe this argument is utterly misguided, even to the extent that I question Nisbet and Mooney's motivations. Let us please examine this situation in more detail.
According to Matthew Nisbet, PZ Myers and Richard Dawkins are delusional. Nisbet asserts that Dawkins and Myers should stop expressing their opinions about science and religion, and "When called up by reporters or asked to comment, Dawkins and PZ should refer journalists to these organizations and individuals. ... they need to play the role of Samantha Power, Geraldine Ferraro and so many other political operatives who through misstatements and polarizing rhetoric have ended up being liabilities to the causes and campaigns that they support. Lay low and let others do the talking." So, here, Nisbet is explicitly asserting that Dawkins and Myers have made misstatement. He is telling us that they are following the wrong strategy, and that they are lying.
Wow. Elsewhere in this sensationally obnoxious post, Nisbet mentions that "this is not about censorship" but it is! Saying it ain't so, irrespective of framing, is not adequate. Nisbet has stepped over a line here and he needs to step back very quickly.
Meanwhile, a short way away in blogospheric terms, Chris Mooney is busy chewing on his own rhetorical foot. Here, Chris says "Read it for yourself. People actually involved in the promotion of films, like Randy Olson or this screenwriter, Kevin Miller, understand perfectly well how such a controversy helps Ben Stein...." Mooney links, by way of reference, to Nisbet's above cited post, which has no expert or original information from film experts. This is not the first time I've caught Chris providing what looks like a reference only to find either Chris or Matt on the other end, with no substance.
Nisbet's post does mention that he'll be giving details in an upcoming talk, advertised in his post. In other words, Mooney and Nisbet appear to be engaged in yet another self aggrandizing Framing Fest, designed to free ride on the widely known names of Myers and Dawkins. They are waving their arms around yelling "look at me look at me" in order to attract attention to their own activities, at the expense of their colleague's position, at the expense of their own ethical standing, and at the expense of quality science education and research. Shame on them.
I rise in strenuous objection to Mooney and Nisbet's absurd efforts to silence Myers and Dawkins. To understand my objection, you need to know what this is all about, which you probably do, but I want to make sure that you understand, and remember, certain key details.
A while back Drs. Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers and Eugenie Scott, as well as others, were asked to take part in a film called Crossroads, which was to present a balanced view of the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Creationism 'debate.' The production staff for this film, led by Mark Mathis, was lying to these experts in evolutionary biology. The film had a different message; This was to be an anti-evolution, pro-creationism propaganda film, and the words of Dawkins, Myers, Scott and others were surreptitiously and unethically edited and twisted to be used against them for the production of a different film, Expelled!
Fast forward many months to the holiest day of the holiest week of the Christian Calendar, Good Friday. The place: The Mall of America, near Minneapolis, Minnesota, America's Heartland. Two of the three afore mentioned evolutionary biologists are in line at movie theater, having been invited to see a pre-release screening of this movie. The movie is no longer known as "Crossroads" ... it is now called "Expelled!" in reference to the absurd and inaccurate central theme of the movie, that "real biologists" who happen to be creationists have been "Expelled" by the scientific community.
Also present in this line are no fewer than four friends or relatives of Myers, who is (in Minnesotan terms) local. The fact that Myers is local is probably why he was spotted in line by the film's producers. Indeed, they are probably looking for him because ever since Myers, an influential science blogger and anti-creationist, discovered that he had been lied to, and that this "Crossroads" was actually an anti-science propaganda film called "Expelled!", he has been following the film's progress and writing about it. They don't want Myer's seeing this film. The fact that he was invited was a screw-up.
So of course, the producers send a uniformed security guard over to Myers and kick him out of the theater. The other five or six or more pro-evolution scientists, bloggers, and citizens were ignored, including the world's most famous evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist, Richard Dawkins.
When this happened, Myers wrote a blog post or two about it, and this story was then picked up and written about in over a hundred outlets. This included a few press outlets and mostly blogs. This became a big deal.
What became a big deal was the expulsion of Myers, and the irony of getting rid of Myers but not noticing Dawkins (or Myers' wife, blogger-child, and other pro evolution bloggers) thus giving the pro-evolution anti-Expelled! 'side' of this debate a juicy bit of information about which to write, demonstrating the moral and ethical bankruptcy, once again, of the creationist way of doing things.
What is being forgotten, a little, with the present controversy is the original point: The the producers of Expelled! are not only creationists, but also, that they had tricked people into participating in a movie under false pretenses, and are now using their words against them.
Mooney and Nisbet may be right in that all publicity is good publicity in the entertainment industry. This is what Mooney says, anyway. But I find it troubling that an expert on communication resorts to an unproven aphorism to make his point. I mean, he sounds like my Great Aunt Tilly. Fact? Analysis? No, just an old saying, that's what we get from Mooney. If you read Nisbet's post, you get a chillier feelng. Nisbet is really mad at Dawkins and Myers. Nisbet uses a piece of the film Expelled! as evidence that Dawkins and Myers are bad, and are doing bad things. He places a clip from Expelled! in which Myers and Dawkins altered and misrepresented interviews are used by the ethically twisted producers of the move as exemplary of Myers and Dawkins' positions. In do soing Nisbet crosses a line, and at the same time, resurrects something that I suggested last year, somewhat tongue in cheek, in a fit of loathing, ... that Nisbet is actually a stealth creationist. That idea comes to mind again. Nisbet and Mooney got so upset about this accusation last year that I apologized for it, though my apology was dripping with sarcasm.
This year, guys, no apologies. Just sarcasm. You sleep in the bed you make this time.
When I had previously suggested that Nisbet might be a creationist he got really mad. Almost too mad. Well, go read his latest attack on evolutionary biologists Myers and Dawkins and come back here and tell me what you think.
Here is the point that I want to make most clearly.
Nisbet and Mooney are telling Myers and Dawkins to shut up. But why are Myers and Dawkins speaking out? Because they were lied to, they were cheated, they were treated unprofessionally. Because the activities of the Expelled! producers are anti-science and clearly unethical and immoral. Myers and Dawkins are fighting the good fight. They are standing up for a good cause and they are acting in an ethical and professional manner.
Imagine Nisbet being asked to speak in a documentary about communication (he's a communication expert) or Mooney being asked to speak in a documentary about framing science. Imagine further that the documentary was really an anti-communications or anti-science or anti-framing propoganda film. Honesty, really, do you think Nisbet or Mooney would ignore this and keep quite about this? Or would they speak out? When Myers and I, and a few others, cirticized Mooney and Nisbet last year about their framing paradigm, they did not remain silent, in fact, quite the opposite!
Why do Nisbet and Mooney want the victims of unethical trappery to walk away and say nothing? Because Nisbet and Mooney disagree with Myers and Dawkins about Evolution? Because Nisbet and Mooney want to be the only show in town and have their particular perspectrive advanced while they recommend others to be silenced? Because Nisbet or Mooney prefer a slightly to moderately religious version of society and science, and don't want these atheists having a voice? Because they are trying to get added publicity for some upcoming lecture tour?
I have no idea. I wonder, and I worry about them. I think they should rethink their perspective and consider the consequences of what they are saying and doing. They should probably not be trying to split the pro-science ranks. So far, most of their work on "framing" has resulted only in discord and distraction, as far as I can see. At the very least, they need to explain their real motivations.
Myers' initial description of events: EXPELLED!
PZ Myers' recent comments: Post-conference wrap-up
An admission from Mark Mathis
About that cell video in Expelled...
Richard Dawkins' Review of the Movie: Lying for Jesus?
Dawkins Reviews the Movie here.
A compendium of links to recent discussion of this issue: PZ Myers Expelled, Gains Sainthood
Mooney's Critique: Expelled Screenwriter Wants to Give PZ and Atheist Followers a "Group Hug"
Nisbet's Critique: Why the PZ Myers Affair is Really, Really Bad for Science
PZ Myers' responses to Mooney/Nisbet: I'm supposed to sit down and shut up?
Funny...he's not shutting up!
The Dawkins-Myers incident: Sometimes it's necessary to break the frame
I really didn't want to get involved with the whole "framing" debate again. For whatever reason (and they are reasons that I've failed to understand), the very mention of the word seems to set certain members of the ScienceBlogs collective into rabid fits of vicious invective that leave rational…
The Myers-Dawkins Incident: Can't we all just get along?
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I would like to put forward a very simple hypothesis: Matt Nisbet doesn't care a whit for science. Matt Nisbet has never done anything for science. What Matt Nisbet cares about is Matt Nisbet, and building himself up by attacking people more accomplished than himself.
By Tegumai Bopsul… (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
This is the rub for me; although I am somewhat sceptical about PZ's general approach, on this specific issue he simply had no choice. Do M&N honestly think it is reasonable that PZ stayed quiet on this issue. Apparently they do - this is insane.
One thing though:
He places a clip from Expelled! in which Myers and Dawkins altered and misrepresented interviews are used by the ethically twisted producers of the move as exemplary of Myers and Dawkins' positions.
Whilst I wouldn't be at all surprised if PZ and Dawkins were misrepresented in this film, I didn't see anything in this clip that the two wouldn't stand by.
By SteveF (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
You are essentially correct, however, if you listen to a fair interview with either of them the average person would walk away with a different general impression. Both of these interviews remove a number of things that I'd bet more than a dollar that they took pains to say, and include only the button pressing that anti-atheists or creationists would want to have shown.
By gregladen on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
It just occurred to me...if Mooney and Nisbet are right, and there's no such thing as bad publicity...then Expelled! must be a HUGE success for PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, and the pro-evolution side! And thus, all this hoopla is *also* a huge success for us, meaning that their criticisms are completely unfounded!
Or, maybe they're just as incapable of following their own arguments to their logical conclusion, as they are of making logical arguments in general...
By Kaerion (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
As an aside, as I mentioned, I have some sympathy with the framing side (or rather I don't think PZ is always helpful, not that framing is necessarily a great idea) but feel M&N are entirely wrong in this instance. It would appear that others who roughly share my position, like Orac and Jake Young, also feel this way. Sheesh, even Ed seems to be with PZ! This leads me to wonder; is there anyone who doesn't feel that M&N are talking crap here? When your own "side" is telling you something's up, it's probably time to listen.
The idea that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" is clearly not the case. Check out "Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops" in which several big movies were destroyed by bad publicity surrounding them. Look at the case of Fatty Arbuckle, where bad publicity destroyed his career in spite of a verdict of not guilty. You can find hundreds if not thousands of examples that this is simply not true. Look at how quickly pr reps go into damage control when nude pictures of a female celebrity surface, or rumors of some infidelity start circulating about a politician.
Sure, there is a level of awareness and popularity about a project or person below which any publicity might be considered good, but if your public profile is that low then what little bump you'd get from negative publicity isn't likely to do any lasting good.
By Rev Matt (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
Sure there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Look at the P.R. boosts that Presidents Gore and Kerry got from everything their opponents (e.g. "Swift Boat Vets") said about them.
By Pyre (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
This leads me to wonder; is there anyone who doesn't feel that M&N are talking crap here?
Why sure there is. There's um... Kevin Miller, a screenwriter whose most recent project is a film comparing biologists to Nazis and communists. Enjoy the company, M&N.
Why is this tagged in the "life sciences" feed?
By Kambiz Kamrani (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
Nisbet and Mooney as scientists? Doesn't work.
Nisbet and Mooney as politicians?
How is that frame?
If you consider them as US politicians, say members of Obama or Hillary's advisory team, then everything they say and do makes perfect sense. The problem comes when you mistake them for working scientists - which neither of them actually are. Their priorities are not the same as scientists. While their priorities may occasionally intersect with those of working scientists don't be fooled by thinking that they are always on your side.
Personally I suspect Nisbet is hankering after a Templeton award - and richly deserved too, on current evidence (even DJ Grothe hinted as much on the recent Point of Enquiry interview with Nisbet).
By Sigmund (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
If you want to judge whether scandalous publicity will be good or bad, you have to consider the audience. Suppose you become embroiled in a titillating peccadillo of some sort; does your intended audience actually care? Might, they, indeed, see your actions as emblematic of the lifestyle you lead, perhaps even as victimless crimes which they'd like to commit themselves? There's a world of difference between "rock star caught with groupie" and "politician caught with prostitute".
When "moderate" religious folk hear of disgusting acts performed by the Westboro Baptists or pedophile priests or whomever, you know what their natural response is? Often, they'll say, "Those people aren't real Christians." Now, a strict empirico-rationalist would say that both the moderates and the extremists — the sensible and the revolting — are picking and choosing their favorite passages of Holy Writ. On secular grounds, there's just no way to tell who is a "real Christian" or a follower of the "true Islam." But hey, it's still progress. A baby step in the right direction.
Like a report of a Catholic priest playing Michael Jackson with an altar boy, this is the kind of news which makes the modest faithful and the Christmas-and-Easter churchgoers say, "Those people are not good Christian folk." It is a golden opportunity to expose high-profile creationists as the lying scumbags they are, without having to sit people down for a lecture on embryology, DNA and the fossil record.
By Blake Stacey (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
Kambriz: This is tagged as life science because many of my readers are teachers who follow the life science thread and are also interested in this issue .... this is a political debate about life science teaching.
This sort of item is also tagged either in education or politics, normally.
I have not been able to get the text of Dawkins' actual review - site keeps timing out. Presumably overloaded. Does anyone know of a site where it is replicated?
(incidentally, on appeasers vs fighters, I'm firmly on the Churchill side)
By R NB (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
RNB: Dawkins site has been off and on all day. I don't know of any other places where it may be posted.
Something tells me that Tom Cruise could say a few words about the "no such thing as bad publicity myth".
By anon23 (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
It should be noted that the delectable Dr. Kirshenbaum has joined Prof.Nisbet and his sockpuppet Chris Mooney in the Myers and Dawkins should shut up brigade.
By SLC (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
In my other post on this I include Dr. K's missive. She is ten times smarter than Chris, as Chris would be the first to admit (right, Chris) so I'm sure she'll come around after considering the situation.
I blogged about the missing show dates this morning, too. My local theater said they had no private screenings scheduled for the 31st, the date formerly indicated on the RSVP.expelled webpage. Something is afoot ...
By wheatdogg (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
I have been getting railed at some of the PZ minions blogs for saying the same thing as these guys ( the Twins...how cute;-)
In PR, they call it "earned media", meaning that it gets press by virtue of people finding merit in 'it',which then generates 'buzz'.
You don't have to like it, or agree with it, but IT IS the way it works in PR.
Also, think of it this way: how much 'buzz' has PZ himself generated by flaming righties, and labeling creo's as lunatics, trolls, etc? Then, all the sciborgs kick in with their three cents, and then the i-net is 'buzzing'. So really, it is what they call in the ol' school street jargon, a 'game calls game' situation, this time the creo-nuts get the unearned buzz--one engineered scandal gets another engineered scandal, and so on;-)
Sounds like the vultures have come home to roost a bit on this heap o' controversy ;-)
By the real cmf (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
Sorry for the double post, but it looks like a few of us are having trouble with the commenting system. I got an internal service error 500 on my first attempt, which apparently went through anyway.
Blake Stacey: "Like a report of a Catholic priest playing Michael Jackson with an altar boy, this is the kind of news which makes the modest faithful and the Christmas-and-Easter churchgoers say, 'Those people are not good Christian folk.'"
I'm a bit more cynical. Offhand, I don't think this qualifies as a PR disaster for the Expelled crew. If Mark Mathis was caught having anonymous gay sex in a public bathroom, that would be a PR disaster. (Hey, he was in Minneapolis.) Instead, we have him expelling someone for which the modest faithful don't have much that much sympathy, and we've already seen Myers' own words used to paint him as a potential troublemaker. It may inspire a negative reaction among the moderates, but also curiosity.
By J. J. Ramsey (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
It is Kambiz, and not Kambriz.
It is my opinion that this post has little to nothing to do with life science. Just because many of yours readers are teachers who follow the life science thread are also interested in this socio-political issue, doesn't qualify this post as life science.
Suffice it to say, I don't get why this sort of item should be tagged with anything but education or politics. Maybe you can do a bit more explaining about what about this post has directly anything to do with the study of the structure, function, growth, and distribution of living things.
Kambiz,
You seem to be fixated. Just look away.
By Darrell E (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
Your opinion is absolutely valid, and many of the scencebloggers on this system have the same opinion. I am right in the middle on this one.
I just got a phone call today from a teacher who told me that another teacher was really interested in this discussion. I inquired further and found out that both of these teachers mainly read the life science RSS feed. So, just as I'm considering changing my policy (as I say, I'm on the fence) and seeing your comment, etc., I'm talked out of it.
Here is what e need to do: Scienceblogs.com needs a channel for this topic. I believe there used to be one, and it was eliminated when new categories were created. I'm told a lot of work went into the new categories and there is no plan to change them in the near future (you can't be changing the categories all the time). But next time there is a reconsideration of categories for RSS feeds, you can bet this will be proposed.
For all the hoopla about Web 2.0 (which basically means, as far as I can tell, The Web with RSS feeds), this technology is pretty limited. Why can't you filter your own feeds? (Or can you? Not easily on most feed readers, I think). So you have to do the filtering manually.
I have to say, it is getting hard for me to see how Nisbet can be constantly dispensing advice he does and not be a stealth creationist. I mean, unless he just has his head firmly planted in his gluteal musculature.
I have to wonder: When he proffered this latest bit of patronizing rebuke, was he honestly expecting a reaction from Myers et al. other than the one he got? If so, the man is wearing blinders; almost anyone standing on the sidelines could have predicted the blogosphere's reaction. If not, then one must conclude that he intentionally framed it to be objectionable and unlikely to persuade. To what possible end?
Thus I am left contemplating the two aforementioned possibilities.
By Brian (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
As I said on Nisbet's blog, and in more detail over here ...
http://metamagician3000.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-science-and-religion-…
... Nisbet's view seems to be something like: "Religion is here to stay, so to popularise science we have to sanitise er adjust er frame it to make it palatable to the religionists." All his "framing" jargon boils down to this. (Set aside whether or not this strategy would actually work.)
So anyone who argues that the scientific image of the world is in tension with the religious image is seen by Nisbet as an enemy of his agenda, or at best a liability.
Conversely, from my viewpoint, Nisbet wants people like me to shut up. I can no longer see him as a friend who doesn't "get" it. He is an enemy of my rationalist agenda.
I think, people, that you will all have to make up your own minds whether you think Nisbet is your camp or whether you think he is an enemy of reason, which is the conclusion I've reached.
By R (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
That "R" was me by the way. Ooops.
By Russell Blackford (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
Not considering myself a "science communicator", I've pretty much ignored the whole "framing" debate for the past year. Nor have I read Mooney and Nisbet's blogs.
After this "STFU" thing from those guys, I don't think I'll start anytime soon. I mean, really -- contra the old saw, this publicity makes me want to *deliberately* ignore them, not just incidentally ignore them.
And of course, to make the fucking thing even more fucking ridiculous, we've now got Sheril fucking complaining about PZ fucking telling fucking Nisbet to fuck off.
(Am I allowed to say that on your blog, Greg?)
By Eamon Knight (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
Nisbet is actually a stealth creationist
Absolutely. And it bears repeating.
I think we give Nisbet way too much credit simply assuming that he's an incompetent hack (and I'm a technical communications professional, if expertise counts for anything). An incompetent would've either stepped aside or gone back to the drawing board.
There's no doubt in my mind that he's a mole.
By HP (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
Oh yes, people complaining about the F word is a nice little ironic touch when you recall that it was only scant months ago that everyone around here knew "the F word" referred to "framing".
In a sense, Nisbet used the F word to insult first. PZ was just more up front about it.
Lately, I wonder whether I've gotten the notion of the shut-up-Myers-and-Dawkins entry rather wrong. It was the first entry I ever read on that blog, so I know nothing of whatever happened in the past on any similar subject. I got the feeling that Nisbet had a problem with PZ Myer's and Dawkins' promotion of atheism without distinguishing it from the position of science (which at least Dawkins usually does somewhere anyway, just not too loudly), and with them speaking out about the contents and claims of the Expelled movie. I didn't thinkt they meant to stop them from speaking out about what happened concerning the false pretexts under which the interviews were obtained, and under which circumstances Myers was expelled from Expelled. Though it's kind of tough to speak out about the one thing, but not the other.
However, if the 'framers' really did mean to say Dawkins and Myers should shut up about the treatment they received, what on earth were they thinking? What kind of ludicrous thing is it to expect of someone who has been treated wrongfully by a knowingly dishonest, dangerous and immoral lot - in public, no less - to be quiet about it?
By Petra (not verified) on 24 Mar 2008 #permalink
My admittedly-lay understanding of Nesbit's point there is that PZ and Richard should immediately stand aside and let the PR flacks start spinning things, based on his presumably-unshakable tenet that these scientist types can't possibly do the job right without a degree in communications.
Of course the reason that that's such an incredibly boneheaded idea is that it would be seen as a tacit admission of guilt. The creationists are trying to spin this as if Myers and Dawkins were misbehaving by showing up in the first place. If they were to follow Nesbit's advice, and refuse to discuss the affair themselves, and maybe even start whip out some spin doctors to start hammering on some damn message -- well, anyone with half a brain would figure that they're trying to cover their tracks!
Thankfully, PZ and Richard aren't freaking idiots, and they're not doing that. Instead, they're talking about it freely, all the while pointing at the creationists and laughing. Which is what just about anybody with a clear conscience would do, in their shoes, and it shows. It's clear that they don't for a moment believe that they have anything to hide, and that the people involved with this movie have been behaving like two-faced jackasses.
How could Nisbet not draw this conclusion himself? I'm finding myself leaning towards the hypothesis put forth by Tegumai, in the first comment in this thread: that Nisbet is only interested in getting his name attached to a high-profile event, even if that means being on the losing side of a debate.
If I could meet Nisbet in person right now, I'd ask him, "So, that whole 'no such thing as bad publicity' idea -- how's that working out for YOU?"
While the "stealth creationist" hypothesis is appealing, I'm not sure it's necessary. I'd say first that Mooney and Nisbet are "Iron law-ing" -- that is, they're placing their own status above the success of the group they're supposedly working for.
In any case, they lost my eyeballs many months ago, for general vacuity.
By David Harmon (not verified) on 25 Mar 2008 #permalink
HP: "There's no doubt in my mind that he's a mole."
Ah, yes, the dangerous phrase "There's no doubt in my mind." Unless accompanied by a huge stack of evidence, it's usually a red flag that one is substituting a feeling of certainty for facts.
For all Nisbet's faults, there is this not-so-small matter that he contradicts the creationist talking point that evolution and atheism are linked. Also, it's not exactly as if creationists have a whole lot of control over who can get a blog on ScienceBlogs. If you have evidence for your claim, let's see it. Otherwise, you deserve the same contempt as any rumor monger.
I doubt that they are a "stealth creationist"; that seems a little far-fetched. I think it is just very easy to start off making a point that is relatively reasonable, but as you argue more and more extreme things from it, it morphs to become something silly. And at that stage, you've been defending it for so long, you can't really see what the silly bits and what the reasonable bits are any more.
In this case "PZ Myers' forceful atheism can alienate religious people" becomes something akin to "PZ Myers needs to shut up since people knowing about his existence in any circumstances is bad". He said the first (not unreasonable, if not particularly useful) part, and then when PZ responded negatively, it became a drawn out argument, and over this argument his position hardened and became more extreme, and now he is arguing the second, far dafter thing.
By Lowk (not verified) on 26 Mar 2008 #permalink
I've been looking back over the comments and I don't see the apology from M&N. It must have reached you by email.
By Andrew (not verified) on 28 Mar 2008 #permalink
JJ: I think the shoe should be on the other foot... Mr. Nisbet would do well to come clean one way or another.
By dave X (not verified) on 28 Mar 2008 #permalink
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IAAF.org: Ethiopia’s final squad of 27 for Athens
Tuesday 10 August 2004 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Athletics
Federation (EAF) have confirmed a final squad of twenty-seven athletes for
Athens Olympics.
Tulu returns for last Olympic stint
The highlight of the selections sees two-time Olympic and one-time World
10,000m champion Derartu Tulu make a record-equalling fourth appearance in the
history of the Games, an Ethiopian achievement that she will share with 1968
Mexico Olympics Marathon Gold medallist Mamo Wolde.
Tulu, the Sydney Olympic champion who had been omitted from a list
of 25 Athletes issued by the Federation three weeks earlier, now has a
fighting chance to become the first African to win three Olympic Gold
medals.
She has been given a starting role in the 10,000m team alongside World
10,000m champion Berhane Adere and silver medallist Werknesh Kidane, with
Ejigayehou Dibaba dropping as a reserve.
An Olympic place had looked to be well beyond the former World 10,000m
champion, despite a late run that saw her record a reasonable time of 30:51.07
for the distance on July 10 in Barakaldo, Spain, because E. Dibaba has a better
time of 30:43.01 for the 10,000m.
Tulu got the nod ahead of her 22-year old cousin because according to Endalk
Kelemwork, Technical Director of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF),
"we felt that Ejiageyhou =(Dibaba) will provide a better medal hope in the
5000m."
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Olympic running events – a look at the past (IV):
Three silver medals and one bronze medal for Germany’s women
runners – but the successful series ended in 1988
In seven weeks the Olympic Games in Athens will begin. Each week until then
we will present one of the eleven running disciplines plus one of the hopefuls
for Olympic gold. This new series, however, will look at the past – a
record crowned by many medals for German athletes from both East (GDR) and West
(FRG) Germany. Whilst the in the past German track and fields athletes were
very successful in Olympic running events, the 2003 World Championships all but
dashed Germany’s hopes for Athens.
It therefore seems all the more appropriate to remind ourselves of the great
achievements and successes of German athletes; to remember their names and pay
tribute to their efforts and dedication. Today, the focus will be on the
women’s 1,500 metres.
In addition to our weekly running series prior to Athens 2004, we will
irregularly publish an Olympic Remembrance Running Series – to celebrate
the great achievements of the past and commend them to current and future
athletes.
The women’s 1,500m are a relatively young Olympic
discipline. Whilst the women’s 800m race had originally been
introduced in Amsterdam as early as 1928 and was taken off the Olympic schedule
for a long time only to be re-introduced in Rome in 1960, the first 1,500m
event was not held until the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
With 6 medals - 3 of them gold – the former Soviet Union/CIS was
undoubtedly the most successful nation, followed by Rumania, also 6 medals, one
of them gold.
Nine times, Germany’s women finished in the group of the seven
fastest runners winning 3 silver medals and one bronze medal. Sadly,
this string of successes in the 1,500m races ended with the finals in 1992. As
in the men’s races, the much sought-after Olympic gold remained elusive
in the women’s 1,500m (in the statistics).
This does, however, not diminish the importance of what Germany’s
female middle-distance runners achieved in the past.
Medal distribution and the most successful nations in the
women’s 1,500m:
Germany:0 gold / 3 silver / 1 x bronze / 2 x fourth place / 1 x
fifth place / 1 x sixth place / 1 x seventh place
URS/CIS: 3G / 2 S / 1 B
ALG: 2 G
ROM: 1 G / 3 S / 2 B
ITA: 1 G / - S / 1 B
RUS: 1 G
AUT: - G / - S / 1 B
CHN: - G / - S / 1 B
UKR: - G / - S / 1 B
Munich 1972 – Three German women in the
Christa Merten (4:12.6) and Gerda Ranz (4:18.6) were knocked out in the
qualifying heat.Gunhild Hoffmeister (born 6 July 1944 in Forst – coached
by Friedrich Janke), who had already won the bronze medal over 800m in 1:59.2,
ran a very close race with Paola Cacchi (ITA) on the finishing straight
managing to claim victory only over the last few metres.
According to the German magazine "Leichtathletik", Karin Burneleit
secured rank four “with the same stern determination shown earlier by
Gunhild Hoffmeister.” Ellen Tittel dropped out of the race voluntarily.
She had been particularly badly affected by the blood bath at the Israeli team
quarters and in Fürstenfeldbruck.
Rising head and shoulders above the rest was Ludmila Bragina –
"Leichtathletik": “But truly outstanding the performance of the
Olympic champion. Her 4:01.4 world record ranks among the proudest world
records of our time … the four-minute dream time has appeared on the
horizon."
Final (9 September 1972):
1.Ludmila Bragina (URS) 4:01.4 WR – 2. Gunhild Hoffmeister 4:02.8 –
3. Paola Cacchi (ITA) – 4. Karin Burneleit 4:04.1
Montreal 1976 – Another silver medal for Gunhild Hoffmeister
– three Germans in the final
The Russian Tatyana Kazankina achieved the amazing feat of first winning the
800m (on 26 July) and then, four days later, the 1,500m race. The 1972
champion, Bragina, finished only fifth in the final, while Gunhild Hoffmeister
won another silver medal ahead of Ulrike Klapezynski (born on 17 November 1953
in Cottbus – SC Cottbus/ASK Vorwärts Potsdam / coached by
Jürgen Bruns, Bernd Diessner).
Ellen Wellmann secured rank seven. Despite an excellent time Brigitte Kraus
was knocked out in the intermediate heat.
Final (30 July 1976)
1.Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 4:05.5 – 2. Gunhild Hoffmeister 4:06.0 –
3. Ulrike Klapezynski 4:06.1 ... ... ... 7. Ellen Wellmann 4:07.9
Moscow 1980 – Christiane Wartenberg wins
Moscow saw just two qualifying heats and no intermediate heat. However, the
three winners in the final finished in well under 4:00.0. Just like four years
earlier, victory was claimed by Tatyana Kazankina, the Soviet world record
holder (3:55.0).
Christiane Wartenberg (born 27 October 1956 in Prenzlau, SC Neubrandenburg/SC
Chemie Halle / coached by Werner Gladrow, Bernd Lansky) improved her time to
3:57.8 and won a surprise silver medal. Nadezhda Olizarenko, Olympic champion
over 800m, finished third.
Ulrike Bruns (previously Klapezynski) claimed rank five – Beate Liebich
did not make it beyond the qualifying heat.
Final (1 August 1980):
1.Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 3:56.6 – 2. Christiane Wartenberg 3:57.8
– 3. Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) 3:59.6 – 4. Gabriele Dorio (ITA)
4:00.3 – 5. Ulrike Bruns 4:00.7
Los Angeles 1984 – Roswitha Gerdes in fourth place –
nearly bronze
At twenty metres to the finishing line, Roswitha Gerdes from Cologne had
still been in third place, but then Maricica Puica (ROM), Olympic gold
medallist over 3,000m, caught up and snatched the bronze medal from her.
Margit Klinger did not start in the qualifying heats.
Final (11 August 1984):
1. Gabriella Dorio (ITA) 4:03.25 – 2. Doina Melinte (ROM) 4:03.76 –
3. Maricica Puica (ROM) 4:04.15 – 4. Roswitha Gerdes 4:04.41
Seoul 1988 – Andrea Hahmann in sixth place
Vera Michallek came ninth in the qualifying heat at 4:10.05 and was knocked
out of the competition. Andrea Hahmann entered the finishing straight in second
place, but was overtaken.
Final (1 October 1988):
1.Paula Ivan (ROM) 3:53.96 OR – 2. Laimute Baikauskaite (URS) 4:00.24
– 3. Tatyana Samolenko (URS) 4:00.30 ... ... 6. Andrea Hahmann
Barcelona 1992 – Kiessling gives up after two rounds in
qualifying heat
Ellen Kiessling from Dresden dropped out after only two rounds in the
qualifying heat. There were no other female runners from Germany who would have
been in a position to continue the successful tradition in the
finals.
1) Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 3:55.30 – 2. Lyudmila Rogachova (CIS) 3:56.91
– 3. Yunxia Qu (CHN) 3:57.8
Atlanta 1996 - Wuestenhagen and Kuehnemund fail in intermediate
Carmen Wuestenhagen finished in seventh place at 4:11.47 and Sylvia
Kuehnemund in tenth place at 4:16.85 in the intermediate heat.
1. Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 4:00.83 – 2. Gabriele Szabo (ROM) 4:01.54
– 3. Theresia Kiesl (AUT) 4:03.02
In Sydney this negative series concerning the performance of Germany’s
women athletes in 1,500m races continued. Unfortunately, Germany’s track
and field association, DLV, did not send any runner into the
Final:1. Nouria Merah-Benida (ALG) 4:05.10 – 2. Violeta Szekely (ROM)
4:05.15 – 3. Gabriela Szabo (ROM) 4:05.27
It has been a long time since a female runner from Germany last ran in the
1,500m final in Seoul in 1988.
It would be more than unrealistic to even think of crowning this series with a
gold medal – after 3 silver medals. Now it is merely hoped that a female
German runner can qualify for Athens.
This makes the past successes achieved by Germany’s women
runners between 1972 and 1988 all the more enjoyable and
valuable.
Horst Milde
Interesting tips and supplementary information on the great Olympic history
of the addressed topics may be sent to: info@berlin-marathon.com
800m women (Olympia historic I):
www.berlin-marathon.com/news/show/002083
1500 m men (Olympia historic II):
www.real-berlin-marathon.com/news/show/002108
800m men (Olympia historic III):
www.real-berlin-marathon.com/world/E/news/show/002129
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Tuesday Reads: What’s Wrong With the Secret Service?
Posted: September 30, 2014 | Author: bostonboomer | Filed under: Barack Obama, morning reads, U.S. Politics | Tags: Secret Service | 49 Comments
Uniformed Secret Service officers walk along the fence on the north side of the White House on Sept. 20 in Washington. (Susan Walsh / AP)
Good Morning!!
What is going on with the Secret Service? There has been one scandal after another involving the agency during Obama’s presidency. In the past couple of days The Washington Post broke the news that not only did Omar Gonzalez, the Iraq war veteran who jumped over the fence and got into the White House on Friday, September 19 actually get deep into the White House before being apprehended, but also the Secret Service apparently lied about that and a previous White House breach.
Carol D. Leonnig reports: White House fence-jumper made it far deeper into building than previously known.
The man who jumped the White House fence this month and sprinted through the front door made it much farther into the building than previously known, overpowering one Secret Service officer and running through much of the main floor, according to three people familiar with the incident.
An alarm box near the front entrance of the White House designed to alert guards to an intruder had been muted at what officers believed was a request of the usher’s office, said a Secret Service official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The officer posted inside the front door appeared to be delayed in learning that the intruder, Omar Gonzalez, was about to burst through. Officers are trained that, upon learning of an intruder on the grounds — often through the alarm boxes posted around the property — they must immediately lock the front door.
After barreling past the guard immediately inside the door, Gonzalez, who was carrying a knife, dashed past the stairway leading a half-flight up to the first family’s living quarters. He then ran into the 80-foot-long East Room, an ornate space often used for receptions or presidential addresses.
Gonzalez was tackled by a counterassault agent at the far southern end of the East Room. The intruder reached the doorway to the Green Room, a parlor overlooking the South Lawn with artwork and antique furniture, according to three people familiar with the incident.
Below is a diagram of Gonzolez’ pathway through the White House, from The Daily Telegraph.
Leonnig also reported a few days ago on a 2011 incident in which a gunman shot at the White House with a semiautomatic rifle: Secret Service fumbled response after gunman hit White House residence in 2011.
The gunman parked his black Honda directly south of the White House, in the dark of a November night, in a closed lane of Constitution Avenue. He pointed his semiautomatic rifle out of the passenger window, aimed directly at the home of the president of the United States, and pulled the trigger.
A bullet smashed a window on the second floor, just steps from the first family’s formal living room. Another lodged in a window frame, and more pinged off the roof, sending bits of wood and concrete to the ground. At least seven bullets struck the upstairs residence of the White House, flying some 700 yards across the South Lawn.
President Obama and his wife were out of town on that evening of Nov. 11, 2011, but their younger daughter, Sasha, and Michelle Obama’s mother,Marian Robinson, were inside, while older daughter Malia was expected back any moment from an outing with friends.
Secret Service officers initially rushed to respond. One, stationed directly under the second-floor terrace where the bullets struck, drew her .357 handgun and prepared to crack open an emergency gun box. Snipers on the roof, standing just 20 feet from where one bullet struck, scanned the South Lawn through their rifle scopes for signs of an attack. With little camera surveillance on the White House perimeter, it was up to the Secret Service officers on duty to figure out what was going on.
Then came an order that surprised some of the officers. “No shots have been fired. . . . Stand down,” a supervisor called over his radio. He said the noise was the backfire from a nearby construction vehicle.
White House shooter Oscar Ortega-Hernandez
That was just the beginning of the “fumbled response.”
That command was the first of a string of security lapses, never previously reported, as the Secret Service failed to identify and properly investigate a serious attack on the White House. While the shooting and eventual arrest of the gunman, Oscar R. Ortega-Hernandez, received attention at the time, neither the bungled internal response nor the potential danger to the Obama daughters has been publicly known. This is the first full account of the Secret Service’s confusion and the missed clues in the incident — and the anger the president and first lady expressed as a result.
By the end of that Friday night, the agency had confirmed a shooting had occurred but wrongly insisted the gunfire was never aimed at the White House. Instead, Secret Service supervisors theorized, gang members in separate cars got in a gunfight near the White House’s front lawn — an unlikely scenario in a relatively quiet, touristy part of the nation’s capital.
It took the Secret Service four days to realize that shots had hit the White House residence, a discovery that came about only because a housekeeper noticed broken glass and a chunk of cement on the floor.
Four days to figure out that bullets had struck inside the White House?! Unbelievable! And yet the White House came to the defense of the agency after Leonig’s report on the 2011 incident. From the LA Times:
“The men and women of the Secret Service put their lives on the line for the president of the United States, his family and folks working in the White House every single day, 24 hours a day,” deputy national security advisor Tony Blinken said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “Their task is incredible and the burden that they bear is incredible.”
Blinken spoke in the wake of the publication of a story in The Washington Post about the Secret Service’s slow and confused response to the 2011 shooting. The gunman, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, was arrested for firing rifle shots at the White House from a nearby street.
Are officials afraid that Secret Service agents will be even more careless about the President’s safety if they are criticized? (Privately, the WaPo reported, President Obama and his wife Michelle were extremely angry after the shooting incident.) As for the “burden that they bear,” I guess that’s why agents have a history of drinking, carousing, and hiring prostitutes–to deal with all that stress? What if Obama or a member of his family had been wounded or killed during one of these security breaches?
At least some in Congress are taking the problem seriously. NPR reports, Secret Service Chief Faces Questions Over Breaches At White House.
The head of the U.S. Secret Service is in for a likely grilling from lawmakers today when she appears before a House committee to answer questions about the Sept. 19 security breach at the White House in which a man with a knife jumped a fence and made it inside the executive mansion before agents intercepted him.
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson will appear opposite members of the House Oversight Committee just as new information has come to light about the incident: The Washington Post reports that after jumping the fence, Omar Gonzalez made it past the front doors, overpowered a guard and then ran across the East Room before being tackled at the doorway to the Green Room.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday that the president and first family, who were not in the executive mansion at the time of the breach, are “obviously concerned” but have confidence in the Secret Service.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), a member of the House Oversight Committee on Monday told The Associated Press that he’s “worried” that “over the last several years, security has gotten worse, not better.”
NPR’s Giles Snyder says while the fence jumper incident is likely to dominate the hearing, Pierson, who took over as Secret Service chief last year, is also expected to be questioned about a 2011 incident in which shots were fired at the White House.
Secret Service agents with President Obama on his arrival in Columbia in 2012
The Daily Telegraph summarizes previous Secret Service screw-ups under Obama:
The American public first learned the phrase “wheels up party” in 2012. The term refers to agents’ often-drunken celebrations in a foreign country after a successful overseas trip by the President.
But during Mr Obama’s visit to Cartegena, Colombia, his bodyguards didn’t wait until the President had left town. Eleven agents were sent home after some allegedly drank and slept with prostitutes in the week leading up to Mr Obama’s visit. The Secret Service promised reform but a similar incident unfolded in Amsterdam in March when one agent was so drunk they passed out in a hotel hallway.
Less than a year after Mr Obama took office in 2009, he hosted a lavish state dinner for the Indian prime minister, inviting many of Washington’s most notable figures to attend.
But among the dignitaries were Michaele and Tareq Salahi, a Virginia couple who had dressed up for the event but had no invitation. They passed easily through the Secret Service cordon and photos later showed them smiling alongside Mr Obama and his top aides.
The ease with which the “party crashers” entered the White House exposed the Secret Service to ridicule but also raised serious questions about security.
Mr Obama is said to face an unprecedented level of death threats – both from right-wing extremists and Islamist militants – and the misfires by the Secret Service have dented the agency’s projection of invincibility.
Not that any of this irresponsible behavior by Secret Service agents is really all that surprising for those who remember history. There have been numerous reports of similar behavior before and during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Russ Baker wrote about it at his blog “Who What Why” after the Colombia incidents in 2012.
Go back almost half a century, and look at the most shocking dereliction of duty ever—the failures that made it easy for someone (or someones) to assassinate John F Kennedy. The failings are endless, from not insisting that the bubble top go on Kennedy’s car, to having too few Secret Service agents protecting the president, to authorizing a particularly dangerous route that slowed the car way down, to allowing it to go through a canyon of windows—and then not checking or securing the windows or installing spotters or sharpshooters. A grade school kid could have done a more serious job of protecting the president….
And yet we continue to let this agency off the hook. We forgot that even LBJ, a direct beneficiary of the agency’s sloppiness with his former boss, trusted the outfit so little himself that he inquired at one point whether he could have the FBI protect him instead.
No agent on rear bumper of JFK’s limo.
The history of racist attitudes in the Secret Service is also concerning, as Baker argues:
It is foolish to ignore the worldviews and attitudes of people expected to protect presidents. Former Secret Service agent Abraham Bolden has described rampant racism and widespread contempt for Kennedy and his policies among Bolden’s fellow officers.
Now, here are a few salient details about the Secret Service today that go beyond trying to get a little “R&R”: When Washington Post reporters visited the Virginia home of Texas native David R. Chaney, one of the Secret Service supervisors on the Colombia trip, they found a silver pickup truck parked in front. On the vehicle they spotted a bumper sticker with an outline of the state of Texas, and the word “secede.”
It is interesting to note that Chaney’s father served in the Secret Service when Kennedy was in office. As assistant agent in charge of personnel, he was friends with many of the agents who were in Dallas in November, 1963.
There’s much more at the link. Please read the whole thing.
There were also reports of drinking and carousing by Secret Service agents in Dallas the night before the assassination. Vince Palamara has spent years researching the Secret Service and the JFK assassination, and he published a book about it last year, Survivors’ Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy.
I know there is lots of other news, but I thought this story was worth a full post. So . . . what other stories are you following today? Let us know in the comment thread, and have a terrific Tuesday.
Posted: September 29, 2014 | Author: dakinikat | Filed under: morning reads | Tags: Death penalty for abortions, Elizabeth Warren, FED, Goldman Sachs, Martha Raddatz, Mary Landrieu, Regulatory Capture, Sherrod Brown, Whistle Blowing | 38 Comments
I attended a V to shining V party on Saturday night! It was great to be out among active women’s rights advocates. We also had some great snacks and games. We got to “Pin the Probe on the Politician”. Those pictures are of Bobby Jindal, Bill Cassidy, and Rick Perry all appropriately pinned at various points. I’m continuing my stump for Mary Landrieu and polls show that I’ve got to continue to work to find support and volunteers for her.
As Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu defends her U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana, a new CNN/ORC International pollindicates the third-term incumbent carries a slim advantage over her closest GOP rival in the general election this November.
But this is Louisiana, and the election system can be complicated. There are nine candidates — Republicans, Democrats, and a Libertarian — on the ballot this November, and if no candidate crosses the 50% threshold, the race moves into a December runoff between the top two contenders.
Landrieu currently falls well below the 50% mark at 43% support among likely voters. Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy comes in second at 40%, according to the survey.
But the poll’s sampling error among likely voters is plus or minus four percentage points, meaning the two candidates are about even.
In a state with large swaths of conservative voters, Landrieu is considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election this year. Republicans, eager to take control of the Senate, have focused on the race as a potential pick-up seat. The GOP needs a net gain of six seats to retake the majority.
If the horse race in Louisiana stays relatively the same, Landrieu and Cassidy would be the two candidates heading into the runoff — and that’s when things flip.
The poll indicates that Cassidy would fare slightly better in a runoff than Landrieu, 50%-47%.
“Keep in mind that the electorate in December is probably going to be smaller and quite a bit different from those who turn out to vote in November,” CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said.
I thought I’d bring up something that’s been intriguing me for a few days. A whistle blower–Fed Employee–has pretty much charged the New York Fed with being captured by Goldman Sach’s. The story was first broke by ProPublica. The woman was fired when she released a negative assessment of GS during an examination.
Barely a year removed from the devastation of the 2008 financial crisis, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York faced a crossroads. Congress had set its sights on reform. The biggest banks in the nation had shown that their failure could threaten the entire financial system. Lawmakers wanted new safeguards.
This story was co-published with This American Life, from WBEZ Chicago.
Hear the radio version onthese stations or download the episode now.
The Federal Reserve, and, by dint of its location off Wall Street, the New York Fed, was the logical choice to head the effort. Except it had failed miserably in catching the meltdown.
New York Fed President William Dudley had to answer two questions quickly: Why had his institution blown it, and how could it do better? So he called in an outsider, a Columbia University finance professor named David Beim, and granted him unlimited access to investigate. In exchange, the results would remain secret.
After interviews with dozens of New York Fed employees, Beim learned something that surprised even him. The most daunting obstacle the New York Fed faced in overseeing the nation’s biggest financial institutions was its own culture. The New York Fed had become too risk-averse and deferential to the banks it supervised. Its examiners feared contradicting bosses, who too often forced their findings into an institutional consensus that watered down much of what they did.
The report didn’t only highlight problems. Beim provided a path forward. He urged the New York Fed to hire expert examiners who were unafraid to speak up and then encourage them to do so. It was essential, he said, to preventing the next crisis.
A year later, Congress gave the Federal Reserve even more oversight authority. And the New York Fed started hiring specialized examiners to station inside the too-big-to fail institutions, those that posed the most risk to the financial system.
One of the expert examiners it chose was Carmen Segarra.
Segarra appeared to be exactly what Beim ordered. Passionate and direct, schooled in the Ivy League and at the Sorbonne, she was a lawyer with more than 13 years of experience in compliance – the specialty of helping banks satisfy rules and regulations. The New York Fed placed her inside one of the biggest and, at the time, most controversial banks in the country, Goldman Sachs.
It did not go well. She was fired after only seven months.
So,I should remind you that I used to work for Fed Atlanta. I should also tell you that I’ve thought the NYC Fed has been a prime example of regulatory capture. You can go back into the files to see my dissections of the 2005 financial crisis as well as read my contempt for Gaithner. But, anyway, this story has legs, as they say so I wanted to share some updates.
Segarra found three clear cases where Goldman appeared to be engaged in wrongdoing, but where Fed staff pushed back at her attempts to correct it. The latter two incidents have audio evidence from Segarra’s recordings corroborating them.
The wealthy clients incident
A senior Goldman executive, at a meeting with Fed officials early in Segarra’s tenure, expressed the view that “once clients were wealthy enough, certain consumer laws didn’t apply to them,” in Bernstein’s words; this is corroborated by minutes from the meeting in questions. When Segarra tried to look into the issue further, a Fed colleague protested, saying the executive didn’t say that, or if he did, that he didn’t mean it.
The Santander incident
In early January, Goldman was closing a deal with the Spanish bank Santander, the point of which, Fed regulators discerned, was to take risky assets off of Santander’s hands so as to increase its ratio of capital to assets so as to comply with European regulators. The deal required Goldman to notify the Fed about the deal and get it to sign off, which Goldman hadn’t done.
While Fed officials, including Michael Silva, initially sounded outraged, in the end Silva only brought it up once, at the very end of a meeting with Goldman officials, and in a tone that Segarra found overly deferential. She thought the debrief from the meeting with other Fed officials suggested the Fed feared Goldman retaliation if they were too aggressive. This was despite the fact that Goldman was required to hand over information and the Fed could punish it, including criminally, if it failed to comply.
The most forceful action they considered taking against Goldman for the deal was sending them a letter; Bernstein couldn’t confirm that one was ever sent.
The conflict of interest policy incident
The Fed requires banks like Goldman to have firmwide conflict of interest policies that fit certain requirements. Segarra concluded that Goldman lacked such a policy, not least because Goldman’s staffer in charge of managing conflicts of interest told her the firm’s policy had no definition of “conflict of interest.”
Silva agreed with her. But after he got pushback from another Fed examiner, he changed his view, just as Segarra was about to take regulatory action to force Goldman to adopt a real policy. Silva protested that the bank had a conflict of interest policy, but Bernstein notes that it was “just a few paragraphs long and very general .… We showed it to two experts: former Fed examiners familiar with the Fed’s guidance on this issue. They both said it wouldn’t qualify as a policy.”
Silva urged her to recant her statement that there was no policy, despite the fact that he could have easily overridden her. Segarra suggests this was because, to quote Bernstein, “if she submitted her conclusions, it would create a formal record that her bosses didn’t want.” Eventually, Segarra agreed to say there was was a policy, albeit a “very poor policy,” but privately insisted to Silva that there was “no way this is a policy.” A week later, she was fired.
Elizabeth Warren–the senator at the right place, right time and with the right amount of expertise is calling for investigations. Notice both the Senator and the Whistle Blower are outspoken,intelligent, and obviously moral women.
An influential U.S. senator wants to hold hearings into “disturbing” issues raised by secretly taped conversations between Federal Reserve supervisors and officials at Goldman Sachs Group Inc <gs.n>, a bank the Fed was tasked with policing.
Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, on Friday called for hearings after portions of the recordings from 2011 and 2012 were made public. Fellow Democrat Sherrod Brown, also a committee member, called for a “full and thorough investigation” into the allegations they raised.
I’m hoping this does lead to an investigation and perhaps a call for changes in laws and the regulatory regime. I see that Sherrod Brown from Ohio has also called for congressional investigations.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are both calling for Congress to investigate the New York Federal Reserve Bank after recently releasedsecret recordings show the central bank allegedly going light on firms it was supposed to regulate.
Warren and Brown, both members of the Senate Banking Committee, called for an investigation of the New York Fed after Carmen Segarra, a former examiner at the bank, released secretly recorded tapes that she claims show her superiors telling her to go easy on private banks. Segarra says that she was fired from her job in 2012 for refusing to overlook Goldman’s lack of a conflict of interest policy and other questionable practices that should have brought tougher regulatory scrutiny.
Finally, a right wing forced birth zygote fetishist who will fess up to wanting to kill doctors, women, nurses, and any one else who might be associated with an abortion. We’ve always known they were pro death penalty for any one that steps out side their narrow world. The National Review’s Kevin D. Williamson wants them all “shot or hung”.
So this morning on Twitter, this happened; National Review writer Kevin D. Williamson made the real “pro-life” agenda very, very clear, expressing his opinion that women who have abortions should be put to death — by hanging. And not just the women; he says the doctor who performs the abortion, the nurses who assist, and the hospital staff who enable it should also be executed.
This was not satire, or a “joke.” He really believes this, as you’ll see if you read the following Twitter collection from the bottom up.
Is it more or they just getting more out there and obvious all the time? I think they just want women to shut up and go away. Oh, in an interesting turn of events ABC’s Martha Raddatz cut off Rick Perry in mid conspiracy theory rant. Do you suppose they’re actually going make a practice of this?
ABC News host Martha Raddatz on Sunday cut off Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) after he spent four minutes defending a conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama was plotting to fill up the United States with undocumented immigrants.
Speaking to Fox News last week, Perry had asserted that the president was responsible for the growing crisis of women and children immigrants coming across the border.
“We either have an incredibly inept administration, or they’re in on this somehow or another,” Perry opined. “I mean I hate to be conspiratorial, but I mean how do you move that many people from Central America across Mexico and then into the United States without there being a fairly coordinated effort?”
During a Sunday interview on ABC News, host Martha Raddatz gave the Republican governor a chance to back away from his conspiracy theory.
“Governor, do you really believe there’s some sort of conspiracy to get people into the United States by the federal government, by the Obama administration?” Raddatz asked.
“When I have written a letter that is dated May of 2012, and I have yet to have a response from this administration, I will tell you they either are inept or don’t care, and that is my position,” Perry said, doubling down on the theory. “We have been bringing to the attention of President Obama and his administration since 2010, he received a letter from me on the tarmac… I have to believe that when you do not respond in any way, that you are either inept, or you have some ulterior motive of which you are functioning from.”
The former Republican presidential candidate added that his theory was proved by the fact that the president had not responded to his letter, and had not deployed drones to the border.
“Unless we secure our southern border, this is going to continue to be a massive amount of individuals that are coming to the United States,” Perry warned. “And, frankly, we don’t have a place to house them as it is. And if we have a major event, a hurricane that comes in to the Gulf Coast, I don’t have a place to be housing people who are displaced because this administration…”
At that point, Raddatz interrupted Perry and ended the interview.
I will once again point out that it was MARTHA Raddatz and not GEORGE that stepped in and actually acted embarrassed to question an obviously whacked set of answers to a legitimate question.
I think I’m finding a pattern of a need for more women in positions that matter.
So, that’s it for me this morning! What’s on your reading and blogging list today?
Sunday Reads: Street Art, Fine Art, Women’s Art
Posted: September 28, 2014 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: 2016 elections, Africa, Art, Big Pharma, birth control, child sexual abuse, China, Cuba, education, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, History, morning reads, public education, religion, Reproductive Health, Republican politics, Revisionism, science, Women's Healthcare, Women's Rights | Tags: ebola, Former Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, Hong Kong, Indie 184, Pope Francis, Vatican City, Women Street Artist | 34 Comments
Own Your Power by Indie 184 “Graffiti has taught me so much to not only put myself out there even if what I do is not perfect but most importantly I learned how to be fearless and just go for it.” – Indie
As you can see from the title, today’s reads deal with women and art.
Now, I have been trying to write this post for a month…but something has kept me from digging in and getting the job done. The internet was down, the kids were sick, things were too busy…ugh.
Finally, I had the time and the inclination to do the damn thing and what do you think happened? All my saved links have disappeared. This happened earlier in the month when I wrote my Hollywood suicides post. It is very disheartening.
I really think it is a sign…what it means…I have no idea.
So, I was able to find two of the articles and I will post them at the end of the thread. As for the newsy links, some big shit went down in Ferguson overnight:
Police officer shot in troubled U.S. city of Ferguson | Reuters
A police officer from the strife-hit Missouri city of Ferguson was shot while responding to a burglary on Saturday and the suspects were still at large, law enforcement officials said.
The officer was chasing two suspects outside the Ferguson Community Center on Saturday night when one turned and shot him in the arm, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told a news conference.
The officer, who is expected to survive, returned fire but apparently did not hit either suspect, Belmar said.
Belmar said the shooting did not seem to be connected to peaceful protesting occurring elsewhere in Ferguson.
Well that is something…
“I wouldn’t have any reason to believe right now that it was linked in any way, shape, manner or form with the protests,” he said.
I wonder what other news outlets are saying?
Fox News makes no mention of the shooting being unrelated to the protest:
Ferguson police officer wounded in shooting, authorities hunt 2 suspects | Fox News
Authorities said a Ferguson (Mo.) police officer was shot and wounded while on patrol Saturday evening.
St. Louis County Police Sgt. Brian Schellman said the shooting took place at approximately 9:30 p.m. local time. KTVI reported that the officer was shot in the arm and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. At least a dozen law enforcement agencies responded to the shooting, and police helicopters canvassed the area, but no arrests were immediately reported.
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told reporters early Sunday that the officer was shot after approaching two men at the Ferguson Community Center, which was closed at the time. As the officer approached, the men ran away. When the officer gave chase, “one of the men turned and shot,” Belmar said.
Belmar did not give further details about the officer’s condition. He said the officer returned fire but said police have “no indication” that either suspect was shot.
The shooting comes amid a fresh flare-up of unrest following the deadly August 9 shooting of a black teenager, Michael Brown, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. The shooting sparked days of violent protests and racial unrest in the predominantly black community. Some residents and civil rights activists have said responding police officers were overly aggressive, noting their use of tear gas and surplus military vehicles and gear.
Saturday’s shooting occurred approximately two miles from where Brown died near his grandmother’s apartment building. KTVI reported that dozens of protesters initially showed up at the scene in the mistaken belief that the officer had shot someone. By midnight, approximately two dozen officers stood near a group of about 100 protesters who mingled on a street corner across from the police department, occasionally shouting, “No justice; no peace.”
Typical.
The LA Times has more information on the speech Obama gave Saturday night at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s award dinner, as well as a few quotes from the Brown family regarding the “apology” from Ferguson”s Chief of Police:
Police officer shot in Ferguson, Mo.; police search for 2 suspects – LA Times
At one point Saturday night, Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson, who oversaw police during last months’ protests, appeared near the shooting scene and confirmed to the gathering crowd that “an officer has been shot.” He told the crowd to disperse.
Anthony Gray, a Brown family attorney, said the Saturday night shooting was unrelated to the Brown case. Belmar also said the officer’s shooting was unrelated to protests surrounding the Brown case.
A grand jury is examining evidence in Brown’s shooting and will determine whether Wilson will face any charges. Some in the community, including Brown’s parents, have called on Ferguson’s police chief to step down. In a video earlier this week, Jackson said to Brown’s family that he was “deeply sorry for their loss.”
Brown’s parents said they were unmoved by Jackson’s apology in an interview with the Associated Press.
Lesley McSpadden, Brown’s mother, said, “yes,” when asked if Chief Tom Jackson should be fired, and his father, Michael Brown Sr., said rather than an apology, they want to see the officer who shot their son arrested for his Aug. 9 death.
“An apology would be when Darren Wilson has handcuffs, processed and charged with murder,” Brown Sr. told the Associated Press.
President Obama, who spoke at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s award dinner Saturday night, addressed the Brown shooting, saying that Brown’s death and the unrest that followed exposed a “gulf of mistrust” between residents and police in many communities.
“Too many young men of color feel targeted by law enforcement — guilty of walking while black or driving while black, judged by stereotypes that fuel fear and resentment and hopelessness,” he said, according to the Associated Press.
Meanwhile, in Hong Kong things are getting tense. Have y’all kept up with the situation over there?
Goggles at the ready as Hong Kong activists brace for crackdown | Reuters
Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators surrounding Hong Kong government headquarters braced for a showdown with police on Sunday after accelerating a plan to shut down the heart of the global financial hub.
Leaders and supporters of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace movement, many wearing plastic capes and goggles to fend off any police pepper spray attack, urged the public to join the protest to pressure Beijing to allow free elections in the former British colony.
Publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, a key backer of the democratic movement, said he wanted as big a crowd as possible, after a week of student demonstrations, to thwart any crackdown on a protest branded as illegal.
“The more Hong Kong citizens come, the more unlikely the police can clear up the place,” said Lai, also wearing a plastic cape and workmen’s protective glasses.
“I believe more Hong Kong citizens will show up later on Sunday.”
Democracy Protests In Hong Kong Turn Violent
HONG KONG, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Violent clashes between Hong Kong riot police and students galvanized tens of thousands of supporters for the city’s pro-democracy movement and kick-started a plan to lock down the heart of the Asian financial center early on Sunday.
Leaders and supporters of Occupy Central with Love and Peace rallied to support students who were doused with pepper spray early on Saturday after they broke through police barriers and stormed the city’s government headquarters.
“Whoever loves Hong Kong should come and join us. This is for Hong Kong’s future,” publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of China’s communist government who has backed pro-democracy activists through publications that include one of the city’s biggest newspapers as well as donations, told Reuters.
Occupy demanded that Beijing withdraw its framework for political reform in the former British colony and resume talks.
Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997 under a formula known as “one country, two systems.” that guaranteed a high degree of autonomy and freedoms not enjoyed in mainland China. Universal suffrage was set as an eventual goal.
But Beijing last month rejected demands for people to freely choose the city’s next leader, prompting threats from activists to shut down Central, Hong Kong’s financial district. China wants to limit elections to a handful of candidates loyal to Beijing.
Look at this photo of the protest:
Protestors tie up barricades during a demonstration outside headquarters of the Legislative Counsel on 28 September 2014 in Hong Kong. Thousands of pro-democracy protesters massed outside Hong Kong’s government headquarters vowing to keep up an increasingly tense civil disobedience campaign unless Beijing grants more political freedoms. AFP PHOTO / XAUME OLLEROS (Photo credit should read XAUME OLLEROS/AFP/Getty Images)
This demonstration, which has drawn thousands of protesters armed with goggles, masks and raincoats in preparation for a violent confrontation with police, is one of the most tenacious acts of civil disobedience seen in post-colonial Hong Kong.
Roads in a square block around the city’s government headquarters, located in the Admiralty district adjacent to Central, were filled with people and blocked with metal barricades erected by protesters to defend against a possible police crackdown.
Some of Hong Kong’s most powerful tycoons have spoken out against the Occupy movement, warning it could threaten the city’s business and economic stability.
The latest protests escalated after demonstrators broke through a cordon late on Friday and scaled perimeter fences to invade the city’s main government compound in the culmination of a week-long rally to demand free elections.
Student leaders said about 80,000 people participated in the rally. No independent estimate was available.
Read lots more at the link.
A little more world news: Losing the Race Against Ebola – NYTimes.com
The race to control the expanding Ebola epidemic in West Africa looks increasingly dire. Official projections of how fast the virus will spread have soared while pledges of help from advanced nations and global organizations have failed to keep pace.
On Sept. 22, the World Health Organization published estimates indicating that the epidemic could infect more than 20,000 people in the three hardest hit countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — by early November, months before earlier estimates. Unless new measures can turn the tide, the number of cases and deaths could increase by thousands per week for months to come. It is possible that the virus will become permanently lodged in the West African population, posing a continuing threat of dispersal to the rest of Africa and other parts of the world.
On Sept 23, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta issued in a worst-case projection, based on computer models, showing that Sierra Leone and Liberia may have 1.4 million cases by Jan. 20 if the disease keeps spreading without effective containment. A best-case scenario showed that the epidemic could be brought to an end if 70 percent of the patients were treated in settings like isolation wards that reduce the risk of disease transmission and if burials were performed safely. Currently, only about 18 percent of the patients in Liberia and 40 percent in Sierra Leone are in such settings.
I posted a link about Cuba sending hundreds of doctors to Africa, I wanted to front page it here: Cuba sends 300 more doctors to fight Ebola – Africa – Al Jazeera English
Cuba says it will send nearly 300 more doctors and nurses to West Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic.
The Cubans will work in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, Regla Angulo, head of the Cuban medical relief agency, said in a statement on Friday.
The announcement means that up to 461 Cuban medical personnel would have been sent to help address the epidemic spreading across West Africa.
Angulo said the staff were currently undergoing intense training ahead of their deployment, working in a mock field hospital of the kind they expected to find in the region.
Cuba sending 300 more doctors, nurses to fight Ebola in West Africa – Yahoo News
A group of 165 healthcare workers is due to arrive in Sierra Leone in early October. The 62 doctors and 103 nurses have been training for their mission with international experts at a Havana hospital specializing in tropical diseases.
The second contingent of 296 doctors and nurses will head to Liberia and Guinea, the official news agency Prensa Latina said on Friday.
Cuba has more than 50,000 doctors and nurses posted in 66 countries around the world, including more than 4,000 in 32 African countries.
The overseas missions are part of a medical diplomacy and a leading export earner for the communist government. Cuba also educates foreign doctors for free at one of its medical schools.
Heading over to Vatican City, the latest details from an arrested Catholic’s Archbishop are making headlines: Arrested Catholic Archbishop’s computer contained over 100,000 images of children
Yeah, you read that right!
Vatican detectives analyzing a computer used a by an archbishop arrested earlier this week discovered over 86,000 pornographic photos and 160 sexually explicit video files of children, reports the International Business Times.
According to investigators, another 45,000 pictures had been deleted.
Former Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, 66, was arrested at the Vatican earlier this week on charges that he paid to have sex with minors when he was a papal ambassador in the Dominican Republic from 2008 to 2012.
Wesolowski is the first Vatican official to be arrested within the city state on charges of pedophilia.
The former archbishop was recalled to Rome by the Vatican last year while still a diplomat in Santo Domingo and relieved of his duties following accusations from Dominican media that he was paying for underaged sex partners.
Until earlier this week, he had been free to roam Rome, but is now being held in in a small room in the basement of the Collegio dei Penitenzieri, which hosts the Vatican’s court and military police.
Vatican authorities are now investigating if Wesolowski was part of a network of pedophiles and whether he abused children in other posts during his career.
Wesolowski previously served in South Africa, Costa Rica, Japan, Switzerland, India and Denmark.
If convicted, Wesolowski faces 12 years in jail in the first trial for sexual abuse to be held inside the Vatican City.
12 years? That is it? I have nothing to say…because if I start, I won’t get to the rest of the day’s links. As it is…Pope Francis revisits ‘punishing’ Catholics who get divorced . Pfffft! Divorce? Now that is a real crime.
This next article discusses a new form of male birth control, and how the Big Pharma may get their knuts in a knot because it will cut into the Pill profits. Male Birth Control, Without Condoms, Will Be Here by 2017 – The Daily Beast
Vasalgel, a reversible, non-hormonal polymer that blocks the vas deferens, is about to enter human trials. How will rhetoric change when male bodies become responsible for birth control?
Vasalgel, a reversible form of male birth control, just took one step closer to your vas deferens.According to a press release from the Parsemus Foundation, a not-for profit organization focused on developing low-cost medical approaches, Vasalgel is proving effective in a baboon study. Three lucky male baboons were injected with Vasalgel and given unrestricted sexual access to 10 to 15 female baboons each. Despite the fact that they have been monkeying around for six months now, no female baboons have been impregnated. With the success of this animal study and new funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Parsemus Foundation is planning to start human trials for Vasalgel next year. According to their FAQ page, they hope to see it on the market by 2017 for, in their words, less than the cost of a flat-screen television.So how does Vasalgel work? It is essentially a reimagining of a medical technology called RISUG (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) that was developed by a doctor named Sujoy Guha over 15 years ago in India, where it has been in clinical trials ever since. Unlike most forms of female birth control, Vasalgel is non-hormonal and only requires a single treatment in order to be effective for an extended period of time. Rather than cutting the vas deferens—as would be done in a vasectomy—a Vasalgel procedure involves the injection of a polymer contraceptive directly into the vas deferens. This polymer will then block any sperm that attempt to pass through the tube. At any point, however, the polymer can be flushed out with a second injection if a man wishes to bring his sperm back up to speed.
Hot diggity dog…finally!
Does this still go against the Church I wonder? (Yeah…of course. Damn. Yet another thing to be punished for…but is it a worse sin than say, kiddie porn on a computer?)
Since we are on the subject of Dicks…Breitbart Writer: Men Who Support Feminism Are “Sexually Frustrated Dickless Wonders” – Little Green Footballs You will just have to go to the link yourself to find out what LGF is talking about. 😉
Not to be outdone…yes, I am still on the “Church’s” ass a little while longer. Stephen Hawking comes out: ‘I’m an atheist’ because science is ‘more convincing’ than God
Stephen Hawking clarified this week that he was an atheist because science had provided him with a “more convincing” explanation of the origins of the universe.
According to NBC News, Hawking made the comments to the Spanish-language paper El Mundo during the Starmus Festival at Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
El Mundo’s Pablo Jauregui pointed out that Hawking had written in his book “A Brief History of Time” that scientists could “know the mind of God” if a unifying set of principles — or theory of everything — was discovered to explain the physical universe. But Hawking later wrote in “The Grand Design” that God was no longer necessary because science had provided a better understanding of the universe.
“Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe,” the world-famous theoretical physicist told Jauregui. “But now science offers a more convincing explanation.”
“What I meant by ‘we would know the mind of God’ is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God, which there isn’t,” he added. “I’m an atheist.”
But Hawking does believe that humans are not alone in the universe, and that meeting extraterrestrial life could be like Christopher Columbus coming to the Americas.
“Which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans,” he warned.
“The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant,” Hawking told the paper. “Considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it’s extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life.”
Video at the link.
This thread is getting long, so here are the rest of today’s stories on the quick:
The Young Turks: Michele Bachmann’s Frenzied Bloodlust Delights Values Voters – YouTube
“Michele Bachmann took the stage at the Values Voters Summit today, and fired up the crowd with shots at President Obama and Hillary Clinton, as well as a firm call for the U.S. to keep killing ISIS terrorists until they surrender.
Bachmann cracked a few jokes at the top, including a dig at MSNBC and a wonder of whether Nancy Pelosi or John Boehner would miss her more.
She talked up her strong stand against the Obama administration, especially on foreign policy. Bachmann said Obama is “the first anti-Israel president in history.” And as for Clinton, Bachmann recommended another goal for the former Secretary of State to accomplish: “permanent retirement!”
Bachmann also talked about how to combat the threat of ISIS.”* Ben Mankiewicz, Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), John Iadarola (TYT University) and Brian Unger break it down.
You may have seen the shit going on in Texas earlier in the month: Don’t Mess With Texas History | BobCesca.com
The imagined slight of an Advanced Placement U.S. History curriculum that is “anti-American” has swept the state of Texas and the state Board of Education has taken steps to eliminate it.
From the Associated Press
The Board of Education approved a measure declaring that the history curriculum its members set trumps that covered by the AP history course created for classrooms nationwide. That class concludes with an exam that can earn college credit for students who score high enough.
The board must still take a final vote, but the measure’s content isn’t expected to change.
Critics contend that the revised Advanced Placement curriculum is anti-American because it has narrowed the amount of content students are required to memorize but, rather than omit events that paint America in a less-sympathetic light, it excluded events that are more endearing.
In other words, critics contend that it’s anti-American because it does not whitewash our history.
Well….The Conservative War on History Continues | BobCesca.com
the Advanced Placement U.S. History curriculum because it was “anti-American,” has spread to the Denver, Colorado area where the local school board is following suit.
The Jefferson County school board appears to be going a step further, however, by dropping negative events in our history and discouraging civil disobedience.
via ThinkProgress
According to the curricula proposal, students would only be taught lessons depicting American heritage in a positive light, and effectively ban any material that could lead to dissent. Under the proposed policy, a review committee would regularly read instructional text and course syllabi to ensure that educational materials do not stray from subject matter that complies with the policy.
There was also protest in Colorado last week: CO Students Walk Out To Protest Wingnut Plan To Censor History Curriculum | Crooks and Liars
Be sure to read all those links in full to get the whole story. The Koch Brother’s are involved. Nuff said.
Since the protest is about History, how about some links that deal with history…okay, it isn’t American History, but one of the links deals with uprisings.
From Medievalist.net:
‘Shame on him who allows them to live’: The Jacquerie of 1358
In the eyes of the chroniclers, the Jacquerie of 1358 was the most important peasant revolt in late medieval France. Yet despite this, the uprising has not generated the quality of scholarship that other revolts from the late medieval period have encouraged, such as the Ciompi of 1378 in Florence or the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. In popular perception, the Jacquerie remains a violent spasmodic riot typical of the so-called ‘pre-industrial revolt’, itself a model forwarded thirty years ago and never rigourously examined.
By surveying the remissions systematically, and returning to the full population of documents available, this thesis offers ‘a wholly new view of the revolt its leadership, its geographical dimensions, duration, organisation and ideology. Moreover, it challenges many old theories about the medieval ‘crowd’ as mindless, doomed to failure and dominated by the clergy and other elites. In their place, it constructs a new model around communal ties in the medieval village, sophisticated organisation within the revolt itself and participants’ identities as the defining factor of the crowd’s ideology.
‘Appropriate to Her Sex?’ Women’s Participation on the Construction Site in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Until recently, studies in the architectural history of medieval and early modern Europe have assumed an all-male labor force on the construction site and in the related building trades. Historical chronicles and manuscript illuminations of construction sites support this notion, purporting the total exclusion of women from this complex industry. This chapter demonstrates the true nature of women’s contribution to construction sites from the 13th to the 17th centuries in western Europe, uncovering a wide range of occupations in which they engaged: poor women hired for manual labor, women working as slaves, women working with their husbands and fathers in the building trades, widows continuing the workshops of their deceased husbands, and women supplying building materials for particular sites. There is a history to be told of women’s repeated participation in and subsequent denial from working in the building trades that echoes a theme between towns and across language barriers and indicates a common experience shared by women in this era.
This is an interesting look at copyright law: Copyrights and Property Wrongs — Crooked Timber
Ugh…unfortunately: New movie adaptation of All Quiet On The Western Front in the works · Newswire · The A.V. Club
This next blog post from Movie Morlocks…damn I wish they would show this film on TCM again: moviemorlocks.com – This is Not a Post About Gone With the Wind.
With all the hoopla and conversation here over the last week regarding Gone With the Wind, I thought it might be fun to take a glance at GWTW’s evil twin, Edgar G. Ulmer’s 1946 The Strange Woman.
It starts in 1945 when 20th Century Fox released a film called Leave Her to Heaven, based on Ben Ames Williams’ novel of the same name. A glorious Technicolor prestige picture with Gene Tierney, Cornell Wilde, and Vincent Price, it was a huge commercial success, nominated for several Oscars of which it won one. In Hollywood, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Bring on the clones!
Go…go and read the rest.
Now the last couple of links, that deal with art and women:
This Is How Much The Female Portrait Has Evolved In The Last 500 Years
Art history books have a reputation of showcasing dead, white, European males — DWEM — and the (mostly white) women they handpicked as muses. Portrait after portrait reveals a woman’s face through a man’s gaze, casting a rather unsavory light on the tendency of artists to eroticize, objectify or idolize the female form.
Artists in the 21st century have made strides to rectify art history’s mistakes — and critics and historians have begun to give women artists and artists of color their rightful place in the canon. But it’s difficult to forget the centuries of whitewashed paintings that still reign supreme. Case in point: artFido’s three-minute survey of 500 years of female portraits.
Names like Leonardo, Raphael, Hans, Peter, Pablo and Edouard dominate the list of featured paintings. Sure, the likes of Mary Cassatt and Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun attempt to break up the monotony, but the portrait images expose the real story. Art history just didn’t really evolve in the last 500 years.
You can catch a bit of change in the last 30 seconds of the video above, as the (still very white) faces become more and more abstract. But the takeaway from this montage: the art world needs more diversity, and quick.
10 Women Street Artists Who Are Better Than Banksy
Well, the title is a bit strange…but the work of these women is amazing. Some of them are way more incredible than Banksy. The print up top called Own Your Power is by an artist name Indie. I bought that print for my daughter Bebe on her 16th birthday, it just said so much…
Indie was chosen by MAC as one of the graffiti artist to design a collection for them in 2013.
The Makeup Museum: MAC Illustrated, part 2: Indie 184
MAC’s 2013 Illustrated collection features the work of graffiti artist Indie 184. Born in Puerto Rico to Dominican parents and raised in New York, her style combines vivid colors with a contemporary take on old-school New York City graffiti. Her indomitable spirit is fittingly expressed in her tag, a riff on the movie adventurer Indiana Jones, while 184 comes from the street she grew up on in Washington Heights.
She seamlessly translates her style from walls to canvas, weaving together images of famous women and phrases that convey their power. In her artist’s statement, she writes, “My creative process usually starts by pouring out conflicting ideas or emotions using words, images and color. When I create a painting, it’s like a page of my personal diary – all the pieces are worlds of personal declarations. Constant use of word play, found scraps of paper, stencil, graffiti, graphics and photographs mixed with vivid colors…I use iconic female imagery provoking mood and expression embellished with dripping paint juxtaposed with words…The composed painting reflects power, motivation and with an undeniable twist of feminism in my paintings.” The feminist angle, I believe, comes partially from her struggle to be fully accepted as a genuine graffiti artist in a male-dominated environment. She says in an interview, “[A]s I got more into the culture, I learned that NYC in the 80’s produced few active girls in graf. So any new girl in the scene would stand out. But of course, that did not mean free rides. I had to push harder to get down on walls. Most male writers don’t take females writers, especially new ones, seriously. I did not want to stand out only because I was a female writer. I wanted to make my mark and represent for myself. Even now, on occasions, when I’m painting in the streets, some guy comes along and acts surprised when he sees me working with spray paint.”
The titles for some of these paintings – Powerful Creation, Call the Shots, Fearless, Knock ’em Out and Own Your Power, combined with Indie’s signature hearts and stars – further drive home the idea of feminine strength. Some of her work is also a tribute to Latina women and a demonstration of allegiance to her cultural heritage, as she references figures such as Frieda Kahlo, Jennifer Lopez and Marquita Rivera.
Call the Shots, 2012 (I love the nod to Warhol represented by the soup cans):
Powerful Creation, 2012:
Fearless, 2012:
Knock ’em Out, 2012:
Own Your Power, 2013:
(images from indie184.com)
Looking at the dizzying array of flashy colors, it’s no surprise to find that Indie’s heroines include Jem and Rainbow Brite. I also find her work to be a true expression of her outspoken, feisty personality and thoroughly unselfconscious attitude. In an interview regarding her recently launched clothing line named Kweenz Destroy, she states, “Kweenz Destroy is for ladies who hold their own and make an impact with what they do. They love to get their hands dirty and don’t give a shit what people have to say…I don’t feel like I have anything to prove to anyone…I am fulfilling my own desires, not living other people’s ideal of what a graffiti writer should be, because at the end of the day people are going to talk shit regardless.”
Overall, I like Indie’s work – it’s brash, highly personal and has an exuberance and freshness to it while remaining forceful.
I love it…I hope you all do too!
Have a great Sunday and leave some thoughts in the comments below.
Oh Yeah…I almost forgot!
At 7:03 PM on September 26th, we finally met Charlotte. We’re in love. http://t.co/9ZCkoa6BPU—
Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) September 27, 2014
Charlotte, your grandmother @HillaryClinton and I couldn’t be happier! http://t.co/omu6ncg54e—
Bill Clinton (@billclinton) September 27, 2014
.@BillClinton and I are over the moon to be grandparents! One of the happiest moments of our life. http://t.co/Cww4r8C9Zt—
Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 27, 2014
Godspeed little Charlotte.
Lazy Saturday Reads: You People are so Ridiculous! Edition
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Morning Coffee in the City, by Michele Byrne
Good Day!!
Hillary and Bill Clinton are grandparents!
From the AP via The Boston Globe:
The couple’s daughter, Chelsea Clinton, has given birth to her first child, a daughter named Charlotte.
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of the former president and ex-secretary of state, announced the baby’s birth on Twitter and Facebook early Saturday, saying she and husband Marc Mezvinsky are ‘‘full of love, awe and gratitude as we celebrate the birth of our daughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky.’’
Clinton spokesman Kamyl Bazbaz said the child was born on Friday but did not immediately provide additional details. The couple lives in New York City. The Clintons quickly retweeted their daughter’s message on Twitter but did not immediately comment on the baby’s arrival.
Now that the announcement is out of the way, the media demands to know if Hillary will now announce she’s running for president.
The baby has been eagerly anticipated as Hillary Clinton considers her political future — she has called the prospect of becoming a grandmother her ‘‘most exciting title yet.’’ She even has picked out the first book she intends to read to her grandchild, the classic ‘‘Goodnight Moon.’’
She has said she didn’t want to make any decisions about another campaign until the baby’s arrival, pointing to her interest in enjoying becoming a grandmother for the first time. If Clinton decides to run for president, her campaign would coincide with the baby’s first two years.
The Christian Science Monitor even put the demand in their headline to the AP story: Chelsea Clinton now a mom. Will Grandma Hillary announce run for president?
Sigh . . . Yes, I’m sure Hillary is planning to ruin their daughter’s and son-in-law’s celebration by rushing out and the media’s wish come true. Why don’t they hound Mitt Romney instead? He already has so many grandkids he probably can’t keep their names straight; and Ann Romney has been out and about in the past week.
Ann told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto that if only Mitt had been elected in 2012, there wouldn’t have been so many problems in Iraq and Syria. According to Ann,
I think he would have had a status of forces agreement on — in Iraq. I don`t believe ISIS would have had the invasion that they have — they’ve had. They wouldn’t have had the ability to — I think he would have tried to arm the moderates in Syria. I think there`s other things that would have happened that would have made the equation a little bit tilted in our favor.
Those people are not going to go away. This is a generational problem. And the sooner we realize, I think, as Americans, that it`s not an easy solution and it`s not going to go away, but to be really aware of how dangerous the situation is — I think Mitt was very aware how — how precarious it was.
As for Mitt giving running for president a third try, Ann hinted that it will depend on what Jeb Bush decides to do.
One scenario out there, Mrs. Romney, is that Jeb Bush doesn`t run after all, and your husband has sized up the landscape and that a lot of his supporters, past and present, said, you have the name recognition, you have the Reagan example of the third time was the charm for him, and that it`s been done before.
[ANN] ROMNEY: Mm-hmm.
CAVUTO: And — and that would be appealing.
ROMNEY: Well, we will see, won`t we, Neil?
I think Jeb probably will end up running, myself. I think, you know, he — people probably are looking at it, that he`s probably looking at it very carefully right now.
CAVUTO: But why would his entrance in the race matter to — to your supporters or not?
ROMNEY: Well, I think, you know, he would draw on a very similar base that we would draw on.
Andrew Prokop at Vox thinks another Romney run could happen: It’s not crazy for Mitt Romney to run for president again. Prokop, reports that according to conservative columnist Bryan York, Jeb is unlikely to run in 2016.
“Romney is said to believe that, other than himself, [Jeb] Bush is the only one of the current Republican field who could beat Hillary Clinton in a general election,” York writes. So there seems to be at least one candidate who would definitively win Romney’s support.
But while there have been several trial balloons for a Jeb Bush candidacy floated recently, there are reasons to be skeptical he’ll actually pull the trigger. First of all, he’s been out of politics for years and focused on making money. For now, Bush has every reason to encourage speculation that he’s running. It gives him increased media attention, perceived clout, and it makes him more valuable as a speaker and rainmaker. But he’s at odds with the GOP base on issues like immigration and Common Core, and he’s suggested that concerns from his family could be an issue. So Bush might well opt against a run, and Romney could feel that he’s the party’s only hope.
After all, writes Prokop, Romney is a known quantity and he’s popular with GOP donors. On top of that, Chris Christie has lost his luster as a candidate.
Read more details at Vox.
But what about Mitt’s problems with women? Ann says that’s nonsense, according to Politico.
Ann Romney on Tuesday skewered Democrats’ claim that there’s a GOP “war on women,” calling the accusation “offensive” and saying it won’t work as a campaign tactic.
“It’s ridiculous, honestly, I mean I don’t think they’re getting very far with that, by the way. It’s not going to work. I think women are a lot smarter than that, and that’s kind of offensive to me, to tell you the truth,” Romney said in an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox News in response to a question about both the so-called “war on women” and DNC chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s recent comments about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
“Scott Walker’s a good guy, and he’s got a wonderful wife, and he values women and that just doesn’t fly,” Romney added.
She was responding to Wasserman Schultz’s remarks earlier this month, when the Florida Democrat said Walker “has given women the back of his hand.”
Well that’s the end of that then. Scott Walker’s wife (does she have a name) is “wonderful,” so women should just shut up and deal with having limited access to birth control, abortion, and child care, and lower pay than their male colleagues.
Wonkette responds to the Politico story with appropriate sarcasm: Ladies, Stop Offending Ann Romney With How Stupid You Are.
How many times does Her Royal Horse-Riding Majesty Ann Romney have to explain this to YOU PEOPLE? Sheesh! This so-called “war on women” claptrap Democrats can’t stop blah blahing about is so dumb and so 2012 and so not even real anyway, so why are women — who are so much smarter than Democrats think they are — so stupid as to keep falling for it?
Obviously, talking non-stop about the Republican Party’s non-stop assault on women will never work. Ann knows. She’s an elections expert. That’s why the gender gap in 2012 was only 18 points. Practically a draw! No wonder the whole Romney clan was so very shocked and awed that Ann’s 2012 pitch failed to sway the lady voters:
“Women, you need to wake up,” she urged them. “Women have to ask themselves who’s going to have and be there for you. I can promise you, I know, that Mitt will be there for you. He will stand up for you, he will hear your voices.”
Maybe it had something to do with how some of the things that spilled out of her face hole were kind of … oh, what’s the word? Offensive? Like when she said, “I love the fact that there are women out there who don’t have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids.” Those hard-working women out there were such an inspiration to her because she also had suffered and struggled and worked really hard at never having a job, scraping by on nothing but her husband’s daddy’s stock portfolio.
How the heck did that not work with voters?!? Especially after she told YOU PEOPLE to stop being so dumb already, jeez, and vote for her hubby. And some of YOU PEOPLE even whispered in her ear that you totally agreed with her (and yet did not vote for Mitt anyway, weird!), and even ladies who usually don’t worry their pretty little heads about important issues — that’s Man’s Work, after all — were finally, for the first time ever, thinking about really important stuff, like the economy and “their husbands’ jobs.”
For heaven’s sake, ladies. Mitt had all those binders full of women, remember? Now get over it and go vote Republican!
Of course Mitt wasn’t included in the Values Voters Summit this weekend. That could mean he’s not running or maybe that he thinks the Tea Party vote won’t matter. The usual suspects were there though.
Despite Ann’s claims that the Democrats are getting nowhere with the “war on women” talk, the “values voters” speakers appeared to tone down the anti-abortion and anti-same sex marriage rhetoric, according to ABC News: Republicans Rallying Behind Religious Liberty.
Fighting to improve their brand, leading Republicans rallied behind religious liberty at a Friday gathering of evangelical conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues.
Speakers did not ignore abortion and gay marriage altogether on the opening day of the annual Values Voter Summit, but a slate of prospective presidential candidates focused on the persecution of Christians and their values at home and abroad — a message GOP officials hope will help unify a divided party and appeal to new voters ahead of November’s midterm elections and the 2016 presidential contest.
“Oh, the vacuum of American leadership we see in the world,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz declared Friday in a Washington hotel ballroom packed with religious conservatives. “We need a president who will speak out for people of faith, prisoners of conscience.”
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul echoed the theme in a speech describing America as a nation in “spiritual crisis.”
“Not a penny should go to any nation that persecutes or kills Christians,” said Paul, who like Cruz is openly considering a 2016 presidential bid.
The speaking program included such potential 2016 candidates as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Several possible Republican candidates — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush among them — did not attend. The group has positions on social issues across the spectrum — from the libertarian-leaning Paul, who favors less emphasis on abortion and gay marriage, to Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist pastor whose conservative social values define his brand.
Here’s a lovely little homily from Bobby Jindal:
Jindal, who is also weighing a White House bid, seized on what he called Obama’s “silent war” on religious freedom.
“The United States of America did not create religious liberty,” Jindal said. “Religious liberty created the United States of America.”
Anyone know what he means by a “silent war?” I have no clue. What a charlatan Jindal is!
The ABC article didn’t mention Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin, but they were there too.
From Mediaite on crazy Michele’s speech: Bachmann Rouses Values Voters Crowd with Calls to ‘Kill’ ISIS Until They Surrender. See video at the link.
Talking Points Memo notes that Sarah Palin doesn’t know the address of the White House. I wonder who lives at 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue?
Palin Goofs: Truth Is Endangered At ‘1400’ Penn Avenue. Watch it:
I wonder if the “values voters” liked Palin’s biker chick get-up?
And, of course, Ted Cruz was his usual loony self. Salon: 5 craziest things Ted Cruz just said at the Values Voters Summit (including the full video of his “deranged” speech.
Morning Coffee, by Carol Bolt
Quick News Headlines:
The Boston Globe, 7 Questions We’d Ask Ferguson’s Chief of Police.
A man set a fire at an air traffic control facility at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, but it’s not being called terrorism–maybe because the guy isn’t an Arab American?
KTLA Channel 5, FBI: Chicago Controller Sent Facebook Message: ‘I Am About to Take Out’ FAA Facility.
NY Daily News, Illinois man charged in fire at Chicago air traffic control center
The Texas State Board of Education is at it again. Now they want teachers to tell kids that Moses is an inspiration for the U.S. Constitution (very interesting and detailed article at The Daily Beast).
AP, via Yahoo News, Police: Woman beheaded at Oklahoma workplace.
Fox News, Four College Sophomores dead in Oklahoma bus-truck crash.
Discovery News, Japanese Volcano Erupts: Hikers Missing.
The New Yorker on the newest social media entry, Ello’s Anti-Facebook Moment.
LA Times, Water on Earth predates the solar system, and even the sun.
Raw Story, Complex life on Earth may have appeared 60 million years earlier than previously thought.
National Geographic, Did the Vikings Get a Bum Rap? A Yale historian wants us to rethink the terrible tales about the Norse.
M.I.T. News, Battling superbugs: Two new technologies could enable novel strategies for combating drug-resistant bacteria.
What else is happening? Please post your thoughts and links on any topic in comment thread.
Friday Nite Lite: Sitting on a park bench…
Posted: September 26, 2014 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: just because | 25 Comments
For the last few days I have had the song Aqua Lung stuck in my head…now lets see if it will pass on to you.
Lots and lots of cartoons for tonight!
In no particular order….but most of the ones at the top of the list are from today or yesterday.
AAEC – Political Cartoon by MStreeter, Savannah Morning News – 09/26/2014
Holder by Political Cartoonist Adam Zyglis
North Korea illness by Political Cartoonist Larry Wright
This next one is one of my favorites:
AAEC – Political Cartoon by David Horsey, Los Angeles Times – 09/24/2014
AAEC – Political Cartoon by Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette – 09/25/2014
AAEC – Political Cartoon by Gustavo Rodriguez, El Nuevo Herald – 09/26/2014
AAEC – Political Cartoon by John Cole, Scranton Times/Tribune – 09/26/2014
Cartoonist Gary Varvel: President Obama sounds like Bush – Political Cartoon by Gary Varvel, Indianapolis Star – 09/26/2014
AAEC – Political Cartoon by Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune – 09/26/2014
AAEC – Political Cartoon by Joel Pett, Lexington Herald-Leader – 09/24/2014
Punching Bag – Political Cartoon by Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – 09/26/2014
Koch Brothers Influence – Political Cartoon by Mike Keefe, InToon.com – 09/26/2014
fracking by Political Cartoonist Milt Priggee
Education by Political Cartoonist Milt Priggee
Strange Bedfellows by Political Cartoonist John Darkow
Ebola Bubonic Plague by Political Cartoonist Bob Englehart
Mike Luckovich: Recoil – Mike Luckovich – Truthdig
Bad Fly With a Gun by Political Cartoonist Pat Bagley
Beheadings by Political Cartoonist Marian Kamensky
Saudi Help by Political Cartoonist Tim Eagan
White House Security by Political Cartoonist Bruce Plante
Undisclosed location by Political Cartoonist John Cole
This is all for tonight, it’s an open thread.
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Head of Arizona Democrat Party Says Trump ‘Has Aligned Himself With ISIS’ [Video]
by John Salvatore on October 29, 2019
The following article, Head of Arizona Democrat Party Says Trump ‘Has Aligned Himself With ISIS’ [Video], was first published on Flag And Cross.
If Felicia Rotellini was trying to be funny, she’s not doing anything to combat the stereotype against women. What she said about President Trump was not only wildly inappropriate, but it shows just how absurd the Democrat Party has become.
It’s as if these people have nothing better to do with their day then blast a man who has done so much good for the country, simply because they don’t like the way he speaks. Pretty darn childish. From Daily Wire:
Arizona Democrat Party Chairman Felecia Rotellini falsely claimed on Saturday that President Donald Trump “has aligned himself with ISIS,” a remark that was made as Trump and other top officials prepared to gather in the White House Situation Room to watch U.S. forces kill ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Arizona Democrat Party Chairman Felecia Rotellini: Trump “has aligned himself with ISIS”
Rotellini made the remarks on Saturday, approximately 1-hour before a Trump-authorized raid in northern Syria resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi pic.twitter.com/lyYraFg6Eq
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 29, 2019
2020 Democrat presidential candidates are refusing to acknowledge what Trump did for the world when he went after al-Baghdadi.
It really amazing how many Libs can’t even permit Trump to have *one good day* (nobody will remember this stuff by Tuesday) after US forces kill perhaps the world’s most wanted terrorist.
It really amazing how many Libs can't even permit Trump to have *one good day* (nobody will remember this stuff by Tuesday) after US forces kill perhaps the world's most wanted terrorist.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 27, 2019
And away we go…
Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was a murderer and terrorist responsible for terrible suffering and death. The fight against ISIS would not be possible without the brave efforts of the Kurds and other U.S. allies.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 27, 2019
Last night, our special forces brought the leader of one of history’s most destructive terrorist groups to justice. Let’s thank our service members for their courage; and recommit to protecting all of the allies who are working with us to defeat ISIS—including the Kurds.
Last night, our special forces brought the leader of one of history's most destructive terrorist groups to justice. Let's thank our service members for their courage; and recommit to protecting all of the allies who are working with us to defeat ISIS—including the Kurds.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) October 27, 2019
(1/2) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi led a campaign of mass violence and terror that devastated the region and threatened the world. His death is a setback for ISIS and a victory for justice. I am grateful for the skill and courage of our special operations and intelligence professionals.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 27, 2019
(2/2) Baghdadi’s death closes one chapter, but it is not the end of our fight against terrorism. We need a settlement that ends the suffering and destruction in Syria—and ultimately, a long-term plan to counter extremism and allow the region to achieve peace and stability.
(2/2) Baghdadi's death closes one chapter, but it is not the end of our fight against terrorism. We need a settlement that ends the suffering and destruction in Syria—and ultimately, a long-term plan to counter extremism and allow the region to achieve peace and stability.
I congratulate our special forces, our intelligence community, and all our brave military professionals on delivering justice to the terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The world is better and safer without him in it.
I congratulate our special forces, our intelligence community, and all our brave military professionals on delivering justice to the terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The world is better and safer without him in it. pic.twitter.com/miLSVWBT9l
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 27, 2019
A ruthless murderer has been brought to justice. I’m grateful to our military and intelligence community. Their courage and dedication inspire us all.
Abandoning our Syrian and Kurdish partners remains a disastrous decision that will make the fight against ISIS harder.
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) October 27, 2019
This is a blow against ISIS and an important step in the fight against stateless terrorism. Credit should go to all who were involved; above all to the brave Americans in uniform and intelligence professionals who risked their lives to complete this mission. Today, we honor them.
This is a blow against ISIS and an important step in the fight against stateless terrorism. Credit should go to all who were involved; above all to the brave Americans in uniform and intelligence professionals who risked their lives to complete this mission. Today, we honor them. https://t.co/DYYaotLN6D
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) October 27, 2019
Thank you and congratulations to our special operations forces and others involved in tracking and getting rid of ISIS/Daesh leader Baghdadi. But as we learned with the death of Osama Bin Laden, whose org al-Qaeda is now…
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) October 27, 2019
… stronger than ever, Daesh will continue due to the short-sighted policies of Trump — including his support for Erdogan and Saudi Arabia, which helps spread the extremist ideology that acts as the fuel for Daesh, al-Qaeda, etc. As president, I will end all such support.
Al-Baghdadi was a dangerous terrorist who committed heinous crimes. As I said this morning, getting rid of him was good for America and the world. But as I discussed today on @FaceTheNation many challenges remain…
Al-Baghdadi was a dangerous terrorist who committed heinous crimes. As I said this morning, getting rid of him was good for America and the world. But as I discussed today on @FaceTheNation many challenges remain… https://t.co/etUyy7PtBx
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) October 27, 2019
ISIS has caused immeasurable suffering & destruction; the death of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was an important, much needed action to defeat it. Praise and thanks for the military bravery and brilliance that carried out the mission.
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) October 27, 2019
I am grateful for the brave patriots who risked their lives to advance our safety and security. Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was a monster and the world is better without him. Today we should reflect on the work of our amazing armed forces and all those who contributed to this operation.
— John Delaney (@JohnDelaney) October 27, 2019
Grateful to the men and women of our military and intelligence community for their commitment, persistence, and skill. While this isn’t the end of our efforts, this marks a significant milestone in our fight against ISIS.
Grateful to the men and women of our military and intelligence community for their commitment, persistence, and skill. While this isn’t the end of our efforts, this marks a significant milestone in our fight against ISIS. https://t.co/etSlXjASVF
— Michael Bennet (@SenatorBennet) October 27, 2019
The death of al-Baghdadi is a major blow to ISIS and a testament to our armed forces. It will make the world safer. Congratulations to the special ops team that executed the mission and everyone in the chain of command. This is a great accomplishment for America and the world.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) October 27, 2019
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Obama and Hillary Created ISIS. The CIA Shipped Gaddafi’s Weapons Cache from Benghazi to Al Qaeda in Syria who changed their name to ISIS then Obama declared Al Qaeda Defeated and pulled our Troops leaving Iraq for ISIS and Iran “Treason in the Most Egregious Form”
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When I checked to see if this was true,it came up inconclusive,but they did admit that Obama gave his full blessing to the weapon transfer to rebels,but the weapons cache was located in Qatar and may have included stinger missiles,if this is true,then both Obama and Hillary are guilty of Treason,they supplied weapons to our sworn enemies,but we may never know sense liberals are such liars and good at covering up these things and covering each other tails,Washington politic’s is set up to do just that,thats how they stay in office for thirty or forty years.
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The letter most commonly used in English is E.
The least used letter is Z..
Answer and Explanation: ‘The’ is the most used word in the English-speaking world because it’s an essential part of grammar and communication. It would be difficult to speak…
An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”.
In cognitive psychology, the missing letter effect refers to the finding that, when people are asked to consciously detect target letters while reading text, they miss more letters in frequent function words (e.g. the letter “h” in “the”) than in less frequent, content words.
The 11 Least-Used Letters in English (About 3 of Which Are Decently Surprising)1 | Z, ~1/1111 letters used. Apparently Dr. … 2 | Q, ~1/833. For what it’s worth, Norvig found that Q can exist without U. … 3 | J, ~1/625. … 4 | X, ~1/435. … 5 | K, ~1/185. … 6 | V, ~1/95. … 7 | B, ~1/68. … 8 | Y, ~1/60.More items…•
100 Most Common English Words1. the21. at61. some8. you28. had68. time9. that29. by69. has10. it30. word70. look11. he31. but71. two15 more rows
RotokasLanguage with the shortest alphabet: Rotokas (12 letters).
Notes. Five of the letters in the English Alphabet are vowels: A, E, I, O, U. The remaining 21 letters are consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z, and usually W and Y.
The rarest letters in English are J, Q, X, and Z.
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Four letters, ABCD, can be arranged in 24 different patterns.
EAll of these words contain ‘E’, which is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet. The second most common letter is T. A, I, N, O, and S tie for third. The least used letter in the alphabet is Q.
We were surprised to find out that the letter “Z” is used the least in the alphabet with an estimated frequency of use is 0.07%. Compare it to the most common used letter “E”, with an estimated frequency use of 12.70%.
et. “Et” was the 27th letter of the alphabet. And actually, you can still find it on your keyboard! Now most people call this character an “ampersand” or simply “and”, but this character was actually considered a letter!
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by Stacey Wiedower
East Memphis Art House Goes from Trad to Fab
May 17, 2016 by Stacey Wiedower
Lisa Mallory’s first task in designing this East Memphis house was to “un-design” it.
“Everything in the house was very traditional — it was the most traditional house you’ve ever seen. So we totally started over,” says Lisa, interior designer and owner of Memphis-based Lisa Mallory Interior Design. “We took out all the traditional furniture and just took a complete contemporary turn.”
White walls, modern furnishings and artwork turn this formerly traditional East Memphis house into a contemporary haven.
Lisa’s second task was to make the house live up to its name: Art House. Her clients had collected works for 30 years, including many pieces from David Lusk Gallery. For Lisa, building the home’s design around the art was the most fun and rewarding part of the project. “The whole house was done with the art collection in mind,” Lisa says. “We freshened up the house and just painted it white. The only room that’s not white is the bedroom.”
In that space, now the homeowner’s favorite room in the house, Lisa started with dramatic, deep charcoal walls that laid the groundwork for a room rich in pattern and texture. A king-size platform bed appears to float above the soft gray carpet. A cowhide-covered Le Corbusier chaise lounge – an iconic mid-century art form in itself – holds court in one corner beneath an oversized canvas by Kit Reuther, a study in moody slate hues. Ample windows treated with simple white shades bring in an abundance of light, allowing the dark-walled room to retain its sense of mystery and calm without feeling closed in.
The master bedroom used to be the homeowner’s least favorite room in the house. With its new, modern design and restful color scheme, it’s now one of her favorites.
A modern chair mixes with an antique side table in the master bedroom. Achieving the right balance of new and antique pieces was one of Lisa’s biggest challenges in the project.
Simple window coverings and spare furniture forms keep the attention on the artwork — a main goal in this home’s design.
When the homeowners bought the house eight years ago, they considered a more contemporary aesthetic, wanting to highlight their growing collection of paintings and sculpture. But with their fine antiques and the home’s Southern sensibilities, the design strayed from that vision. Lisa listened carefully to their wants and needs, aiming for a true collaboration.
“It’s like night and day,” Lisa says. “A total transformation. It was something she’d been trying to accomplish but never could get done until she hired us.” Lisa didn’t completely eliminate the owners’ antiques from the mix. Instead, she worked them in around a range of new contemporary and modern furniture forms, aiming for an eclectic mix that both updated the home’s aesthetic and called attention to the art. “We had a very traditional house with lots of antiques and nice collections of Staffordshire and Majolica,” the homeowner says. “And she did a beautiful job of integrating the two.”
A painting by Robert Rector stands out against an accent wall surrounding the living room fireplace. The formality of this space allowed Lisa to integrate a few of the family’s traditional and antique furnishings.
“Even the bookcases are filled with art,” says Lisa. Formerly filled with dark, heavy leather tomes, she lightened up the vignette and incorporated quirky objets and sculptures.
In the living room, for example, Lisa designed the space plan and color story around a large-scale, whimsical painting of Napoleon by Memphis artist Mary Sims. The bold purple sofa complements the yellow-orange hues in the painting. “And it’s one of her favorite colors,” Lisa says of her client.
Pops of orange and gold form a thread throughout the space, also drawing from the large canvas, the room’s focal point. A smaller work by Freida Hamm hangs above a console, continuing the color scheme. Meanwhile, a piece by Robert Rector hangs above the fireplace, highlighted by a chocolate brown accent wall. “We had a fabulous time taking all of her wonderful artwork and finding a new home for it,” Lisa says.
This large-scale painting of Napoleon, by Memphis artist Mary Sims, found at David Lusk Gallery, formed the basis for the living room’s design. The smaller work is by Freida Hamm.
In the dining room, one wall is occupied by a massive painting by Michael Crespo of fish on a background of deep ocean blue. An adjacent wall features a large-scale metal sculpture by Memphis artist Greely Myatt, a nod to the homeowner’s involvement with the National Ornamental Metal Museum. The furnishings in the space complement but don’t detract from the art, with a rectangular glass table that seems to float above its metal base and 10 sleek, modern chairs. With no rug to draw the eye down, the art steals the show.
Rather than heavy and formal, this spacious dining room is feather-light and airy, taking its cues from the art.
In the den, an airy space with a peaked, beamed ceiling that opens to the kitchen, a bold Robert Rector painting hangs above the sleek, white leather sofa, splashing the room with primary colors and setting the tone for the room’s décor. A cherry red Barcelona chair and glass-topped Noguchi table form the main conversation area, while two eggplant leather Eames chairs create spots for reading, lounging and relaxing. A stacked stone fireplace features a wood mantel with a surround that stretches to the ceiling, grounding the space and adding a natural element. A painting by Maysey Craddock hangs above the mantel, complementing the warm wood and connecting it to the surrounding space. “One of my favorite things is when I sit at our breakfast room table and eat lunch and look into my den,” says the homeowner. “I love the den. It’s colorful and it’s open and light.”
Contemporary and modern furniture forms, like the red Barcelona chair and iconic Noguchi coffee table, harmonize with the modern abstract artwork.
The breakfast room, which blends modern chairs, art and lighting with traditional antiques, is one of the homeowner’s favorite spaces, largely because it offers a view of the colorful den.
The study, too, is filled with artwork and interest, including a painting of a sheep by Michael Crespo that hangs above a neutral sectional sofa, as well as a quirky pair of mounted antlers. In an upstairs hallway, a whimsical, colorful alphabet painting by Tad Lauritzen Wright hangs above a custom-designed bench covered in an equally bold Brunschwig & Fils print. Even the home’s bookcases are filled with art.
This sheep painting by Michael Crespo found its home in the husband’s study. A roomy sectional makes the space comfortable for lounging, as well as working.
Lisa had a bench custom made to complement this fun, colorful canvas by Memphis artist Tad Lauritzen Wright.
“I like that the feeling of the whole house is light and airy now,” the homeowner says. As for Lisa, she enjoyed taking a house that was no longer working for her clients and turning it into their ideal home. “We made it feel like a different home,” she says. “I loved working with someone who was open to doing different things. It’s not like too many houses in the city. And it’s fun to do something different.”
Thanks to photographer Julie Wage Ross for today’s stunning images. Want to see more gorgeous Memphis homes? Check out our page on Memphis Interior Design.
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"Everybody from the British. Ask this week's interview. Episode has any Greenberg senior writer at wired. He just SORTA book called Sand Worm New Era of cyber war in the hunt for the Kremlin's Miss, dangerous hackers, it is all about hacking group inside of the Russian government called San Worm. They were responsible for the most damaging cyber warfare attacks over the past year there behind not PECI. The hackers took out in the mayor shipping line hospitals across the U. K San has totally escalated. What we think of Cyber War, and he's book gets all into how they were discovered how they were flushed out the. The intricacies of these various hacks. It's super interesting. The book is a thrill ride. If you're looking for something that isn't the virus. This is like a thriller, a highly recommended. It was really fun to talk to her about the stuff. one thing I. WanNa know we're all at home so during this in every might hear some kids in the background. I asked you just be a little forgiving that we're all. We're all dealing with it and he was a great interview. Check Out Sandy Greenberg of sand worm, a new era of cyber war and the hunt for the Kremlin's most dangerous hack. Any Greenberg your senior writer at wired you're also the author of Sand Worm, new era of cyber war in the hunt for the Kremlin's most dangerous. Welcome glad to be here so even writing about cybersecurity frontier I think you just said two thousand six and writing about Cybersecurity, but this book sand worm as I was reading it. It seems like it's called the new era of cyber war. It seems like there's been a huge turn in sort of state-sponsored. Particularly Russians sponsored cyber attacks. How did you come onto that notion? How did you begin reading this book I'm I'm very curious how you see. See that turn happening well. In late twenty sixteen, my former colleague Kim Zetter she had been the one who really covered state sponsored hacking in cyber war stuff, but she left wired, and this was also at the time. When you know Russian hackers were meddling in the US election, they'd hacked the democratic. National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Clinton Campaign, so my editors were really primes on face, mantra hacking all of a sudden, but what they? They really what they told me they wanted was a actually like a big takeover of the whole magazine. All about cyber war, but cyber war to me is different than those kinds of espionage election, meddling tactics so I went looking for no real cyber war story, which means to me like a actual disruptive cyber attacks, and as I looked around. It seemed like the place where that was really happening was in Ukraine not really in the US in fact maybe. Maybe what was happening in? Ukraine seemed to me like it was in some ways, the only real full blown cyber war that was actually occurring where Russian hackers were not just attacking the election which they had done, they tried this spoof the results of a presidential election, but they had also attacks media and destroyed their computers. They had attacked government agencies and tried to like destroy entire networks, and then they had turned off the power for the first time. In December of two thousand, fifteen, the the first actual blackout triggered by hackers, and just as I was look into this happened again the the effect, the seem hacker group caused a blackout this time in the capital of Kiev so I wince looking in Ukraine for this cyber war story that. Turned into a cover story for wired that kind of gave editors what they wanted, but then also kept unfolding This cyber war kept growing in scope and scale and. The original story written for wired was kind of about the fact that you could look to Ukraine to see the future of cyber war that will what was happening. There might soon spread to the rest of the world. And that is actually what happens to like just after we publish that cover story to same hackers released this climactic terrible cyber attack in Ukraine. Called Not Petiot that spread beyond Ukrainians became the worst cyberattack history cost ten billion dollars, so when that happened, that was when I saw that there was potential to do a book about this that it was not just a kind of case study about Ukraine or even kind of predictive story, but a an actual full story arc about this one group that had carried out the what I would say was not only the first. First Real Cyber War, but the worst cyberattack in history and the you know I wanted to capture the the Ark of that story in the effects, the real experience of cyber war. Yeah, so the group is called sand worm in this is just one of the the sort of opening arcs of the book is how they've come. They come to be named this because references and code walk people through just like it's so. relatable that like even these hackers are using using this language that leads them recalled Sandwich Tell people about it. So when I started to look into the origins of this group after that second blackout attack I I found that this this company called eyesight partners which have been acquired by fire I I, said partners was the first to find these hackers in twenty, fourteen, basically using fishing in kind of typical espionage tactics, plant malware in the networks of typical Russian hacking targets like groups across Eastern, Europe and NATO in a look like what they were doing was just kind of typical espionage. They were planning. This by wear calls lack energy buds will first of all they could see that they were rushing, because they had this server that they were using to administer some of these attacks and they. They left the server, so anybody could look at it in. There was a kind of Russian language to file for how to use black energy on the service, so these guys seem like they were rushing, but even more interesting in some ways. was that they to track each victim each instance of black energy? This malware has little campaign code in each campaign was a reference to the science fiction novel Dune and you know so like one of them was something about Iraq is, and then one of them is about the sutter cars, these like imperial soldiers in in that SCI FI universe so I said partners named this group sand worm, because well just because it's a cool. Name associated with doing, but it turned out to me. It became this very powerful because a sandwich miss this monster that lies beneath the surface, and occasionally arises from underground to do terribly destructive things. partners didn't know that at the time, they they soon afterward realized what sand. was doing was not just espionage, but they were actually doing reconnaissance for disruptive cyberattacks. They were also hacking power grids. They were planning black energy, not only in the European Eastern European targets in the US power grid networks as well. The Ultimately Syndrome was the first twenty fifteen to cross that line in use black energy as the first step in a multi step attack that led to a blackout. So this was not just espionage really was kind of like you know this monster that rises from under the ground to do terrible acts of mass destruction that came to pass so one of the things that comes up over in the book. Is this growing sense of dread from security researchers and analysts? Oh this is an imminent threat to the united. States just Ukraine, but like this is happening here and then there's a sense that the United States actually open the door to this kind of warfare with stuxnet. which was an attack on Iran? How how did those connect for you that it seemed like there's a new rule of engagement new set of rules of engagement for cyber warfare that actually the United States implicitly created with with stuxnet by attacking Iran. Yeah, I mean I tried to highlight. Clearly sand worm are the real bad guys in the story, they are the actual hacker group that did these terribly reckless destructive attacks that actually in some cases put people's lives at risk, the kind of in some parts of the story they actually shutdown medical record systems and I. Think may have cost people's lives with cyber attacks today they are the actual antagonist here, but I also want to highlight the ways that the US government is is partially responsible for the state of Cyber War, and there are a few ways that that's true. I The US! Open the Pandora's box of cyber war with stuxnet. This piece of now where that. That was used to destroy Iranian nuclear enrichment centrifuges that was the first piece of our that actually have caused that physical disruption destruction, and we now see Sandra doing the same thing in Ukraine. In in fact, in some ways around the world, also the the US hordes, these kind of zero day, secret hacking techniques, some of which were stolen and leaked and used by sand worm, but then I think the in fact, the biggest way that I tried to highlight that the US is responsible or complicit or negligent. Here is that we did not call allows what Santorum was doing in Ukraine and say to Russia. We know what you're doing. This is unacceptable. Nobody should be turning out the lights. Two civilians with cyber attacks. There wasn't a message like that I. mean the Obama White House sent a message to Russia over this kind of cyber hotline to say your election hacking is not okay. We see what you're doing and we want you to stop, but they said nothing about a tube blackout attacks in Ukraine, and that was kind of implicit signal to Russia. They could keep. Keep escalating, and even as all the cyber security, researchers and Ukrainians were warning that what was happening to Ukraine, would soon spread to the rest of the world, the US government ignore this both Obama, and then the trump administration until that prediction came to pass and a sand worm cyberattack did spread to the rest of the world, and it was too late, and we all suffered globally as a result, so let's talk about patch it. WAS CATASTROPHIC IN SCOPE, right? It took out the mayor shipping line, which is a massive business. It took out some hospitals in UK like it was huge in scope. I don't think people really put it all together. Talk about how it started and how big it grew. Yeah, so not too was kind of like big apotheosis sandwich, where all of these predictions of the terribly destructive things they were doing to the rest of the world came to pass but it did it started in Ukraine. They hijacked this. The the software updates of this accounting software called me doc that is basically used by everybody in Ukraine. The quicken turbo tax of Ukraine. If you do business in Ukraine, you have to have this installed, so sanborn hijack the updates of that news to push out this worm to thousands of victims mostly in Ukraine, but it was a worm, so it's spread the mmediately end quickly kind of carpet bombs. The entire Ukrainian Internet's every computer at spread to would encrypt permanently. You could not recover the computer, so it very quickly took down pretty much every. Every Ukrainian government agency twenty two banks multiple airports for hospitals in Ukraine that I. could count and in each of these cases. What is eight took them down. I mean it destroyed essentially all of their computers, which requires sometimes weeks or months to recover from, but then as you know, this is a worm that does not respect national borders. So even though it was, it seemed to be an attack intended to disrupt Ukraine. It immediately spread beyond Ukraine's borders. Borders to everybody who had this accounting software installed? That was doing business in Ukraine and some people who didn't so that includes Maersk. The world's largest shipping firm and Fedex and Mondelez, which owns cadbury, NABISCO and ranking manufacturing firm that makes tylenol in Merck. The Pharmaceutical Company in New Jersey on each of these companies lost hundreds of millions of dollars. The scale of this is kind of difficult to capture but I in the book I tried to. To I focused in part Maersk because it is just a good company to look at because you can. They had this gigantic global physical machine that is they have seventy six ports around the world that they own as well as these massive ships that have tens of thousands of shipping containers on them. And I told the story of how on this day seventeen of their terminals of were entirely paralyzed by this attack with ships arriving with just. Piles of containers on them. Nobody could unload. Nobody knew what was inside of nobody knew how to load or unload them with around the world of seventeen terminals, thousands of trucks, Semitrailers, carrying containers were lining up in Lyons miles long because the gates that were kind of checkpoints to check in the these trucks to drop something off or pick it up. They were paralyzed as well. This was a fiasco on a global scale is responsible for a fifth of the world's lable shipping capacity. They were truly just a rendered brain dead by this attack, but yeah displayed out at all of these different victims MERC had to borrow their own each vaccine from the Center for Disease Control because they're manufacturing. Manufacturing was disrupted by this, and it ultimately spread to a company called nuance, nate speech to text software. They have a service that does this for hospitals across the US to dozens of our possibly hundreds of American hospitals at this backlog of transcriptions to medical records that were lost because of this, and that resulted in patients, being do for surgeries or transfers, other hospitals in nobody knew their medical records were updated. I mean this was scale where hundreds of hospitals each of which has thousands of patients missing changes the medical records. We don't know what the effects of that work, but very well could've actually harmed people's health. Our lives I mean the scale of not petty is very difficult to. Get your mind around, but we do know that you know monetarily cost ten billion dollars, which is by far the biggest number we've ever seen, but it also had this this kind of harder to quantify toll on people's lives, so it it you know you read about it at length and wired. Obviously these companies go down of ripples in mainstream sort of general press, but I don't feel like people really not like Oh. This Russian group called San Worms sponsored by the Russian government. Unleash this attack in it caused this cascading effect of failure and disaster cost in that because we know what we can attribute it to the government, our government. I don't feel like that connection got made for people. What is the gap between other as a hack and Oh, this is actually a type of warfare engagement, because that that connection seems very tenuous. I think for a lot of people. Even as sort of the more general mainstream press covers this stuff. Yeah, you know. I don't think that that's is just like the nature of. Of Cyber War I think that was a failing that that lack of connection is a failing on our government's parts, and on you could say even on the part of some of these victims like these large companies I mean I at the time did not pitch it happened. I was fully on the trail of standard within days. I was talking to cyber security researchers who? Who had piece together? Some of the forensics to show the not petiot was Sandra that it was a Russian state-sponsored attack in yet none of those companies that I mentioned mercker Mondelez or Maersk or Fedex, or any of them wanted to say the Russia had done this to them and know governments were talking about either like the Ukrainian government was. They're always willing to point. Point the finger at Russia, but the US government was not, and you know that to me seemed to be just kind of I mean I felt like I was being gas. Let's at that point. I had watched Russia due to Ukraine for a long time at that point tonight. I sort of understood that NATO in the West. We had this kind of cruel logic that. Ukraine is not us. Russia can do what it likes to Ukraine because they're not NATO not e you. They are Russia's sphere of influence or something I think that that's very wrongheaded, but at least it made sense. You know to have that that viewpoints, but now this attack had spread from Ukraine to hit American soil American companies in many cases and yet still the US government was saying nothing I just thought this was bizarre and you know so i. For months I was like. Trying to get any of these companies to tell the story of of their experiences, not Peta I was trying to figure out why the US government wasn't talking about the fact that this was a Russian cyberattack and ultimately I. Think it was I. think it was kind of I know partly disorganization negligence. I think it may have something to do with the fact that the. The? Trump administration doesn't like talking about Russian hackers for obvious reasons, but eight months after it took eight months ultimately for the US government to finally say not that it was a was Russia it was the worst cyberattack in history, and then a month later. The White House impose consequences in put new sanctions on Russia and response, but it took nine months and more importantly it took. Multiple years this without was the first time this was twenty eighteen, and the Russian cyber war in Ukraine had started around the fall of Twenty fifteen, so that's just incredible span of negligence when the US government said nothing about these escalating unfolding. Acts, of Cyber Award that there should have been unacceptable from the very beginning I mean these are the kind of quintessential acts of state sponsored cyber attacks on civilians, trying out the lights. You know that's the kind of thing that I believe that the US government should have called out and drawn a red line across at the very beginning took ears, so I do think it was a big failing. Of of diplomacy, it just seemed like that part of the problem, and this is kind of an expression is it's so hard to describe like if the Russian government sent fighter jets to America and live their support. Okay, like everyone understood, you can see it. You can understand what happened there. In the you know, there's like a however many decades of movies about how to fight that war. This is a bunch of people in a room typing. Like it there's just an element of this where the dangerous Oh federal where the attack is invisible, and while the effects might be very very tangible, the causes are still sort of mysterious people so. My question is who is sandwich. What what do we know about them? Where do they work? What are they like? Do we have a sense of how this operation actually operates? In some ways the the biggest challenge of reporting this book, and I spent essentially the third act of the book, the last third of the reporting of the book, trying to answer the question of who is in worm, who are these people? Where are they located? What motivates them and I guess to partially spoil the ending here. They are a unit of the year you. They are a part of Russia's military intelligence agency, which is responsible for you know, this is not a coincidence. They are responsible for election meddling responsible for the attempted assassination of You. chemical weapons in the United Kingdom they're responsible for the downing of a seventeen as commercial passenger jet over Ukraine were three hundred innocent people died on the G. R.. You are this incredibly reckless callous out military intelligence agency, but they act like kind of almost just cut through mercenaries around the world. Doing Russia's bidding in ways that are very scary, so I threw essentially like a combination of excellent work of a bunch of security researchers who I was speaking to combined with some confirmation from US intelligence agencies, and then ultimately some other clues from the investigation of Robert Muller into meddling all these things combined created the trail that led to one group within the JERE. You that were you know I? Eventually had some names and faces even address of this this group, and all that was actually only finally fully confirms After the book came out Justin in recent months when the White House finally actually was the State Department's. End as well as the UK on Australian and other governments together finally said yes, sand worm is in fact that this unit of the year you so this theory that I developed in positive near the end of the book was finally basically confirmed by governments just in recent months. So one thing that strikes me at that is I, think of the Russian military things. Gru is being foreboding being obviously, they're very very good at this other a buttoned up in then they have like a incredible social media presence that kind of POPs up throughout the book that distracts from what doing. They set up Gucci for two point Oh when they were doing the DNC hacks that fed to wikileaks in the. That account insisted it was just guy. They set up the shadow brokers which was. I read. It is just like your some goof-balls like they wanted to seem a lot dumber and a lot smaller than they were. They were very effective at it to people I. Talk About those that strategy, and then I guess my question have is like a re better at seeing that strategy for what it is well. You make a really interesting point. The uses these false flags like throughout their recent history that we I should say we don't know that they were responsible for shadow brokers. In fact, nobody knows who shot a brokers. The shadow brokers truly are, and they are in some ways the biggest mystery in this whole story, this one group that hacked the NSA apparently and leaked a bunch of their zero day hacking techniques, or maybe they were even say insiders. We still don't know the answer to that question, but the other other incidents you mentioned. That are you are responsible for this Guja for two point zero fake hacktivists leaked a bunch of the Clinton documents. They're responsible for other false flags like they at one point to call themselves the Cyber Caliphate pretended to be Isis. They've a pretended to be like patriotic pro. Russian Ukrainians at some point they they're always like wearing different masks ends. They're very deceptive. in the a later chapter of the book, some of the biggest one of the biggest attacks they. They did was this attack on the twenty thousand Olympics where they not only wore a false mask, but they actually had layers of false flags where as cyber security researchers W. This melwert was used to destroy the entire back end of the two thousand eighteen winter Olympics. Just as the opening ceremony began, this was a catastrophic events. The aware had all of these fake clues made look like it was Chinese or North Korean or maybe Russian. Nobody could tell it was like. It was this kind of confusion bomb almost designed to to just make researchers throw up their hands. Give up on attributing mallards. Any particular actor was only through some amazing detective work by some of the analysts that I spoke to the able to cut through those false flags identify that sand was behind this essentially, but yeah, it's it is a one very real characteristic of the jury you that they are almost they seem to almost take pleasure or like be showing off their deception capabilities to and their evolving those capabilities they are getting more deceptive over time as fake gets more, destructive aggressive. Advertising content when I say Utopia what comes to mind? Birds Chirping lush natural beauty dialed up and vibrant technicolor. Is it within reach. Your world. World. explained. You are an essential part of the Pathak social body. Everybody in that place. Everybody happy now. While the peacock original series brave new world takes place in a scientific futuristic utopia. The concept is nothing new Sir Thomas more. 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Not Connected Right, but the way they throughout the book the way they execute East campaigns they're deeply connected, and that seems like not only just a new kind of warfare, and you kind of craft, but some just consistently seems to work in surprising ways like the tech press is GonNa. Be Like Gucci. I says this and we're. There's never that next step of also we think it's Russian government, and that seems like first of all I'm dying. I imagine the meeting right. I would love to be a fly on the wall of the meeting where they decide what their twitter name is going to be today. I'm very curious how they evolve those attacks in such a way that it just seems to be more and more effective time. Yeah, I mean. I also love to have been those meetings in. It's my one kind of regret in this book that I never actually got. Interviews, it's almost an impossible thing to do. They liked find defectors from the R., you or something. He will tell those stories at a knock it murdered I mean. It's kind of a possible, but but. In some cases? I think your earlier points. They almost seem kind of bumbling in these things they do them in a very improvisational way. for two point Oh seemed almost like it was a justice thing they invented on the spot, tried to cover up some of the the accidental ups like they had left russian-language formatting errors in the documents that they had leaked from the DNC, so they admitted this guy who appeared the next day and started. Talking about being a Romanian. Friends as motherboard Lorenza, Franceschi decry he started this conversation. Align with with Guja for two point, oh basically proved at the guy could not actually properly speak Romanian. BE Russian speaker. In fact, it was. It was almost comical at the same time. They're using very sophisticated hacking techniques doing destructive attacks on a massive scale, but they're also. They seem like they're kind of making it up as they go along. They do things that don't actually seem very kind of strategically smart. They kind of seem like they're trying to impress their boss for the day. Sometimes with just like some sometimes, it's just seems like the Jere. You wakes up in asks themselves. Like what can we blow up today? Rather than thinking like? How can we accomplish the greater strategic objectives of the Russian Federation? So they are fascinating in that way and very stringent colorful group. That's I think one of the biggest questions I have here is. We spend a lot of time trying to imagine what flat and Mirror Putin wants. You know when he grows up, but it. None of this seems targeted like what is the goal for Russia to disrupt the Winter Olympics right like. Is there a purpose to that? Is that just a strike fear? Is it just to? EXPAND THAT SUV influenced. Is it just to say we have the capability furious is there? has there ever really been the stated goal for this kind of cyber warfare? That one is particularly mystifying. I mean you can imagine why Russia would want to attack the Olympics. They were banned from the two thousand Eighteen Olympics doping, but then you would think that they might want to attack the Olympics and send a message maybe like eight deniable message a message that you know if you continue to ban us. We're GONNA. Continue to attack you like like any terrorists would do, but instead they attacked the winter. Olympics in this way, that really seemed like they were trying not to get caught, and instead like make it look like the was Russia North Korea? And then you have to like what is the point of that was? The could kind of. Sit there in Moscow and kind of like rub their hands together in gleefully. Watch this chaos unfolds. It almost really does seem like it was petty vindictive thing that they just for their own emotional needs wanted to make sure that nobody could enjoy the Olympics if they were not going to enjoy them I that was, but that one is i. think outlier in some ways for the most part you can kind of see. The Russia is advancing. The G. R. You that sand worm is advancing something that does generally make sense which is that. In Ukraine for instance, they're trying to make Ukraine look like a failed state. They're trying to make Ukrainians. Lose faith in their security. Services are trying to prevent investors globally from funneling money into Ukraine trying to create a kind of frozen conflict, as we say in Ukraine where there's this constant perpetual state of degradation. They're not trying to conquer the country, but they're trying to create a kind of permanent war in Ukraine and would cyber war. You can do that beyond the traditional front end. It is in some ways the same kind of tactic that they used in other places like the US which. which here we saw more than influence operation that they were hacking leaking organizations like democratic campaign organizations and anti doping organizations to kind of so confusion to embarrass on their targets. They're trying to influence like the international audiences opinion these people, but in Ukraine, it is in some ways, just a different kind of influence operation where they're trying to influence the world's view of Ukraine. Influence Ukrainians view of their themselves under government to make them feel like they are in a war zone even when their kid hundreds of miles from the actual fighting. That's happening on the eastern fronts in the eastern region of. Of Ukraine so in a book you you you go to Kiev. You spent time in Ukraine. Is there a sense in that country that while sometimes light goes out sometimes our TV stations. Their computers don't boot anymore. Because they got rewritten, the Hydros got Zeros like. Is there a sense that this is happening? Is there a sense the defy back is there does Microsoft deploy you know dozens of engineers to to help fight back. How does that play out on the ground there? Yeah, I mean to be fair. Ukrainians are very stoic about these things and regular. Ukrainian citizens were not bothered by you know. Know a short blackout. They didn't particularly care you know. This blackout was the first ever. Hacker induced blackout in history but Ukrainian cyber security. People were very unnerved by this end, people in these actual utilities were traumatized I mean these attacks were truly like relentless sins very kind of scary for the actual operators at the controls I mean in the first blackout attack. These poor operators Ukrainian control room in western Ukraine they were locked out of their computers, and they had to watch their own mouse cursor. Click through circuit breakers, turning off the power in front of them I. Mean They watched it happen? At these kind of Phantom hands to control of their mouse movements, so they took this very very seriously, but yet Ukrainians as a whole I mean they have seen a lot. They are going through an actual physical war. They've seen the seizure of Crimea and the invasion of the east of the country. You know the the date hits. A Ukrainian general was assassinated with a car bomb in the middle of Kiev, so they have a lot of problems, and I'm not sure that cyber war is one of the top of their minds, but not patio I. Did, actually reach Ukrainians normal. Ukrainian civilians to it. It shook them as well. I talked to two regular Ukrainians. who found that they couldn't swipe into the Kiev Metro. They couldn't use their credit card at the grocery store. All the ATM's were down The Postal Service was taken out for every computer that the postal service had was taken out for more than a month. I mean these things really did affect people's lives, but it kind of. A until that kind of climactic worm. Not Patio for I think for this to really reach home for Ukrainians. who have kind of seen so much. How do you fight back? I, mean I one of things that struck me as I was reading. The book is so many of the people you talked to people who are identifying the threat. They're actually private companies. Eyesight was the first even detect it. they are contractors to intelligence agencies the military in some cases, but they're not necessarily the government right like it's not necessarily Microsoft. Who has to issue the patches from the software not necessarily GE which makes simplicity, which is the big industrial controls talk about a lot. How does all that come together into a defense because that seems like harder problem of coordination? Yeah, I mean defense in Cyber. Security is in an eternal problem. It's incredibly complicated, and when you have a really sophisticated determined adversary, it know they will win eventually ends I. think that they're absolutely lessons for defense in this book about you know. Maybe you need to really really think about software updates for instance like the kind that were hijacked to a with this medoc accounting software. As a vector for terrible cyber-attacks. Imagine that like. Any of your insecure apps that have kind of updates can be become a a piece of Malware, really unique to signature networks need to think about patching on. There are just an endless kind of checklist of things to every organization needs to do to protect themselves so. In some ways that just like a Sisyphean task and I don't. I don't try to answer that question in the book because it's too big, and it's kind of boring as well, but what I do really hammer on is the thing that the government's really could've done here. which is to try to establish norms tried to control attackers through diplomacy through kind of disciplinary action through things like kind of Geneva Convention for Cyber War if. If you think about a kind of analogy to say like chemical weapons, we could just try to give everyone in the world a gas mask that they have to carry around with them at all times, or we could create a Geneva. Convention norm that chemical weapons should not be used in if they are than crime, and you get pulled in front of the Hague. Hague and we've done the ladder and I think that in some ways should be part of the the answer to cyber war as well we need to establish norms and make countries like Russia or like organizations like the G. Are you understand that there will be consequences for these kinds of attacks, even when the victim is not the US or NATO or the? The EU and I think we're only just starting to think about that. One of the questions I had as reading is it seems like a very clear red line for almost everyone you talk to is attacks on the power grid right? That is just unacceptable. You should not do it if you do it. You've crossed a line and there should be some consequence. Is, that clear to governments. Is that something that our government says? It's something that the says it has been established. It seems like it's it's the conventional wisdom wants to salvage, but I'm not unclear whether that is actually the line that exists. It definitely has not been established, and when I kind of did these I managed to get sort of interviews with the top cyber security officials in the Obama ends trump administration Jay Michael Daniel was the cyber. Cyber Coordinator for the administration was the kind of cyber coordinator boss in the The Homeland Security Adviser for trump and both of them when I asked him about like wiped. Why didn't you know to put it bluntly like? Why didn't you respond? When Russia caused blackouts in Ukraine? Both of them essentially said well. You know that's not actually the rule that we want to set. We want to be able to cause blackouts in our adversaries networks. In their power grids when we are in a war situation or when we believe it's in our national interest, so you know that's the thing about these cyber war capabilities. This is part of the problem that every country. Absolutely the US among them isn't really interested in controlling these weapons, because we in this kind of Lord of the rings fashion, we are drawn to them to like we want to maintain the ability to use those weapons ourselves and nobody wants to throw this ring in the fires, of Mount Doom. We all wanted maintain the ring and imagine that we can use it for good in out. So that's why neither administration called that Russia for doing this because they want that power to. Make the comparison to to nuclear weapons but Negotiated drawdown and treaties with Russia in the past we count warheads where aware that the United States stockpiles can destroy the world. Fifty Times over today maybe tomorrow one hundred hundred like what we have a sense of the the measure of force that we can. Put on the world when it comes to nuclear weapons, there's a sense that Oh, we should never use these right like we have them as a deterrent, but we've gained out that actually leads to his mutually assured destruction like there's an entire body of academics. There's entire body of researchers. Entire body is got scenario planning with that kind of weapon. Does that same thing exist for for cyber weapons. There are absolutely. Know community is of academics. Policymakers who are thinking about this stuff now, but I don't think it's kind of gotten through to actual government decision. that. There needs to be kind of cyber deterrence in how that would work. In in the comparison to nuclear weapons is like instructive, but not exactly helpful. In fact, it's kind of counter-productive because we cannot deter cyber-attacks with other cyber-attacks i. don't think that's GonNa work in part because we haven't even tried to establish it yet. There are no kind of rules or read lines, but then I think more importantly. Everybody thinks that they can get away with cyberattacks that they can. They're going to create a false flag. That's clever enough that that when they blow up a power grid, they can blame their neighbor instead, so they think they're. They're gonNA. Get Away with it, and that causes them to do it anyway. A not fear the kind of assured destruction so I think that the the right response, the way to to deter cyber attacks is not with the promise of a cyber attack in return. It's with all the other kind of tools we have, and they've been used sometimes, but but they were not in the case of Sand Werman. Those tools include like sanctions which came far too late in the story indictments of hackers. In some cases, we still haven't really seen syndrome. Hackers indicted for the things that they did in Ukraine or or even not petty. And then ultimately just kind of messaging like calling out naming and shaming bad actors, and that has happened to some degree with Sandra, but in some cases there have still been massive failures there there has still been no public attribution of the Sandwich attack on the twenty eighteen Olympics I mean. My Book has been out for months. I think show pretty clear evidence that syndrome is responsible for this attack. The very least it was Russia and yet the US and Korean War, These Olympics took place at UK, none of these governments have named Russia as having done that. That attack which almost just invites them to do it again whenever our next Olympics are going to be, I guess maybe not this year, but if you don't send that message than you're just essentially inviting Russia to try again so I think might my big question is what happens now? I mean right we you write about. The NSA has tailored access operations, which is their elite hacking group. We are obviously interested in maintaining some of these capabilities. We've come to a place where people are writing books about how it works. What is the next step? What is the next? does it just keep getting worse or does this kind of diplomacy you're talking about? Is that beginning to happen I? Think there is some little glimmers of hope about the diplomacy beginning to happen I mean this year in February I think it was the State Department's called out a sand worm attack on Georgia, where a worms hackers basically took down a ton of Georgian websites by attacking the hosting providers as well as a couple of TV's broadcasters in the US. State Department with a few other governments not. said this was sand. Worm named the unit of the GRU. That's is that was confirmation that I've been looking for for a long time, but they also made a point of saying that we're calling this out is unacceptable, even though Georgia. Georgia is not part of NATO or the U. so that's that's progress. That's essentially creating a new kind of rule. That's state-sponsored. Hackers can't do certain things, no matter who the victims and that's really important. Also, it was kind of interesting because federal officials like gave me a heads up about that announcement before happened, which they have very very rarely do and I think they were trying. To say was in we. We read your book and we. Got The message okay like Stop attacking us about this like we're trying. We're doing something different here I. Don't want flatter myself that I actually changed their policy, but it did seem interesting that they wanted to tell me personally about this so i. I think that like maybe our stance on this kind of diplomacy is evolving, and we're learning lessons, but at the same time we also see the attacks evolving to. To and their new innovations in these kinds of disruption happening, we've seen since some of these terrible Sandra attacks. You know other very scary things like this piece of our called Triton or crisis that was used to disabled safety systems in a oil refinery in Saudi Arabia on that was you know that could have caused an actual physical explosion of petrochemical facility? The the attacks are evolving to okay final last real question. Tell people where they can get your book. You can find all kinds of places by on indie Greenberg Dot net. Written another book as well previously, yes. That's right. I wrote a book about wikileaks. Cypher punks and things like that. That's right well. I'm a huge fan. It was an honor to talk to you. Thank you so much for coming on I know it's. It's a weird time to be talking about anything, but the coronavirus I was very happy to talk about something else, which is that it seems a little bit more in control Even if it is quite dangerous, a thank you for the time. I appreciate it. Yeah, I'm glad to provide people with a different kind of apocalypse as a distraction.
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"He by the nineteen ninety one hit enter Sandman Deborah Rodriguez CBS news it's three oh five at the bay area's news station KCBS we've got some heavy rain coming this afternoon our first storm of the season good morning I'm John Evans is much as an inch of rain is expected in the bay area today through thanksgiving morning with more coming this weekend KCBS is Jeffrey shop reports weary firefighters sober brings an end to the fire season Forrest will fire chief Dave Franceschi has seen enough wildfires for one year or two or three I just hope the rain comes and I hope it gives us enough to make everybody happy and keep the magic voice in the vegetation up and get a feel more sure back in it would be very nice he wants there to be enough rainfall this season to replenish reservoirs in the nearby Russian river not enough to cause the monumental flooding along the river last winter but he admits there have been more dry years of late then what last year was dry in the year before was dry for a long period of time and you know we're out of open December we you know we get this rain it's enough to at least set the moisture in the lab education there is no traditional fire season anymore he says it can't be all year long in Forestville Jeffrey Schaub K. C. B. S. there is a high surf advisory for the coast tonight through tomorrow KCBS is Margie Shafer on what that means a high surf advisory is in effect from cinema county down through Monterey county from seven PM tonight and top three o'clock tomorrow afternoon forecasters with the National Weather Service in Monterey Steve Anderson says large northwest swells are expected breakers along the coast I don't know I'm not apostrophe will be ranging from anywhere from twenty two to up to twenty seven feet in the standup spots like Mavericks area have a bank these are conditions when people are swept from rocks out into the ocean the water will go further up the beach the waves breaking on the beach of course be more powerful it's best just to avoid wait the coastal strip where the waves are breaking in and just be the lancer from a safe distance nasty winds will make waves choppy not a good day on a small boat yeah for sure in summary Anderson advises with the wet windy colder weather tonight it's a good evening to stay indoors Margie Shafer KCBS a rally will be held in Fairfield at one o'clock this afternoon to demand justice for two men shot and killed from behind by police the rally will take place outside the Solano county district attorney's office and is being organized by the justice coalition of Vallejo family members.
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"Car. Stone called lie. These lied about a lot of things before congress Cohen was clear. I have never asked for nor would I accept a pardon from President Trump. But later his team acknowledged Cohen had the in fact asked his lawyer to reach out to the president's attorney Rudy Giuliani to discuss the possibility again, the former lawyer for President Trump Michael Cohen, he denies asking for presidential intervention. He has pleaded guilty to line to congress a backup President Trump's own stories. Meanwhile, Coen's Representative Lanny Davis has had to walk back and amend many statements about what Cohen new and when it is seven forty one. Here's a sports update from south Everett. According to published reports the patriots are poised to acquire explosive defensive end Michael Bennett via trade from the eagles. The DO can't be finalized until Wednesday. When the new league year begins according to several reports, including one in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The patriots will send the eagles a fifth round draft. Pick and the twenty twenty draft for Bennett and a twenty twenty seventh round selection, the Thirty-three-year-old benefits the older brother of former patriots tight end. Martellus bennett. NHL the Bruins take their eighteenth street games with at least a point streak into tonight's home game versus Ottawa. Boston's one five in a row twelve of its last thirteen tonight, the Celtics we'll get a chance to avenge that loss to the Lakers from a month ago. Lakers have lost four games in a row to plummet out of the Western Conference playoff picture, Duke. Coach Mike Franceschi says Zion. Williamson is doubtful to play Saturday against third ranked North Carolina as he continues his recovery from a sprained right knee..
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"Could have signed an agreement today. And then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal. What a terrible thing. He did. Now, you have to be prepared to walk. Trump says Jim wanted all sanctions lifted before agreeing to ending his nuclear program. Trump says he also talked with him about the death of American college student Otto warmbier after being held in confinement in North Korea. He tells me that he didn't know about it. And I will take him at his word a lawyer for the warmbier family declined to comment. Two Republican senators are co-sponsors of a measure identical to the house passed resolution to overturn President Trump's duct blur declaration of a national emergency along the border with Mexico. Another Republican will also vote for the measure and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander could be the fourth. I support what the president wants to do on border security, but I do not support the way he's been advised to do. Alexander says the president has enough money already budgeted to build more than two hundred miles of border wall. And there is no. No need for his constitutional showdown with congress. Some towns in northern California wine country are dealing with massive flooding. The Russian river is receding the area around Forestville got twenty inches of rain in forty eight hours to one Walker got out the only way he could the canoe flipped over. There was a lot of debris garbage cans things of that nature. Come in. So we knew we were going to need some professional help to get out of there. Assistant fire chief Dave Franceschi says one woman got out of her stuck car was hanging onto a tree. I don't believe it was moving water swiftwater teams were able to walk into her and get her out. She just went around a barricade said road closed. It's been more than two decades since the Russian river has been this high. I'm Ed Donahue. This is AP radio news. White Maryland legislator. Democrat Marianne Lasantha has been unanimously censored by the state house of delegates for making a racial slur about a legislative district and a majority black county. But she says she will not resign despite calls for her to do. So after the central voteless IT rose in the house chamber to speak, but the chair refused to recognize her Virginia brewery apologizes for the name of one of its bruise old. Salem brewing company told WLS TV that it was making a musical reference went unnamed, it's Spanish milk stout. Hunnam on the brewery says it was unaware of the religious connotation as a central character in the Hindu Ramayana story. Hahnemann on is known for his strength and appearance as a monkey universal society of Hinduism. President Rajon said said anything linking alcohol with Lord HANA. Bond was disrespectful old salems website says the stout was meant to evoke a Flamenco song with the same name as the beer and the deity. I'm Walter Ratliff. I'm Tim Maguire AP radio news. President Trump is back in Washington from his nuclear summit with North Korea's gonna jump. I.
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"Could have signed an agreement today. And then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal. What a terrible thing. He did. Now, you'll have to be prepared to walk. Trump says Jim wanted all sanctions lifted before agreeing to ending his nuclear program. Trump says he also talked with him about the death of American college student Otto warmbier after being held in confinement in North Korea. He tells me that he didn't know about it. And I will take him at his word a lawyer for the warmbier family declined to comment. Two Republican senators are co-sponsors of a measure identical to the house passed resolution to overturn President Trump's duck blur declaration of a national emergency along the border with Mexico. Another Republican will also vote for the measure and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander could be the fourth. I support what the president wants to do on border security, but I do not support the way he's been advised to do Alex. Zander says the president has enough money already budgeted to build more than two hundred miles of border wall. And there is no need for his constitutional showdown with congress some towns in northern California wine country are dealing with massive flooding. The Russian river is receding the area around Forestville got twenty inches of rain in forty eight hours to one Walker got out the only way he could the canoe flipped over. There was a lot of debris garbage cans things of that nature. Come in. So we knew we were going to need some professional help to get outta there. Assistant fire chief Dave Franceschi says one woman got out of her stuck car was saying to onto a tree. I don't believe it was moving water swiftwater teams were able to walk into her and get her out. She just went around a barricade road closed. It's been more than two decades since the Russian river has been this high. I'm Ed Donahue. This is AP radio news. White Maryland legislator democrat Marianne lasagna has been unanimously censored by the state house of delegates for making a racial slur about a legislative district and a majority black county. But she says she will not resign despite calls for her to do. So after the censure voteless IT rose in the house chamber to speak. But the chair refused to recognize her Virginia brewery apologizes for the name of one of its Bruce sold. Salem brewing company told wwl TV that it was making a musical reference went unnamed it Spanish milk stout hunt on the brewery says it was unaware of the religious connotation as a central character in the Hindu Ramayana story Honda on known for his strength and appearance as a monkey universal society of Hinduism. President Rajon said said anything linking alcohol with Lord HANA. Bond was disrespectful old salems website says the stout was meant to evoke AFL WinCo song with the same name as the beer and the deity..
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"Have signed an agreement today. And then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal. What a terrible thing. He did. Now, you'll have to be prepared to walk. Trump says give wanted all sanctions lifted before agreeing to ending his nuclear program. Trump says he also talked with him about the death of American college student Otto warmbier after being held in confinement in North Korea. Who tells me that he didn't know about it? And I will take him at his word a lawyer for the warmbier family declined to comment. Two Republican senators are co-sponsors of a measure identical to the house passed resolution to overturn President Trump's duct blur declaration of a national emergency along the border with Mexico. Another Republican will also vote for the measure and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander could be the fourth. I support what the president wants to do on border security, but I do not support the way he's been advised. Alexander says the president has enough money already budgeted. To build more than two hundred miles of border wall. And there is no need for his constitutional showdown with congress. Some towns in northern California wine country are dealing with massive flooding. The Russian river is receding the area around Forestville got twenty inches of rain in forty eight hours to one Walker got out the only way he could canoe flipped over. There was a lot of debris garbage cans things of that nature. Come in. So we knew we were going to need some professional help to get out of there. Assistant fire chief Dave Franceschi says one woman got out of her stuck car was saying to onto a tree. I don't believe it was moving water swiftwater teams were able to walk into her and get her out. She just went around a barricade road closed. It's been more than two decades since the Russian river has been this high. I'm Ed Donahue. This is AP radio news. White Maryland legislator democrat Marianne lasagna has been unanimously censored by the state house of delegates were making a racial slur about a legislative district and a majority black county. But she says she will not resign despite calls for her to do. So after the central voteless IT rose in the house chamber to speak, but the chair refused to recognize her Virginia brewery apologizes for the name of one of its bruise old. Salem brewing company told WLS TV that it was making a musical reference went unnamed named it Spanish milk stout. Hunnam on the brewery says it was unaware of the religious connotation as a central character in the Hindu. Ramayana story Honda on is known for his strength and appearance as a monkey universal society of Hinduism. President Rajon said said anything linking alcohol with Lord HANA. Bond was disrespectful old salems website says the stout was meant to evoke AFL WinCo song with the same name as the beer and the deity..
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"Could have signed an agreement today. And then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal. What a terrible thing. He did. Now, you have to be prepared to walk. Trump says Jim wanted all sanctions lifted before agreeing to ending his nuclear program. Trump says he also talked with him about the death of American college student Otto warmbier after being held in confinement in North Korea tells me that he didn't know about it. And I will take him at his word a lawyer for the warmbier family declined to comment. Two Republican senators are co-sponsors of a measure identical to the house passed resolution to overturn President Trump's duck blur declaration of a national emergency along the border with Mexico. Another Republican will also vote for the measure and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander could be the fourth. I support what the president wants to do on border security, but I do not support the way he's been advised. Alexander says the president has enough money already budgeted. To build more than two hundred miles of border wall. And there is no need for his constitutional showdown with congress. Some towns in northern California wine country are dealing with massive flooding. The Russian river is receding the area around Forestville got twenty inches of rain in forty eight hours to one Walker got out the only way he could the canoe flipped over. There was a lot of debris garbage cans things that major come in. So we knew we were going to need some professional help to get out of there. Assistant fire chief Dave Franceschi says one woman got out of her stuck car was saying to onto a tree. I don't believe it was moving water water teams were able to walk into her and get her out. She just went around the barricade said road closed. It's been more than two decades since the Russian river has been this high. I'm Ed Donahue. This is AP radio news. White Maryland legislator. A democrat Marianne lasagna has been unanimously censored by the state house of delegates were making a racial slur about a legislative district and a majority black county. But she says she will not resign despite calls for her to do. So after the central voteless IT rose in the house chamber to speak, but the chair refused to recognize her Virginia brewery apologizes for the name of one of its bruise old. Salem brewing company told W S L S TV that it was making a musical reference. Went a named it Spanish milk stout. Hunnam on the brewery says it was unaware of the religious connotation as a central character in the Hindu Ramayana story on is known for his strength and appearance as a monkey universal society of Hinduism. President Rajon said said anything linking alcohol with Lord HANA. Bond was disrespectful old salems website says the stout was meant to evoke AFL WinCo song with the same name as the beer and the deity. I'm Walter Ratliff. I'm Tim Maguire AP radio news..
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"Signed an agreement today. And then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal. What a terrible thing. He did. Now, you have to be prepared to walk. Trump says Jim wanted all sanctions lifted before agreeing to ending his nuclear program. Trump says he also talked with him about the death of American college student Otto warmbier after being held in confinement in North Korea. He tells me that he didn't know about it. And I will take him at his word a lawyer for the warmbier family declined to comment. Two Republican senators are co-sponsors of a measure identical to the house passed resolution to overturn President Trump's duck blur declaration of a national emergency along the border with Mexico. Another Republican will also vote for the measure and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander could be the fourth. I support what the president wants to do on border security, but I do not support the way he's been advised. Alexander says the president has enough money already budgeted. To build more than two hundred miles of border wall. And there is no need for his constitutional showdown with congress. Some towns in northern California wine country are dealing with massive flooding. The Russian river is receding the area around Forestville got twenty inches of rain in forty eight hours to one Walker got out the only way he could canoe flipped over. There was a lot of debris garbage cans things of that nature. Come in. So we knew we were going to need some professional help to get outta there. Assistant fire chief Dave Franceschi says one woman got out of her stuck car was hanging onto a tree. I don't believe it was moving waters. Water teams were able to walk into her and get her out. Went around a barricade road closed. It's been more than two decades since the Russian river has been this high. I'm Ed Donahue. This is AP radio news. White Maryland legislator. A democrat Marianne lasagna has been unanimously censored by the state house of delegates were making a racial slur about a legislative district and a majority black county. But she says she will not resign despite calls for her to do. So after the central voteless IT rose in the house chamber to speak, but the chair refused to recognize her Virginia brewery apologizes for the name of one of its bruise sold. Salem brewing company told W S L S TV that it was making a musical reference when it named it Spanish milk stout hunt on the brewery says it was unaware of the religious connotation as a central character in the Hindu Ramayana story. Hahnemann on is known for his strength and appearance as a monkey universal society of Hinduism. President Rajon said said anything linking alcohol with Lord HANA. Bond was disrespectful old salems website says the stout was meant to evoke AFL WinCo song with the same name as the beer and the deity..
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"As agreed to return to Washington next week for more closed door testimony Cohen has agreed to go back before the house intelligence committee next Wednesday for more closed door testimony, somebody thought to be focusing on Cohen's knowledge of the president's business dealings with Russia as well as his claims, the president had advanced word that WikiLeaks plan to release hacked emails damaging to the Clinton campaign just days before the two thousand sixteen election, the Intel is one of two investigating alleged Russian interference in the election. It is Capitol Hill. Correspondent Wally Hines South Korean president moon. Jae in said Friday, his government plans to discuss with the United States. The possibility of restarting joint inter-korean economic projects to induce nuclear disarmament from North Korea wounds comments came a day after a high stakes nuclear summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong UN collapsed over what the American saw as excessive North Korean demands for sanctions relief in exchange for limited disarmament steps. At least one death has been reported in northern California from severe flooding. The Russian river is receding the area around Forestville got twenty inches of rain in forty eight hours to one Walker got out the only way he could canoe flipped over. There was a lot of debris garbage cans things of that nature. Come in. So we knew we were going to need some professional help to get out of there. Assistant fire chief Dave Franceschi says one woman got out of her stuck car was saying to onto a tree. I don't believe it was moving water swiftwater teams were able to walk into her and get her out. She just went around the barricade road closed. It's been more than two decades since the Russian river has been this high. I'm Ed.
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"President Trump is back in Washington. Wave of his nuclear summit with North Korea's gonna jump from. I could have signed an agreement today. And then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal. What a terrible thing. He did. Now, you have to be prepared to walk. Trump says Jim wanted all sanctions lifted before agreeing to ending his nuclear program. Trump says he also talked with him about the death of American college student Otto warmbier after being held in confinement in North Korea. Who tells me that he didn't know about it? And I will take him at his word a lawyer for the warmbier family declined to comment. Two Republican senators are co-sponsors of a measure identical to the house passed resolution to overturn President Trump's duct blur declaration of a national emergency along the border with Mexico. Another Republican will also vote for the measure and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander could be the fourth. I support what the president wants to do on border security, but I do not support the way he's been advised to Alexander says the president has enough money already budgeted. To build more than two hundred miles of border wall. And there is no need for his constitutional showdown with congress. Some towns in northern California wine country are dealing with massive flooding. The Russian river is receding the area around Forestville got twenty inches of rain in forty eight hours to one Walker got out the only way he could canoe flipped over. There was a lot of debris garbage cans things of that nature. Come in. So we knew we were going to need some professional help to get out of there. Assistant fire chief Dave Franceschi says one woman got out of her stuck car was saying to onto a tree. I don't believe it was moving water swiftwater teams were able to walk into her and get her out. She just went around a barricade road closed. It's been more than two decades since the Russian river has been this high. I'm Ed Donahue, this p. Radio news. White Maryland legislator. Democrat Marianne Santi has been unanimously censored by the state house of delegates were making a racial slur about a legislative district and a majority black county. But she says she will not resign despite calls for her to do. So after the central voteless IT rose in the house chamber to speak, but the chair refused to recognize her Virginia brewery apologizes for the name of one of its bruise old. Salem brewing company told W S L S TV that it was making a musical reference. Went named it Spanish milk stout. Hunnam on the brewery says it was unaware of the religious connotation as a central character in the Hindu. Ramayana story Honda on is known for his strength and appearance as a monkey universal society of Hinduism. President Rajon said anything linking alcohol with Lord HANA. Bond was disrespectful old salems website says the stout was meant to evoke aflame WinCo song with the same name as the beer and the deity. I'm Walter Ratliff. I'm Tim Maguire AP radio news. President Trump is back in Washington. Wave from his nuclear summit with North Korea's gonna jump. I could.
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"Could have signed an agreement today. And then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal. What a terrible thing. He did. Now, you'll have to be prepared to walk. Trump says Jim wanted all sanctions lifted before agreeing to ending his nuclear program. Trump says he also talked with him about the death of American college student Otto warmbier after being held in confinement in North Korea. He tells me that he didn't know about it. And I will take him at his word a lawyer for the warmbier family declined to comment. Two Republican senators are co-sponsors of a measure identical to the house passed resolution to overturn President Trump's duck blur declaration of a national emergency along the border with Mexico. Another Republican will also vote for the measure and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander could be the fourth. I support what the president wants to do on border security, but I do not support the way he's been advised. Alexander says the president has enough money already budgeted. To build more than two hundred miles of border wall. And there is no need for his constitutional showdown with congress. Some towns in northern California wine country are dealing with massive flooding. The Russian river is receding the area around Forestville got twenty inches of rain in forty eight hours to one Walker got out the only way he could canoe flipped over. There was a lot of debris garbage cans things of that nature. Come in. So we knew we were going to need some professional help to get out there. Assistant fire chief Dave Franceschi says one woman got out of her stuck car was hanging to onto a tree. I don't believe it was moving water swiftwater teams were able to walk into her and get her out. She just went around barricaded said road closed. It's been more than two decades since the Russian river has been this high. I'm Ed Donahue. This is AP radio news. White Maryland legislator democrat Marianne lasagna has been unanimously censored by the state house of delegates were making a racial slur about a legislative district and a majority black county. But she says she will not resign despite calls for her to do. So after the central voteless IT rose in the house chamber to speak, but the chair refused to recognize her Virginia brewery apologizes for the name of one of its bruise sold. Salem brewing company told W S L S TV that it was making a musical reference. When named it Spanish milk stout. Hunnam on the brewery says it was unaware of the religious connotation as a central character in the Hindu Ramayana story. Hahnemann on is known for his strength and appearance as a monkey universal society of Hinduism. President Rajon said said anything linking alcohol with Lord HANA bond was disrespectful old salems website says the stat was meant to evoke aflame WinCo song with the same name as the beer and the deity. I'm Walter Ratliff. I'm Tim Maguire AP radio news. President Trump is back in Washington emperor waiver nuclear summit North Korea's gonna jump. I could have signed an agreement.
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"An agreement today. And then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal. What a terrible thing. He did. Now, you have to be prepared to walk. Trump says Jim wanted all sanctions lifted before agreeing to ending his nuclear program. Trump says he also talked with him about the death of American college student Otto warmbier after being held in confinement in North Korea. He tells me that he didn't know about it. And I will take him at his word a lawyer for the warmbier family declined to comment. Two Republican senators are co-sponsors of a measure identical to the house passed resolution to overturn President Trump's duck declaration of a national emergency along the border with Mexico. Another Republican will also vote for the measure and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander could be the fourth. I support what the president wants to do on border security. Would I do not support the way he's been advised? Alexander says the president has enough money already budgeted. To build more than two hundred miles of border wall. And there is no need for his constitutional showdown with congress. Some towns in northern California wine country are dealing with massive flooding. The Russian river is receding the area around Forestville got twenty inches of rain in forty eight hours to one Walker got out the only way he could canoe flipped over. There was a lot of debris garbage cans. Things of that nature come in. So we knew we were going to need some professional help to get out of there. Assistant fire chief Dave Franceschi says one woman got out of her stuck car was hanging onto a tree. I don't believe it was moving water swiftwater teams were able to walk into her and get her out. She just went around a barricade road closed. It's been more than two decades since the Russian river has been this high. I'm Ed Donahue. This is AP radio news. White Maryland legislator democrat Marianne lasagna has been unanimously censored by the state house of delegates were making a racial slur about a legislative district and a majority black county. But she says she will not resign despite calls for her to do. So after the central voteless IT rose in the house chamber to speak, but the chair refused to recognize her Virginia brewery apologizes for the name of one of its Bruce old Salem brewing company told wwl TV that it was making a musical reference when it named it Spanish milk stout. Hunnam on the brewery says it was unaware of the religious connotation as a central character in the Hindu. Ramayana story Honda on is known for his strength and appearance as a monkey universal society of Hinduism. President Rajon said said anything linking alcohol with Lord HANA. Bond was disrespectful old salems website says the stout was meant to evoke aflame WinCo song with the same name.
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"Have signed an agreement today. And then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal. What a terrible thing. He did know you'll have to be prepared to walk. Trump says Jim wanted all sanctions lifted before agreeing to ending his nuclear program. Trump says he also talked with him about the death of American college student Otto warmbier after being held in confinement in North Korea. He tells me that he didn't know about it. And I will take him at his word a lawyer for the warmbier family declined to comment. Two Republican senators are co-sponsors of a measure identical to the house passed resolution to overturn President Trump's duct blur declaration of a national emergency along the border with Mexico. Another Republican will also vote for the measure and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander could be the fourth. I support what the president wants to do on border security, but I do not support the way he's been advised. Alexander says the president has enough money already budgeted. To build more than two hundred miles of border wall. And there is no need for his constitutional showdown with congress. Some towns in northern California wine country are dealing with massive flooding. The Russian river is receding the area around Forestville got twenty inches of rain in forty eight hours to one Walker got out the only way he could the canoe flipped over. There was a lot of debris garbage cans things of that nature. Come in. So we knew we were going to need some professional help to get out of there. Assistant fire chief Dave Franceschi says one woman got out of her stuck car was hanging onto a tree. I don't believe it was moving water swiftwater teams were able to walk into her and get her out. She just went around a barricade said road closed. It's been more than two decades since the Russian river has been this high. I'm Ed Donahue. This is AP radio news. White Maryland legislator democrat Marianne lasagna has been unanimously censored by the state house of delegates for making a racial slur about a legislative district majority black county, but she says she will not resign despite calls for her to do. So after the central voteless rose in the house chamber to speak, but the chair refused to recognize her Virginia brewery apologizes for the name of one of its bruise old. Salem brewing company told W S L S TV that it was making a musical reference named it Spanish milk stout. Hunnam on the brewery says it was unaware of the religious connotation as a central character in the Hindu. Ramayana story Honda on is known for his strength and appearance as a monkey universal society of Hinduism. President Rajon said said anything linking alcohol with Lord HANA. Bond was disrespectful old salems website says the stout was meant to evoke AFL WinCo song with the same name as the beer and the deity. I'm Walter Ratliff. I'm Tim Maguire AP radio news. With Amazon music of voices. All you need. Alexa,.
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"Talking about the global economy security so much more increased tensions. So definitely stoked by the US, specifically president Donald Trump's trade war. So let's get into this with our own Alex, Wayne, he is White House team leader joining us from the nation's capital, Alex. I think we all know what we're all waiting for is that dinner between trial and Chinese president Xi Jinping on the weekend. So tell me kind of where we are based on the kind of the news flow so far. He's got a couple of meetings with leaders, including dodge tina's, Argentina's, president Japan's Prime Minister any sign of this this NAFTA rewrite the deal he calls the US Mexico Canada agreement. The U S M. A pass congress. Right. I mean, that's one of the issues that seems to be coming to the fore. Now, he signed it he touted. But there's still a ways to go here. Right. Sure is. Yeah. And it's not even gonna get to congress until Democrats take over the house. Right. So I would not I would not bet a lot of money that the US MCI becomes an effective treaty. So what are the things we wanted to make sure we asked you about Alex says, you know, we we've seen a kind of the Tableau of the world leaders all getting together and seeing each other. They have you know, what they affectionately call the family photo where everybody gets together. But the lead into that was if I was sitting around my kitchen table at home, my kids would be looking at it and saying awkward. What was going on down there? You know for for once Trump wasn't the most isolated guy. One of these one of these summits. I don't know if you saw Mohammed bin Salman he was sitting by himself. The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, right? And then and then Putin and admit NBS had this weird high five handshake thing, you know, to two guys alleged of murdering their screen each other admitted national summit. Trump seems to be so far getting along. Okay. With people. He hasn't. He hasn't issued a tweet and salting the host nation like you did before you ride and Franceschi weeks ago. Right. So we'll see how it goes. I, you know, like, he says we'll see we'll see what happens and part of it obviously has to do with what he says on the way out. I mean, I think back to the g seven in Canada. If I remember that. Typically, the communique
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"franceschi" Discussed on 94WIP Sports Radio
"We're back for having a discussion with John Johnson. Share that. Insights ballplayers vault. Inside stop you ever go the clubhouse and try to recently as they said, no, it's between ballpoint. Yes. Baseball is tough based budget, which locker mouse talking about I I know exactly the the best this hockey. The most difficult is baseball. And then you throw football and basketball kind of in the same. I would say the same place. All I don't know if it's because there every day or whatever. But I think it has a lot to do with one hundred sixty two and almost every day. Familiarity, breeds contempt. I used to go for for a radio show where a syndicated radio show. The John Madden did. Okay. And. These were like puff pieces. Right. Like funny story tells about your tell us a funny story, no ballplayers. I'm sorry. And then it was well Clark. And I said, hey, I said I worked for John. Hey, John Madden said, no, I'm not John Madden. Unlike I'm working for John, man. But he thought I was John Madden will Clark. Yeah. I am. Not too bright, Charlie manual celebrated a milestone, I can't remember what it was in terms of like wins or something like that. Now in this was after oh eight it was probably around eleven it was about they were still good still a big year. Yeah. Thought your World Series. I'll the player will not be named. But I very popular player. I I said can I grab you for ten seconds to say, congrats Charlie Bubba Bubba. And this guy could not have been more of a jail. Okay. And I wasn't wasn't. Hey, man. You struck out three times last night. Let's talk about it was can you give your manager two seconds of love for my answer. Would be. No. Yeah. Great. Well, the worst was the Ninety-three Phillies. Yes. Going into that. I even ninety two ninety three ninety four going in that locker room was just like poison member of the media, and yeah, you're right. And that's it's so funny. The way it's viewed and rightfully so by the fans like they love is real. Yes. Swashbuckling lovable group. Well, they were they were some of the most miserable. People have you ever walk in the locker room? He's like the anybody who had to most people not anybody. But like a lot of people I'd to cover them. It's the polar opposite of where the fans fell the Ben ironically, some of them have not done that. Well, since some have had some rough roses issues that a lot of success and others have not had some of them had some issues. LA was exception LA was was an exception. I was he was an Eighty-three with Phil's. I remember I I was in a locker I'm talking to him. He was like, well, this guy's pretty cool. These guys a little uptight. But he's pretty cool. His he broke in Frank Robinson was a player manager L as first year with the Indians. Right. Like that's crazy pitched a longtime. Did he did? And he was always one of the he was really was the exception in baseball. Like, this guy's funny now, it's not just funny for a ballplayers. Just funny. I the chemistry with L A. And Scott Franceschi is rare and great it really is. It is. And we are lucky to have them for a radio team. Yeah. I agree. And look, Scott is is awesome. Scott, Scott such a feel for painting a picture of a baseball game knowing when it's kind of a dud game to have some fun with Larry like, he's just he's great. Larry is great going on rants. Larry's rans. Larry when when when there's a certain of pyre behind home plate that he doesn't like he's all over them or Larry's also great in that. If he doesn't like a pattern that's happening with the pitcher. He's not throwing. Gets very upset. He will lose it, man. My favourite time was when he yelled you leaned out of the booth and yelled appeal. Yes, yes, that's to me. And he unlike a lot of hometown radio or TV broadcasters. He will call the home team out. He's not afraid to do that one bit. When things are going poorly, and he came he was a pitching coach at reading when after Richie Ashburn passed away became the Harry's partner the TV for a while. And then he he was just and even his own estimate a better fit for radio. And he's perfect radio. He was perfect. When I interviewed him about Harry for the special. We did. Yeah. Harry's death. Yeah. And he said that when he first started with Harry all did was listened because he just he said he wanted to hear Harry. Oh, yeah. Because it's like a he didn't want to interrupt Harry. It's like a great player on the court. You just start staring at them instead of playing defense. And that's he's become quite an icon our town. Oh, absolutely. I mean, Larry is beloved be loved and he should be there. That's a great duel. Those two somehow it came from that ninety three team that was beloved by the fans, but not so much by the meat of Reynolds. You know, not not at all. Yes. All right. So you're you're predicting a big loss tomorrow. I'm not saying a big loss. But I don't I don't have enough faith. They fooled me too many times to have faith that they can win this game tomorrow. So I don't see it. Right. I still think they're going to pull it out. I think I think the season turns around tomorrow in the snap out of the funk they've been in all season long. And I believe will actually win this game. One note with nineteen seconds left in overtime Villanova's down to Firmin by eight points. Oh my God. That's a wild. Unbelievable. Are we going to thank our producers? We had Anthony Foley, and Tim Kelly Tim stepping in and I'll be on game tomorrow with Dan Klecko and Jamaal Jackson. Rob on Facebook live at one thirty one thirty three thirty cotton and fractured. Stop by WIP sports. Sam seven twenty nine..
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"Gigi transbay pay an average of four thousand dollars per month rent, in New York Mets fans and queens Two thousand I guess. That's why the Mets. Are half as good Series here's fluids radio Nine Make believe that some of what happened in our first segment didn't happen and make you believe that we are actually a real radio station at. WIP so we're all on the same. Page I can hear what's going. On I'm not in a tasty cake studios at the borgata as I am on. Saturdays My understanding now is in it. Was a secret to me that we. Did play Gabe Kaplan comment but. We're going to try to do this again and make believe we're not in Montana At Montana radio station and make believe that, we're at a Philadelphia radio station I. Know it's going to be difficult but we're. Going to try to make that work so I can address this because I want to dress Gabe, Kaplan and then we're gonna hear very comeback we're going to hear what the broadcaster startup And again my biggest problem my, biggest problem is what does he say to the. Other players when he gives up for the last couple of innings, what does he say all right listen. Agape Kappler explanation any admitted he gave up Paid. To watch that game pitcher nearest activating the, radar you're okay with that I. Think they, were probably more. Entertained the Nate they have been frankly I would I would bet that it is more entertaining to watch what we just? Saw then in the? Same kind. Of, blowout, game one. Of our relievers Abassi regularly I you have eight. Pitchers in the. Bullpen, for a. Reason he had an extra pitcher for the day because when you play a. Doubleheader you're allowed to call up an extra, pitcher and he was a starter But the to brush it off that they were more entertained But again that's not my problem? My problem is what do you say to your other players? You think. Your other players were more entertained. The next time I see Gabe Kappler l. addresses. To, him I don't just address these things, on the air I I will address it to, Gabe Kaplan and I know it's over and it's done with but, I haven't spoken with him since I was here last night I actually went to watch the, share concert here at the borgata so I was here last night Rather than in Philadelphia at? The game but I will address it but it's what do you. Say to the other players now There's no question That Larry Anderson and Scott Franceschi I. Don't agree with Gabe Kaplan allot luckily they are Icons on Phillies, broadcasts and I dunno Phillies. People have said. Anything 'til but I love the fact. I love it That they give their true. Feelings and opinions Right here let's listen to a couple. Of things, from the broadcast the other night and again I'm dealing with this because it's the first time I was on Angelo, yesterday morning when I got back from. Foxborough but I'm gonna address on this show let's hear from we'll play a couple of clips from the broadcast With Scott France and Larry Anderson Swaying in a line drive base it to right feel Williams is playing way over in bright center is a long way to go, is off the wall to third but putting on the brakes is Florida's. Could Ford with a second hitting it's a double It's second and, third Todd Frazier will come to the plate is lighter cannot get the. Last out here.
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"Against Mayweather. I'm that's kind of thing I'm looking for. I'm looking for an outside the box sports idea more than just how to fix a certain sport. All right. Kyle in Westchester, high Kyle. Hey what's. Going on guys, my man I, got the perfect idea? For you We got about. We use happy Gilmore style golf tournament I'm interesting Be like the top eight elite golfers and go out there with hockey sticks and just let them go out and see. What happens full-contact Tigers, cross-checking Phil We won't get the alligator out there and. Play the guys handle Peak tiger when he. Was on Royds probably cross Jacob people he just beat everybody up now they're all, kind of big and golf that when he, was in. His, prime everyone else was. Tiny and he was just he's Jack yeah, he, was totally ripped now. Everyone else they work out to like they're they're in good shape John Daly's of the world are. There's no more of those guys went into to sports to change they really have across the board to where twenty five years ago in NFL player would come to come to camp. And, get in shape and, can't these guys are training year round now if. You do that you'd be cut or you. Wouldn't, make the team baseball players were told not to lift weights now that's all a lot of guys wanna, do they want, to get. Bigger and stronger and hit the ball fast ball players smoke cigarettes Yeah, I. Think they still do well they might but not not like. They did. Back in the baseball players, do for sure. Becky we here last night. The great call by Scott Franceschi is the Phillies win I was I, was was one of the nights where sunlight so I'll I'll watch on the computer or on the, phone and I'll try. Me on Twitter or whatever. Then there's other nights where I just need to put the phone away and I, just watch and then go to sleep because, I just. I, I need to unplug. From from the phone last night I wasn't, on, the phone if I. Would have been on the phone I would have been bitter because I didn't get a good feeling. About last night's game the fan base was bitter last night during that game because they didn't do anything offense Lee outside Hoskins homerun nothing until the ninth inning nothing then it was. The, ninth inning and they, get something going Hoskins walk he's always in the. Middle everything he is he walked leadoff infield. Hit, you had a rare walk yet a fielder's choice to tie the game and then mckell Franco who he, was written off, by me By a lot of fans either by. Gave gay played Valentine over him in June when Crawford got hurt he wasn't playing anymore. If Crawford doesn't, get, hurt I don't know if, if. Ronco is where he is right now but he is and. He came. To the play tie game, with a chance. To win it here's how. It sounded.
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"franceschi" Discussed on KUGN 590 AM
"Radio countdown on pay you jia let me tell me are not the only meaning an indian aena now was he sounds like maroon five to me jordan the feldstein who was uh jordan jonah hills brother john haley actors brother longtime manager ruud five died at the age of forty over the weekend adding obviously a very serious heart attack he called 911 for shortness of breath but by the time the paramedics arrived he'd gone into cardiac arrest and he passed away shortly after that a sister feed is an actress currently starring in lady bird as she served these of proceeds survived uh by two children accredited regarding maroon five through the band success he and adam levine were friends when they were kids he was previously married to franceschi eastward the daughter of clint eastwood count the coroner's off his here in la conducting tests to find out if the if he has said death is related to ingesting some sort of substance or substances uh so i don't know and i'm not going to end i yeah add is there are a lot of people who were speculating that he had a big habit so what is there about this field these people at work in this area that that he they find drugs so attractive allow i'll now are so on this easily accessible in exhaustion from just pouring or being on the road stress i dunno i always wonder the same thing yes and afghanistan they have all live reason in the world to one of a successful careers like they are one of their self destructive rather than an come selfabsorbed is that lead to be self destructive but here's a guy who's got a couple of children he's got a great to career helped a lot of people are hong away and he just blows it literally and figuratively to punish him so we go from death to birth all right let's do ten will have the counter to seventy dying by welcoming in as somebody from georgia the of florida georgia line group tyler hubbard and his wife aley at welcomed a baby girl over the weekend it was the first child for them he confirmed the news in an instagram post on christmas eve quote i had no idea my wife is pregnant nine and a.
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"franceschi" Discussed on KFI AM 640
"Four busy roads lawyer ernest franceschi says the same see skipped some required steps for public carritti can undertake kcup crocker quakers crap and get an environmental impact report franceschi says the city also failed to give anyone a heads up about the lane changes he says homeowners in visted elmar are worried about ambulance and fire trucks getting stuck in traffic how old is too old to go clubbing thirty seven a study of five thousand people by curry's pc world has pegged at thirty seven as the age to stop partying at nightclubs about a third of those surveyed say it's tragic to see people and clubs if they're forty or older the study also found that when people turned thirty one they start thinking more about staying in rather than going out curry's communications director matt wall burned says there comes a time when we i appreciate our home comforts more than a hectic social life some gave reasons for deciding to say and has not wanting to get dressed up find a sitter or take a cab but the number one reason to stay at home the desire not to be hung over the next day amy king kfi news sounds like i just made the cut vice president pence says the latest version of a republican health care plan could be up for a vote as early as next week prisons regularly the senate healthcare rules right the ripe time to begin of obamacare and risk cuban people from his villa policy fifty of the fifty two republican senators must back the back the bill in an initial vote or without democrat support it will lose some republicans say they are still concerned about cuts to medicaid president trump says wavering senators must come through ross announcement that he's running for congress has gone the attention of massachusetts democratic senator elizabeth warren republican wrapped rocker turned country singer tweeted wednesday that he's running for the us senate in michigan and he insists it's not a hopes for has sent out an email black asked to supporters asking for.
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Cloud-native deployment isn't for every application
In this roundup of networking blogs, analysts evaluate cloud-native deployments, the increasing value of Wi-Fi and the emergence of Citizens Broadband Radio Service.
Chuck Moozakis, Editor at Large
Cloud-native technology might offer plenty of good, but not every application is a good candidate for the application development environment.
That's part of what Tom Nolle, industry analyst and founder of CIMI Corp., wrote in a detailed examination of the role cloud-native deployment strategies might play in the industry's future.
Cloud-native applications rely on small microservices that enable the applications to, among other things, scale and adapt to changing workloads. Sounds good, and it is -- but several operations are not exactly well suited for cloud-native deployment scenarios, Nolle said. For one, "anything that works on stored data is almost surely not a cloud-native application candidate," he said, citing latency as the primary culprit.
Data plane connectivity, meanwhile, also fails the cloud-native deployment test, primarily because of issues such as packet sequencing and distributed state control.
On the other hand, mobility management lends itself well to a microservices-based architecture, as both processing and the number of packets generated in these transactions are limited. Management processes overall are good cloud-native applications, Nolle said, especially service lifecycle automation.
"Everything doesn't have to be cloud-native, but everything should be considered a candidate," Nolle wrote. "We don't need or want to force-feed cloud-native into the data plane, but we don't want to miss an opportunity to rethink how connection services are handled via hosted functions either."
Find out what else Nolle had to say about the role of cloud-native technologies in the enterprise.
Companies eye customer experience in wireless race
Wi-Fi is the new dial tone, wrote Bob Laliberte, analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) in Milford, Mass. The technology is so fundamental that the first thing most people do when accessing their laptop or mobile device away from home or the office is hunt for a Wi-Fi signal.
Consider schools and universities. Students use more wireless devices than ever before as part of their typical day, and they aren't happy with congested or balky networks. Neither are concertgoers, travelers or just about anybody else frustrated with pages that don't load or connections that disappear without warning.
That's why businesses are investing heavily in Wi-Fi, Laliberte said, with ESG research revealing that companies are bolstering their wireless capabilities to improve the customer experience.
"It is important for IT to remember that customers can be internal or external," Laliberte said. "As such, the ease with which your organization's Wi-Fi can be accessed and used effectively will have a major impact" on the customer's experience. "This is true from the smallest coffee shop to the largest sports venue."
Read what Laliberte said businesses must do to ensure their Wi-Fi networks are good enough to serve their customers, and find out how 5G might change the playing field.
Citizens broadband spectrum could offer a cellular alternative
Citizens Broadband Radio Service, or CBRS, is a 3.5 GHz shared-spectrum technology that could act as a supplement to Wi-Fi 6 and proposed 5G networks. This fall, the first General Authorized Access (GAA) services based on CBRS are expected to launch. Operators and enterprises, which can apply for their own licenses, will be watching to see if these "private nets" will serve their needs.
GlobalData analyst Kathryn Weldon said CBRS can support business models that are funded and owned by organizations that want to use the technology. It uses both LTE (Long Term Evolution) and Wi-Fi and offers traffic management, security and reliability, she said. What's more, enterprises that obtain a GAA license don't have to be dependent on a mobile operator for access.
CBRS will get an additional boost in 2020, once operators such as Verizon and AT&T obtain the necessary priority access licenses. Weldon expects the carriers to take steps to increase network capacity and improve data speeds. Also waiting in the wings: Google and Amazon, which have their own CBRS-related plans.
Find out more about CBRS and what it might mean for enterprises.
This was last published in August 2019
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Secret Garden: Italian shoes, feeding Ssun, and a Special OST
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Apparently, the shiny track suits weren’t the only things hand stitched… Due to the ongoing popularity of the Kdrama Secret Garden, obscure bits of news about the drama keep coming. This time, it’s about the shoes that Hyun Bin‘s Joo-won wore often in the drama. The are actually a pair of hand stitched Claudio Marini shoes that sell for about 780,000 won (about $703). Wha… I wonder if they were Binnie’s own shoes or if he got to keep them after the drama completed?
Lee Jong-suk, who plays the musical genius Han Tae-ssun, uploaded a pic of himself on his me2day on the 19th outside a Burger King the morning after a night of shooting. It seems that what he felt like eating after a whole night of shooting was a burger. Dude could use a few burgers… I loved Ssun with his unrequited love for Oska, but his b*tch fight scenes with Seul (Kim Sa-rang) really stole the show. Secret Garden was only the second drama that Jong-suk appeared in after debuting in Prosecutor Princess. Two hit dramas in the same year? I see a bright future for Jong-suk ahead.
Due to the overwhelming popularity of the drama’s OST another Special Edition OST was released on the 19th. The two disc edition combines the previous two OST releases into one package, but includes some previously released songs like Oska’s (Yoon Sang-hyun) new songs that he sang at the concert, a song by Yiruma, and Hyun Bin‘s “That Man.” I checked a popular site used by many international fans for their Kpop goodies and found that their date listed for release is the 24th and the cost of the OST was $27.99.
Binnie fans might want to know that he passed his physical for his enlistment with the Marines with flying colors, he received a score of 29 out of a possible 30. It looks like he might be entering the military around March 7th. He’ll have to go to basic training for 5 weeks, before joining the ranks of the Marines. It’ll be a sad day for fans, but the faster he goes, the faster he’ll come back. At least he leaves on a drama high note…
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Tags: Hyun Bin, Kim Sa-rang, Lee Jong-suk, Secret Garden, Yoon Sang-hyun
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indie distribution
The problem is us…
The NY Times takes a look at the state of the indie world. At a time when so many indies did well at the Oscars last year, why are so many indie studios closing??
But that embarrassment of riches is a direct cause of the present desolation. Those movies were sent out into a brutally competitive marketplace, a Hobbesian battlefield of each against all. Competition may be healthy, but in this case the odds of winning seemed to grow increasingly long as the victories became pyrrhic. In principle, the middle-sized movie is a way to minimize financial risk. With some notable exceptions, like Miramax at the end of the Weinstein era, the specialty divisions have advertised their thrift and moderation, often capping production costs at $10 million or $15 million or $20 million.
Compared with the $100 million that the big studios now routinely spend on their franchise movies, that’s not a lot. But the effort to make good on even a modest investment frequently becomes an exercise in throwing bad money after good. Building an audience for a movie that doesn’t capitalize on the mass appeal of a pre-existing pop cultural brand is an expensive proposition, and a huge gamble.
Ah, market dynamics. Indies are hot, so there are a ton of indie movies. Then, there are too many indie movies and the producers need to spend more and more to get audiences to watch them. The game goes from being a high probability that a small investment will succeed to a low probability that your now high investment will succeed.
Ideally in true market dynamics, winners are weeded out from the losers. The “smart” players will stay around, get smarter and earn more of the small indie market, but do so profitably. IF it is a big enough market. Here’s the kicker –
Will there now be fewer? Would that be a bad thing? Will fewer mean better, or just more of the same? These questions have ultimately less to do with the movie business — which always changes and always stays the same — than with the state of the audience. All of these strategies of marketing, branding, campaigning and publicizing amount to a strenuous, sloppy effort to intuit the desire and influence the behavior of moviegoers. And the problem may be not that there are too many movies, but that there are too few of us.
As an aspiring filmmaker, I believe there will always be filmmakers who want to make indie movies – movies that are not feel-good, big budget movies. And there will always be an audience. The question the NY Times proposes is is the audience big enough.
I wonder. Does this audience only consume indies? No. They also consume big budget. So how many indies can they watch and how can yours be one of them? That’s what everyone is trying to solve.
I think the answer will not be to spend more. It will be to spend differently. The cost of acquisition has to go down, the engagement method has to be different. Will be fun to watch… and perhaps, at some point, participate 🙂
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Home Competitions English Premier League EPL Week 13: Three talking points
EPL Week 13: Three talking points
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1. Are Southampton the real deal?
Despite a raft of big-name departures during the summer, as well as the loss of manager Mauricio Pochettino to Tottenham, many would have expected Southampton to crumble this season.
Last campaign Saints played some superb football under the Argentine but had the heart of their squad ripped out during the transfer window. Liverpool signed all of Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren, while Arsenal snapped up Callum Chambers and Luke Shaw moved to Manchester United.
All of those clubs now sit below Southampton, who are the only team within sight of Chelsea at the top of the table. Dutch manager Ronald Koeman has worked wonders with a smartly assembled side: new signings Dusan Tadic, Graziano Pelle and Fraser Foster have made crucial contributions.
They now host defending champions Manchester City and can make a real statement against Manuel Pellegrini’s men. Win this match and a top four finish – perhaps even an unlikely title challenge – will become a real possibility.
2. Rodgers under pressure
It was a torrid trip to Bulgaria in midweek for Brendan Rodgers and his Liverpool side. Simon Mingolet’s early blunder set the tone early as the Reds’ late lapse allowed little fancied Ludogorets to snatch a 2-2 draw.
The stage was set for Liverpool to revitalise their season but an opportunity was missed and a Saturday visit from Stoke City takes on greater importance. Anything less than a victory against The Potters at Anfield and the pressure will continue to intensify on Rodgers.
After seeing his team miss out on a league title in heartbreaking fashion last season, the Welsh manager has struggled to balance continental and domestic duties. Luis Suarez’s absence has been keenly felt, with a number of summer signings failing to deliver.
Mark Hughes’ visiting team are coming off the back of a 2-1 defeat at home to struggling Burnley. Can Liverpool get the goals and points they so desperately need to relieve the pressure that seems to be burdening the club?
3. Relegation six pointers
The old cliché rears its head again as QPR host Leicester City and Aston Villa travel to Burnley. All four sides have shown promise and had their weaknesses ruthlessly exposed in the same breath during the current campaign. The three promoted sides all find themselves in the relegation zone after twelve games.
Leicester missed a glorious opportunity to score at home against Sunderland last week, playing out a scoreless draw. Since their wonderful 5-3 win over Manchester United earlier on in the season, Nigel Pearson’s men have struggled to replicate the spirit and application that characterized that performance.
Both they and Aston Villa have collected just two points from their last six games, while Burnley are looking to make it three consecutive Premier League wins. Before beating Hull at home and stunning Stoke on the road, the Lancashire club were without a win in the top flight this season.
Suddenly they look a rejuvenated side and if they can beat Aston Villa at home, will climb out of the bottom three. This is a season-defining weekend for all four of the teams involved.
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· Published November 23, 2020
Houston Rockets upset about James Harden trade demand
By Vincent Frank
Sep 12, 2020; Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA; Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) warms up prior to game five of the second round against the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2020 NBA Playoffs at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
The Houston Rockets were apparently thrown for a loop when the James Harden trade demand became public record earlier in November.
Houston had worked with both Harden and fellow former NBA MVP Russell Westbrook in attempting to find a suitable replacement for head coach Mike D’Antoni. The organization “settled” on Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Stephen Silas.
For the Rockets’ brass, owner Tilman Fertitta included, this seemed to indicate both Harden and Westbrook were all in for the 2020-21 NBA season. Not so fast. Reports emerged that the two were not happy with the direction of the organization following the departure of D’Antoni and general manager Daryl Morey.
That was followed up by obvious leaks from Harden’s camp indicating that he had turned down an extension that would have made him the highest-paid player in NBA history on a per-year basis. Quickly after, reports surfaced that Harden preferred a trade to the Brooklyn Nets.
Caught up yet? Sorry, we now have more information on this. It appears that the Rockets are now attempting to try Harden in the court of public opinion.
Related: Top 50 NBA players heading into 2020-21
Sources indicate to me that the Rockets weren't pleased with the Harden's trade request getting leaked so early. He's been as vocal as possible about being traded to the Nets, but Houston believes they have the leverage in this situation. Harden's goal remains the same.
— Farbod Esnaashari (@Farbod_E) November 23, 2020
There’s a lot to look at here. First off, neither Harden nor his camp has gone on record publicly to demand a trade. Rather, they have used the media to do their bidding.
Secondly, the Rockets do have leverage here. Harden has two seasons remaining on his four-year, $171.1 million contract with Houston. They can afford to play the long game and wait this thing out.
It’s different than the Anthony Davis situation with the New Orleans Pelicans prior to the start of last season in that Davis had an ability to opt out following the 2020-21 season. He did just that with the Los Angeles Lakers.
What does this all mean? There’s so many layers to it.
Related: Winners/losers NBA Draft
James Harden trade: Can the star force himself out of Houston?
Short of Harden opting not to show up for the start of the 2020-21 season, there’s not a lot he can do here. There’s very little reason to believe that the reigning NBA scoring champ will pull an NFL-like holdout. That would cost him mountains of cash.
One option is that Harden faces a potential fine from the NBA by taking his trade demand to the media in a more direct manner. That situation would be similar to what we saw in the above-mentioned Davis drama with his former Pelicans team.
The likeliest scenario is that Harden simply plays out the 2020-21 season should the Rockets not trade him. This would put him in a position to force Houston’s hands next summer. It’s the most-reasonable approach.
Related: Russell Westbrook trade scenarios
What are the Houston Rockets options?
Trade James Harden. New general manager Rafael Stone is in somewhat of an unenviable situation. He’s working with first-year head coach Stephen Silas on the direction of the Rockets’ roster. With Harden and Westbrooks being unknowns, making a trade sooner rather than later is sensible.
Then again, Stone might not want to begin his career in this role as a perceived pushover. Caving to the Harden trade demand while receiving less than market value in return would be a bad look for Houston.
As with Harden, there’s a chance Houston opts to let the entire thing play out throughout the 2020-21 season. Perhaps, the team surprises and contends. After all, the Rockets have added the likes of DeMarcus Cousins and stud young big man Christian Wood to the mix.
Looking at a possible James Harden trade
Dec 28, 2019; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) dribbles the ball during the fourth quarter against the Brooklyn Nets at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
If Harden were to be traded here in the next couple weeks, a move sending him to the Brooklyn Nets makes the most sense. Said trade would include Houston picking up stud young core players in that of Jarrett Allen, Spencer Dinwiddie and Caris LeVert as well as first-round picks.
Related: If you’re a fan of the Nets, check out #WeGoHard rumors, rankings, and news here.
Another potential trade making its rounds includes the Rockets biting the bullet and trading Harden to the conference-rival Golden State Warriors. Said deal would include Houston acquiring Andrew Wiggins, rookie No. 2 pick James Wiseman and a 2021 first-round pick (via Minnesota) as well as future draft capital.
Not to be outdone, former Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is still looking at potentially bringing Harden into the mix in Philadelphia. Short of adding Ben Simmons or Joel Embiid in a package, it doesn’t seem like the 76ers have enough to offer up.
As options dwindle for the Rockets, surprise teams will likely come to the forefront as potential options in a James Harden trade. Purely hypothetical, but the New York Knicks could offer up R.J. Barrett and a plethora of picks as the centerpieces. The Chicago Bulls (Zach LaVine, Wendell Carter), Denver Nuggets (Michael Porter Jr.) and New Orleans Pelicans (Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball) could also have the necessary assets.
As it stands, there’s seemingly a lot of friction behind the scenes between Harden and his Rockets. The longer this plays out without a culmination, the more drama we’re going to see unfold.
Should that start to play out in a public forum, both the Rockets and Harden would be seen in a bad light. It would also lead to Houston potentially having to take less than market value in return for the all-time great scorer.
Click below for more Houston Rockets news and further analysis on a potential James Harden trade.
Related: If you’re a fan of the Rockets, check out #OneMission rumors, rankings, and news here.
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Star Wars Thoughts
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Does Rey really train Finn as a Jedi after The Rise of Skywalker?
November 18, 2020 by Josh5 Comments on Does Rey really train Finn as a Jedi after The Rise of Skywalker?
The LEGO Star Wars Holiday released yesterday, and it was a fun, entertaining, and humorous special. But you may be wondering: is it canon? Quite frankly, it shouldn't matter too much whether it's canon, as the more important question is simply whether you enjoy. But I know that many (including myself) are always wondering how [...]
Daisy Ridley talks about the process of deciding Rey’s family in the Star Wars sequel trilogy
September 23, 2020 by JoshLeave a Comment on Daisy Ridley talks about the process of deciding Rey’s family in the Star Wars sequel trilogy
Earlier in September, Daisy Ridley was interviewed by Josh Gad on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, talking about what she's been up to but also talking a bit about Star Wars. You can check out the whole interview here, and it's just really great to hear from Ridley again, but the relevant portion for our purposes [...]
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The top 15 moments from the Star Wars sequel trilogy!
July 7, 2020 by Josh1 Comment on The top 15 moments from the Star Wars sequel trilogy!
With the Star Wars sequel trilogy now finished, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at my favorite moments - and there are certainly a ton to choose from! Here's my list of the top 15 moments from the sequel trilogy - did your favorite make the list? 15. The Falcon [...]
Star Wars Adventures episode pays tribute to General Leia Organa!
March 29, 2020 by JoshLeave a Comment on Star Wars Adventures episode pays tribute to General Leia Organa!
Star Wars Adventures recently returned for a second season, and I'll be exploring more about that in future articles. They're slowly rolling out new episodes on the Star Wars Kids Youtube channel each week, and they're pretty cool. But one in particular stood out to me so far, and it's the one about General Leia [...]
Books, General, The Rise of Skywalker
The top seven scenes The Rise of Skywalker novelization featured that weren’t in the film
March 22, 2020 by Josh2 Comments on The top seven scenes The Rise of Skywalker novelization featured that weren’t in the film
The Rise of Skywalker novelization was recently released, and author Rae Carson did an incredible job at capturing the film in writing, while adding tons of fun details, helpful insights, and exciting answers. It's a great read, and I highly recommend it. I'll be breaking down plenty of stuff from it in the coming days, [...]
Twelve things we learned from The Skywalker Legacy documentary about the making of The Rise of Skywalker!
March 17, 2020 March 17, 2020 by Josh1 Comment on Twelve things we learned from The Skywalker Legacy documentary about the making of The Rise of Skywalker!
The Rise of Skywalker released early on digital home media, and with it came lots of bonus content! Most prominently was a feature-length documentary, The Skywalker Legacy, focusing on the making of the film, with a recognition of the saga that came before it. I am utterly fascinated by the making of Star Wars films [...]
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The Rise of Kylo Ren #4 shows that several familiar faces sensed Ben Solo finally turn to the dark side
March 16, 2020 by JoshLeave a Comment on The Rise of Kylo Ren #4 shows that several familiar faces sensed Ben Solo finally turn to the dark side
Over the last few months, we've been learning the story of Ben Solo's fall to the dark side in The Rise of Kylo Ren, the excellent four-part comic miniseries written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Will Sliney. The fourth and final issue was recently released, and it shows us Solo finally giving into the [...]
The Rise of Skywalker novelization apparently reveals that Palpatine’s son was a clone!
March 5, 2020 by Josh1 Comment on The Rise of Skywalker novelization apparently reveals that Palpatine’s son was a clone!
Rae Carson's novelization for The Rise of Skywalker officially releases on March 17, but parts of it have hit the internet early. Included in that was the big but not crazy reveal that Palpatine's spirit occupied a clone body in the film. That meant that there were two clones in the film (in Palpatine and [...]
Seven stories I would love to see now that the Star Wars sequel trilogy is over!
February 28, 2020 by JoshLeave a Comment on Seven stories I would love to see now that the Star Wars sequel trilogy is over!
The Star Wars sequel trilogy concluded recently with The Rise of Skywalker, and I'm hoping that means that Lucasfilm will slowly but surely begin to fill in the gaps of the trilogy by more storytelling. None of this is a criticism of the way they've handled things, because of course there are going to be [...]
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We now have a much better idea of the timeline of the lead-up to the Star Wars sequel trilogy
January 4, 2020 by JoshLeave a Comment on We now have a much better idea of the timeline of the lead-up to the Star Wars sequel trilogy
Now that the sequel trilogy has concluded, we're finally getting a lot more clarity as to the timeline of what was happening in-between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, particularly as it pertains to the events and characters of the sequel trilogy. Thankfully, Pablo Hidalgo's Visual Dictionary for The Rise of Skywalker places [...]
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Taaalk
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Martijn Storck
Freelance developer that just can’t stop enjoying Ruby on Rails
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07:34, 02 Jul 20
How do you incorporate go with ruby on rails?
I found that incorporating Go and Ruby doesn't really bring any benefits. Calling Go code from Ruby using something like FFI or a native extension is slow and cumbersome. So Go and Ruby exist alongside eachother in my applications, communicating with eachother over message queues (like RabbitMQ) or synchronously over gRPC or HTTP.
Do you have any experience improving Ruby applications by using Go? I've used it mainly to improve performance for small satelite services like API gateways, or big data processing tasks. The challenge is always that a lot of business logic is kept in Rails models, which you can't access from Go without losing a lot of the performance benefits.
Start your own Taaalk, leave your details or meet someone to Taaalk with.
So why did Taaalk get built?
The world is filled with people who know lots of cool stuff and weird things. When it comes to interviews, traditionally it's been the case that a journalist has to take an interest in what you do before you get one. That doesn't happen too often, so it's probably the case that the world is under-interviewed. Taaalk is here to change that. INTERVIEWS FOR EVERYONE.
But the word "interview" doesn't really capture what Taaalk is about. It's a bit too formal, and implies there is one person with all the knowledge (the interviewee) and another person getting it from them (the journalist/interviewer). Taaalk can be used more flexibly than that. Four people (a Taaalk can have any number of people) who know a lot about a subject can have an extremely nerdy and detailed Taaalk about it. Three people who don't know too much about anything can blab away to each other, just because they enjoy blabbing. And you don't even need to invite anyone to your Taaalk, if you want to write a poem every day, or share a continuous stream of thoughts about a subject of your choice, you can use Taaalk as a place to do that; monologues are a-ok.
And Taaalk is built for you to be even more creative than that. You can invite yourself to your own Taaalk, change the second-you's details and have an imaginary conversation. You can invite yourself to a Taaalk any number of times, and write a whole play made up of the dialogue of imaginary characters.
If you don't have anyone to Taaalk with today, you can leave your details on the Start a Conversation page. This means someone looking to Taaalk can introduce themselves to you. And you can introduce yourself to someone else who has left their details.
More seriously, we have all grown up in a digital world that is a bit awkward. In the real world you don't walk around shouting out random facts and opinions, instead you talk to people. And in the real world while you're talking, hundreds of random people don't jump into your conversation. The best chats have a healthy level of intimacy. Taaalk tries to recreate these real world properties online. Firstly, it is all about talking (taaalking). Back and forths. This makes things feel a bit more natural than shouting out snip-its of thoughts and ideas. There's also no character limit and you can save drafts before you reply, so it's a place for deep conversations. You might find that you enjoy Taaalking even if you have normally found yourself to be a bit too shy to fully enjoy other platforms. Secondly, though anyone can read a Taaalk, only the people the "Taaalk Owner" (the person who started the Taaalk) chooses can join in the conversation. This keeps things intimate.
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Excerpt from Vexing the Highlander, Enchanting the Highlander Anthology
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Later that afternoon, Alban and his brother went to the feast and found seats at one of the tables furthest from the head table. Alban was glad for that. Though he was still aware that anything he said, no matter where he was, could be misconstrued and shared with the king.
He kept watching the servants coming and going as they brought dishes to the table, though he was sure the redheaded lass wasn’t a kitchen servant.
“Are you looking for anyone in particular?” Ward sounded amused, like he thought Alban had become interested in a servant.
Which Alban had, but he wasn’t about to discuss it.
“Here you are more interested with the wait staff, when a lady truly seems to be intrigued with you.” Ward raised his brows as if to ask how in the world Alban had managed to captivate the attention of a lady at the king’s court when Alban had done no such thing.
At least that he was aware of. Maybe it was the lassie who had waved at them from the loch. He looked around, but didn’t see any woman openly watching him. “Which one? There are many, but no one who seems particularly aware I exist.”
“The lady over there. She is concentrating on her meal now, blushing to the heavens and back. The one with the pretty red hair.”
Alban turned quickly to see the woman, instantly wondering if it was the lass he’d run into, who had been carrying the pitcher of water that had drenched them both. It was she, only now she was wearing a dark blue gown, her hair half hidden beneath veils of silk. “A lady. Are you sure?” Yet the fact she was seated at one of the tables, not waiting on others, and was dressed so fine, ensured him his brother had to be correct. Alban was at once sorely disappointed, wanting nothing more than to see the woman again, but not if her family was titled. He couldn’t. He wasn’t worthy of her hand in marriage—not based on his position in society, anyway.
He let out his breath and said, “Figures.”
But worse, she lifted her gaze and saw him watching her and gave him a bewitching smile, to which Ward said, “Well, well. What have you been up to, little brother?”
And here Alban thought he’d been above reproach the few hours he’d been here so far.
Okay, got to “run” and write!
Have a great day. It’s foggy here! And beastly warm.
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Bronx Museum
Featured Artist: Dianna Cohen
January 25, 2010 QuarterlyArtist Painter, Bronx Museum, Budia, Daisy Fuentes, Dimensional Works, Ditty Bops, Ecozone Project, Ed Begley, Gallery Barcelona, Group Exhibitions, Occca, Post Art, Riverside Art Museum, Rock Duo, Santa Monica Ca, Solo Exhibitions, Stage Outfits, Sutton Gallery, Tampa Museum, Venice Ca
as published in the Fall 2009 issue of the CSPA Quarterly
Los Angeles-based multi-media visual artist, painter and curator Dianna Cohen is best known for her two-dimensional and three-dimensional works using recycled plastic bags – sewn together – ranging from small hanging pieces to room-sized installations.
Cohen’s work has been applied to surfboards in the acclaimed group show FLOW – fine lines on water, which she also curated. In 2007, Cohen expanded into making wearable art pieces using recycled materials, including stage outfits for alt-rock duo The Ditty Bops and a “green carpet” dress for actress Rachelle Carson. Her “conscious couture” and art were featured on Ed Begley’s environmentally themed HGTV series Living With Ed and on the CBS EcoZone Project with Daisy Fuentes.
Other projects include: The Curse, a book of stories at: www.thecurse.com and Citizenlove, new 2008 textiles based on her plastic work and viewable at: www.citizenlove.com
Solo shows include post, Art Affairs gallery in Amsterdam, the Sutton Gallery in Melbourne, and Frank Pictures in Santa Monica, CA. She has shown in group exhibitions at Affirmation Arts in NYC, the Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, the Bronx Museum in NYC and the Tampa Museum of Art in Florida.
In 2008, she had work in the exhibition Just How Does A Patriot Act at The OCCCA in Orange County and at SPARC in Venice, CA and in the exhibition Recreate in Santa Monica.
In 2009, Cohen had solo exhibitions at Elizabeth Budia Gallery, Barcelona, and Art From Scrap in Santa Barbara. In 2010, her work will be exhibited in BCN: Nights Gallery in Barcelona, Spain.
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Trüberbrook coming to the Switch – Kickstarter campaign by Headup Games
by James Romero
ROCKET LEAGUE NOW AVAILABLE ON NINTENDO SWITCH
Headup Games the team behind Earth Atlantis and WonderBoy on the Switch are partnering with video company BTF to bring a very ambitious game to both PC’s and consoles – including the Nintendo Switch! What caught my eye was the painstaking detail being used to create the scenery in real life before digitising each set, absolutely fascinating stuff. The team are launching a kickstarter campaign today and below is a bunch of detail about this awesome sounding project:
Suspense! Thrills! Mystery! After all, it’s a single player adventure game. We want to keep you entertained.
Inspired by Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Stranger Things & Star Trek
Never-seen-before clash of genres : Sci-Fi, “Heimatfilm” and mystery
Join American physics student Tannhauser, stranger in a strange land (cold-war rural Germany)
Challenging puzzles!
All kinds of strange village residents and spa guests, many eccentric characters that’ll grow on you
Indulging in universal themes such as love, friendship, loyalty, feeling disconnected from home, self-discovery and dinosaurs
Handmade miniature scenery: From the rotten boat rental to the cozy old-fashioned guesthouse, caves and woods, everything is in there
Digitized scenery through the mysterious technique of photogrammetry
English and German localization with full voice acting!
An atmospheric, moody soundtrack
Versions for Windows, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation®4 & Nintendo Switch
A likely mobile port at a later time.
Up to 10 hours of super exciting, seamless gameplay
Release scheduled for late 2018 – not the longest wait!
The year is 1967. The world policy is dominated by the Cold War and Vietnam, Russia and America are racing to the moon. At the same time in Europe, students take to the streets from Paris to Berlin.
On a larger scale, the world is locked in turmoil, but most people are unaware of the events unfolding in an overlooked, sleepy part in the German province. Hans Tannhauser, an American student in his late twenties is caught by surprise: Out of the blue, he wins a trip to a small, German village, Trüberbrook. Truber-what? No idea! It doesn’t help he can’t remember taking part in any lottery in the first place … Happy to put some distance between him and his Ph.D. in quantum physics, he makes his way to Trüberbrook, Germany, bursting with curiosity.
Tannhauser receives his lodging in the Pension Waldeslust, a charming hostel at the village square. But shortly after his arrival, inexplicable things start to happen: A mysterious stranger breaks into his room and steals a paper on physics. It also seems someone is trying to get his attention – But who? And why?
Gradually, he gets to know the various villagers and spa guests, only to find the next more peculiar than the last. Only young anthropologist Gretchen Lemke, who is on a research trip to Trüberbrook, seems normal to him. But before he knows it, Gretchen becomes Tannhauser’s accomplice on the adventure of a lifetime. It slowly dawns on the aspiring physicist that his presence in Trüberbrook is not accidental – he is here to save the world!
Together with the production company btf, also located in Germany, Headup Games announces the atmospheric mystery adventure game Trüberbrook. Truber-what? Well, imagine “Twin Peaks” meeting “The X-Files”, but in rural cold-war Germany.
During the estimated gameplay length of 7 to 10 hours, the player takes the role of young American physicist Hans Tannhauser, who, while actually on a holiday, dives into the everyday life of the mysterious village of Trüberbrook– just to find out he hadn’t got there by accident. He’s here to save the world!
Trüberbrook is produced by btf from Germany, mostly known for their infamous late night show “Neo Magazin Royale” in German TV with Jan Böhmermann. The game was co-funded by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and will be published by Headup Games. The release is scheduled for late 2018 for Windows, Mac, Linux (all DRM free & via Steam), PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in both English and German versions.
In order to immerse the player to the fullest, the team chose to physically build the world we envisioned, resulting an a unique, distinct visual style. All of our scenic sets are genuinely handmade. ‘Handmade’ as in: ‘Manufactured using real hands! And fingers! Not the most efficient way of doing things, but we’re loving it! Every little detail is custom built, meticulously crafted, piece by piece, painted, arranged, rearranged and put into boxes in between. If you were wondering…yes, there is glue involved. Lots of glue!’
Kickstarter Rewards
Our backers can look forward to some great hand-picked rewards, like a limited, kickstarter-exclusive boxed edition filled with goodies as well as the opportunity to spice up your home with set pieces from the actual game. You may even have your portrait drawn by our character designer and become a part of the village’s ancestral gallery! But first and foremost, our backers can expect an outstanding game in exchange for their support!
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About Trüberbrook
Imagine yourself on a vacation to Europe in the late sixties. Now, picture yourself as a young American scientist; Hans Tannhauser. Yes, that’s your name in this scenario. While you’re at it, think of Trüberbrook, a remote village in rural, mountain-sloped and densely forested cold-war Germany. Because, that’s where you somehow end up after hitting the continent. But who cares, you won the trip in a lottery! Or at least, that’s how it seems. But don’t fear, instead of getting some rest, you could find yourself having to save the world…
Besides lovely created characters and a moody soundtrack, the game’s most striking feature may be its unique, distinct visual style. In order to immerse the player to the fullest, we chose to physically build the world we envisioned. All of our scenic sets are genuinely handmade. ‘Handmade’ as in: ‘Manufactured using real hands! And fingers! Not the most efficient way of doing things, but we’re loving it! Every little detail is custom built, meticulously crafted, piece by piece, painted, arranged, rearranged and put into boxes in between. If you were wondering…yes, there is glue involved. Lots of glue. By the sweat of our brows, we think it’s worth it.’
The models are digitized using a technique called photogrammetry and later retopologized, digitally polished and then blended with animated characters, visual effects and set extensions.
This way the developers aim to achieve an exceptional and magical look that visually reflects the world of Trüberbrook.
Headup games Trüberbrook
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Suffolk hopes to complete Rails to Trails by 2020
Construction on the long-awaited Rails to Trails project at the former Long Island Rail Road track path between Port Jefferson and Wading River could be completed by 2020, a Suffolk County official announced during a public meeting Wednesday in Shoreham to discuss the proposal.
Suffolk County Department of Public Works chief engineer Bill Hillman said construction could start in spring 2019, however he stressed to a crowd of nearly 500 people at Shoreham-Wading River High School that nothing has been finalized and described the plan’s status as preliminary.
Residents gathered Wednesday to voice their opinions on the proposed 10-mile biking and hiking trail. While most people expressed their support, several people who live near the former track said they oppose it because they believe it will negatively impact their quality of life.
• Related story: Rails to Trails project in Wading River back on track
The Long Island Power Authority owns the right-of-way where the tracks had run. The LIRR terminated the Wading River line in 1938. Power lines would remain along the trail, which the county plans to pave for biking, walking and running.
The county has proposed to create the trail between Wading River-Manor Road in Wading River — across the street from Wading River Elementary School — and Crystal Brook Hollow Road in Mount Sinai, which is near the Setauket-Port Jefferson Greenway Trail.
Motorized vehicles would be prohibited on the trail, Mr. Hillman added.
Wednesday marked the first public meeting to discuss the proposal. A second public hearing is scheduled for April 5 at Miller Place High School.
Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) said she’s been working on Rails to Trails since she was elected in 2011 and believes the plan will be a safer alternative to biking or running on heavily trafficked streets.
She said $10 million in federal funding had been allocated for the trail, however the county ran into some obstacles, including a lack of support from then-County Executive Steve Levy and liability concerns from LIPA.
Ms. Anker said current County Executive Steve Bellone supports Rails to Trails and announced the county has reached an agreement with LIPA to use its right of way.
The county has also allocated $8 million for the project, she added.
Bruce Kagan of Wading River said he first began working on the proposal with a group of residents 16 years ago. The name they came up with was the “Tesla Trail” since it would be near future Nicola Tesla Science Museum in Shoreham.
Mr. Kagan added Riverhead Town’s recreational path at the Enterprise Park at Calverton is being expanded from nearly 3.5 miles to 9 miles and could possibly connect with Rails to Trails.
Not everyone had favorable things to say about the proposal.
Mary Anne Gladysz of Rocky Point, who lives near the former track, said she opposes the project because her dog will be “freaking out” when people walk or bike ride passed her home on the trail. She fears people will complain about the barking and she’ll be fined for a noise violation.
She added she would probably be in favor of Rails to Trials if she didn’t live near it.
“This is in my backyard 24-7,” she said. “You come for an hour-and-a-half walk and then you leave. I’m here all the time.”
Ms. Anker said she’s working on a plan to protect people’s privacy along the path. However, Mr. Hillman said there’s currently no money in the budget for privacy fencing or benches unless the path is shortened.
He added maintenance for the path such as mowing will be one of the biggest challenges and the county may seek volunteers if necessary.
Former Riverhead Town Councilman George Bartunek said he’s spoken to people involved with trails in Cape Cod and Maryland and said they’ve seen a decrease in drug use, crime and vandalism since the trails were built.
Sgt. Walter Langdon of the Suffolk County Police Department said there has been “little to no crime” at Setauket-Port Jefferson Greenway Trail.
Fred Besold of Shoreham said he’s seen bike clubs “with 50 members flying down the road” and questioned how that could be safe on the trail.
Several other speakers said bike clubs don’t usually ride on bike paths because they prefer open roads, which allows them to go faster.
Cory Fitzgerald of Rocky Point said he supports the plan since the roads in his neighborhood are narrow and hilly.
“I have six and eight year old daughters and they love to ride their bikes,” he said. “This is something I’ve been waiting for so long. The girls really want to see this happen.”
File photo credit: Paul Squire
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One dead, one arrested following Greenport crash
By Cyndi Murray and Grant Parpan
One person died and another was arrested following a head-on collision that shut down Route 48 in Greenport for several hours Sunday, according to Southold Town police press release.
Glenn Zaleski, 36, of Greenport was driving a pick-up truck eastbound on Route 48 near Chapel Lane when he crossed over into westbound traffic and struck a minivan with seven occupants shortly after 8:30 a.m., according to police.
Mr. Zaleski was charged with driving while intoxicated, police said. He is being held overnight at police headquarters and is expected to be arraigned Monday. He suffered only minor injuries in the crash.
The driver of the van, You Feng Yang, 51, of Flushing was pronounced dead two hours later at Stony Brook University Hospital. Two passengers in the van were also airlifted to Stony Brook for treatment of serious injuries. The other four passengers, all adults from Flushing, were treated at local hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The accident remains under investigation with the assistance of the New York State Police Department, police said.
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story stated there were eight passengers in the van, including children. We regret the error.
Photo caption: The mangled minivan taken away from the crash scene. (Credit: Stringer News)
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Top 5 RPGs Around for the PC
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The PC has always been a home for the more hardcore of gamers. The cost of constant upgrades and intensity of a PC game are legendary, and only the most hardcore amongst us are capable of keeping up. Accordingly, the games below match that mindset, though more than one of these games managed to break free of the limitations and become monstrous worldwide phenomena. I’m looking at you Blizzard.
1. World of Warcraft – Okay, so duh right? Well, some of you are probably palpitating over my choosing this above some other MMORPG, but too bad. Everyone plays this one, including myself and it’s just plain fun. Having spent hours of my life in this game and knowing that I can go back whenever I want without fear of being destroyed because of the MMORPG laws of survival (never leave), this is a great pick up and play game in a genre where that almost never exists. Huge, tons to do, and always fun even when you’re grinding, WoW is still the best.
2. Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn – The Baldur’s Gate games are some of the best RPGs to come out of the PC age of D&D ruleset RPGs. It’s big, it’s long, it’s fun as hell. The challenge of figuring out what to do, how to upgrade your characters and make the game the most it can be were always the number one reasons to play these. The story is pretty awesome too. Don’t forget the Dragon. That dragon is a bitch.
3. Diablo II – Diablo II stole my entire summer my sophomore year of high school. This game was amazing. It took everything Diablo did and blew it up times ten. The ability to find and receive unique weapons that 1000 of your friends would never find kept you playing over and over again. And it was simple. Click, click, right click. F1. That’s it. Nothing to it. And when you finally unlocked the Cow level, then you were the true God of Diablo.
4. Elderscrolls IV: Oblivion – Many of you probably can’t even play this yet. I still can’t. I only know of it because I have a friend who upgrades his computer ever three weeks seemingly. This game is a beast of the highest order, demanding a lot from your system but delivering even more. Monstrous, huge worlds in which you can freely roam wherever you want and interact with your environment. This game is huge and intense. Hundreds of hours can be spent just wandering around and completing a main quest. As for getting the rest done. Who knows how long you could spend on there.
5. Neverwinter Nights – Another D&D ruleset game, but one of the best no less. It’s huge, monstrously huge. And tack on the expansions and you’ve got 200+ hours of action to play through. The biggest seller on this one though was the ability to craft and write your own adventures as a DM with the toolsets and host them online, ala D&D, but with graphics. The sequel doesn’t quite hold up to the original, but still carries the same weight and fun factor.
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LIFE-PLANNING platform Lifetise is offering parents a free childcare cost calculator to help remove the stress of finding affordable childcare whilst working.
Available to all parents across the UK, the Lifetise Childminder tool is designed to help families work out the optimal balance of working days and childcare costs, so they can negotiate with their employers and establish a more flexible and affordable lifestyle with their family.
With the cost of childcare now estimated to have risen by 5% since 2019, parents can expect to spend upwards of £6,800 per year on a part time nursery place for a child under two - a cost that many struggle to cover, especially when one parent opts not to return to work full time.
The Lifetise Childminder calculator allows parents to enter their salary, typical working hours and location before the tool brings up a range of childcare options and average daily costs based on the local area. Parents can then select their preferred form of childcare - from nurseries and nannies through to au pairs and family members - and use the gamified sliding tool to plan how many hours they want to work throughout the week
As the sliding tool changes, parents can see in real time how much this would cost them in childcare and how much of their monthly earnings they would be left with as a result.
Co-founder of Lifetise, Caroline Hughes, said: “Returning to work after starting or growing your family should be a really exciting time for parents, but it can also be quite stressful too. The thought of being away from your little ones can be worrying, settling back into your day job can take some getting used to - and that’s before you start factoring in the cost of childcare.
“We also know that it can be tricky for parents to work out whether returning to work on a part-time basis is actually more cost effective than returning full-time and paying for childcare every day.
“That’s where our Childminder tool comes in. It’s there to remove as much of the stress for parents as possible by giving a really clear and accurate picture of what their childcare is likely to cost and where it leaves them in terms of their monthly earnings.”
Lifetise co-founder, Nick Wasmuth, added: “Despite the fact that many parents are now working from home as a result of the pandemic, the need for childcare hasn’t gone away. If anything, we’re starting to see a lot of people using the tool to help them find cost-effective options so they can focus on getting their work done without the distraction that family life often brings.
“With the current cost of childcare rising faster than inflation, it’s important that parents have a clear picture of what is available to them so that they can make informed decisions that fit their budget & lifestyle.
“We’ve spoken to lots of parents who have said that using the Childminder tool has been incredibly helpful when negotiating their back-to-work packages. They have all the numbers in front of them to present to their employer, and they’re able to plan their time in a manner that suits their family’s schedule and their budget.”
Lifetise was launched in 2018 by couple Caroline Hughes and Nick Wasmuth, with the aim of helping Brits achieve their life goals through easy, simple and accessible ‘life-planning’ tools. As well as its Childminder calculator, Lifetise also offers consumers personalised home-buying plans through its innovative Homefinder tool - helping them save for a property in a much quicker and more achievable way.
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Christchurch, New Zealand. June 13th, 2011.
STRONG aftershocks rattled New Zealand’s quake-devastated city of Christchurch again Monday, toppling one of the few buildings still standing downtown and sinking thousands of homes into darkness.
Bricks crashed down in the cordoned-off city center, where only workers have tread since it was devastated in February’s major earthquake.
About 200 people were there when the quakes struck Monday, and two were briefly trapped in a church.
More than 40 people have been taken to hospitals with minor injuries from falling debris, the city council said.
“We are being enveloped with dust,” Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker told New Zealand’s National Radio. “It is very, very scary.”
All across the city, people fled buildings in panic when a 5.2-magnitude quake struck during lunchtime; just over an hour later, a 6.0 hit, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Smaller quakes were also recorded.
Several buildings were damaged in the central city and suburbs.
“All the shops have fallen down,” said Renee Murray, who works at a Domino’s Pizza in a suburb. “Half of the roof has fallen in (but) they have not fully collapsed.”
Thousands of aftershocks have followed the 6.3-magnitude quake that killed 181 people on Feb. 22.
That tremor and its aftershocks have been very shallow, which along with proximity to the city, have made the quakes very destructive. Monday’s temblors were six miles (10 kilometers) deep, according to the USGS.
Rocks tumbled down hills in the area, which was among the hardest hit in February, and silt bubbled from the earth – a process known as liquefaction that sometimes happens during a quake.
After the February quake, 300,000 tons of silt had to be scraped away, and the silt alone made thousands of homes uninhabitable.
On one road Monday, an SUV tipped front-first into a sinkhole that opened in the tarmac. A police car sank into another.
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Role of Endogenous Agonists of Opioid Receptors in the Regulation of Heart Resistance to Postischemic Reperfusion Injury
A. S. Gorbunov, O. E. Vaizova, M. V. Belousov, S. V. Pozdnyakova, E. A. Nesterov, P. G. Madonov
Учебно-научный центр "Исследовательский ядерный реактор"
Intravenous injection of nonselective antagonists of opioid receptors (OR) naltrexone (5 mg/kg) and naloxone methiodide (5 mg/kg), selective δ1-OR antagonist BNTX (0.7 mg/kg), selective δ2-OR blocker naltriben (0.3 mg/kg), selective κ-OR antagonist norbinaltorphimine (2 mg/kg), and selective blocker of ORL1 opioid receptors JTC-801 (0.1 mg/kg) produced no effect on reperfusion injury to the heart in rats narcotized with α-chloralose. In contrast, selective μ-OR antagonist CTAP (1 mg/kg) limited the infarct size, although this effect was not observed at a lower CTAP concentration of 0.1 mg/kg. Probably, the myocardial infarct size-limiting effect of CTAP was associated with activation of the non-opioid receptors. It was hypothesized that endogenous OR agonists did not affect heart resistance to reperfusion injury in unadapted rats.
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Gorbunov, A. S., Vaizova, O. E., Belousov, M. V., Pozdnyakova, S. V., Nesterov, E. A., & Madonov, P. G. (Принято в печать). Role of Endogenous Agonists of Opioid Receptors in the Regulation of Heart Resistance to Postischemic Reperfusion Injury. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 164(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-017-3916-6
Role of Endogenous Agonists of Opioid Receptors in the Regulation of Heart Resistance to Postischemic Reperfusion Injury. / Gorbunov, A. S.; Vaizova, O. E.; Belousov, M. V.; Pozdnyakova, S. V.; Nesterov, E. A.; Madonov, P. G.
В: Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Том 164, № 1, 09.11.2017, стр. 1-3.
Gorbunov, AS, Vaizova, OE, Belousov, MV, Pozdnyakova, SV, Nesterov, EA & Madonov, PG 2017, 'Role of Endogenous Agonists of Opioid Receptors in the Regulation of Heart Resistance to Postischemic Reperfusion Injury', Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, том. 164, № 1, стр. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-017-3916-6
Gorbunov AS, Vaizova OE, Belousov MV, Pozdnyakova SV, Nesterov EA, Madonov PG. Role of Endogenous Agonists of Opioid Receptors in the Regulation of Heart Resistance to Postischemic Reperfusion Injury. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. 2017 Нояб. 9;164(1):1-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-017-3916-6
Gorbunov, A. S. ; Vaizova, O. E. ; Belousov, M. V. ; Pozdnyakova, S. V. ; Nesterov, E. A. ; Madonov, P. G. / Role of Endogenous Agonists of Opioid Receptors in the Regulation of Heart Resistance to Postischemic Reperfusion Injury. В: Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. 2017 ; Том 164, № 1. стр. 1-3.
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Ontario schools will not have an extended winter break
Katherine DeClerq Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto
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Published Wednesday, November 18, 2020 11:57AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, November 18, 2020 8:32PM EST
TORONTO -- Ontario schools will not have an extended winter break, despite provincial officials hinting at it a day earlier when discussing possible new COVID-19 measures for 2021.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said that after consultation with health officials, the province will not mandate an extended school closure around the holidays.
“We have consulted with the chief medical officer of health as well as the Public Health Measures Table and have determined that an extended winter holiday is not necessary at this time, given Ontario’s strong safety protocols, low levels of transmission and safety within our schools,” Lecce said.
“We are fully committed to building upon our national leading plan to keep kids learning and safe. We will continue to consider any option and take decisive action to ensure we deliver on this shared priority of keeping schools open in January and beyond.”
The statement comes a day after the minister said the government was considering an extended school closure as part of a “comprehensive” announcement set to be unveiled in the next week or two. Speaking to reporters following Question Period on Tuesday, Lecce said that he is looking at “solutions that may include some period out of class” as part of a strategy to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the new year.
"The announcement we will unveil will be comprehensive and include a variety of elements, one of which can include something like an extended closure and online learning experience,” Lecce said on Tuesday.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford seemed to backtrack on those comments at his daily news conference later that day, saying that “it may not happen.”
In Lecce’s Wednesday statement, he says that schools “have been remarkable successful at minimizing outbreaks” and that the government is focused on building on that progress.
My statement below following expert advice from the CMOH on the strength of Ontario’s plan to keep students safe. pic.twitter.com/0U8l4sl69Y
— Stephen Lecce (@Sflecce) November 18, 2020
NDP Education Critic Marit Styles questioned why the idea of a extended school closure was so quickly rejected a day after it was mentioned to the public.
“The minister should talk about what it was that lead to those comments yesterday and that speculation and why that changed today,” she told reporters at a news conference following Lecce’s statement. “We have cases in this province skyrocketing.”
Speaking at Wednesday’s news conference, Premier Doug Ford said that it was Ontario Medical Officer of Health Fr. David Williams who quickly rejected the idea of an extended winter break. The premier also reiterated that schools are the “safest place for kids.”
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Looking at Emerging Market Bonds Through New Lenses
May 2020 / INVESTMENT INSIGHTS
How recent developments could impact the asset class
Andrew Keirle, Portfolio Manager
Each month, our portfolio managers, analysts, and traders conduct an in-depth review of the full fixed income opportunity set. This article highlights a key theme discussed.
Where next for emerging market (EM) bonds? Significant recent developments, including the crash in oil prices and the launch of quantitative easing (QE) programs in a number of EM countries, are expected to have an impact on the asset class for the rest of 2020 and possibly beyond. During our latest policy meetings, the investment team analyzed recent events to determine how they might affect the outlook for EM bonds.
The QE Experiment in EM
QE is back in vogue. Unlike a decade ago, however, this time, it is not just limited to developed markets—several EM central banks, including Indonesia, South Africa, and Chile, among others, have unveiled bond‑buying programs.
“The rationale for QE in emerging markets is different,” said Andrew Keirle, a portfolio manager and member of the global fixed income investment team. “In developed markets, QE helps to reduce funding costs and improve risk sentiment. For emerging markets, QE is being undertaken as a damage limitation tool deployed to support the stabilization of markets when faced with unprecedented outflows and volatility. Helping to move ownership toward being more locally dependent is also likely to be an important motivation for why EM countries have launched QE.”
While the rationale for QE in EM may be different, this doesn’t guarantee that it will be any more successful. QE is very much an experiment for EM, and not all countries will prove to be successful at it. It has the potential to work best in countries with fiscal space on the balance sheet and credible fiscal institutions that markets have confidence will normalize policy when it is no longer needed. Israel, South Korea, and Thailand are possible candidates that stand out on this front, the investment team noted.
QE might be more challenging for countries with low fiscal credibility and little fiscal space—unless investors are convinced that it’s not going to be large in size or last very long. South Africa, for example, has poor debt dynamics, but investors have so far reacted broadly favorably to its QE announcement because it is viewed as being only a short‑term backstop. If that changes, both the local bond market and currency could come under pressure.
For emerging markets, QE is being undertaken as a damage limitation tool deployed to support the stabilization of markets when faced with unprecedented outflows and volatility.
- Andrew Keirle, Portfolio Manager
“There is a risk of currency depreciation in some EM countries,” said Mr. Keirle. “To avoid this, it’s more important than ever that countries maintain their fiscal discipline.”
Opportunity Set Widens in EM Sovereign Dollar Space
The sharp fall in oil prices has driven a large number of countries in the Middle East back to the international bond market to bolster their finances. “The opportunity set for investors is widening—infrequent borrowers like Qatar and Saudi Arabia have returned to the international bond market,” said Mr. Keirle. “The developments give investors more choice and could help with diversification.”
The opportunity set for investors is widening—infrequent borrowers like Qatar and Saudi Arabia have returned to the international bond market.
A select number of high yield countries have also come to the primary bond market in the past few weeks. Both Bahrain and Egypt sold new dollar‑denominated bonds in deals that were oversubscribed, which is encouraging.
Ultimately, the plunge in oil prices will produce winners and losers. Some oil‑exporting countries, such as Nigeria and Venezuela, are particularly vulnerable in an environment of lower oil revenues, meaning that their bonds could be subject to volatility and weakness for some time yet. We think that India’s bond market, on the other hand, could continue to outperform as India is a large oil importer.
Attractive Opportunities in EM Corporates, but Increased Risks
The indiscriminate sell‑off in EM corporates during the crisis has left some company bond prices completely dislocated from fundamentals. This offers some great opportunities, but caution is warranted as not every company will survive this crisis.
“It’s important to stay away from potential default candidates in sectors like oil and concentrate on dislocated names in sectors where our analysts have high convictions. Focusing on security selection is more important than ever to uncover those companies that are likely to survive and thrive—and, just as importantly, the companies to be avoided.”
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Pippa Middleton's wedding: Designer Giles Deacon answers speculation he's creating the dress
By Chloe Best
May 18, 2017 by HOLA! USA
Who is the designer of Pippa Middleton's wedding dress for her May 20 nuptials? Some say it could be British couturier Giles Deacon who has an exclusive clientele which includes such glamorous stars as Kerry Washington, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kate Hudson. Reports he could be The One gained momentum after Giles was seen arriving at the bride-to-be's home along with a collection of designs last November.
Pippa and her sister Duchess Kate both have 'divine style', said Giles Photo: Getty Images
The designer himself certainly isn't giving away any hints. "I can never really comment on rumors," he told HELLO! Fashion while promoting his new Ariel and Giles Deacon Eek! collection. "Until things are confirmed, it's just rumors."
PIPPA MIDDLETON'S WEDDING: ALL THE DETAILS
Whether he has been busy designing Pippa's wedding dress remains to be seen, but Giles did have a lot of praise for the fashion sense of both Pippa and her older sister, the Duchess of Cambridge. "I think they've both got divine style. They're thoroughly modern girls promoting British brands and looking fantastic," he enthused.
Stars like Cate Blanchett, Kerry Washington and Kate Hudson have called on the designer when they need a statement-making look Photos: Getty Images
The couturier has a lot of experience working with celebrity clients, but how does designing a wedding dress differ to other gowns? "It's quite different actually, because someone who comes in for a gown for a red carpet event generally knows exactly what they want and it's very precise," the designer explained. "I think when wedding dresses are talked about, every woman has a different set of factors in her mind of what it could be because they've been thinking about it possibly for such a long time."
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Giles' clientele also includes royals like Queen Rania of Jordan Photo: Getty Images
Over the years the designer has acquired a diverse array of famous fans, from Lady Gaga to Queen Rania of Jordan, whom he describes as "a fascinating group of people". However there is one Hollywood star he would still love to dress. "I think possibly Rooney Mara would be a great one, we've not dressed her yet. I really like her," Giles revealed.
With wedding dresses, 'Every woman has a different set of factors in her mind.' Above: Giles' ready to wear creations on the catwalk Photos: Getty Images
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While his couture business continues to grow among both celebrities and private clients, Giles has also been focused on continuing his collaboration with Ariel, creating machine washable high fashion garments. The result is the Eek! collection featuring white dresses, tops and more all adorned with Giles' signature colorful motifs.
The couturier famously created Sarah Jessica Parker's standout gown for the 2013 Met Gala in NYC Photo: Getty Images
"The new collection is a continuation of the project I've been doing with P&G. It's all machine washable and accessible from a price point perspective," he explained. "The white remains as white as can be and the prints remain as strong as possible through many washes."
But it looks like we'll have to wait and see if one of Giles' next white creations is a bespoke wedding gown for Pippa Middleton when she walks down the aisle at St Mark's Church, Englefield. For her big day, Prince William and Kate will be in attendance, and their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte will have very special roles in the ceremony. Also confirmed on the guest list is William's brother Prince Harry – although it hasn't been revealed if his actress girlfriend Meghan Markle will attend.
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Tweed Valley Osprey Project
An osprey diary
Sunshine on Tweed… but PX1, where have you gone?
Mrs O, are you building a sunshade?
Sun brollies needed!
The weather has been fantastic in Tweed Valley for the past fortnight, and while we have all been basking in the glorious sunshine in high temperatures, we should spare a thought for the ospreys. Sitting at the top of the tree, their nest is totally exposed to the harshest of sun rays, with no shade at all.
Mrs O has tried to make herself useful, moving sticks around the nest – it looked as though she possibly had ideas of building a sun screen at one point, but never quite followed through on the construction. SS was seen panting, with an open beak, sitting over the eggs to shield them from cooking in the sun. They have both dutifully turned the eggs regularly and scraped the nest cup to rotate the mossy lining, keeping them at the right temperature.
The adult birds overwinter as far as Africa, so this hot weather is something that they are well equipped to deal with. The insulation that their feathers provide shields them from the harshest of conditions, hot or cold. They can fluff up their feathers to expel heat, or pant.
It is the eggs that must be protected because overheating can be as problematic as chilling to the development of the chick inside its protective shell, mostly due to excessive moisture loss.
SS is an experienced bird when it comes to looking after eggs, and he was very careful to maintain cover over them, shielding them from too much exposure to direct sunshine for any lengthy periods. Mrs O appeared slightly clumsier around the eggs, and at one point looked as though she might stand on them. Thankfully, they don’t have too long to go until the full incubation period is over. They will soon be welcoming the little chicks to the world!
SS hot and panting in the heat
Has anyone seen PX1?
We are still worried about PX1, aka Jeremy Paxman’s osprey. His transmitter has not sent any further data since he was spotted fishing along the Helmsdale River, on the Badanloch Estate in the north of Scotland on 17 May. We are still hoping this is a transmission fault, and the tracker is not sending data – but it is a shame, because we were beginning to see just how much a young male osprey travels and roams while exploring the land, especially when he has no territory to defend.
The far north of Scotland where PX1 is roaming. He could turn up anywhere. Has anyone seen him?
Peebles holidaymakers may have seen PX1
Peebles couple on holiday in Durness photograph this osprey and it looks like there could be a tag on his back. Is it PX1?
We received some photos from a Peebles couple returning from holiday in Durness on 20 May which may shed some light on PX1’s whereabouts. The couple had been walking and watching wildlife when they spotted an osprey at the Kyle of Durness, while they were travelling back to Peebles. It flew off and was chased by some oystercatchers, but they managed to capture a few shots of him and sent them to us, having heard that PX1 had been in Durness the week before.
We have no way of being certain but from the pictures, it does appear that the osprey has something on its back which could well be a satellite tag. It is quite feasible that PX1 headed back up north to the coast, and that this bird could be him. We just have to hope that we get a confirmed sighting or that his tracking device wakes up and begins to send data again. If anyone is heading to the north of Scotland please keep a look out for him and let us know if you see him. A photograph to confirm his identity would be a bonus!
Nest cams full house
At the osprey watch centre in Kailzie Gardens both nest cams have got a full complement of hatched chicks now, with the blue tits well on the way to becoming fledglings. The great tit chicks are still small, squirming, open- beaked hunger machines being fed by a busy mum and dad.
Rhona captures pine martens in the valley
Wildlife photographer Rhona Anderson from Peeblesshire managed to capture some stunning film footage of a local pine marten in Tweed Valley this week. You can view her films and see the rest of her amazing wildlife photographs over at her Flickr page.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2018 by dianetweedvalleyospreys.
Waiting for news
Where is PX1?
Last position of PX1 on 17th May
The satellite tracked osprey PX1, the Jeremy Paxman osprey, has spent a few days at Forsinard enjoying good fishing in the many lochans in the area. He travelled further south from Forsinard on 16 May to the Badanloch Estate where he discovered the Helmsdale River and the tributaries, the Strath of Kildonan and the Kinbrace Burn.
Unfortunately the track data has ceased from updating from 17 May at 9pm, showing the last point where PX1 left the burnside and flew across the road, headed towards the Helmsdale River. We are hoping that it is a temporary blip in data, and that this will just be a lag before the tag starts to transmit again. Battery strength was good, and there were satellites in the area, but it is a very remote landscape with few mobile masts, so this could lead to poor signal transmission. Prior to it stopping, good and frequent data was being transmitted to show his whereabouts along the burn.
It is a worrying time waiting for data to update again – in the meantime we do not know if he is still safe and well. We shall have to wait and see. The last track points data will be analysed closely for any clues as to why it has stopped.
Last track crossing the ground towards the River Helmsdale
PX1’s Last tracks on 17th May flying along the burn beside the forest.
Is FK8 nesting?
FK8 has remained in a very static location, and we now believe that she must be making her first nesting attempt. We are waiting for news to confirm this. She is in the Dornoch area and we are hoping that she will breed successfully this year.
FK0 still hanging around the back up nest…
The ever hopeful FK0
The back up no.2 nest in Tweed Valley remains unoccupied by a resident breeding pair, but the site is still being visited occasionally by FK0, the male osprey. He has been seen at the nest site with another bird on occasion, but we have not managed to capture footage of the two birds together to find out which female bird he is now with. They are too late to attempt to breed, but it is a good sign that he is holding this site as territory and has another osprey with him, which means they may attempt breeding there next summer.
New build – no thank you
Another ungrateful pair of ospreys have returned to their site to breed this year, where their choice of tree for the nest is so poor that the nest fell apart over the winter with the weight of snow. Tony Lightley put up a platform for them on a nearby sturdier tree which they could use instead. Tonys’ heart sank when he witnessed the birds carrying sticks not to adorn the new penthouse quality platform, but to rebuild in the spindly larch where the original nest was.
Domesticity for Mrs O and SS
Mrs O and SS at swap over time
SS and Mrs O have become very settled, like a married couple, both taking turns to sit on the eggs. SS has been providing fish for Mrs O, and she seems to be more contented this year. We have witnessed the eggs being rotated in the nest, and incubation time so far has proved to be (thankfully) uneventful.
The earliest date for hatching of the eggs will be the week beginning 11 June. Fingers crossed that this will be a happy year of fatherhood for SS, a role which he excels at. Mrs O is the unproven mother to-be, but hopefully she will be a good mum when the time comes.
Resting in the sun Mrs O
Visitor centre news
In the osprey visitor centre at Kailzie Gardens, the blue tits have all hatched in the nest camera box and can be seen on screen. They grow very fast and it will only take two weeks before they will fledge and leave the nest.
Hedgehog wars
Trail cameras have been set up to capture other wildlife in the area and we have some wonderful garden footage of hedgehog wars, showing dining etiquette amongst three hedgehogs visiting a local garden where bowls of food are provided for them on a nightly basis. A greedy hedgehog sits in the bowl to prevent any other hedgehogs sharing. He manages to hog all the food until ram raider hedgehog tips him out of the bowl. Who would have thought the humble hedgehog could be so beastly? The hedgehog wars film clip can be viewed on You Tube, on the Kailzie Wildlife channel.
Mrs O’s hat trick of eggs
3 eggs seals their partnership bond
Main nest now home to 3 eggs
SS proud dad to be with the three eggs
The happy osprey couple at the main nest, Mrs O and SS, are now very settled and content with a clutch of three prize eggs having been laid. The first was laid on 3rd May, the second on 7th May and the third egg was laid on 11th May.
With a full clutch in the nest, the two birds have quickly settled into the routine of incubating and swapping over duties. There is no guarantee that all of the eggs are fertilised by SS though, as Mrs O was up to her old tricks, frequently popping along to the back -up nest where attempted mating was witnessed with another male bird, FK0. She had mated with at least both of the males and then eggs were laid in the main nest.
Choosing the main nest and the very experienced SS is a good call for Mrs O, as he has raised 26 chicks in total and knows all there is to know about fatherhood. He will be more than able to provide food for his hungry partner and the chicks when they come. FK0, on the other hand, is an inexperienced young male, and potentially has not raised a family before. FK0 may have found himself a vacant nest site, but he hasn’t found a wife to occupy his nest with him and raise a family, and so now nest 2 sits empty. Time is running out for a female osprey to join him at this late stage in spring, so sadly this nest looks likely to remain unproductive this year.
In the Tweed Valley this year, all of our hopes are pinned on Mrs O and SS for success. Thankfully, we are seeing a reformed character in Mrs O. The demanding and squawking has stopped, and she seems so much more relaxed and settled, her sole focus now being the incubation of the eggs, which will take up to 42 days.
It will be an interesting brood, as the time gaps between the egg laying means that the chicks will be born a few days apart, and there should be quite noticeable size differences between them as they begin to grow. Fish are plentiful and SS is highly skilled as a hunter, so he will surely be able to provide fish enough for all of his family. We at the Tweed Valley Osprey Project are hoping for an uneventful incubation period and safe hatching when the time comes.
Has FK8 found a partner?
Our satellite-tracked female bird FK8 is 4 years old now. She left Portugal, her winter roost, in the spring and returned to Scotland. She went to Forsinard Flows and Loch Slethill, her favoured summer haunt from the past two summers, but has since left the area and moved further south to the Dornoch area, where she has been staying in the same locality consistently. We are hoping that this means that she has found a partner and is going to nest. Tony Lightley has friends in the area who are looking out for her, and we are keeping fingers crossed for happy news.
The Paxman wild rover
tour of north Scotland
Meanwhile, Jeremy Paxman’s bird is living the life of Riley up north! This young, free and single male osprey, PX1 made it up to Findhorn Bay on 8 May but has continued his travels across to the west coast of Scotland, along to Ullapool, and then to the top of the landscape at Durness, moving right across the top of Scotland from west to east before coming inland to investigate the River Borgie and the River Halladale.
On 10 May he completed his tour of the top of Scotland, taking in Wick, but he eventually made the decision to return back to the Halladale River and River Dyke near to Forsinain. This is an area which has beautiful, fish-filled rivers and plenty of lochans for fishing in, plus a few conifer plantations nearby in which to roost and rest.
As he travels he will be making a mental map of the landscape and storing information about fishing spots, roost sites, other ospreys in the area and their nest sites. He now knows the limit of the landscape bounded by the sea, and he can choose to either find a place to have a restful summer, or continue to explore.
Halladale River and River Dyke, good fishing and forests nearby to roost in.
He has no responsibilities yet, with no chicks to raise or fish for, so life really is a breeze for him at the moment. It is astonishing the way he has been so active, touring widely throughout Britain. When he arrived in Africa, he found the gold mines at Sanso, but never moved from the area for nearly 18 months. It seems he is making up for his extended rest period.
Osprey Alerts: Mrs O’s new eggs…
Just a very quick update. We have just had news that Mrs O now has not one but 3 eggs! No new pictures so far, but we’ll post some as soon as we have them… It’s a brilliant start to the breeding season here in the Tweed Valley.
Eggs and Homecomings
Jeremy Paxman with PX1 during the filming of The River 2016 (photo courtesy of Tern TV)
A time to celebrate
There is plenty to celebrate in Tweed Valley this week – we have fantastic news! Mrs O has laid two eggs, and also PX1 has flown into the UK and travelled to the far north, currently residing in Findhorn.
Paxman Osprey PX1 returns
Tony Lightley and Jeremy Paxman measuring the wing length of PX1 during the ringing. (Photo courtesy of tern TV)
The migration of PX1, (Jeremy Paxman’s osprey) suddenly resumed on 3 May. He had been taking time out from the journey in the Dordogne in France, and his data stopped updating after 26 April. It suddenly began to transmit again on 3 May, and we could see that he had left the area and headed into Normandy, where he spent a couple of nights. He teetered on the edge of the coast for a while, before making the crossing of the English Channel.
PX1 arrived in Dorset on 5 May at Tyneham, and flew over the Brandy Bay cliffs at 11.45am. He then proceeded northwards to the Bristol Channel and to Newport at 4pm, going on to cross Wales, flying on into Shropshire and finally Herefordshire, where he spent a night in the plantation forestry behind the village of Combe.
The next morning he left the area and flew westwards over Welsh countryside to Anglesey, where he changed course from Benllech, heading out into the Irish Sea. After an epic three hour sea crossing, he arrived at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria at 3.40pm. He spent time in the estuary and presumably caught fish to keep him going, then from Ulverston he made an overnight stop in Roudseawood Nature Reserve. On 7 May he left the area at 7am, headed to Keswick and then Carlisle.
Now in Scotland
PX1 was on course for his northward mission. Flying high, he entered his original homeland of Scotland in brilliant sunshine and high temperatures which must have been a pleasant homecoming. He flew over Hawick and Galashiels at a high altitude of over 900m, so there wasn’t much chance of anyone spotting him.
He headed for Aberlady Bay and crossed the Firth of Forth, dropping to 187m over the sea and down to 119m over East Wemyss. He never broke his journey, continuing on to Perth and then east of Pitlochry where he spent the night not far from Knockando. He was on the move at 5am on 8 May for a lochside fish breakfast, before flying up the Spey Valley and into Findhorn Bay by 8am. It is great to see that this bird has returned safe and well back to Scotland.
Mrs O – a mum to be
The other great news from Tweed Valley this week is that Mrs O has made her choice and settled down in the main nest with partner SS, and has now laid two eggs. The first one was laid on Thursday 3 May and the second on Monday 7 May.
She is a changed personality – motherhood-to-be obviously suits her because she is quiet! No more squawking from Mrs O – instead, she has been incubating the eggs. Mrs O and SS make a handsome pair, periodically looking down into the nest to observe their prize eggs.
Please note: Repairs to the Tweed Valley Osprey Project’s live web feed are currently being carried out – we will have more news for you next week. Thanks for your patience.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2018 by dianetweedvalleyospreys.
Mrs O keeps options open
Mrs O and SS at the main nest
Hedging her bets
The intriguing antics of the ospreys at the main nest and the back- up nest no.2 continue this week. No pairs have settled down yet, as we would have expected by now. Mrs O is merrily stringing along two male ospreys, visiting both nest sites and being fed by both males. There have been multiple mating attempts by SS with Mrs O at the main nest site and most of the time she appears unreceptive. Since last weekend, she seems to have accepted the advances of SS, and if this has been a successful pairing, we could expect an egg to be laid any day now.
Mrs O is hedging her bets though, as she was over at the back up nest no.2 on Sunday when an eager male bird (FK0) flew down on to the nest. He was so keen to mate with her that he dropped his fish. She dipped down into the nest, making his attempt futile, so he flew off leaving the fish behind. Mrs O was not one to be ungrateful, immediately tucked in.
Hopeful homemaker FK0
Mrs O not receptive to mating with FK0 – he drops his fish.
Unsuccessful FK0 leaves Mrs O
No point in wasting that fish, Mrs O!
Mrs O leaves the back up nest with the fish
Throughout the rest of the week Mrs O has spent more of her time at the main nest site with SS. The ‘back up’ nest has been frequently visited by FK0, who has been nest-tidying and removing moss from the centre, perhaps hopeful that his home-making will show his readiness to a potential partner for egg laying. If he is expecting Mrs O to be his settled partner, it’s likely he has been duped. Her infrequent visits to the nest with him amount to far less than the time she spends at the main nest with SS. She did not raise young with SS last year, and is keeping her options open for a fertile pairing. By flitting between nests and partners, she has the option of laying an egg in either nest, and pairing up in a summer partnership with either bird. It would take a Mystic Meg prediction to foresee which nest and male she will choose.
The third male, CL1, who was also seen with Mrs O on the back up nest has not been seen since, so perhaps he has moved on. Both CL1 and FK0 are Borders-bred ospreys, and it is good to see them both back on home turf and eager to breed in this area.
Tweed birds elsewhere
Further afield we have news of other Tweed Valley ospreys starting a successful breeding season for this year. FK4 has taken up residence with a female bird called Angel at Loch Doon and he has become known by the name Frankie.
White ringed EB (another Tweed Valley female) has returned to Kielder again this year and is back at her nest site with her partner. She has already settled down to incubate her eggs.
With settled pairings and news of eggs from Tweed Valley birds further afield, we are eagerly anticipating some domestic settlement with the nesting birds presently in Tweed Valley this year. While Mrs O is holding court and driving other females away, we could have to wait a little longer.
Migration journey’s end for FK8
25th April FK8 at Loch Slethill North Scotland
We have good news of the migrating bird FK8, a four year old female. She has returned from Portugal and migrated to the far north of Scotland, taking up residence in the area near to Loch Slethill where she has spent the past two summers. This is part of the RSPB reserve on the Forsinard Flows, and we did send a request to the RSPB that they might assist her by putting up a nesting platform in a suitable location, but sadly they declined. She is old enough to breed this year and should she find a mate in the area – they would have to build a nest themselves, and often fail at their first attempt due to poorly constructed nests blowing out, or due to picking unsuitable locations.
Paxman osprey ‘en vacances’
PX1 on the River Isle roosted in a riverside tree and last tracked moving north on 26th April
The Paxman osprey, PX1, has remained in France – which was unexpected because his migration journey from Southern Mali and up through Spain and across into France looked to be typical of a bird making its way back to the UK. He landed in the Bordeaux region on 14 April and has remained there since.
The whole area where he is residing forms part of the Aquitaine basin, which drains via the Dordogne and Garonne to the Atlantic Ocean. He is currently staying on the tributary of the Dordogne, the River Isle – a 255km river which is tree-lined and in lush countryside, offering perfect fishing conditions for a young osprey. He doesn’t appear to be in any hurry to come to the UK any time soon. He is exploring the region, fishing in good rivers and roosting in trees along the river system. Seems pretty good for a non-breeding osprey to be ’en vacances’ in such an inviting environment.
Forestry and Land Scotland
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The short film “Golden Ticket” is shot in Italy with people from different countries and recently screened on 25th February in Asia peace Film Festival – Karachi Edition and it will be screened on 1st of May the Cefalu film Festival 2018, Italy. The film encircles the importance of belief. This is eternal relation of the Creator and his creation. The visual story uses a metaphorical character that represents opportunity. He meets different people and gives them their golden ticket. It shows how having faith can get you opportunities anytime, anywhere. It’s just; you have to be ready for it when it comes.
“This is Called Believe “Golden Ticket” got its first nomination for Short films category, at “Cefalù Film Festival – Pino Scicolone 2018”, Italy. I am speechless, and humbled. As my first film, it means so much to me and this is a moment where I should be the most eloquent as a Director & writer and yet I’m struggling to put this into new direction. Also I want to highlight the recent screening; the film was screened in Asia Peace Film Festival – Karachi Edition 2018.
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Yellow Face at Theater J, Reviewed
Midway through this farce about a casting snafu gone haywire, darkness emerges.
by Bob Mondello February 14th, 2014 August 29th, 2020
Slow Your Role: After being cast in an Asian part, a white actor gets too big for his britches.
Comedy of mortification morphs into dramedy of mortality in Yellow Face at Theater J, with the play deepening as the laughs fade.
David Henry Hwang, whose play M. Butterfly is a fictionalized true story of a man deceived by appearances, puts himself at the center of a largely autobiographical evening in which appearances and deception prove critical. The protagonist (listed in the program as DHH) is a playwright who has written a play called M Butterfly. His bio parallels that of the author, especially with regard to his activist role in the real-life brouhaha over the casting of white Brit actor Jonathan Pryce as the Eurasian Engineer (aka Tran Van Dinh) in Miss Saigon.Things, it need hardly be noted, are not quite what they seem.
The real Hwang led the unsuccessful fight against Pryce’s Broadway casting in 1991, and the author quotes himself liberally as his onstage avatar DHH (Stan Kang) rails about the grotesqueries of Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto, and Fu Manchu, and the indignity of another white performer being allowed to don bronzer and eye prostheses to play a plum Asian role. Hwang, though, is almost immediately alarmed both at the thought of being a poster child for political correctness and for telling other artists what they can do with their art—discomfort that grows when he later finds himself in equivalently dicey territory. Because it would be illegal for producers to ask an actor’s race as a condition of employment, DHH unwittingly casts a Caucasian (Rafael Untalan) in an Asian part in his next play, then watches as the white actor uses the ambiguity of the situation not just to embrace and be embraced by the Asian-American community, but to eclipse DHH as an activist for Asian causes.
When Hwang’s ailing father (Al Twanmo) gets subpoenaed by the Senate during a xenophobic 1990s Chinese banking probe, the evening takes a significantly darker turn—and finally acquires a villain of sorts in a New York Times reporter referred to both in the program and in the play as “Name Withheld on Advice of Counsel” (Brandon McCoy). But that’s after intermission. In its early going, the play is more a behind-the-scenes farce, all bright surfaces and skittering wordplay, briskly explaining and then undercutting cultural casting arguments while mining satirical gold in Hwang’s growing distress over his personal entanglement in a yellow-face tradition he despises. If the evening ultimately seems like nicely observed sparring rather than an integrated narrative, the verbal jabs and parries are at least articulated with the sharpness they warrant.
Natsu Onoda Power’s Theater J production (enlivened by Jared Mezzocchi’s near-constant video projections) has been somewhat restaged since its official opening to accommodate an injured performer’s unexpected relegation to a wheelchair. Although there was a bit of residual tenuousness to a few moments at the weekend matinee I attended, that didn’t keep the production from cleverly underlining ironies with a gamely versatile cast offering up not just sharp characterizations, but amusing and on-point casting anomalies including a black Sen. John Kerry, a male Margaret Cho, and an Asian Lily Tomlin.
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Nov. 4-Dec. 1 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
by Chris Klimek September 13th, 2013 August 29th, 2020
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ bitter comedy Appropriate is not the most confrontational piece the D.C.-bred playwright—who is not yet 30—has written on the subject of race. That distinction will probably forever belong to Neighbors, the 2010 provocation that made its black cast members wear blackface and pantomime racial caricatures right out of Birth of a Nation. Appropriate takes a necessarily subtler route, tracing a fractious white family’s return to the crumbling Arkansas home of their recently deceased father, and the fallout when they discover some very troubling keepsakes among his personal effects. Jacobs-Jenkins, a black playwright writing for an all-white cast, gives even his most loathsome characters fully developed emotional arcs. You understand how they came to be the way they are, which is why Appropriate, which was featured last spring at the Humana Festival for New American Plays, resonates even when it threatens, in its second half, to curdle into farce.
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Celebrating Rick Santorum’s Google Problem
The man who put the santorum in Santorum defends his linguistic creation
by Dan Savage January 13th, 2012 August 29th, 2020
I am writing to thank you. I remember reading your definition of “santorum”—“the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex”—when it first appeared. I remember thinking it was a cute way to make fun of a dickhead politician. I never thought it would go this far. But after Iowa, Rick Santorum is in the spotlight again. And so is that frothy mixture. And that’s fucking awesome.
—Jeff in Wisconsin
Don’t thank me, JIW. Thank Rick Santorum for making his bigotry crystal clear in a 2003 interview with the Associated Press. Santorum equated consensual gay sex with child rape and dog fucking; he stated that birth control should be illegal; he argued that states should be able to arrest, prosecute, and imprison people—gay and straight—for private, consensual sex acts.
Thank the Savage Love reader who, after reading that interview, urged me to invite my readers to submit new definitions for Santorum’s last name. And thank the Savage Love readers who—in their wisdom—selected “the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex” from a crowded field of equally repulsive candidates.
I counted the ballots and created a website (spreadingsantorum.com) that remains the number one return when you Google “Santorum.” But if it weren’t for my creative, kinky, and hilarious readers, JIW, an otherwise distressing news cycle—a raving, washed-up religious bigot tied for first place in the Iowa caucuses?!?—would not have been leavened by such unintentionally hilarious headlines as “Santorum Surges from Behind,” “Santorum Runs Hard,” and “Romney Squeezes Out Santorum.” —Dan
Dan Savage is one sick, pathetic excuse for a human being. Truly a sad piece of sh*t. Especially trying to “insert himself”—pun intended—into the GOP presidential race.
—Savage Isn’t Completely Kind
We redefined “santorum” back in 2003, SICK, long before Santorum was running for president. So it would be more accurate to say that the GOP presidential race has inserted itself into me, not the other way around. And, gosh, I hope there isn’t any santorum on the GOP presidential race when it pulls out of me—that would be so embarrassing!
Also embarrassing: Elise Foley’s gushing profile of Elizabeth Santorum, Rick’s adult daughter, that appeared on the Huffington Post before the Iowa caucuses.
“It is tough [being] a young surrogate for a candidate/father clinging to an older worldview,” Foley writes. “Her father’s stance on same-sex marriage and gay rights, in particular, has caused some friction from non-supporters. ‘It’s a policy thing,’ [Elizabeth Santorum] said of gay marriage…Opposed to same-sex marriage herself, Elizabeth said she has gay friends who support her father’s candidacy based on his economic and family platforms.”
Yeah, it’s tough out there for a ’phobe—and it’s getting tougher all the time. Rick Santorum was nearly booed off a stage in New Hampshire last week after he insisted that legalizing gay marriage would lead to the legalization of polygamous marriage.
You know what else is tough? Gay widowers losing their homes after the deaths of their spouses because they don’t qualify for the same Social Security benefits as all other married couples. Also tough: Seeing your wife deported because the federal government doesn’t recognize your marriage.
But, hey, Elizabeth Santorum isn’t a bigot—she can’t be! She has gay friends! And her gay friends support her dad! Who are these gay people who support Rick Santorum despite his having equated consensual gay sex to child rape and dog fucking? Who are these gay people who support Rick Santorum despite his opposition to gay marriage and any other legal framework—civil unions, domestic partnerships—that might provide legal protections for same-sex couples? Who are these gay people who support Rick Santorum despite his promises to write anti-gay bigotry into the US Constitution, forcibly divorce all legally married same-sex couples in the United States, reinstate DADT, and ban adoptions by same-sex couples? Who are these faggots?
To Ms. Foley and all the other political reporters out there: When someone like Elizabeth Santorum tells you that she has gay friends and her gay friends support her dad based on his “family platforms”—gay people shouldn’t be allowed to have families—your subject is making an astonishing claim. Your immediate response should be a demand for the names and phone numbers of these gay friends. Offer to quote these gay friends anonymously, to protect their privacy/stupidity, but tell the homophobe that you will need to verify the existence of her gay friends because you’re a journalist, not a stenographer. You’ll either catch the homophobe in a very revealing lie—what does it tell us about this moment in the struggle for LBGT equality that even bigots like Rick and Elizabeth Santorum perceive a political risk in being perceived as homophobic?—or land a fascinating interview with a crazy-ass faggot. —Dan
I’ve been a loyal reader for half my life. Today, a friend and I got into a debate about you. My friend says your campaign to redefine “santorum” flies in the face of your anti-bullying “It Gets Better” campaign. Would you please address this issue? —Google Problems
First, GP, the campaign is over: Santorum has been redefined.
Second, taking the piss out of a middle-aged bigot who has repeatedly and viciously attacked a tiny minority for personal and political gain—a man surrounded by people who support him personally, politically, and financially—is not the moral equivalent of beating the shit out of a vulnerable and isolated 13-year-old queer kid in rural Texas who is a member of the tiny minority that this powerful bigot has repeatedly and viciously attacked.
Third, circling back to Elizabeth Santorum’s blowjob on HuffPo: “[Elizabeth] is aware of her father’s so-called ‘Google problem,’ part of a campaign by columnist Dan Savage… ‘That just makes me sad. It’s disappointing that people can be that mean,’ she said.”
I’m sorry for giving you a sad, Elizabeth. You know what gave me a sad? Reading about Janice Langbehn and Lisa Pond. The women, together 18 years, were vacationing in Florida in 2007 with three of their four children when Pond suffered an aneurysm. Langbehn and the children were barred from Pond’s room when they arrived at the hospital. A social worker informed Langbehn—who was distraught—that she wouldn’t be able to see her wife because they were in an “anti-gay city and state.”
Lisa Pond was not a “policy thing.” She was a human being. And her wife and children were prevented from saying goodbye to her because people who agree with you and your father—people who doubtless felt empowered to act on their bigotry thanks to high-profile bigots like you and your father—persecuted them as Pond lay dying. By being so mean as to oppose legal protections for gay and lesbian families, Elizabeth, you and your father are trying to make sure that other families headed by same-sex couples will suffer as Langbehn, Pond, and their children were made to suffer.
It is disappointing how mean some people can be, Elizabeth, it really is. —Dan
Time to follow through on your threat to redefine “rick,” Dan. —Matt, via Twitter
Already done: To “rick” is to remove something with your tongue—the “r” from “remove,” the “ick” from “lick”—which makes “rick santorum” the most disgusting two-word sentence in the English language after “vote Republican.” —Dan Savage
Send your Savage Love questions to mail@savagelove.net.
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Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Olsson's Books & Records
by Tim Carman November 2nd, 2007 August 29th, 2020
Years of working in East Coast kitchens, tending to cokehead line cooks and feeding his own junkielike need for adrenaline have hardened Kitchen Confidential, reads like a Mafia don giddily coughing up the Family secrets. But the world has softened Bourdain in the years since his debut book made him a household (kitchen) name. His No Reservations show puts him in locales where his tough-guy shtick doesn’t always play well. As such, his freakish trips, and his recent No Reservations companion book, allow us to ponder the deeper mysteries of Bourdain—the romantic who’s humbled by Africa’s natural beauty, the adventurer who senses his own death in an Argentine glacier. They’ve also made him the most likable, reliable, and entertaining tour guide in his quest to bring the world’s pantry to our living rooms. Bourdain discusses and signs copies of his work at noon at Olsson’s Books & Records, 418 7th St. NW. Free. (202) 638-7610.
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by Neil Drumming May 22nd, 1998 August 29th, 2020
The Notorious B.I.G. was a local hero for a global music scene, holding down a hiphop empire from Brooklyn, N.Y. Since the undisputed King of New York passed in March of 1997, the residents of B.I.G.’s Apple have found themselves without a sovereign. There is no shortage of microphone mercenaries desperate to claim Biggie’s throne, but recent developments in hiphop have raised the stakes of stardom. A rapper just has to rap, but today’s rap star needs the right combination of exposure, credibility, political savvy, talent, and substance to secure a spot among royaltycriteria that severely cut the list of contenders and put B.I.G.’s scepter even farther out of reach.
Among potential successors, Jay-Z is the most eager, as well as one of the most clever lyricists now signed. Props aside, his polished, player image lacks the rough edges on which New Yorkers pride themselves. The always-outlandish Busta Rhymes is a media favorite, but his weightless, party-favor rhymes and flamboyant behavior place him more in the position of court jester than king. Many purists awaited the second coming of late-’80s pioneer and legendary wordsmith Rakim, whose brief, Merlin-like reappearance served only as a reminder of what rap used to be. Finally, underground heads continue to shout, “Wu-Tang Forever!” as if the hot seat could really be split nine ways among the Clan. Conditions are perfect for an ambitious underdog to stage a palace coup.
Big Punisher, better known as Big Pun, now stands outside the gates like an immense Puerto Rican guard. The startlingly obese Bronx native began to establish his reputation in 1996 on street-level cuts like Fat Joe’s “Fire Water” with Raekwon and “Wishful Thinking” on Funkmaster Flex’s The Mix Tape Vol. I. Soon after, he teamed up with the Beatnuts on their posse cut, “Off the Books.” The song blew up on that level right between the underground and mainstream, combining the single greatest head-banging loop in years with Pun’s ferocious lead verse. Not content just to make the “kids run” with hardcore lyrics, Big Pun set out to make the “chicks come” with “I’m Not a Player (I Just Fuck a Lot),” the universally popular first single off of his own album. Pretty soon, even women were singing the humorously vulgar lyrics, and thanks to the radio-friendly version, the overweight lover had created an absurdly ironic household phrase, “crush a lot.” With his second single in heavy rotation, the nauseatingly commercial sing-along, “Still Not a Player” featuring R&B soloist Joe, Pun achieved the kind of celebrity status most rap artists merely rap about.
Bent upon capturing the crown, the Punisher understands that two hit tunes do not constitute a glorious reign. Rather than let his huge frame fade into obscurity like so many other MC upstarts who could not manage more than one hit, Pun has released his monumental solo album, Capital Punishment. As a first opus, Punishment is pretty damn phat (pun intended). The first cut, “Beware,” a menacing warning of what will follow, features a brief, angry outro by mentor Fat Joe and more help on the production from grimy track masters the Beatnuts. As staples of the East Coast underground scene, Latin homeboys Fat Joe, Ju-Ju, and Psycho Les lend grass-roots authenticity to Pun’s aristocracy. His marketability benefits greatly from the appearance of radio personalities Funkmaster Flex and Miss Jones of culture-devouring Hot 97, the “station where hiphop lives.” Additional cameos demonstrate the fat man’s ability to make powerful allies. Part-time Bob Marley impersonator and full-time Fugee Wyclef adds island flavor to “Caribbean Connection.” Flip Mode yell-leader Busta Rhymes contributes a colorful chorus to “Parental Discretion.” Even Philly’s finest, Black Thought, plants roots on “Super Lyrical.” Finally, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy and Wu-Tang’s Inspectah Deck give Pun the nod for Queens and Staten Island on “Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy).”
But MCs, fortunately, are not judged solely by the company they keepwhich raises the inevitable question: Does Big Pun have skills? Punishment hurls hollow-tip answers to that question at your skull in the form of wicked wordplay like, “Dead in the middle of Little Italy/Little did we know that we riddled some middleman who didn’t do diddley” from “Twinz.” The day that this mix tape-caliber “Deep Cover” cover hit the Internet, I was getting astounded e-mail from across the country. DJs and aspiring MCs nationwide were impressed with the brother’s complexity and awed by his breath control.
Big Pun’s genius lies in his meticulously crafted rhyme patterns. His rugged, rapid-fire delivery is intricate while remaining extremely forceful. While many MCs operate on the “it’s mostly the voice” principle and concentrate on their vocal quality, Big Pun also spends mucho time in the lab concocting tongue-twisting verses, which, amazingly, he spits out like an automatic weapon. Nevertheless, his endless, violent gun-talk would be tiresome if it were not tempered with an earthy humor and intelligence. On “The Dream Shatterer,” Pun threatens, “Head-to-head in the street, I’ll leave you dead on your feet/Settlin’ beef, I’ll even let you rhyme to the Benjamin’s beat,” alluding to everyone’s favorite Bad Boy break and showing a full understanding of battle-rhyming culture.
There is more than enough on this album to keep most beat-junkies bouncing in their bodegas, but Pun possesses a political agenda other than verbally pounding the opposition. His intention is to motivate more than rump-shake, with brilliant gems like: “They’re scared of us, rather beware than dare to trust/Throw us in jail, million dollar bail, left there to rust/Let’s call an order, give ourselves the chance to enhance broader/Advance to where the minorities are the majority vote.” Pun occasionally positions himself as pundit rather than player and ventures where most thugs fear to tread, the world of “conscious rap.” Even on the album’s most saccharine lady-killer, “Punish Me,” his lyrics divert from the usual ghetto heartbreak tale to the importance of both parents in a child’s life. When Pun suggests to his baby-momma, “Maybe we can make amends, be friends/We’re only hurting all of us for certain by forsaking him,” it gives the listener a much-needed rest from an album’s worth of self-destructive macho posing. More important, it is with insightful moments like these that the Punisher reveals the conscience buried beneath his “all-about-the-Benjamins” mind-set and distinguishes himself in some small way from many of his one-dimensional colleagues.
Capital Punishment, much like B.I.G.’s Ready to Die, entails more unsubstantiated stories of criminal exploits than wise words, but the artist makes his overwhelmingly illegal imagination palatable with a dash of Robin Hood-like nobility. And though it may be occasionally misguided and limited, Pun’s propaganda illustrates a greater awareness of the unifying possibilities of rap music. In “You Came Up,” he commands “Five boroughs thoroughly reppin’/Let’s unite the city and step to the world as a weapon.” With his aggressive approach and incredibly intimidating physical form, Big Pun seems poised to seize the throne by force and cast his ominous shadow over all five boroughs. Elaborate lyrics infused with ghetto wisdom indicate that the new King of New York may have even more depth than width. CP
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NHL Rumors: Muzzin and the Leafs, Skinner, Oilers, and More
By Jim Parsons January 19th, 2019
In today’s rumor rundown the Leafs have to decide the price they’re willing to pay for a defenseman, the Sabres and Jeff Skinner are working hard to get a deal done. At the same time, Kevin Shattenkirk is trying not to think about the possibility of being traded out of New York and the Oilers are looking at making a deal but also being cautious about their approach.
Maple Leafs Interested in Jake Muzzin
Darren Dreger was on TSN 1050 talking about the fact that Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas and the entire management group is having a hard time deciding how willing they are to trade assets for a defenseman. Dreger said one name the Maple Leafs are interested in is Jake Muzzin.
Jake Muzzin #6, Los Angeles Kings – December 18, 2017 (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Dreger says that the asking price for Jake Muzzin is a first round pick and a prospect and he’s a lefty so he doesn’t exactly fill their most pressing need and giving up someone like Kasperi Kapanen in that situation is not an ideal alternative for the Leafs.
Related: NHL Rumors: Senators, Red Wings, Hurricanes, More
Darren Dreger was on WGR 550 and said that he believes the Buffalo Sabres are working hard with Jeff Skinner’s agency – Newport Sports Agency– to get him re-signed. Dreger said, “I don’t think that they’re there yet.”
Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner (53) celebrates. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, in Buffalo N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Skinner has been a revelation for the Sabres this season but there could still be such a sizeable gap that a deal can’t be figured out before the trade deadline. That will leave the organization with a tough decision. Does the team roll the dice and go into a playoff run without Skinner signed? Or, do they realize the gap is so large an extension seems unlikely?
In the end, Dreger said, he doesn’t think the Sabres will split up Jack Eichel and Skinner and he’d “be really surprised if they can’t come to terms.”
Related: Blockbuster Trade Scenario for Oilers and Blue Jackets
Oilers Trying to Take the Smart Approach to the Trade Deadline
Elliotte Friedman was on Sportsnet 960 and discussed the Edmonton Oilers possible approach to the trade deadline. If the Oilers are going to trade either Jesse Puljujarvi or their 2019 first-round pick, they are going to tread carefully and make sure the deal is the right one. It has to be the type of deal that helps the team get into the playoffs.
Jesse Puljujarvi (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Friedman has heard that the team is and isn’t looking at moving Puljujarvi, so how real that possibility is, remains unclear. But, he believes while the team may not be shopping him, they are receiving calls and are listening to offers. they are interested in trading Puljujarvi, that they aren’t, and that they don’t want to if they don’t have too.
Friedman says:
“They’ll try some other things. They’ve got a first-rounder. Maybe they’ll think of moving that with some protection on for a really high pick. But teams are going to ask them about Puljujarvi, and we’ll see what they decide to do.”
At the end of the day, it sounds like the Oilers will be active and are looking to make a deal, but the plan is to move the pieces they want to move first before moving any pieces they are reluctant to move.
Related: NHL Rumors: Flyers, Jackets, Oilers, Maple Leafs, More
Kevin Shattenkirk on the Trade Board Again?
Larry Brooks of the NY Post is reporting that New York Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk is back in the news as it pertains to a possible trade. He feels he’s played better of late, and like other players who produce, they become a bit more attractive on the trade market.
Kevin Shattenkirk, New York Rangers, September 27, 2018 (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Brooks writes that Shattenkirk is not really thinking about being traded, but knows it’s possible. He explains, “I haven’t thought about the possibility too much, but I also don’t want to say that I’m numb to it.” He added, “Because of my past, I’m always aware of it, but I’m not worried about it, either. ”
Shattenkirk has two years left on his deal at a $6.65 million salary cap hit with a modified no-trade clause – a 10-team no-trade list that was submitted last July.
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07 Jan Predictions for the 2019 Golden Globes
Posted at 08:36h in Awards Season by Doug Jamieson 0 Comments
Predicting the nominees for the Golden Globes is hard. Predicting the winners is nigh-on impossible. With all sorts of category fraud this year and a bevvy of big celebrities nominated, this could take all sorts of nutty paths. We could see another La La Land style sweep and A Star Is Born takes the lion’s share of the big prizes. Or this could be the moment Black Panther pounces and makes its strongest play for that Best Picture Oscar.
And without other pseudo musicals A Star Is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody in its way (yes, they’re “dramas” in the HFPA’s eyes), could Mary Poppins Returns clean up the Comedy/Musical categories? Or is this where The Favourite picks up steam and becomes our new frontrunner? And don’t discount Green Book which the HFPA clearly loved, given the surprise Best Director nomination for Peter Farrelly.
As for the acting categories, these are even more up-in-the-air. The HFPA tend to go their own strange way and honour performances that often don’t go on to Oscar wins. While we may have our presumed Oscar frontrunners for the four acting prizes, it likely means very little here. Throw darts at a dartboard for these categories and you’re likely to still get a few correct.
As such, take these predictions with a grain of salt. It’s reading tea leaves territory here. Alas, here are my final predictions for the Golden Globes film categories for 2019.
MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
You could make a case for any of the nominees, but the HFPA love to go with the big crowd-pleasers, so that knocks out BlacKkKlansman and Beale Street. It could be the moment for Black Panther, allowing the HFPA to get the jump on the Academy by awarding a superhero film with such a top prize. Tempting as that may be, the film didn’t see love for Ryan Coogler in the directing category, so my money is on A Star Is Born.
BEST ACTOR – MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
Lucas Hedges – Boy Erased
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman
For the longest time, I’ve thought this was Cooper’s to lose. And given the fact he’s never won before (and probably won’t win Best Director), it could still absolutely happen. But then Bohemian Rhapsody got in for Best Picture – Drama (ugh), and it’s hard not to see that sign of adoration for the film flow over to a win for its bombastic star performer in Malek. He’s also somewhat overdue, given Mr. Robot won Globes a few years ago for Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actor for Christian Slater, but, strangely, not a win for its leading man.
BEST ACTRESS – MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Glenn Close – The Wife
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Nicole Kidman – Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike – A Private War
The HFPA gave Lady Gaga an acting award for her role in American Horror Story: Hotel. If you’ve seen that scenery-chewing farcical performance, you know that’s enough of a reason to predict another win for her here. They love her. She’s a huge star. It’ll make headlines. And she just so happens to give a stellar turn. Case closed. One of the few locks of the night. That’ll come back to haunt me when it goes to Close…
MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The one category I genuinely cannot predict. Once upon a time, the musical nominee would take it home by default, but we’re not in those days anymore. As much as I’d like to see Mary Poppins Returns win, it’s probably not happening, especially after that baffling snub for Best Original Song. My next guess would be The Favourite, but it missed out in Best Director, and that’s too big a negative to overlook. Crazy Rich Asians is just happy to be here. So, that leaves Vice and Green Book aka two of the most divisive films of the year. Both have surprising Director nominations (ugh) and both are in for Screenplay. Flip a coin really. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m going with the “crowd-pleasing” Green Book.
BEST ACTOR – MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Christian Bale – Vice
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
Robert Redford – The Old Man and the Gun
John C. Reilly – Stan and Ollie
Much like the previous category, it’s another battle between Vice and Green Book. Again, just flip a damn coin. Personally, I don’t see how you can overlook Bale’s incredible transformative performance, particularly in favour of Mortensen’s fuggedaboudit Tony Soprano-esque turn. Then again, it’s the HFPA, so it’s probably going Viggo’s way.
BEST ACTRESS – MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron – Tully
Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians
The smart money would be on Colman taking this one. She probably will, but the HFPA love, love, love Blunt (five nominations and one win), so that’s hard to overlook. She’s the bigger star (always a key factor here). She’s incredibly likeable. And she’s playing an iconic role that previously won a Golden Globe. Just seems to tick a few more boxes, no? Colman has other awards in her future, so maybe it’s wise to just let Blunt have this one.
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell – Vice
Remember when the HFPA gave Best Supporting Actor to Aaron Taylor-Johnson over eventual Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali? Yeah, that head-scratcher still stands as one of the most baffling decisions in recent Globes history. This could be the moment to right that wrong. It should be the magnificent Grant, who has been cleaning up along the critics’ awards circuit, but Ali is owed a trophy and they’re likely going to give it to him. Truly hope to be wrong on this one.
Amy Adams – Vice
Claire Foy – First Man
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
King has been the presumed frontrunner for most of the season. But that recent nomination snub at the SAG Awards didn’t help her campaign and could potentially turn off HFPA voters. Adams is enormously beloved by the Globes and likely going to win over on the TV side for Sharp Objects. Could she really walk home with two awards? Sure, but I’m sticking with King. Don’t be surprised to see King and Adams split the vote and someone like Weisz stroll through in a shock win.
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Peter Farrelly – Green Book
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay – Vice
I’m still staggered McKay and Farrelly are here, but, hey, it’s the Globes. Cuarón seems fairly unstoppable here, even though they awarded him just a few years ago for Gravity and it would make him one of only a handful of directors to win this category more than once. But with Roma ridiculously ineligible for Best Motion Picture – Drama, it seems unlikely they won’t award his direction. Then again, if the HFPA are happy with just giving him Foreign Language Film, expect to see Lee take this out, which wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.
Given it’s unlikely to win the Best Comedy/Musical prize, expect to see the HFPA spread the wealth and give this one to The Favourite as a consolation prize. It’s one of the year’s most gloriously crafted scripts, so it absolutely deserves it.
ANIMATED FEATURE
The Globes have given this prize 12 times, and Disney/Pixar have only ever lost twice, which would suggest either Ralph Breaks the Internet or Incredibles 2 are taking this out. But all the buzz has been with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse lately and it would be a refreshing change for the HFPA to honour someone other than the house of mouse. They’ll still probably go with the safe option of Incredibles 2, especially given this category wasn’t around for the original film to win. For now, this nerd will dream and play things dangerously.
That nomination for A Quiet Place (its sole nomination) is honestly the most bizarre thing the HFPA did this year. That and snubbing the gorgeous (and possibly Oscar-winning) score from If Beale Street Could Talk. There’s a hell of a lot of love for Justin Hurwitz’s sublime score for First Man, but the film has lost all of its awards season steam and Hurwitz won this category far too recently. The likely victor seems to be Mary Poppins Returns, as a way to make up for forgetting it also had original songs as well as score music.
“All The Stars” – Black Panther
“Girl in the Movies” – Dumplin’
“Requiem For a Private War” – A Private War
“Revelation” – Boy Erased
“Shallow” – A Star Is Born
Nothing but “Shallow” is winning this category. Next.
Capernaum (Lebanon)
Girl (Belgium)
Never Look Away (Germany)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)
And nothing but Roma is winning this category. The end.
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Space Boobs In Space is the best thing on Prime Video
by Tristan Greene — in Creativity
Prime Video doesn’t have a show like Netflix’s Jessica Jones. Instead, it has Space Boobs In Space. Where the former’s about a fictional female crime fighter, the other is a low budget piece of body-positive feminism that deserves to be taken just as seriously. Not all heroes wear capes or leather jackets; some wear just enough to cover their nipples.
Space Boobs In Space is a film by underground studio Gonzoriffic. According to IMDB it was shot on an estimated budget of about $1,000 using smartphones, DSLR cameras, A VHS camcorder, and whatever else director Andrew Shearer and his crew could get their hands on. It’s not going to win any Oscars, and if you just looked at the artwork and read the description you’d probably get the wrong idea.
Credit: Gonzoriffic
Amazon Prime Video description: Exmin the Valkyrie returns from a deadly mission to find her bounty contains a bizarre program of glittery aliens, a fashion forward swamp monster, a vampire girl gang, and cheesy special effects from the most ridiculous corners of the galaxy.
If you’re expecting exploitation cinema, or some grade-B schlockfest that was put together just to titillate the male libido: you’re wrong. It is sexy, and it’s plot is unapologetically all about boobs, but there’s no exposed breasts or helpless vixens in need of a strong man to save them.
You should skip all of Gonzoriffic’s work if you’re just looking for T&A. The women in these films are self-assured and it’s obvious they’re shooting the movie they want to film, not the one they think some primary demographic will appreciate.
And that’s a problem for a lot of people who see the artwork and think they’re about to have their hardons catered to. One reviewer on IMDB said:
This movie is utterly painful to watch. I watched with a friend and was thoroughly disappointed and it takes ALOT for me to be disappointed at a movie. Womb Raider was SO much better than this movie… wow.
Womb Raider, by the way, is a pornographic film. If you’ve seen any of Gonzoriffic’s work, you can understand how someone looking for porn would feel cheated.
Shearer told us:
I think it’s important not to do those things. But to be aware of them and to be dissapointed by them and critical of them. I don’t want to make those movies. I’ve already seen them.
When he’s been offered distribution deals in the past, he’s turned them down. Shearer is adamant that his company and work are beholden to nobody. He and his crew want complete control over their content, presentation, and every aspect of its creation – even if that means shooting on weekends without any money.
Gonzoriffic isn’t your typical entertainment company. Its products look a lot like a bunch of friends hanging out making silly movies to make each other laugh. And, to hear Shearer tell it, that’s not far off from the truth.
He told us about his experience getting low-budget underground cinema on Prime Video and what it’s meant for the company.
We all still have full time jobs, this is kind of like a hobby… it almost feels like philanthropy or outreach on Amazon’s part. Amazon has all this money and it’s like they’re giving independent filmmakers an opportunity. But with Prime, when that became an option for us, it was a life changing thing. Now instead of wondering if we’ll be able to do the next project, maybe we’re able to do two or three.
Gonzoriffic isn’t the only show in town when it comes to underground cinema on Amazon Prime, but you’ve probably never seen anything like its films.
In movies like Space Boobs In Space, Dr. Humpenstein’s Erotic Castle, or Underground Sinema you’ll find a lot of women wearing next-to-nothing, often covered in fake-blood, and occasionally humping couches.
What you won’t find are women who are ashamed of themselves, their work, or their bodies. Underground erotic horror cinema doesn’t have to exploit anyone to be a success. We can’t wait to see what Gonzoriffic and Amazon Prime Video have to show us next.
If you’re not a Prime subscriber you can buy Space Boobs In Space and Gonzoriffic’s other films here.
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Pierce plateaus versus Mesa
By Amir Malekpour
Brahmas defensive end Sterling Cooper pursues San Diego Mesa quarterback Laquan Williams on Sept. 15, 2018, at Shepard Stadium in Woodland Hills, Calif.
Outside Linebacker Marqi Hathorn tackles a San Diego Mesa College player during a game at Pierce College's Shepard Stadium on Sept. 15, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo by Natalie Miranda
Running Back David Kates tries to run with the ball during a game against San Diego Mesa College on Sept. 15, 2018, at Pierce College's Shepard Stadium in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo by Natalie Miranda
Running Back David Kates catches the ball during a game against San Diego Mesa College on Sept. 15, 2018, at Pierce College's Shepard Stadium in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo by Natalie Miranda
Jonathan Saavedra (7) avoids the pass rush from San Diego Mesa linebacker Devin Sanders on Sept. 15, 2018 in Woodland Hills, Calif.
As the saying goes, never bring a knife to a gun-fight. That is exactly what the Brahmas did last Saturday when they hosted the San Diego Mesa College Olympians.
The Olympians got out in front early in the first quarter when receiver Dejon Smith dragged his toes in the front of the end zone for his first of two touchdowns in the first quarter.
The Brahmas struggled to move the ball, totalling -19 yards in the first quarter.
Pierce had a couple opportunities in the second quarter fueled by fumbled punts by the Olympians. However, the San Diego Mesa defense clamped down, forcing a turnover on downs and an interception on those two possessions.
The Olympians added a field goal before halftime, and went to the locker room leading the Brahmas 16-0.
“We’ve got to get something together,” said quarterback Jonathan Saavedra on the sideline.
The third quarter opened with another touchdown from the Olympians.
Watching in frustration was Brahmas alumni and current corner for Mexico City’s Mayas LFA Jonathan Tinajero.
“They’ve got to find that sense of urgency. They look great, but they need unity,” Tinajero said. “Something is holding them back like a bacteria. It needs to be removed immediately. Removed by the root.”
The third quarter ended with the Brahmas down 29-0.
“There’s too many people playing for themselves and not enough people playing for the team.” said Brahmas receiver Malik Ferguson.
Tinajero stood quietly at the sidelines brooding.
“The players are too focused on getting scholarships, but what they don’t realize is that the only way to a scholarship is to win,” Tinajero said.
Quaterbacks coach Jeremy Boyle described the cause of the loss as San Diego Mesa’s raw muscle and discipline.
At the post game huddle, the collective feeling was a mutual frustration. After a few players traded a few jabs head coach Carlos Woods was quick to stomp the raw emotion
“We should have capitalized on their weaknesses, but the thing we lacked today was discipline,” Woods said. “We lost the game the moment we stepped on the field.”
The Brahmas next game is Saturday, Sept. 22, when they head to LA Valley College to take on the rival Monarchs for the Victory Bell. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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Yesterday, the verdict was finally revealed and Harvey Weinstein was found guilty for criminal sexual assault and rape in the third degree. After the verdict was read, he was taken into custody without bail.
According to CNN, while he was being transported to New York’s Rikers Island, he was rerouted to New York’s Bellevue Hospital for chest pains, heart palpitations, and high blood pressure.
He was admitted Monday night, and his attorney confirmed that he is okay, and remained in the prison ward at Bellevue Tuesday morning.
As we previously reported, Harvey was found guilty of criminal sexual assault in the first degree, and rape in the third degree. The jury was able to reach a verdict on the sexual assault charge based on a testimony provided by Miriam Haley, who is a former “Project Runway,” production assistant. They were able to reach a verdict on the rape charge based on the testimony provided by aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
Once he is released from the hospital, he is expected to be transferred to Rikers Island.
He will officially be sentenced on March 11th and faces up to 25 years for the sexual assault conviction, and 18 months to 4 years for the third-degree rape conviction.
Harvey is also facing charges in Los Angeles, but no hearing has been scheduled as of yet.
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About the clinical guidelines
Declaring and dealing with competing interests
Guideline journal articles
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Surveillance colonoscopy
Lung cancer prevention & diagnosis
PSA testing
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Plain-language summary
1. Epidemiology
1. Epidemiology – Introduction
1.1 Epidemiology of BCC
1.2 Epidemiology of cSCC
2. Prevention – Introduction
2.1 UV protection
2.2 Chemoprevention
2.3 Vitamin D
3. Early detection
4. Clinical features
4. Clinical features – Introduction
4.1 Clinical features of BCC
4.2 Clinical features of cSCC and related tumours
5. Pathology
5. Pathology – Introduction
5.1 Pathology of BCC
5.2 Pathology of cSCC and related tumours
5.3 Pathology of keratoacanthoma
5.4 Pathology of rare tumours
5.5 Biopsy considerations and the biopsy report
6. Prognosis
6. Prognosis – Introduction
6.1 Prognosis of BCC
6.2 Prognosis of cSCC
7. Surgical treatment
7. Surgical treatment – Introduction
7.1 Considerations before selecting surgical treatment modality
7.2 Optimal primary excision techniques
7.3 Optimal surgical technique – basal cell carcinoma
7.4 Considerations when planning surgical treatment for cSCC
7.5 Post-surgical care and interpretation of the pathology report
7.6 Managing incompletely resected BCC
7.7 Managing rapidly growing tumours
7.8 Mohs micrographic surgery
7.9 Surgical management of advanced cSCC
7.10 Health system implications and discussion
8. Radiotherapy
8. Radiotherapy – Introduction
8.1 Radiotherapy with or without surgical treatment
8.2 Radiotherapy for BCC
8.3 Radiotherapy for cSCC
8.4 Radiotherapy for regional (nodal) metastatic disease (non-distant)
8.5 Radiotherapy for actinic keratosis and cSCC in situ
8.6 Radiotherapy for keratoacanthoma
8.7 Recent advances in the radiotherapy of skin cancer
8.8 Management of radiotherapy side effects
8.9 Health system implications and discussion
9. Cryotherapy and electrodessication and curettage
9. Cryotherapy and electrodessication and curettage – Introduction
9.1 Cryotherapy and EDC for BCC
9.2 Cryotherapy and EDC for cSCC
10. Topical treatments and photodynamic therapy
10. Topical treatments and photodynamic therapy – Introduction
10.1 Topical treatments
10.2 Photodynamic therapy
10.3 Health system implications and discussion
11. Organ transplantation and conditions associated with immunosuppression
11. Organ transplantation and conditions associated with immunosuppression – Introduction
11.1 Epidemiology – immunosuppressed patients
11.2 Management of organ transplant recipients
11.3 Strategies to manage keratinocyte cancer in organ transplant recipients
12. Metastatic disease and systemic therapies
12. Metastatic disease and systemic therapies – Introduction
12.1 Systemic therapies for advanced and metastatic BCC
12.2 Systemic therapies for metastatic cSCC
13. Follow-up
14. The role of primary care
15. Economics of keratinocyte cancer
16. Common concerns raised by patients
TNM classification of primary cutaneous carcinomas
Guideline development process
List of clinical questions
Working party members and contributors
Declarations of interest register
Glossary of technical terms and abbreviations
7.3 Optimal surgical technique for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma
From Clinical Guidelines Wiki
Clinical practice guidelines for keratinocyte cancer > Clinical question
Guideline contents > What factors need to be considered when determining the optimal surgical technique for those with basal cell carcinoma?
Dr Peter Callan MBBS FRACS MBA — Author
Brian De'Ambrosis — Co-author
James Emmett — Co-author
Cancer Council Australia Keratinocyte Cancers Guideline Working Party — Co-author
Dr Peter Callan MBBS FRACS MBA, Brian De'Ambrosis, James Emmett, Cancer Council Australia Keratinocyte Cancers Guideline Working Party. What factors need to be considered when determining the optimal surgical technique for those with basal cell carcinoma? [Version URL: https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australiawiki/index.php?oldid=208371, cited 2021 Jan 16]. Available from https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australia/Clinical_question:Factors_to_consider_to_determine_optimal_BCC_treatment. In: Cancer Council Australia Keratinocyte Cancers Guideline Working Party. Clinical practice guidelines for keratinocyte cancer. Sydney: Cancer Council Australia. Available from: https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australia/Guidelines:Keratinocyte_carcinoma.
1 Systematic review evidence
1.1 Recurrence rates
2 Evidence summary and recommendations
2.1 Notes on the recommendations
Systematic review evidence
What factors need to be considered when determining the optimal surgical technique for those with basal cell carcinoma?
A systematic review was undertaken to answer this clinical question. The search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and quality assessment are described in detail in the Technical report.
A total of 24 studies were identified that reported on outcomes of surgical treatment for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) according to various risk factors. These included one randomised controlled trial (RCT),[1][2] two case control studies,[3][4] one prospective cohort study,[5][6][7] five retrospective cohort studies[8][9][10][11][12] and 15 case series.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
One prospective cohort study[7] and two retrospective cohort studies[12][17] had a moderate risk of bias. Both RCTs[1][2] and all remaining studies had a high risk of bias.
Surgical techniques included surgical excision, Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), and electrodessication and curettage.
Reported outcomes included completeness of excision, recurrence rates, and cure rates.
Recurrence rates
Studies reported recurrence rates for BCC according to the following treatment-related factors:
surgical margin (two studies)[15][18]
treatment type (six studies)[1][2][3][5][6][7][10][11][12]
reconstruction technique (two studies).[15][25]
Studies also reported recurrence rates for BCC according to a range of tumour-related factors:
tumour histology (five studies)[2][8][3][7][12][14][23][25][27]
tumour location (12 studies)[1][2][3][5][6][7][8][11][12][14][15][20][25][27]
tumour size (two studies)[8][5]
tumour infiltration depth (one study).[25]
No RCT investigated the relationship between excision margins and recurrence rates. However, some studies found associations between recurrence rate and histologic subtype or tumour location, which suggest that wider surgical margins and more judicious follow-up may be necessary when excising BCCs with higher-risk features such as aggressive histological subtype, the presence of pigment, unfavourable anatomical sites (e.g. H-zonethe area of the face that includes the central face, eyelids, eyebrows, periorbital, nose, lips, chin, mandible, preauricular and postauricular skin and sulci, temple, and ear of the face).
Surgical margins of 3mm were used in the RCT comparing surgical excision with Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) for BCCs of the face.[1][2] For primary BCCs, this study reported 10-year recurrence rates of 4.4% after MMS and 12.2% after surgical excision (statistically nonsignificant difference).[van Loo et al 2014] All recurrences appeared on the H-zonethe area of the face that includes the central face, eyelids, eyebrows, periorbital, nose, lips, chin, mandible, preauricular and postauricular skin and sulci, temple, and ear, and a high proportion (56%) of recurrences occurred after more than 5 years.
Overall aggressive histologic subtypes were found to be more likely to recur than non-aggressive types.[8][2][3][7][12][14][21][23][25][27] Tumours on the nose eyes lips and ears were more likely to recur than elsewhere on the face or body.[8][5][1][7][14][19][20][6]
Based on weak evidence (small non-randomised studies with inconsistent results), completeness of excision appears to be related to tumour histology[9][10][13][18][21][22] and to location.[9][10][16][17][21][22][26]
Evidence from studies examining the relationship between excision margins and recurrence rate was inconsistent and of poor quality,[4][17][18][24] as was evidence from studies examining the relationship between closure technique and recurrence rate.[9]
Evidence summary and recommendations
Basal cell carcinoma subtypes significantly associated with recurrence were aggressive, sclerodermiform and non-pigmented subtypes as well as those with infiltrative, metatypic-basaloid squamous cell-pleomorphic patterns, compared with less aggressive, nodular, adenoid, superficial and pigmented subtypes and subtypes with pilar differentiation. II, III-2, III-3, IV [2], [3], [7], [8], [12], [14], [21], [23], [25], [27]
Basal cell carcinomas on the face and H-zonethe area of the face that includes the central face, eyelids, eyebrows, periorbital, nose, lips, chin, mandible, preauricular and postauricular skin and sulci, temple, and ear of the face were generally more likely to recur after surgical excision than those on the rest of the body, forehead, cheek and temple. However, only tumours located on the nose, lips, eyes and superior eyelid were found to have significantly higher rates of recurrence than those on the forehead, check, temple, medial and lateral canthus and lower eyelid. II, III-2, III-3, IV [1], [5], [6], [7], [11], [8], [14], [19], [20]
There were no difference in recurrence rates between surgical margins 3,4 and ≥5mm on the nose. However, excision sizes >1.75cm2 were associated with significantly higher recurrence than excision sizes <1.75cm2 on the eyelid. IV [15], [18]
No significant difference was found in the mean size of tumours which did and did not recur. II, III-3 [8], [5]
BCCs that had invaded deep structures were more likely to recur than BCCs that had invaded into the reticular dermis, hypodermis and papillary dermis. IV [25]
Incomplete excision was generally found to be greater on the face and head than the rest of the body (trunk, legs and arms), and on the nose, eyelid and ears than the rest of the face and head. III-2, III-3, IV [9], [10], [16], [17], [21], [22], [26]
Rates of incomplete excisions were found to be higher with undefined and mixed histology, fibrosing, adenoid, and non-pigmented BCCs than pigmented and superficial BCCs.
Rates of incomplete excision for nodular and infiltrative BCCs were mixed.
No significant difference in rates of incomplete excision was found between groups with some aggressive types of BCC (morpheaform [sclerosingscar-like (morphoeic)], infiltrative, nodulo-infiltrative) and non-aggressive (nodular, superficial, pagetoid) BCCs.
III-2, III-3, IV [9], [10], [13], [18], [21], [22]
There was no significant association between completeness of excision for BCCs when comparing margin widths of ≤2mm, 3mm, 4mm, and ≥5mm.
There was no significant association between completeness of excision comparing BCCs excised with 2mm and 4mm margins versus inspected healthy margins.
Numerically higher rates of complete excision were reported for BCCs with 4-mm margins versus 3-mm and 5-mm margins, but these results were not statistically analysed.
III-2, IV [4], [17], [18], [24]
BCCs that stopped before the reticular dermis had significantly higher rates of complete excision than those that had spread to the hypodermis, muscle, cartilage, bone and nerve. III-3 [9]
There was no significant associated between mean diameter of tumours which were completely excised versus incompletely excised. However tumour size >3cm was associated with more complete excisions than <0.5cm. III-2, III-3 [9], [10]
The 5-year cure rate was over 97% for BCCs surgically excised on the face in areas such as the nose, eyelid, temple, forehead, and cheek. IV [19], [27]
Evidence-based recommendation
EBR 7.3.1. Patients with high-risk recurrent facial basal cell carcinomas should be offered wide surgical excision or Mohs micrographic surgery. Regular follow-up should be provided. C
EBR 7.3.2. Non-surgical treatment modalities can be considered for patients with basal cell carcinomas assessed to have a low risk of recurrence based on favourable histological type (e.g. superficial or nodular types) and favourable anatomic locations (away from unique structures). C
Notes on the recommendations
Follow-up of patients after treatment is individually tailored according to patient factors, tumour factors, anatomic site and the perceived adequacy of treatment.
Current literature supports the use of wide surgical excision or Mohs surgery for primary high-risk facial BCCs.[1][2] The RCT[1][2] reported no significant difference between 10-year recurrence rates for primary BCCs treated by MMS or surgical excision. For recurrent BCCs, however, MMS achieved higher 10-year cure rates than surgical excision.[2]
Recent US guidelines for the management of BCC[Bichakjian et al 2018] recommend surgical excision for low-risk primary BCCs and selected high-risk BCCs, but make a stronger recommendation for MMS in high-risk tumours (defined according to National Comprehensive Cancer Network stratification[ref] to include all H-zonethe area of the face that includes the central face, eyelids, eyebrows, periorbital, nose, lips, chin, mandible, preauricular and postauricular skin and sulci, temple, and ear facial tumours as well as tumours that are large, poorly defined, recurrent, showing aggressive growth pattern or perineural invasion, at radiation therapy sites, or in immunosuppressed patients). The US working group based its recommendation for MMS in both primary and recurrent BCC mainly on the only available RCT,[1][2] but noted that ‘these findings cannot necessarily be extrapolated beyond the scope of the study population with facial BCC.’ The US working group further noted that the lack of availability of tissue blocks for molecular testing or further histological examination is a limitation of MMS, and suggested that this limitation should be minimised by careful selection of MMS candidates based on initial biopsy results.
Our recommendation was made after considering these same limitations, as well as the availability of MMS in Australia. MMS has a statistically significant advantage for high risk recurrent facial BCC, but not for primary at this stage.[2]
See also: Criteria for choosing Mohs micrographic surgery in preference to other surgical techniques.
Surgical treatment – Introduction
Considerations before selecting a surgical treatment modality
Optimal primary excision techniques:
Considerations when planning surgical treatment for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
Post-surgical care and interpretation of the pathology report
Protocol to manage incompletely resected basal cell carcinoma
Protocol to manage rapidly growing tumours
Criteria for choosing Mohs micrographic surgery in preference to other surgical techniques
Surgical management of advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
Surgical treatment – Health system implications and discussion
PICO question SX2 Evidence statement form SX2 Systematic review report SX2
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Submitted by Anon on 27 November, 2006 - 1:18
"In fact, every sect is religious." — Karl Marx
Many years ago I read with riveted fascination a big book on the history of a controversy that has more than a little interest for citizens of a socialist movement that has reduced itself to a sprawling archipelago of self-sealing, self-intoxicating, self-blinding sects - the dispute about "Who wrote Shakespeare?".
It was called Shakespeare's Lives, and written by S. Schoenbaum.
The dispute has raged for well over a hundred years now and rages still.
Shakespeare wrote "Shakespeare", you say? But very little is known about William Shakespeare of Statford upon Avon. What little is known about "the Stratford man" deepens the mystery that must attach to "Shakespeare", whoever he was. How could anybody be so universal, know so much about so many different sorts of human beings and human situations?
Those who believe that William Shakespeare of Stratford upon Avon did not write the works of "Shakespeare", are called the "anti-Stratfordians".
How, they ask, could the small town petty-bourgeois, with at best a grammar school education, have known courts and palaces and the secrets of the princely exercise of state power? How could he have known the things which the author of "Shakespeare" knew, and knew so amazingly well that plays he wrote about the politics of a different world, can still talk to us - Richard III, or Hamlet, or Macbeth, or Coriolanus, for example - about the essentials of our own political world, 400 years later?
However you look at it, there is, as well as a dearth of hard fact about the man, an awe-inspiring mystery about the genius of Shakespeare. It is the same sort of mystery as you confront in Mozart, but far greater and with no obvious solution.
From early childhood Mozart produced a wonderful profusion of musical patterns, as if he were a medium for some force outside himself. But Shakespeare dealt with character, situations, History.
Where Mozart can, perhaps, be explained by the qualities of a unique but more or less self-sufficient musical-mathematical mind trained from infancy by his musician father, Shakespeare did not deal with patterns in his own mind, or only with patterns of sound, but with patterns in society, psychology and history. How did he know? How could he know? Where did he learn what he knew? What experiences shaped and instructed, honed and stocked that wonderful mind about the world and its inhabitants?
For now, the mystery of Shakespeare is irresoluble, and maybe it always will be. We simply do not know. And that not knowing is very unsatisfying.
Enter the anti-Stratfordians. Their game is to find the most likely "alternative Shakespeare" from among public figures who were Shakespeare's contemporaries, men about whom, unlike "the Stratford man", much is known, and who had a background that might explain Shakespeare's knowledge of power, people, kings and cabals.
So who was "Shakespeare"? Who is hiding behind that name? Was he the Jacobean pioneering philosopher of science and one-time Lord Chancellor of England, Francis Bacon? Or Christopher Marlowe? Marlowe died more than 20 years before Shakespeare - but can you prove that he really died in a tavern brawl in Deptford, that he, a sometime government spy involved in plots and political intrigue, did not go into hiding on the continent and there write "Shakespeare"? No one can!
Or was it, perhaps, the Earl of Oxford? Or of Southampton? There are other "alternative Shakespeares", among them Queen Elizabeth I. Shakespeare outlived her by a dozen years. But if you know, with burning conviction that "Shakespeare" couldn't have been Will Shakespeare, you won't let petty details like that clutter up your theory. They are easy to explain away.
Sects have formed around favoured candidates - Marlovians, Oxfordians, Baconians. All of them try to prove the unprovable, sometimes by way of sifting through texts for secret encrypted messages from the "real Shakespeare".
Rejecting chaste scientific restraint, and the unsatisfying, "I don't know", all of them have gone on from the paucity of information about "the Stratford man", to the conviction that "Shakespeare" was Bacon, Oxford, Marlowe. They display passionate conviction, and certainty taken to the point of obsession. But they have only subjective grounds of intuition, inclination, sympathy and antipathy on which to mount their conclusions. It is probably no accident that one of the founders of the first, Baconian, school of anti-Stratfordians was named... Delia Bacon.
The anti-Stratfordians, inevitably, depend on the suppression and arbitrary selection of evidence, and on an impatient dismissal of what science tells them or, to the point here, what it can't tell them, and on special pleading for their own candidate. They fill the void in what we know and can hope to know with fantasies and projections, thrown up arbitrarily and subjectively.
And thus, over more than a hundred years, the anti-Stratfordians have created a paranoid sub-culture of warring sects that parallels and overlaps with both religious and political sectarian formations, of which they are, I suppose, a hybrid specimen.
One of the beauties of the game is that anybody can play. All you need to 'know' is that "Shakespeare" could not possibly have been the man fools have called "the Bard of Stratford-on-Avon". After that. your opinion is as good as that of anyone else. Sigmund Freud was an anti-Stratfordian; so was the arch Tory, Enoch Powell. Anybody can play!
One man, a once-prominent Tory, Duff Cooper, wrote a whole book about it - he was an Oxfordian -after it came to him in a flash of intuitive knowledge, one day in a World War I trench, that that yokel Shakespeare couldn't possibly have written those plays. Class snobbery, rampant class conceit, seems to be a prime component of all the anti-Stratfordian schools - the gut conviction that "Shakespeare" couldn't have been that pleb from the hick village in Warwickshire.
In his own time, Shakespeare was sneered at by some of his university-educated rivals - whose denunciation survives - as a mere grammar school upstart crow trying to steal the plumage of his betters. The anti-Stratfordians are their still-snobby descendants.
Unlike Kitsch-Trotskyist groups, which begin, or whose political ancestors began, as rational political formations, the anti-Stratfordians are not subject to the brutal but health-regenerating blows of experience. They start by discounting the only available "experience" - the evidence, such as it is -and take off from there.
Impervious to criticism, riding their intuitions, sympathies, antipathies, narcissisms, obsessions, as witches in Shakespeare's time were said to ride their broomsticks, they can go on forever, for as long as Shakespeare is read and performed, and they probably will - "stretching out to the crack of doom"!
Roland Emmerich's film Anonymous
Though it markets itself as having something fresh and startling to say, Roland Emmerich's Anonymous is only a crude sensationalist rendition of a century-old dispute: who was William Shakespeare, "really"?
In this rendition an actor, Will Shakespeare, lends his name to Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford. De Vere's social standing forbids him to appear in public as an author of popular plays but he is the "real" author of what we know as "Shakespeare". In this crude and vicious "alternative history" the actor Will Shakespeare is a dim-wit, blackmailing cockney fly-boy who murders at least two of his literary rivals, Marlowe and Kid. But that's not the half of it.
This De Vere is an illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth I. Ignorant of that fact, he fathers a child with her. Their son is the Earl of Southampton. Southampton is himself believed by one "who-was-Shakespeare-really" school of thought to have been "the real Shakespeare". The Earl of Essex is another of Elizabeth's secret sons. He too is her lover. She has him beheaded.
Essex probably was her lover; and he was beheaded after a feeble attempt at rebellion. Adding the detail that he was also her son is typical of this film's witless sensationalism.
At the time of the Essex "rebellion", in 1601, a play by Shakespeare was performed for some of the conspirators, and taken to bear a contemporary political message, that the Queen should abdicate. It was Richard II, in which the king is forced to abdicate, and then murdered. Elizabeth herself is supposed to have said of it: "Know you that I am Richard?"
In Anonymous, the play performed is Richard III, and it carries a political message. What message? Richard III is depicted as a hunchback; Elisabeth's chief minister, Robert Cecil, is depicted as also a hunchback. This is another measure of the crude witlessness of the makers of this film.
But they take themselves seriously. To go with the film Sony Pictures has distributed study notes to teachers in the USA proclaiming that Anonymous "presents a compelling portrait of Edward de Vere as the true author of Shakespeare's plays". It does nothing of the sort.
On one level, of course, it doesn't matter. Shakespeare was the author of Shakespeare's plays; the plays are what defines Shakespeare, of whom little else is known. The rest is waffle and speculation. Unprovable speculation. Poisonous waffle. But, as many came to believe in the alternative history of early Christianity in the Da Vinci Code, so this awful film will, no doubt, win believers for its preposterous, vicious fantasies.
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In ancient times the Athenian tragedy was born around ritual grounds where a sacrifice was placed to satisfy the gods.
At the place of the performance, an actor (hypocrites) performed, the choirs were pulled back, to two-thirds of a circle, leaving a third for a tent where the actor entered and exited where he changed his clothes. That tent was called skene: that means the stage! This basic element that of theatre, that was left as a heritage from this earliest form of theatre.
Ancient Greek Theater
Some experts said that the architectural structure, the place where the earliest plays were performed. They were built at the time of the expansion of the theatre, and some of them say that it was before the theatre’s earliest phases of growth. Some researchers have found different types of forms that were predecessors to the now-standard stage form. The ancient stage builders made them in a way so that the actors could be higher than the public, and by doing that the choir was hard to see. They tried rearranging the composition of the choir, the main scene, the proscenium.
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When we talk about the stage in those days, we mustn’t think that the always present background was the only element used in ancient theatre, that led the imagination of the audience to accept the stage as a royal palace, temple, or whatever the performance needed. The entire stage was changed by the need for the play, the actors could enter the stage through the doors in the background but also trough side doors. There is nothing that can lead us to believe that they used curtains.
The stage objects used in the beginning were few, but in time their numbers grew and they became more sophisticated. The main one was “ekkuklema” –a mobile platform, that came into the stage to show what happened or what is happening inside. The other stage objects were “mechane” so gods or other heroes could fly to the sky, “theologeion” was used to show the gods higher on stage, “distegia”- a fixed platform, “harons” were stairways, and “anapiezmata” used for calling the gods from the underworld, “bronteion” for making thunderous sounds, “keranouskopeion” for bolts of lightning, etc.
The stage from ancient times has changed according to the play’s needs, and continues to change, but the interest for the ancient stage remains.
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Coronavirus, and us: Let’s hold it together, together (week fucking nine)
05.04.2020 by David Murray // Leave a Comment
Another Friday, another Friday Happy Hour Video.
Friday, 10:17 a.m.
Big Zoom call at the bottom of the hour. I just changed into my "dress-up" baseball cap. This is it.
Friday, 8:47 a.m.
I've had a nagging feeling during this coronafuck.
I feel straighter, somehow.
My blue bird is singing a little
in there.
Younger!
Like I felt in college!
I would be driving from Kent State to my golf course job in Hudson in my gold 1985 Honda Civic stick shift and singing to Simon & Garfunkel with the taste of Hazelnut coffee from Dairy Mart in my mouth and a cigarette burning in my hand.
I had had sex! I knew how to drive a tractor! I was going to be a writer! I was good! I was going to be great! I might even be perfect!
"Go tell it on the mountain! Over the hills and everywhere! Go tell it on the mountain! Jesus Christ was born!"
I feel like that just a little more now than I did before the coronavirus.
I knew something was bugging me.
On Medium today, my take on the seemingly discouraging news that only 29% of respondents think CEOs are doing an "outstanding" job of handling the coronavirus crisis:
"But really, wouldn’t it be more surprising, in the middle of a global economic catastrophe, if CEOs making tens of millions were liked and trusted by people making tens of thousands and terrified of being laid off or forced to work in unsafe conditions — whatever those CEOs were saying or doing?"
And then I go on, to everyone's amazement, to show how CEOs actually can win credibility in this environment, the same way the best government communicators have—by managing the crisis in public, every fucking day.
Here's the piece.
Thursday, 9:15 a.m.
The worries are so big and many, they don't keep you up at night (though they may keep you down during the day). What, you're going to stare at the ceiling contemplating the second wave of coronavirus in Italy?
But the little worries, you can sink your teeth into. A bruising exchange with a cranky acquaintance. A friend who hasn't texted you back in a couple of days.
I can't find the exact quote, but in James Thurber's memoir The Years with Ross, about the early days at The New Yorker, Thurber recalled the famously emotionally awkward publisher Harold Ross once sticking his head in Thurber's office at the end of one day in 1940, and asking about Thurber's failing vision.
"Thurber," Ross shouted something like, "I worry about England, and your eyesight!"
And abruptly disappeared.
Clear. Coronavirus. Communication.
Wednesday, 3:15 a.m.
Up late again with Winston Churchill—Erik Larson's new book, The Splendid and the Vile, about England, in 1940. On September 7 of that year, Germany shocked Londoners with the first big bombing raid on the capital, which killed more than 400 people and severely injuring 1,600 more. The next day, a Sunday, Churchill walked through the ruins, his cane in one hand and a handkerchief in another, to wipe his tears.
"Good old Winnie!" shouted someone in the crowd. "We thought you'd come and see us."
"He really cares," a woman said. "He's crying."
Another woman shouted, "When are we going to bomb Berlin, Winnie?"
Shaking his fist and walking stick, Churchill shouted back, "You leave that to me!"
A government employee named Samuel Battersby witnessed the exchange and observed that "morale rose immediately." Battersby attributed it to "the uniquely unpredictable magic that was Churchill," and his ability to turn "the despondent misery of disaster into a grimly certain steppingstone to ultimate victory."
Due respect to Winston Churchill: The man was one of a kind. But I think he'd tell you himself, his magic was not so singular. Hell, his contemporary counterpart FDR had a version of it. "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has it. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has it.
We're talking about CEOs this week; Lee Iacocca had it. Jack Welch had it. They turned troubled companies around. No one would have hired them during good times. They were too iconoclastic, too emotional, too intense. Too Churchillian.
I was on a private call yesterday with Richard Edelman and a few Fortune 500 CEOs, who I'm not sure had it.
And why would they have it? Like Neville Chamberlain, they weren't hired to lead their people through a disaster. They were hired to manage their organizations in a relatively uneventful time. What are the chances they're also up for this?
When one of those CEOs answered a question about leadership by reciting something about brains, heart and courage from The Wizard of Oz, I honestly felt sorry for him. And I wondered if he and other CEOs, these days, are feeling sorry for themselves. Nobody told them there'd be times like these.
All the sober people are predicting we're going to be traversing various circles of this hell for the next couple of years. That's a long road full of lions and tigers and bears, oh my. I hope it's not just the ill-appearance of fat severance packages that's keeping some of these folks from stepping down and making way for the Winnies in the wings.
(Are there Winnies in the wings?)
Tuesday, 6:21 p.m.
I probably heard about coronavirus in January but didn't think much of it until late February. Similarly, I was reading things about "murder hornets" this morning on Facebook, and just this exact moment realized they are a real thing. Jesus Christ!
An exec comms director read the below and remarked: "People hate Congress, but love their congress(wo)man. Would be interesting to know if anything similar was happening with the lack of trust in CEOs that Edelman found."
I'll be looking into that.
Tuesday, 8:06 a.m.
CEOs’ credibility down, government’s up since beginning of coronavirus crisis, new Edelman Trust Barometer reading says.
That's the headline in today's Executive Communication Report: Coronavirus, which I write daily and to which you should subscribe immediately. Here's an excerpt from the story:
Faced with one of the biggest health and financial crises in history, people are turning to their governments for leadership and hope,” said Edelman CEO Richard Edelman, reporting on the results of a mid-April survey of people in 11 countries, according to CNBC. People are impressed by “the speed and scale of the lockdowns, the brave performance of the public health services and the extent of public expenditure to support the private sector,” Edelman said. “This is a stunning turnaround for government which has always languished at or near the bottom of the trust hierarchy.”
It’s also a blow to the credibility of CEOs; only 29% believe business leaders are doing an “outstanding” job of handling the crisis, while government leaders and scientists garnered nearly 50% approval in that category. Half of respondents thought businesses were putting profits before people and 41% believed they weren’t doing a good job of protecting workers or customers.
As a cranky communication commentator, I've been uncharacteristically constructive during the coronavirus crisis, just because destructive seems like it's taken.
As I boasted yesterday, I don't write about Trump very frequently. Mostly—maybe as much for my mental health as for yours—I've been writing about the communication efforts of CEOs and other leaders who I believe are better intentioned and better equipped to be helpful within their spheres of influence.
But slavish positivity can blind us to daily barbarisms, like the CEO of the Ohio company who got a $1.6 million windfall in the stock market, generously decided to give it all to his employees. And then, he had the company make this video showing the employees expressing their tearful gratitude to him.
Dude reminds me of Reggie Jackson, of whom his teammate Catfish Hunter said, "He'd give you the shirt off his back. Of course, he'd hold a press conference to announce it."
But at least that CEO gave them the money. Back in late March, the scooter startup company Bird laid off its people in a two-minute Zoom message delivered by the clearly devastated chief communications officer, rather than the CEO. "This is a sub-optimal way to deliver this message," she says at the beginning of the audio recording, before nearly breaking down.
This whole rotten deal inspired a veteran executive communication director in our orbit to write a hard-bitten (and anonymous) "Leadership Communications Primer for Numbing Times."
Dear (employee/associate/colleague/partner/unwitting participant in this capitalistic scheme),
These are certainly (challenging/unprecedented/uncertain/scary as shit) times. But as (we work together/you manage/we blindly stumble/I gaze coldly from my penthouse above the infected throngs) through this pandemic, I want to tell you how (proud/amazed/awed/inspired/slightly alarmed) I am by your (actions/efforts/contributions/flexibility/acquiescence). Your ability to (keep working/serve our customers/video conference in your pajamas) is truly (amazing/a defining moment in our history/unsettling beyond words.)
As the (pandemic/virus/emergency/totally foreseeable public health crisis that I’ll never acknowledge because I’m scared of making Trump mad) moves ahead, it will be critical that we remain (calm/informed/ healthy/at least asymptomatic) so that together we can (move forward/return to work/muddle ahead/remain a slave to the system that created this mess in the first place.)
Over the next (few days/weeks/months/vague period determined by whether we have enough sane communication professionals left to craft something of cogent quality), (I/we/the company/the organization/the far right anarchists/the out-of-touch libertarians/the tyrannical left) will issue (guidelines/information/tips/rules/pronouncements ignoring science and without regard to public or personal safety) on how we can all (return to work/reopen the economy/reestablish a new workplace/ensure my compensation doesn’t fall/drag ourselves back to the drudgery that was drudgery before this drudgery.)
It will be critical that we all (follow/pretend to follow/completely ignore) these instructions. Our (health/livelihoods/company/organization/undeserving reputation as a pillar of the community [thanks PR team!]), depends on (you/your gullibility/your hunger/your knowledge that the organization is sitting on 27 cases of unopened toilet paper).
Thank you for (understanding/all you have done/grieving on your own time/your reluctance to call us out when we ran out of hand sanitizer that one time we called you back too early because we totally ignored CDC guidelines and common sense.)
I’ll see you (back at work J!/on the floor where you belong/under my thumb again soon.) Until then, (stay safe/remain healthy/be thankful you’re even getting this note and not instructions on how to apply for meager social assistance.)
"Business has been drafting for the past three months as government has led the first leg of this race," Richard Edelman concluded. "Now it’s time for business to sprint to the front of the pack as the focus shifts to reopening the economy. This is a moment of reckoning for business and the promise of a stakeholder approach must now be delivered by filling their supply chains with small businesses and the retaining and reskilling of workers." Read the whole report.
And then talk to your CEO, because whatever you've been doing—and I know you've been doing it around the clock in the best way you know how—it hasn't been good enough.
Of course, some CEOs have surely done better than others.
Near the outset of this crisis—March 17—I wrote "an open letter to American CEOs," telling them, "a nation turns its lonely eyes to you." I advised CEOs to communicate via video every day, answering every question you and your staff can gather from employees and customers. And I promised them that the practice would help them lose their communication inhibitions and start getting real with people.
I've studied CEO communication every day since then. The closer CEOs have come to following my simple and not-particularly-insightful advice, the better they have done.
As the economy trembles on the edge of reopening, it's not too late for CEOs to step up to this daily grind of candor, detail, repetition, consistency that has characterized the best government communicators over the last two months.
But it's high time.
Monday, 11:45 a.m.
I don't post much here about President Trump. That's because I don't have anything very original to say about him. So I've taken to focusing on other things. As CNN should, but won't.
Or as The New Republic's David Roth puts it:
The bigger problem is that the definition by which these things are considered news—basically, because the president says them—is no longer workable.
Or rather, it works only for the wrong parties, in the wrong ways. Trump gets to be on TV, which is all he wants; the news media gets to do popular stories about the president, which is all media executives want. But it is a perfect circle of obfuscatory noise—what Trump says will always be nonsensical and self-serving because his brain is a gilded bowl of rotten nectarines, and any response pegged exclusively and expressly to covering this state of arrested cognition will inherently be similarly nonsensical—and, differently but no more helpfully, equally self-serving. It is true that Trump will never get it right, or tell the truth; he’s not up for the job, and getting it right is just not in him. There is just not very much to say about it.
P.S. Elsewhere in the article, Roth says that when Trump is listening to experts, his expression is that of a dog listening to classical music. Which reminds me to tell you that one of my wife's former students—a young woman who was born with a sly smile on her face—got a puppy, and named it "Trump."
A break from our usual coronavirus communication programming.
Today is the 50th anniversary of Kent State—or as we Kent State students called it, "May 4."
When I think of May 4, I think of Dr. Thomas Lough, my sociology professor when I attended Kent, around the 20th anniversary of the shooting.
Dr. Lough (pronounced "Luff") was present that day, and told us of one of his students running toward him with blood pouring out of his mouth.
In fact, Lough was more than present that day; he was the only member of the "Kent 25"—professors and students accused of various crimes—actually indicted, on a count of inciting to riot.
His wounded student—"a good radical," Lough called him—lived.
And after charges against Lough were dropped, he taught on, eventually introducing a young upper-middle-class kid from a conservative, WASPy little town to his astounding theory that President Richard Nixon actually ordered Ohio Governor James Rhodes to send the National Guard to send a message at Kent State that all war-protesting American college students would hear.
Yes, Lough believed there was a good chance that Nixon ordered the shooting. And he spent much of the semester—far more of the semester than the course curriculum called for—making the elaborate case.
He also educated us on his far-left political philosophy—notions like, the highest-paid jobs shouldn't be those of CEOs but those of people who do work described by the what he called "Three D's": Dangerous, Dirty or Dull.
Conservatives complain a lot about "liberal indoctrination" on college campuses, and I guess they have a point. But it seems to me that lots of college-class kids get a capitalist, conservative, conformist indoctrination every time they turn on the fucking TV or update their "streaks" on Snapchat.
And it's not that I swallowed Lough's theories about Kent State or Karl Marx wholesale. It's that I was forced to confront them—and made to realize they were both strange to my callow sensibility and politely apolitical upbringing, and goddamned compelling! I was never as sure about anything again in my life.
Left, right, or unseen center, that's one of the great purposes of a liberal arts education: Confusing cocksure kids, permanently.
Tom Lough died in 2008, having done his job.
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The B.A.A. website said the decision to postpone the event, which annually draws many entrants from the Berkshires among the thousands from around the world, was made after continued meetings with city and state officials. The Marathon joins a growing list of major sporting events that have been cancelled or postponed in the wake of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
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Federal Appellate Court Upholds California High School’s Ban on American Flag Shirts on Cinco de Mayo
BY: Mark R. Bresee
If you did a double-take when you read the title of this post, or re-read it to make sure you saw what you thought you saw, you are probably not alone. But it is accurate: on February 27, 2014 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that high school administrators did not violate the constitutional rights of students when it required them to turn their American flag shirts inside-out or go home for the remainder of the school day. (Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District (9th Cir. 2014) 2014 WL 768797.) Though certainly controversial, the unanimous decision of the three-judge panel, which affirmed the same conclusion reached by a federal trial court, was based on a unique set of circumstances. The decision illustrates what the Court described — and all school administrators experience — as “the delicate relationship between students’ First Amendment rights and the operational and safety needs of schools.” Most important, it provides many helpful reminders of “best practices” in similar circumstances.
The circumstances leading to the litigation originated a year before the May 5, 2010 Cinco de Mayo celebration. The school had a “history of violence among students, some gang-related and some drawn along racial lines.” On Cinco de Mayo in 2009 there was “an altercation on campus between a group of predominantly Caucasian students and a group of Mexican students.” (All judges used the term “Mexican” to include U.S.-born students of Mexican ancestry and students born in Mexico.) The groups exchanged profanities and threats, and a group of students began repeatedly chanting “USA” after hanging a makeshift American flag on a tree on campus; in response, a student in a group displaying the Mexican flag “shouted “f*** them white boys, f*** them white boys.” An assistant principal intervened. The same day an American flag-wearing student was approached by a student who “shoved a Mexican flag at him and said something in Spanish expressing anger at [his] clothing.”
One year later, a group of students wore American flag shirts to school on Cinco de Mayo. One was approached and asked “Why are you wearing that? Do you not like Mexicans[?]” Two students were also confronted about their clothing before “brunch break.” Two students alerted the assistant principal (the same one who intervened in 2009) that “You may want to go out to the quad area,” “there might be some issues,” and “there might be problems,” which he understood to refer to a physical altercation. Based on these reports the principal directed the assistant principal to have the students either turn the American flag shirts inside-out or take them off. The students refused. When the assistant principal expressed concern for their safety, they responded that they were willing to risk violence. The principal allowed two of these students to return to class because the image on the shirt was part of a logo of a popular martial arts company, and was therefore was “less ‘prominent’” and was “less likely [to get them] . . . targeted for any possible recrimination.” The remaining students were offered the option of turning their shirts inside out or going home for the day, with excused absences. They chose to go home and were not disciplined.
The Court analyzed the claims under Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) 393 U.S. 503, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held public school students may express themselves even on controversial subjects so long as they do so “without materially and substantially interfer[ing] with the requirements of appropriate discipline in the operation of the school and without colliding with the rights of others.” Under Tinker, schools may prohibit speech that “might reasonably [lead] school authorities to forecast substantial disruption of or material interference with school activities,” and/or speech constituting an “actual or nascent [interference] with the schools’ work or . . . collision with the rights of other students to be secure and to be let alone.” The Court of Appeals also cited precedent holding “the First Amendment does not require school officials to wait until disruption actually occurs before they may act”; to the contrary, “they have a duty to prevent the occurrence of disturbances,” and in the school context “the level of disturbance required to justify official intervention is relatively lower in a public school than it might be on a street corner.”
Applying these principles to the “evidence of nascent and escalating violence” on the campus, the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the one remaining defendant (the assistant principal) and dismissed the lawsuit. The Court emphasized that the measures adopted by the administrators were not based on “an “urgent wish to avoid the controversy” (as in Tinker) or as “a trumped-up excuse to tamp down student expression,” but were designed to avert a real risk of violence among students. Noting the “events of 2010 took place in the shadow of similar disruptions a year earlier, and pitted racial or ethnic groups against each other,” the Court concluded the “school’s actions presciently avoided an altercation” and were lawful.
The Court considered other important factors that are important reminders of “best practices” in similar circumstances:
1. Unlike in Tinker, “school officials here explicitly referenced anticipated disruption, violence, and concerns about student safety in conversations with students at the time of the events, in conversations the same day with the students and their parents, and in a memorandum and press release circulated the next day.” Explaining the basis for a decision, at the time it is made, can be critical if the decision is scrutinized later. The record in Morgan Hill demonstrated the Tinker standard was well known by the involved administrators, they paid attention to it, and they explained its application at the point of decision.
2. The “actions were tailored to avert violence and focused on student safety” because the administrators “restricted the wearing of certain clothing, but did not punish the students.” There is “greater constitutional latitude to suppress student speech than to punish it,” and the Court emphasized the focus was solely on averting violence and disruption and not on disciplining students.
3. The administrators addressed each student and article of clothing individually, and did not “enforce a blanket ban on American flag apparel.” They allowed two students to return to class “when it became clear that their shirts were unlikely to make them targets of violence.” The Court found it significant that the administrators “distinguished among the students based on the perceived threat level, and did not embargo all flag-related clothing.”
The Court recognized that “school administrators face the daunting task of evaluating potential threats of violence and keeping their students safe without impinging on their constitutional rights,” and that judges are supposed to give deference to “schools’ decisions in connection with the safety of their students even when freedom of expression is involved.”
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Jackals Of The African Union Denounce Haiti’s Birthright – MUST READ
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Haiti will always a place in the hearts of true Africans worldwide.
AFRICANGLOBE – Maybe the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should invite Haiti to join our community. But that is another story for another day. For now, Haiti, must never mind the African Union. It is now defunct. Abysmally defunct.
The Spirit of Haiti can never be broken. Her Africanness can never be wiped away. Her steadfast love for the mother continent, Africa, can never be shackled in chains. Africa’s love for Haiti cannot be captured in prose alone. It is unwavering. It is resolute because Haiti is the Shining City on the Hill for all African peoples and in fact, for all free peoples.
Haiti, and the souls of our ancestors that guide and guard her, is larger and more powerful than the collection of what has become of Kwame Nkrumah’s Dream – a collection of CIA troglodytes that run what is now a defunct organization, the African Union.
Before I relate the state of affairs in the African Union, I must do the honor to Haiti, a country, most loved in Africa and by Africans all around the globe.
In 1791, it was the free men and women of Africa, brought to Haiti through no fault of their own who would revolt, who would establish the first successful slave revolt in history. And in 1804 after defeating the so-called mighty armies of Napoleon, Haiti founded the world’s first true Republic. This was nearly a century before Dahomey and Asante – complicit in the slave trade – would finally fall under French Terrorist influence as well.
It was not Kwame Nkrumah who turned the tide against colonialism and slavery. It was certainly not the Abolitionists of the 1830s. It was not William Lloyd Garrison, or John Brown. Nor was it Frederick Bailey Douglass. It was not Sojourner Truth, not Harriet Tubman. No, it was not Garrett Smith and the many more who came after them. It was Haiti – the indomitable spirit of a nation of African people called to denounce, to defeat and to trample underfoot the barbarism of European terrorists in Africa and the Caribbean.
But the African Union, as it is constituted today, finds reason enough – stooped only in ignorance, stupidity, cowardice and utter primitivism – to denounce the birthright of Haiti as an African nation, especially after what seemed to be a rigmarole procedure.
Since Kwame Nkrumah envisioned it, the Union has never taken off. It has never been realized. The struggle inevitable continues – both for Africans and for Africans in the diaspora. The struggle for the total emancipation of the continent amazingly continues some fifty-three years hence.
So, Haiti, never mind this collection of thieves, bastards, sycophants, percksniffians, Tartuffes who cloak up in sheep skin and steal into the night as Africans. They are not. But, you Haiti, you are. Haiti is more an African nation than South Africa. Haiti is more an African nation than Ghana. Haiti is more an African nation than Nigeria. There is a legitimate argument there. Yet Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia are part of the African Union. And Haiti is not? And Jamaica is not? And Guyana is not?
These are the fatuous facts. So Haiti, don’t bother, these people at the African Union are agents of devils. They can’t even erect their own headquarters without the help of China. Ghana cannot build a feeder road without selling off her gold mines to multinationals. Nigeria cannot defeat Boko Haram without American advice. These are the oppressors we daily live under. They want nothing else but to see Africa recolonized.
Hence, like you, like us, we have lost every iota of hope in that Union. You, like us, pour libation every day that Mawu-Sogboliza reign terror on these harebrained boulevardiers.
For how exactly does the symbolism of Haiti’s application to join the African Union escape the leaders and administrators of the continent? Perhaps, for the same reason that Africa’s resources continue to escape the awareness of the elite for four centuries and counting. How this collection of heads of state at the African Union failed to recognize the sheer imagery of reconciliation and of renaissance that Haiti’s wish to join the African Union clearly imbues beats anyone. Haiti didn’t have to ask the African Union.
So, here it is. For more than four hundred years, we have been beaten, raped, enslaved, arrested, killed, and dragged with impunity into the marshes to work for people far inferior and far inhumane. African peoples have suffered, endured and coped with the worst that a world stooped only in barbarism has thrown at them.
Yet, it was Haiti, a small nation of Africans, forced against their will to a distant land, who refused and stood up to their oppressors. They said, “We cannot be slaves or we die. We will not be slaves or we die.” Haiti showed the way to real freedom, Haiti taught all disenfranchised peoples that freedom comes at a price. That we must be willing to pay that price, oftentimes, in blood.
The fact that the Africa Union refused to accept Haiti into the African community is itself testament to a wider belief across the continent of a Union usurped by European and American powers to continue in their duping and looting of the continent.
For this reason, and several others, this Union has no basis to deny Haiti her Africanness. This rag-thug collection of CIA agents at the African Union cannot deny the link between Haiti and Africa, her soul and our souls, her suffering and our suffering, her trials and our tribulations, her peace and war and our liberty and troubles. The African Union has never been and will never be a real collection of African peoples until it has embraced Haiti, and in that fashion, much of the African diaspora into a collective and diverse African community.
Or, to hell with the Union. We have no need for it.
To the ordinary African who walks the roads of Accra, the streets of Lomé, the highways of Timbuktu and the boulevards of Abomey, one thing remains true, that we have been denied our birthright too, to form a community with our own, to commune with those we choose to converse, to deliberate with whom we choose to consider, and to charter our won future with whom we choose. This is the blow to the conscience, spirit and beliefs of African peoples all over the world.
The fact that African leaders at the Union can unilaterally make such a decision without any respect for the wishes of Africans, without admiration for our history, Haiti’s history, Africa’s history, and without honor, without reverence for our ancestors and where we have come from speaks to one fact alone, that we, as a people, have every right to paint them for who they really are.
The African Union is a rag-thug collection of sorry, pathetic and obdurate sellouts. They deserve nothing but to be arrested, collected, hung, killed, paled, decapitated and paraded through the streets of Kumasi, through the streets of Lagos, through the streets of Nairobi as a reminder of what should happen to anyone who represents powers other than that which is African on this continent.
To hell with the African Union. It has no place in Africa.
Because, since its inception, it has only failed at every step. Since its inception it has only looked like an old dilapidated man without vision, without a heart and without a head. It belongs, and rightly so, to the grave. To hell with the African Union.
So, don’t bother Haiti, the right time will come. But, for now the fight for freedom continues.
By: Kofi Mawuli Klu
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I couldn't find out why it would allow Haiti. I've reread twice. Maybe I'm missing something or my eyes keep jumping the reason. But I know the reason. Haiti has been social black balled since winning the war and its independence from the French. Massa don't like that. As why Haiti has been a poor island ever since....including with the separation of Dominican Republic-which is on the SAME island. Massa is STILL embarrassed that a tiny little bitty Island defeated them and ran them off the island. But like India who was a third world improvished country for hundreds of years and now is one of the uprising richest nation in its area.....Haiti will rise too. No one ever thought India would be a part of a growing global economic system...and now it is. And one day....so will Haiti. But!
Evidently, it is because the African Union is nothing but the "Black Boule'" of Africa; i.e., White imperialism and supremacy mythology's Black, puppet, foot soldiers, doing the bidding of America/the West/Europe.
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